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The first Prime minister of
01 Mujibur Rehman
Bangladesh was
02
The longest river in the world
is the
Nile
o m
03
The longest highway in the
world is the
Trans-Canada
. c
04
The longest highway in the
about 8000 km r s
world has a length of
The highest mountain in the p e

05
world is the
Everest
p a
06
The country that accounts for
nearly one third of the total
o n
Myanmar
teak production of the world is
The biggest desert in the world t i

07
is the
e s Sahara desert
08
q u
The largest coffee growing
country in the world is
Brazil
09 c
The country also known as
s
"country of Copper"is
Zambia
n p
The name given to the border
10
. t
which seperates Pakistan and
Afghanistan is
Durand line
w
11w The river Volga flows out into
the
Capsian sea
w12
The coldest place on the eartn
is
Verkoyansk in Siberia
The country which ranks

13 Canada
second in terms of land area is
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The largest Island in the

14 Sicily
Mediterranean sea is
The river Jordan flows out into

15 Dead sea
the
The biggest delta in the world

16 Sunderbans
is the
The capital city that stands on o m

17
the river Danube is
Belgrade
. c
18
The Japanese call their country
as
Nippon
r s
19
The length of the English
channel is
564 kilometres
p e
20
The world's oldest known city
Damascus p a
is
The city which is also known as o n

21
the City of Canals is
t i
Venice
22
The country in which river
Wangchu flows is
e s Myanmar
23
is
u
The biggest island of the world
q Greenland
s c
The city which is the biggest
24
n p
centre for manufacture of
automobiles in the world is
Detroit,USA
25 . t
The country which is the
largest producer of manganese USA
w w in the world is
w26
largest producer of rubber in
the world is
Malaysia

27 largest producer of tin in the Malaysia
world is
The river which carries

28 maximum quantity of water Mississippi
into the sea is the
The city which was once called

29 Peking
the `Forbidden City'was
30
The country called the Land of
Rising Sun is
Japan
o m
31
Mount Everest was named
after
Sir George Everest
. c
32
The volcano Vesuvias is located
Italy r s
in
The country known as the p e

33
Suger Bowl of the world is
Cuba
p a
34
35
The length of the Suez Canal is
The lowest point on earth is o n

162.5 kilometres
The coastal area of Dead sea
36
The Gurkhas are the original
t iNepal
inhabitants of
e s
The largest ocean of the world
37
is the
q u Pacific ocean
38
the
s c
The largest bell in the world is
Tsar Kolkol at Kremlin,Moscow
39
n p
The biggest stadium in the
world is the
Strahov Stadium,Prague
40 . t
The world's largest diamond
w w producing country is
South Africa
w41
42
Australia was discoverd by
The first Governor General of

James Cook
Mohammed Ali Jinnah

Pakistan is
Dublin is situated at the mouth

43 Liffey
of river
The earlier name of New York

44 New Amsterdam
city was
45 The Eifel tower was built by Alexander Eiffel
46 The Red Cross was founded by Jean Henri Durant
The country which has the

47
greatest population density is
Monaco
o m
48 The national flower of Britain is Rose
. c
49
Niagara Falls was discovered
by
Louis Hennepin
r s
50 The national flower of Italy is Lily
p e
51 The national flower of China is
The permanent secretariat of

Narcissus
p a
52
the SAARC is located at n
Kathmandu
o
53
The gateway to the Gulf of Iran
is i
Strait of Hormuz
t
54
took place in
s
The first Industrial Revolution
e England
55 q u
World Environment Day is
5th June
observed on
s c
The first Republican President
56
p
President of America was
n
Abraham Lincoln
57
. t
The country famous for Samba
dance is
Brazil
w
58w The name of Alexander's horse
was
Beucephalus
w59 Singapore was founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
The famous British one-eyed

60 Nelson
Admiral was
61 The earlier name of Srilanka Ceylon
was
The UNO was formed in the

62 1945
year
63 UNO stands for United Nations Organisation
The independence day of South

64
Korea is celebrated on
15th August
o m
65
`Last Judgement'was the first
painting of an Italian painter Michelangelo
. c
named
`Paradise Regained'was r s
66
written by
John Milton
p e
67
The first President of Egypt
was
a
Mohammed Nequib
p
68
The first man to reach North
Pole was o n
Rear Peary
69
The most famous painting of
t i
Guermica
Pablo Picasso was
The primary producer of e s

