GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: 2011

**COUNTRIES AND CURRENCIES**
COUNTRIES	CURRENCIES
*Afghanistan*	*Afghani*
*Albania*	*Lek*
*Algeria*	*Algerian Dinar*
*Argentina*	*Peso*
*Australia*	*Australian Dollar*
*Austria*	*Euro*
*Azerbaijan*	*Manat*
*Bahrain*	*Bahraini Dinar*
*Bangladesh*	*Taka*
*Barbados*	*Barbados Dollar*
*Belarus*	*Belarussian Rouble*
*Belgium*	*Euro*
*Bhutan*	*Ngultrum*
*Brazil*	*Real*
*Bulgaria*	*Lev*
*Cambodia*	*Riel*
*Cameroon*	*Franc*
*Canada*	*Canadian Dollar*
*Chad*	*Franc*
*Chile*	*Chilean Peso*
*China*	*Yuan*
*Croatia*	*Croatian Dinar*
*Cuba*	*Cuban Peso*
*Cyprus*	*Euro*
*Czech Republic*	*Czech Koruna*
*Denmark*	*Danish Krone*
*Ecuador*	*US Dollar*
*Egypt*	*Egyptian Pound*
*Estonia*	*Kroon*
*Ethiopia*	*Birr*
*Fiji*	*Fiji Dollar*
*Finland*	*Euro*
*France*	*Euro*
*Georgia*	*Lari*
*Germany*	*Euro*
*Ghana*	*Cedi*
*Greece*	*Euro*
*Guyana*	*Guyana Dollar*
*Haiti*	*Gourde*
*Honduras*	*Lempira*
*Hong kong*	*Hong Kong Dollar*
*Hungary*	*Forint*
*Iceland*	*Icelandic Krona*
*India*	*Indian Rupee*
*Indonesia*	*Rupiah*
*Iran*	*Iranian Riyal*
*Iraq*	*Iraqi Dinar*
*Ireland*	*Euro*
*Italy*	*Euro*
*Jamaica*	*Jamaican Dollar*
*Japan*	*Yen*
*Jordan*	*Jordanian Dinar*
*Kazakhstan*	*Tenge*
*Kenya*	*Kenyan Shilling*
*Kuwait*	*Dinar*
*Kyrgyzstan*	*Kyrgyzstani Som*
*Lebanon*	*Lebanese Pound*
*Liberia*	*Liberian Dollar*
*Libya*	*Libyan Dinar*
*Luxembourg*	*Euro*
*Malaysia*	*Ringgit*
*Maldives*	*Rufiyaa*
*Mauritius*	*Mauritius Rupee*
*Mexico*	*Mexican Peso*
*Morocco*	*Moroccan Dirham*
*Mozambique*	*Metical*
*Namibia*	*Namibia Dollar*
*Nepal*	*Nepalese Rupee*
*Netherlands*	*Euro*
*New Zealand*	*New Zealand Dollar*
*Niger*	*West African Franc*
*Nigeria*	*Naira*
*North Korea*	*North Korean Won*
*Norway*	*Norwegian Krone*
*Oman*	*Omani Rial*
*Pakistan*	*Pakistani Rupee*
*Palau*	*US Dollar*
*Panama*	*Balboa*
*Paraguay*	*Guarani*
*Peru*	*Inti and Sol*
*Philippines*	*Philippines Peso*
*Poland*	*New Zloty*
*Portugal*	*Euro*
*Porto Rico*	*US Dollar*
*Qatar*	*Qatari Riyal*
*Romania*	*Romanian Leu*
*Russia*	*Rouble*
*Saudi Arabia*	*Saudi Riyal*
*Senegal*	*West African Franc*
*Singapore*	*Singapore Dollar*
*Slovakia*	*Euro*
*Slovenia*	*Euro*
*South Africa*	*Rand*
*South Korea*	*South Korean Won*
*Spain*	*Euro*
*Srilanka*	*Srilankan Rupee*
*Sudan*	*Sudanese Pound*
*Sweden*	*Swedish Krona*
*Switzerland*	*Swiss Franc*
*Syria*	*Syrian Pound*
*Taiwan*	*New Taiwan Dollar*
*Tajikistan*	*Tajik Rouble*
*Tanzania*	*Tanzanian Shilling*
*Thailand*	*Baht*
*Tunisia*	*Tunisian Dinar*
*Turkey*	*New Turkish Lira*
*Turkmenistan*	*Turkmenistani Manat*
*Uganda*	*Ugandan Shilling*
*Ukraine*	*Hryvna and Karbovanet*
*United Arab Emirates*	*UAE Dirham*
*United Kingdom*	*Pound Sterling*
*United States*	*US Dollar*
*Uruguay*	*Uruguayan Peso*
*Uzbekistan*	*Uzbekistani Som*
*Venezuela*	*Bolivar Fuerte*
*Vietnam*	*Dong*
*Yemen*	*Riyal*
*Zambia*	*Zambian Kwacha*
*Zimbabwe*	*US Dollar*

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**BIGGEST RIVERS IN WORLD**
#	RIVER	LOCATION	LENGTH	FLOWS INTO
1	Nile	Africa	4,160 miles	Mediterranean Sea
2	Amazon	South America	4,000 miles	Atlantic Ocean
3	Chang Jiang{Yangtze}	China{Asia}	3,964 miles	East China Sea
4	Huang He{Yellow River}	China	3,395 miles	Yellow Sea
5	Ob-Irtysh	Russia{Asia}	3,362 miles	Gulf of OB
6	Amur	Asia	2,744 miles	Tatar Strait
7	Lena	Russia{Asia}	2,734 miles	Laptev Sea
8	Congo	Africa{Zaire}	2,718 miles	Atlantic Ocean
9	Mekong	Vietnam	2,600 miles	South China Sea
10	Niger	Africa	2,595 miles	Gulf of Guinea

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-HISTORY OF MONEY:

The HISTORY OF MONEY is about thousands of years old.In the beginning of man kind,people used to buy their goods without money.They used barter trade.

BARTER TRADE

BARTER TRADE means that i could ask another person to trade 1kg of wheat for 1kg of rice.People used this trade in between 9,000 - 6,000 B.C.

SHELLS

SHELLS became the first medium of exchange or money.In China at about 1200 B.C.

COINS

COINS were first introduced in Egypt and Lydia or today's Turkey and further improved in bronze,silver and gold by the Persian,Greek,Macedonian and Roman Empires which had a lot of value.

LEATHER MONEY

Leather money was first used in China.It laid the foundation of Paper money.

PAPER CURRENCY

Paper currency was actually introduced in China.In between 900 - 1500 A.D. and then adopted by European countries.

BANK NOTES

BANK NOTES now we are using Bank notes worldwide for exchange our goods.

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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-COUNTRIES AND CURRENCIES

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-BIGGEST RIVERS IN WORLD

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-HISTORY OF MONEY

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