Largest Highest Oldest First in the World
• Most Subways in the country.. USA
• What city has the longest metro system: London
• USA has most roads what country has second most: India
• China started Civil Service Examination first of all in 6 A.D.
• Which of the following is the largest sugar producing country in the world? Brazil
• World’s oldest regligionis Hinduism.
• World’s largest religion is Christianity.
• World’s second most populous city is Mexico city.
• First to sail around the world was Ferdinand Magallan
• Largest number of Palestinian refuges are in Jordan.
• Kazakistan is the largest country in Central Asia.
• Largest landlocked country in world is Mangolia.
• Biggest oil refinery is at Abadan (Iran).
• Detroit (USA) is famous for car manufacturing.
• Glasgow is biggest ship building centre.
• Havana is famous for cigar manufacturing.
• Europe’s only Islamic state is Albania.
• Newzealand is close to Int: Date Line.
• In which city there is the largest stock exchange of the world? New York.
• Oldest Search Engine is … Yahoo
• Bird largest in size… Ostrich
• Oldest parliament in the world— Althing (Iceland)
• The last King of Afghanistan… Zahir Shah
• First person to walk across the Antarctic continent alone was Borge Ousland.
• Aqualine is the world’s longest under-sea tunnel (15.1 km long) bridge and tunnel express-way for motor vehicles across Tokyo Bay.
• Arabia is the larges peninsula.
• Only Hindu kingdom in World is Nepal.
• Who was the first man to fly across the channel: Louis Bleriot
• What is the largest state in the USA: Alaska
• Which of the following countries of South-West Asia leads in the production of oil? Saudi Arabia
• Which country grows the most potatoes: Russia
• What language has the most words: English
• What is the smallest state of Australia-Tasmania
• Paris and What other capital had the worlds first telephone link-Brussels
• What is the largest country in Africa -Sudan
• What was the worlds first passenger jet aircraft-Comet
• In what city was the worlds first blood bank opened 1940-New York – Richard Charles Drew
• What county first used pepper-China
• What is the oldest known science- Astronomy
• What is the last element – Alphabetically-Zirconium
• What is the worlds most popular first name-Mohammed
• What is the fastest swimming ocean fish over 60 mph-Sailfish – Marlin
• People`s republic of china has the largest army of the world.
• The largest tides of the world occur in Bay of fundy (canada).
• Sudan is the largest country in Africa.
• Mumbai is the most populous city.
• 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 187,000 miles per second.
• The largest tides of the world occur in Bay of Fundy (canada).
• Takla Makan is in China is the driest desert in Asia.
• Largest earthquake fatalities occurred in Izmir, Turkey in 1999.
• Breitling orbiter 3 was the first balloon to fly non-stop around the world.
• 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 Ecxon Corporation.
• The busiest shopping centre of London is
Oxford Street
• The panch Pokhri Lake situated in the Himalaya Mountains is the highest lake in the world.
• Sierra Leone has the lowest GDP per capita of 510 US dollars and Luxembourg has the highest GDP per capita of 36,400 US dollars.
• People`s republic of china has the largest army of the world.
• The Royal Majesty ship Queen Elizabeth (UK) is the largest passenger ship in the world. It is 314 metres long and 36 metres wide.
• The Cambodian language is a language which has a total number of 74 alphabets.
• The Sumerian civilization is considered to be the oldest civilization of the world.
• Jericho, situated in the Jorden valley is the oldest town of the world.
• 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.
• Worldwide most capitol cities begin with which letter- B
• Who built the worlds first film studio- Thomas Alva Edison
• Where is the worlds largest mine-Carletonville South Africa
• What is the biggest tourist attraction in Zambia-Victoria falls
• What country consumes the most coffee per capita 25 Lb-Finland
• Oil is the most traded product in the world what is the second-Coffee
• Which country makes the most films per year- India
• What’s the worlds longest rail journey made no train change Moscow Peking
• What was the first sport to be filmed -Boxing by Thomas Edison 1894
• Name the first film to have its sequel released in the same year-King Kong – Son of Kong
• What cities underground has the most stations-New York
• first man to set foot on all five continents- Captain Cook
• Who was the pilot in the first fatal air crash-Orville Wright
• Where was the worlds first oil well drilled-Pennsylvania
• 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
• On what are the worlds smallest paintings painted- Pin Heads
• Who was the first person to wear a wristwatch- Queen Elizabeth 1st
• Largest coral formation is The Great Barrier Reef (Australia).
• Longest corridor is Rameshwaram temple corridor.
• Highest country is China (Tibet region).
• Largest country by population is China.
• Largest country by area is Russia.
• Smallest country by area is Vatican City State.
• Highest dam is Rogunsky.
• Largest concrete dam is The Grand Coulee, USA.
• Longest Day in Northern Hemisphere is 21st June.
• Shortest Day in Northern Hemisphere is 22nd Dec:
• Largest Delta is Sundarbands (Bangladesh).
• Hottest desert is Libyan Sahara.