70
u
newsprint in the world is
q
Canada
71
s
South Pole was
c
The first explorer to reach the
Cap.Ronald Amundson
72
n p
The person who is called the
father of modern Italy is
G.Garibaldi
73 . t
World literacy day is celebrated
w w on
8th September
w74
The founder of modern
Germany is
Bismarck
The country known as the land

75 Norway
of the midnight sun is
76 The place known as the Roof of Tibet
the world is
The founder of the Chinese

77 San Yat Sen
Republic was
The first Pakistani to receive

78 Abdul Salam
the Nobel Prize was
79
The first woman Prime Minister
of Britain was
Margaret Thatcher
o m
80
The first Secretary General of
Trygve Lie . c
the UNO was
The sculptor of the statue of r s

81
Liberty was e
Federick Auguste Bartholdi
p
82 The port of Banku is situated in Azerbaijan
p a
83
John F.Kennedy was
assassinated by n
Lee Harry Oswald
o
84 The largest river in France is
t i
Lore
85
The Queen of England who
e s
married her brother-in-law was
Catherine of Aragon
86 u
The first negro to be awarded
q
the Nobel Peace Prize was
Ralph Johnson Bunche
s c
The first British University to
87
n p
admit women for degree
courses was
London University
88
. t
The principal export of Jamaica
is
Sugar
w
89
w New York is popularly known
Skyscrapers
w90
as the city of
Madagascar is popularly known

Cloves
as the Island of
The country known as the Land

91 Thailand
of White Elephant is

92 Korea
of Morning Calm is

93 Bhutan
of Thunderbolts is
The highest waterfalls in the

94 Salto Angel Falls,Venezuela
world is the
The largest library in the world United States Library of o m

95
is the Congress,Washington DC
. c
96
The largest museum in the
world is the History
r s
American Museum of Natural
97
The lowest mountain ragne in
the world is the
Bhieuna Bhaile
p e
98
Scotland p a
of Cakes is
The place known as the Garden o n

99
of England is
Kent
t i
100
the
e s
The tallest tower in the world is
C.N.Tower,Toronto,Canada
101
catch is
u
The country famous for its fish
q Japan
102
s c
The old name of Taiwan was Farmosa
103
n p
Montreal is situated on the
bank of river
Ottawa
104
. t
The city of Bonn is situated in Germany
w w
105
The literal meaning of
Revival
w106
Renaissance is
Julius Caesar was killed by Brutus
The title of Desert Fox was

107 Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
given to
108 The largest airport in the world King Khalid Int.Airport,Saudi
is the Arabia
The city in Russia which faced

109 an earthquake in the year Armenia
1998 was
110 The largest bay in the world is Hudson Bay,Canada
111
The largest church in the world
is
Bascilica of St.Peter,Vatican
City,Rome o m
112
The largest peninsula in the
Arabia . c
113
world is
The largest gulf in the world is Gulf of Mexico r s

114
The tallest statue in the world
p e
Motherland,Volgagrad Russia
is the
p a
115
The largest railway tunnel in
the world is the n
Oshimzu Tunnel,Japan
o
116
The world's loneliest island is
the
t i
Tristan da cunda
117
e
The word `Quiz'was coined by s Jim Daly Irishman
118
`Quiz'was
u
The original meaning of
q Trick
119 s c
The busiest shopping centre of
Oxford Street
London is
n p
The residence of the Queen in
120
t
London is
.
Buckingham Palace
w w
121 Adolf Hitler was born in
The country whose National

Austria
w122 Anthem has only music but no

words is
Bahrain
The largest cinema in the world

123 Fox theatre,Detroit,USA
is the
124 The country where there are Saudi arabia
no Cinema theatres is
The world's tallest office

125 Sears Tower,Chicago
building is the
In the year 1811,Paraguay

126 Spain
became independent from
127
The cross word puzzle was
invented by
Arthur Wynney
o m
The city which was the capital
. c
128 of the ancient Persian Empire
was
Persepolis
r s
129 WHO stands for e
World Health Organisation
p
130 WHO is located at Geneva
p a
131 FAO stands for
n
Food and Agriculture
Organisation
o
132 FAO is located at
t i
Rome and London
133 UNIDO stands for

e s United Nations Industrial
Development Organisation
134 UNIDO is located at

q u Vienna
135 WMO stands for

s c World Meteorological
Organisation
136 p
WMO is located at
n Geneva
137
. t
International Civil Aviation
Organisation is located at
Montreal
w w
138 The Angel Falls is located in Venezuela
w139
140
The Victoria Falls is located in
Ice Cream was discovered by

