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| No. |
General
Knowledge Question |
Answer |
| 1 |
The first Prime
minister of Bangladesh was |
Mujibur Rehman |
| 2 |
The
longest river in the world is the |
Nile |
| 3 |
The
longest highway in the world is the |
Trans-Canada |
| 4 |
The
longest highway in the world has a length of |
About
8000 km |
| 5 |
The
highest mountain in the world is the |
Mount
Everest |
| 6 |
The
country that accounts for nearly one third of the total teak production of
the world is |
Myanmar |
| 7 |
The
biggest desert in the world is the |
Sahara
desert |
| 8 |
The
largest coffee growing country in the world is |
Brazil |
| 9 |
The
country also known as "country of copper" is |
Zambia |
| 10 |
The
name given to the border which separates Pakistan and Afghanistan is |
Durand
line |
| 11 |
The
river Volga flows out into the |
Caspian
sea |
| 12 |
The
coldest place on the earth is |
Verkoyansk
in Siberia |
| 13 |
The
country which ranks second in terms of land area is |
Canada |
| 14 |
The
largest Island in the Mediterranean sea is |
Sicily |
| 15 |
The
river Jordan flows out into the |
Dead
sea |
| 16 |
The
biggest delta in the world is the |
Ganges
Delta |
| 17 |
The
capital city that stands on the river Danube is |
Belgrade |
| 18 |
The
Japanese call their country as |
Nippon |
| 19 |
The
length of the English channel is |
564
kilometres |
| 20 |
The
world's oldest known city is |
Damascus |
| 21 |
The
city which is also known as the City of Canals is |
Venice |
| 22 |
The
country in which river Wangchu flows is |
Myanmar |
| 23 |
The
biggest island of the world is |
Greenland |
| 24 |
The
city which is the biggest centre for manufacture of automobiles in the world
is |
Detroit,
USA |
| 25 |
The
country which is the largest producer of manganese in the world is |
China
& South Africa |
| 26 |
The
country which is the largest producer of rubber in the world is |
Malaysia |
| 27 |
The
country which is the largest producer of tin in the world is |
China |
| 28 |
The
river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea is the |
Amazon
River |
| 29 |
The
city which was once called the `Forbidden City' was |
Peking |
| 30 |
The
country called the Land of Rising Sun is |
Japan |
| 31 |
Mount
Everest was named after |
Sir
George Everest |
| 32 |
The
volcano Vesuvius is located in |
Italy |
| 33 |
The
country known as the Sugar Bowl of the world is |
Cuba |
| 34 |
The
length of the Suez Canal is |
162.5
kilometers |
| 35 |
The
lowest point on earth is |
The
coastal area of Dead sea |
| 36 |
The
Gurkhas are the original inhabitants of |
Nepal |
| 37 |
The
largest ocean of the world is the |
Pacific
ocean |
| 38 |
The
largest bell in the world is the |
Tsar
Kolkol at Kremlin, Moscow |
| 39 |
The
biggest stadium in the world is the |
Strahov
Stadium, Prague |
| 40 |
The
world's largest diamond producing country is |
South
Africa |
| 41 |
Australia
was discovered by |
James
Cook |
| 42 |
The
first Governor General of Pakistan is |
Mohammed
Ali Jinnah |
| 43 |
Dublin
is situated at the mouth of river |
Liffey |
| 44 |
The
earlier name of New York city was |
New
Amsterdam |
| 45 |
The
Eiffel tower was built by |
Alexander
Eiffel |
| 46 |
The
Red Cross was founded by |
Jean
Henri Durant |
| 47 |
The
country which has the greatest population density is |
Monaco |
| 48 |
The
national flower of Britain is |
Rose |
| 49 |
Niagara
Falls was discovered by |
Louis
Hennepin |
| 50 |
The
national flower of Italy is |
Lily |
| 51 |
The
national flower of China is |
Narcissus |
| 52 |
The
permanent secretariat of the SAARC is located at |
Kathmandu |
| 53 |
The
gateway to the Gulf of Iran is |
Strait
of Hormuz |
| 54 |
The
first Industrial Revolution took place in |
England |
| 55 |
World
Environment Day is observed on |
5th
June |
| 56 |
The
first Republican President of America was |
Abraham
Lincoln |
| 57 |
The
country famous for Samba dance is |
Brazil |
| 58 |
The
name of Alexander's horse was |
Beucephalus |
| 59 |
Singapore
was founded by |
Sir
Thomas Stamford Raffles |
| 60 |
The
famous British one-eyed Admiral was |
Nelson |
| 61 |
The
earlier name of Sri Lanka was |
Ceylon |
| 62 |
The
UNO was formed in the year |
1945 |
| 63 |
UNO
stands for |
United
Nations Organization |
| 64 |
The
independence day of South Korea is celebrated on |
15th
August |
| 65 |
'Last
Judgement' was the first painting of an Italian painter named |
Michelangelo |
| 66 |
Paradise
Regained was written by |
John
Milton |
| 67 |
The
first President of Egypt was |
Mohammed
Nequib |
| 68 |
The
first man to reach North Pole was |
Rear
Admiral Robert E. Peary |
| 69 |
The
most famous painting of Pablo Picasso was |
Guermica |
| 70 |
The
primary producer of newsprint in the world is |
Canada |
| 71 |
The
first explorer to reach the South Pole was |
Cap.
