somnath temple facts

1. The Somnath Temple (Gujarati: સોમનાથ મંદિર Sanskrit: सोमनाथ मन्दिर) located in the Prabhas Kshetra near Veraval in Saurashtra, on the western coast of Gujarat, India, is one of the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines of the God Shiva.
2. Somnath means "The Protector of (the) Moon God".
3. According to somnath temple facts, it has been said to be created by the Moon God.
4. Mahmud of Ghazni attacked the temple in 1026 and plundered it.
5. In 1296 CE, the temple was once again destroyed by Sultan Allauddin Khilji's army
6. Most recently it was rebuilt in November 1947, when Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel visited the area for the integration of Junagadh and mooted a plan for restoration.
7. Statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in front of the templeAfter Patel's death, the rebuilding continued under K. M. Munshi, who was the Minister for Food and Civil Supplies in the Nehru Government.
8. The ruins were pulled down in October 1950 and the mosque present at that site was shifted few miles away.^[22]
   In May 1951, Rajendra Prasad, the first President of the Republic of
   India, invited by K M Munshi, performed the installation ceremony for
   the temple.
9. This episode created a serious rift between the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru,
   who saw the movement for reconstruction of the temple as an attempt at
   Hindu revivalism and the President Rajendra Prasad and Union Minister K.
   M. Munshi, who saw in its reconstruction, the fruits of freedom and the
   reversal of past injustice done to Hindus.
10. The present day somnath temple is built in the Chalukya style where
    contributions of the Sompara Saluts who are the chief masons of Gujarat
    have been immense.
11. The present temple is built in the Chalukya style of temple architecture or Kailash Mahameru Prasad Style^[12] and reflects the skill of the Sompura Salats, Gujarat's master masons.
    
    The temple is situated at such a place that there is no land in straight-line between Somnath seashore till Antarctica, such an inscription in Sanskrit is found on the Arrow-Pillar called Baan-Stambh erected on the sea-protection wall at the Somnath Temple. This Baan-Stambh mentions that it stands at a point on the Indian landmass, which happens to be the first point on land in the north to the south-pole on that particular longitude.^[26]
12. 
    Arrow Pillar or Baan-Stambh

Nuclear Research Centres in India

 

Research Center	Place
Atomic Energy Commission	Bombay
Bhabha Atomic Research Center	Trombay (Bombay)
Electronics Corporation of India	Hyderabad
High Altitude Research Laboratory	Gulmarg (Kashmir)
Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute	Durgapur (West Bengal)
Central Mining Research Institution	Dhanbad (Bihar)
Indian Rare Earths, Ltd.,	Alwaye
Radio Astronomy Center	Ootacamund
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics	Calcutta
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research	Bombay
Tata Memorial Center	Bombay
Uranium Corporation of India	Jaduguda(Bihar)

 

Inventions and Inventors

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Inventions & Their Inventors

The following table gives the name of inventors and their inventions in short and concise form .Please memorize these for any future KBC (Kaun Banega Crorepati) episode or any other exams or test based on GK

Inventions	Inventor
Air Conditioning	Willis Carrier
Air brakes	George Westinghouse
concept of ambulance	Knights of St. John
anemometer (measures wind speed)	Leon Battista Alberti
first artificial heart first artificial kidney dialysis machine	Willem Kolff
Aspirin	Hippocrates
Astroturf : synthetic grass-like playing surfaces	Wright and Faria of Monsanto Industries
magnetic recording Audio Tape Recording	Marvin Camra
electrified monorail system	Ronald Riley
safety air bags: first offered in the 1973 model Chevrolet	General Motors research team
the first true plastic Bakelite	Leo Hendrik Baekeland
Ball Point Pens	Ladislo Biro
first rubber balloons	Michael Faraday
Band-Aid	Earle Dickson
Bar Codes	Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver , 1952
Barbie Doll	Ruth Handler , 1959
modern baseball	Alexander Cartwright
BASIC (Beginner's All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code)	John Kemeny and Tom Kurtz ,  in 1964
Basketball	James Naismith

 

KBC PREPARATION SET -1

General Knowledge general awareness solved questions Practice test

1. Kovalam Beach resort is situated in:
(a) Tamilnadu
(b) Karnataka
(c) Kerala
(d) Andhra Pradesh
Answer. (c)

2. Pituitary gland is present:
(a) Below the brain
(b) Above the brain
(c) Inside the brain
(d) No where near the brain
Answer. (a)

