*******List of Phobias (by words) (all)********

1. air travel aerophobia
2. American people and things Americophobia
3. animals zoophobia
4. bacteria bacteriophobia
5. beards pogonophobia
6. beating mastigophobia
7. bed clinophobia
8. bees apiphobia
9. birds ornithophobia
10. blood haemophobia
11. blushing erythrophobia
12. body odour bromidrosiphobia
13. bridges gephyrophobia
14. bullets ballistophobia
15. burial alive taphephobia
16. cancer carcinophobia
17. cats ailurophobia
18. childbirth tocophobia
19. children paedophobia
20. Chinese people and things Sinophobia
21. church ecclesiophobia
22. clouds nephophobia
23. coitus coitophobia
24. cold cheimaphobia
25. colour chromophobia
26. comets cometophobia
27. computers cyberphobia
28. constipation coprostasophobia
29. corpses necrophobia
30. correspondence epistolophobia
31. crowds demophobia/ochlophobia
32. dampness hygrophobia
33. darkness scotophobia
34. dawn eosophobia
35. death thanatophobia
36. depth bathophobia
37. dirt mysophobia
38. disease pathophobia/nosophobia
39. dogs cynophobia
40. dreams oneirophobia
41. drink potophobia
42. drugs pharmacophobia
43. dust koniophobia
44. electricity electrophobia
45. enclosed places claustrophobia
46. English people and things Anglophobia
47. everything panophobia/pantophobia
48. eyes ommetaphobia
49. faeces coprophobia
50. failure kakorrhaphiaphobia
51. fatigue kopophobia
52. fear phobophobia
53. feathers pteronophobia
54. fever febriphobia
55. fire pyrophobia
56. fish ichthyophobia
57. flesh selaphobia
58. floods antlophobia
59. flowers anthophobia
60. fog homichlophobia
61. food cibophobia/sitophobia
62. foreigners xenophobia
63. freedom eleutherophobia
64. French people and things Francophobia/Gallophobia
65. fur doraphobia
66. German people and things Germanophobia/Teutophobia
67. germs bacteriophobia
68. ghosts phasmophobia
69. glass nelophobia
70. God theophobia
71. gold chrysophobia/aurophobia
72. hair trichophobia
73. heart disease cardiophobia
74. heat thermophobia
75. heaven uranophobia
76. hell hadephobia/stygiophobia
77. heredity patroiophobia
78. high buildings batophobia
79. high places acrophobia/hypsophobia
80. home oikophobia
81. homosexuals homophobia
82. horses hippophobia
83. ice cryophobia
84. ideas ideophobia
85. idleness thassophobia
86. illness nosophobia
87. imperfection atelophobia
88. infinity apeirophobia
89. injury traumatophobia
90. inoculation trypanophobia/vaccinophobia
91. insanity lyssophobia/maniphobia
92. insects entomophobia
93. insect stings cnidophobia
94. Italian people and things Italophobia
95. itching acarophobia
96. jealousy zelotypophobia
97. justice dikephobia
98. lakes limnophobia
99. leprosy leprophobia
100. lice pediculophobia
101. light photophobia
102. lightning astrapophobia
103. lists pinaciphobia/katastichophobia
104. loneliness autophobia/ermitophobia
105. machinery mechanophobia
106. magic rhabdophobia
107. marriage gamophobia
108. men androphobia
109. metal metallophobia
110. mice musophobia
111. microbes bacillophobia/microbiophobia
112. mirrors eisoptrophobia
113. mites acarophobia
114. mobs ochlophobia
115. money chrematophobia
116. monsters, giving birth to teratophobia
117. motion kinetophobia
118. music musicophobia
119. names onomatophobia
120. narrowness anginophobia
121. needles belonephobia
122. new things neophobia
123. night nyctophobia
124. nudity gymnophobia
125. open places agoraphobia
126. pain algophobia
127. parasites parasitophobia
128. people anthropophobia
129. philosophy philosophobia
130. pins enetophobia
131. places topophobia
132. pleasure hedonophobia
133. poison toxiphobia
134. politics politicophobia
135. Pope papaphobia
136. poverty peniaphobia
137. precipices cremnophobia
138. priests hierophobia
139. punishment poinephobia
140. rabies hydrophobophobia
141. rail travel siderodromophobia
142. religious works of art iconophobia
143. reptiles batrachophobia
144. responsibility hypegiaphobia
145. ridicule katagelophobia
146. rivers potamophobia
147. robbers harpaxophobia
148. ruin atephobia
149. Russian people and things Russophobia
150. saints hagiophobia
151. Satan Satanophobia
152. scabies scabiophobia
153. Scottish people and things Scotophobia
154. sea thalassophobia
155. sex erotophobia
156. shadows sciophobia
157. sharpness acrophobia
158. shock hormephobia
159. sin hamartophobia
160. skin disease dermatosiophobia/dermatopathophobia
161. sleep hypnophobia
162. slime blennophobia
163. small things microphobia
164. smell olfactophobia/osmophobia
165. smothering pnigerophobia
166. snakes ophidiophobia
167. snow chionophobia
168. solitude eremophobia
169. sound acousticophobia
170. sourness acerophobia
171. speech lalophobia/laliophobia/glossophobia/phonophobia
172. speed tachophobia
173. spiders arachnophobia
174. standing stasophobia
175. stars siderophobia
176. stealing kleptophobia
177. string linonophobia
178. stuttering lalophobia/laliophobia
179. sun heliophobia
180. swallowing phagophobia
181. symmetry symmetrophobia
182. taste geumatophobia
183. technology technophobia
184. teeth odontophobia
185. telephone telephonophobia
186. thinking phronemophobia
187. thirteen triskaidekaphobia
188. thunder brontophobia/tonitrophobia/keraunophobia
189. time chronophobia
190. touch haptophobia
191. travel hodophobia
192. tuberculosis phthisiophobia
193. tyrants tyrannophobia
194. vehicles ochophobia
195. venereal disease syphilophobia
196. voids kenophobia
197. vomiting emetophobia
198. water hydrophobia
199. waves cyrnophobia
200. weakness asthenophobia
201. wind anemophobia
202. women gynophobia
203. words logophobia
204. work ergophobia
205. worms helminthophobia
206. writing graphophobia

