Recently I came across this question on Web radio
Question
Someone 's mother has 4 children . They are north, south, east. What is the name of the 4th son ??
Answer
Wait !!! Wait !!!
Answer is not WEST !!!!
It is a human tendency to reach for the all ready known answer.
But here it is not like that.
In the question itself, it is clearly given that someone 's mother.
So, name of the 4th child is Someone !!!!
Life expectancy is the measure of the average number of years a person born today can expect to live.
Here is the list of countries with lowest life expectancy in the world.
1. Chad
2.. Nigeria - - - - Influenza and pneumonia are the main cause
3. Lesotho - - - - Highest rate of HIV/AIDS
4. Central African Republic
5. South Sudan
6. Somalia
7. Eswatini
Once Goddess Laxmi visited Satyaloka which is the house of Goddess Saraswati.
When Laxmi visited the place, Saraswati was playing her veena.
Saraswati welcomed Laxmi and said,
After a long time, both of them are meeting with each other.
But Laxmi was in a hurry.
She said, " I ( money ) don't have time for all these. In earth, many people are waiting for my arrival. "
Listening to that, Saraswati said " With just money, people can't survive. What is the use of money, if people don't know how to spend it ?? Knowledge is important than money. "
Both the Goddesses were quarrelling saying that money or knowledge is important in life.
Finally, both of them decided to ask God Vishnu to settle down their quarrel .
Both of them reached Vaikuntha which is the house of Vishnu and Laxmi.
Laxmi directly went inside and sat down on heart of Vishnu
Vishnu was in yoga nidra. Goddess Ganga was sitting near his feet.
Goddess Saraswati was furious. She was upset as Goddess Laxmi didn't show her the place to sit.
Goddess Ganga tried to intervene in their quarrel.
Angry Goddess Saraswati cursed Laxmi to born as a tulasi plant on earth.
Also she cursed Goddess Ganga to be a river on earth.
In return, Goddess Laxmi cursed Goddess Saraswati to be a river which is always flooded.
Even though, all the goddesses are quarrelling, Vishnu was in yoga nidra.
It was all pre planned by God Vishnu for the well being of world !!!!
Despite the challenges posed by the large crowds, visitors continue to flock these destinations.
1. Venice , Italy
2. Barcelona , Spain
3. Santorini , Greece
4. Amsterdam , Netherlands
5. Machu Picchu, Peru
6. Dubrovnik , Croatia
7. Kyoto , Japan
8. Bali , Indonesia
9. Paris , France
10. Istanbul , Turkey
A landlocked country is an independent country which don't have access to the sea.
There are 2 types of landlocked countries.
1. Singly landlocked countries
Here the country is completely surrounded by only one country.
San Marino, Lesotho and Vatican city in Italy are the examples.
2. Double landlocked countries
Here the country is not only landlocked but also surrounded by another landlocked country !!!
Uzbekistan and Liechtenstein are the examples.
Largest landlocked countries by area wise are
1. Kazakhstan in Asia
2. Mangolia in Asia
3. Chad in Africa
4. Niger in Africa
5. Mali in Africa
6. Ethiopia in Africa
7. Bolivia in South America
8. Zambia in Africa
9. Afghanistan in Asia
10. Central African Republic in Africa
Metropolitan cities are well known for party culture during nights.
Such Indian cities are - - - -
1. Mumbai
2. Delhi
3. Bangalore
4. Guru gram
5. Goa
6. Pune
7. Hyderabad
8. Kolkata
Mulla Naseeruddin was invited to the gathering at the friend's house.
The soup was being cooked in a large pot.
As Naseeruddin kept on waiting to drink the soup, host was going on adding different ingredients to the soup.
Curious Naseeruddin asked what is she doing ???
Host said proudly, she is enhancing the taste and flavour of the soup !!!
Naseeruddin tasted a spoonful of soup and then said, Soup is already perfect. You are just diluting its essence !!!!
We have an unique jackfruit tree in our garden.
Today is its last day ........
