World Gk
General Knowledge : World Gk
| "History is Bunk"was said by | Henry Ford |
| `Gone With The Wind'was written by | Margret Mitchel |
| `Last Judgement'was the first painting of an Italian painter named | Michelangelo |
| `Man is a Tool Making Animal'was said by | Benjamin Franklin |
| `Paradise Regained'was written by | John Milton |
| `Silver dome' is a popular stadium located at | Pontiac |
| Adding Machine was invented by | Aldrin |
| Adolf Hitler was born in | Austria |
| Archimedes was born in | Sicily |
| Australia was discoverd by | James Cook |
| Cambodia has been renamed as | Kampuchea |
| Christopher Columbus was an | Italian navigator |
| Chrysanthemum is the National Emblem of | Japan |
| Coal is also known as | Black Diamond |
| Disneyland is located in | California,USA |
| Dublin is situated at the mouth of river | Liffey |
| Elevator was invented by | Elisha G.Otis |
| FAO is located at | Rome and London |
| FAO stands for | Food and Agriculture Organisation |
| FRCP stands for | Fellow of Royal College of Physicians |
| GMT stands for | Greenwich Mean Time |
| ICAO stands for | International Civil Aviation Organisation |
| Ice Cream was discovered by | Gerald Tisyum |
| ILO stands for | International Labour Organisation |
| In the year 1811,Paraguay became independent from | Spain |
| International Civil Aviation Organisation is located at | Montreal |
| IRC stands for | International Red Cross |
| IRNA stands for | Iranian News Agency |
| Jane Austin was a famous | British novelist |
| John F.Kennedy was assassinated by | Lee Harry Oswald |
| John Major,the ex-Prime minister of Britain was from the which party | Conservative |
| Julius Caesar was killed by | Brutus |
| Le Monde is a newspaper published in | France |
| Machine gun was invented by | Richard Gatling |
| Madagascar is popularly known as the Island of | Cloves |
| Mercury is also known as | Quick Silver |
| Montreal is situated on the bank of river | Ottawa |
| Mount Everest was named after | Sir George Everest |
| NAFTA stands for | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NAM stands for | Non-Aligned Movement |
| Napoleon suffered from alurophobia which means | Fear of cats |
| New York is popularly known as the city of | Skyscrapers |
| Niagara Falls was discovered by | Louis Hennepin |
| Prado museum is located in | Madrid |
| RAF stands for | Royal Air Force |
| River Danube flows in | Hungary |
| River Tigris flows in | Iraq |
| Sewing Machine was invented by | Isaac M.Singer |
| Shakespeare passed away in the year | 1616 |
| Singapore was founded by | Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles |
| Slavery in America was abolished by | Abraham Lincoln |
| The `Daily Telegraph' was first published in the year | 1885 |
| The actor who is considered as the biggest cowboy star of the silent movies is | Tom Mix |
| The aeroplanes was used in war for the first time by | Italians(14 Oct.1911) |
| The Angel Falls is located in | Venezuela |
| The atacama desert is located in | North Chile |
| The biggest delta in the world is the | Sunderbans |
| The biggest desert in the world is the | Sahara desert |
| The biggest island of the world is | Greenland |
| The biggest stadium in the world is the | Strahov Stadium,Prague |
| The busiest airport in the world is | Chicago International Airport |
| The busiest shopping centre of London is | Oxford Street |
| The Cape of Good Hope is located in | South Africa |
| The capital city that stands on the river Danube is | Belgrade |
| The Charter of UNO was signed on | 26-Jun-45 |
| The chemical name of laughing gas is | Nitrous oxide |
| The city in Russia which faced an earthquake in the year 1998 was | Armenia |
| The city of Bonn is situated in | Germany |
| The city which is also known as the City of Canals is | Venice |
| The city which is the biggest centre for manufacture of automobiles in the world is | Detroit,USA |
| The city which was once called the `Forbidden City'was | Peking |
| The city which was the capital of the ancient Persian Empire was | Persepolis |
| The coldest place on the eartn is | Verkoyansk in Siberia |
| The Commonwealth is an association of | 52 countries |
| The Congo river flows in | Angola |
| The country also known as "country of Copper"is | Zambia |
| The country called the Land of Rising Sun is | Japan |
| The country famous for its fish catch is | Japan |
| The country famous for Samba dance is | Brazil |
| The country in which river Wangchu flows is | Myanmar |
| The country known as Mother-in-Law of Europe is | Denmark |
| The country known as Our Lady of Snow is | Canada |
| The country known as the Celestial Empire is | Egypt |
