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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Current Affairs - August third week

Here I am updating the Current events for third week of August. Read News papers and Watch Television daily to be a winner in Competitive exams and Quiz competitions. Olympics News is not provided in this for which a detailed post will be written later.

1.Pakistan President Pervez Musharaff resigns from his post of President

Key facts:After 9 years in in Office, Pakistan president Pervez Musharaff resigned.
He had come to power in a bloodless coup in 1999.

2.Israel to release 200 palestinian prisoners.

Israel celebrates it's 60 th year of foundation this year. Prme minister Ehud Olmert.Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas. Palestine is a country divided into two parts. Only Westbank portion is controlled by Fatah party-with prime minister Mahmoud Abbas. Gaza strip is controlled by Hamas.

3.RBI reveals the credit card outstandings have shot up by a whopping 87% at Rs 26,596 crore, during the January-May 23 period this year.

4.Masanobu Fukuoka Founder of one straw revolution movement in agriculture dies in Japan.

Key facts: He is the author of The One-Straw Revolution, The Road Back to Nature and The Natural Way Of Farming, was one of the pioneers of no-till grain cultivation. His system is referred to as "natural farming", Fukuoka Farming, or the Fukuoka Method.


5.Puspa Kamal Dahal popularly known as Pracahnda chosen as the New prime minister of Nepal.

Key facts: Nepal formerly a Hindu country is now a secular Republic. Maoists had got the maximum no. of seats in the Recent General election.King Gyanendra had to leave his palalce. Prachanda made his first foreign visit to China last week which is a significant change from his predecessors who made their first foreign visit to India after taking oath.

6.TRAI(Telecom regulatory authority of India) removes all restrictions on internet telephony in the country, allowing internet service providers (ISPs) to terminate internet telephony calls on phones, including mobile phones.

7.R. C Deka will be the New director of AIMS.

8.Reliance launches it's DTH Big TV -fourth DTH operator in India.

9. A Spanish airliner skidded off it's runway in Madrid airport killing 153 people on board .Worst aircrash of 2008 till date.

10.Inflation continued it's upward journey. It touched another high of 12.63% .

11.ISRO says India's first unmanned moon mission known as Chandrayaan-1 will be between October and December 2009.

Key facts: As part of Chandrayaan -1, India joined seven other nations to team up with Nasa for the future exploration of moon. ISRO director G Madhavan Nair.

12.Indiragandhi International airport in Newdelhi has the longest runway in Asia.

13.Delhi High Court bars top lawyers for criminal contempt.Former Congress MP R K Anand and ace criminal lawyer I U Khan—from appearing before it and its subordinate courts for four months for committing “criminal contempt’’ in the BMW hit-and-run case.

14. Tata threatens to pull out of Singur if the agitation continues.

Friday, August 22, 2008

Union Bank of India Asst Manager -Marketing and PO possible questions-- General awareness questions

Here's collection of General awareness questions for recently conducted bank PO exams. The previous questions will help you in getting high marks Asst Manager -Marketing and PO posts.
Asst Manager -Marketing which has the highest number of vacancies will have a question pattern same as of other PO tests.