3. BHC (Benzene Hexa Chloride) is a/an:
(a) Herbicide
(b) Fungicide
(c) Insecticide
(d) Weedicide
Answer. (c)

4. Which one of the following writs is issued by the court in case of illegal detention of a Person?
(a) Quo Warranto
(b) Mandamus
(c) Habeas Corpus
(d) Certiorari
Answer. (c)

5. The Manas Wild Life sanctuary is located in
The state of:
(a) Gujarat
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Assam
Answer. (d)

6. The “Last Supper” a famous Renaissance
Painting was a masterpiece of:
(a) Michael Angelo
(b) Leonardo de Vinci
(c) Titian
(d) Raphael
Answer. (b)

7. Who was the last British Viceroy of India?
(a) Lord Linlithgow
(b) Lord Wavell
(c) Lord Mountbatten
(d) Lord Irwin
Answer. (c)

8. Who was the tenth Guru of Sikhs?
(a) Guru Har Govind
(b) Guru Arjun Dev
(c) Guru Teg Bahadur
(d) Guru Govind Singh
Answer. (d)

9. What is the name given to the intermediate Range ballistic surface to surface
missile developed in India?
(a) Prithvi
(b) Agni
(c) Saras
(d) Naag
Answer. (b)

10. Which of the following countries have Common national frontiers with India?
(a) China, Russia and Bangladesh
(b) China, Mayanmar and Nepal
(c) Afghanistan, Nepal and Mayanmar
(d) China, Mayanmar and Afghanistan
Answer. (b)

11. Four Maths (religious centres) in four corners
Of India were established by:
(a) Swami Vivekanand
(b) Ramakrishna Paramhans
(c) Shankaracharya
(d) Swami Shradhanand
Answer. (c)

12. Harare is the capital of:
(a) Cuba
(b) Zimbabwe
(c) Zambia
(d) South Africa
Answer. (b)

13. Mac Mohan Line is frontier line between:
(a) Pakistan and India
(b) Pakistan and Afghanistan
(c) India and Bangladesh
(d) India and China
Answer. (d)

14. The Muslim League demanded a separate state
For the Muslims in the year:
(a) 1920
(b) 1930
(c) 1940
(d) 1946
Answer. (c)

15. The earth revolves round the sun. This
Causes:
(a) Formation of day and night
(b) Deflection of winds and currents
(c) Change of seasons
(d) Differences in longitude and time
Answer. (c)

16. When a red rose is seen through green light,
It appears:
(a) White
(b) Pink
(c) Black
(d) Blue
Answer. (c)

17. The planets on either side of the earth are:
(a) Mercury and Venus
(b) Mars and Jupiter
(c) Mars and Venus
(d) Venus and Saturn
Answer. (c)

18. Which of the following countries does not have a written constitution?
(a) England
(b) U.S.A.
(c) Russia
(d) France
Answer. (a)

19. In refrigerator, the refrigerant liquid is :
(a) Carbon dioxide
(b) Nitrogen
(c) Ammonia
(d) Liquid helium
Answer. (c)

20. Alexander defeated Porus in 326 B.C. at the
Battle of:
(a) Thaneshwar
(b) Tarain
(c) Peshawar
(d) Hydaspes
Answer. (d)

21. Which organ of the body purifies the blood?
(a) Liver
(b) Kidneys
(c) Heart
(d) Lungs
Answer. (b)

22. Which one of the following contains the ‘Gayatri Mantra’?
(a) Rig Veda
(b) Yajur Veda
(c) Upanishad
(d) Aranyakas
Answer. (a)

23. Who said, ‘I have nothing to offer except Blood sweat and tears’?
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(b) Napoleon
(c) Winston Churchill
(d) Lord Nelson
Answer. (c)

24. The port city of the Indus Valley people was:
(a) Kalibangan
(b) Harappa
(c) Mohenjo-daro
(d) Lothal
Answer. (d)

25. Who wrote the book ‘The Path to Power’?
(a) Victor Banerjee
(b) Margaret Thatcher
(c) Minoo Masani
(d) Amrita Pritam
Answer. (b)