GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1.Grand Central Terminal, Park Avenue, New York is the world's
---largest railway station

2.Entomology is the science that studies

-- Insects
 
3.Eritrea, which became the 182nd member of the UN in 1993, is in the continent of

--Africa

4.Garampani sanctuary is located at

Diphu, Assam
 
5.For which of the following disciplines is Nobel Prize awarded?

A. Physics and Chemistry
B. Physiology or Medicine
C. Literature, Peace and Economics
D. All of the above
 
6.Hitler party which came into power in 1933 is known as

--Nazi Party

7.FFC stands for

--Film Finance Corporation
 
8.Fastest shorthand writer was

--Dr. G. D. Bist

9.Epsom (England) is the place associated with

--Horse racing


10.First human heart transplant operation conducted by Dr. Christian Bernard on Louis Washkansky, was conducted in

--1967
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Determination and Persistence

This is a real life story of engineer John Roebling building the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, USA back in 1870. The bridge was completed in 1883, after 13 years.

In 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with the Long Island. However bridge building experts throughout the world thought that this was an impossible feat and told Roebling to forget the idea. It just could not be done. It was not practical. It had never been done before.

Roebling could not ignore the vision he had in his mind of this bridge. He thought about it all the time and he knew deep in his heart that it could be done. He just had to share the dream with someone else. After much discussion and persuasion he managed to convince his son Washington, an up and coming engineer, that the bridge in fact could be built.

Working together for the first time, the father and son developed concepts of how it could be accomplished and how the obstacles could be overcome. With great excitement and inspiration, and the headiness of a wild challenge before them, they hired their crew and began to build their dream bridge.

The project started well, but when it was only a few months underway a tragic accident on the site took the life of John Roebling. Washington was also injured and left with a certain amount of brain damage, which resulted in him not being able to talk or walk.

“We told them so.” “Crazy men and their crazy dreams.” “It’s foolish to chase wild visions.”

Everyone had a negative comment to make and felt that the project should be scrapped since the Roeblings were the only ones who knew how the bridge could be built.

In spite of his handicap Washington was never discouraged and still had a burning desire to complete the bridge and his mind was still as sharp as ever. He tried to inspire and pass on his enthusiasm to some of his friends, but they were too daunted by the task.

As he lay on his bed in his hospital room, with the sunlight streaming through the windows, a gentle breeze blew the flimsy white curtains apart and he was able to see the sky and the tops of the trees outside for just a moment.

It seemed that there was a message for him not to give up. Suddenly an idea hit him. All he could do was move one finger and he decided to make the best use of it. By moving this, he slowly developed a code of communication with his wife.

He touched his wife’s arm with that finger, indicating to her that he wanted her to call the engineers again. Then he used the same method of tapping her arm to tell the engineers what to do. It seemed foolish but the project was under way again.

For 13 years Washington tapped out his instructions with his finger on his wife’s arm, until the bridge was finally completed. Today the spectacular Brooklyn Bridge stands in all its glory as a tribute to the triumph of one man’s indomitable spirit and his determination not to be defeated by circumstances. It is also a tribute to the engineers and their team work, and to their faith in a man who was considered mad by half the world. It stands too as a tangible monument to the love and devotion of his wife who for 13 long years patiently decoded the messages of her husband and told the engineers what to do.

Perhaps this is one of the best examples of a never-say-die attitude that overcomes a terrible physical handicap and achieves an impossible goal.

Often when we face obstacles in our day-to-day life, our hurdles seem very small in comparison to what many others have to face. The Brooklyn Bridge shows us that dreams that seem impossible can be realised with determination and persistence, no matter what the odds are.

