- Vicuna : Camel : : Repec : Violin (Vicuna is an animal , similar to camel
repec is a musical instrument , similar to violin) - USA : Congress : : Iran : Majlis (parliament of USA is called Congress and that of Iran is called Majlis)
- Foresight : Anticipation : : Insomnia : Sleeplessness (Synonyms)
- Tanning : Leather : : Pyrotechnics : Fireworks
- Salve : Ointment : : Sauterne : Wine
- Nark : Spy : : Shyster : Lawyer
- Pituitary : Brain : : Thymus : Chest (Pituitary is gland of brain , Thymus is gland of chest)
- Novice : Learner : : Harbinger : Messenger (synonyms)
- Knoll : Hill : : Eclogue : Poem (knoll is a small hill , eclogue is short poem)
- Seismograph : Earthquakes : : Taseometer : Strains (first is device used to measure second)
Vital knowledge according to examination point of view,including latest updates from science , world , health and medicine ,current affairs ,economy etc.
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
GRE Reasoning : Analogy 3
GRE Reasoning : Analogy 2
- Eccrinology : Secretions : : Selenography : Moon
- Archipelago : Islands : : Massif : Mountains
- Origami : Paper : Ikebana : Flowers(first is an art associated with second)
- Penology : Punishment : : Seismology : Earthquakes
- Igloos : Canada : : Rondavels : Africa
- Mastic : Gum : : Suet : Fat
- Nautilus : Fish : : Teal : Duck
- Anaemia : Blood : : Anarchy : Government
- Misogamy : Marriage : : Misogyny(First is a hatred for the second)
- Probe : Wound : : Anemograph : Force
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
GRE Reasoning : Analogy 1
- Painting : Artist : : Symphony : Composer
- Pongee(is a type of silk) : Silk : : Shallot(is a kind of boat) : Boat
- Dawn : Dusk : : Inauguration : Valediction
- Tectonics(is the science of dealing with the art of building) : Buildings : : Taxidermy(is the art of stuffing animals) : Stuffing
- Legend : Story : : Merlin : Hawk
- Annihilation : Fire : : Cataclysm : Flood
- Lemur(belongs to the family of monkey) : Monkey : : Rook(belongs to the family of crow) : Crow
- Vestry : Church : : Dispensary : Hospital
- Visitor(is given an invitation to attend an occasion) : Invitation : : Witness(is delivered a subpoena providing for attendence at the court) : Subpoena
- Mash : Horse : : Mast : Pig
Zloty, Mother Teresa, Leicester
- Color of peridots(semi-precious stones) is green.
- Zloty is the unit of currency of Poland.
- Mother Teresa of Calcutta won the 1979 Nobel Prize for Peace.
- The human race doubles its number after every 35 years.
- Quarantine is isolation because of sickness ,also it is a sort of red apple(also called Quarrender).
- The Japanese art of sword fighting is called Kendo.
- 39,44,44,512 is the number of 4-inch sausages that would be needed to circle the earth at the equator.
- Uranus is the most distant planet just visible to the naked eye.
- The six main vitamins are A, B, C, D, E and K.
- Border , Leicester and Corriedale are all breeds of Sheep.
- A average person eats about 50 tons of food in a lifetime.
'big bang' theory, Red Crescent, The Old Bailey....
- Georges Lemaitre was the man responsible for the 'big bang' theory.
- .The moon takes 27.3 days to complete a full revolution of the earth.
- Admiral Beaufort gave his name to a wind force scale.
- An average healthy scalp sheds about 65 hairs in twenty-four hours.
- The Old Bailey is another name for London's Central Criminal Court.
- The equivalent of Red Cross in Muslim Countries is the Red Crescent.
- Canada owns the Queen Elizabeth islands in the Arctic.
- Planets are the heavenly bodies which the Greeks call 'wandering stars'.
- Carpet-Bagger is the American political term for an entrepreneur who began business in the devasted southern states with no more than could be carried in a carpet-bag.
- Mount McKinley is the highest mountain of North America.
Manhattan Project(1942), American Admiral Robert E. Peary...
- Scientists working on the Manhattan Project(1942) were researching on atomic bomb.
- London's Underground system is powered by electricity.
- A sand wedge is used for getting out of a bunker in golf.
- Samuel Morse invented the telegraph.
- The Olympic Games have been cancelled three times(1916,1940,1944) due to war.
- The International Hydrographic Bureau does not recognize the Antarctic Ocean.
- In 1937, the earth missed a major disaster by less than 3 seconds when it nearly collided with a minor planet called Hermes.
- The first person to reach North Pole was American Admiral Robert E. Peary on 6 April 1909.
- By 8 inches the level of sea drops each spring.
- A average person eats about 50 tons of food in a lifetime.
Interferometer, Orology, Yugoslavia, Crown Jewels....
- Anaemia is caused to the deficiency of Iron.
- Apollo II's landing module was called 'Eagle'.
- Apollo 11's communal module was called Columbia.
- Infra Dignitatem means Beneath one's dignity.
- The wavelength of light is measured by interferometer.
- Orology is the scientific study of mountains.
- In Yugoslavia a pig is brought into the house for good luck on New Years Eve.
- The planet surrounded by rings is Saturn.
- The creatures which accompany sharks and ships is Pilot fish.
- In London the Crown Jewels are kept in the Tower of London.
Castel Gandolfo, Walther 7.65.....
- The summer residence of Pope is Castel Gandolfo.
- In an aeroplane flight the chances of death is highest while landing approach.
- Albatross is the only bird that can fly all day without once flapping its wings.
- Troops of Great Britain, in 1814 set fire to the White House in the nineteenth century.
- Blues and violets colors make a scene appear to recede on a picture.
- Adolf Hitler used Walther 7.65 pistol to commit suicide.
- The only European country in which a wife does not take the name of her husband upon marriage is Spain.
- The axis of the earth is moving and in 12,000 years the pole star will be replaced by VEGA.
- ALOHA is the Hawaiian word of greeting.
- CHESHIRE is the oldest of the English cheeses.
Monday, 10 October 2011
Brain Teasers VII : Christopher Columbus, Heinrich Himmler
- Spanish King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella financed Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the New World.
- The belt of forest running from Scandinavia to Japan is known as the Taiga.
- The largest living creature without a backbone is giant Squid.
- Bulls are not excited specifically by the color red because they are color-blind.
- Study of fossil fuels is called Palaeontology.
- Whale's nostril is called blowhole.
- The anaconda of South America is the largest and heaviest of all snakes.
- Heinrich Himmler was head of Hitler's SS.
- About 40,000 muscles are there in the trunk of an elephant.
- SCUBA stands for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.
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