MALAYALAM QP

MALAYALAM QP

FAMOUS FATHERS

World
Father of Psychology……………… Sigmund Freud
Father of Cloning …………………………. Ian Wilmut
Father of Printing ………………………… Guttenberg
Father of History …………………………. Herodotus
Father of Economics …………………… Adam Smith
Father of Philosophy ………………………. Socrates
Father of Sociology …………….. Augustus Comte
Father of English Poetry ………. Geoffrey Chaucer
Father of Biology……………………………. Aristotle
Father of Essay…………………………… Montaigne
Father of Medicine…………………….. Hippocrates
Father of Homeopathy ………….. Samuel Haniman
Father of Socialism……………………. Robert Owen
Father of Scientific Socialism……………..Karl Marx
Father of Co-operation ………………. Robert Owen
Father of Jurisprudence……………… John Locke
Father of Atom Bomb …………………….. Otto Hahn
Father of Genetics …………………… Gregor Mendel
Father of Motor Car ……………………. Henry Ford
Father of Reformation ………………. Martin Luther
Father of Greek Democracy ………….. Clesthenes
Father of Bangladesh . Sheikh Mujibur Rehman
Father of Pakistan …………. Muhammed Ali Jinnah
Father of Tanzania ……………………. Julius Nyrere
Father of Mathematics …………………. Pythagorus
Father of Modern Cartoon …….. William Hogarth
Father of Modern Computer ………. Charles Babbage
Father of Nuclear Physics …… : Ernest Rutherford
Father of Modern Drama …………. Henrik J. Ibsen
Father of Modern Tourism ………… Thomas Cook
Father of Painting ……………… Leonardo Da Vinci
Father of Green Revolution ……..Norman Borlaug
Father of Renaissance ………………………. Petrarch
INDIA
Father of the Nation ……………….Mahatma Gandhi
Father of Ayurveda ………………………….. Athreya
Father of Astronomy………………….. Varahamihira
Father of Sanskrit Drama ………………….. Kalidasa
Father of Indian Renaissance . Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Father of Surgery……………………………… Susruta
Father of Indian Unrest ………… .Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Father of Indian Budget …….. Professor Mahalanobis
Father of Indian Painting…………… Nandalal Bose
Father of Indian Cinema ………….. Dada Saheb Phalke
Father of Indian Engineering ………… M.Visweswariah
Father of Indian Green Revolution ……………………..
Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
Father of Indian Railway …………. Lord Dalhousie
Father of Co-operative Movement in India ……….
Frederic Nicholson
Father of Indian Printing ……………. James Hickey
Father of Local Self Government in India … Lord Ripon
KERALA
Father of Malayalam Language …….. Ezhuthachan
Father of Modern Travancore … Marthanda Varma
Father of Kerala Renaissance …. Sree Narayana Guru
Father of Modern Hinduism .. Adi Shankaracharya

MANKIND AND VARIOUS TRIBES

Mongolians living in Assam regions …….. Abhors
The Dutch born in South Africa ………… Afrikaners
The people of England ………………….Anglo Saxon
Ancient Dravidians living in central India and
Rajastan ……………………………………………….. Bhils
Dutch settlers in South Africa …………………..Boers
People of Croatia, Slovenia ……………………..Croats
People in south east frontiers of Russia .. Cossacks
Inhabitants of Greenland and of Arctic regions… Eskimos
Natives of the Philippine Islands …………. Flemings
Hill tribes of Assam …………………… Khasis / Garos
People of W.Asia. (Turkey, Iran and Iraq) … Kurds
Natives of New Zealand ………………………..Maoris
Short sized people found in the forests of Africa ….
.. Pygmies
Original inhabitants of North America . Red Indians
Aborigines of West Bengal, Bihar & Orissa…. ………..
Santhals
Natives of Nilgiri Hills (South India) …………. Todas
People of South Africa living in certain parts of Natal
Zulus
The people of Nagaland ………………………..Angami
Arunachal Pradesh ……………………………A palamis
Tamil Nadu ………………………………………. Badagas
Uttar Pradesh …………………………………….. Bhotias
Hazaribagh ………………………………………….. Birhor
Himachal Pradesh ………………………………… Gaddis
Orissa ……………………………………………… Khonds
Madhya Pradesh ……………………………………… Kol
Manipur ……………………………………………….. Kuki
Sikkim ……………………………………………….. Labora
Tripura ……………………………………………… Lushais
Bihar ………………………………………………… Munda
Kerala ………………………………………………..Ooralis
Maharashtra ………………………………………. Warlies

SIGNS AND SYMBOLS

 Red crystal flag : Red Cross
 Black Flag : Protest
 Yellow flag : Put on ship carrying people
with infectious disease
 Dove : Peace
 Olive branch : Peace
 Red Flag : Revolution
 Red triangle : Family planning
 White Flag : Peace
 Maharaja : Air India
 Lotus : Culture and Civilization
 Wheel : Progress
 Red Cross : Hospital / Medical Service
 Black band arm : Sign of Mourning, in
Protest
 Blind folded woman : Justice
holding a Balance Scale
 Flag at a half most :National Mourning
 Flag up side down :Distress

INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES

Air Brake ……………………… George Westinghouse
Aniline Dyes …………………………………… Hoffman
Adding Machine ……………………….. Balise Pascal
Aeroplane …………………………… : Wright Brothers
Air Conditioner ………………………………… : Carrier
Atom Bomb………………………………… : Otto Hahn
Aspirin ……………………………………………. : Dreser
Alcohol Thermometer …………………….. : Farenheit
Atomic Thermometer ……………………………. : Bohr
Atomic Theory …………………………………. : Dalton
Atomic Number ………………………………… Mosley
Atomic Structure …………….. Bohr and Rutherford
Automobile …………………………………….. : Daimler
Antiseptic Surgery ………………Lord Joseph Lister
Archimedean Screw……………………..Archimedies
Avogadro’s Hypothesis ……………………Avogadro
Ball Pen …………………………………………….. : Loud
Balloon ………………………………….. : Montogolfier
Blood Circulation …………………………….. : Harvey
Barometer …………………………………….. : Torricelli
Bicycle ……………………………………… : Mac Millan
Braily System …………………………… : Louis Braille
Beri – Beri ………………………………………… Eijkman
Blood Circulation ………………………………. Harvey
Boson …………………………………………… S.N.Bose
Boyle’s law…………………………………………. Boyle
Braille ……………………………………….. Louis Braille
Computer ………………………….. : Charles Babbage
Chloroform …………………. : James Young Simpson
Cinema ……………………………… : Lumiere Brothers
Cinema Projector …………… : Thomas Alva Edison
Crescograph…………………………………. : J.C. Bose
Celluloid …………………………………………… Parkes
Chloroform ………………………. James Harrison and
James Young Simpson
Cholera Bacillus ……………………………. Robert Koch
Coloured Photography ………………………….Lippman
Cosmic Rays ………………………………… R.A.Millikan
Cyclotron …………………………………………. Lawrence
Diesel Engine …………………………. : Rudolf Diesel
Dynamo …………………………….. : Michael Faraday
Dynamite …………………………………. : Alfred Nobel
Deuterium (Heavy Water) …………………. H.C.Urey
Diesel Oil Engine ………………………. Rudolf Diesel
Discovery of Solar System …… Copernicus (1540)
Discovery of Specific Gravity ……….. Archimedes
Electric Battery ………………………………………Volta
Electric Lamp …………………………………….. Edison
Electricity………………………………………… Faraday
Electron Theory …………………………………….Bohr
Electrical Waves …………………………………… Heitz
Electric Measurement ……………………………Gauss
DDT ……………………………………. : Dr. Paul Muller
Electron ………………………………… : J.J. Thompson
Electric Lamp ………………… : Thomas Alva Edison
Elevator …………………………………… : Elisha G Otis
Fountain Pen ……………………………….. : Waterman
Fahrenheit Scale …………………………… Fahrenheit
Film & Photographic goods ………………….. Kodak
Glider …………………………………… : George Cayley
Generator ……………………………………… : Piciontti
Gramaphone …………………. : Thomas Alva Edison
Gun Powder ……………………………. : Roger Bacon
Geometry…………………………………………….Euclid
Hydrogen …………………………………… : Cavendish
Helicopter ……………………………………….Broquett
Helium Gas ………………………………………. Lockyer
Homoeopathy ……………………………. Hahnemann
Hovercraft ……………………………………….. Cockrell
Hydrophobia ……………………………. Louis Pasteur
Jet Engine …………………………. : Sir Frank Whittle
Intelligence Tests ……………………………….. : Binet
Insulin ………………………………………… : F. Banting
Induction of Electric Current ……………….. Faraday
Incandescent Bulb …………………………….. Edison
Induction Coil …………………………….. Rohm Korff
Insulin ………………………………………….. F.Banting
Intelligence test ……………………………………. Binet
Jet Propulsion ………………………….. Frank Whittle
Law of Gravitation …………………… : Issac Newton
Law of Heredity……………………………. : G. Mendal
Laser ………………………………. : Theodore Maiman
Lightning Conductor ………….. : Benjamin Franklin
Logarithm ………………………………… : John Napier
Laughing Gas …………………………………..Priestley
Life Boat …………………………….Henry Great Head
INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES
Lift (Elevators) ……………………………………….Otis
Linotype …………………………………. Mergenthaler
Line of demarcation (ship) ………………….. Plimsoll
Laws of Electrical Resistance …………………… Ohm
Law of Electrolysis ……………………………. Faraday
Law of gases ………………………………. Gay Lussac
Laws of Gravitation …………………………… Newton
Laws of Heredity …………………… Gregory Mandel
Laws of Motion ………………………………… Newton
Laws of Natural Selections ………………….. Darwin
Laws of Multiple Proportion ………………….Dalton
Liquid Oxygen ……………………………………. Dewar
Machine Gun …………………. : Dr. Richard Gattling
Maser …………………………….. : Charles H. Townes
Microphone ……………………………… : Graham Bell
Measurement of Electrical Energy…………… Joule,
James Prescoft
Meson ……………………………………Hideki Yakawa
Microscope ………………………………………… Janes
Molecular Scattering of light in fluid . Ramanathan
Neon Gas ……………………………..Ramsay, Travers
Neutron ………………………………………… Chadwick
Nuclear Fission ……….Otto Hahn, Bohr and Fermi
Nylon Plastic …………………………………. Carothers
Oxygen …………………………………….. : J.B.Preistly
Origin of Species ……………………..Charles Darwin
Parachute ………………………………. : A.J. Garnerian
Pencillin ………………………….. : Alexander Fleming
Photography (Film) …………………… : John Carbutt
Periodic Law………………………………… Mendeleef
Phonograph ……………………………………… Edison
Phonographic Shorthand ……………………… Pitman
Photograph …………………………………..Dauguerre
Principle for lever (S.P.Gravity)………. Archimedes
Phototherapy ………………………………. N.R.Finsen
Positive Electrons ……………………………Anderson
Powerloom …………………………………… Cartwright
Pneumatic Tyre…………………………………..Dunlop
Printing for the Blind …………………………….Braille
Printing Press ……………………………………. Caxton
Printing Types ……………………… John Guttenberg
Psycho-analysis …………………. Dr.Sigmund Freud
Rayon ……………………………….. : Sir Joseph Swan
Radio-activity of Uranium………. Henry Becquerel
Raman effect ………………………………… C.V.Raman
Radium……………………………………Madame Curie
Railway Engine…………………………… Stephenson
Radio transmitter ……………………….Alexanderson
Rare Gas ……………………………………… Cavandish
Replacing human heart …………. Christian Barnard
Revolver ……………………………………………….Colt
Quantum Theory …………………………… Max plank
Refrigerator ………………………….. : James Harrison
Safety Lamp ………………………….. Humphry Davy
Safety Match ……………………………… Land Strom
Safety Pin…………………………………. William Hunt
Safety Razor ……………………………………… Gillette
Sewing Machine…………… Barthelling Thimonnier
Short Hand………………………………………… Pitman
Solar System ………………………………. Copernicus
Steam Engine ……………………………… James Watt
Steam Turbine ………………………………….. Parsons
Spectroscope …………………………………… Bunsen
Stethoscope ……………………………. Rene Laennee
Submarine …………………………….. David Bushnell
Seismograph ………………………….. Roberts Mallet
Sextant …………………………………………….. Hadley
Steam boat ………………………………………… Fulton
Submarine ……………………………………… Bushwell
Talkies ……………………………………… Lee-de-Frost
Tank ………………………………………………. Swinton
Telegraphy .. William F.Cooke & Charles Wheatstone
Telegraph Code ………………………………….. Morse
Telephone …………………….Alexander Graham Bell
Telescope…………………………………………..Galileo
Television ……………………………………… J.L. Baird
Thermosflask …………………………………….. Dewar
Transistor ………………………Shockly and Bardeen
Typewriter …………………………………………. Sholes
Theory of Evolution …………………Charles Darwin
Theory of Relativity ………………… Albert Einstein
Uranium fusion ……………………………… Oho Hahn
Uranus (Planet) ……………………. Herschel William
Vaccination ……………………………………….. Jenner
Vaccum Flask ……………………….. Sir James Dewar
Vulcanisation ……………………………….. Good Year
Washing Soda ………………………………….. Lablanc
Wireless Communication …………….. Oliver Lodge
Wireless Telegraphy ………………………… Marcony
Wireless …………………………………………. Marconi
X-ray……………………………………… W.C. Rontgen

