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