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CSS & PMS General Knowledge BOOK PDF
CSS & PMS General Knowledge BOOK PDF
CSS & PMS General Knowledge BOOK PDF
The data of this book is collected from old papers of CSS, PMS, FPSC, PPSC
& NTS. Solved MCQs.
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List of Content is as under:-
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EVERY DAY & GENERAL SCIENCE c or
CURRENCIES
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CAPITALS OF COUNTRIES
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UNITS OF MEASUREMENT
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Global Information
INVENTIONS
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First aero plane flight across the English Channel Louis Bleriot
nf
First airplane flight over the North Pole 9th May 1926 (Floyd Bennett and Richard
r.i
E. Byrd)
ne
First Alloy Bronze c or
First analogue computer Lord Kelvin
es
First Chinese astronaut in space Col. Yang Liwei (15 Oct 2003)
w
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First Flight of Space Shuttle 4th December, 1981 manned by John Young and
Robert Crippen
First fruit tree Date-palm
First general-purpose orbiting observatory Hubble Space Telescope (Launched on
April 24, 1990, named after US astronomer Edwin P. Hubble)
First Heart Transplant *** Dr. Christian Neethling Barnard (South Africa) Dec. 3,
1967
First Hydrogen bomb test (USA) Nov 1952 at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific
o
First liver transplant recipient Lichirou Tsuruyama of Japan (July 1889)
nf
First lunar probe Luna 1, (Launched by USSR on 2nd Jan 1959)
r.i
ne
First man to walk in space Alexei Leonov (Russian Astronaut in 1965)
First man to walk on the moon Neil Alden Armstrong USA on 21st July 1969
c or
First man-made object to leave the solar system Pioneer 10
es
First non-stop balloon journey around the world Brian Jones and Bertrand Piccard
pl
(1999)
m
First non-stop solo flight across Atlantic Ocean Charles Augustus Lindbergh
.e
(USA)
w
First Nuclear test Alamogordo desert (New Mexico in USA) (July 16, 1945 before
w
w
dawn)
First person in space Yuri Gagarin (USSR) on 12th April 1961, when he orbited
the Earth aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft
First person to fly in a balloon Dr. Pilatre de Rozier
first person to walk on the moon Neil Armstrong (USA) on 21st July 1969
First programmable digital computer Z3, 1941
First programmable electronic computer Colossus, 1943
First programmer Ada Lovelace (1815 – 1852)
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First transcontinental flight 10th Dec 1911 (Flown by Calbraith P. Rodgers)
nf
First unmanned landing on Mars 1971 by USA
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ne
First US space station Skylab-I
First US spacecraft to reach moon Ranger 4
c or
First US woman in space Sally K. Ride (Challenger on 4th April 1983)
es
First weather satellite in orbit 17th Feb, 1959 (US Navy launched it)
e
1963
m
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Maximum duration of eclipse 7 minutes and 31 seconds
nf
Most common element in the atmosphere Nitrogen
r.i
ne
Most common element in the universe Hydrogen
most easily breakable bone of human body Collar bone
c or
Most expensive metal Platinum
es
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Water in human body 85%.
