•
Who known as ‘Nightingale of India? Sarojinin Naidu
• Who
is called as the “Herodotus of Arabs”? Abul Hassan Ali AI-Masudi
•
Where was Albert Einstein born? Germany
•
Heavy Mechanical Complex, Taxila was set up with the aid of China.
•
Antarctica is the uninhabited continent of the world which is without any
regular population.
•
Turkey is the country having its land in two continents
• The
world’s longest current reigning monarch is Queen of England.
• The Cambodian Language is the language with most
Alphabets. It has a total number of 74 alphabets.
•
Glaciers are found on every continent except Australia. The Lambert Glacier
enjoys the distinction of being the
largest glacier in the world. It is located in the Australia Antarctic
Territory. Its length is 440 miles (700
km) and was discovered in 1956-57.
• •
The lowest mountain range in the world is the Bhieuna Bhaile
• The
country known as the Land of Cakes is Scotland
• The
place known as the Garden of England is Kent
• The
largest bay in the world is Hudson Bay, Canada
• The
largest church in the world is Basilica of St.Peter,Vatican City,Rome
• The
country whose National Anthem has only music but no words is Bahrain
• The
largest cinema in the world is the Fox theatre,Detroit,USA
• The
country where there are no Cinema theatres is Saudi arabia
• The
country where military service is compulsory for women is Israel
• The
largest city of Africa is Cairo
• The
most densely populated Island in the world is Honshu
• The
first man to reach Antarctica was Fabian Gotileb
•
Oldest surviving building in world is pyramids of Egypt.
• K-2
is also known as Godwin Austin, first climbed by Ardito Desio 1956.(Karakram
range in Pakistan)
•
Mount Everest is the highest mountain located in Himalaya (Nepal --- Tibet).
•
Mount Everest was named after Sir George Everest.
•
Mozambique has the lowest GNP.
• The
biggest airport in the world is King Khalid situated in Saudi Arabia.
•
Largest palace is in Brunei.
•
Longest underground railway Tunnel is in Moscow.
• •
• •
Country with largest budget is USA.
• The
highest birth rate is of Malawi.
• Peru
with lowest birth rate.
•
Country with most billionaires is USA.
•
Monaco has the shortest coast line.
• The
biggest Square the Tiananmen Square is in China.
•
Largest Tomb the mount li tomb is in China.
• The
longest cricket match between England and South Africa in 1939 abandoned after
10 days.
•
Largest number of school is in China.
•
Largest fort, Fort George situated in UK.
• •
Largest exhibition centre is in Germany.
• Lake
Victoria is the largest lake of Africa.
• The
film Ben Hur won the most (11) Oscur Awards in 1959.
•
Largest capital is Ottawa.
•
Largest delta is in Bengal created by the river Bharamputra and the Ganges.(
Sundrbans )
•
Hottest place is Aziziyah, Libya.
•
Driest place is Atacama Desert in Chile.
• Most
spoken language is Mandarin Chinese.
•
Oldest civilization is Sumerian civilization (Mesopotamia).
•
Oldest town is Jericho (Jordan).
•
Largest land mammal is African Elephant.
•
Longest strait is the Strait of Malacca which seperat Malaysia and Indonesia.
•
Tallest animal is Giraffe.
•
First Muslim dynasty in India is slave dynasty.
•
Lowest birth rate and highest death rate is of Peru.
• A
richest woman is Queen Elizabeth.
• The
largest of oil consumer is USA.
•
Busiest airport is O’Hare International Airport at Chichago (USA).
•
Oldest capital city is Damascus (Syria).
•
Largest metropolitan is Mexico City.
•
Longest canal is Volga Batlic canal.
•
Longest day 21 June and shortest day December 22.
•
Largest diamond is Cullinan.
• Longest big ship canal is Eurasia Ship Canal with
length 700 km, which connects Caspian Sea and Black sea.
• The Bamboo has the fastest growth rate ever green
grass. It grows up to 3 feet in 24 hours.
•
Largest peninsula is Arabian Peninsula.
• The
river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea is the Mississippi
•
Volentina Treshkova (USSR) was the first woman astronaut who orbited the earth
in the year 1983.
• The American astronaut Neil Armstrong was the
first man to steps on the surface of moon on 21 July 1969.
• The
largest producer of cotton is USA.
• The
largest producer of Jute is Bangladesh.
• The largest producer of Rice , Silk , wheat, tin ,
gold , grows the most fruit , Largest country by population , country grew the first Orange , most tobacco , where Ice
Cream invented and county first used
pepper is China.
• The
largest producer of Steel and aluminium is USA.
• The
largest producer of Sugar and Tea is India.
• The
largest producer of Wool is Australia.
• The
largest producer of oil is Saudi Arabia.
• The
largest producer of coffee is Brazial
• The
world’s leading banking center is Zurich.
•
World’s largest fish catching country is China.
• Muhammad Fathullah Khan Kandahari's translation:
Printed in 1861, Bhopal, India, It is the first known translation of the holy Qur'an in Pashto
• First translation of the Quran into a Western
language was made into Latin. It was carried out by Robertus Rotenesis and Hermannus Dalmata in 1143
•
South China Sea is the largest sea.
• What
animal has the best hearing-Bats
• What
country had the first banknotes-Sweden China paper not banknotes
•
Which country grows the most sugar-Brazil
• Name
the largest Mediterranean island-Sicily
• In
1901 who first transmitted radio signals across Atlantic: Marconi
• What
is the worlds oldest monotheistic religion: Judaism
•
Where was the first Miss World contest held in 1951-London
• The
largest bell in the world is the Tsar Kolkol at Kremlin,Moscow
• The
biggest stadium in the world is the Strahov Stadium,Prague
• The
country which has the greatest population density is Monaco
• The
first President of Egypt was Mohammed Nequib
• The
primary producer of newsprint in the world is Canada
• The
first explorer to reach the South Pole was Cap.Ronald Amundson
• The
airplane was used in war for the first time by Italians(14 Oct.1911)
•
United State has most TV stations in the world.
•
China has most land frontiers with16 neighboring countries.
• The
first man to circumnavigate the world was Magellan.
• The
world’s poorest country with a lowest per capita income is Burundi after that
congo.
•
First test tube baby Louise Brown (England) was born in 1978.
• USA is the largest nuclear electric power
producing country in the world. It produces 98,784 MW electricity which is about 30% of the total nuclear
electricity generated in the world.
• Robert E. Perry (1856-1920) an American explorer
reached North Pole on 6th April, 1909 for the first time in human history.
•
Highest % of land under cultivation is in India.
•
Canal Street is the widest street in USA.
•
Fastest animal is cheetah.
•
Slowest animal is Snail 2 to 3 feet per minute.
•
Fastest bird is Peregrine Falcon.
• Bird
that never makes its nest is Cuckoo.
•
Wingless bird is Kiwi.
•
Highest capital is La Paz (Bolivia).
•
Biggest city (by population) is Tokyo.
•
Largest coral formation is The Great Barrier Reef (Australia).
•
Highest country is China (Tibet region).
•
Highest dam is Rogunsky in Tajkistan.
•
Largest concrete dam is The Grand Coulee, USA.
•
Largest diamond mine is Kimberley (South Africa).
•
Lightest gas is hydrogen.
•
Largest gorge is Grand Canyon.
•
Largest Island is Greenland.
