Strait: a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water S.No. Canal/Strait Divided land masses Joined water bodies 1.      Bering Strait Alaska and Siberia Pacific and Arctic 2.      Bosphorus Strait Runs through Istanbul (Turkey) separating Asian part of Turkey from its European part Black Sea and Sea of … Read more

  S.No. Wetland State 1.      Ashtamudi Wetland Kerala 2.      Bhitarkanika Mangroves Orissa 3.      Chilika Lake Orissa 4.      Kolleru Lake Andhra Pradesh 5.      Loktak Lake Manipur 6.      Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary Tamilnadu 7.      Pong Dam Lake (smallest area) Himachal Pradesh 8.      Sambhar Lake Rajasthan 9.      Upper … Read more

  S.No. Name of the Island Location 1.      Abdul Kalam Island Bay of Bengal, off the coast of Odisha 2.      Barren Island Andaman islands 3.      Cattle Island Mahanadi river, Odisha 4.      Havelock Island Andamans 5.      Kachchatheevu Palk Strait 6.      Majuli Island Brahmaputra river 7.      Sagar Island Bay of … Read more

Which Country is Known as land of thousand lakes? Ans. Finland S.No. Fact Name of the Lake 1.      Deepest lake in the world Baikal (fresh water) in Russia 2.      Largest coastal lagoon in India Chilka lake in Orissa 3.      Largest fresh water lake Lake Superior, between Canada and the USA 4.      Largest … Read more

Which City is known as City of Lakes in India? Ans. Udaipur S.No. Lake Location 1.      Dal lake Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir 2.      Hussain Sagar Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh 3.      Kolleru lake Andhra Pradesh 4.      Pangong lake Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir 5.      Pichola lake Udaipur in Rajasthan 6.      … Read more

  S.No. Country Date of Joining 1. USA 1975 2. United Kingdom 1975 3. France 1975 4. Japan 1975 5. Germany 1975 6. Italy 1975 7. Canada 1976 8. Russia 1997

  S.No. Country 1. Argentina 2. Australia 3. Brazil 4. Canada 5. China 6. European Union 7. France 8. Germany 9. India 10. Indonesia 11. Italy 12. Japan 13. Mexico 14. Russia 15. Saudi Arabia 16. South Africa 17. South Korea 18. Turkey 19. U.S.A 20. United Kingdom    

Member Countries of European Union S.No. Country Currency Date of Joining 1. Belgium Euro 1952 2. France Euro 1952 3. Germany Euro 1952 4. Italy Euro 1952 5. Luxembourg Euro 1952 6. Netherlands Euro 1952 7. Denmark Krone 1973 8. Ireland Euro 1973 9. United Kingdom Pound 1973 10. Greece Euro 1981 11. Portugal Euro … Read more

Member Countries of OPEC (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries ) Headquarter – Vienna S.No. Country Capital 1. Algeria Algiers 2. Angola Luanda 3. Ecuador Quito 4. Iran Tehran 5. Iraq Baghdad 6. Kuwait Kuwait City 7. Libya Tripoli 8. Nigeria Abuja 9. Qatar Doha 10. Saudi Arabia Riyadh 11. U.A.E Abu Dhabi 12. Venezuala Caracas … Read more

Member Countries of ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) Headquarter – Jakarta S.No. Country Capital 1. Brunei Darussalam Bandar Seri Begawan 2. Cambodia Phnom Penh 3. Indonesia Jakarta 4. Lao PDR Vientiane 5. Malayasia Kuala Lumpur 6. Myanmar Naypyitaw 7. Phillipines Manila 8. Singapore Singapore 9. Thailand Bangkok 10. Vietnam Hanoi