| The country known as the Land of Cakes is | Scotland |
| The country known as the Land of Morning Calm is | Korea |
| The country known as the land of the midnight sun is | Norway |
| The country known as the Land of Thunderbolts is | Bhutan |
| The country known as the Land of White Elephant is | Thailand |
| The country known as the playground of Europe is | Switzerland |
| The country known as the Suger Bowl of the world is | Cuba |
| The country that accounts for nearly one third of the total teak production of the world is | Myanmar |
| The country that brings out the FIAT is | Italy |
| The country where military service is compulsory for women is | Israel |
| The country where there are no Cinema theatres is | Saudi arabia |
| The country which built the first powerful long range rockets is | Germany |
| The country which has more than 10,000 golf courses is | USA |
| The country which has the greatest population density is | Monaco |
| The country which is the largest producer of manganese in the world is | USA |
| The country which is the largest producer of rubber in the world is | Malaysia |
| The country which is the largest producer of tin in the world is | Malaysia |
| The country which ranks second in terms of land area is | Canada |
| The country whose National Anthem has only music but no words is | Bahrain |
| The crescent is the emblem of | Pakistan |
| The cross word puzzle was invented by | Arthur Wynney |
| The Daily Mirror is published in | Britain |
| The deepest ocean in the world is | The Pacific |
| The earlier name for tomato was | Love apple |
| The earlier name of Ethiopia was | Abyssinia |
| The earlier name of Ghana was | Gold coast |
| The earlier name of New York city was | New Amsterdam |
| The earlier name of Srilanka was | Ceylon |
| The Eifel tower was built by | Alexander Eiffel |
| The famous British one-eyed Admiral was | Nelson |
| The famous General Motors company was founded by | William Durant |
| 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 famous words `Veni Vidi Vici'were said by | Julius Caesar |
| The first actor to win an Oscar was | Emil Jannings |
| The first animated colour cartoon of full feature length was | Snow White and Seven Dwarfs |
| The first Boxer to win 3 gold medals in Olympics was | Laszlo Papp |
| The first British University to admit women for degree courses was | London University |
| The first country to issue stamps was | Britain |
| The first cross word puzzle in the world was published in | 1924 by London Sunday Express |
| The first demonstration of a motion picture was held at | Paris |
| The first Emperor of Germany was | Wilhelm |
| The first explorer to reach the South Pole was | Cap.Ronald Amundson |
| The first Governor General of Pakistan is | Mohammed Ali Jinnah |
| The first Industrial Revolution took place in | England |
| The first man to reach Antartica was | Fabian Gotileb |
| The first man to reach North Pole was | Rear Peary |
| The first negro to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was | Ralph Johnson Bunche |
| The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was | Abdul Salam |
| The first President of Egypt was | Mohammed Nequib |
| The first President of USA was | George Washington |
| The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was | Mujibur Rehman |
| The first Republican President President of America was | Abraham Lincoln |
| The first ruler who started war games for his soldiers was | Genghis Khan |
| The first Secretary General of the UNO was | Trygve Lie |
| The first talkie feature film in USA was | The Jazz Singer |
| The first woman Prime Minister of Britain was | Margaret Thatcher |
| The founder of KODAK Company was | Eastman |
| The founder of modern Germany is | Bismarck |
| The founder of plastic industry was | Leo Hendrik Bakeland |
| The founder of the Chinese Republic was | San Yat Sen |
| The founder of USA was | George Washington |
| The gateway to the Gulf of Iran is | Strait of Hormuz |
| The Gobi desert is located in | Mongolia,China |
| The great Victoria desert is located in | Australia |
| The Gurkhas are the original inhabitants of | Nepal |
| The headquarters of ICAO is located at | Montreal |
| The Headquarters of textile manufacturing in England is | Manchester |
| The headquarters of UNEP is located at | Nairobi |
| The headquarters of UNICEF is located at | New York |
| The headquarters of World Bank is located at | Washington DC |
| The Heathrow Airport is located in | London |
| The highest mountain in the world is the | Everest |
| The highest mountain range in the world is the | Himalayas |