•
Largest man-made lake is Lake Mead Arizona.
•
Longest lifespan of animal is of Giant tortoise.
•
Largest mammal is Blue whale.
•
Highest melting point is of Tungsten, 3410° C.
•
Tallest mountain range is The Himalaya range with 96 of world’s 109 tallest
peaks.
•
Longest mountain range is Andes (South America).
•
Largest Commercial Ocean is Atlantic Ocean.
•
Mediterrian Sea means ‘sea in the middle of land’.
•
Ocean shrinking and growing is Atlantic Ocean.
•
Fastest ocean swimmer is Sailfish (68 mph).
•
Longest poisonous snake is King Cobra.
•
Largest port is Rotterdam (Netherlands).
•
Largest river basin and volume is Amazon (Brazil).
•
Largest sea bird is Albatross.
•
Tallest statue is Spring Temple Buddha (china).
•
Largest suspension bridge is Verazano-Narrows, NY.
•
Longest swimming course is English Channel, UK.
•
Broadest strait is Mozambique.
•
Largest temple is Angkor Vat (Cambodia).
•
Highest town is Wenchuan, Tibet (China).
•
Tallest tower is Tokyo Sky Tree (Japan).
•
Highest volcano is Cotapaxi (Ecuador).
•
Longest wall is Great Wall of China 1550 miles(6700km) long, which is built in
214 BC.
•
Highest waterfall is Angel (Venezuela)
•
Lowest body of water is Dead Sea.
•
Biggest zoo is Etosha National Park, Namibia.
• In
776 First Olympic Games were played in Greece.
•
Alexander invaded India in battle of Hydaspes.
•
Emperor Theodesius banned the Olympic Games.
• Sun
and Moon pyramids are in Mexico.
•
Rainfall related to mountains is Orographic rainfall.
•
Bangladesh has a dispute over the construction of a dam on Naaf River with
Myanmar.
• The
thinnest earth layer is Crust.
• Name
of the second largest river of Africa is The Congo.
•
Khunjra Pass connects Pakistan with China.
•
Chile is the largest copper producing country in the world.
• The
country where death rate is lowest in the world is Japan.
•
Lithuania was the first Soviet Republic of the former Soviet Union which
declared itself independent.
•
Madagaskar is the largest island in the Indian Ocean.
• Ferdinand Magellan commanded the first expedition
in 1590 to sail round the world and discovered passage to the Pacific from the Atlantic. He proved that the shape of
the earth is round.
• Suez Canal is the largest ship canal in the world.
It joins Red Sea with Mediterranean Sea. The plan of the Suez Canal was conceived by Ferdinand de Lesseps.
•
Largest sugar producing country is India second is Brazil.
• The
North Atlantic Route is the largest and busiest of the ocean trade routes.
•
World’s oldest regligion is Hinduism and largest religion is Christianity.
•
World’s second most populous city is Mexico City.
•
Largest number of Palestinian refuges is in Jordan.
•
Kazakistan is the largest country in Central Asia.
•
Largest landlocked country in world is Kazakistan and 2nd Mongolia.
•
Biggest oil refinery is at Abadan (Iran).(Reliance _ India)
•
Glasgow is biggest ship building centre.
• Havana
is famous for cigar manufacturing.
•
Oldest Search Engine is ... Yahoo
• Only
Hindu kingdom in World is Nepal.
• Who
was the first man to fly across the channel: Louis Bleriot
• The
largest state in the USA is Alaska.
•
Which of the following countries of South-West Asia leads in the production of
oil? Saudi Arabia
• What
is the smallest state of Australia-Tasmania
•
Paris and What other capital had the worlds first telephone link-Brussels
• What
is the oldest known science- Astronomy
• What
is the worlds most popular first name-Mohammed
•
People`s republic of china has the largest army of the world.
• Khan
Mehtarzai is the highest railway station in Asia.
•
Maximum quantities of diamonds are found in
Africa.
• The highest rainfall for one month was recorded at
Indian town of Cherapoonje. 366.14 inches rain fell there during the month of july 1861.
•
Light is the fastest thing in the universe.It travels at a phenomenal speed of
186,000 miles per second.
•
Takla Makan is in China is the driest desert in Asia.
• King
of Malaysia is the only king in the world who is elected for 5 years term.
•
Largest oil company belong to USA is The Exxon Corporation.
• The
busiest shopping centre of London is Oxford Street
• “Panch pokhari trekking” (highest lake) is non
touristy trekking trail in Nepal. Panch Pokhari is named after 5 holy ponds and Hindus religiously respect
the place. Panch Pokhari Lake is just northeast of Kathmandu toward snow wall.
• Oil
is the most traded product in the world what is the second-Coffee
•
Which country makes the most films per year- India
•
first man to set foot on all five continents- Captain Cook
• What
country drink the most milk per capita-Iceland
• What
country consumes the most fish per capita-Japan
• What
was the first country to recognise the US as independent-Morocco
• Who
was the first person to wear a wristwatch- Queen Elizabeth.
•
Ambedkar, B.R is known as the architect of the Indian Constitution.
•
Apsra is the first nuclear reactor of India.
• Aquaculture
refers to fish-farming or fish culture.
• Baku
is famous for the production of petroleum.
• Blue revolution relates to fish farming.The
readings of a Fahrenheit and a Centigrade temperature is the same at -40°.
•
Gregory Mendel is called the Father of Genetics.
•
Fenugreek seeds can benefit a patient of diabetes mellitus by normalizing his
blood sugar level.
• It
is the President and not the PM who presides over the cabinet meetings in
France.
•
Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arrangement.
•
Inflation means an increase in the amount of paper money which tends to raise
general price level of
commodities. It is a comparative figure showing cost
of living, production prices, etc as compared with a base year. Debtors are likely to benefit by
Inflation.
•
James Bond is a character in the novels written by Ian Fleming.
•
Jana-gana-mana is India’s National Anthem.
•
Thomas Jefferson authored American Declaration of Independence.
• Laos
is the only land-locked country in South-East Asia.
• Last Supper is a famous Renaissance painting by
Leonardo da Vinci.• Montesquieu gave the theory of separation of power.
•
Mother Teresa was born in Albania in 1910.
• New
Moore Island is situated in the Bay of Bengal.
•
Parliament of Switzerland is known as Federal Assembly.
• Pasumpatinath temple is in Nepal.G.J. Mendel is
known as founder of genetics.Pulitzer Prizes are awarded to Americans for excellence in journalism. Red Cross Movement
was launched by J.H. Dunant in 1864.
• A team of men in opposition to take over the
different portfolios in case the party is able to wrest power is known as Shadow Cabinet.
•
Shahtoosh is the finest, warmest and lightest wool in the world produced in
Uzbekistan.
• The
Road Ahead is written by Bill Gates.
• United
Kingdom consists of England, Northern Island, Scotland & Wales.
• Qutub Minar made by Iltutmish, Gol Gumbaz made by
Mohammad Adil Shah, Buland Darwaza made by Akbar
and Moti Masjid made by Aurangzeb.