01. Baichung Bhutia whose name was in news is a
(A) Music Director of Indian films
(B) English author of Indian origin
(C) Journalist
(D) Cricketer
(E) Sports Personality
02 ‘Richter Scale’ is used to measure
(A) Intensity of Tsunami Waves
(B) Intensity of Earthquake
(C) Density of salt in Sea water
(D) Flow of electric current
(E) speed
3. Which of the following best explains ‘e-governance’?
(A) Improving the functioning of government
(B) Teaching government emp-loyees the basics of computing
(C) Delivery of public services through internet
(D) Framing of cyber-laws of chatting on internet
(E) Convergence of e-mail and video-conferencing
4. CAS is associated with which of the following ?
(A) Legal System Reforms
(B) Piped gas line
(C) Cable T.V.
(D) Mobile phone regulation
(E) None of these
5. Tata Steel which recently acquired the Corus, a steel giant situated in—
(A) South Africa
(B) Ukraine
(C) Australia
(D) Italy
(E) Britain
6. Which of the following is the abbreviated name of the Organi-zation/Agency working in the field of Space Research ?
(A) ISBN
(B) ISRO
(C) INTELSET
(D) INTACH
(E) None of these
7. ‘Handshaking’ in Networking parlance means—
(A) connecting computers to a hub
(B) distributed Networks
(C) having same operating system on different computers
(D) sending e-mail
(E) None of these
8. VAT stands for—
(A) Value And Tax
(B) Value Added Tax
(C) Virtual Action Tasks
(D) Virtual Assessment Tech-nique
(E) None of these
9. Alzheimer’sdiseaseistheailment of which of the following organs /parts of the human body ?
(A) Kidney (B) Heart
(C) Liver (D) Stomach
(E) Brain
10. Global warming is a matter of concern amongst the nations these days. Which of the follo-wing countries is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the World ?
(A) U.S.A. (B) China
(C) India (D) Britain
(E) None of these
11. What is the population of India ?
(A) 98 crores
(B) More than 2 billion
(C) More than 1 billion
(D) Less than 96 crores
(E) 96 crores
12. Thermostat is an instrument used to—
(A) measure flow of current
(B) measure intensity of voltage
(C) regulate temperature
(D) regulate velocity of sound
(E) None of these
13. Wimbledon Trophy is associated with—
(A) Football (B) Cricket
(C) Hockey (D) Basketball
(E) Lawn Tennis
14. GNP stands for—
(A) Gross National Product
(B) Group Net Product
(C) Grand Nuclear Process
(D) Group Networking Process
(E) None of these
15. ‘Acoustics’ is the science of the study of—
(A) Light (B) Sound
(C) Electricity (D) Magnetism
(E) None of these
16. Noise pollution is measured in the unit called—
(A) micron
(B) nautical miles
(C) ohms
(D) ampere
(E) decibel
17. ‘Heavy Water’ is used in which of the following types of indus-tries ?
(A) Sugar
(B) Nuclear Power
(C) Textile
(D) Coal
(E) None of these
18. Who amongst the following is the author of the book ‘Indomi-table Spirit’?
(A) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(B) Dr. Manmohan Singh
(C) Justice K. G. Balakrishna
(D) Mr. Natwar Singh
(E) None of these
19. Which of the following is not the name of popular IT/Software Company ?
(A) Wipro (B) Mastek
(C) Toyota (D) IBM
(E) Infosys
20. ‘Yen’ is the currency of—
(A) South Korea
(B) China
(C) Indonesia
(D) Malaysia
(E) None of these
21. Which of the following books has been written by Bill Gates ?
(A) Microsoft Secrets
(B) The Road Ahead
(C) The Elephant Paradigm
(D) e-commerce
(E) None of these
22. Which of the following is the name of the social network service run by the Google on the internet ?
(A) Online Space
(B) Orkut
(C) Net-Space
(D) Wikipedia
(E) None of these
23. Which of the following states is a relatively new addition ?
(A) Goa
(B) Delhi
(C) Uttarakhand
(D) Himachal Pradesh
(E) Bihar
24. DOT stands for—
(A) Disc Operating Therapy
(B) Department of Telephones
(C) Directorate of Technology
(D) Damage on Time
(E) None of these
25. Which of the following States/ parts of India is completely land locked having no contact with sea ?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Orissa
(C) Maharashtra
(D) North-East
(E) None of these
26. TRAI regulates the functioning of which of the following servi-ces ?
(A) Telecom (B) Trade
(C) Port (D) Transport
(E) None of these
27. At present for the ATMs in India, the most commonly used net-work communication mode is—
(A) Very Small Aperture Termi-nal (VSAT)
(B) General Packet Radio Ser-vice (GPRS)
(C) Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
(D) Dial-in Connection
(E) None of these
28. Which of the following is not a foreign bank operating in India ?
(A) DBS Bank Ltd.
(B) Sonali Bank
(C) J. P. Morgan Chase Bank
(D) Shinhan Bank
(E) All are Foreign Banks
29. Who is the author of the book ‘Future Shock’ ?
(A) Alvin Toffler
(B) Tom Peters
(C) Napoleon Hill
(D) Kenneth Blanchard
(E) None of these
30. Apex fares are—
(A) more than the normal fare
(B) less than the normal fare
(C) offered only to corporate clients
(D) applicable to late night flights only
(E) applicable to international flights only
31. Who amongst the following is the Director of the film ‘Water’ which was in news ?
(A) Vidhu Vinod Chopra
(B) Mrinal Sen
(C) Gulzar
(D) Mahesh Bhatt
(E) None of these
32. The 10th plan period is upto which year
(A) 2007 (B) 2008
(C) 2009 (D) 2010
(E) None of these
33. OPEC is a group of countries which are—
(A) exporting oil
(B) producting cotton
(C) rich and developed
(D) developing and poor
(E) nuclear powers
34. Intel Company mainly produces—
(A) Hard disks
(B) VCDs
(C) Monitors
(D) Software
(E) None of these
35. Who amongst the following is the M.D./Chairman of one of the major Steel Companies ?
(A) Shri L. N. Mittal
(B) Shri K. K. Birla
(C) Shri Kushalpal singh
(D) Shri Mukesh Ambani
(E) Shri Anil Agarwal
36. Which of the following Software Companies recently launched its education portal ‘Unlimited Potential’ in India ?
(A) Microsoft (B) Infosys
(C) Wipro (D) TCS
(E) None of these
37. Polly Umrigar who died was a well known—
(A) Cricketer
(B) Tennis Player
(C) Golfer
(D) Chess Player
(E) Hockey Player
38. In India Census is conducted after a gap of every—
(A) Five years
(B) Seven years
(C) Twenty years
(D) Ten years
(E) Fifteen years
39. Prof. Muhammad Yunus the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 2006 is the exponent of which of the following concepts in the field of banking ?
(A) Core Banking
(B) Micro Credit
(C) Retail Banking
(D) Real Time Gross Settlement
(E) Internet Banking
40. Who amongst the following was India’s official candidate for the post of UNO’s Secretary Gene- ral ?
(A) Mr. Shyam Saran
(B) Dr. C. Rangarajan
(C) Mr. Shashi Tharoor
(D) Mr. Vijay Nambiar
(E) None of these
41. Mr. Gordon Brown is the the Prime Minister of—
(A) Italy
(B) Canada
(C) Germany
(D) South Africa
(E) Britain


Important National days in India

Some days assume some special importance.Don't skip this topic as it can be important in PSC,Bank, RRB and other exams. Important topic for Quiz competitions also.


Jan 12----------National Youth Day(Birthday of swami Vivekananda)
Jan 15----------Army Day
Jan 26 ---------Republic day
Jan 30---------Martyrs day(Martyrdom of MahatmaGandhi)
Feb 24---------Central Excise Day
Feb 28 -------National Science Day
May 1--------Workers Day
May 3 -------Press Freedom Day
May 11-------National Technology Day
May 24-------Commonwealth Day.
Aug 9 --------Quit India day
Aug 15-------Independence Day
Aug 29------National Sports Day(Hockey legend Dhyan chand's birth day)
Sep 5-------Teachers' Day(Birth day of former president S Radhakrishnan)
Sep 21-----Alzheimer's Day
Sep 26-----Day of the Deaf
Oct 2------Gandhi Jayanthi
Oct 8 -----Indian Air Force Day
Oct 10 ----National Post Day
Nov 14----Children's Day
Dec 4-----Navy Day
Dec 7 -----Armed Forces Flag Day
Dec 23 -----Kisan Divas

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Longest rivers in the world

Geographical wonders like rivers were always part of General knowledge in PSC,Bank,Quiz,Trivia questions.Here is a list of ten major rivers on earth. Most important thing to note is that Nile is the longest river than Amazon as per latest surveys. But the largest is Amazon only in terms of Drainage area,discharge etc. The list is given in the order of River name, length, outflow water body, drainage area (km²),. discharge ( m³/s)


1.Nile ----------------------6650 km---- Mediterranean Sea----3,349,000------5,100

Countries in the drainage basin Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda,
Burundi, Egypt, Democratic Republic of the Congo

2.Amazon--- ---------------6400 km---- Atlantic Ocean-------- 6,915,000------219,000

Countries in the drainage basin: Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana

3.Yangtze------------------6300 km----- East China Sea-------18,00,000------31,900

Countries in the drainage basin: China

4.Mississippi/Missouri----- 6275 km-- --Gulf of Mexico---------28,80,000------16,200

Countries in the drainage basin: United States, Canada

5.Yenisei -------------------5539 km ---Kara Sea--------------25,80,000------19,800

Countries in the drainage basin: Russia, Mongolia

6.Huang Ho------------------ 5464 km----Bohai Sea------------7,45,000-------2,110

Countries in the drainage basin: China

7.Ob/Irtysh------------------5410 km---- Gulf of Ob-----------29,90,000-----12,800

Countries in the drainage basin: Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia

8.Congo/Chambeshi ----------4700 km ----Atlantic Ocean------36,80,000-----41,800

Countries in the drainage basin: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic,
Angola, Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Cameroon, Zambia, Burundi, Rwanda

9.Amur -----------------------4444 km-----Sea of Okhotsk-----18,55,000----11,500

Countries in the drainage basin: Russia, China, Mongolia

10.Lena -----------------------4400 km----- Laptev Sea---------24,90,000----17,100

Countries in the drainage basin: Russia

Monday, August 18, 2008

Nobel Prize winners -2007

Nobel prizes are announced every year in October and prizes are distributed every year on Dec. 10. You should memorize the names of the Nobel prize winners to come out successful in PSC, Bank, RRBS and Quiz competitions.

Nobel Peace Prize----- former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Contribution---for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change.

Nobel Prize in literature--- Doris Lessing from Britain

Nobel Prize for medicine-- R. Capecchi and Oliver Smithies from U S along with Sir Martin J. Evans from Britain

Contribution--- for groundbreaking discoveries that led to a powerful technique for manipulating mouse genes.

Nobel Prize in physics---- Albert Fert from France and Peter Gruenberg from Germany

Contribution---for discovering a phenomenon that enables computers and digital music players to store reams of data on ever-shrinking hard disks.

Nobel Prize in chemistry --- Gerhard Ertl of Germany

Contribution--for his studies of chemical reactions on solid surfaces, which are key to understanding questions such as why the ozone layer is thinning.

Nobel Prize in Economics---- Leonid Hurwicz, Eric S. Maskin and Roger B. Myerson of U S

Contribution---for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Current Affairs---August Second week.

You should keep track of all current events if you want to score high in PSC , Bank PO or any other competitive tests.Good for Quiz competitions also.Here is list of current events for ths week

1. Abhinav Bindra wins first individual gold for India in Olympic history

Key facts:Bindra comes from Chandigarh.India has only won gold medal in hockey till now. India has won a total of 6 individual medals in Olympic history.Norman prichard won two silver medals in 1900.K.D Jadhav won a bronze in wrestling in 1952.Leander paes won bronze in Tennis in 1996. Malleshwari won bronze in 2000 in weightlifting. Rajyawardhan singh Rathore in shooting in 2004.

2.Amarnath row turns violent in Kashmir, 23 killed

Key facts:The protests had turned an ugly turn after Hurriyat leader Sheikh Abdul Aziz was killed in police firing.Earlier the protestors were trying to march towards POK capital Muzaffarabad with their fruit trucks.Jammu returns to normalcy after protets for a month.

3.India celebrated it's 61st independence day

Key facts:Pramod Satpati from Orissa and R P Diengdo from Meghalaya wins Ashok Chakra.

4. Pakistan president Musharaff to be impeached

Key facts:Pakistan two main parties PPP and PML(N) have moved the resolution.Pakistan Prime minister Yousuf Razza Gilani supports it.Pakistan army remains neutral.

5.Russia agrees on a cease fire with Georgia after one week of fighting

Key facts:Russia started the fight last week after Georgia attacked the disputed territory of North Ossetia. Russia captured the Georgian city of Gori -Stalin's birth place.Georgian presidentMichel Sakhashvili.Russian President -Dimitri Medvedev,Prime minister -Vladimir Putin.Georgia won independence after the breakdown of Soviet Union in 1990. Other countries that gained independence from Soviet rule in 1990 are
Kazhakhistan
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
Kyrghistan
Turkmenistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Belarus
Ukraine

6.Inflation touches a high of 12.44% during last week. International crude prices touched a 3- month low of $111 .

Key facts:Infaltion is the highest since March 1995 when it touched 16%.It was at 5% level in the beginning of 2008.Crude prices had touched an all time high of $147 in July.

7.Prime ministers Economic adviser C. Rangarajan predicted India's economic growth to slow down to 7.7% this year.

Key facts:India had been growing at a pace of 9% for the last four years . This will be the slowest in last 5 years.

8. Sixth pay commission repot approved by Cabinet.

Key facts:21% pay hike for 50 lakh Central government employees.Pay commission chairman Justice B N Srikrishna.Minimum basic pay fixe at Rs. 7000.

9.Michael Phelps wins eight golds in Beijing Olympics

Key facts:He is a swimmer from U.S. he broke the record of Mark spitz who had won 7 golds in 1972.

10.Nehru Trophy boat race won by Karichal chundan.India wins AFC cup football beating Tajikistan.

Key facts:Nehru Trophy boat race is held every year in Aleppey, Kerala. This boat race holds a world record for having the highest no. members in a single team-110 members.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Sobriquets-Geographical nicknames

Geographical nicknames or sobriquets as they are popularly known as forms an integral part of any PSC or Bank PO exam. Many Quiz or trivia questions are made using these. Here is a collection of a few sobriquets.

Africa ------------------------------------------The dark continent
Atlantic ocean---------------------------------- The hering pond
Netherlands---------------------------------The Land of Canals
Bangalore-------------------------------------- The garden city of India
Aberdeen-------------------------------------The Granite city
Turkey ----------------------------------------The sick man of europe
Calcutta---------------------------------------- The city of palaces
Egypt------------------------------------------ The gift of Nile
Belgrade---------------------------------------The white city
Venice---------------------------------------The Queen of the Adriatic
Finland----------------------------------------- The land of thousand lakes
Japan ------------------------------------------The land of rising sun
Oxford ----------------------------------------The city of dreaming spires
Korea----------------------------------------The Hermit Kingdom
Punjab -----------------------------------------The land of rivers
Amritsar--------------------------------------- The city of golden temple
San Francisco-------------------------------The City of the Golden Gate
Huangho River-China--------------------------- The sorrow of china
Damodar River----------------------------------The Sorrow of Bengal
Rome ----------------------------------------- The city of seven hills
Thailand--------------------------------------- The land of white elephants
Bab el Mendab---------------------------------The gateway of tears
Moscow---------------------------------------The port of five seas
Cuba------------------------------------------The Sugar Bowl of the World
Chicago---------------------------------------The windy city
Gibraltar------------------------------------The key of Meditteranian
Guinea coast--------------------------------The White Man's Grave
Banrain-------------------------------------The island of pearls
Tristan da Cunha--------------------------- The World's Lonliest island

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Modern Olympics -- Host countries and venues

City

London
Year Country

2012 United Kingdom
Beijing2008 China
Athens2004 Greece
Sydney2000 Australia
Atlanta1996 United States
Barcelona1992 Spain
Seoul1988 South Korea
Los Angeles1984 United States
Moscow1980 U S S R
Montreal1976 Canada
Munich1972 Germany
Mexico City1968 Mexico
Tokyo1964 Japan
Rome1960 Italy
Melbourne1956 Australia
Helsinki1952 Finland
London1948 United Kingdom

Berlin1936 Germany(No Olympics was held for 12 years due to Second World War)
Los Angeles1932 United States
Amsterdam1928 Holland
Paris1924 France
Antwerp1920 Belgium
Stockholm1912 Sweden(No Olympics was held for 8 years due to First World War)
London1908 United Kingdom
St Louis1904 United States
Paris1900 France
Athens1896 Greece

Latest who's who-Important persons in India

It's very important for you to keep yourself updated with latest changes in higher posts of a country. Various PSC, PO and quiz competitions have a large no. of questions from latest who's who.

President of India-------------------------------Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil
Vice President of India,------------------------Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari
Prime Minister of India ----------------------- Dr. Manmohan Singh
Chief of Army Staff-------------------------General Deepak Kapoor
Chief of the Naval Staff---------------------Admiral Sureesh Mehta
Chief of Air Staff ----------------------------Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major
Chief justice of India------------------------Justice K G Balakrishnan
Speaker of Lok sabha----------------------Somnath Chatterjee
Chairman of the Rajya Sabha----------------Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari(Vice President)
Vice Chairman of the planning commission---Montek singh Ahluwalia(Chairman will be Prime Minister of India)
Reserve Bank Governor---------------------Y V Reddy

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Important International days

Some days assume some special importance. In the various competitive exams the questions can be either asking for a day giving it's importance or can be the other way round.

Jan 10-----World Laughter Day

Jan 26-----International Customs Day

Jan 30-----World Leprosy Eradication Day

Feb 21 ----- International Mother Language Day

Mar 8------International Women's Day

Mar 15----World Consumer Rights Day

Mar 21----World Forestry Day

Mar 23----World Meteorological Day

Mar 24-----World TB Day

Apr 7-------World Health Day

Apr 22------Earth Day

May 1-------International Labour Day

May 8-------World Red Cross Day

May 12-------International Nurses Day

May 17-------World Telecommunication Day

May 24--------Commonwealth Day

May 31---------Anti-tobacco Day

June 5----------World Environment Day

June 20---------Father's Day

July 11----------World Population Day

Aug 6------------Hiroshima Day

Aug 9------------Nagasaki Day

Sep 8-------------World Literary Day

Sep 16------------World Ozone Day

Sep 26-------------Day of the Deaf

Sep 27-------------World Tourism Day

Oct 3---------------World Habitat Day

Oct 4--------------World Animal Welfare Day

Oct 16-------------World Food Day

Oct 24------------United Nations Day

Oct 30-------------World Thrift Day

Nov 14--------------Diabetes Day

Nov 21------------World Television day

Dec 1----------------World AIDS Day

Dec 10 ------------- Human Rights Day

Dec11 -------------- International Mountain Day

Dec 18 ------------- International Migrants Day

Monday, August 11, 2008

Countries &Their Capitals-sorted in alphabetical order

  1. Afghanistan Kabul
  2. Albania Tirana
  3. Algeria Algiers
  4. American Samoa Pago Pago
  5. Andorra Andorra la Vella
  6. Angola Luanda
  7. Anguilla The Valley
  8. Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's (Antigua)
  9. Argentina Buenos Aires
  10. Armenia Yerevan
  11. Aruba Oranjestad
  12. Australia Canberra
  13. Austria Vienna
  14. Azerbaijan (Baki)
  15. Bahamas, The Nassau
  16. Bahrain Manama
  17. Bangladesh Dhaka
  18. Barbados Bridgetown
  19. Belarus Minsk
  20. Belgium Brussels
  21. Belize Belmopan
  22. Benin porto-Novo
  23. Bermuda Hamilton
  24. Bhutan Thimphu
  25. Bolivia La Paz
  26. Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
  27. Botswana Gaborone
  28. Brazil Brasilia
  29. British Virgin Islands Road Town
  30. Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan
  31. Bulgaria Sofia
  32. Burkina Faso Ouagadougou
  33. Burma Pyinmana
  34. Burundi Bujumbura
  35. Cambodia Phnom Penh
  36. Cameroon Yaounde
  37. Canada Ottawa
  38. Cape Verde Praia
  39. Cayman Islands George Town
  40. Central African Republic Bangui
  41. Chad 'Djamena
  42. Chile Santiago
  43. China Beijing
  44. Colombia Bogota
  45. Comoros Moroni
  46. Congo, Democratic Republic Kinshasa
  47. Congo, Republic of the razzaville
  48. Cook Islands Avarua
  49. Costa Rica San Jose
  50. Cote d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro
  51. Croatia Zagreb
  52. Cuba Havana
  53. Cyprus Nicosia
  54. Czech Republic Prague
  55. Denmark Copenhagen
  56. Djibouti Djibouti
  57. Dominica Roseau
  58. Dominican Republic Santo Domingo
  59. East Timor Dili
  60. Ecuador Quito
  61. Egypt Cairo
  62. El Salvador San Salvador
  63. Equatorial Guinea Malabo
  64. Eritrea Asmara
  65. Estonia Tallinn
  66. Ethiopia Addis Ababa
  67. Falkland Islands Stanley
  68. Faroe Islands Torshavn
  69. Fiji Suva
  70. Finland Helsinki
  71. France Paris
  72. French Guiana Cayenne
  73. French Polynesia Papeete
  74. Gabon Libreville
  75. Gambia, The Banjul
  76. Georgia T'bilisi
  77. Germany Berlin
  78. Ghana Accra
  79. Gibraltar Gibraltar
  80. Greece Athens
  81. Greenland Nuuk (Godthab)
  82. Grenada Saint George's
  83. Guadeloupe Basse-Terre
  84. Guam Hagatna (Agana)
  85. Guatemala Guatemala
  86. Guinea Conakry
  87. Guinea-Bissau Bissau
  88. Guyana Georgetown
  89. Haiti Port-au-Prince
  90. Honduras Tegucigalpa
  91. Hungary Budapest
  92. Iceland Reykjavik
  93. India New Delhi
  94. Indonesia Jakarta
  95. Iran Tehran
  96. Iraq Baghdad
  97. Ireland Dublin
  98. Isle of Man Douglas
  99. Israel Jerusalem
  100. Italy Rome
  101. Jamaica Kingston
  102. Japan Tokyo
  103. Jersey Saint Helier
  104. Jordan Amman
  105. Kazakhstan Astana
  106. Kenya Nairobi
  107. Kiribati Tarawa
  108. Korea, North Pyongyang
  109. Korea, South Seoul
  110. Kuwait Kuwait city
  111. Kyrgyzstan Bishkek
  112. Laos Vientiane
  113. Latvia Riga
  114. Lebanon Beirut
  115. Lesotho Maseru
  116. Liberia Monrovia
  117. Libya Tripoli
  118. Liechtenstein Vaduz
  119. Lithuania Vilnius
  120. Luxembourg Luxembourg
  121. Macedonia Skopje
  122. Madagascar Antananarivo
  123. Malawi Lilongwe
  124. Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
  125. Maldives Male
  126. Mali Bamako
  127. Malta Valletta
  128. Marshall Islands Majuro
  129. Martinique Fort-de-France
  130. Mauritania Nouakchott
  131. Mauritius Port Louis
  132. Mayotte Mamoutzou
  133. Mexico Mexico city
  134. Micronesia Palikir
  135. Moldova Chisinau
  136. Monaco Monaco
  137. Mongolia Ulaanbaatar
  138. Montserrat Plymouth
  139. Morocco Rabat
  140. Mozambique Maputo
  141. Namibia Windhoek
  142. Nauru Yaren District
  143. Nepal Kathmandu
  144. Netherlands Amsterdam
  145. Netherlands Antilles Willemstad
  146. New Caledonia Noumea
  147. New Zealand Wellington
  148. Nicaragua Managua
  149. Niger Niamey
  150. Nigeria Abuja
  151. Niue Alofi
  152. Norfolk Island Kingston
  153. Northern Mariana Islands Saipan
  154. Norway Oslo
  155. Oman Muscat
  156. Pakistan Islamabad
  157. Palau Koror
  158. Panama Panama city
  159. Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
  160. Paraguay A suncion
  161. Peru Lima
  162. Philippines Manila
  163. Pitcairn Islands Adamstown
  164. Poland Warsaw
  165. Portugal Lisbon
  166. Puerto Rico San Juan
  167. Qatar Doha
  168. Reunion Saint-Denis
  169. Romania Bucharest
  170. Russia Moscow
  171. Rwanda Kigali
  172. Saint Helena Jamestown
  173. Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre
  174. Saint Lucia Castries
  175. Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint-Pierre
  176. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown
  177. Samoa Apia
  178. San Marino San Marino
  179. Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome
  180. Saudi Arabia Riyadh
  181. Senegal Dakar
  182. Serbia and Montenegro Belgrade
  183. Seychelles Victoria
  184. Sierra Leone Freetown
  185. Singapore Singapore
  186. Slovakia Bratislava
  187. Slovenia Ljubljana
  188. Solomon Islands Honiara
  189. Somalia Mogadishu
  190. South Africa Pretoria; note - Cape Town is the legislative center and Bloemfontein the judicial center
  191. Spain Madrid
  192. Sri Lanka Colombo
  193. Sudan Khartoum
  194. Suriname Paramaribo
  195. Svalbard Longyearbyen
  196. Swaziland MbabanE
  197. Sweden Stockholm
  198. Switzerland Bern
  199. Syria Damascus
  200. Taiwan Taipei
  201. Tajikistan Dushanbe
  202. Tanzania Dar es Salaam
  203. Thailand Bangkok
  204. Togo Lome
  205. Tonga Nuku'alofa
  206. Trinidad and Tobago port-of-Spain
  207. Tunisia Tunis
  208. Turkey Ankara
  209. Turkmenistan Ashgabat
  210. Turks and Caicos Islands Grand Turk
  211. Tuvalu Funafuti
  212. Uganda Kampala
  213. Ukraine Kiev (Kyyiv)
  214. United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi
  215. United Kingdom London
  216. United States Washington, DC
  217. Uruguay Montevideo
  218. Uzbekistan Tashkent (Toshkent)
  219. Vanuatu Port-Vila (Efate)
  220. Venezuela Caracas
  221. Vietnam Hanoi
  222. Virgin Islands Charlotte Amalie
  223. Yemen Sanaa
  224. Zambia Lusaka
  225. Zimbabwe Harare