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1
Q

Largest river

A

Amazon

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2
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Longest river

A

Nile

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3
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River that crosses north and south equator

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Congo

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4
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Largest river of asia

A

Yangtze

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5
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Rome is on the banks of
Paris is on the banks of
London is on the banks of
Agra is on the banks of

A

Tiber
Seine
Thames
Jumna (Yumna)

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6
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Largest sea

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South China Sea

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7
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Smallest sea

A

Baltic Sea

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8
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Shallowest Sea

A

Gulf of St. Lawrence

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9
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Deepest point on earth

A

Mariana Trench in Caribbean Sea of Pacific Ocean

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10
Q

Suez canal connects

A

Red sea and Mediterranean sea

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11
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Panama canal connects

A

Pacific ocean with Atlantic ocean

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12
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Oldest Barrage of Pakistan

A

Sukkur Barrage

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13
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Longest Canal of Pakistan

A

Lloyd Canal

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14
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Longest shipping canal in world

A

Beloye-More canal

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15
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Highest dam in the world

A

Rogun dam

Nurek, in some sources

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16
Q

Longest mountain range

A

Andes, South America

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17
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Youngest Mountain range

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Himalayas

Also 2nd longest range

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18
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Asia and Europe are separated by

A

Ural Mountains

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19
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Highest Plateau in the world

i.e. roof of the world

A

Pamir Plateau (Tibet)

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20
Q

Highest mountain

A

Mount Everest of Himalaya

8848m (29028ft)

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21
Q

Second highest mountain

A

K2 (Godwin-Austin)

8611m

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22
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The killer mountain

A

Nanga Parbat

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23
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How many of the eight thousand peakers are in Pakistan

There are 14 in total

A

5

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24
Q

Highest peak of Kirthar Ranges

A

Zardak

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25
Q

Mount Olympus is in

A

Greece

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26
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Largest Lake

A

Caspian Sea Lake

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27
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Largest freshwater lake

A

Superior lake, North America

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28
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Deepest Lake

A

Baikal Lake

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29
Q

Highest Lake

A

Lake Titicaca, South America

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30
Q

Highest waterfall

A

Angels

3281ft

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31
Q

Saltiest Lake

A

Assal lake

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32
Q

Which country has no lakes

A

Australia

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33
Q

Largest gulf

A

Gulf of Mexico

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34
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Largest Bay

A

Hudson Bay

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35
Q

World’s driest place

A

Attacome (Chile)

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36
Q

Largest desert

A

Sahara, North Africa

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37
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Second largest desert

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Arabian desert

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38
Q

Thar desert is of which type

A

Subtropical

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39
Q

Friendly desert

A

Thar

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40
Q

Types of deserts

A

4

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41
Q

Death Valley is in

A

California

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42
Q

Highest mountain pass

A

Bodpola

Tibet (China)

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43
Q

Longest glacier

A

Lambert, Antartica

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44
Q

Continent without glaciers

A

Africa

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45
Q

Length of Khyber Pass

A

56 km

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46
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Connects the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; separates Arabia and Africa

A

Bab ul Mandab Strait

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47
Q

Strait of Bosporous connects

A

Black Sea and Sea of Marmara

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48
Q

Strait of Malacca (longest strait) separates

A

Malaysia and Indonesia

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49
Q

Strait of Gibraltar separates

A

Spain from Africa

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50
Q

Strait of Dardanelles connects

A

Sea of Marmara and Aegean Sea

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51
Q

English Channel separates

A

England from France

They are connected by Dover strait

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52
Q

Strait between Atlantic and Pacific

A

Magellan

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53
Q

Largest Peninsula

A

Arabia

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54
Q

Largest Island

A

Greenland (Kalaalit Nunaat)

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55
Q

Largest Island in Indian Ocean

A

Madagascar

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56
Q

Cuba is an island of

A

Caribbean Sea

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57
Q

Largest Archipelago

A

Indonesia

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58
Q

How many countries in the world have no seaports (landlocked)

A

44

11 in Asia

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59
Q

Planets after Sun

A

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

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60
Q

Mercury

A

Smallest and fastest planet

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61
Q

Brightest, hottest, closest to earth planet

A

Venus (earth’s near twin planet)