• The agreement between India and China, by which both
accepted Panchsheel as the basis of their relations,
was signed in 1954
• In
which city was the famous black hole: Calcutta
•
Whose autobiography was the long walk to Freedom: Nelson Mandela
•
Which American state is nicknamed The Diamond State: Delaware
•
Zambia and Zimbabwe used to be called what: Rhodesia
• Oil
seed rape belongs to which plant family: Mustard
• What
is the staple food of one third of the worlds population: Rice
• What
digit does not exist in Roman Numerals: Zero
• Who
was nicknames The desert Fox (both Names): Erwin Rommel
•
Which European country is divided into areas called Cantons: Switzerland
• Who
created Tarzan (all names) in 1914: Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Who
is the only American president elected unopposed: George Washington
•
Which countries men use the most deodorant: Japan
• From
what language does the word alphabet come: Greek -alpha beta
• On
what is the Mona Lisa painted: Wood
• Who
rode a horse called Bucephalus: Alexander the Great
• The
Koh-i-Nor is a famous diamond - what does the name mean: Mountain of Light
• Who
was the Goddess of the rainbow: Iris
•
Which animals can live longest without water: Rats
•
Which fruit contains the most protein: Avocado
• A
muster is a group of which birds: Peacocks
•
Gossima was the original name of what game: Table Tennis
•
Minerva is the Goddess of what: Wisdom
• USA
has most airports which country has second most: Australia
• In
1829 Walter Hunt invented what common item: Safety Pin
• What
is the oldest known infectious disease: Leprosy
• In
which city is the worlds oldest tennis court from 1496: Paris
• Who
said Politics is the art of the possible 11 Aug 1867: Otto Von Bismarck
• In
which country did Turkeys originate: USA
• What
colour is worn for funerals in Egypt: Yellow
• In
what country did red onions originate: Italy
• What
job did Ernest Hemmingway do in WW1: Ambulance Driver
• What
was the name of the Roman God of sleep-Somnos
• What
does the name Ghengis Khan mean-Very Mighty Ruler
• What
is the most common disease in the world-Dental Caries
• The
name of which countries capital means good air-Argentina – Buenos Aires
• The
USA president lives in the White House - Who Blue House-President of South
Korea
• What
does an aronophobe fear -Internet
• What
county has its map on its flag-Cyprus
•
Lucknow is a city in India - and what other country-Canada
•
Which animal has legs but cant walk- Hummingbird
• What
is the sacred animal of Thailand-White Elephant
• What
animal is the symbol of long life in Korea-Deer
• What
animal was the symbol of freedom in ancient Rome-Cat
• Time
Magazine named what as the Man of the Year 1982-The Computer
• The
United Nations in New York were originally where-San Francisco
• In
what country is the northernmost point of Africa-Tunisia
•
Napoleon had a fear of what - Aelurophobia-Cats
• In
the Bible who built the ancient city of Babylon-Nimrod
• In
what country did stamp collecting start -France
•
Where do the White and Blue Niles join-Khartoum - in Sudan
• What
plant has flowers but no leaves-Cactus
• Who
was the Roman Goddess of peace-Pax
• What
country has a Bible on its flag-Dominican Republic
• The
Invisible Empire is better known as what-Klu Klux Klan
• What
European countries flag is square-Switzerland
• What
bird has the most feathers per square inch-Penguin
• A
dog is canine - what animal is ovine-Sheep
• A
cat is feline - what animal is murine-Mouse or Rat
• What
countries nation anthem is Land of Two Rivers-Iraq
•
Queen Alexandria's is the worlds largest what-Butterfly 1 foot wing
• Who
said "The child is the father of the man"-Wordsworth
•
There are over 130000 species of what on earth-Butterflies
•
There are more telephones than people in what city-Washington USA
• If
you landed at Arlanda airport where would you be-Stockholm Sweden
• What
country declared itself first atheist state in 1967-Albania – banned religion
• What
is Canada's oldest city founded in 1608-Quebec
• 72%
of what country is covered by forest- Finland
• The
Red Rose City has what more common name in Jordan-Petra
• What
flower is the symbol of culture-The Lotus
• In
what prison did Nelson Mandela spend 19 of 27 years in jail-Robben Island
•
Monology is the study of what- Stupidity
• What
country is the worlds oldest functioning democracy-Iceland
•
Where was volleyball invented-France
• What
gives onions their distinctive smell- Sulphur - taken in when growing
•
Where are the glasshouse mountains- Queensland Australia
• What
animals name translate from Arabic as He who walks fast Giraffe – from Xirapha
• What
place is nicknamed "The City of Lilies"- Florence
• What
place was nicknamed "The Pearl of the Orient"-Manilla - Philippines
• What
countries name translates as lion mountains- Sierra Leone
• In
WW2 what was the German codename for invasion of Russia- Barberossa
•
First American state to enter the union 7 Dec 1787- Delaware Pennsylvania
second
• old
man in The Old Man and the Sea named Santiago
• unit
of sound named after- Alexander Graham Bell - Decibel
•
first space probe to land on the moon 13 Sept 1959 Luna 2
• What
city was known as Christiana until 1925- Oslo – Sweden
•
Countries on 2 continents Russia and Turkey (Asia Europe) and Egypt - Africa
and Asia
• In
WW2 the Germans launched operation Bernhard - what Counterfeit British Notes
• What
country had three presidents - in the same day-Mexico
•
There are 300 distinct different types of what food-Honey
• What
country has three capital cities Admin Legislate Judicial-South Africa
• Countries
name means Place where one struggles with God-Israel
•
Ecuador was named after who / what-The Equator
• The
Davis Strait lies between Canada and where-Greenland / Baffin
•
Children take SATs what does SAT stand for-Standard assessment tasks
• A lion
and a sword appear on what countries flag-Sri
Lanka
• What
is sometimes nicknamed Adams Profession-Gardener
• What
is the word Taxi short for-Taximeter
• Name
the Hong Kong stock exchange-Hang Seng
• What
is a bandy bandy-A Snake
• The
New Testament originally written in what language-Greek
• The
Black Death came to England from what port-Calais
• What
is the currency of Egypt-The Pound
•
After English what's the most widely used language on the net-German
• The
word Angel derives from the Greek meaning what-Messenger
• What
is measured on the Torro scale -Tornados
•
Sicily is the traditional source of which element- Sulphur
• Who
was the first person to wear a wristwatch- Queen Elizabeth 1st
• What
city is at the mouth of the Menam river- Bangkok
•
Ireland and New Zealand are the only countries that lack what Native Snakes
• In
Hindu philosophy what does Yoga literally mean- Union
•
Which sea is sometimes called the Euxine Sea- Black Sea
• The
Wright brothers made aircraft but what was their other job: Bicycle
manufacturers
• What
is the official language of Cuba-Spanish
• Who
was the last Emperor of France-Napoleon III
• What
country does China have its longest land border with: Mongolia
• In
which country did the study of geometry originate -Egypt
• What
was the capitol of Russia before Moscow-Saint Petersburg And who designed
it-Michelangelo
• What
was Ghandi's profession- Lawyer
• What
does Magna Carta literally mean- Great Charter
• What
country is coffee originally from- Ethiopia
• What
is the currency of Turkey- Lira
•
Which worlds city is known as The Golden City: Prague Czech
•
Which country contains every type of climate in the world:New Zealand
• The
Afghan Taliban use which colour of flag- White
• What
was Queen Victoria's first name- Alexandria
• In
Sanskrit it means House of Snow - what does-Himalayas
• What
was the White House formerly known as - Executive Mansion
•
Which country consumes the most chicken per capita: Saudi Arabia
• What
does Honolulu mean in Hawaiian- Sheltered Harbour
•
Which fruit is the symbol of hospitality- Pineapple
•
Which city is built on 118 islands- Venice
• In
WW1 what warning device was on the top of Eiffel Tower: Parrots
• What
is sometimes referred to as Zulu time- Greenwich mean time
•
Which vegetable is 91% water - Cabbage
•
Edible part of tomato is whole fruit.
