Basic General Knowledge

Edmund Percival Hillary, born in Auckland New Zealand in the year 1919, was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest together with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay on May 29, 1953.
A man with a heart !! Died on the 11 January 2008, a sad loss to New Zealand.

India’s first fast breeder neutron reactor was Kamini. KAMINI (Kalpakkam Mini reactor) is a research reactor at Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research in Kalpakkam, India. It achieved criticality on October 29, 1996.

India’s first atomic power station was set up at Tarapur (Maharashtra), is the oldest nuclear power plant in India. The power station comprises two 120MW boiling water reactor (BWR) units commissioned in October 1969 and two pressurised heavy water reactor (PHWR) units commissioned between 2005 and 2006.

1 Joule = 1 Newton × 1 m displacement = 10⁵ dyne × 100 cm displacement = 10⁷ ergs.
1 Joule = 10⁷ ergs.

In 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin met at Teheran primarily for creating an effective instrument for maintaining international peace.

The normal human heart on each of its contraction pumps 60 cm³ of blood into the arteries.

Hygrometer is used to measure relative humidity. Humidity is the measure of the amount of moisture in the air. A psychrometer is an example of a hygrometer.

India became a member of the United Nations in 1945. India is a founding member of the United Nations. On June 26, 1945, India was among 50 countries to sign the UN charter. India joined the United Nations after ratifying the UN Charter on October 30, 1945.

India has largest turmeric production, largest tea production and largest ginger production.

INS Shalki (S46) is a Shishumar-class diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy. The submarine was the first ever submarine to be built in India. It was launched in 1987 by the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.