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62
Q

Largest planet, largest number of satellites and smallest day

A

Jupiter

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63
Q

Least dense planet

A

Saturn

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64
Q

Sun consists mostly of

A

Hydrogen

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65
Q

Biggest star in our galaxy

A

Proxima Centauri

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66
Q

A comet has a

A

Tail always pointing away from the sun

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67
Q

Solar eclipse is when

A

Moon passes between the sun and the earth

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68
Q

Lunar eclipse is when

A

Earth passes exactly between the moon and the sun

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69
Q

Cosmic year is

A

Period of one revolution of sun around the centre of galaxy

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70
Q

Shape of our milkyway galaxy

A

Spiral

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71
Q

Which planets have no moon

A

Mercury and Venus

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72
Q

Brightest visible star

A

Sirus

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73
Q

Which planet contains great red spot

A

Jupiter

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74
Q

Earth’s natural satellite

A

Moon

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75
Q

Earth revolves around the sun at the speed of

A

29 km/sec

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76
Q

Who first measured the distance round the earth

A

Eratosthenes

Circumference of Earth: 40K km

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77
Q

Earth revolves and rotates from

A

West to East

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78
Q

Horn of Africa

A

Somalia

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79
Q

Land of rising Sun

A

Japan

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80
Q

Land of white elephant

A

Thailand

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81
Q

Forbidden city

A

Lhasa, Tibet

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82
Q

Gibraltar is known as

A

Key to Mediterranean

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83
Q

City of seven hills

A

Rome

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84
Q

Sick man of Europe

A

Turkey

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85
Q

Land of midnight sun

A

Norway

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86
Q

Land of thousand elephants

A

Laos

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87
Q

Land of thunderbolt

A

Bhutan

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88
Q

City of golden gate

A

San Francisco

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89
Q

Land of mighty rivers

A

Nigeria

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90
Q

Land of lilies

A

Canada

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91
Q

City of seas

A

Sydney

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92
Q

Land of thousand lakes

A

Finland

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93
Q

Gift of Nile

A

Egypt

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94
Q

City of Mosques

A

Dhaka

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95
Q

Sorrow of China

A

River Hwang Ho (Yellow River)

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96
Q

City of Flowers

A

Peshawar

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97
Q

Manchester of Pakistan

A

Faisalabad

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98
Q

City of peace and Arabian nights

A

Baghdad

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99
Q

The modern Babylon

A

London

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100
Q

City of colleges

A

Lahor

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101
Q

Land of free people

A

Thailand

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102
Q

City if conferences

A

Geneva

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103
Q

Little Pakistan

A

Bradford

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104
Q

Lion City

A

Singapore

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105
Q

New name: Rhodesia

A

Old name: Zimbabwe

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106
Q

New name: Northern Rhodesia

A

Old Name: Zambia

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107
Q

New name: Indonesia

A

Old name: Batavia

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108
Q

New name: Colombo

A

Old name: Lykomoma

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109
Q

New name: Oslo

A

Old name: Christina

110
Q

Congo

A

Zaire

111
Q

Kalaolit Nunaat

A

Greenland

112
Q

Taiwan

A

Formoso

113
Q

Ghana

A

Gold Coast

114
Q

Japan

A

Nippon

115
Q

Beijing

A

Peking

116
Q

Ho Chi Minh

A

Saigon

117
Q

Harare

A

Salisbury

118
Q

Thailand

A

Siam

119
Q

Switzerland

A

Helvetia

120
Q

World’s oldest religion

A

Hinduism

121
Q

Moses was born in

A

Egypt

122
Q

Jesus Christ was born in

A

Jerusalem

123
Q

Boundaries

A

….