Tomorrow onwards it will always remain as a sweet memory in our heart.
Later today it is going to be cut into pieces by woodcutting machine.
I will explain the speciality of jackfruit tree and why it is unique.
This article is going to offer my condolence to the tree.
It is not an ordinary jackfruit tree.
It is very special.
Ordinary jackfruit trees give jackfruots every year.
But our singapore jackfruit tree was giving jackfruits once in every 2 years !!!
It was giving exactly 15 jachfruis , neither one more fruit nor less than that. !!!!
Singapore jackfruit is not like ordinary jackfruits. It is very elongated in length.
Even the pieces inside jackfruit are very long and thick.
We get ordinary jackfruits before rainy season. But Singapore jackfruit tree is giving fruits in the month of August.!!!!!
The jackfruit pieces are not sweet like ordinary jackfruit pieces.
But now all these are just memories........
I was making fun of it, comparing it with other jackfruit trees.
But everything is over now.........
My eyes are becoming moist.
R. I. P. Singapore jackfruit tree.
1. Mauritius
2. Maldives
3. Philippines
4. Indonesia
5. Fiji
6. Sri Lanka
7. Croatia
8. Singapore
9. Trinidad and Tobago
ತರಗತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಗುಂಡ ಮಾಸ್ತರಿಗೆ ಕೇಳಿದ
ಶ್ವೇತಾಂಬರಿ ಎಂದರೆ ಏನು ?
ಬಿಳಿ ಬಟ್ಟೆ ಧರಿಸಿದವಳು
ನೀಲಾಂ ಬರಿ ಎಂದರೆ ಏನು ?
ನೀಲಿ ಬಟ್ಟೆ ಧರಿಸಿದವಳು
ಹಾಗಾದ್ರೆ ಕೋಸಂಬರಿ ???!!!
The question is still not answered !!!
Many bird species are renowned for their melodious songs. But there are animals too which make sounds for communication and mating purposes.
I have heard my pet tomcat calling his girlfriend by making strange noise. It is definitely not a music !!!!
1. Humpback whales
2. Dolphins
3. Gibbons
4. Bats
5. Elephants
6. Frogs
Longest rivers of the world flow through different countries and some times different continents !!!
I have listed down only 5. But there are many more.
Such rivers are - - -
1. Nile river - - - Flows through Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan and Uganda
2. Amazon river - - - Flows through Brazil, Peru and Columbia
3. Yangtze river - -- China
4. Mississippi river - - - United States of America
5. Yenisay river - - - Russia
Here given below are some of the least travelled countries in the world.
I really didn't know they exist !!!!
1. Tuvalu - - Pacific island
2. Nauru
3. Kiribati
4. Comoros
5. Sierra Leone
6. Djibouti
7. Liberia
8. Sao Tome and Principe
9. Burundi
10. Equitorial Guinea
Snake island is the small, uninhibited island off the coast of South Eastern Brazil.
This island is infested with many venomous snakes. Deadliest snake of mainland exists only on this island.
Because of Brazilian government keeping people away from visiting this island, no deaths from snake bite till now.
This is the only place on earth where critically endangered species of snakes live. Deforestation is making the habitat of snakes to become small.
India has more than 200 rivers. We worship them as Goddess ss.
Here is the list of longest rivers of India.
1. Ganga
2. Godavari
3. Krishna
4. Yamuna
5. Narmada
6. Sindhu
7. Brahmaputra
8. Mahanadi
We know that Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system.
Venus is having extremely thick atmosphere primarily composed of Carbon dioxide.
Venus appears to have undergone significant volcanic activity in the past. The question is whether it is still ongoing or is it ceased is still uncertain.
The thick cloud of Venus is made up of sulphuric acid droplets. But formation of the clouds is unclear.
Oceans and seas are the important sources of saline water.
Here is the list of saltiest water sources of world.