• One
micron is equal to One-thousandth of a millimeter.
•
First world war was began on 1914 A.D. and second world war started in 1939
when germany attacked
on
poland, it is also considered as Greatest war.
• The maximum ever temperature of 136.4 F was
recorded on september 13,1922 in the city Azizia (Libya) and The minimum temperature of -129.6 F was recorded in the
town of Vostok near Antarctica on 24th
august , 1960.
• The Umayyad Dynasty (661-750 A.D) was the first
Muslim dynasty.
• The
earth is the densest planet of universe .It has density of 5.515 time that of
water.
• The
panch pokhri lake situated in the himalaya mountains is the highest lake in the
world.
• Mahavira(founder of jainism)and gautama buddha
(founder of buddism) were contemporaries and flourished in india in the 6th century B.C.
• The three pyramids of eqypt were built from 2700
to 2500 B.C.,these are tombs of khufu,khafra and menkaura.
• The great wall of china was completed in 214
B.C.it is 1500 miles long.Its average height is 25 feet and about 12 feet wide at the top.
• The
city rome was founded in 753 B.C. by romolus.
• The
muslim rule of spain lasted from 711 to 1492 A.D.
• The
statue of liberty (newyork) was installed in 1886.It is 151 feet one inch high
from the base to torch.
• The world is divided into 24 time zones,each 15`
longtitude wide. the longitudinal meridian passing through greenwich,England is the starting point and
is called the prime meridian.
• Christopher columbus discovered bahamas on 12 oct
1492 A.D.
•
Russia invaded afghanistan on dec 27,1979.
• A billion contain 1000 million. It has 9 zeroes.
similarly a trillion has 12 zeroes,a quadrillion 15 zeroes,a quintillion 18 zeroes and a decillion 33 zeroes.
• One
inch is equal to 2.5400 cms and one mile is equal to 1.6093 kms.
• About half of the world population speaks
indo-european languages. The Indo-European branch to which english belongs is germanic.
• Out of the 193 sovereign independent nations of
the world 147 are republics and other 46 are under personal rules (14 kings,1 emperor,3 queens,7
hereditary sheikhs,1 grand duke,2 sultans,1 constitutional monarch etc).
• All
india mulim league was formulated on december 30,1906 and first president was
Sir Agha Khan.
•
Afghanistan got independence on 19th aug 1919.
•
Sunlight is composed of seven colours
•
"Braille system" is used for the education of Blind.
•
Lousis Braille of France made it possible for the blind to read and write.
• Blue
color has shortest wavelength(Red-Largest)
•
Protein is a natural polymer
• Redwood or Giant Sempervirens is the tallest tree
in the world . It rises up to a height of 111 metres (366 feets).
• Pakistan-Afghanistan border ' Durand line ' was
drawn in 1893 by Sir Mortimer Durand and Afghanistan`s
ruler Abdur rehman khan.
•
Asian Development Bank was established on 16th jan, 1966 (Headqurter in
Manilia- Philipine).
•
Radcliff was a lawyer by profession.
• In
1945, Hiroshima was the first city Atom bomb dropped.
• Leo
Tolstoy was the political guru of Gandhi.
•
South Africa is the country which has three capitals.
• A
piece of land surrounded by water on three sides is known as “peninsula ".
• The
literal meaning of Renaissance is Revival
•
Julius Caesar was killed by Brutus
•
Adolf Hitler was born in Austria
•
Slavery in America was abolished by Abraham Lincoln
• The
famous Island located at the mouth of the Hudson river is Manhattan
• The
famous painting `Mona Lisa'is displayed at Louvre museum,Paris
• The
earlier name for tomato was Love apple
•
Archimedes was born in Sicily
• Togo
is situated in Africa
• The
first ruler who started war games for his soldiers was Genghis Khan
• The
name of the large clock on the tower of the House of Parliament in London is
called Big Ben
• `Man
is a Tool Making Animal' was said by Benjamin Franklin
• Blue
Mosque is in Istanbul.
• Camp David is famous for Camp David Accord, which
took place between Egypt and Israel. It is located in USA.
•
Jaffna is the headquarters of LTTE guerillas in Sri Lanka.
• Akal Takht is a place of confession of Penance in
the Golden Temple complex, it has been the spiritual and temporal seat of authority of Sikh since 1906.
• Hanging garden of Babylon is situated in Baghdad
and was planted in 603 B.C; this is included in seven wonder of the world.
• Leaning tower of Pisa, it was built in 12th
Century, it is located in Italy.
• The
famous Empire State Building in located in New York.
•
Bermuda Triangle is in Caribbean region.
•
Bermuda is the colony of UK.
•
Lumbin is the birthplace of Gautam Budh, it is in Nepal.
•
Dehro Dun is located in UP (India), it is famous for its military academy.
•
Yellow Stone National Park is in USA.
• The
Indonesian island Bali is famous for Temples.
• Great Wall of China can be seen from the moon, the
total length of the wall is 1684 miles or 6000 kms, it was built in the reign of Shih Huang-ti (246-210)
BC.
• Abu
Simbal is the famous temple in Egypt.
•
Adam’s bridge is 17 miles long line of rock and sand bank between India and Sri
Lanka.
•
Mermaid Statue is in Copenhagen.
•
Temple mount is located in Jerusalem.
•
Buland Darwaza is situated near Agra its height is 176 feet.
•
Jordan is an Islamic country which has boundary with many countries.
•
Break up of Germany occurred on 1945 and merger on Oct 3, 1990.
• Iraq
occupied Kuwait on 2nd Aug 1990.
•
Indonesia has 13000 islands.
•
Japan is an archipelago.
•
Namibia is administrated by South Africa.
• UAE
is the federation of 7 Emirates.
•
Bosnia Herzegovina became independent on Jan 17, 1996.
•
Kosovo mostly consists of Albanian Muslims.
•
Baltic States is the name given to the European countries like Lithuania,
Latvia and Estonia.
• Spanish
is the official language of Argentina.
• The
majority of Japan’s Population is by religion Shinto.
• The
term Boxer Rebellion is associated with China.
•
Philippines comprises of 7000 tropical islands.
•
Aukland and Christ Church are the major cities of New Zealand.
•
Melbourne is the capital city of Australian city Victoria.
•
Berlin was approved as a capital on 20th June 1991.
•
Manchester is the city of Great Britain famous for textile industry.
• The
criminals of the Second World War were trailed in the city of Nuremburg.
•
Mauna Loa (USA) is the largest active volcano of the world.
•
Robert Mugabe is the personality of Zimbabwe.
•
Newton was English and Goethe was German in origin.
•
Hazrat Bullay Shah was a famous Sufi poet of Punjabi language. His tomb is in
the city of Kasur.
•
Haroon ur Rashid belonged to Abbasid dynasty.
•
Firdusi was a Persian poet.
•
President Roosevelt of USA delivered his famous Four Freedoms speech in 1941.
• Duke
of Wellington was of England.