124
Q

Germany and Poland

A

Oder-neisse & Hindenberg

125
Q

Germany and France

A

Maginot & Siegfrid

126
Q

Poland and Russia

A

Curzon

127
Q

Finland and Russia

A

Mannerheim

128
Q

US and Canada

A

49th Parallel

129
Q

South and North Korea

A

38th Parallel

130
Q

South and North Vietnam

A

17th Parallel

131
Q

Peru and Brazil

A

Jack Merison

132
Q

Turkey and Cyprus

A

Green Line

133
Q

India and China

A

McMahon

134
Q

Israel and Neighbors

A

Armistice line

135
Q

Azad and Occupied Kashmir

A

Control Line

136
Q

Plimsoll line

A

A limit a ship can be loaded

137
Q

Parliament

A

Country

138
Q

Riksdag

A

Sweden

139
Q

Shora

A

Afghanistan

140
Q

Jatiya Sangshad

A

Bangladesh

141
Q

National People’s Congress

A

China

142
Q

Majlis

A

Iran

143
Q

Diet

A

Japan

144
Q

National Panchayat

A

Nepal

145
Q

Dewan Rakyat

A

Malaysia

146
Q

Althing (World’s oldest parliament)

A

Iceland

147
Q

Grand National Assembly

A

Turkey

148
Q

Knesset

A

Israel

149
Q

Storting

A

Norway

150
Q

Majlis i Shura

A

Pakistan

151
Q

Advisory Council

A

Qatar

152
Q

Sejm

A

Poland

153
Q

Doma

A

Russia

154
Q

Mother of all parliaments

A

The British Parliament

155
Q

Bundesrat

A

Germany

156
Q

SANA is the news agency of

A

Syria

157
Q

WAFA is the news agency of

A

Palestine

158
Q

MENA is the news agency of

A

Egypt

159
Q

Anatolia is the news agency of

A

Turkey

160
Q

Petra is the news agency of

A

Jordan

161
Q

Intelligence Agencies

A

Countries

162
Q

AMAN, MOSSAD, LEKEM

A

Israel

163
Q

MI5 and MI6

A

Britain

164
Q

RAW (1968)

A

India

165
Q

KGB, FSB, FAPSI

A

Russia

166
Q

NDA, KHAD

A

Afghanistan

167
Q

MIT

A

Turkey

168
Q

SSS

A

Iraq

169
Q

MAD and BNP

A

Germany

170
Q

BIN

A

Indonesia

171
Q

MOIS and Saavak

A

Iran

172
Q

FIA(1974), ISI(1948), NAB(1999), IB(1947)

A

Pakistan

173
Q

Office of Strategic Services (OSS) is the old name of

A

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

174
Q

Nobel Prize was instituted in

A
  1. It is distributed in Sweden
175
Q

Nobel Peace Prize is distributed in

A

Norway

176
Q

Nobel Prize was not awarded in

A

1940-42

177
Q

Who was the first Asian to win Nobel Prize

A

R. N. Tagore in 1913

178
Q

Nobel Prize in economics was started in

A

1969

179
Q

Which country has the largest area

A

Russia

180
Q

Which country has the smallest area

A

Vatican City

181
Q

World’s longest road

A

Pan-Am Highway

182
Q

Longest railway line

A

Trans-Siberian Railway

183
Q

Largest irrigation canal

A

Indira Gandhi canal

184
Q

Highest capital in the world

A

La Paz, Bolivia

185
Q

What is Big Ben

A

A huge clock on the tower of the British Parliament

186
Q

Largest airport

A

King Abdul Aziz Airport

187
Q

World’s biggest oil refinery

A

Abadan, Iran

188
Q

Which country has the longest coastline

A

Canada

189
Q

Largest city in the world

A

Kiruna (Sweden)

190
Q

Coldest place in the world

A

Vostok (Antartica)

191
Q

Smallest matter discovered by the scientists

A

Quark

192
Q

Largest delta of the world

A

Sundarbands, Bangladesh

193
Q

Fastest animal

A

Cheetah

194
Q

Largest Muslim populous country

Lowest Muslim populous country

A

Indonesia

Maldives

195
Q

Area wise largest Muslim country

A

Kazakhstan

196
Q

Who was the first man to to make space flight

A

Yuri Gagarin in 1961

197
Q

World’s largest dam

A

Three Gorges Dam

198
Q

First woman to travel into space

A

Valentina Tereshkova

199
Q

Most densely populated country

A

Monaco

200
Q

First person to reach South Pole

A

Ronald Amundson in 1911

201
Q

First person to reach North Pole

A

Robert Peary in 1911

202
Q

First person to climb Everest

A

Edmund Hillary in 1953

203
Q

Neil Armstrong set foot on moon in

A

1969

204
Q

First woman to climb Everest

A

Junko Taibei

205
Q

First man to sail around the world

A

Ferdinand Magellan

206
Q

Forgot PM of England

A

Sir Robert Walpole

207
Q

First lady Prime Minister in the world

A

Srimavo Bhandarnaike

208
Q

First Lady President in the world

A

Maria Estate Pew, Argentina

209
Q

Oldest town

A

Jericho (formerly called Ariha)