nf
Weight of the brain of a man 4.8 ounces (Men) 4.4 ounces (Women)
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INVENTIONS c or
es
Abacus China
e
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Camera (Photographic) Joseph N. Niepce
nf
Carburettor Gottlieb Daimler
r.i
ne
Cash Register James Ritty
Cathode Ray Tube William Crookes c or
Cement Joseph Aspdin
es
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Electric Vacuum Cleaner James Spangler
nf
Electric Welding Elihu Thomson
r.i
ne
Electrocardiogram William Einthoven
Electronic Computer J. Presper Eckert and John W. Mauchly
or
c
Electromagnet William Sturgeon
es
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Kodak Camera Eastman and Walker
nf
Life Preserver John Edwards
r.i
ne
Logarithm John Napier
Machine Gun Richard J. Gatling c or
Micrometer William Gascoigne
es
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Printing press Johann Gutenberg
nf
Radar Robert Watson
r.i
ne
Radium Mario Curie Pierre Curie
Railway engine Richard Trevithick cor
Razor blade King Camp Gillette
es
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Telescope Galileo
nf
Television John L. Baird
r.i
ne
Thermometer Galileo Galilie
Thermometer (Mercury) Gabriel D. Fahrenheit
c or
Thermos Bottle James Dewar
es
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Global Information
“Asia Minor” Turkey
o
nf
“Axis of evil” Iraq, North Korea and Iran (Declared by Bush)
r.i
“Boot of Europe” Italy
ne
“Britain of South” New Zealand
“Buffer State of Asia” Afghanistan
c or
es
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“City of Peace” Baghdad
nf
“City of Pool Nectar” Amritsar
r.i
“City of Popes” Rome
ne
“City of Priests” Rome or
“City of Rams” Guangzhou (China)
c
es
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o
“Father of Botany” Theophrastus
nf
“Father of Civil Engineering” John Smeaton
r.i
“Father of Computer” Charles Babbage
ne
“Father of Economics” Adam Smith or
“Father of English prose” Samuel De Champlain
c
es
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“The four elements” Earth, air, fire, and water
nf
“Garden of England” Kent
r.i
“Gateway to Central Asia” Gawadar (Pakistan)
ne
“Gateway to East” Beirut or
“Gateway to Gulf” Abu Dhabi
c
es
15
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o
“Key of Mediterranean” Gibraltar
nf
“King of German Literature” Goethe
r.i
“Lady with the Lamp” Florence Nightingale
ne
“Land gate of the country” Belarus or
“Land of Amber” Lithuania
c
es
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“Land of rising Sun” Japan
nf
“Land of rivers” Bangladesh
r.i
“Land of seven hills” Rome
ne
“Land of South Slaves” Yugoslavia or
“Land of Thousand Islands” Indonesia
c
es
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o
“Roof of the World” Tibet and Pamirs
nf
“Scourge of God” Attila
r.i
“Shock and Awe” US campaign in Iraq
ne
“Sick man of Europe” Turkey or
“Sick Man of Europe” Turkey
c
es
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UNITS OF MEASUREMENT
o
nf
One Furlong 660 feet
r.i
One Gigabyte (GB) 1024 Megabytes
ne
One Grain 64.799 milligrams
One Hectare 2.471 Acres
c or
es
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One sq meter 10.764 sq feet
nf
One sq mile 640 Acres
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ne
One sq yard 0.836 sq meter
One stone 6.350 kg c or
One Tola 11.636 grams
es
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nf
A study of history Arnold Joseph Toynbee
r.i
A wreath of roses Elizabeth Taylor
ne
Abu Bin Adhem Leigh Hunt
Adonais Shelley
c or
es
Aeneid Virgil
oy
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Beyond good and evil Friedrich Nietzsche
nf
Biographia Literaria S. T. Coleridge
r.i
Birth of Briton” Winston Churchill
ne