• F.D
Roosevelt was elected as president for three times.
•
Pablo Picasso was born in Spain and settled in Paris.
•
Ajmeer is fomous for a sufi saint’s tomb named Khawaja Moin ud Din Chisti.
•
Lloyd George of Great Britain represented in treaty of Versailles.
• British
rules over India about 90 years.
•
Shogun period (1603-1867) is related to Japan.
•
There are 5 lending religions in the world.
• In
Opium war Britain fought against China.
• At
the end of Second World War in 1945, Germany was divided among 4 major powers.
•
Akbar the great ruled the India from 1556-1605 A.D.
•
Before Independence East Timor was being ruled by Indonesia.
• Imam Ayatullah Khumani Brought about an Islamic
revolution in Iran by ousting Shah Reza Shah in the year 1979.
• Doer
war fought between South Africa and British.
• People’s Republic of chine gained its independence
in 1949 under the leadership of Mao-Zedong. In China the Cultural Revolution lasted from 1966-1969.
•
Sumerian Civilization were settled in Euphrates and Tigris regions.
•
Civil War of USA lasted from 1861-1865.
• Hong
Kong was returned to china on 1 July 1997.
• A French economist named Francois Quesnay proposed
the concept of Laissez-Faire in the 18th Century.
• The
name of Mesopotamia was changes to Iraq in the year 1935.
•
American war of Independence started in 1776 and came to an end in 1783.
• In
1982 the Falklands war was fought between Britain and Argentina.
•
Sadam Hussain Became President in 1979.
•
After breakup Grobachev became president of USSR.
•
Pearl Harbor incident took place on 7th Dec 1941.
• The
currency Euro was launched on 1 Jan 1999.
•
Alexander died in Babylon in 322 B.C.
• Mohen jo Daro was founded by Sir John Marshall,
also know as mound of dead. The people residing there were traders by profession. There is found of statue of bull,
which denotes that people were worshippers
of it.
• Taj Mahal is locted in Agra, the white marble
mausoleum built by shah Jahan in the memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal in 1529. It was designed
by Shiraz (Iranian Architect) over twenty years.
•
Taxilla is the ancient city of the province of Punjab. It is the site of
ancient archeological excavation.
•
Industrial Revolution first started in Britain(1917).
• The
Marshal Plan was announced on 5th June 1947 at Harvard.
• Statue of liberty is 151 feet tall. It is made of
copper, located in the Liberty Island in New York. It was presented by France to US. It unveiled in 1886.
• The
original residents of India before the arrival of the Aryan were Dravidi
•
Buddhism is non-theistic religion.
•
Majority of the population of Vietnam comprise of Buddhist.
• A
group of Nightingales is called a Watch.
•
Northern Europe is known with Scandinavian Region and Nordic Region.
•
Countries Area wise-Russia-Canada-China-USA-Brazil-Pakistan-Bangladash.
•
Virtue party belongs to Turkey.
• The
Gurkhas are the original inhabitants of Nepal.
• The
term “In Camera” is used for the trial of case when case is heard without
reporting to public.
•
Latin term De Jure means by Law.
• The
word Iron Curtain was used by Winston Churchill.
•
Reconciliation means when third party investigates and suggests a solution to a
dispute.
• Tax
on import and Export is called Tariff.
•
Stone Age is also known as Paleolithic period.
•
Sugar Island is the located at the confluence of Ganga and the Bay of Bengal.
•
Agraphia means inability to write.
• King
Faisal is called “The Islamic Coordinator”.
• The
creator of “Mona Lisa” belonged to Italy.
• The
Labor party believes in Socialism.
• The
US Senate comprises 100 members.
• “The
Sun also Rises” is written by Earnest Hemingway.
•
Black Death reaches England in 1348.
•
Intifada denotes Palestinian uprising.
•
Caucasus is situated between Caspian and Black Sea.
• Kabul
in the largest city of Afghanistan.
• In
1783 Britain acknowledged the independence of USA in Treaty of Paris.
• Term
the belief in the “rightness” of rule is legitimacy.
•
Tyranny is the form of government in which one person rules arbitrarily.
• Barbers
invaded North Africa before Arabs.
•
Popular name of Canada is Land of Maple.
•
Indian city, Ahmedabad, is associated to textile industry.
•
‘National People’s Assembly’ belongs to Algeria.
•
Aeroflot is Russia’s airline.
•
Bakhtar is the news agency of Afghanistan.
•
Croix de Guerre is the highest military award of France.
• Som
is the currency of Uzbekistan.
•
Machiavelli was born in Florence.
•
Montesquieu wrote ‘the spirit of laws’.
•
Rousseau was born in Geneva.
•
Bentham is the father of utilitarianism.
•
Lenin was a Bolshevik leader.
•
Hitler’s theory of the state is known as National Socialism.
• John
Locke advocated basic human rights.
•
Montesquieu was a political sociologist.
• Mao
joined communist party in 1921.
•
Cease fire between Iran and Iraq took place in 1988, by the intervention of
U.N.
• 8
furlongs make one mile.
•
Balloki barrage is located on Ravi.
• Loan
to a corporation is ‘debt funding’.
•
Khadija Mastoor wrote Angan.
• Imam
Ghazali is the author of Ihya-ul-Uloom.
•
Boxing is called ‘noble art of self defence’.
• 50
nations are there in Africa.
• Fort
Monroe is located at Suleiman hills.
•
Derawar fort is located in Cholistan Desert.
•
Relli is the name of a game.
• Al
Beruni discovered that light travels faster than sound.
• Due
to buffer system, human blood has a ph of 7.4.
•
General secretariat of the European parliament is in Luxemburg.
• On
2nd August, 1990, Iraq occupied Kuwait.
• The
city of Jerusalem is known as ‘Al Quran’.
• Headquarter
of PLO is in Ramallah; it is founded in 1964.
• In
East Jerusalem ‘wailing wall’ is a sacred place of Jews.
•
Hindenburg line is a boundary line between Poland and Germany.
•
Changa Manga, part of Punjab, is famous for Sheesham Timber forest.
• Karl
Marx belonged to Germany.
•
‘Bear’ is a symbol of Russia.
• King
Faisal was shot dead by his nephew in 1975, in the city of Riyadh.
•
Samudar Gupta is called ‘Napoleon of India’.
• The
theme of the famous play ‘Caesar and Cleopatra’ by G.B. Shah is a History.
• The
reign of Razia Sultana lasted for 4 years.
•
‘Gita or Vedas’ are the holy books of Hindus.
•
Khalid bin Waleed had been titled as ‘saif-ullah’.
•
Uqba-bin-Nafah is called ‘Muslim Alexander’.
•
‘Lords’ is famous a cricket ground in England.
• During the civil war the supporter of the
parliament came to be called Roundheads- supporters of OLIVER CROMWELL and the parliamentarians against
KING CHARLES 1 during the ENGLISH CIVIL WAR.
• The
queen can do no wrong means the queen is immune from the jurisdiction of law.
• The
federal government of the USA came into existence on 30th April, 1787.
• In
America the residuary powers are vested in the sates.
•
Virginia, one of US states, is called the MOTHER OF PRESIDENTS.
• The
anti federalists later on assumed new name ‘CAVALIERS’.
• The
American declaration of independence was issued in 1783.