1. Dead sea
2. Red sea
3. Pursian gulf
4. Capsian sea
5. Great Sand lake of USA
According to a survey, all of our north eastern states except Nagaland, rank ahead with the tobacco consumption. They are - - -
1. Mizoram
2. Andaman and Nicobar
3. Manipur
4. Meghalaya
5. Tripura
6. Assam
7. Odisha
8. Arunachal Pradesh
These countries listed below offer highest monthly salary to attract talented people from various countries.
1. Switzerland
2. Luxembourg
3. Singapore
4. United States of America
5. Hong-Kong
6. Qatar
7. Denmark
8. Australia
9. Netherlands
10. United Arab Emirates
Laden with the unique wildlife and natural beauty, deserts attract tourists from all over the world.
Such deserts are - - - -
1. Namib , Namibia
2. Sahara, Africa
3. Atacama, Chile
4. Arabian desert, Middle East
5. Mojave , United States of America
6. Thar, India
7. White desert , Egypt
8. Wadi Rum, Jordan
9. Painted desert , United States of America
These are the tiniest countries by area.
1. Cape Verde
This is the chain of 10 volcanic islands located off coast of west Africa.
2. Samoa
It is located in central south Pacific ocean.
3. Luxembourg
It is a landlocked country bordering France, Germany and Belgium.
4. Mauritius
A island nation in Indian ocean.
5. Comoros
It is between Madagascar and mainland Africa.
6. Sao Tome
It is in gulf of Guinea in Africa.
7. Kiribati
It is in central Pacific ocean.
8. Bahrain
It is between Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
9. Dominica
It is a Caribbean island country.
10. Tonga
It is located in south Pacific ocean.
All the flightless birds lay eggs comparatively larger in size.
But there are other animals too.
1. Ostrich
2. Kiwi
3. Emu
4. Rhea
5. Cassowary
6. Crocodile
7. Whale sharks
Water melon snow is also known as blood snow, pink snow.
Water melon snow is found world wide in mountains and polar regions.
This snow has a faint fruity smell but have laxative effect if eaten.
The water melon colour comes from fresh water green algae chlamydomonas nivalis.
They grow up on snow. In summer, they produce a red pigment to protect themselves from sun's intense rays.
Snow looks white as it reflects the sunlight. Unfortunately, this pigment found in the snow reduces snow's ability to reflect heat, leading to faster melting rates.
I came across this question on web radio recently.
Question
Alone I am 24.
With a friend of mine, I am 20.
Me and my 2 friends, make me unclean.
What am I ??
Answer
It sounds little confusing.
I didn't wasted my time thinking because I was clueless !!!
So I did the best thing to do. I asked Google !!!
Answer is letter X .
In English alphabet, X is the 24th letter.
Two X means XX is 20 in roman numerals.
Triple X means XXX, everyone know what it is !!!
One day Mulla Naseeruddin was strolling through the market.
Suddenly a shopkeeper accosted him and started berating him for for failing to pay a debt.
Naseeruddin asked how much he owe him as the debt ??
Shopkeeper said 75 gold coins !!!
Naseeruddin thought for a while and said,
I intend to pay you 35 gold coins tomorrow.
The next 35 gold coins, next month !!!
That means, I owe you only 5 gold coins !!!
Now are you not ashamed of yourself for accosting me in the public place just for the debt of 5 gold coins ???!!!
Whenever Aniruddha comes to our house, he will be sent upstairs to get freshen up and to sleep.
Our house downstairs is very conjusted and furnitures are comparatively more than required.
It was the time of Aniruddha' s threading ceremony.
Guests had gathered in our house.
All were in downstairs including Aniruddha !!!!
At that time, the old ladies who knew how to carry out the preparations for the ceremony were asking for many things.
As bags of parents of Aniruddha were in upstairs, everyone was asking Aniruddha to bring the things from upstairs !!!!
Aniruddha was full of sweat and was tired.
I watched a child labour incident taking place in front of my eyes !!!!
We know what happened to the financial status of Sri Lanka.
It had become totally bankrupt and India has helped Sri Lanka to pay for the loan given by IMF.
Not only Sri Lanka, even Pakistan had taken loan from China and now facing financial crisis.