Rhodesia
Gerald Tisyum
The number regarded as lucky

141 Thirteen
number in Italy is
Napoleon suffered from

142 Fear of cats
alurophobia which means
The aeroplanes was used in

143 Italians(14 Oct.1911)
war for the first time by
Slavery in America was

144 Abraham Lincoln
abolished by
The Headquarters of textile o m

145
manufacturing in England is
Manchester
. c
146
The famous Island located at
the mouth of the Hudson river Manhattan
r s
is
The founder of plastic industry p e

147
was a
Leo Hendrik Bakeland
p
148
The country where military
service is compulsory for
o n
Israel
women is
The country which has more t i

149
than 10,000 golf courses is
e s USA
150
q
Lisa'is displayed at u
The famous painting `Mona
Louvre museum,Paris
151
was
c
The earlier name for tomato
s Love apple
152
n p
The first President of USA was George Washington
153 t
The famous words `Veni Vidi
.
Vici'were said by
Julius Caesar
w w The practice of sterilization of
w154 surgical instruments was

introduced by
Joseph Lister
The number of countries which

155 participated in the first Olympic Nine
Games held at Athens was
156 Mercury is also known as Quick Silver
157 Disneyland is located in California,USA
The country which built the

158 first powerful long range Germany
rockets is
159
Sewing Machine was invented
by
Isaac M.Singer
o m
160
Adding Machine was invented
Aldrin . c
by
The national emblem of Spain r s

161
is
Eagle
p e
162 Archimedes was born in Sicily
p a
163 The total area of Vatican city is
The largest temple in the world

n
0.272 Sq.kms
o
164
is
t i
Angkorwat in Kampuchea
165
The largest dome in the world
is
e s Louisiana Superdome,New
Orleans,USA
166
is
u
The largest strait in the world
q Tartar Strait
167 s c
The Mohenjodaro ruins are Larkand District of
168
found in
n p
The largest city of Africa is
Sind,Pakistan
Cairo
169 . t
The founder of KODAK
Eastman
w w Company was
The Cape of Good Hope is

w170
located in
South Africa
The Heathrow Airport is located

171 London
in
The neon lamp was invented

172 Georges Claude
by
The last letter of the Greek

173 Omega
alphabet is
The place known as the land of

174 Illinois
Lincoln is
The US state Utah is also

175 Beehive state
known as
The Kalahari desert is located o m

176
in
Africa
. c
177
The Pentagonian desert is
located in
Argentina
r s
178
The person known as the
father of aeronautics is
Sir George Cayley
p e
179
The most densely populated
Honshu p a
Island in the world is
The two nations Haiti and the o n

180 Dominion Republic together
form the Island of t i
Hisponiola
181 e s
The largest auto producer in
General Motors
the USA is
q u
The largest auto producing
182
nation is
s c Japan
183
n p
The famous General Motors
company was founded by
William Durant
184 t
The country that brings out the
.
FIAT is
Italy
w w
185
The first actor to win an Oscar
Emil Jannings
w was
The first animated colour

186 cartoon of full feature length Snow White and Seven Dwarfs
was
187 The first demonstration of a Paris
motion picture was held at
The first country to issue

188 Britain
stamps was
The actor who is considered as

189 the biggest cowboy star of the Tom Mix
190
silent movies is
The Pentagon is located at Washington DC o m

191
The world's largest car
General Motors,USA . c
manufacturing company is
The world's biggest r s

192
manufacturer of bicycles is e
Hero cycles,Ludhiana
p
193
The world's oldest underground
railway is at
London
p a
194
The White House was painted
white to o n
Hide fire damage
195
The largest oil producing
t i
Nigeria
196
nation in Africa is
e s
The longest river in Russia is Oblrtysh
q u
The first Emperor of Germany
197
was
s c Wilhelm
198
199 n p
The last French Monarch was
"History is Bunk"was said by