| The highest town in the world is | Wenchuan |
| The highest waterfalls in the world is the | Salto Angel Falls,Venezuela |
| The ICAO was established in the year | 1947 |
| The independence day of South Korea is celebrated on | 15th August |
| The International court of Justice is located in | Hague,Holland |
| The invention that is considered to have built America is | Dynamite |
| The Japanese call their country as | Nippon |
| The Kalahari desert is located in | Africa |
| The Kilimanjaro volcano is situated in | Tanzania |
| The largest airport in the world is the | King Khalid Int.Airport,Saudi Arabia |
| The largest auto producer in the USA is | General Motors |
| The largest auto producing nation is | Japan |
| The largest bay in the world is | Hudson Bay,Canada |
| The largest bell in the world is the | Tsar Kolkol at Kremlin,Moscow |
| The largest church in the world is | Bascilica of St.Peter,Vatican City,Rome |
| The largest cinema in the world is the | Fox theatre,Detroit,USA |
| The largest city of Africa is | Cairo |
| The largest coffee growing country in the world is | Brazil |
| The largest continent is | Asia |
| The largest country in the world is | Russia |
| The largest dome in the world is | Louisiana Superdome,New Orleans,USA |
| The largest gulf in the world is | Gulf of Mexico |
| The largest Island in the Mediterranean sea is | Sicily |
| The largest library in the world is the | United States Library of Congress,Washington DC |
| The largest museum in the world is the | American Museum of Natural History |
| The largest ocean of the world is the | Pacific ocean |
| The largest oil producing nation in Africa is | Nigeria |
| The largest peninsula in the world is | Arabia |
| The largest railway tunnel in the world is the | Oshimzu Tunnel,Japan |
| The largest river in France is | Lore |
| The largest strait in the world is | Tartar Strait |
| The largest temple in the world is | Angkorwat in Kampuchea |
| The last French Monarch was | Louis Napoleon III |
| The last letter of the Greek alphabet is | Omega |
| The length of the English channel is | 564 kilometres |
| The length of the Suez Canal is | 162.5 kilometres |
| The lightest known metal is | Lithium |
| The literal meaning of Renaissance is | Revival |
| The longest highway in the world has a length of | about 8000 km |
| The longest highway in the world is the | Trans-Canada |
| The longest river in Russia is | Oblrtysh |
| The longest river in the world is the | Nile |
| The longest wall in the world is the | Great Wall of China |
| The lowest mountain ragne in the world is the | Bhieuna Bhaile |
| The lowest point on earth is | The coastal area of Dead sea |
| The measure to know the speed of a ship is | Knot |
| The Mohenjodaro ruins are found in | Larkand District of Sind,Pakistan |
| The most densely populated Island in the world is | Honshu |
| The most famous painting of Pablo Picasso was | Guermica |
| The most populous country in the world is | China |
| The Murray-Darling river flows in | Australia |
| The name given to the border which seperates Pakistan and Afghanistan is | Durand line |
| The name of Alexander's horse was | Beucephalus |
| The name of the large clock on the tower of the House of Parliament in London is called | Big Ben |
| The National Emblem of Australia is | Kangaroo |
| The National Emblem of Belgium is | Lion |
| The National Emblem of Canada is | Whitelily |
| The National Emblem of Ireland is | Shamrock |
| The National Emblem of Lebanon is | Cedar tree |
| The National Emblem of Papua New Guinea is | Bird of Paradise |
| The national emblem of Spain is | Eagle |
| The National Emblem of USA is | Golden rod |
| The national flower of Britain is | Rose |
| The national flower of China is | Narcissus |
| The national flower of Italy is | Lily |
| The Negro river flows in | Argentina |
| The neon lamp was invented by | Georges Claude |
| The number of countries which participated in the first Olympic Games held at Athens was | Nine |
| The number of keys in an ordinary piano is | Eighty eight |
| The number regarded as lucky number in Italy is | Thirteen |
| The ocean in which Honshu Island is situated is | Pacific |
| The official publication of France is called | Yellow book |
| The official publication of the Netherlands is called | Orange book |
| The oil used to preserve timber is | Creosote oil |
| The old name of Taiwan was | Farmosa |
| The oldest museum in the world is the | Ashmolean museum,Oxford |
| The oldest residential university of Britain is the | Oxford University |
| The original meaning of `Quiz'was | Trick |
| The Pakistani President who died in an aircrash was | Zia-ul-Huq |