• Largest desert is Sahara (Africa) 33, 20,000 sq. miles.
• Highest desert is Atacama (Chile).
• Largest diamond is Cullinan.
• Largest diamond mine is Kimberley (South Africa).
• Largest dome is of Astrodome, Houston (USA).
• Biggest flower is Rafflesia (Java, Indonesia).
• Lightest gas is hydrogen.
• Longest glacier is Lambert (Antarctica).
• Largest gulf is Gulf of Mexico.
• Largest gorge is Grand Canyon.
• Hottest place is Dalol (Ethiopia).
• Largest Island is Greenland.
• Largest underground lake is Drachenhauchloch cave (Arizona).
• Largest man-made lake is Lake Mead Arizona.
• Biggest library is Congress Library (USA).
• Longest lifespan of animal is of Giant tortoise.
• Largest mammal is Blue whale.
• Highest melting point is of Tungsten, 3410° C.
• Tallest Minaret is Qutub Minar (Delhi) 238 feet.
• Largest mosque is Shah Faisal Mosque, Islamabad.
• Highest mountain peak is Mt. Everest (Himalaya).
• Tallest mountain range is The Himalaya range with 96 of world’s 109 tallest peaks.
• Longest mountain range is Andes (South America).
• Biggest museum is British Museum (London).
• Largest Commercial Ocean is Atlantic Ocean.
• Youngest ocean is Atlantic Ocean.
• Mediterrian sea means ‘sea in the middle of land’.
• Saltiest ocean is Mediterranean Ocean.
• Ocean shrinking and growing is Atlantic Ocean.
• Fastest ocean swimmer is Sailfish (68 mph).
• Biggest palace is Vatican.
• Biggest park is the Wood Buffalo National Park, Alberta, Canada.
• Biggest passenger train is Queen Elizabeth (UK).
• Largest peninsula is Saudi Arabia.
• Coldest place is Verkhoyansk (Russia).
• Driest place is Death Valley (California).
• Hottest place is Azizia Libya Africa.
• Longest railway platform is Khargpur, India
• Highest plateau is Pamir, Tibet.
• Longest poisonous snake is King Cobra.
• Largest port is Rotterdam (Netherlands).
• Largest railway station is Grand Central Terminal.
• Longest railway line is Trans-Siberian Railway.
• Rainiest spot is Cherrapunji.
• Largest man-made reservoir is Angara River Russia.
• Largest river basin is Amazon River.
• Longest river dam is Hirakud Dam India.
• Largest river in volume is Amazon (Brazil).
• Longest river is Nile (Egypt).
• Largest sea bird is Albatross.
• Largest space centre is Cape Kennedy (USA).
• Largest stadium is Straho Stadium Prague.
• Tallest statue is Statue of Liberty (NY).
• Largest suspension bridge is Verazano-Narrows, NY.
• Longest swimming course is English Channel, UK.
• Broadest strait is Mozambique.
• Longest strait is Malacca.
• Biggest Telescope is Astro Physical Observatory.
• Largest temple is Angkor Vat (Cambodia).
• Longest non-stop train is Flying Scotman.
• Highest town is Wenchuan, Tibet (China).
• Tallest tower is CNN Tower, Toronto, USA.
• Longest road tunnel is Seikan (Japan).
• Highest volcano is Cotapaxi (Ecuador).
• Largest volcano is Mauna Loa (Hawaii)
• Philippines has the greatest number of volcanoes in the world.
• Longest wall is Great Wall of China 1550 miles long.
• Highest waterfall is Angel (Venezuela)
• Lowest body of water is Dead Sea.
• Biggest zoo is Etosha National Park, Namibia.
• In 2650 the first Pyramid was built in Egypt.
• 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.
• Rock temple was built at Jerusalem.
• The largest tea producing country is India.
• USA has the largest production of aluminium.
• Rainfall related to mountains is Orographic rainfall.
• Lakes give the source of terrestrial moisture.
• Bangladesh has a dispute over the construction of a dam on Naaf River with Myanmar.
• A large coral reef containing islands encompassing a sea water lagoon is named Atoll.
• The largest basins in the face of the earth are oceans. Basin is a low land area.
• Sri Lanka is not a landlocked country.
• The thinnest earth layer is Crust.
• The name of the second highest African peak is Mount Kenya.
• Name of the second largest river of Africa is The Congo.
• Sundarbans Forests are world’s largest mangrove forests.
• Khunjra Pass connects Pakistan with China.
• Water source beneath the earth flowing naturally is called spring.
• Canada leads in the world in production of asbestos.
• Bachendri Pal is the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everst.
• Borge Ousland is a Norwegian explorer. He became the first person to walk across the Antarctic continent alone and unsupported.
• Brazil is the largest producer of coffee in the world.
• Chile is the largest copper producing country in the world.
• The country where death rate is lowest in the world is Japan.
• Largest Ginger producing nation is Indonesia.
• 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 15190 to sail round the world and discovered passage to the Pacific from the Atlantic. He proved that the shape of the earth is round.