*********20 Interesting and Useful Water Facts*********

1. Roughly 70 percent of an adult’s body is made up of water.

2. At birth, water accounts for approximately 80 percent of an infant’s body weight.

3. A healthy person can drink about three gallons (48 cups) of water per day.

4. Drinking too much water too quickly can lead to water intoxication. Water intoxication occurs when water dilutes the sodium level in the bloodstream and causes an imbalance of water in the brain.

5. Water intoxication is most likely to occur during periods of intense athletic performance.

6. While the daily recommended amount of water is eight cups per day, not all of this water must be consumed in the liquid form. Nearly every food or drink item provides some water to the body.

7. Soft drinks, coffee, and tea, while made up almost entirely of water, also contain caffeine. Caffeine can act as a mild diuretic, preventing water from traveling to necessary locations in the body.

8. Pure water (solely hydrogen and oxygen atoms) has a neutral pH of 7, which is neither acidic nor basic.

9. Water dissolves more substances than any other liquid. Wherever it travels, water carries chemicals, minerals, and nutrients with it.

10. Somewhere between 70 and 75 percent of the earth’s surface is covered with water.

11. Much more fresh water is stored under the ground in aquifers than on the earth’s surface.

12. The earth is a closed system, similar to a terrarium, meaning that it rarely loses or gains extra matter. The same water that existed on the earth millions of years ago is still present today.

13. The total amount of water on the earth is about 326 million cubic miles of water.

14. Of all the water on the earth, humans can used only about three tenths of a percent of this water. Such usable water is found in groundwater aquifers, rivers, and freshwater lakes.

15. The United States uses about 346,000 million gallons of fresh water every day.

16. The United States uses nearly 80 percent of its water for irrigation and thermoelectric power.

17. The average person in the United States uses anywhere from 80-100 gallons of water per day. Flushing the toilet actually takes up the largest amount of this water.

18. Approximately 85 percent of U.S. residents receive their water from public water facilities. The remaining 15 percent supply their own water from private wells or other sources.

19. By the time a person feels thirsty, his or her body has lost over 1 percent of its total water amount.

20. The weight a person loses directly after intense physical activity is weight from water, not fat.

*********Hanging Gardens of Babylon ***********

1. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one of the wonders that may have been purely legendary.

2. They were purportedly built in the ancient city-state of Babylon, near present-day Al Hillah, Babil province, in Iraq.

3. The Hanging Gardens were not the only World Wonder in Babylon; the city walls and obelisk attributed to Queen Semiramis were also featured in ancient lists of Wonders.

4. The gardens were attributed to the Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II, who ruled between 605 and 562 BC. He is reported to have constructed the gardens to please his homesick wife Amytis of Media, who longed for the plants of her homeland.

5. The gardens were said to have been destroyed by several earthquakes after the 2nd century BC

6. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are documented by ancient Greek and Roman writers, including Strabo, Diodorus Siculus, and Quintus Curtius Rufus.

7. However, no cuneiform texts describing the Hanging Gardens are extant, and no definitive archaeological evidence concerning their whereabouts has been found.