| The Pentagon is located at | Washington DC |
| The Pentagonian desert is located in | Argentina |
| The permanent secretariat of the SAARC is located at | Kathmandu |
| The person known as the father of aeronautics is | Sir George Cayley |
| The person who is called the father of modern Italy is | G.Garibaldi |
| The person who led the first marine expedition to travel around the world was | Magallan |
| The place known as the Garden of England is | Kent |
| The place known as the land of Lincoln is | Illinois |
| The place known as the Roof of the world is | Tibet |
| The popular detective character created by Agatha Christie is | Hercule Poirot |
| The port of Banku is situated in | Azerbaijan |
| The practice of sterilization of surgical instruments was introduced by | Joseph Lister |
| The primary producer of newsprint in the world is | Canada |
| The principal export of Jamaica is | Sugar |
| The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law was | Catherine of Aragon |
| The Red Cross was founded by | Jean Henri Durant |
| The residence of the Queen in London is | Buckingham Palace |
| The Rich stadium is located at | Boston |
| The river Jordan flows out into the | Dead sea |
| The river Mackenzie flows in | Canada |
| The river Volga flows out into the | Capsian sea |
| The river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea is the | Mississippi |
| The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was | Federick Auguste Bartholdi |
| The smallest colony in the world is | Gibraltar |
| The smallest continent is | Australia |
| The smallest country in the world is | Vatican |
| The smallest republic in the world is | Nauru |
| The Spectrum is a popular stadium located at | Philadelphia |
| The Summit is a famous stadium located at | Houston |
| The tallest statue in the world is the | Motherland,Volgagrad Russia |
| The tallest tower in the world is the | C.N.Tower,Toronto,Canada |
| The technique to produce the first test tube baby was evolved by | Patrick Stepote and Robert Edwards |
| The term ``astrology' literally means | Star Speech |
| The term 'anesthesia'was coined by | Oliver Wendell Holmes |
| The title of Desert Fox was given to | Field Marshal Erwin Rommel |
| The total area of Vatican city is | 0.272 Sq.kms |
| The two nations Haiti and the Dominion Republic together form the Island of | Hisponiola |
| The UNO was formed in the year | 1945 |
| The US state Indiana is also known as | Volunteer state |
| The US state known as `Mountain state'is | Pensylvania |
| The US state known as`Land of `Land of 1000 Lakes'is | Arkansas |
| The US state known as`Pine Free State'is | Vermount |
| The US state Mississipi is also known as | Tar Heel state |
| The US state Missouri is also known as | Hoosier state |
| The US state Utah is also known as | Beehive state |
| The US state West Verginia is also known as | Blue Grass state |
| The Victoria Falls is located in | Rhodesia |
| The volcano Vesuvias is located in | Italy |
| The White House was painted white to | Hide fire damage |
| The word `Quiz'was coined by | Jim Daly Irishman |
| The world's biggest manufacturer of bicycles is | Hero cycles,Ludhiana |
| The world's largest car manufacturing company is | General Motors,USA |
| The world's largest diamond producing country is | South Africa |
| The world's loneliest island is the | Tristan da cunda |
| The world's oldest known city is | Damascus |
| The world's oldest underground railway is at | London |
| The world's tallest office building is the | Sears Tower,Chicago |
| Togo is situated in | Africa |
| UNEP stands for | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNEP was established in the year | 1972 |
| UNICEF stands for | United Nations Children's Fund |
| UNICEF was established in the year | 1946 |
| UNIDO is located at | Vienna |
| UNIDO stands for | United Nations Industrial Development Organisation |
| UNO stands for | United Nations Organisation |
| UNU stands for | United Nations University |
| UPU stands for | Universal Postal Union |
| Victoria Falls was discovered by | David Livingstone |
| WAGGA WAGGA is a | Town in Australia |
| WFC stands for | World Food Council |
| WHO is located at | Geneva |
| WHO stands for | World Health Organisation |
| WIPO stands for | World Intellectual Property Organisation |
| WMO is located at | Geneva |
| WMO stands for | World Meteorological Organisation |
| World Environment Day is observed on | 5th June |
| World literacy day is celebrated on | 8th September |
| Yankee is the nickname of | American |
| Yoghurt means | Fermented milk |
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