• India leads in export of Mica in the world.
• Longest Optical Fibre is between Singapore and Marseilles.
• Dr. Ian Wilmut is credited with first cloned sheep.
• New Zealand was the first country to propose Carbon Tax to address global warming.
• 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.
• Cuba is the highest producer of sugarcane in the world.
• In November 2005, Africa’s first woman head of state was elected in Mozambique. Her name is Luisa Diogo of FELIMO party.
• Amazon is the largest river of the world.
• The North Atlantic Route is the largest and busiest of the ocean trade routes.
General Knowledge Mcqs
Discoveries and Inventions by Scientists of world
• Galileo was first to discover rotation of earth
• Kohler and Milstein discovered monoclonal antibodies.
• Photography was invented by Mathew Barry
• Albert Sabin invented Polio vaccine (oral)
• Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev (Russian) published his first version of periodic table in 1869.
• X-ray machine was invented by James Clark
• Arthur Campton discovered x-rays and Cosmic rays.
• Chadwick discovered Neutron
• Telescope was invented by Galileo
• Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming
• Noble gases discovered by Cavendish
• Gun powder was first invented in China
• Velocity of light was measured by Michelson
• Archimedes gave laws about Floatation of Bodies
• Balloon fly up in air according to Archimedes’s principle
• Dr. Christian Bernard was first to perform heart transplant in 1967 in cape town(SA)
• First man to receive artificial heart was Dr. Barney B. Clark
• Barometer was invented by Pascal
• Robert Hook discovered Cell in 1665
• Aspirin discovered by Dresser
• Atomic theory given by Dalton
• Atomic number given by Mosley
• Bacteria by Leeunhock
• Blood circulation by William Harvey
• Calculus by Newton
• Co2 by Fishcer
• Chlorine by K. Scheele
• Oxygen by Priestley
• Hydrogen by Cavandish
• Super conductor by Bendnorz and Muller in 1987 and were awarded Nobel Prize
• Cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney.
• Chloroform by Guthrie
• Deuterium by Harlod
• Dynamite by Alfred B. Nobel
• DNA by Watson Crick
• Gene by Johanson
• Chromosomes by Waldyar
• Electric resistance by Ohm
• Electrolysis by Faraday
• Electron by J.J. Thomson in 1897
• Neutron by Chadwick
• Proton by Rutherford
• Positron by Anderson
• Ozone by Echonbein
• Planetary motion by Kepler
• Radioactivity by Bacquerel
• Radium by Currie
• Insulin by Banting & Best
• Human heart transplant by Bernard
• Vaccine (measles) by Peebles
• Vaccine (polio) by Salk
• Vaccine (rabies) by Louis Pasteur
• Vaccine (small pox) by Edward Jenner
• Cause of Malaria was discovered by Ronald Ross
• Adding machine invented by Pascal
• Atom Bomb by Otto Hahn
• Air Brake by George Washington
• Air Conditioning by H. Carier
• Airplane (with motor) by Wright Bothers
• Airplane (jet engine) by Ohain
• Automobile (electric) by William Morrison
• Automobile (differential gear) by Benz
• Bakelite by Leo Hendricks Backland
• Balloon by Mont Golfer
• Barometer by Torricelli
• Bicycle (modern) by Starley
• Bifocal lens by Benjamin Franklin
• Burner (gas) by Bunsen
• Calculating machine (digital) by Charles Babbage
• Camera (photographic) by Josef N. Niepce
• Carburetor by Daimler
• Cement by Joseph Aspidin
• Circuit breaker by Hilliard
• Computer (electronic) by J.P.Eckert and J.W.Mauckly
• Diesel engine by Rudolf Diesel
• Digital camera was invented by Eastman Kodak.
• Gas engine by Daimler
• Electric fan by wheeler
• Electric flat iron by Henry Sealy
• Electric generator by Hippolyte Pixie
• Electric motor by Michael Faraday
• Motor A.C by Tesla
• Motor D.C by Devin Port
• Electric shaver by W.S. Hadaway
• Electric vaccum cleaner by James Spangler
• Electromagnet by William Sturgeon
• Electron Microscope by Vladimir Zwryin
• Microscope (compound) by Janessen and Leeuhock
• Flying shuttle by Johan Kay
• Gun powder by Roger Bacon
• Gas engine (four cycle) by Otto and Daimler
• Helicopter by Sikorsky
• Interneral combustion engine by Daimler
• Jet engine by Frank Whittle
• Knitting Machine by William Lee
• Lamp (incadecent) by Thomas Edision
• Montgoflier invented balloon.
• Talbot invented photographic paper.
• Dickenson invented paper machine.
• Blanchard invented parachute.
• Colt’s invention is pistol.
• Howe was the inventor of sewing machine.