FAMOUS LINES AND FRONTIERS

Boundary between Pakistan and Afghanistan:
Durand Line
• Boundary between India and China: McMohan Line
• Line between India and Pakistan: Radcliff Line
• Line between North and South Vietnam: 17th Parallel
• Line between North and South Korea: 38th parallel
• Border between France and Germany: Maginot Line
• The line which Pakistan claims to be the boundary
line between India and Pakistan (Not acceptable to
India): 20th Parallel
• The border between USA and Canada: 49th Parallel
• The border between Germany and Poland: Oder
Niesse Line
• Boundary between Germany and Poland :
Hindenberg Line
• Boundary between Namibia and Angola : 16th Parallel
• Boundary between Russia and Finland : Mannar
Haime Line

WHERE THEY REST

Rajghat ………………………………….Mahatma Gandhi
Santhivan ………………………………. Jawaharlal Nehru
Chaithrabhoomi ………………………… B. R. Ambedkar
Shakthisthal ……………………………….. Indira Gandhi
Ekthasthal ………………………………………. Zail Singh
Kisanghat ………………………………….. Charan Singh
Veerbhoomi …………………………………. Rajiv Gandhi
Abhyaghat …………………………………. Morarji Desai
Narayanghat……………………………. Gulzarilal Nanda
Samathasthal ……………………………….. Jagjivan Ram
Vijayghat …………………………….. Lal Bahadur Shastri
Nigam Bodhghat …………………………….Kishan Kant
Karmabhumi ……………………………. K. R. Narayanan
Shantivan ………………………………….. Sanjay Gandhi
Budha Purnima Park ………………… P. V. Narasimha Rao