Bleak House Charles Dickens cor
Bridge of time Sarojini Naidu
es
Christabel S. T. Coleridge
Christmas Carol Charles Dickens
Civilization on Trial Arnold Toynbee
Clarissa: or, The History of a Young Lady Samuel Richardson
Cold Comfort Farm Stella Gibbons
Comedy of Errors* William Shakespeare
Communist Manifesto Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
The complete angler Izaak Walton
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Dance of death Wystan Hugh Auden
nf
Dance to the Music of Time Anthony Powell
r.i
ne
Das Capital Karl Marx
David Copper field Charles Dickens cor
The Death of Ivan Ilyich Leo Tolstoy
es
Decameron Boccaccio
e
oy
Dialogues Plato
m
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Freedom in exile Dalai Lama
nf
French Revolution Thomas Carlyle
r.i
ne
From Here to Eternity James Jones
The Ghost Sonata August Strindberg c or
Gitanjali Rabindranath Tagore
es
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o
The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien
nf
Hound of the Baskervilles Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
r.i
ne
Human Comedy Honoré de Balzac
The Idiot Fyodor Dostoyevsky cor
Iliad Homer
es
25
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Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman
nf
The legend of sleep Hollow Washington Irving
r.i
ne
Light of Asia Sir Edwin Arnold
Little women Louisa May Alcott cor
Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Mandela
es
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o
Mien Kemp Adolf Hitler
nf
Mill on the Floss George Eliot
r.i
ne
Miss Julie August Strindberg
Moby Dick Herman Melville c or
Moonstone Wilkie Collins
es
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o
Othello William Shakespeare
nf
Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens
r.i
ne
Outline of the history of the world H. G. Wells
Pale fire Vladimir Nabokov c or
Palestine; peace not apartheid Jimmy Carter
es
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Republic Plato
nf
Resurrection Tolstoy
r.i
ne
Revelations of Divine Love Julian
Revolution and independence William Wordsworth
c or
The ring and the book Robert Browning
es
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Tales of unrest Joseph Canvas
nf
Taming of the Shrew Shakespeare
r.i
ne
Tempest Shakespeare
Tenant of Wild fell Hall Charlotte Bronte c or
Theory of Moral Sentiments Adam Smith
es
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The Voyage Out Virginia Woolf
nf
War and peace * Leo Tolstoy
r.i
ne
The War of the Worlds H. G. Wells
Waste Land T.S. Eliot c or
The Waves Virginia Woolf
es
31
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o
“Ghalba-e-Room” Maulana Zafar Ali Khan
nf
“Ghaniat-ut-Talibin” Abdul Qadir Jilani
r.i
“Hidaya” Maulana Burhan-ud-din Mehmood Balkhi
ne
“Hujjat-ullah-Al-Baligha” Hazrat Shah Wali-ullah
or
“Isbat-un-Nabuwwat” Hazrat Mujaddid Alf Sani
c
es
32
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o
“Life of the prophet (SAW)” Ibn Hisham
nf
“Mad-o-Jazar-e-Islam” Maulana Altaf Hussain Hali
r.i
“Masharaq-ul-Anwar” Imam Hassan al-Saghani
ne
“Mauta Imam Malik” Imam Malik Bin Anas or
“Mohsin-e-Insaniat” Naeem Siddiqui
c
es
33
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o
“Sunan Dar Qatni” Abul Hassan Ali Dar Qatni
nf
“Sunan Darmi” Abu Muhammad Abdullah Bin Abdul Rehman Darmi
r.i
“Sunan Hakim” Muhammad Hakim
ne
“Tafhim-ul-Quran” Maulana Abul A‟la Maudoodi
or
“Tafseer-e-Haqqani” Maulvi Abdul Haq
c
es
“Tarikh-e-Kabir” Ibn-e-Asakir
“Tauhid-e-Shahudi” Hazrat Mujaddid Alf Sani
“Tazkira-tul-Aulia” Khawaja Farid-ud-din Atar
“Aab-e-Hayat” * Muhammad Hussain Azad
“Aag Ka Darya” Qura-tul-Ain Haider
“Afqar-e-Iqbal” Dr. Javed Iqbal
“Akhir-e-Shab Ke Hamsafar” Qura-tul-Ain Haider
“Alipur ka Aili” Mumtaz Mufti