• Lamp (mercury) by Hewit
• Laser (practical) by Gordon Gould
• Laser (operable) by T.H.Mainman
• Machine gun by Gatling
• Match (safety) by Pasch
• Microphone by Graham Bell
• Motion pictures (camera) by Edison
• Motor cycle by Daimler
• Motor scooter by Bradsha
• Parachute by Garnerin
• Pen (fountain) by Waterman
• Pen (ball-point) John Loud Biro
• Photoelectric cell by Julius Elster
• Piano by Christopher
• Printing press (screw type) by Guten Berg
• Radar by Watson Watt
• Railway (electric) by Werner Siemens
• Razor safety by Gillette
• Razor (electric) by Jacob Schick
• Refrigerator by Ferdinand Carre
• Revolver by Samuel Solt
• Rifle by August Kotter
• Rifle (automatic) by John Moses Browning
• Rocket Engine by Goddard
• Safety pin by Walter Hunt
• Sewing Machine by Elias Howe and Thomas Saint
• Stainless steel by Herry Brearley
• Stream boat by Abbans
• Submarine by Holland
• Tank military by Swinton
• Telephone by Graham Bell
• Radio by Marconi
• Telescope (reflecting) by Galileo
• Telescope (refracting) by Newton
• Television (mechanical) by J.L. Baird
• Television (electric) by Fransworth
• Thermometer by Galilo
• Termomter (mercury) by Farhenheit
• Tractor by Robert Keeley
• Transformer by William Stanley
• Transistor by William Shockley
• Type writer by Henry Mill
• Washing machine (electric) by Alva Fisher
• Washing machine (manual) by Hamilton E. Smith
• Welding (electric) by E. Thomson
• Zipper (meshed tooth) by Gideon Sundback
• Celcius devised Centrigrade scale
• Bacteria were discovered by Louis Pasture.
• Ramsay discovered inert gas.
• Proton was discovered by Goldstein
• Who is credited with the development of polio vaccine? Jonas Salk
• Christopher Cockerel invented what: Hovercraft
• The electric chair was invented by a dentist
• Bardeen and Brattin discovered Semiconductor
• What was invented by James Dewer in 1872: Vacuum or thermos flask
• Atom Bomb (Uranium Fission) was invented by Otto Hahn in 1941.
• Electron was discovered in 1897.
• Oxygen was discovered in 1774.
• Tomas A Edison was American.
• X-rays and Cosmic rays were discovered by Arthur Compton.
• Printing press was invented by Johann Gutenberg.
• Gramophone was invented by Emile Berliner.
• Blood pressure was discovered by William Harvey.
• Magnifying glass was invented by Roger Bacon.
• Insulin was discovered by Banting.
• Michael Faraday invented Electric Motor in belonged to England.
• ECG invented by Einthogen.
• Columbus Day is observed on 2nd Monday in October.
• In 1774 Oxygen was discovered by Priestly.
• In 1589 William Lee invented knitting machine.
• More than 2000 years ago a Roman Ruler Julius Caesar invented the calendar that we use today.
• Lipstick was first introduced in 1915 in America.
• Zippers were introduced in 1890.
• China was discovered by Marco Polo.
• Sea route from Europe to India was discovered by Vasco-de-Gama.
• Canada was discovered by Jacques Cartier.
• Australia was discovered by William Jon zoon.
• Parachute was invented by L.S Lenormand in 1783.
• Box Camera was invented by G.Eastman in 1988.
• Electric Generator was invented by Hippolyte Pixil in the year 1832. He belonged to France.
List of Countries, Capitals, Currencies, & Languages
| Country | Capital(s) | Currency | Primary Language(s) |
| Afghanistan | Kabul | Afghani | Dari Persian; Pashto |
| Albania | Tirane | Lek | Albanian |
| Algeria | Algiers | Algerian Dinar | Arabic; Tamazight; French |
| Andorra | Andorra la Vella | Euro | Catalan |
| Angola | Luanda | Kwanza | Portuguese |
| Antigua & Barbuda | Saint John’s | East Caribbean Dollar | English |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires | Argentine Peso | Spanish |
| Armenia | Yerevan | Dram | Armenian |
| Australia | Canberra | Australian Dollar | English |
| Austria | Vienna | Euro | German |
| Azerbaijan | Baku | Manat | Azerbaijani |
| The Bahamas | Nassau | Bahamian Dollar | English |
| Bahrain | Manama | Bahraini Dinar | Arabic |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka | Taka | Bangla |
| Barbados | Bridgetown | Barbadian Dollar | English |
| Belarus | Minsk | Belarusian Ruble | Belarusian; Russian |
| Belgium | Brussels | Euro | Dutch; French; German |
| Belize | Belmopan | Belize Dollar | English |
| Benin | Porto-Novo | West African CFA Franc | French |
| Bhutan | Thimphu | Ngultrum | Dzongkha |
