Sobriquets

Which is the Granite City?

Aberdeen, Scotland

Which is the Dark Continent?

Africa

Which is the City of the Golden Temple?

Amritsar, India

Which is the Land of the Golden Fleece?

Australia

Which is the Land of the Kangaroo?

Australia

Which is the Island of Pearls?

Banrain

Which is the Garden City of India?

Bangalore

Which is the Cockpit of Europe?

Belgium

Which is the White City? 

Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Which is the Gateway of India?

Bombay

Which is known as the the Great White Way?

Broadway, NewYork

Which is known as the Land of the Golden Pagoda?

Burma(Myanmar)

Which is known as the City of Palaces?

Kolkata

Which is the Land of Lilies?

Canada

Which is the Land of Maple?

Canada

Which is the Windy City?

Chicago, USA

Which is the Venice of East?

Alappuzha

Which is the Queen of Arabian Sea?

Cochin, India

Which is the Pearl of the Antilles?

Cuba

Which is the Gift of Nile?

Egypt

Which is the Land of Thousand Lakes?

Finland

Which is known as The Emerald Island?

Ireland

Which is the Island of Pearls?

Bahrain

Which is the Sugar Bowl of the World?

Cuba

Which is known as the Land of Rising Sun?

Japan

Which is the Hermit Kingdom?

Korea

Which is the port of five Seas? 

Moscow

Which is the Land of Canals?

Netherlands

Which is the Empire City?

NewYork

Which is the Land of White Elephant?

Thailand

Which is the Sick Man of Europe?

Turkey

Which is the Queen of the Adriatic?

Venice

Which is the Island of Cloves?

Zanzibar

Which is the Venice of the North?

Stockholm

Which is the City of the Golden Gate?

San Francisco

Which is the City of Seven Hills?

Rome

Which is the City of Brotherly Love?

Philadelphia

Which is the City of Dreaming Spires?

Oxford

Which is the Land of Windmills?

Netherlands

Which is the Land of the Canals?

Netherlands

Which is the Land of Thunderbolt?

Bhutan

Which is the Holy Land?

Palestine

Which is Land of Humming Bird?

Trinidad

Which is the Rose Pink City?

Jaipur

Which is the playground of Europe?

Switzerland

Which is the Diamond City in India?

Surat, Gujarat

Which is known as The Herring Pond?

Atlantic Ocean
Which is known as the Sorrow of China?

River Hwang Ho

Who is known as Frontier Gandhi?

Abdul Gaffar Khan
Who is known as Fuhrer?

Adolf Hitler
Who is known as Lokmanya?

Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Who is known as Deenabandhu?

C F Andrews
Who is known as Anna?

C N Annadurai
Who is known as Rajaji?

C Rajagopalachari
Who is the Grand Old Man of India?

Dadabhai Naoroji
Who is the Iron Duke?

Duke of Wellington
Who is known as Ike?

Dwight David
Who is known as the King Maker?

Eisenhower Earl of Warwick
Who is known as Desert Fox?

Erwin Rommel
Who is the Lady with the Lamp?

Florence Nightingale
Who is El Cauclillo? 

Francisco Franco
Who is the known as Chacha?

Jawaharlal Nehru
Who is known as Loknayak?

Jayaprakash Narayan
Who is known as Maid of Orleans?

Joan of Arc
Who is known as Man of Peace?

Lal Bahadur Shastri
Who is known as Punjab Kesari?

Lala Lajpat Rai
Who is the Father of the Nation? 

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Who is known as Guruji?

M S Gohlwalkar
Who is Man of Destiny? 

Napolean Bonaparte
Who is Man of Blood and Iron?

Otto Von Bismark
Who is known as Gurudev?

Rabindranath Tagore
Who is the Nightingale of India?

Sarojini Naidu
Who is known as Netaji?

Subhash Chandra Bose
Who is the Wizard of the North? 

Willian Ewart Glandstone

Walter Scott Who is the Grand Old Man of Britain? Willian Ewart Glandstone

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INDIAN GEOGRAPHY - NICK NAMES OF SOME PLACES

1) Golden City - Amritsar

2) Manchester of India - Ahmadabad

3) City of Seven Islands - Mumbai

4) Queen of Arabian Sea - Cochin

5) Space City - Bangalore

6) Garden City of India - Bangalore

7) Silicon Valley of India - Bangalore

8.) Electronic City of India - Bangalore 

9) Pink City - Jaipur

10) Gateway of India - Mumbai

11) Twin City - Hyderabad - Sikandarabad

12) City of Festivals - Madurai

13) Deccan Queen - Pune

14) City of Buildings - Kolkata

15) Dakshin Ganga - Godavari

16) Old Ganga - Godavari

17) Egg Bowl of Asia - Andhra Pradesh

18) Soya Region - Madhya Pradesh

19) Manchester of the South - Coimbatore

20) City of Nawabs - Lucknow

21) Venice of the East - Cochin

22) Sorrow of Bengal - Damodar river

23) Sorrow of Bihar - Kosi river

24) Blue Mountains - Nilgiri

25) Queen of the Mountains – Mussoorie

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Public Service Commission Recruitment 2014 (Last Date for Submission of Application: 22-04-2014.)

Name : Public Service Commission, West Bengal

Post Name : Various Posts

Number Of Posts :223

Qualification : Candidates should possess Medical qualification included in First or Second schedule for Sl No 1 and Second class Master’s Degree or Honours Degree in Geography of an Indian University or equivalent for Sl No 2 and Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture with 4 (four) years degree course for Sl No 3 and Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture for Sl No 4 to 8.

Age Limit :Candidates age not more than 35 years for Sl No 1 & 2, 4 to 8 and 32 years for Sl No 3 as on 01-01-2014. Age relaxation is applicable.

How To Apply :Candidates may apply through prescribed application format along with the copies of the following documents either Self Certified or attested of Madhyamik or equivalent certificate, caste certificate issued by competent authority, Registration certificate for citizenship, Mark sheet and certificate for each examination passed, Experience certificate, 2 self-addressed unstamped envelopes and one self-addressed post card and send to the Secretary, Public Service Commission, West Bengal, 161-A, S.P. Mukherjee Road, Kolkata – 700026 on or before 22-04-2014.

Last Date for Submission of Application: 22-04-2014.

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