Basic GK Quiz 4

Sriharikota Range is a rocket launch centre operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It is located in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. Sriharikota Range was renamed in 2002 after ISRO's former chairman Satish Dhawan.

The National Academy of Agricultural Research Management is a national-level Natural Resource Service training institute located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

Top ten largest countries by area in square miles are: Russia (6,599,921), Canada (3,854,083), China (3,746,887), United States (3,617,827), Brazil (3,287,086), Australia (2,969,121), India (1,269,010), Argentina (1,073,234), Kazakhstan (1,051,811) and Algeria (919,352).

GOSAT (Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite) is the world's first satellite designed specifically for monitoring greenhouse gases from space. GOSAT was launched in January 2009 by Japan.

Vasco Nunez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World. Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer. Ferdinand Magellan and Vasco da Gama were Portuguese explorers.

The euro is the official currency for 19 of the 27 European Union (EU) member countries.

The world's three Longest Rivers are Nile (6650 km), Amazon (6400 km) and Yangtze (6300 km). The Nile River is the longest whereas the Amazon is the largest river in the world.

K2, at 8,611 metres above sea level, is the highest mountain in India and second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest. It lies in the Karakoram range, in part in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

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The Antarctic blue whale is the largest mammal on the planet.