| Bolivia | La Paz; Sucre | Boliviano | Spanish; Quechua; Aymara |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | Convertible Mark | Bosnian; Croatian; Serbian |
| Botswana | Gaborone | Pula | English; Tswana |
| Brazil | Brasilia | Real | Portuguese |
| Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | Brunei Dollar | Malay |
| Bulgaria | Sofia | Lev | Bulgarian |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | West African CFA Franc | French |
| Burundi | Bujumbura | Burundi Franc | Kirundi; French |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh | Riel | Khmer |
| Cameroon | Yaounde | Central African CFA Franc | French; English |
| Canada | Ottawa | Canadian Dollar | English; French |
| Cape Verde | Praia | Cape Verdean Escudo | Portuguese |
| Central African Republic | Bangui | Central African CFA Franc | Sango; French |
| Chad | N’Djamena | Central African CFA Franc | French; Arabic |
| Chile | Santiago | Chilean Peso | Spanish |
| China | Beijing | Chinese Yuan | Mandarin |
| Colombia | Bogota | Colombian Peso | Spanish |
| Comoros | Moron | Comorian Franc | Comorian; Arabic; French |
| Democratic Republic Of the Congo |
Kinshasa | Congolese Franc | French |
| Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | Central African CFA Franc | French |
| Costa Rica | San Jose | Colon | Spanish |
| Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | Yamoussoukro; Abidjan | West African CFA Franc | French |
| Croatia | Zagreb | Croatian | Kuna |
| Cuba | Havana | Cuban Peso | Spanish |
| Cyprus | Nicosia | Euro | Greek; Turkish |
| Czech Republic | Prague | Czech Koruna | Czech; Slovak |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | Danish Krone | Danish |
| Djibouti | Djibouti | Djiboutian Franc | Arabic; French |
| Dominica | Rosesau | East Caribbean Dollar | English; French; Antillean Creole |
| Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | Dominican Peso | Spanish |
| East Timor (Timor-Leste) | Dilli | United States Dollar | Tetum; Portuguese; Iindonesian |
| Ecuador | Quito | United States Dollar | Spanish |
| Egypt | Cairo | Egyptian Pound | Arabic |
| El Salvador | San Salvador | United States Dollar | Spanish |
| Equitorial Guinea | Malabo | Central African CFA Franc | Spanish; French; Portuguese |
| Eritrea | Asmara | Nakfa | Arabic; Tigrinya; English |
| Estonia | Tallinn | Estonian Kroon; Euro | Estonian |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | Birr | Amharic |
| Fiji | Suva | Fijian Dollar | English; Bau Fijian; Hindi |
| Finland | Helsinki | Euro | Finnish; Swedish |
| France | Paris | Euro; CFP Franc | French |
| Gabon | Libreville | Central African CFA Franc | French |
| The Gambia | Banjul | Dalasi | English |
| Georgia | Tbilisi | Lari | Georgian |
| Germany | Berlin | Euro | German |
| Ghana | Accra | Ghanaian Cedi | English |
| Greece | Athens | Euro | Greek |
| Grenada | St. George’s | East Caribbean Dollar | English; Patois |
| Guatemala | Guatemala City | Quetzal | Spanish |
| Guinea | Conakry | Guinean Franc | French |
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | West African CFA Franc | Portuguese |
| Guyana | Georgetown | Guyanese Dollar | English |
| Haiti | Port-au-Prince | Gourde | Haitian Creole; French |
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa | Lempira | Spanish |
| Hungary | Budapest | Forint | Hungarian |
| Iceland | Reykjavik | Icelandic Krona | Icelandic |
| India | New Delhi | Indian Rupee | Hindi; English |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | Rupiah | Indonesian |
| Iran | Tehran | Rial | Persian |
| Iraq | Baghdad | Iraqi Dinar | Arabic; Kurdish |
| Republic of Ireland | Dublin | Euro | English; Irish |
| Israel | Jerusalem | Shekel | Hebrew; Arabic |
| Italy | Rome | Euro | Italian |
| Jamaica | Kingston | Jamaican Dollar | English |
| Japan | Tokyo | Yen | Japanese |
| Jordan | Amman | Jordanian Dinar | Arabic |
| Kazakhstan | Astana | Tenge | Kazakh; Russian |
| Kenya | Nairobi | Kenyan Shilling | Swahili; English |
| Kiribati | Tarawa Atoll | Kiribati Dollar | English; Gilbertese |
| North Korea | Pyongyang | North Korean Won | Korean |
| South Korea | Seoul | South Korean Won | Korean |
| Kosovo | Pristina | Euro | Albanian; Serbian |
| Kuwait | Kuwait City | Kuwaiti Dollar | Arabic; English |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | Som | Kyrgyz; Russian |
| Laos | Vientiane | Kip | Lao (Laotian) |
| Latvia | Riga | Lats | Latvian |
| Lebanon | Beirut | Lebanese Pound | Arabic; French |
| Lesotho | Maseru | Loti | Sesotho; English |
| Liberia | Monrovia | Liberian Dollar | English |
| Libya | Tripoli | Libyan Dinar | Arabic |
| Liechtenstein | Vaduz | Swiss Franc | German |
| Lithuania | Vilnius | Lithuanian Litas | Lithuanian |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg | Euro | German; French; Luxembourgish |
| Macedonia | Skopje | Macedonian Denar | Macedonian |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo | Malagasy Ariary | Malagasy; French; English |
| Malawi | Lilongwe | Malawi Kwacha | English |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | Ringgit | Malay |
| Maldives | Male | Maldivian Rufiyaa | Dhivehi |
| Mali | Bamako | West African CFA Franc | French |
| Malta | Valletta | Euro | Maltese; English |
| Marshall Islands | Majuro | United States Dollar | Marshallese; English |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott | Ouguiya | Arabic |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | Mauritian Rupee | English |
| Mexico | Mexico City | Mexican Peso | Spanish |
| Federal States of Micronesia | Palikir | United States Dollar | English |
| Moldova | Chisinau | Moldovan Leu | Moldovan (Romanian) |
| Monaco | Monaco | Euro | French; Italian; English |
| Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | Togrog | Mongolian |
| Montenegro | Podgorica | Euro | Montenegrin |
| Morocco | Rabat | Moroccan Dirham | Arabic |
| Mozambique | Maputo | Mozambican Metical | Portuguese |
| Myanmar (Burma) | Nypyidaw | Kyat | Burmese |
| Namibia | Windhoek | Namibian Dollar | English; Afrikaans; German |
| Nauru | Yaren | Australian Dollar | English; Nauran |
| Nepal | Kathmandu | Nepalese Rupee | Nepali |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam; The Hague | Euro | Dutch |
| New Zealand | Wellington | New Zealand Dollar | English |
| Nicaragua | Managua | Cordoba | Spanish |
| Niger | Niamey | West African CFA Franc | French |
| Nigeria | Abuja | Naira | English |
| Norway | Oslo | Norwegian Krone | Norwegian |
| Oman | Muscat | Omani Rial | Arabic |
| Pakistan | Islamabad | Pakistani Rupee | Urdu; English |
| Palau | Melekeok | United States Dollar | English; Palauan |
| Panama | Panama City | Balboa | Spanish |
| Papa New Guinea | Port Moresby Papa | Papa New Guinean Kina | English; Tok Pisin; Hiri Motu |
| Paraguay | Asuncion | Guarani | Spanish; Guarani |
| Peru | Lima | Nuevo Sol | Spanish |
| Phillipines | Manila | Phillipine Peso | Filipino; English |
| Poland | Warsaw | Zloty | Polish |
| Portugal | Lisbon | Euro | Portuguese |
| Qatar | Doha | Qatari Riyal | Arabic |
| Romania | Bucharest | Romanian Rupee | Romanian |
| Romania | Bucharest | Romanian Rupee | Romanian |
| Russia | Moscow | Ruble | Russian |
| Rwanda | Kigali | Rwandan Franc | Kinyarwanda; French; English |
Famous Books and their authors
• Shahnama-i-Islam was written by Hafeez Jalandri.
• Man who ruled India was written by Philip Woodruff.
• The book confession was written by Rousseau.
• Quaid –e-Azam Jinnah. The story of a Nation is written by G.Allana.
• Heroes and Hero-Worship was written by Carlyle.
• Foundation of Pakistan was written by Sharif ud din Pirzada.
• Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam was written by Edward Fitzgeranld.
• Gitanjali was written by Rabindranath Tagore.
• Asrar-e-khudi is written by Allama Iqbal
• Bal-e-Jibril is written by Allama Iqbal
• Bang-e-dara is written by Allma Iqbal
• Bostan is written by Sheikh Saadi
• Darbar-i-Akbari is written by Azad, Muhammad Hussain
• Gulistan is written by Sheikh Saadi
• Hayat-i-Jawid is written by Hali
• Javaid Nama is written by Allama Iqbal
• Jawab-e-Shikwah is written by Allama Iqbal
• Ktab al Shifa is written by Ibn Sina
• Mirat ul Aroos is written by Nazir Ahmed
• Muqaddamah is written by Ibn Khaldun
• Shaer o Shaeri is written by Altaf Hussain Hali
• Mussaddas-i-Hali is written by Altaf Hussain Hali
• Naqsh-e-Faryadi is written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz
• Payam-e-Mashriq is written by Allama Iqbal
• Shahnama is written by Firdausi
• Tehzeeb al Ikhlaq is written by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
• Tafhim ul quran is written by Syed Abdul ala Maudoodi.