NEW AND OLD NAMES OF PLACES IN INDIA

Pondichery……………………………………. Puthuchery
Indraprastham …………………………………………Delhi
Magadham ……………………………………………..Bihar
Vangarangyam……………………………………… Bengal
Pataliputhram ………………………………………… Patna
Kalingam ……………………………………………… Orissa
Kashi ……………………………………………….. Banaras
Prayag…………………………………………….. Alahabad
Karnavathi …………………………………. Ahemadabad
Saketham…………………………………………. Ayodhya
Purushapuram ………………………………….. Peshawar
Gandharam …………………………………….. Khandahar
Avanthi ……………………………………………… Ujjayini
Kanyakubjam ……………………………………….Kanouj
Kamaroop …………………………………………… Assam
Devagiri ……………………………………… Doulathabad
Kosalam …………………………………………… Faizabad
Kanchi ………………………………………. Kanchipuram
Vadodara …………………………………………….. Baroda
Thiruvanchikkulam, Mahodayapuram…Kodungallur
Madras …………………………………………….. Chennai
Calcutta ……………………………………………… Kolkata
Bangalore ……………………………………… Bengalooru

NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES Started by Indians

 Young India, Harijan: Mahatma Gandhi
 National Herald: Jawaharlal Nehru
 Vande Matharam, Karma Yogi: Aurobindo Ghosh
 New India: Annie Besant
 Voice of India: Dadabhai Naoroji
 Al-Hilal: Edited by Abdul Kalam Azad
 Kesari: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
 Indian Opinion: Gandhiji
 Kerala Kaumudi: K. Sukumaran
 Malayala Manorama: Kandathil Vargheese
Mappila
 Mathrubhumi: K.P. Kesava Menon

RIVERSIDE CITIES & STATES (INDIA) CITY RIVER STATE

Ayodhya …………………………………………………. Sarayu ………………………………………………………….. U.P
Badrinath ………………………………………………… Alaknanda ………………………………………… Uttarakhand
Kolkata …………………………………………………… Hoogly………………………………………………….W. Bengal
Cuttack …………………………………………………… Mahanadi ……………………………………………………Orissa
Delhi ………………………………………………………. Yamuna ………………………………………………………. Delhi
Guwahati …………………………………………………. Brahmaputra ……………………………………………..Assam
Haridwar …………………………………………………. Ganges (Bhagirathi) …………………………….Uttarakhand
Agra ………………………………………………………. Yamuna …………………………………………………………. U.P
Ahmedabad ……………………………………………… Sabarmati ………………………………………………… Gujarat
Surat ………………………………………………………. Tapti ……………………………………………………….. Gujarat
Varanasi ………………………………………………….. Ganges ……………………………………………. Uttar Pradesh
Vijayawada ………………………………………………. Krishna ……………………………………….. Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad ………………………………………………. Musi …………………………………………… Andhra Pradesh
Kanpur ……………………………………………………. Ganges ……………………………………………. Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow …………………………………………………. Gomati ……………………………………………. Uttar Pradesh
Nasik………………………………………………………. Godawari …………………………………………… Maharashtra
Patna ………………………………………………………. Ganges ……………………………………………………….. Bihar
Srinagar …………………………………………………… Jhelum ………………………………………………………. J & K
Allahabad ……………………………………………….. Ganga – Yamuna …………………………………………….. U.P
Ferozepur ………………………………………………… Sutlej ……………………………………………………….. Punjab
Jabalpur ………………………………………………….. Narmada ……………………………………………………….. M.P
Ludhiana …………………………………………………. Sutlej ……………………………………………………….. Punjab
Madurai ………………………………………………….. Vaigai ………………………………………………… Tamil Nadu
Mysore …………………………………………………… Kaveri ………………………………………………….. Karnataka
Tirunelveli ……………………………………………….. Tamaraparni ………………………………………. Tamil Nadu
Jamshedpur ……………………………………………… Subarnarekha ………………………………………………. Bihar
Howarh …………………………………………………… Hoogly………………………………………………West Bengal
Alwaye …………………………………………………… Periyar ……………………………………………………….Kerala
Bhaglpur …………………………………………………. Ganga ………………………………………………………… Bihar
Buxar ………………………………………………………. Ganga ………………………………………………………… Bihar
Dibugarh …………………………………………………. Brahmaputra ……………………………………………….Assam
Kota ……………………………………………………….. Chambal …………………………………………………. Rajastan
Karnool …………………………………………………… Tungabhadra …………………………………. Andhrapradesh
Leh ………………………………………………………… Indus ………………………………………. Jammu & Kashmir
Moradabad ……………………………………………… Ramganga ……………………………………………………… U.P
Mathura ………………………………………………….. Yamuna …………………………………………………………. U.P
Pandharpur ……………………………………………… Bhima …………………………………………………. Maharastra
Sambalpur ……………………………………………….. Mahanadi ……………………………………………………Orissa
Srirangapatanam ……………………………………….. Cauvery ……………………………………………… Karnataka
Tiruchirapally …………………………………………… Cauvery ……………………………………………. Tamil Nadu
Ujjine ……………………………………………………… Narmada ………………………………………. Madya Pradesh
Dhaka …………………………………………………….. Buriganga ………………………………………….. Bangladesh
Mongar …………………………………………………… Ganges ……………………………………………………….. Bihar

