Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, will shut down all its nuclear power plants by 2022, a decision that would make it the first major industrialised power to go nuclear-free in the aftermath of the atomic disaster in Japan. Germany’s coalition government announced the decision after seven hours of negotiations that stretchedContinue Reading
The 37th G-8 summit was held on May 26-27, 2011 in the commune of Deauville in France. The G-8 is comprised of the eight main industrialised countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. The Middle East and North Africa, nuclear safety and economic recovery topped the agenda ofContinue Reading
Tourism Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who “travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for more than twenty-four (24) hours and not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not relatedContinue Reading
1) The Bekal Fort was built by A) Tippu Sultan B) British C) Ikkeri Nayaks D) Dutch 2) ‘Rajya Samacharam’ was published from Tellicherry by A) Benjamin Baily B) Arnos Patiri C) Father Clement D) Herman Gundert 3) Who among the following was not associated with Guruvayoor Satyagraha? A) P.Continue Reading
A top-level domain (TLD) is one of the domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet. The top-level domain names are installed in the root zone of the name space. For all domains in lower levels, it is the last part of the domainContinue Reading
February 2 – World Wetlands Day February 2 is the anniversary of the signing of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in 1971. World Wetlands Day recognises the value of wetlands in maintaining environmental health and biodiversity. Wetlands are of biological, hydrological and economic importance. They serve as sponges that regulateContinue Reading
Rafael Nadal won a 10th Grand Slam crown and equalled Bjorn Borg’s record of six French Open titles when he defeated Roger Federer 7-5 7-6 (7/3) 5-7 6-1 today in the rivals’ latest epic duel. Top seed Nadal, who was also champion in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010, tookContinue Reading
Based on evidence from the billion-word Oxford English Corpus, Oxford have identified the hundred commonest English words found in writing globally: 1. the 2. be 3. to 4. of 5. and 6. a 7. in 8. that 9. have 10. I 11. it 12. for 13. not 14. on 15.Continue Reading
Top 25 Verbs be have do say get make go know take see come think look want give use find tell ask work seem feel try leave callContinue Reading
Q1. Peter Parker is the original name of which fictional superhero ? (A) Phantom (B) Batman (C) Superman (D) Spiderman Q2. Which planet is referred Morning Star as well as Evening Star ? (A) Mars (B) Venus (C) Jupiter (D) Mercury Q3. Lumbini, the birth place of Gautam Budhdha, isContinue Reading
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