दूरदर्शी

एक आदमी सोना तोलने के लिए सुनार के पास तराजू मांगने आया। सुनार ने कहा, ‘‘मियाँ, अपना रास्ता लो। मेरे पास छलनी नहीं है।’’ उसने कहा, ‘‘मजाक न कर, भाई, मुझे तराजू चाहिए।’’ सुनार ने कहा, ‘‘मेरी दुकान में झाडू नहीं हैं।’’ उसने कहा, ‘‘मसखरी को छोड़, मै तराजू मांगने आया हूँ, वह दे दे और बहरा बन कर ऊटपटांग बातें न कर।’’ सुनार ने जवाब दिया, ‘‘हजरत, मैंने तुम्हारी बात सुन ली थी, मैं बहरा नहीं हूँ। तुम यह न समझो कि मैं गोलमाल कर रहा हूँ। तुम बूढ़े आदमी सुखकर काँटा हो रहे हो। सारा शरीर काँपता हैं। तुम्हारा सोना भी कुछ बुरादा है और कुछ चूरा है। इसलिए तौलते समय तुम्हारा हाथ काँपेगा और सोना गिर पड़ेगा तो तुम फिर आओगे कि भाई, जरा झाड़ू तो देना ताकि मैं सोना इकट्ठा कर लूं और जब बुहार कर मिट्टी और सोना इकट्ठा कर लोगे तो फिर कहोगे कि मुझे छलनी चाहिए, ताकि ख़ाक को छानकर सोना अलग कर सको। हमारी दुकान में छलनी कहां? मैंने पहले ही तुम्हारे काम के अन्तिम परिणाम को देखकर दूरदर्शिता से कहा था कि तुम कहीं दूसरी जगह से तराजू मांग लो।’’  जो मनुष्य केवल काम के प्रारम्भ को देखता है, वह अन्धा है। जो परिणाम को ध्यान में रखे, वह बुद्धिमान है। जो मनुष्य आगे होने वाली बात को पहले ही से सोच लेता है, उसे अन्त में लज्जित नहीं होना पड़ता।

FATHER OF THE NATION-MAHATMA GANDHI

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement. A pioneer of satyagraha, or resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience — a philosophy firmly founded upon ahimsa, or total nonviolence — Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi is often referred to as Mahatma ([məɦaːt̪maː]; Sanskrit: महात्मा mahātmā or "Great Soul," an honorific first applied to him by Rabindranath Tagore). In India, he is also called Bapu (Gujarati: બાપુ, bāpu or "Father") and officially honoured as the Father of the Nation. His birthday, 2 October, is commemorated in India as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday, and worldwide as the International Day of Non-Violence.
Gandhi first employed non-violent civil disobedience as an expatriate lawyer in South Africa, in the resident Indian community's struggle for civil rights. After his return to India in 1915, he set about organising peasants, farmers, and urban labourers in protesting excessive land-tax and discrimination. Assuming leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921, Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, increasing economic self-reliance, but above all for achieving Swaraj — the independence of India from foreign domination. Gandhi famously led Indians in protesting the British-imposed salt tax with the 400 km (250 mi) Dandi Salt March in 1930, and later in calling for the British to Quit India in 1942. He was imprisoned for many years, on many occasions, in both South Africa and India.
Gandhi strove to practice non-violence and truth in all situations, and advocated that others do the same. He lived modestly in a self-sufficient residential community and wore the traditional Indian dhoti and shawl, woven with yarn he had hand spun on a charkha. He ate simple vegetarian food, and also undertook long fasts as means of both self-purification and social protest.

महिला सशक्तिकरण 

शिवाजी ने एक बार गोहर बनू से कहा था

की ------

जिस दिन हमारे देश की ओरते डरना छोड़ देगी 

उस दिन हमारे मुल्क की तरफ ....

कोई देख भी नहीं सकता !

सीना गर्व से फुल जाता हे जब हम किसी से कहते हे की हम हिन्दुस्तानी हे! १२१ करोड़ की जनसँख्या वाला ये मुल्क अपनी अनूठी विशेस्ताओ के लिए काना जाता हे ,सभ्यता,संस्कृति,परिवार  आदि!हम उस मुल्क के वासी हे जहा आज भी नारी में माँ दुर्गा का रूप देखा जाता हे ,जिसकी आराधना राम ने भी लंका पर आक्रमण के समय पहले की थी! एकबार जब महिसासुर के संग्राम में  सारे देवता हार गए थे ,उनका सब कुछ छीन गया था तब उन्होंने भगवन की शरण ली ,आपने सारे अस्त्र-सस्त्र एक जगह रखे और वह अनेको हाथो एवं सिरों वाली माँ दुर्गा प्रकट हुई एवं शेर की सवारी करके महिसासुर का वध किया,एवं महिसासुर मर्दानी कहलाई!मित्रो इस कहानी से में ये कहना चाहता हु की इस देश को मजबूत बनाने के लिए हमारे देश की महिलाओ को एकजुट होकर आगे आकर आपने अधिकारों एवं कर्तव्यो को जानना होगा और ये सब हासिल करने का माध्यम मुझे एक ही नजर आता हे वो हे शिक्षा!पढ़ -लिखा कर शिक्षित होकर ही ये सब मुमकिन हे!इनके लिए हमें आपनी सामाजिक सोच बदलनी बदलकर आगे आना होगा,क्योकि महिलाये शक्तिमयी हे ,इनके पास अधिकार हे,उन्हें हासिल करना होगा ,जिन्होंने पढ़ -लिख कर इनके लिए लड़ाई की उन्होंने हासिल किये,वो आगे बढ़ी !इसी की दें हे की आज हमारे मुल्क के सिर्स पद पर एक महिला असीं हे ,कई राज्यों पर भी महिलाये असीन हे!हमारे मुल्क की सरकार ने भी समय -समय इन्हें मजबूत करने के कई महत्वपूर्ण प्रयास किये हे ---जेसे-

