General Knowledge and Current Affairs - 05

• Thailand's 1st woman Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will be the chief guest at India's Republic Day parade celebrations on January 26.

• January 12 - National Youth Day.

• January 15 - Army Day.

• January 24 - National Girl Child Day.

• January 25 - National Voter's Day.

• Radioactivity was discovered by Henry Becquerel in the year 1896.

• Electromagnetic waves with longest wavelengths are called radio waves.

• Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History is situated at Coimbatore.

• North Pole was discovered by Robert Peary.

• Pasteur (1860) discovered that yeast could respire in the absence of molecular oxygen.

• The first general election was held in India during 1951 - 1952.

• Hydrogen is the first element in the periodic table of elements.

• Liquid ammonia is used as a refrigerant in the ice making plant.

• The Supreme Court of India consists of 30+1 (totally 31) judges.

• Sir C.V. Raman was awarded Nobel Prize in 1930.

• The FM radio uses electromagnetic waves of frequency ranging from 88 MHz to 108 MHz. 

• IVRS - Interactive Voice Response System.

• MIS - Management Information System.

• GPRS - General Packet Radio Service.

• Alcohols are compounds which contain carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.

• Filariasis is caused by the parasitic worm, Wuchereria bancrofti.

• 1 Nibble = 4 Bits.

• Service Tax was introduced in India in the year 1994.

• Oldest sport of the world is Archery.

• Specialist in Wine making - Oenologist.

• Manganese is an activator of enzymes particularly involved in Kreb's cycle.

• Carbon, Hydrogen & Oxygen are considered as framework elements.

• The Nobel Prize was first awarded in 1901.

• "Wisden" Sports magazine is called as Bible of Cricket.

• Andaman and Nicobar islands are separated by 10 degree channel.

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