34
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o
“Chah-e-Yousaf Se Sada” Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani
nf
“Chandni Begum” Qura-tul-Ain Haider
r.i
“Chadar Char Deewari Aur Chandni” Bushra Rehman
ne
“Dast-e-Saba” Faiz Ahmed Faiz or
“Dasht-e-Wafa” Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi
c
es
35
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o
“Mir‟at-ul-Uroos” Deputy Nazir Ahmed
nf
“Mirza Sahiban” Hafiz Barkhurdar
r.i
“Muqalat-e-Sir Syed” Maulana Ismail Panipatti
ne
“Muqadama-e-Kashmir” Sardar Abdul Qayum Khanor
“Muqaddama-e-Shi‟ro-Sha‟iri” Altaf Hussain Hali
c
es
36
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o
“Urdu-e-Mu‟alla” Assad-ullah Khan Ghalib
nf
“Whispers of the desert” Fatima Bhutto
r.i
“Ya Khuda” Qudrat-ullah Shahab
ne
“Yadgar-e-Ghalib” Altaf Hussain Hali c or
Zindan Nama Faiz Ahmed Faiz
es
CAPITALS OF COUNTRIES
.e
w
w
w
Afghanistan Kabul
Albania* Tirana
Algeria Algiers (El Djazair)
Andorra Andorra La Vela
Angola Luanda
Antigua Barbuda St. John
Argentina Buenos Aires
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Armenia Yerevan
Australia Canberra
Austria Vienna
Azerbaijan Baku
Bahamas * Nassau
Bahrain* Manama
Bangladesh Dhaka
Belarus Minsk
o
Belgium Brussels
nf
Belize Belmopan
r.i
ne
Benin Porto-Novo
Bermuda Hamilton or
c
Bhutan Thimphu
es
Bolivia * La Paz
e
oy
Botswana Gaborone
m
Brazil Brasilia
.e
Bulgaria Sofia
w
w
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Chile * Santiago
China Beijing
Colombia Bogotá
Comoros Moroni
Congo (Zaire) Kinshasa
Costa Rica San Jose
Croatia Zagreb
Cuba Havana
o
Cyprus Nicosia
nf
Czech Republic Prague
r.i
ne
Denmark Copenhagen
Djibouti Djibouti or
c
Dominica Roseau
es
Ecuador Quito
pl
Ecuador Quito
.e
Egypt Cairo
w
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Gambia Banjul
Georgia Tbilisi
Germany Berlin
Ghana Accra
Greece * Athens
Grenada Saint George
Guatemala Guatemala City
Guinea Conakry
o
Guinea Bissau Bissau
nf
Guyana George Town
r.i
ne
Haiti Port-au-Prince
Honduras Tegucigalpa c or
Hungary Budapest
es
Iceland Reykjavik
e
oy
Indonesia Jakarta
m
Iran Tehran
.e
Iraq Baghdad
w
Ireland * Dublin
w
w
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Kossovo Pristina
Kuwait Kuwait City
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek
Laos Vientiane
Latvia Riga
Lebanon Beirut
Lesotho Maseru
Liberia Monrovia
o
Libya * Tripoli
nf
Liechtenstein Vaduz
r.i
ne
Lithuania * Vilnius
Luxembourg Luxembourg c or
Macedonia Skopje
es
Madagascar Antananarivo
e
oy
Malawi Lilongwe
pl
Maldives Male
.e
Mali Bamako
w
Malta Valletta
w
w
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Morocco Rabat
Mozambique Maputo
Namibia Windhoek
Nauru Yaren
Nepal Kathmandu
Netherlands * Amsterdam
New Zealand Wellington
Nicaragua Managua
o
Niger Niamey
nf
Nigeria Abuja
r.i
ne
North Korea Pyongyang
Norway Oslo or
c
Oman Muscat
es
Pakistan Islamabad
e
oy
Paraguay Asuncion
.e
Peru Lima
w
Philippines Manila
w
w
Poland Warsaw
Portugal Lisbon
Qatar Doha
Romania Bucharest
Russia Moscow
Rwanda * Kigali
Samoa Apia
San Marino San Marino
42
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o
Solomon Islands Honiara
nf
Somalia * Mogadishu
r.i
ne
South Africa Cape Town/ Pretoria
South Korea Seoul or
c
Spain Madrid
es
Sudan Khartoum
pl
Suriname Paramaribo
m
Swaziland Mbabane
.e
Sweden * Stockholm
w
Switzerland Bern
w
w
Syria Damascus
Taiwan Taipei
Tajikistan Dushanbe
Tanzania Dar-us-Salaam/ Dodoma
Thailand Bangkok
Togo Lome
Tonga Nuku‟alofa
Trinidad and Tobago Port-of-Spain
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Tunisia Tunis
Turkey Ankara
Turkmenistan Ashgabat
Tuvalu Funafuti
Uganda Kampala
Ukraine Kiev
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom London
o
United States Washington D.C.