Ronald Amundson |
| 72 |
The
person who is called the father of modern Italy is |
G.Garibaldi |
| 73 |
World
literacy day is celebrated on |
8th
September |
| 74 |
The
founder of modern Germany is |
Bismarck |
| 75 |
The
country known as the land of the midnight sun is |
Norway |
| 76 |
The
place known as the Roof of the world is |
Tibet |
| 77 |
The
founder of the Chinese Republic was |
San
Yat Sen |
| 78 |
The
first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was |
Abdul
Salam |
| 79 |
The
first woman Prime Minister of Britain was |
Margaret
Thatcher |
| 80 |
The
first Secretary General of the UNO was |
Trygve
Lie |
| 81 |
The
sculptor of the statue of Liberty was |
Frederick
Auguste Bartholdi |
| 82 |
The
port of Baku is situated in |
Azerbaijan |
| 83 |
John
F Kennedy was assassinated by |
Lee
Harvey Oswald |
| 84 |
The
largest river in France is |
Loire |
| 85 |
The
Queen of England who married her brother-in-law was |
Catherine
of Aragon |
| 86 |
The
first black person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was |
Ralph
Johnson Bunche |
| 87 |
The
first British University to admit women for degree courses was |
London
University |
| 88 |
The
principal export of Jamaica is |
Sugar |
| 89 |
New
York is popularly known as the city of |
Skyscrapers |
| 90 |
Madagascar
is popularly known as the Island of |
Cloves |
| 91 |
The
country known as the Land of White Elephant is |
Thailand |
| 92 |
The
country known as the Land of Morning Calm is |
Korea |
| 93 |
The
country known as the Land of Thunderbolts is |
Bhutan |
| 94 |
The
highest waterfalls in the world is the |
Salto
Angel Falls, Venezuela |
| 95 |
The
largest library in the world is the |
United
States Library of Congress, Washington DC |
| 96 |
The
author of Harry Potter Books is |
JK
Rowling |
| 97 |
Nickname
of New York city is |
Big
Apple |
| 98 |
What
do you call a group of sheep? |
A
Flock of Sheep |
| 99 |
In
which sport do players take long and short corners? |
Hockey |
| 100 |
Who
was the youngest President of the USA? |
Theodore
Roosevelt |
| 101 |
How
many legs do butterflies have? |
6
Legs & 2 Pair of Wings |
| 102 |
Who
invented the Nintendo Wii? |
Kashi
Kabushiki |
| 103 |
What
year does the Nintendo Wii come out? |
Late
2006 |
| 104 |
Who
invented the Light Bulb? |
Humphry
Davy |
| 105 |
Who
invented the washing machine? |
James
King |
| 106 |
Who
invented the first electric washing machine? |
Alva
Fisher |
| 107 |
Who
invented the safety pin? |
Walter
Hunt |
| 108 |
Who
invented the Vacuum Cleaner? |
Hubert
Booth |
| 109 |
Who
won the Football World Cup in 2006? |
Italy |
| 110 |
Which
country hosted the Football World Cup in 2006? |
Germany |
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