List of countries who are in debt to China are - - - -
1. Pakistan
2. Angola
3. Sri Lanka
4. Ethiopia
5. Kenya
6. Zambia
7. Bangladesh
8. Laos
9. Egypt
10. Nigeria
11. Ecuador
12. Cambodia
13. Belarus
14. Ivory coast
15. Cameroon
16. South Africa
17. Brazil
18. Mongolia
19. Argentina
20. Congo
Phew !!! China has captivated the whole world .....
India's emblematic animals symbolise its rich biodiversity.
These animals reflect India 's cultural and ecological significance.
1. National animal - - Royal Bengal Tiger
2. National reptile - - King cobra
3. National Heritage Animal - - - Elephant
4. National Aquatic Animal - - - Ganges Dolphin
5. National bird - - - Indian peacock
Place with extreme hot weather means it has to be a desert and no prize for guessing it !!!
We know about camel in desert. But there are other animals too which have adapted themselves to desert.
They are - - -
1. Armadillo lizard - - - This is native to the desert of southern Africa.
2. Sidewinder snake - - - This is a poisonous reptile and can move swiftly on loose sand.
3. Desert tortoises
4. Fennec fox - --- This animal has large ears to disperse heat. Can stay for long time without drinking water.
7. Kangaroo rats - - - - These nocturnal rodents get the moisture from their diet.
8. Deathstalker scorpion - - - - One of the most venomous scorpion found at the deserts of north Africa and middle east.
Coffee energises our mornings.
Journey of coffee beans spans continents.
I have come to know many countries which I didn't know when writing this article.
Highest coffee producing countries
1. Brazil South America
2. Vietnam Asia
3. Columbia South America
4. Indonesia Asia
5. Honduras North America
6. Ethiopia Africa
7. Peru South America
8. India Asia
9. Guatemala North America
10. Uganda Africa
There are 193 countries worldwide which are recognised by United Nations.
But there are some countries which are not recognised by United Nations due to different reasons.
Reasons may be - - - - - - - -
1. New country is located within the border of another country.
2. Some countries do not reach the criteria for state hood set by United Nations.
However, these countries are not recognised by United Nations but have their own flag, currency, territory, laws and regulations.
Some countries even issue passports !!!!
Such countries are - - - - -
1. Sealand
It is located on an abandoned British military platform situated on North Sea.
2. Christiania
It is an autonomous community located in Copenhagen, Denmark.
3. Principality of Hutt river
It is located in Western Australia.
4. Murrawarri Republic
It is an aboriginal Republic located in the northern territory of Australia.
5. Crimia
It is located in the northern coast of Black sea.
6. Republic of Lakotah
It is inside United States.
7. Barotseland
It is near Zambia of African continent.
We know there are 4 fundamental properties of matter.
1 . Gas
2. Liquid
3. Solid
4. Plasma
Fire doesn't fall into liquid state.
Because fire doesn't have a fixed volume like other liquids.
Fire doesn't fall into solid state.
Because fire doesn't have a fixed shape life other solids.
Fire doesn't fall into gas state.
Because fire doesn't expand in the same way as other gases do.
Fire is currently considered a plasma.
Plasma state for fire makes most sense .
In plasma state , there are free roaming electrons , which isn't seen in any other state of matter.
But in fire , we can see this phenomena.
We can conclude that fire is in plasma state.
These animals can be a good swimmers too in emergencies !!!
1. Pigs - They are adept swimmers !!!!
2. Kangaroos - They can swim using their powerful hind legs.
3. Cats and dogs - These domestic animals can swim in emergencies.
4. Ants - During floods, they form rafts allowing them to float.
5. Camels - Despite their desert adaptation, they can swim proficiently.
This incident happened during 2019 Loksabha elections..
Election fever was high.
In our house also, we were discussing whom to put vote.
My nephew Aniruddha was all ears to what we talk.
It was the polling day !!!!
We asked Aniruddha to come with us to polling booth otherwise he would be alone in the house.
All of us reached the polling booth.