1. लेंगिक न्याय 
2. व्यक्ति शब्द का अर्थ 
3. स्वीय निधि
4. महिलाओ को भरण-पोषण  भत्ता 
5. गुजारा भत्ता कानून 
6. घरेलु हिंसा अधिनियम 
7. विवाह सम्बन्धी अधिकार 
8. योन अपराध सम्बन्धी कानून 
9. बलात्कार परिक्षण  सम्बंधित कानून 
10. दहेज़ सम्बंधित कानून 
11. कम करने की जगह पर छेड़छाड़ सम्बंधित कानून  
12. स्वतंत्रता एवं समानता 
13. लिंग परिक्षण-वैधानिक रूप से प्रतिबंधित 
14. कन्या भ्रूण ह्त्या-एक अपराध 
15. अंतररास्ट्रीय महिला दिवस का मनाया जाना  

दोस्तों हम सब जानते हे की हम २१ सदी में पहुच रहे हे!लेंगिग न्याय की दिशा में कोशीश की जाये तो बहुत कुछ किया जा सकता हे!केवल कानून बनाना, कानून की बाते करना एवं आन्दोलन करना ही काफी नहीं हे,इसके लिए हमें आपनी सामाजिक सोच को बदलना बेहद जरुरी हे!फिर भी यदि हम लेंगिग न्याय एवं समानता का सपना देखते हे तो ..दोस्तों आज नहीं तो कल ,कल नहीं तो परसों जरुर वहा हम   

                                                    मित्रो आगे आये भारत देश गावो का देश हे ,हमें सुरुआत गावो से ही करनी पड़ेगी ,आगे आये, आपनी जिम्मेदारी समझे  आपनी जगह पर जरुर कुछ करे!   

धन्यावाद मित्रो ......

आपका सहयोग सर्वोपरि होगा ...

में आपका आभारी हु ........

                                                                                 लेखक :-रमेश पटेल रानीवाडा                                                                        

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted. As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car.

Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautifully wrapped gift box. Curious, and somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man's name embossed in gold. Angry, he shouted at his father and said "with all your money, you give me a Bible?" and stormed out of the house.

Many years passed and the young man had become very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realized his father now was getting old, and thought perhaps he should go see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day.

Before he could make arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.

When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father's important papers and saw the still gift-wrapped Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages.

His father had carefully underlined a verse, Matt.7:11, "And if ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Heavenly Father which is in Heaven, give to those who ask Him?" As he read those words, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had wanted. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words PAID IN FULL.

- Author Unknown

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शुभकामना

तेरे सफलता की कामना करता हू ,मेरे दोस्त

एक नहीं हजारो इम्तिहान देता हू,

तुम बढ़ाते रहो आगे दोस्त, यही दुआ देता हू!!

तेरे जूनून के मकसद को दात देता हू

तेरे आगे बढ़ने के ख्वाब को सलाम करता हू,

थकान ना पहुचे मेरे दोस्त को ,,की 

बार-बार ठहर के इम्तिहान देता हू,

अँधेरा ना छाये तेरे रास्तो में दोस्त ,,की

खुद की देह जलाके रौशनी जगाता हू ,

जुबान ना अटके तेरी वाणी  में कही ,,की 

तेरे मुह में आपनी जुबान देता हू ,

तेरे सफलता की कामना करता हू ,मेरे दोस्त

एक नहीं हजारो इम्तिहान देता हू ,

तुम बढ़ाते रहो आगे दोस्त,यही दुआ देता हू !!