*********Records of Burj Khalifa 2*********

Ahead of its opening on January 4, Emaar, developer of the Burj Khalifa tower, has released some of the massive numbers and world records that make up the world’s tallest building.


• 31,400 – the amount of steel rebar in metric tonnes used in the structure of Burj Dubai

• 28,261– the number of glass cladding panels making up the exterior of tower and its two annexes

• 15,000 – the amount of water in litres collected from the tower’s cooling equipment that will be used for landscaping irrigation

• 12,000 – the numbers of workers on site during peak of construction

• 5,500 – the capacity in kilograms of the tower’s service lift

• 3,000 – the number of underground parking spaces

• 1,044 – the total number of residential apartments inside Burj Dubai

• 900 – the length in the feet of the world’s tallest performing fountain, The Dubai Fountain, that lies at the foot of the tower

• 605 – the vertical height in metres to which concrete was pumped in the construction of Burj Dubai, a world record for concrete pumping

• 504 – the distance traveled, or ‘rise’ in metres of Burj Dubai’s main service lift, the most of any elevator

******Records of Burj Khalifa********

• Tallest existing structure: 829.8 m (2,722 ft) (previously KVLY-TV mast – 628.8 m/2,063 ft)

• Tallest structure ever built: 829.8 m (2,722 ft) (previously Warsaw radio mast – 646.38 m/2,121 ft)

• Tallest freestanding structure: 829.8 m (2,722 ft) (previously CN Tower – 553.3 m/1,815 ft)

• Tallest skyscraper (to top of spire): 829.8 m (2,722 ft) (previously Taipei 101 – 509.2 m/1,671 ft)

• Tallest skyscraper to top of antenna: 829.8 m (2,722 ft) (previously the Willis (formerly Sears) Tower – 527 m/1,729 ft)

• Building with most floors: 163 (previously Willis (formerly Sears) Tower – 108)

• Building with world's highest occupied floor

• World's highest elevator installation (situated inside a rod at the very top of the building)

• World's fastest elevators: 64 km/h (40 mph) or 18 m/s (59 ft/s) (previously Taipei 101 – 16.83 m/s)

• Highest vertical concrete pumping (for a building): 606 m (1,988 ft)

• First world's tallest structure to include residential space

• World's second highest outdoor observation deck: 124th floor at 452 m (1,483 ft) When it first opened, the observation deck was the highest outdoor observation deck in the World, but it has since been surpassed by Cloud Top 488 on top of Canton Tower.

• World's highest installation of an aluminium and glass façade: 512 m (1,680 ft)

• World's highest nightclub: 144th floor

• World's highest restaurant (At.mosphere): 122nd floor at 442 m (1,450 ft) (previously 360, at a height of 350 m/1,148 ft in CN Tower)

• World's highest New Year display of fireworks.

• World's second highest swimming pool: 76th floor(world's highest swimming pool is located on 118th floor of Ritz-Carlton Hotel at International Commerce Centre, Hong Kong).

*****INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE AMAZON RIVER****

• The source of the Amazon River is Lago Villafro in the Andes Mountains, Peru.

• The Amazon River is the principle path of transportation for people and produce with transport ranging from balsa rafts and dugout canoes to hand-built wooden rivercraft and modern steel hulled craft.

• The Amazon is the major South American river based in the Amazon basin. It surrounds the Amazon Rainforest and covers territory belonging to nine nations: Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.

• It is characterized by extensive forested areas that become flooded every rainy season.

• It is the second longest river in the World approximately 6400 kilometres (4000 miles) – only the Nile, in Africa, is longer.

• Because it is so vast, it is sometimes called The River Sea.

• Anaconda snake is found in shallow waters in the Amazon Basin.

• Vicente Yanez Pinzon was the first European to sail into the waters in 1500. The first European to travel the length of the Amazon River was Francisco de Orellana in 1542.

• It has over 1,100 tributaries, 17 of which are over 1,500 kilometres long. A tributary is a stream, or smaller river, that flows into a main river.

• The Amazon River fact is home to the piranha – a deadly meat eating fish.

*********Facts Of NIAGARA FALLS********

• The Niagara River is about 58 kilometres (36 mi.) in length and is the natural outlet from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario.

• The elevation between the two lakes is about 99 metres (326 ft.), half occurring at the Falls themselves.

• The total area drained by the Niagara River is approximately 684,000 square kilometres (264,000 sq. mi.).

• The average fall from Lake Erie to the beginning of the upper Niagara Rapids is only 2.7 metres (9 ft.)

• Below the Chippawa-Grass Island Pool control structure, the river falls 15 metres (50 ft.) to the brink of the Falls.