• ‘The pharos of Alexandria ‘, an ancient wonder,
was situated in an Island near Alexandria was a light house.
• PM Indira Gandhi was assassinated by Sikhs in
1984.
• ‘Blue mosque’, also known as the mosque of ‘Sultan
Ahmad’, is the only mosque in the world that has six minarets, and it is situated in Istanbul.
• Omar
bin Abdul Aziz was a caliph of Umayyad dynasty.
•
Mizzini was known as the ‘the prophet of Italian Unification’.
• Baba
Farid Gang Shakar was the first Punjabi poet.
•
National game of Switzerland is skiing.
• UAE
consists of seven independent states. Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Fujaira are three of
the seven states.
•
Safety stock of the grains hold by the government is ‘overhead stock’.
•
General sales tax, under the constitution 1973 is a Federal subject.
•
House of lord is the final court of appeal in England.
• Two
terms tenure of US parliament was fixed in 1951.
• The
federalists later on assumed new name, Republic
• The
lower house of France consists of National assembly.
• All
light waves have same frequency.
•
Buddhism accounts for 100% total population in Bhutan.
•
Mauritius is the part of the world that is known as ‘star and key of the Indian
ocean’.
•
Tower of silence is Place where dead remains of followers of Zoroastrian are
placed after funeral rituals.
• Shah
Jehan is called the ‘master builder’.
•
Pristine is the capital of Kosovo.
• To
show the distribution of people of Pakistan we should use ‘Do method’.
•
Hieroglyphics is the script of Nile Civilization.
•
General Sherman is a living old tree in California State of U.S.
•
After persistent decay, radium would be finally changed into Lead.
•
Grand Canyon National Park in U.S.A. is located in the State of Arizona.
•
Marseilles is the seaport of France.
• Who
wrote 'Muslim Sufferings under Congress Rule':Maulvi Fazlul Haq.
•
Sindh Sagar is between the rivers of: Indus and Jhelum.
•
Nanga Parbat is commonly known as: Killer mountain.
• Who
invented CD. (Compact Disc: James T. Russell.
•
Videotape used in camcorders to record audio and video signal employee Fine
grains of Iron oxide.
• The
real brother of Hazrat Yousuf A.S was Bin-Yamin.
•
Taliban movement in Afghanistan emerged from Kandhar.
•
Largest coal deposits have been discovered in which Taluka of Sindh Province:
Diplo.
•
Nubian Monuments are located in Egypt.
•
Shaheed Benazir Bhutto became first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan on
December 2, 1988.
• How
many planets are is solar system? 8
•
Which cell does not have a nucleus? RBC
•
Abusive Drug Which Cells Of Body Most Effected? Brain
• Who
killed Abu-Jahal? Maaz & Mauz
•
Pakistan Falls in? Golden Triangle
• On
US map Alaska State is on? Away from mainland
• In
English Dictionary Which Word Has Largest Words? S
• What
are Capital goods? Goods used for further production
•
Horse is the Chinese name given to the year 2000.
•
Pollen is produced in a part of the flower called the Calyx.
•
After drinking contaminated water you would be most apt to develop symptoms of
‘typhoid fever’.
•
Panini was a great scholar of Sanskrit language.
•
Hundred years war fought between France and Britain during 1338-1453.
•
Wenceslas square is in Prague.
• The
first Afro-Asian conference held in April 1955.
• Hot money is said for money which moves from one
place to another to seek profit or high rate of interest.
• Liver receives blood from the alimentary canal
through hepatic portal vein.
• At
the equator, the equation of the day is 12 hours.
•
Singapore city is known as ‘lion city’.
• The
chemical name of baking soda is sodium bicarbonate.
•
Pharaoh is the title of the king of ancient Egypt.
• The
largest city of South Africa is Cape Town.
•
After joining congress, Muslim League joined the interim government in October
1946.
• The
Bofors scandal occurred in India.
• Czar
is the title used by the ruler of Russia from 1547 to 1721.
•
Gorgon is a terrible monster of Greek mythology.
• The
reduction or elimination of inflation is called creeping inflation.
•
Indira Gandhi was the famous PM who first used the popular slogan ‘gharibi
hatao’.
• A
pair of scissors is an example of a lever.
• Pair
of doors belongs to the second class of lever.
•
During the winter months 90% of fallen leaves are taken underground by earth
worm.
• Dick
Turpin was a highway man.
• Four
US presidents are so far assassinated.
•
Incident ‘Boston Tea Party’ took place in America.
•
Initially, Arab league has seven countries.
•
Timbola is a kind of lottery.
• Sir
William Howard Russell was the first Great War correspondent.
• A
meteorological term for a high pressure is called anticyclone.
•
Zenda vesta is a holy book of parsis.
•
Islamic summit Minar is erected in Lahore.
•
Privatization program began in Pakistan is 1991.
•
Spirograph is an apparatus used for recording the movement of the lungs.
•
Chomas festival is held in Kalash valley near Chitral.
•
Defense day is celebrated in Pakistan since 1966.
• Name
of a famous mosque in Beijing is Niujie Mosque.
• Flag
flown at half mast means national mourning.
•
Maginot line divides France from Germany.
•
Declaration of human rights was adopted on 10th December, 1948.
•
Olive branch is a sign of peace.
• Cox
orange pippen is a biological name of an apple.
•
Afghanistan was known as Ariana.
• The
first European scientist, who refuted the belief that the earth was the centre
of the universe, was
Copernicus.
•
Prior to independence, Ghana was called ‘Gold Coast’.
•
Tanzania was formed by the unification of two countries, Tanganyika and
Zanzibar.
•
Drinker’s apparatus is for measuring the amount of Alcohol in the blood.
•
Dewar’s flask is called as thermos.
•
Chief food of mosquito larva is micro organism found in water.
•
Chief food of butterfly larva is leaves of plants.
•
Clinical thermometer usually measures in Fahrenheit.
• If a
green leaf is seen in a red light its color will be black.
•
Roots absorb water from soil which is Hygroscopic.
•
Legumes increase the fertility of the soil by adding nitrogen to the soil.
• New
varieties of organisms can be brought about by hybridization.
• Male
child is born if xy chromosomes are united.
•
Seeds are developed from Ovule.
•
Parthenocarpic fruits are seedless fruits.
•
Chlorophyll contains magnesium.
•
Oxidation is the process in which electron is lost.
•
Light is necessary for photosynthesis because it produce ATP and reducing
substance.
•
Oxygen liberated from photosynthesis comes from water.
• Red
light is most suitable for photosynthesis.
•
Respiration means food oxidation and evolution of energy.
•
Chemical preservation of dead organisms in liquid is called Cryo-Bilogy.
•
Trypanosome a parasite causing sleeping sickness.
• Half-time is a time of radioactive substance taken
by that substance to decompose radioactivity to half of its weight.
• In Nuclear DNA is concentrated in chromatin.
•
Cellulose respiration is done by Mitochondrion.
•
Light energy is stored in the form of chemical energy due to the activity of
Chloroplast.
•
Protoplasm is a colloidal solution.
• In
cryptograms, the sex organs are primitive and hidden.
•
Thallophytia include algae, fungi, and lichens.
•
Angiosperm includes the plants which have covered flowers and covered seed.
•
Plant cells resembles animal cell because having a cell membrane made up of
protoplasm.
•
Snake have been evolved from lizard.