WELL KNOWN QUOTATIONS

 ‘Just as I would not like to be a slave, so I would
not like to be a master’
 ‘A Government, of the people by the people and
for the people’
Abraham Lincoln
 ‘Give us tool and we will finish the job’
 ‘I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and
sweat.’
Sir Winston Churchill
 ‘If God did not exist, it would be necessary to
invent him.
 ‘Crush the infamous thing’.
Voltaire
 ‘The unexamined life is not worth living’
 ‘Other men live to eat. I eat to live.
 ‘Nothing can harm a good man, either in life or
after death.’
 ‘I know nothing except that fact of my ignorance’
 ‘The unexamined life is not worth living’.
Socrates
 ‘The Gods help them who help themselves’ Aesop
 ‘The State ? It is me’
Louis XIV
 ‘I am not a culprit’
Fidel Castro
 ‘It was only one life, what is one life in the affairs
of a state’
Benitto Mussolini
 ‘Success is the sole earthly judge of right and
wrong’
Adolf Hitler
 ‘The throne is but a piece of wood covered with
velvet’.
 ‘Give me good mothers. I shall give you a good
nation.’
 ‘There is no word such as impossible in my dictionary’
Napolean Bonaparte
 “Et tu Brute”.
 Vini Vidi Vici (I came, I saw, I, conquered)
Julius Caesar
 ‘I am dying with the help of too many physicians’
Alexander the Great
  ‘Let a hundred flowers bloom and let a thousand
schools of thought contend’
 “Powers flows from the barrel of a gun”.
Mao- Tse -Tung
 “We can secure peace only by preparing for war”.
John F. Kennedy
 ‘The living need charity more than the dead
George Arnold
 ‘Reading make a full man, conference a ready man
and writing an exact man’.
 ‘Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed
and some few to be chewed and digested’.
 ‘Studies serve for delight, for ornament and for
ability’.
Francis Bacon
 ‘Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest
thought
 “If winter comes can spring be far behind’’
P.B. Shelley
 ‘Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great
judgement seat’.
 ‘East is East and West is West and never the twain
shall meet’.
Rudyard Kipling
 ‘The more things a man is ashamed of, the more
respectable he is’
Bernard Shaw
 Where wealth accumulates, men decay’.
 ‘Wisdom makes but a slow defence against trouble,
though at last at sure one’.
Oliver Goldsmith
 ‘The roots of education are bitter, but fruit is sweet.
 ‘Virtue is the mean state between two vices, the
one of excess and other deficiency’.
 ‘Man is by nature a political animal’
Aristotle
 ‘Let them eat cakes’.
Marie Antoinette
 “My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me”
Jesus Christ
 ‘Nevertheless it moves’
Galileo
 ‘Play the game in the spirit of game’.
Baron Peirre de Coubertin
 ‘The empty vessel makes the greatest sound’.
 ‘Something is rotten in the state of Denmark’
 ‘There is nothing either good or bad but thinking
makes it so’.
 ‘Brevity is the soul of wit’.
 ‘Frailty thy name is woman’.
 ‘To be or not to be, that is the question’.
 ‘Cowards die many times before their death, the
valiant never taste death but once’.
 ‘All the world is a stage and all the men and women
merely players’
William Shakespere
 ‘All our knowledge brings us nearer to our ignorance’.
T.S. Eliot
 ‘End justifies the means
Nicholo Machiavelli
 ‘Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety nine
percent perspiration’.
Thomas Alva Edison
 ‘Knowledge is power’
Thomas Hobbes
 ‘Superstition is the religion of feeble minds’
Edmund Burke
 ‘The style is the name himself’
Buffon
 ‘Proper words in proper place’
Johnathan Swift
 ‘Nature never did betray the heart that loved her’.
 ‘The child is the father of man’.
William Wordsworth
 ‘A little knowledge is a dangerous thing’.
 ‘Fools rush in where angels fear to tread’
Alexander Pope
 ‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever’
 ‘Heard melodies are sweet but those unheard are
sweeter’.
 “Beauty is truth and truth beauty”.
John Keats
 ‘Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts
absolutely’.
Lord Acton
 ‘Liberty, Equality, Fraternity’.
 ‘Man is born free, yet every where he is in chains’.
Jean – Jacques Rousseau
 ‘Whom the Gods love die young’.
Lord Byron
 ‘It takes two to speak the truth – on to speak and
the other to hear’.
Henry David Thoreau
 ‘The history of the world is but the biographies of
great men’.
Thomas Carlyle
 ‘Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven’.
John Milton
 ‘Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel’
Dr. Samuel Johnson
 ‘Better a live sparrow than a dead eagle’.
Fitzgerald
 ‘Romanticism is disease classicism is health’
Von Goethe
 ‘Taxation without prosperity’
Jacob Molecschott
 ‘To every action there is an equal and opposite
reaction.’
Sir Isaac Newton
 ‘Thank God I have done my duty’.
Last words of Lord Nelson
 ‘Virtue is its own reward’
 ‘The good of the people is the chief law’ –
Cicero
 “Give me a place to stand and I can move the
entire earth”.
 ‘Eureka ! Eureka! (I have found it)’ –
Archimedes
 ‘Religion is the opium of the people’
Karl Marx
 ‘Man is a tool making animal’
Benjamin Franklin
 ‘Direct Action’
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
 ‘Good government is no substitute for self government’.
Morley
 One small step for men a leap for mankind (On the
stepping on moon)
Neil Armstrong
 ‘I think therefore I am’.
Descartes
 ‘Truth and non – violence are my God’
 ‘Do or die’
 ‘Hai Ram’
 ‘Untouchability is a crime against God and mankind’
 ‘A customer is the most important person in our
premises’.
Mahatma Gandhi
 ‘Ram and Rahim are the two different names of
the same God’
Kabir Das
 ‘Kerala is a lunatic asylum’
 ‘Live fast; die young’.
Swami Vivekananda
 ‘We have now to fight for peace with the same
courage and determination as we fought against
aggression’.
 ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’
Lal Bahadur Shastri
 ‘One caste, one God, one religion for man’.
Sree Narayana Guru
 ‘Back to Vedas’
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
 ‘Generations to come, it may be, will scarce believe
that such a one as this ever in flesh and
blood walked up on this earth’.
Einstein (About Gandhi)
 ‘The whole universe is my native land’
Kalpana Chawla
 ‘Swaraj is my birthright I shall have it’
Balagangadhara Tilak
 ‘We have made a tryst with destiny’.
 ‘Aram Haram Hai’
 ‘At the stroke of midnight hour when the world
sleeps India will wake to life and freedom’.
Jawaharlal Nehru
 ‘Dilli Chalo’.
 ‘Give me blood’ I shall give you freedom’
Subhash Chandra Bose
 ‘Garibi Hatao’
Indira Gandhi
 ‘Freedom is in peril. Defend it with all your might’.
 ‘Work like a bull and live like a hermit’.
Dr. Ambedkar
 ‘Aiming low is a crime’
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
 …… the light that shone in this country was no
ordinary light ….. for that light represented that
living truth …
Jawaharlal Nehru
 ‘This was their finest hour’
Sir Winston Churchill
 ‘More things are wrought by prayers than this
world dreams of’.
Tennyson
 ‘Take care to get what you like or you will be
forced to like what you get’.
George Bernad Shaw
 ‘The goal of war is peace; of business, leisure’
 The roots of education are bitter, but fruit is sweet
Aristotle
 Marriage is the only adventure open to the timid
Voltaire
 ‘Know them thy self, presume not God to scan’
 ‘The proper study of mankind of a man’
Alexander Pope
 The supreme happiness of life is the conviction
that we are loved’
Victor Hugo
 ‘Among freemen there can be no successful appeal
from the ballot to the bullet’
Abraham Lincolin
 ‘There is no god higher than truth’
Mahatma Gandhi
 ‘The best portion of a good Men’s life. His little
nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of
love’
William Wordsworth
 “I am restless, I thirst for the distant, the far away”
 ‘I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest’
John Keats
 ‘The class struggle necessarily leads to the dictatorship
of the proletariat’
Karl Marx (1818 – 83)
 Big, Bright and beautiful
(Describing the view of the earth from the space)
 “The responsibility for their flight lies from with
history and with the giants of science who proceeded
the effort”.
(Farewell telecast from space)
Neil Armstrong
 ‘Big brother is watching you’
George Orwel
 ‘Be proud that you are Indian, proudly claim I am
an Indian, every Indian is my brother’ Vivekanada