• Yadgar-i-Galib is written by Hali
• Zabur-e-Anjam is written by Dr. Allama Iqbal
• Zarb-e-Kaleem is written by Dr. Allama Iqbal
• Arabian Nights is written by Sir Richard Buton
• An Ideal Husband is written by Oscar Wilde
• A woman of No importance is written by Oscar Wild
• Animal Farm is written by George Orwell
• Anthony Cleopatra is written by W. Shakespeare
• As you like it is written by W. Shakespeare
• Caesar and Cleopatra is written by G.B Shaw
• Comedy of Errors is written by W. Shakespeare
• Daughter of the East is written by Benazir Bhuto
• Decline and Fall of Roman Empire is written by Edward Gibbon
• Doctor’s Dilemma is written by G.B Shaw
• East of Aden is written by John Steinbeck
• French Revolution is written by Tomas Carlyle
• Freedom at Midnight is written by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapiere
• Gone with the Wind is written by Margaret Mithchel
• Great Expectations is written by Charles Dickens
• Gulliver’s Travels is written by Jonathan Swift
• Hamlet is written by W.Shakespeare
• Ibn Battuta Travels in Asia and Africa is written by Ibn Battuta
• Jungle book is written by Rudyard Kipling
• Jinnah of Pakistan is written by Stanley Wolpert
• Myth of independence is written by Z. A Bhutto
• World War is written by W. Churchill
• Merchant of Venice is written by Shakerpeare
• Muhammad Ali Jinnah is written by M.H Saiyid
• Much Ado About Nothing is written by Shakespeare
• Nine Days Wonder is written by John Masefield
• Nineteen Eighty Four is written by George Orwell
• Old man and the Sea is written by Ernest Hamingway
• Oliver Twist is written by Charles Dickens
• Origin Of species is written by Charles Darwin
• Paradise Lost is written by John Milton
• Pickwick papers is written by Charles Dickens
• Pride and Prejudice is written by Jane Austen
• Robinson Crusoe is written by Daniel Defoe
• Sense and Sensibility is written by Jane Austin
• Sohrab and Rustam Mathew Arnold
• Social Contact is written by Rousseau
• Treasure Island is written by R.L Stevenson
• Tropic of Cancer is written by Henry Miller
• Twelfth Night is written by W. Shakespeare
• A Tale of Two Cities is written by Charles Dickens
• Vanity of Human Wishes is written by Samuel Johnson
• Wealth of Nation is written by Adam Simith
• Zulfi Bhutto of Pakistan is written by Stanley Wolpert
• Faust is written by Goethe
• Mein Kampf is written by Hitler
• Divine Comedy is written by Dante
• Odyssey (Greek) is written by Homer
• Utopia is written by Thomas Mooore
• War and Peace is written by Leo Tolstoy
• Crime and Punishment is written by F.M Dostovsky
• Communist Manifesto is written by Karl Marx and Eagles
• Das Capital is written by Karl Marx
• The idiot is written by Dostoevsky
• Don Quixoto is written by Miguel De Cervates
• The Prince is written by Machiavelli
• Constitutional Development of Pakistan is written by G.W Choudhry
• Five Thousand Years of Pakistan is written by Wheeler R.E.M
• Foreign Policy of Pakistan is written by Zulifkar Ali Bhutto
• Jinnah, Creator of Pakistan is written by Hecor Bolitho
• Muslim Separatism in India and Pakistan is written by Abdul Hamid
• Pakistan the Formative Phase is written by Lawrence Ziring
• Political Syetem in Pakistan is written by Khalid B. Saeed
• Politics in Pakistan is written by Khalid B. Saeed
• Quaid-i-Azam and Pakistan is written by Ahmad Hasan Dani
• Struggle for Pakistan is written by I.H Qureshi
• The Emergence of Pakistan is written by Mohammad Ali Choudhry
• The Making of Pakistan is written by K.K Aziz
• Towards Pakistan is written by Whaeed-uz-Zaman
• World Politics Since 1945 is written by P. Calvocrassi
• Khusboo is written by Parveen Shakir
• Laila Majnoo is written by Amir Khusro
• Akbar nama is written by Abu Fazal
• Al Qanoon fil Tib is written by Ibne Sina
• Green Book is written by Presisdent Moamoor Gadafi
• Republic is written by Plato
• Revolution and Independence is written by Words Worth
• Road to Freedom is written by Bertrand Russel
• Romeo and Juliet is written by Shakespeare
• Joan of Arc is written by G.W Shaw.
• Foust was written by Goethe.
• “Profiles in Courage” is written by Henry Kissinger.
• Pickwick Papers were written by Charles Dickens.
• “East and Eden” was written by John Steinback.
• A farewell to Arms is written by Earnest Hemingway.
• Travel in Arabian Desert was written by C.M Doughty.
• The spirit of Islam was written by Syed Ameer Ali.
• The poem Shikwah and Jawab-e-Sikwah was written by Allama Iqbal.
• Five Thousand Years of Pakistan was written by REM Wheeler.
• Struggle of Pakistan was written by I.H Qureshi.
• The poem “Ancient Mariner” is the work of Coleridge.
• White Papers are policy statements published by the British parliament on the subject of tremendous public importance.
• Blue Books are the official reports of the British Government.
• White Books are the official publications of the countries like Portugal, China, and Germany.
• Yellow Books are the official records of France.
• Grey Books are the official policy as well as reports of the Japanese government.
• Green Books are the official reports of the Italian government.
• Orange Books are the official publication of the Netherlands.
• Lenin wrote ‘the state and revolution’.
• Ibn-e-Khaldun retired as a judge.
• Al Ghazali is known as Hujatul Islam.