• The deepest section in the Niagara River is just below the Falls. It is so deep it equals the height of the Falls above, 52 metres (170 ft.).

• The Upper Niagara River extends 35 kilometres (22 mi.) from Lake Erie to the Cascade Rapids, which begin 1 kilometre (0.6 mi.) upstream from the Canadian Horseshoe Falls.

• At Grand Island, the Niagara River divides into the west channel, known as the Canadian or Chippawa Channel, and the east channel, known as the American or Tonawanda Channel.

• The Chippawa Channel is approximately 17.7 kilometres (11 mi.) in length and varies from 610 to 1220 metres (2,000 to 4,000 ft.) in width. Water speed ranges from 0.6 to 0.9 metres per second (2 to 3 ft. per second). This channel carries approximately 60% of the total river flow.

• The Tonawanda channel is 24 kilometres (15 mi.) long and varies from 460 to 610 metres (1,500 to 2,000 ft.) in width above Tonawanda Island. Downstream, the channel varies from 460 to 1220 metres (1,500 to 4,000 ft.) in width. Speed ranges from 0.6 to 0.9 metres per second (2 to 3 feet per second).

• The Niagara Gorge extends from the Falls for 11 kilometres (7 mi.) downstream to the foot of the escarpment at Queenston.

GK Test -1

GK : 1

The large anount of sugar present in human blood is

a. sucrose
b. glucose
c. fructose
d. lactose

GK : 2

which of the following is a viral disease in man ?

a. mumps
b. cholera
c. plague
d. syphilis

GK : 3

The major constituent of gobar gas is

a. carbon dioxide
b. methane
c. butane
d. isobutane

GK : 4

Bee keeping is known as

a. sericuluture
b. apiculuture
c. aquaculuture
d. agriculuture

GK : 5

pick the odd 1 out based on crop season

a. rice
b. wheat
c. maize
d. cotton

GK : 6

coldest among the following is

a. mars
b. pluto
c. earth
d. mercury

GK : 7

Brass is an alloy of copper &

a. tin
b. iron
c. zinc
d. nickel

GK : 8

who discovered x rays ?

a. Goldstein
b. Thomson
c. Rontgen
d. Eien

GK : 9

The 1st mid-term election for loksabha were held on

a. 1962
b. 1977
c. 1980
d. 1971

GK : 10

Japan's parliament is known as

a. Diet
b. Yuan
c. Dail
d. Shora

GK : 11

RBI was nationlised in

a. 1947
b. 1949
c. 1951
d. 1948

GK : 12

The currency of Thailand is

a. Bhat
b. Yuan
c. Yen
d. Rupiah

GK : 13

Indian penal code came into operation in

a. 1958
b. 1960
c. 1959
d. 1962

Gk : 14

Dolly , the world's 1st cloned animal was a

a. sheep
b. goat
c. cow
d. pig

English Test -1

Eng : 1
choose the opposite meaning.
APPARENT

a. illegible
b. hidden
c. mysterious
d. remote

Eng : 2

Synonym for INDIGNATION

a. hatred
b. anger
c. disapproval
d. contempt

Eng : 3
Synonym for METICULOUS

a. interfere
b. agreement
c. courage
d. careful

Eng:  4
Synonym for RESCIND

a. change
b. revoke
c. repeat
d. reconsider

Eng : 5
Synonym for ANTIPATHY

a. dishonesty
b. disturbance
c. demonstration
d. dislike

Eng : 6
Opposite of ALIEN

a. native
b. natural
c. domiciled
d. resident

Eng : 7

Opposite of FUTILE

a. upright
b. eminent
c. costly
d. worthy

Eng : 8

Opposite of ANDACIOUS

a. meek
b. cowardly
c. mild
d. gentle

Eng : 9

Opposite of ARROGANT

a. simple
b. timid
c. civilized
d. modest

Eng : 9

The patient is _________ of stomachache.

a. suffering
b. experiencing
c. complaining
d. afficting

Eng : 10
A good teacher should ____________ responses from the students.

a. elicit
b. provoke
c. infer
d. command

Eng : 11

Had he taken his degree 5 years ago _________ got a promotion by now.

a. might
b. will be
c. was
d. would have

Eng : 12

He drove the car very fast _______.

a. did he ?
b. didn't he ?
c. does he ?
d. was he ?

Eng :13

He _______ wants to succeed in life must be prepared to work hard.

a. whoever
b. who
c. whom
d. whose

Eng :14

it is time to _________ home .

a. go
b. went
c. come
d. reach

Eng :15

_________ a walk in the morning will improve your health

a. going to
b. go to
c. go for
d. going for

Eng : 16

Govt. must  _______ the rise in prices.

a. cheque
b. cease
c. seize
d. check