INTERNATIONAL DAYS

World Laughter Day ……………………….. January 10
World Customs Day ……………………….. January 26
Valentine’s Day……………………………… February 14
World Mother Language Day ……………..February 21
World Women’s Day…………………………… March 8
World Consumer Day ……………………….. March 15
World Disabled Day …………………………. March 15
World Forestry Day ………………………….. March 21
International Day for the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination …………………………………. March 21
World Day for Water …………………………. March 22
World Meteorological Day …………………………………..March 23
World Tuberculosis Day ……………………. March 24
World Theatre Day …………………………… March 27
World Ship Day …………………………………… April 5
World Health Day ………………………………… April 7
World Aviation and Cosmonautics Day ……April 12
International Special Librarians Day ………..April 15
World Haemophilia Day ………………………..April 17
World Heritage Day ……………………………..April 18
World Secretaries Day ………………………….April 21
World Earth Day ………………………………….April 22
World Book and Copy Right Day ……………April 23
International Dance Day ……………………….April 29
May Day, International Labourers Day ………May 1
World Solar Energy Day …………………………May 3
World Press Freedom Day……………………….May 3
World Red Cross Day …………………………….May 8
International Nurses Day ……………………… May 12
International Mothers Day.. 2nd sunday of every May
World Day of the Family ………………………. May 15
World Telecommunication Day………………. May 17
Commonwealth Day…………………………….. May 24
World Anti-tobacco Day ………………………. May 31
International Day of innocent,
Children Victims of Aggression Day ………… June 4
World Environment Day ………………………… June 5
World day to combat desertification
and drought ………………………………………. June 17
Father’s Day………………………………………. June 20
UN Charter Signing Day ………………………. June 25
International Day against Drug Abuse
and Illicit Trafficking ……………………………. June 26
World Architectural Day …………………………. July 1
World Population Day ………………………….. July 11
World Breast Feeding Day …………………. August 1
International Friendship Day………………. August 3
Hiroshima Day…………………………………. August 6
Nagasaki Day ………………………………….. August 9
World Youth Day…………………….. August 12 (UN)
World Folklore Day…………………………..August 22
World Sanskrit Day…………………………..August 22
World Enforced Disappearance Day …….August 31
World Coconut Day………………………. September 2
World Literacy Day……………………….. September 8
World Ozone Day ……………………….. September 16
U.N. Peace Day…………………………… September 20
World Alzheimer’s Day ………………… September 21
World Tourism Day……………………… September 27
World Heart Day……………… Last Sunday September
World Animal Welfare Day………………….October 4
World Postal Day ……………………………..October 9
Territorial Army Day ………………………….October 9
World Standards Day ……………………… October 14
World Blind Day (World white cane day)October 15
World Food Day …………………………….. October 16
Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Day October 21
U.N Day ……………………………………….. October 24
World Information Development Day …. October 24
World Thrift Day ……………………………. October 30
World Diabetes Day ……………………..Novemebr 14
World Citizen Day…………………………November 14
World Environmental ………………………………………
Protection day ……………………………..November 25
World AIDS Day……………………………. December 1
World Human Rights Day ……………… December 10
World Asthma Day ………………………. December 11
Marconi Day ……………………………… December 12