210
Q

Which country has the shortest coastline

A

Monaco

211
Q

Largest hockey stadium in the world

A

National Hockey Stadium Lahore

Also called Gaddafi Stadium

212
Q

World’s largest and highest glacier

A

Siachen

213
Q

First tourist in space

A

Dennis Tito

214
Q

First Muslim women president of UNGA

A

Haya Rashid Al Khalifa, Bahrain

215
Q

Longest frontier

A

US-Canada

216
Q

Oldest flag in the world

A

Denmark

217
Q

Oldest anthem in the world

A

Japan. In some sources it says the Netherlands.

218
Q

Which country has the largest army

A

China

219
Q

Who invented mobile phones

A

Martin Cooper

220
Q

International women’s day is on

A

March 8

221
Q

Aviary

A

Is a place where birds are kept

222
Q

First muslim to win Nobel Prize

A

Anwar Saadat

223
Q

PM of UK at the time of our independence

A

Attlee

224
Q

Agencies….

A

Their HQs….

225
Q

ILO

A

Geneva

226
Q

WHO

A

Geneva

227
Q

WMO

A

Geneva

228
Q

WTO

A

Geneva

229
Q

UNHCR

A

Geneva

230
Q

WEF

A

Geneva

231
Q

Red Cross

A

Geneva

233
Q

Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)

A

Zurich, Switzerland

234
Q

WWF

A

Gland, Switzerland

239
Q

UNICEF

A

New York

241
Q

ICJ

A

Hague, the Netherlands.

Hague is not the capital of the Netherlands.

242
Q

UNDP

A

New York

243
Q

IMF

A

Washington

244
Q

OPEC

A

Vienna

245
Q

World Bank

A

Washington

246
Q

UNWTO of Tourism

A

Madrid

247
Q

IMO

A

London

248
Q

Amnesty International

A

London

250
Q

Interpol

A

Lyon, France

251
Q

OIC

A

Jeddah

252
Q

GCC

A

Riyadh

253
Q

Arab League (AL)

A

Cairo

254
Q

NATO

A

Brussels

256
Q

ICC

A

Dubai

258
Q

SAARC

A

Khatmandu

259
Q

ECO

A

Secretariat: Iran

Economic Bureau: Turkey

260
Q

SCO

A

Beijing

261
Q

ASEAN

A

Jakarta

263
Q

Asian Development Bank

A

Manila, Philippines

266
Q

First SG of UN

A

Trygve Lie from Norway

267
Q

Current SG of UN

A

Antonio Guterres from Portugal

He is the 9th SG of UN

269
Q

IAEA

A

Vienna

274
Q

FAO

A

Rome

275
Q

UNESCO

A

Paris

276
Q

Upcoming Olympic Games

A

Tokyo for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics.

277
Q

2018 Nobel Peace Prize

A 
Nadia Murad (Iraq) 
Denis Mukwege (Congo)
278
Q

2018 Nobel Physics

A 
Arthur Ashkin (United States) 
Gérard Mourou (France )
Donna Strickland (Canada)
279
Q

2018 Nobel Chemistry

A

Frances H. Arnold (United States)
George P. Smith (United States)
Greg Winter (England)

280
Q

2018 Nobel Physiology

A 
James P. Allison (United States) 
Tasuku Honjo (Japan)
281
Q

2018 Nobel Literature

A

None; postponed

282
Q

2018 Nobel Economics

A 
William Nordhaus (United States)
Paul Romer (United States)
283
Q

Who won FIFA 2018 cup

A

France

284
Q

ICC world cup 2015 was won by

A

Australia

285
Q

In terms of Area and Population, which is the largest continent

A

Asia

286
Q

World’s oldest democracy

A

Greece

287
Q

Tallest tree in the world

A

Redwood

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