Which is the country??

 This question was asked on Koun Banega Karodpati program.

Question 

Which of these countries located in Pacific ocean got its name directly from that of a person ??

1.   Nauru 

2.  Tuvalu 

3.  Kiribati 

4.  Vanautu 

Answer 

When this question came before contestant,  he opted for helpline.

The hint given to him was the flag of the country features a bird and rising Sun.

But we will look at the origin of names of different countries given above first.

Vanautu 

              The name comes from the phrase Vanautu meaning " our Land forever ".

Vanautu ruled out !!!

Tuvalu 

             The phrase Tuvalu refers to eight islands referring to eight inhabited islands.

Tuvalu ruled out  !!!

Nauru  

               No direct connection  !!!

Kiribati 

             Kiribati is named after British explorer Thomas Gilbert.

             Kiribati is the local pronunciation of the word  Gilbert   !!!

Answer       KIRIBATI   !!!

Why do Indians break a coconut before starting a new venture ??

  Every auspicious occasion begins with breaking of coconut.

Coconut is often offered as a whole or broken in two halves.

It signifies the breaking of ego and surrender to divine.

Breaking the coconut believed to dispel negative energy.

Water inside coconut is considered holy water.

Coconut is said to represent 3 supreme gods, Brahma   Vishnu   Shiva.

Coconut is considered a sacred offering to all the Gods in Hinduism.

Why do cat's eyes glow in dark ??

 Eyes of all animals have retina.

Retina is a thin layer at the back of the eye that absorbs light and changes into signals so that brain can understand.

Behind cat's eye is a mirror called " tapetum lucidum ". Light passes through retina, hits the tapetum lucidum.

This light reflects back through retina. 

The glow in cat's eye is the light bouncing back from tapetum lucidum.

Cats are not the only animals with this ability. All night hunting animals have this.

Cows, sheep, goat and horses have it too probably for spotting predators at night.

Squirrels, pigs, most of the primates including humans don't have this as they are active during daytime.

Interestingly most dogs have this feature.  But is missing in dogs with blue eyes and domesticated breeds  !!!!

Most educated countries in the world

  These sre the most educated countries  ----

1.  Canada 

2.  Ireland 

3.  Japan 

4.  South Korea 

5.  United Kingdom 

6.  Luxembourg 

7.  Australia 

8.  Sweden 

9.  United States of America 

10.  Israel 

Why Japan has blue traffic light ??

 All over the world, red colour traffic signal indicates the vehicles to STOP and green colour indicates GO.

But in Japan, GO signal is slightly blue rather than usual bright green  !!!

The main cause of Japan's so called blue traffic light is based on the language.

Japanese language did not have a clear distinction between the colours green and blue.

Japanese call green vegetables as blue vegetables  !!!

The Japanese traffic lights have slightly blue colour in them.  They are still called BLUE  !!!