NATIONAL DAYS (INDIA)

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas ……………………… January 9
National Youth Day …………………………. January 12
Army Day ……………………………………… January 15
Netaji Day ……………………………………… January 23
India Tourism Day …………………………… January 25
Republic Day………………………………….. January 26
Martyr’s Day ………………………………….. January 30
Panchayat Day ………………………………. February 19
Arunachal Day ………………………………. February 20
Central Excise Day ………………………….. February 24
National Science Day………………………. February 28
National Security Day ………………………….. March 4
Ordinance Factories Day (India) …………… March 18
Orissa Day ………………………………………….. April 1
National Maritime Day …………………………… April 5
Jallianwala bagh Day …………………………….April 13
National Technology Day ……………………… May 11
National Mother Security Day…………………April 11
Solidarity Day……………………………………… May 13
Fire force day………………………………………April 14
Sikkim Day …………………………………………. May 16
Anti Terrorism Day (Death anniversary of
Rajiv Gandhi) ………………………………………. May 21
Everest Day………………………………………… May 29
Doctor’s Day …………………………………………. July 1
Kargil Vijay Day……………………………………. July 26
Quit India Day ………………………………….. August 9
Independence Day ……………………………August 15
Sadbhavana Day ……….. (Birth anniversary of Rajiv
Gandhi) …………………………………………..August 20
National Sports Day (Dhyanchand’s Brithday) ……..
August 29
Teachers Day (Birth anniversary of
Dr. Radhakrishnan) ………………………… September 5
Hindi Day…………………………………… September 14
Engineers day……………………………… September 15
Deaf Day …………………………………… September 26
National Blood Donation Day ……………… October 1
Gandhi Jayanti Day……………………………. October 2
Wild Life Week ………………………… October 1st to 7
Air Force Day …………………………………… October 8
National Postal Day …………………………. October 10
Azad Hind day ……………………………….. October 21
National Rededication Day (Death anniversary of
Mrs. Indira Gandhi, birth anniversary of
Sardar Vallabhai Patel) ……………………… October 31
Legal Service Day ………………………….. November 9
Transport Day ………………………………November 10
Childrens Day……………………………….November 14
National News Paper day ………………..November 16
National Mental disorder day …………….November 17
Indian Citizen Day …………………………November 19
NCC Day ……………………………………..November 24
National Law Day ………………………….November 26
Navy Day……………………………………… December 4
Armed Force Flag Day …………………….. December 7
National Mental disorder ………………… December 8
Conservation Day…………………………. December 14
National energy protect day……………… December 14
Vijay Divas ………………………………….. December 16
National Minorities Rights Day ……….. December 18
Kissan Day (Farmer’s Day) …………….. December 23
National Consumer Day …………………. December 24
 Kisan Divas celebrated on the birth day of Sri
Charan Singh.
 Children’s day is being celebrated on the birthday
of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
 Teachers Day is being celebrated on the birthday
of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
 National youth Day is being celebrated on the
birthday of Vivekananda
 National Sports day is being celebrated on the
birthday of Dhyan Chand.
 National Technology day is being celebrated
to commemorate India’s achievements on
nuclear capability.
 National Science Day is celebrated on the day
in 1928 C. V. Raman discovered Raman Effect.
 Doctor’s Day is celebrated on the birthday of
Dr. B. C. Roy
 National Broadcasting Day is celebrated on
that day when Gandhiji addressed the nation.
National Voters Day
January 25 will here after be celebrated as National
Voters Day. January 25 is the foundation day of
the Election Commission of India.

