General Knowledge and Current Affairs - 06

• The Indian Financial System Code (IFSC) is an alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies a bank-branch participating in the NEFT (National Electronic Fund Transfer) system.

• Red Data Book contains a record of animals which are identified as endangered species or animals which are in imminent danger of extinction.

• Angel falls (Venezula) is the world's highest water falls.

• Owls are the only bird to see the color blue.

• Parliament of Maldives - Majlis.

• The radiations lying beyond the violet end of the visible spectrum are called ultra-violet rays. This spectrum part was detected by J. Ritter.

• The AM radio uses electromagnetic waves of frequency ranging from 550 kHz to 1000 kHz.

• BNHS stands for Bombay Natural History Society.

• Google Plus user base crossed 90 million.

• Ricky Ponting (Australia) reaches 13,000-runs in Test Cricket.

• RBI cuts CRR (Cash Reserve Ratio) by 50 bps (basis points), interest rates unchanged.

• India is now 6th nation to have nuclear submarine.

• The eruption of Tambora Valcano (Indonesia) is the world's deadliest. In 1815, its eruption has killed around 90,000 people.

• "Business @ the Speed of Thought" is a book written by Bill Gates in the year 1999.

• G4 Nations are India, Japan, Brazil and Germany.

• The atmospheric layer reflecting radio waves is called Ionosphere.

• ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) was founded in the year 1969.

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