The earliest modes of transport used to be our legs, which got subsequently shifted to animals as human civilization progressed. In the olden times people used to lift and transport the rich and wealthy or the royalty. Even till date such a practice is still prevalent. The surprising thing is that we can find these primitive modes in use…[Read more]

This is the second in the series of quiz by Knowledge is Power Use It Wisely hope you enjoy answering it. Answers at the end of  the quiz.

1) Who invented  the aeroplane?

2) John Boyd Dunlop is famous for which invention?

3) What was the name of the first powered aeroplane that took to the skies?

4) In an effort to discourage illegal p…[Read more]

1) Besides a venomous bite, a tarantula sometimes shoots barbed hairs to defend itself. Tarantula is a very huge sized spider.

2) Tuna fish cover  great distances while migrating; a tuna tagged in Mexico eventually turned up near Japan!

3) Carrots aren’t just orange colour. They come in purple, yellow, red, white and even black colour.

4) In…[Read more]

Air India is India’s national carrier and is the country’s brand ambassador in the skies. It is a microcosm of India in the Air. A Puss Moth took to the sky from Karachi airport for Bombay via Ahmedabad on 15th October 1932 during the pre-independance era in the undivided India. Piloting this fledgling flight was a young man who was to pioneer…[Read more]

The largest travelling exhibition ever mounted ‘ The Enduring Image’ by The British Musuem inaugurated in New Delhi, India on the 13th October 1997  has been described as an exhibition of not Indian treasures alone but one in which India takes its proper place as one of the major world civilizations which truly it is due to its existence since…[Read more]

The British Museum was founded in 1753 and is based on the Collections of the polymath Sir Hans Sloane to which were immediately added a number of other national Collections. These Foundation Collections were housed in Montague House, until the present magnificent neo-classical building was designed and constructed by Sir Robert Smirke during the…[Read more]

The Padshahnama or ‘Chronicle of the Emperor’ is an account of the first regnal decade of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. Who is also known as the engineer king and during whose time the Taj Mahal along with many other famous architectural marvels were built. The album is dated 1656-1657 and is superbly illustrated with some of the finest Mughal…[Read more]

The Padshahnama or ‘Chronicle of the Emperor’ is an account of the first regnal decade of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. Who is also known as the engineer king and during whose time the Taj Mahal along with many other famous architectural marvels were built. The album is dated 1956-1957 and is superbly illustrated with some of the finest Mughal…[Read more]

Seated Ganesha made of Schist and having a height of 102.50 cms is from Odisha state of India and belongs to the circa 13th century A.D  and is of dark black green in colour. Here Lord Ganesha is shown seated in lalitasana with his consort on his lap. His shown with five heads also called panchamukha and with ten hands. In his trunk, Lord Ganesha…[Read more]

After the steps initiated by the Prime Minister for the financial economic reform in India. Thirty out of the fifty day period requested by the Prime Minister to the people of India have passed. The people  who after suffering personally for the betterment of the country and trusting  the Prime Minister’s word gave the government time to settle a…[Read more]

1.     The incumbent post of the Chief Secretary is chosen by the Chief Minister of the particular state in India.
Odisha State has maximum reserves of Hematite Iron which is more than 30 percent.
India has currently around 1.2 million home lighting systems and 3.2 million solar lanterns sold and distributed. India has been ranked number one ma…[Read more]

1.      CASA stands for Current and Savings Account ratio which is used in the banking and financial sector. It is the ratio of deposits in the current and savings accounts of a bank to its total bank deposits. A high CASA ratio indicates that a higher portion of the bank’s deposit come from current and savings accounts. This means that the bank i…[Read more]

1) Genius does what it must, and talent what it can. – Owen Meredith

2) There is no genius in life like the genius of energy and industry – D.G.Mitchell

3)  A generous man places the benefits he confers beneath his feet; those he receives, nearest his heart. – Greville

4) By gambling we lose both our time and treasure, two things most precious…[Read more]

The Red Billed Que;ea. which is basically a inhabitant of African continent is found in south of Sahara and other grassland areas and is considered the ‘feathered locust’.One flock of these small sparrow like birds have the capacity to destroy a whole field of crops recking damage as a plague of locusts. The important feature of this bird is the…[Read more]

There are many things which we come to know daily which we had no knowledge of previously. Here are a few such interesting facts mentioned below, which will be of interest to readers.

1) If you eat too many carrots, your skin can turn orange. How many is too many has to be tested.

2) During the Second World War, the Crown of Scotland was hidden…[Read more]