Louis Napoleon III
Henry Ford
200 . t
The term ``astrology' literally
Star Speech
w w
201
means
Togo is situated in Africa

w202 Coal is also known as Black Diamond
The first Boxer to win 3 gold

203 Laszlo Papp
medals in Olympics was
204 The first ruler who started war Genghis Khan
games for his soldiers was
The first cross word puzzle in 1924 by London Sunday

205
the world was published in Express
206 The lightest known metal is Lithium
The atacama desert is located

207
in
North Chile
o m
208
The oil used to preserve timber
is
Creosote oil
. c
209 The founder of USA was George Washington
r s
210
The first talkie feature film in
USA was
The Jazz Singer
p e
211
The chemical name of laughing
p a
Nitrous oxide
gas is
The US state Mississipi is also o n

212
known as
t i
Tar Heel state
213
The US state Indiana is also
known as
e s Volunteer state
214
known as
u
The US state Missouri is also
q Hoosier state
215 s c
The US state West Verginia is
Blue Grass state
n p
also known as
The US state known as`Pine

216
t
Free State'is
.
Vermount
w w
217
The US state known as
`Mountain state'is
Pensylvania
w218
The US state known as`Land
of `Land of 1000 Lakes'is
Arkansas
The popular detective

219 character created by Agatha Hercule Poirot
Christie is
The Pakistani President who

220 Zia-ul-Huq
died in an aircrash was
221 Yoghurt means Fermented milk
222 Yankee is the nickname of American
The International court of

223
Justice is located in
Hague,Holland
o m
224
The headquarters of World
Bank is located at
Washington DC
. c
225
Victoria Falls was discovered
by
David Livingstone
r s
The technique to produce the
p e
Patrick Stepote and Robert
226 first test tube baby was
evolved by
Edwards
p a
227
The oldest residential
university of Britain is the o n
Oxford University
The name of the large clock on

t i
228 the tower of the House of
e s
Parliament in London is called
Big Ben
229 u
Prado museum is located in
q Madrid
230
s c
The number of keys in an
ordinary piano is
Eighty eight
231
n p
`Man is a Tool Making
Animal'was said by
Benjamin Franklin
232 . t
The term 'anesthesia'was
w w coined by
Oliver Wendell Holmes
w233
The first man to reach
Antartica was
Fabian Gotileb
The Kilimanjaro volcano is

234 Tanzania
situated in
235 The invention that is Dynamite
considered to have built

America is
The person who led the first marine

1 Magallan
expedition to travel around the world was
2
The Spectrum is a popular stadium
located at
Philadelphia
o m
3 The Rich stadium is located at Boston
. c
4
`Silver dome' is a popular stadium
located at
Pontiac
r s
5
The Summit is a famous stadium located
Houston p e
6
at
The National Emblem of Ireland is p a

Shamrock
7 WAGGA WAGGA is a
o n Town in Australia
8
in the year
i
The `Daily Telegraph' was first published
t 1885
9
e s
The National Emblem of Australia is Kangaroo
q u
10 The National Emblem of Canada is Whitelily
s c
11 The National Emblem of Belgium is Lion
n p
12 The crescent is the emblem of Pakistan
Chicago International
. t
13 The busiest airport in the world is
Airport
w w
14 The largest continent is
15 The smallest continent is

Asia
Australia
w
16 The largest country in the world is Russia
17 The smallest country in the world is Vatican
18 The Congo river flows in Angola
19 The Negro river flows in Argentina
United Nations Children's

20 UNICEF stands for
Fund
International Labour
21 ILO stands for
Organisation
22 UPU stands for Universal Postal Union

o m
23 WIPO stands for
World Intellectual
Property Organisation
. c
24 UNU stands for
r s
United Nations University
25 WFC stands for e

World Food Council
p
26 The Commonwealth is an association of
27 NAM stands for p a

52 countries
Non-Aligned Movement
28 The earlier name of Ghana was

o n Gold coast
i
29 The most populous country in the world is China
t
e s
30 The smallest republic in the world is Nauru
31
is the
q u
The highest mountain range in the world
Himalayas
s c
32 The oldest museum in the world is the
Ashmolean
museum,Oxford
n p
33 IRNA stands for Iranian News Agency
34 t
The country known as Mother-in-Law of
.
Europe is
Denmark
w
35
w The country known as Our Lady of Snow
Canada
w is
36 The longest wall in the world is the Great Wall of China
37 The deepest ocean in the world is The Pacific
38 The country known as the playground of Switzerland
Europe is
The country known as the Celestial

