Tuesday, March 07, 2006

All time Quotes

To which famous personalities do you attribute these quotes?

1. A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

2. The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

3. Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

4. People say "I want peace." If you remove I {ego}, and your want {desire}, you are left with peace.

5. The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.

6. It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

7. Holding anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

8. Victory belongs to the most persevering.

9. I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand.

10. Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.






1. John Keats

2. Mahatma Gandhi

3. Aristotle

4. Satya Sai Baba

5. Albert Einstein

6. Mark Twain

7. Buddha

8. Napoleon Bonaparte

9. Confucius

10. John F Kennedy

Monday, February 06, 2006

Countries and Capitals

How well are you at Geography and General Knowledge? Test your knowledge of countries and their capital cities here.

1. Of which country is Caracas the capital city?

2. What is the Capital City of Turkey?

3. What is the Capital City of the UAE?

4. Sudan has been in the news for quite sometime, due to the Darfur region crisis. What’s the capital city of Sudan?

5. Pyongyang is the capital of which country?

6. What is Canada’s Capital City?

7. Addis Ababa is the capital city of this country formerly known as Abyssinia. What is this country currently known as?

8. What is Belgium’s Capital City?

9. What is the Capital City of Egypt?

10. The city Reykjavik features in the book “A Journey to the center of the earth “ by Jules Verne. Of which country is it the Capital city?





1. Venezuela

2. Ankara

3. Abu Dhabi

4. Khartoum

5. North Korea

6. Ottawa

7. Ethiopia

8. Brussels

9. Cairo

10. Iceland

Friday, February 03, 2006

National Institutes / Organisations

Given below are questions related to premier Institutes, run either autonomously or by the Government of India. Check, how many you can answer.


1. What is CLRI and where is it located?

2. Where is the National Dairy Research Institute located ?

3. What is the National Police academy at Hyderabad named as?

4. What is CCMB and where is it located?

5. Where is the Central Institute for Cotton Research(CICR) headquartered?

6. Which is the Apex Institution for Training the officers and staff of the Income-tax Department in India?

7. Which central ministry has set up the National Institute of Watersports (NIWS) at Goa?

8. What is JIPMER and where is it located?

9. Where do the IAS recruits undergo training, before being posted as officers?

10. Which Institute’s logo is this?






1. Central Leather Research Institute. It is located in Chennai.

2. Karnal, Haryana.

3. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police academy.

4. Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Hyderabad.

5. Nagpur, Maharastra

6. The National Academy of Direct Taxes (NADT), Nagpur.

7. Ministry of Tourism, Government of India.

8. Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry.

9. Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussorie.

10. The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune.