Kaon Banega Karodpati, Lets play KAON BANEGA KARODPATI Options

[jbakshi]

No , there are total 260 Countries in the World. Would like to know all
Names and see their FLAGS ? well, then I will come soon with them !!!

Hey...just a sec! If there are 260 countries in the world, then how can the 191st country be the 'youngest'?
-JB

[vivekpm]

I studied computer but I am not sure of the answer!!! Although, I am quite sure about my guess - Charles Babbage.

Pranav

Spot On!!! It was Charles Babbage, who first presented the idea of automatic mechanical computers. Although he was never able to make one due to limited resources. But his design was used much later in 20th century to make world's first mechanical computer.

Cheers,

[ZUHA_ALI]

A glow in a planet's ionosphere caused by the interaction between the planet's magnetic field and charged particles from the sun is known as what?


A-Aurora
B-Sun Spot
C-Red Gaint
D-Nebula

[pranavjh]

I would guess Aurora - by eliminating possibilities

Sun spots I think are ON sun not on planets
Red Giant is type of star I think
Nebula is also not right, me thinks

So that leaves Aurora

Pranav

[Mandrake]

Ok Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis - what's the difference? Meaning, where do they occur?

[visuja]

Aurora Borealis - in the northern hemisphere ... easily visible in Scandinaviam countries, northern parts of Greenland, Canada and Siberia.

Aurora Australis --- name says it all !! Southern hemisphere ... named so because Australia is the only large landmass in parts of the southern hemisphere where the auroras could be widely seen.

As for difference: i think no difference at all ! Just different names...

I have aquery though : does the auroras occur all round the year or are there seasons ? I mean.. apart from sunspot seasons !!

[Mandrake]

Oye Vivekkkk!!! Kahis mujhe idhar 'google' ki boo toh nahi aa rahi??

Anyways, aurorae occur due to the geomagnetic storms. These are caused by the solar eruptions (which keep happening alllll the time). However, only those eruptions that are on the earth-side cause these storms.
The aurorae typically happen at higher altitudes, but have also been seen at lower altitudes over Northern Africa.
At upper altitudes, they are observed in all colours, but at lower altitudes, they are principally red in colour.
Would have loved to ask you 'why red'?. But I guess you are smart enough to think VIBGYOR and tell me that red is at the end of the spectrum

Just for your info, earthlings don't particularly welcome these things, as they can play havoc with electromagnetic systems, power-grids, air-traffic control systems, instrumentation systems on planes....

[visuja]

Mandrake !! ...getting back at me is it ! Itna astronomy knowledge / interest hai mujhmein

You have typed 'altitudes' at all three places !! .. did u really mean 'altitudes' or was it 'latitudes' !?? I tht they were visible only near the poles .... I forget the reason though ... magnetic field being rarest there and so easy to enter the earth's atmosphere..or soemthing like that...

And auroras visible over Northern Africa !! Thats really news ! Apna magnetic field wakaai mein palat raha hai kya ki itne low latitude pe field is weak !! ... had watched a few doomsday type programs on discovery on magnetic pole reversals !

Aur aapki spectrum waali baat mere palle nahin padi ! .... me very poor at understanding anything thats got to do with spectrum ....chaahe spectral shifts ho, ya other electromagnetic spectral phenomena ho ....ya phir audio spectrum hi kyun na ho !!.... (samajhta to shaayad suron ko pakad paata )

[Mandrake]

Vivek-ji, aapne ttheek kaha!! The altitude should be read as 'latitude'

Charged particles enter the earth's atmosphere where the magnetosphere shield is at it's weakest. That's typically over the poles. However, if one follows the lines of the magnetic fields, there are other weak spots too.

And in case you weren't aware, the north and south poles (magnetic - I mean) have been flipping over quite a few times in the past.

[NATURE]

Ofcourse "CHARLES BABBAGE" ... here is a short note about him.

" Charles Babbage Born December 26, 1791 in Teignmouth, Devonshire UK, Died 1871, London;
Known to some as the "Father of Computing" for his contributions to the basic design of the
computer through his Analytical machine. His previous Difference Engine was a special purpose
device intended for the production of tables. While he did produce prototypes of portions of the
Difference Engine, it was left to Georg and Edvard Schuetz to construct the first working devices to
the same design which were successful in limited applications. "

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Dear J Bakshi Ji , I don't know much about the statement "191st Country is the youngest" . . .
But I am quite sure about the number 191. Total 191 countries are the members of U.N. , but
"Vatican City" is not a memeber of U.N. ... Well, I must have to count again and rewrite.

[tahir77]

Thanks Nature for information NEXT QUESTION PLZ

Thanks Nature for information NEXT QUESTION PLZ

[gkshyam]

Which of these Current Cricket Captains is ambidextrous? (Bowls with one hand, bats with the other)?

A. Inzamam-Ul-Haq
B. Saurav Ganguly
C. Steve Tikolo
D. Stephen Fleming

[NATURE]

SAURAV GANGULI ( ? ) ...

Hey SHYAM after a long time u have come up ... that's quite nice.
Now don't stop coming check in every 15 Minutes ...

[gkshyam]

Perfect Nature!!! You are right!!! Saurav bats left-handed and bowls right-handed.........while the others bowl & bat with the same hand.

Yes, came after quite a looong time.... Hope to increase the frequency now...

Which of these cricketers is married to a girl of his own nationality?
A. Shoaib Mailk (Pak)
B. Mutthiah Muralitharan (SL)
C. Vinod Kambli (Ind)
D. David Shepherd (Eng)
E. None of these

[vivekpm]

Perfect Nature!!! You are right!!! Saurav bats left-handed and bowls right-handed.........while the others bowl & bat with the same hand.

Yes, came after quite a looong time.... Hope to increase the frequency now...

Which of these cricketers is married to a girl of his own nationality?
A. Shoaib Mailk (Pak)
B. Mutthiah Muralitharan (SL)
C. Vinod Kambli (Ind)
D. David Shepherd (Eng)
E. None of these

Kambli?

I am sure it is not A and B. Don't have idea about Shepherd. But I suppose Kambli is married to an Anglo-Indian.