There was a not so long line in front of polling booth.
Since childhood, Aniruddha is very talkative.
Aniruddha started talking with other people standing in the queue.
He was telling others that My mother is going to vote for this party.
You people also must vote for same party !!!!!
Till we are inside the polling booth he was repeating the same.
One woman jokingly complained to polling official that this boy is canvassing for that party !!!!
Listening to that, polling officer started scolding Aniruddha for doing so.
Aniruddha started crying loudly !!!!
To calm him down, polling officer had put an ink mark on his finger !!!
Here is the list of World's safest cities.
1. Abu Dhabi
2. Taipei , Taiwan
3. Doha, Qatar
4. Ajman, UAE
5. Dubai, everyone knows where it is !!!!
6. Ras Al khaima , UAE
7. Muscut , Oman
8. Hague, Netherlands
9. Bern, Switzerland
10. Munich, Germany
I have one equation
18 , 46 , 94 , ?? , 52 , 61
When I saw this question, I thought it must be following some order.
But I failed to get the concept.
I asked Google for help.
According to Google,
The series is of the square of numbers.
But written in the reverse order !!!!
So I can also write the above series as,
81 , 64 , 49 , ?? , 25 , 16.
Now it is very clear.
9^2 , 8 ^2 , 7^2, ?? , 5^2 , 4^2.
Missing number is 6 ^ 2 = 36
Tea with its soothing aroma and diverse flavours holds a cherished place around the world.
Largest tea producing countries are
1. China
2. India
3. Kenya
4. Sri Lanka
5. Turkey
6. Indonesia
7. Vietnam
8. Japan
9. Iran
10. Argentina
That country is Maldives.
Citizenship in Maldives is governed by Islamic principles.
Any person who wishes To be a citizen of Maldives, shall submit a written application to Minister Ministery of foreign affairs,
They are Muslims.
They have attained the age of 21 and is of sound mind.
They have resided in Maldives for 12 continuous years.
Maldives features distinctive Islamic architecture.
In the village, a former had 4 sons.
Sons are lazy and they have learnt a few bad practices by mixing with their friends.
Farmer came to know of this and he warned his sons against bad habits..
But sons were adamant saying that all their friends are also doing the same.
Farmer didn't say anything but decided to teach them a lesson.
Next day, farmer brought a bundle of ripe mangoes with him.
Intentionally he mixed one rotten mango in the bundle.
Farmer said to his sons to eat mangoes next day morning.
Sons agreed thinking that mangoes must be unripe.
But to their horror, each and every mangoes have become rotten next day.
When they complain about this,
Farmer replied,
There must have been a rotten mango in the bundle
Because of that, other proper mangoes also got rotten.
Same way, one friend who is having bad habits is enough to spoil character of his friends.
It's better to be alone than with these friends.
Sons understood what their father meant to say.
A hybrid animal is a cross between animals of two different species.
1. Tigon - - - - Cross between male tiger and lioness
2. Liger - - - - Cross between male lion and tigress
3. Wholphin - - - - Cross between whale and dolphin
4. Grolar beer - - - - Cross between grizzy bear and polar bear
5. Jaglion - - - Cross between male jaguar and lioness
6. Mule - - - - Cross between male donkey and female horse
7. Zonkey - - - - Cross between zebra and donkey
Once Mulla Naseeruddin and his wife were returning from the market after buying meat.
Naseeruddin was saying to his wife that his friend has given the recipe for mutton biryani written on the paper.
Showing the written recipe to his wife holding it in one hand and carelessly holding mutton bag in the other hand, Naseeruddin was walking with his wife.
A crow had observed that Naseeruddin is carrying meat in his hand, quickly flew down and snatched the mutton bag and flew.
Naseeruddin 's wife started shouting but Naseeruddin was seen in very relaxed mood !!!!
Angry wife said Why are you grinning ??!!
Naseeruddin replied
"
That crow didn't know that I am holding the mutton biryani recipe in the other hand.
What it could do with raw meat ???!!!
