Continental Drift Theory by Alfred Wegener

Continental Drift Theory by Alfred Wegener

In 1915, the German geologist and meteorologist Alfred Wegener first presented the theory of continental drift, which

AUSTRIA

Austria 

·       Capital :- Vienna

·       A republic of Austria

·       Area :- 83,879 Km sq.

·       Population :- 8,662,588

·       Currency :- Euro

·       Calling Code :- +43

·       Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria  leads to the World War I

·       In 1938 , Austria & Germany became a single country but separated after 1945

·       It has nine states

·       Austria means Eastern Realm

·       Official language :- German

·       Popular Austrians :- Wolgang Amadeaus Mozart , Franz Schubert , Arnold Schoenberg , Joseph haydn , Ferdinand Waldmueller , Sigmund Freud , Ludwig Boltzmann , Lise Meitner , Wolfgang pauli , Erwin Schroedinger , Arthur Schnitzler

·       Metro Cities :- Vienna  , Salzburg , Graz , Linz , Innsbruck

INDIA

     INDIA

·        Largest Democracy in the world

·        Home to the Ancient Indus valley civilisation

·        Hinduism , Buddhism , Sikhism , Jainism are originated here & Zoroastrianism , Islam , Christianity , Judaism are also practice in India

·       A federal republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting 29 states & 7 union territories

·       New Delhi is the capital of India

·         Area  :-  3,287,263 km square

·         Population :-  1,276,267,000

·       Bharata is the official name of India

·        Sanskrit originated  from India

·        Northern part of India is the descendent of Aryan  & Southern part of India is the descendent of Dravidian

·        Currency :- Indian rupee

·        World Heritage site “ Taj Mahal “ is the seven wonders of the world

·        It has a Himalaya mountain & deep forest

·        Indian Ocean named after India

·        Notable Indians such as Mahatma Gandhi , Rabindranath tagore (Nobel Laureate ) , Aryabhatta , Kalidasa , Ramanujan etc

·        Metro cities of India :- Delhi , Mumbai , Kolkata, Chennai , Bangaluru  , Hyderabad

·        Calling code :- +91

GERMANY

Germany

·        Capital :- Berlin

·        A federal Parliamentary Republic

·        Area :- 357,168 km sq.

·        Population :- 81 ,459,000

·        Currency :- Euro

·        It has 16 States

·        Founding member of European Union

·        Member of United nation , NATO , G8 , G20 , OECD,World bank , IMF

·        Unification of East & West Germany took place on 3^rd October 1990

·        HeadQuarter of European Central Bank :- Frankfurt

·        Home of Popular brands such as Mercedes , Audi , Porsche , Siemens , Aliianz , SAP , BMW , Puma,Volkswagon , Adidas , DHL ,Metro , Daimler

·        Nobel Prize has awarded to 104 German laurates

·        Popular Germans are Albert Einstein , Werner Heisenberg , Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit , Max Planck , Wilhelm Roentgen ,Rudolf Diesel , Ludwig van Beethoven , Sebastian Bach ,Wolfgang Goethe , Walther Vogelweide , Friedrich Schiller , Karl Marx etc.

·        Won Fifa World Cup :- 1954 , 1972 , 1990 , 2014

·        Metro Cities :- Berlin , Munich , Hamburg , Cologne , Stuttgart , Frankfurt

·        A Epicentre of Protestent Reformation By Martin Luther after writing 95 thesis against Catholic Church on 31^st October 1517

·        Calling code :- +49