UNITED NATIONS YEAR

Refugees year ……………………………………… 1959-60
Co-operation Year …………………………………….. 1965
Tourism year ……………………………………………. 1967
Human Rights Year …………………………………… 1968
Education Year ………………………………………… 1970
Fight against Racial discrimination Year ………… 1971
Book Year ……………………………………………….. 1972
Copper Nicus Year ……………………………………. 1973
Population Year ……………………………………….. 1974
Women’s Year ………………………………………….. 1975
Fight Against Untouchability ……………………… 1978
Childrens Year …………………………………………. 1979
Handicapped year …………………………………….. 1981
Communication Year …………………………………. 1983
Youth Year ………………………………………………. 1985
Peace Year ………………………………………………. 1986
AIDS Year ………………………………………………. 1988
Literacy Year ……………………………………………. 1990
Space Year ………………………………………………. 1992
Sports and Family Year ……………………………… 1994
Poverty Eradication Year ……………………………. 1996
Ocean Year ……………………………………………… 1998
Old Age Year …………………………………………… 1999
Peace and Cultural Year ……………………………… 2000
Self Service Year ………………………………………. 2001
Mountains Year ……………………………………….. 2002
Eco Tourism Year ……………………………………… 2002
Fresh Water Year ……………………………………… 2003
International Rice Year ………………………………. 2004
International Micro Credit Year ……………………. 2005
International Physics Year ………………………….. 2005
International Sports and Physical Education ….. 2005
International Dolphin – Pole Year ………………… 2007
International Potato Year ……………………………. 2008
International Earth Year ……………………………… 2008
International Natural Fibre Year …………………… 2009
Bio Diversity Year …………………………………….. 2010
Forest Year ……………………………………………… 2011

KERALA – DAYS

June 19 ……………………………………….. Reading Day
June 19 – 25………………………………… Reading Week
Chingam 1 ……………………………… Agricultural Day
October 4 …………………………………… Elephant Day
October 13 ………………………………………Sports Day
November 1 ……………………… Kerala formation Day

IMPORTANT MUSEUMS

National Childrens Museum ……………….. New Delhi
Calico Textile Museum ………………….. Ahemadabad
Visvesarayya Industrial And Technological Museum
Bangalore
Tippu Sulthan Museum …………… Sreerangapatnam
Sree Chithra Art Gallery……….. Thiruvananthapuram
Birla Industrial & Technological Museum …. Kolkata
Birla Planetorium………………………………….. Kolkata
Nethaji Museum ………………………………….. Kolkata
National Gallery of Modern Art …………… New Delhi
Indian Museum …………………………………… Kolkata
National Museum ………………………………… Kolkata
Salarjung Museum…………………………… Hyderabad
Nehru Museum………………………………… New Delhi
Archeological Museum……………………… New Delhi
Victoria Memorial Hall …………………………… Kolkata
Rail Transport Museum …………………….. New Delhi
National Museum of Natural History ……. New Delhi
Indian War Memorial Museum ……………. New Delhi
Prince of Wales Museum ……………………… Mumbai

OFFICIAL RESIDENCE

Indian President …………………Rashtrapathi Bhavan
Indian Prime Minister …….. No. 7, Race Course Road
Pope …………………………………………. Vatical Palace
Governor ………………………………………. Raj Bhavan
American President ………………………. White House
Britain Prime Minister ……………. 10, Downing Street
King & Queen of Britain …………Bekkingham Palace
South Korean President …………………… Blue House
Sreelankan President …………………….. Temple Trees
Nepal King ……………………….. Narayan Hithi Palace
Kongo President ………………………….. Marbil Palace
Pakistan President …………………………. Ivane Sadan
French President …………………………. Eleesee Palace

INDUSTRIAL NAMES

Ambassador …………………………………………….. Car
Nicon ………………………………………………….Camera
Alvin ……………………………………………. Refrigerator
Amul ……………………………………………Milk Powder
Usha ………………………………. Fan, Sewing Machine
Merit …………………………………….. Sewing Machine
Bush, Murphy ……………………………………….. Radio
Philips, Panasoni …………………..Radio & Television
Kelvinator …………………………………….. Refrigerator
Prestige ………………………………….. Pressure Cooker
Chandrika, Lux, Pears, Radhas, Lifeboy ……….. Soap
Sunlight ……………………………………….. Soap Power
Shalimar, Nerolac …………………………………….. Paint
Lactogen, Lactose ………………………….Milk Powder
Ashok, Zenith ……………………………………….. Blade
Fiat, Premier, Standars ………………………………… Car
Ciat, Dunlop, Bridgestone ………………………….. Tyre
Crompton, Rally, GEC…………………………………. Fan
Hero ……………………………………………………….. Pen
Colgate, Cibaca, Forehands, Close up… Tooth Paste
Signal ………………………………………….. Tooth Paste
Wills, Charminar, Panama, Scissors ………… Cigarette
Rolex, Titan, Ceeko, Favourluba ………………..Watch
Citizen, Omega, Jovial ……………………………..Watch
Jumbo ………………………………………………. Jet Plain
Avro ………………………………………………Aero Plain
Raj Dooth, Bullet, Royal Enfield ………..Motor Cycle
Benze, Leyland ………………………….. Bus, Car, Lorry
Sakthiman …………………………………………….. Treck
Jubily, Bismi …………………………………………….. Pen
Everady, Jeep, Toshiba Anand, Nippo ……….Battery
Hercules, BSA, Hero ……………………………….. Cycle
Bata ……………………………………………………. Shoes
Chethak, Lamby, Vijay …………………………… Scooter
Remington, Halda, Godrej …………………. Typewriter
Bajaj ……………………………………………………… Bulb
Bruke Bond …………………………………….Coffee, Tea
Lipton …………………………………………………….. Tea