• The name of the book which Al-Farabi wrote is ‘Ara Madinatul Fazila’.
• Plato wrote ‘the laws’.
• Aristotle founded ‘the lyceum’.
• Mao wrote ‘On contradictions’.
• J.S. Mill wrote ‘On liberty’.
• Witness to surrender=Siddique Saliq.
• A short history of Pak:=I.H.Qureshi.
• Discovery of Pak:= A.Aziz.
• Foundation of Pak: = Sharifuddin Pirzada.
• Five Thousand Years of Pak::= R.E.M. Wheeler.
• History of Freedom Movement=I.H.Qureshi.
• Jinnah of Pak: = Stanley Woolpert.
• Jinnah as I know him= Abdul Hassan Isphahani.
• The Making of Pakistan= Richard Symonds.
• The Making of Pakistan=K.K.Aziz.
• Jinnah:Creator of Pak:=Hector Bolithio.
• Quaid-e-Azam: The Story of A Nation=G.Allana.
• India wins Freedom= Abdul Kalam Azad.
• Emergence of Pak:=Ch: Rahmat Ali.
• Towards Pakistan=Wahiduzaman
• Transfer of Power in India=V.P.Memon.
• Pak: Nagozeer Tha= Syed Hasan Raza.
• Quaid-i-Azam & Pakistan=Ahmed Hassan Dani.
• Friends not Masters=Ayub Khan.
• The Pakistan Issue= Nazir Yar Jung.
• Quid wrote the preface of “My Leader”=Ziauddin Ahmed.
• Muslim Nationalism in India= Malik Hafeez.
• Pathway to Pak: = Ch: Khaiquzzaman.
• The Indian Musalimans= W.W.Hunter.
• Our Struggle=Mohd: Noman.
• Evolution of Pak: Sharifuddin Pirzada.
• Mohd: Ali Jinnah=G.Allana.
• Birth of Pak: =Dr. Sachin.
• Pak: the Heart of Asia= Liaquat Ali Khan.
• Incomplete Partition = Alastair Lamb.
• Birth of a tragedy= Dr. Tahir Amir.
• My Last day with Quaid=Ilahi Bux
• Outline of a scheme of Indian Federation=Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan.
• Thought on Pakistan= Ambedkar.
• ‘Freedom’ at Midnight= Larry Collins
• Hayat-e-Javed was written by Altaf Hussain Hali.
• The Forgotten Years is an autobiography of from Foreign Minister Sir Zafarullah Khan.
• Mission with Mountabatten=Alan Campbell Johnson.
• Religious Thought of Sayyid Ahmed Khan==Bahir Ahmad Dar.
• The Cambridge History of the British Empire=H.H.Dodwell.
• Oxford History of India=Vincent Smith.
• India, Pakistan & the West=Percival Smith.
• The book “party politics in Pakistan’ (1947-58) is written by K.K.AZIZ.
• Alice in Wonderland is a book written by Lewis Carrol.
• Edwina and Nehru is written by Catherine Clement.
• Beloved is a novel authored by Toni Morrison.
• Conquest of Happiness was authored by Bertrand Russel.
• Crossing the Threshold of Hope was authored by Pope John Paul II.
• Gulliver’s Travel is authored by Jonathan Swift in which there is description of the island of Lilliputs.
• Higher than Hopes is biography of Nelson Mandela.
• India Divided is a book written by Dr. Rajenra Parsad.
• Indian War of Independence is a book written by V.D. Savarkar.
• Kubla Khan is a poem by Coleridge.
• Life Divine is a book written by Sri Aurobindo.
• Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus is the book written by John Gray.
• Mother India is a book written by Katherine Mayo.
• My Frozen Turbulence in Kashmir is written by Jagmohan.
• Unto This Last is written by Ruskin.
• Who wrote Gone with the Wind: Margaret Mitchell
• Who wrote “History of God”? Karen Armstrong
• Raghuvasma was written by Kalidas.
• Grief and Hope is a book written by Noa Ben Artizi-Plossof, grand-daughter of slain Israili PM Yitzak Rabin.
• Freedom Behind Bars is a book written by Kiran Bedi.
• Hayat-e-Jawaid, written by Altaf Hussain Hali, is on the life of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan.
• “The Sun also Rises” is written by Earnest Hemingway.
• Khadija Mastoor wrote Angan.
• Imam Ghazali is the author of Ihya-ul-Uloom.
• Montesquieu wrote ‘the spirit of laws’.
• Who wrote the book – Call of the Wild-Jack London
• Who wrote “Voyage through History”? Musarrt Hussain Zuberi
• Who is the author of “Preparing for the Twenty First Century”? Paul Kennedy
• Who wrote “Supreme Court and Human Rights”? Tamizuddin
• The author of famous book, “Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy” is Henry Kissinger.
• ‘Rise and Fall of Great Powers’ is the work of Paul Kennedy.
• My Experiments with Truth is autobiography of Mahtma Gandhi.
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE MCQS Notes 