TODAY WE SEE COMPETITION IN EACH AND EVERY FIELD OF LIFE. IF YOU WANT TO SUSTAIN IN THIS WORLD THEN YOU NEED TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT EACH AND EVERYTHING. IN TODAY`S WORLD GENERAL KNOWLEDGE IS BECOME THE KEY WORLD, THE VARIOUS COMPETITIVE EXAMS, THE VARIOUS QUIZ PROGRAMMES ORGANISED ON THE T.V. ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE TO THIS. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LEARN BY HEART IN A DAY OR TWO. ESPECIALLY, WHEN YOU WANT TO LEARN SOMETHING THAT IS RELATED TO SCIENCE AND IF YOU ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF OTHER THINGS RELATED TO THE TOPIC THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN, THEN IT BECOMES EASIER TO LEARN AND REMEMBER THE MAIN INFORMATION. WE USE MANY THINGS, WE COME ACROSS MANY THINGS, WE MAKE USE OF THE VARIOUS PROPERTIES OF SUBSTANCES, BUT HOW MANY OF US CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS RELATED TO THESE PROPERTIES? DO YOU KNOW HOW THE HOTNESS OF CHILLY IS COUNTED? THOSE WHO USE CHILLY POWDER WON`T BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION, BUT IF YOU HAVE READ THIS BOOK THEN YOU SURELY WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS.THIS BOOK IS A COLLECTION OF MANY STRANGE, PECULIAR, QUEER THINGS. IT CONSISTS OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION AND ANSWERS TO MANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO GEOGRAPHY.
सध्याच्या स्पर्धात्मक जगात चौफेर ज्ञानास खूप महत्त्व प्राप्त झालं आहे. स्पर्धापरीक्षा, दूरचित्रवाणी वाहिन्यांवरील प्रश्नोत्तराचे कार्यक्रम यांमुळं सामान्यज्ञान हा परवलीचा शब्द बनला आहे. जनरल नॉलेज हे काही एका दिवसात पाठ करून प्राप्त होणारं ज्ञान नव्हे. विशेषत: वैज्ञानिक माहिती मिळवताना अगदी एकाच प्रश्नाचं उत्तर माहिती करून घेताना आजूबाजूचे संदर्भ माहिती झाले, तर उत्तर लक्षात ठेवणं सोपं जातं. तिखटाचा तिखटपणा मोजण्याचं परिमाण कोणतं? या प्रश्नाचं उत्तर तिखट खाणाऱ्यांना देता येणार नाही; पण हे पुस्तक वाचणारा ते उत्तर नक्कीच देऊ शकेल. हे पुस्तक म्हणजे अशा बयाच चित्रविचित्र वैज्ञानिक माहितीचे आणि भौगोलिक प्रश्नांच्या उत्तरांचे भांडार असल्याने ते घरोघरी नक्कीच उपयुक्त ठरेल.