39 Egypt
Empire is
40 The great Victoria desert is located in Australia
The ocean in which Honshu Island is

41
situated is
Pacific
o m
42 The river Mackenzie flows in Canada
. c
43 The Murray-Darling river flows in
44 The Gobi desert is located in

Australia
Mongolia,China r s
45 GMT stands for
p e
Greenwich Mean Time
46 The Charter of UNO was signed on a

26 June 1945
p
47 ICAO stands for
o n International Civil
Aviation Organisation
48 The ICAO was established in the year

t i 1947
e s
49 The headquarters of ICAO is located at Montreal
q u
50 Le Monde is a newspaper published in
The official publication of the Netherlands

France
51
is called
s c Orange book
n p
52 The official publication of France is called
53 Shakespeare passed away in the year

Yellow book
1616
54 . t
John Major,the ex-Prime minister of
Conservative
w w
Britain was from the which party
w
55 The National Emblem of Lebanon is
56
The National Emblem of Papua New
Cedar tree
Bird of Paradise
Guinea is
Fellow of Royal College of

57 FRCP stands for
Physicians
North American Free

58 NAFTA stands for
Trade Agreement
59 Machine gun was invented by Richard Gatling
60 Elevator was invented by Elisha G.Otis
The measure to know the speed of a ship

61
is
Knot
o m
62 UNICEF was established in the year 1946
. c
63 The headquarters of UNICEF is located at New York
United Nations r s
64 UNEP stands for
e
Environment Programme
p
65 UNEP was established in the year
66 The headquarters of UNEP is located at p a

1972
Nairobi
67 The Daily Mirror is published in

o nBritain
68 Jane Austin was a famous

t i British novelist
69 Christopher Columbus was an

e s Italian navigator
q u
70 The smallest colony in the world is
71 The highest town in the world is

Gibraltar
Wenchuan
72 s c
Chrysanthemum is the National Emblem
Japan
of
n p
73 The National Emblem of USA is Golden rod
. t
74 IRC stands for International Red Cross
w w
75 RAF stands for Royal Air Force
w
76 `Gone With The Wind'was written by Margret Mitchel
77 The earlier name of Ethiopia was Abyssinia
78 Cambodia has been renamed as Kampuchea
79 River Tigris flows in Iraq
80 River Danube flows in Hungary
o m
. c
r s
p e
p a
o n
t i
e s
q u
s c
n p
. t
w w
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The biggest desert in the world t i

The country which ranks

The largest Island in the

The river Jordan flows out into

The biggest delta in the world

The capital city that stands on o m

The city which is also known as o n

The country which is the

The river which carries

The city which was once called

The country known as the p e

The lowest point on earth is o n

The coastal area of Dead sea

The first Governor General of

Mohammed Ali Jinnah

Dublin is situated at the mouth

The earlier name of New York

45 The Eifel tower was built by Alexander Eiffel

46 The Red Cross was founded by Jean Henri Durant

The country which has the

The permanent secretariat of

w59 Singapore was founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles

The famous British one-eyed

61 The earlier name of Srilanka Ceylon

The UNO was formed in the

63 UNO stands for United Nations Organisation

The independence day of South

The primary producer of e s

The country known as the land

76 The place known as the Roof of Tibet

The founder of the Chinese

The first Pakistani to receive

The sculptor of the statue of r s

Madagascar is popularly known

The country known as the Land

The country known as the Land

The country known as the Land

The highest waterfalls in the

The largest library in the world United States Library of o m

The place known as the Garden o n

Julius Caesar was killed by Brutus

The title of Desert Fox was

108 The largest airport in the world King Khalid Int.Airport,Saudi

The city in Russia which faced

110 The largest bay in the world is Hudson Bay,Canada

The largest gulf in the world is Gulf of Mexico r s

The country whose National

w122 Anthem has only music but no

The largest cinema in the world

124 The country where there are Saudi arabia

The world's tallest office

In the year 1811,Paraguay

133 UNIDO stands for

134 UNIDO is located at

135 WMO stands for

Ice Cream was discovered by

The number regarded as lucky

Napoleon suffered from

The aeroplanes was used in

Slavery in America was

The Headquarters of textile o m