General Knowledge

McMahon Line is the boundary between India and China.  Read More →

The national currency of Kyrgyzstan is Som. The ISO code of Som is KGS and one Som is divisible to 100 tyiyn. “Som” is sometimes pronounced as “sum” or “soum”. The word some is translated as pure in many languages like Kazakh and Kyrgyz. It became the official currency of Kyrgyzstan in 1993... readmore

The official and national currency of Kuwait is Dinar. The ISO code of this currency is KDW and it became the official currency of Kuwait after a resolution that was passed in 1961. Before this era, they used to use Gulf rupee as the official currency of the country. Dinar is sub divided into 100 fils.... readmore

The ‘won’ with an ISO code of KRW, is the currency of South Korea. It is divisible into 100 jeon, which is not in market circulation unit of currency in South Korea because of its very low monetary value. Won is similar to the currency of Japan and China. Won and jeon are the impressions of Chinese... readmore

The currency of Latvia is Lat. The ISO code of Lat is LVL and it was replaced by ruble in 1922. Latvia became of official member of USSR in 1940 and in this period, Lat was again replaced with ruble. With the independence of Latvia in 1993, Lat again became the title of national currency of Latvia. Lat... readmore

The national currency of Laos is Kip with an ISO code of Lak. One kip is further sub divided into 100 att. Kip was announced to be the official currency of this region in 1952. Along with kip, Thai baht and US dollars are also accepted as a mode of transaction. Coins were minted with denominations of... readmore

The currency of Macedonia is dinar with an official ISO code of MKD. Dinar is derived from a Roman word “denarius” which was used to be a currency unit. Having a historical heritage and mixed ethnicity, its currency also depicts its diverse cultural values. The most popular exchange rate of Macedonian... readmore

The Currency in use in Luxembourg Euro. It is further subdivided into 100 Centime (French) or cent (German). From 1854 to 1999, the official currency of this region was known as Franc. Until 2002 due to the principle of “no obligation and no prohibition”, day-to-day financial transactions could be... readmore

The current currency of Lithuania is Litas, which symbolized as LTL for ISO code. The symbol of Lt is written after amount e.g. 100 Lt. Litas are divided into 100 centas and it became the official unit of exchange in this region after Lithuania regained its independence in 1990. Coins of Litas are circulating... readmore

The ancient Egypt is called the gift of the Nile and there are many historical evidences to it as well. According to some historians, there was a lot of water that ran off the mountains after heavy rains in spring season. This water used to flow so heavily that usually would cause the Nile to flood.... readmore