Wednesday 3 December 2014

GK A to Z

A- Dishwasher was invented by Josephine Cochran in 1886.
B- Sahara is the world longest desert.
C- Earth day is celebrated every year on 22 April.
D- The largest airport in the world is the King Khalid International Airport, Saudi Arabia.
E- Himalayas are the highest mountains.
F- Japan is known as the " Land of  the rising sun ".
G- The study of bones is called Osteology.
H- The total number of bones in an adult human body is 206.
I- Number of ribs in human body is 24.
J- The  face of a man is made up of 14 bones.
K- Longest bone in human body is Femur.
L- Smallest bone in human body is Stapes.
M- Study of body movements is called Kinesiology.
N- Strongest muscles in human body are jaw muscles.
O- Number of bones in human Ear is three.
P-Name of our Galaxy is Milky Way Galaxy.
Q- Radioactivity was discovered by Rutherford.
R- The lifespan of red blood cell is 120 days.
S- There are four chambers of human heart.
T- First country to send human to moon is USA.
U- Light year is the unit of distance.
V- The headquarter of WHO is in Geneva.
W- DNA was first discovered in 1869 by Swiss Friedrich Miescher.
X- The thermometer was invented in 1607 by Galileo.
Z- Emus and Kangaroos cannot walk backwards.

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