•
Plants in which seed are outside the fruit are called Gymnosperms.
•
0.200 grams are equal to one carat.
• One
million cycles per second is called Megahertz.
• Owl
can rotate his head to 180 degrees on either sides.
•
Ostrich eat pebbles for helping digestion by grinding up the ingested food.
• Dyne
is a unit of Force.
•
Birds are warm blooded animals.
• Birds
bones are hollow.
• Male
birds are more colorful than females.
•
Birds do not fly are penguins, emus, kiwis, ostriches.
•
Aircraft designers test their model of aircraft in with tunnel.
•
Amphibians were the first vertebrate.
•
There are three stages of frog. Egg-tadpole-adult frog.
•
Metamorphosis - > a series of changes.
•
Konrad Lorenz (1903-1989) was one of the first to study animal behavior.
• Amal
is radical Lebanese Shi’ite military force established in 1970 by Musa Sadr.
•
Balfour Declaration was issued in 2 Nov: 1917.
•
Bootlegging is a form of smuggling.
•
Religion of Chinese people is Confucianism.
• Long
March was 9600 km journey organized by Mao Tse Tang in the year of 1931-1934.
•
Pan-Islam originated in 1880 in Ottomon Empire was a movement for uniting the
Islamic Nations.
•
Paper was invented in 3500 BC by Chinese.
•
Printing was invented by Chinese and Printing Press introduced by the German,
Gutan Burg.
•
Unity, faith & discipline was used by Quaid on Dec: 28, 1947.
• Philately
is the hobby of stamp collection.
•
Oscar Award was introduced by Louis B Mayer of Metro Goldwin-Mayer Academy
Award in 1927.
• First black president of South Africa was Nelson
Mandela his party was banned in 1961 and he was imprisioned.
• Feminism
is the belief that women subordination to men should end.
•
River boat Gondola is used in Italy’s city Venice.
•
Hydaspes River is now called the Jhelum River.
•
Dinosaur means “Terrible” lizard.
• The
name of heaviest dinosaur was Branchiosaurus.
•
Ikhwan as Safa, a secret Arab organization was founded in Basra, Iraq.
• St.
Vitus’s Dance is a disease.
•
Pyramids of Egypt are the oldest and only survived wonder.
• The
first tanks were used in 1916 during WW-I by British.
•
Harward University is in USA, Cambridge is in UK
•
Titanic sank on 14 April, 1912 on voyage from Southampton to New York City in
North Atlantic.
• Tour
De France is French cycle race.
•
First women in space Valentine Tereshkove went into space in Vostoc 6 on 16
June 1963.
•
Watergate scandal involved President Richard Nixon in 1972.
•
Parses follow Zoroastrianism.
•
Seatle is the seaport of USA.
•
Dickson is the seaport of Malaysia.
• At
Hyde Park London public meetings are assembled.
•
Eskimos live in Igloo.
• Blitzkrieg
means sudden attack.
•
Dragon is the symbol of China.
•
Caspian Sea water is shared by Iran, Russia & Azerbaijan.
•
Magna Carta is known as the Bible of English Constitution.
•
Russian equivalent of Pentagon is Kremlin.
• East
Timore, the Colony of Portugal, was captured by Indonesia in 1975.
•
Tiwan separated from China in 1949.
•
Ulster Unionists wanted to retain British rule in Northern Ireland.
• Anti
Semitism means animosity towards Jews.
• Lens
at the end of the compound microscope is called objective.
•
Protoza was first observed in compound microscope.
•
Francisco Fernandez introduced Tobacco in Europe.
•
Mobile phones started in 1973 by Martin Cooper.
•
Penology is the study, theory and practice of prison management & criminal
rehabilitation.
•
Length of India-China border is 3,380 km.
•
Cyprus gained independence from Britain in 1960.
•
Cyprus was divided into Turkish Repbublic of Northern Cyprus and Greek Cyprus
in 1974.
•
Al-Azhar University I located in Cairo, Egypt.
• Fortress
of Grenada, known as Alhamra is in Spain.
•
Capital of ancient Babylonia was Babylon.
•
Babylon was on the bank of Euphrates.
•
Alma-Ata (Father of Apples) is the capital of Kazakhstan.
•
Ireland is also called Eire.
•
Largest earthquake fatalities occurred in Izmir, Turkey in 1999.
•
Pentagon is in Arlington, Virginai state.
•
Pentagon was designed by George Burgstrom.
•
Takla Makan in China is the driest desert in Asia.
•
Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized Suez Canal in 1956.
•
Capital of Tebet is Lhasa.
•
White House is in Washington DC.
•
Frigid Zone is the area withing the polar circle area around the South Pole.
•
Guantanamo Bay is in Cuba.
•
Tartus is the seaport of Syria.
•
Voctoria falls are on the border b/w Zimbabwe & South Africa.
•
House of U.S Congress in Washington D.C is on Capitol Hill.
• The
idea of SAARC originated in the mind of Zia ur Rehman.
•
Pakistan left Commonwealth in 1972 and rejoined in 1989.
•
Mustafa Kamal Pasha gave 6 Principles of Kemalism.
•
Dayton Accord was signed to solve the problem of Bosnia.
• The
Chinese communist party was founded in 1921.
• Karl
Marx and Engels presented the Communist Manifesto in 1848.
• The
Batista regime in Cuba was overthrown by Fidel Castro in January 1959.
•
Rasko mountain is situated in Baluchistan
•
Singapore became independent in 1965
• The
‘Aid to Pakistan Consortium’ meets every year in: Paris
• One
US barrel is equal to: 159 litres
•
Second smallest by area is Monaco
•
Gibraltar is the smallest colony.
• Monaco
has a shortest coastline of 3.49 miles.
• Most
sparsely populated territory is Antarctica.
•
Afghanistan, Bhutan, Mongolia, Nepal are landlocked countries of Asia.
•
Greatest snow fall is recorded at Tamarack California (USA)
•
Planetary winds consist of doldrums, trace winds and westerlies.
•
Rainfall is recorded on maps by Isohyets.
• The
country which provides free education at university level is Sri Lanka.
• The
country to adopt gold standard for the first time was UK.
•
First system of English short hand was devised in 1602.
•
China is situated in Eastern part of Asia.
•
Bosnia-Herzegovina joined the UN on May 22, 1992.
•
Costa Rica is a Central American country.
•
Equator passes through Brazil.
•
After Australia, Europe is the smallest continent.
•
Sakhalin Islands enriched with oil reserves are claimed by Russia & Japan.
• The
total length of railways in Pakistan is 8875 km.
• The
largest district of Punjab by area is Bahawalpur.
•
Pakistan Environmental Protection Ordinance was enforced in 1984.
•
Frost shattering kind of weather takes place on the valley side above the
surface of a glacier.
•
Monsoon wind reverses seasonlally.
•
Bermuda triangle extends up to South Florida & Puerto Rico.
• The
longest river in South Asia is Brahmputra.
• The
oldest Hydro-electric Project in Pakistan is in Malakand.
•
Europe has no desert.& Australia has no glacier
•
Arabia, Scandinavia & Alaska are called Peninsula.
• The
richest fishing ground in the world is North Eastern Asia.
• When
one place on the earth is on a bigger eastern longitude then its time will be
ahead.
•
Arakan Yoma: is the exten¬sion of the Himalayas located in Myanmar.