nf
Uruguay Montevideo
r.i
ne
Uzbekistan Tashkent
Vanuatu Vila c or
Vatican City Vatican City
es
Venezuela Caracas
e
oy
Vietnam Hanoi
Yemen Sana‟a
pl
m
Yugoslavia * Belgrade
.e
Zambia Lusaka
w
Zimbabwe Harare
w
w
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Attock Indus
Baghdad Tigris
Bahawalpur Sutlej
Bangkok Menam
Basra Shatt-al-Arab
Bedford (UK) Ouse
Belgrade Danube
Berlin Spree
o
Bonn Rhine
nf
Brussels Senno
r.i
ne
Bucharest Dombovita
Budapest (Hungary) Danube c or
Buenos Aires Rio-de-la-Plata
es
Cairo Nile
e
oy
Chittagong Karnaphuli
pl
Damascus Barada
m
Delhi Jumna
.e
Dublin Liffey
w
w
Glasgow Clyde
Hamburg (Germany) Elbe
Hyderabad Indus
Kansas Missouri
Khartoum Nile
Kiev Knieper-densa
Kolkata Hoogli
Lisban Tagus
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Liverpool Mersey
London Thames
Lucknow Gumti
Madrid Manganares
Moscow Moskva River
Mosul (Iraq) Tigris
Oklahama (USA) North Canadian
Ottawa Ottawa
o
Paris Seine
nf
Patna Ganges
r.i
ne
Philadelphia Delaware
Prague Vltava or
c
Riga Daugaua
es
Rohri Indus
e
oy
Rome Tiber
pl
Sukkar Indus
.e
Tokyo Sumida
w
w
Varanci Ganges
Vienna Danube
Warsaw Vistula
Washington Potamac
Wazirabad Chenab
Zagreb Sava
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CURRENCIES
Afghanistan Afghani
Algeria Algerian Dinar
Argentina Argentine Peso
Australia * Australian Dollar
Azerbaijan Azerbaijani Manat
o
nf
Bahrain Bahraini Dinar
r.i
Barbados Dollar
ne
Belgium Euro
Benin CFA Franc
or
c
es
Bolivia Peso
e
Botswana Pula
oy
Burundi Franc
w
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Ecuador Sacre
El Salvador Colon
Estonia Estonian Kroon
Fiji Dollar
France Euro
Gambia Dalasi
Germany Euro
Greece Euro
o
Guatemala Quetzal
nf
Guinea Bissau Peso
r.i
ne
Haiti Gourde
Hong Kong Hong Kong Dollar c or
Hungary Forint
es
Iran * Riyal
pl
Ireland Euro
m
Italy Euro
.e
Japan Yen
w
Kazakhstan Tenge
w
w
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o
New Zealand * New Zealand Dollar
nf
Niger CFA Franc
r.i
ne
North Korea North Korean Won
Oman Omani Riyal or
c
Papua New Guinea Kina
es
Poland Zloty
pl
Samoa Tala
w
Seychelles Rupee
Singapore Singapore Dollar
Slovenia Tolar
Solomon Islands Dollar
South Korea South Korean Won
Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Rupee
Suriname Guilder
Sweden Swedish Krona
49
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o
Vatican City Vatican Lira
nf
Vietnam Dong
r.i
ne
Yugoslavia Dinar
Zimbabwe Zimbabwean Dollar c or
es
Albania Lek
e
Angola Kwanza
oy
Armenia Dram
pl
Austria Euro
m
Bahamas Dollar
.e
w
Bangladesh Taka
w
Belize Dollar
Bhutan* Ngultrum and Rupee
Bosnia Herzegovina Marka
Brazil * Real
Bulgaria * Lev
Burma Kyat
Cambodia Riel
50
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o
East Timor Dollar
nf
Egypt * Egyptian Pound
r.i
ne
Eritrea Birr
Ethiopia Birr c or
Finland Euro
es
Georgia Lavi
pl
Ghana Cedi
m
Grenada Dollar
.e
Guinea Franc
w
Guyana Dollar
w
w
Honduras Lempira
Iceland Krona
Indonesia * Rupiah
Iraq Iraqi Dinar
Israel New Shekel
Jamaica Dollar
Jordan Jordanian Dinar
