Record Breakers in Geography

Record Breakers in Geography

01. Longest River ==== Nile,4145
miles
02. Highest Plateau ==== Pamir
(Tibet)
03. Highest Volcano ====
Cotopaxi (Andes,Equador)
04. Longest Mountain System
==== Andes,South America,8800
km,
05. Deepest place in the Ocean
==== Off the Island of Mariana
Trench,Philippi nes,36198 ft.
06. Lowest point on Surface
==== Dead Sea,Israel-Jord
an,1312 ft.below sea level
07. Biggest and deepest Ocean
==== Pacific Ocean,64186300
sq.miles
08. Smallest Ocean ==== Arctic
ocean,5440197 Sq.miles
09. Largest north-south stretch
of land ==== America
10. Largest Continent ====
Asia,16988000 sq.miles
11. Smallest Continent ====
Australia,29680 00 sq.miles
12. Largest River (in volume)
==== Amazon (Brazil)
13. Largest River Basin ====
Basin of Amazon,2720000
sq.miles
14. Largest Salt Water Lake ====
Caspian Sea(U.S.S.R. and
Iran),43550 sq.miles
15. Largest fresh water Lake
==== Superior (31200 Sq.miles)
16. Deepest Lake ==== Baikal
(Siberia),5315 ft.average depth
17. Largest Artificial Lake ====
Lake Mead of Boulder Dam
(U.S.A.)
18. Highest Navigable Lake ====
Titicaca (Peru-Bolivia), 12506
ft.above sea level
19. Longest Straits Malacca ====
Straits between Malaysia and
Sumatra (Indonesia) 485 miles
long.
20. Broadest Strait Mozambique
==== Straits,between
Mozambique and Malagasy,
maximum breadth, 245 miles

Information about Richter Scale in Bengali

Richter Scale--->>>
ছার্লস
রিখটার, ১৯৭০
সালে রিখটার পরিমাপ (Richter scale) কোন ভূমিকম্পের প্রাবল্যকে
সংখ্যা দিয়ে প্রকাশ করে।
এটি একটি ১০-ভিত্তির
লগারিদমীয় পরিমাপ।
অর্থাৎ এই পরিমাপে
যেকোনো সংখ্যার ভূমিকম্প পূর্ববর্তী সংখ্যার চাইতে
১০ গুন শক্তিশালী। যেমন, ৩
মাত্রার ভূমিকম্পের চেয়ে ৪
মাত্রা ভূমিকম্প ১০ গুন বেশী
শক্তিশালী। এটি সিসমোমিটারের সাহায্যে পরিমাপ করা হয়।
রিখটার স্কেলে মাত্রা যদি
৫ হয়, তাহলে তাহলে এটি ১০
গুন বেশী পরিমাপ দেয়
রিখটার স্কেল ৪-এর চেয়ে
এবং এটি ৩১.৬ গুন বেশী শক্তি প্রবাহ করে কম মাত্রার ভুমিকম্পের চেয়ে।

Important Question Asked in Recent Exams

Set - 1
1. What is the capital of Guyana? – Georgetown
2. National Journalism Day is observed on which day every year? – 17 November
3. Apollo Hospitals tied up with Pharma firm – Sanofi
4. Mohammad Ghouse, passed away in Chennai. He was associated with which sports? – Cricket
5. Expand COMPAT – Competition Appellate Tribunal
6. Indian men hockey team clinched gold after how many years in Asian Games? – 16 years
7. India won how many gold medals in 17th Asian games? – 11
8. Expand TS GENCO – Telangana State Power Generation Corporation
9. Who is Michael Phelps? – US swimmer
10. Indian Railways on 10 October 2014 celebrated its ……… Annual Railway National Awards – 59th
11. PM Narendra Modi addressed Indian-Americans at world famous Madison Square Garden.Madison
Square Garden is situated in which city? – New York
12. J. Jayalalithaa became first incumbent chief minister to be convicted for corruption and was
sentenced for 4 years in Jail .She was the chief minister of ____________ state? – Tamil Nadu
13. The Vision Statement is issued by – India and US
14. Kailash Satyarthi is associated with _______movement? – Bachpan Bachao Andolan
15. Who is the author of the Book ” The shadow lines”? – Amitav Ghosh