•
Climograph: is a graphical representation of the differentia-tion between
various types of climate.
• Cosmic year: One cosmic year is equal to the time
taken by the sun to complete one orbit around the galactic centre.
• Date Line, International: International Date Line
is an internationally agreed line drawn parallel to the 180° meridian. It divides the Pacific Ocean into two
equal parts. A crossing of the International Date Line entails repeating one day when travelling westwards.
• Aberdeen in Scotland is known for Britain’s
largest granite-exporitng industry. It is knwn as Granite City.
• Alexander
(ship) is the name of the ship in which Charles Darwin toured for five years.
•
Mediterranean climate has the characteristic of ‘dry summers with great
sunshine and rainy winters’
•
Precipitation takes place whentemperature of moisture in air sharply decreases
•
Which of the following processes is related to the formation of Himalayas?
Folding
• The
term ‘Eye’ in a cyclone refers to circular region of relatively light Winds
• Gold
Harp bridge of Istanbul connects Asia with Europe.
• Land
occupied by Asia 29.7 %.
•
Thickness of earth crust 20 miles.
• 45
Countries are there in Asia, 18 in Latin America.
• A meteorological term for a high pressure is
called anticyclone. * ATP is a molecule containing high energy bonds.
* The primary producers of organic matter in
nature are Green plants.
* The primary plant body consist of 3 tissue systems.
* A tissue is a group of cells having similar
structure and function.
* The edible portion of mango is Mesocarp.
*
The rice
grain is a seed.
* Ethylene is a hormone concerned with Ripening
of fruits.
*
The biotic
relationship between insects and plants with reference to pollination is called Mutualism.
* Opium is obtained from seed capsule of opium poppy.
*
Carbon
dioxide is required during photosynthesis process in addition to sunlight and water.
* The cavity of Ascaris is known as Coelom.
*
The
membranous labyrinth of the ear is filled with
Endolymph.
* Crura-cerebri is found in Mid-brain.
*
The compound
eye of insect produces Mosaic vision.
* The post embryoniv stages in the life history
of cockroach is known as Nymphs.
* Ptyalin is present in the saliva.
* Central nervous system control the reflex
action in the body.
* The terminal part of vertebral column in man
is called Coceyx.
*
Beingn
tertain malaria is caused by plasmodium vivax.
* The life history of human malarial parasite in
Anopheles was first described by Sir Ronald
Ross.
* The mouth parts of anopheles are adapted to
piercing and sucking type feeding.
*
The
"Urinary system" of the body consists of 3 organ.
* Haryersion canals are present in Bone.
*
The heart bear is initiated and regulated by
nodal tissue made of specialized cardiac muscles called Purkinje tusse.
* The gestation period of human being is Nine months.
*
The first
heart sound is produced when Diastole begins.
* Kari Landsteiner discovered the blood groups
of man.
* Prothrombin which helps in clotting of blood
is released by Blood platelets.
* Glycogen is mainly stored in Liver and muscles.
* Pepsin converts protein into peptides in acid media.
*
The most
important function of perspiration is to regulate the body temperature.
* The main function of white blood cells in the
body is to protect the body against diseases.
*
One micron is equal to One-thousandth of a
millimeter. * Solar eclipse occurs at the new moon and not on the full moon and
atleast one & seven is maximum no of solar eclipse in a year
*
The highest earth quake severity on richter
scale has been recorded at southern chile in 1960 which was 9.5.
* Hally's comet will return in the year 2062.
* Our solar system has about 140 Natural satellites.
*
Bacteria
,fungi,virus are Non-green plants.
* LASER stands for "light amplification by
stimulated emission of radiation".
*
Brazil covers
nearly half of south america
*
The constitution of 1973 was enforced on 14th
aug,1973.It is comprises of twelve parts consisting of 280 articles. * WAPDA
(water and power development authority) is responsible for the generation and
distribution of electricity.
*
The govt of pakistan convened a convention of
Ulema from 21-24th jan 1951 at karachi. The convention was attended by 31
muslim religious scholars belonging to all sects of Islam.The Ulema agreed on
22 points.
* The miracle of a pregnant female camel was
sent to the nation of samood.
* The soap was made by Hazrat Salih (AS) first
of all.
* The nation of Hazrat Loot (AS) was destroyed
by a rain of stones.
* In six days (Surah Yunus,Verse no three) Allah
had created the earth and the heaven.
*
32 times
along with namaz ,Zakat has been mentioned in the Holy Quran.
* Hajj made compulsory In the year 9 A.H.
*
Hazrat Hamza
(RA)was the first commander of Islamic Army.
*
There are 114 surahs , 30 Paras and 6666 Ayats in the holy Quran.Surah-e-Fatiha is the first surah and Surah-e-Nas is the last Surah of the
holy Quran.
* Seven stages are there in the Holy Quran.
*
A shooting
star is a meteor that comes from space,burning out in the earth`s upper atmosphere.
* The total number of star visible with the
naked eye can not be more than 6000.
*
Star twinkle for two main reasons, The intensity of the stars
decreases and increases because of line-of- sight effect and there are
disturbance in the gases of the atmosphere.
* The earth is about three million miles
closer to the sun in january.
* The essential parts of radio are: Vacuum
tubes, transistors , Amplifier and Oscillator.
* If you look at sky from the moon,It appears
completely black because the moon has no atmosphere.
* FM stands for Frequency modulation.
*
THere is no colour of the sky but it is the
blue part of the white light of the sun which gets scattered by the dust
particles hanging in the atmosphere.
* Kilowatt hour (kWh) is a bigger unit of energy
used in addition to SI unit.
* Mitosis and meiosis are two types of cell division.
*
Light travels
at a speed of 186,000 miles per sec.
* The volcanoes of HAWAII are the most common
and thoroughly studied in the world
*
There is
about 340 million cubic miles of liquid water on the surface of the earth
* Ducts are small tubes which transfer the
secretion of glands.
*
Borneo, sumatra , kenya ,uganda, brazil ,
colombia and equadore are some countries through which the equator passes.
*
Computer
virus has created from pakistan
* The dead sea is the world lowest sea.Its
surface is 400 metres below the mediterranean.
*
MegaWatt is a
unit of power equal to 1000 kiloWatts.
* There are 15 main tectonic plates which makes
the dynamic crust of the earth.
*
Northern edge
of the Atacama desert in Chile is richest with the desposits of copper.
* Dry ice is solid carbon dioxide at a
temperature of -80 C.
* Hydro-electric power means production of
electricity by making Dams.
* Chronic disease usually begins slowly and
persists over a longer time.
*
Abu Dhabi to
Set-up Oil Refinery in Gawadar, Pakistan (2012).
*The
only fish that can blink with both eyes is a shark.
*The Niagara falls froze
solid as it was so cold in winter of 1932.
*Compared
to men, women blink nearly twice.
*Its not possible to keep
your eyes open and sneeze.
*56%
of the average typing work is done with the left hand.
*In
every two weeks if the stomach does not produce a new layer of mucus it will
digest itself.
*The
words read left to right or right to left in the words racecar kayak and level
are the same.
*When a chocolate bar melted in the pocket after a
researcher walked by a radar tube, he invented the microwave.
*The
brain of the Ostrich is smaller than its eyes.
*In
each ear of the cat there are 32 muscles.
*Life
span of a dragonfly is 24 hours
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