Women's worldcup held in which sport ??

 This question was asked on Koun Banega Karodpati program.

Question 

Women's world cup was held for the first time in which sport ??

1.  Cricket 

2.  Football 

3.  Hockey 

4.   Rugby 

Answer 

We will find out the year at which first women's worldcup matches held for each of the options given in question.

Rugby

Women's worldcup rugby matches are being held since 1991.

Hockey 

Women's worldcup hockey matches are being held since 1974.

Football

Women's worldcup football matches are being held since 1991.

Cricket 

Women's worldcup cricket matches are being held since 1973.

By looking at the above chart,  we can conclude that women's worldcup matches were first held in the sport of 

    

                        CRICKET      !!!!

Why is there a gap between railway tracks ??

We must have noticed rails are not laid as a single continuous piece. Instead they are joined at regular intervals.

This is because manufacturing and transporting a single raip for thousands of kilometers is neither practical nor feasible.

Therefore multiple rail sections are connected to form a continuous track.

But there is a small gap between two joined rails. It is carefully engineered safety measure.

Railway tracks are made of iron and steel. Metals naturally expand in hot weather and get contract in cold weather.

If no space is left between two rail sections, the expansion in higher temperature could cause the tracts to bend or buckle.

It is a dangerous condition that result in derailment.

The gap provided allows the metal to expand safely without distorting the alignment of tracks.

Other safety measure is trains halting at the outer signal before entering the station.

Because signalling and track clearance play a crucial role in such stops.  

National birds of different countries

Here is the list of most stunning national birds around the world   ------

1.  Indian Peafowl ,  India 

2.  Bald Eagle  ,  United States of America 

3.  Resplendent Quetzal ,  Guatemala 

4.  Scarlet Macaw ,  Honduras 

5.  Golden Eagle , Mexico 

6.  Himalayan Monal ,  Nepal 

7.  Atlantic Puffin, Iceland 

8.  Grey Crowned Crane ,  Uganda 

9.  Andean  Condor,  Columbia 

10 .  North Island Brown Kiwi ,  New Zealand 

Which countries border the strait of Hormuz ??

 Nowadays strait of Hormuz is in news.

It has a very narrow width. Although the width of strait appears to be limited, it carries a significant portion of world's oil exports.

The strait of Hormuz is between 2 nations.

1.  Iran  (  north coast  )

                  Iran has the entire northern shore of the strait and many islands all of which Iran owns.

                  Therefore, Iran has significant authority over maritime traffic passing through strait.

2.  Oman  (  south coast  )

                   Southern coast of Hormuz strait is Oman.

                   Oman  controls southern shore through Musandam peninsula.  It is an exclave seperated from rest of Oman from UAE.

3.  UAE (  United Arab Emirates  ) 

            UAE's coastline  is part of immediate geographical corridor.

The shared load

 Mulla Naseeruddin was seen riding his donkey while carrying a heavy bundle of wood on his own head  !!!

Puzzled friend asked Naseeruddin, why he didn't put the wood on donkey instead of carrying on his head ??

Naseeruddin replied,

"  poor donkey is already carrying me.  I wanted to help it by sharing the load of wood. That's why I am carrying it on my head  !!!!  "