GENERAL AWARENESS - FACTS

The official Sanskrit name for India is Bharat.

The game of snakes & ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. It was originally called ' Mokshapat.' The ladders in the game represented virtues and the snakes indicated vices. The game was played with cowrie shells and dices. Later through time, the game underwent several modifications but the meaning is the same i.e good deeds take us to heaven and evil to a cycle of re - births.

Bhaskaracharya rightly calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. His calculations was - Time taken by earth to orbit the sun: ( 5th century ) 365.258756484 days.

Amitabh Bachans first job was with Shaw Wallace before he went on to create history in Indian Cinema.

Sachin Tendulkar was named after music director Sachin Dev Burmand.

There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange,purple and silver.

Guinness Book of Records hold the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damges them.

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

Donald Duck comics were banned in FINLAND because he doesn't wear pants.