Kenya Kenya Shilling
51
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o
Malta Lira
nf
Mauritania Ouguiya
r.i
ne
Mexico Mexican Peso
Monaco Franc c or
Morocco Dirham
es
Myanmar Kyat
e
oy
Netherlands Euro
m
Nicaragua Cordoba
.e
Nigeria * Naira
w
Panama Balboa
Paraguay Guarani
Philippines Philippine Peso
Portugal Euro
Romania Leu
Rwanda Franc
San Marino Italian Lira
Senegal CFA Franc
52
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o
Taiwan Taiwan Dollar
nf
Thailand Baht
r.i
ne
Togo CFA Franc
Tunisia Dinar c or
Turkmenistan Turkmen Manat
es
USA US Dollar
m
Venezuela Bolivar
w
Yemen Riyal
w
w
53
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o
Birthplace of George Washington Wakefield
nf
Birthplace of Mussolini Romagna
r.i
ne
Birthplace of Napoleon Corsica (French island)
Birthplace of Saddam Hussain Tikrit village (Iraq) His father was a peasant.
c or
Birthplace of Stalin Gori (Tiflis)
es
Deepest Lake of the World Lake Baikal in Southern Serbia with a depth of 1,743
pl
m (5,714 ft)
m
54
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o
First Asian games at New Delhi in 1951
nf
First Asian Hockey Championship in Tokyo in 1958 in which Pakistan defeated
r.i
ne
India.
First Asian Nobel Laureate Rabindre Nath Tagore
c or
First Bachelor President of India Abdul Kalam
es
First batsman to score 15000 runs Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (30th June 2007)
pl
First black African nation to gain independence Ghana (6th March 1957)
m
First black athlete to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics Vonetta Flowers
.e
(2002 Olympics)
w
First black woman to win Academy Award for best actress Halle Berry (2002)
First blind governor of USA David Paterson (Since Mar 2008)
First blind person to scale Mount Everest Erik Weihenmayer (2000)
First book for blinds Gospel of St. Mark (1833)
First book of the world Printed in 1457 AD
First bowler to have 4 wickets on 4 balls Malinga of Sri Lanka
First boxer to win the world heavyweight championship title three different times
Muhammad Ali Clay
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First centenarian in British royal history Queen Elizabeth (August 04, 2000)
First Chancellor of Federal Germany Conrad Adenauer (1949 – 63)
First Chancellor of Germany after re-union Helmut Kohl
First child born of English parents in America Virginia Dare (18th Aug 1587)
First Christmas celebration December 25, AD 336 in Rome
First Christian Missionaries Apostles
First circumnavigation of Australia Matthew Flinders (1803 AD)
First colour photograph in 1861 by James Maxwell
o
First Communist State in West Cuba (under Fidel Castro)
nf
First country to allow women the vote New Zealand (1893)
r.i
ne
First country to allow women to stand for election Norway (1907)
First couple to scale Mount Everest Phil and Susan Ershler (16th May 2002)
c or
First court poet of English language John Dryden
es
First cricketer to score more than 8,000 runs and 200 wickets in test as well as
e
oy
of Iceland
First democratically elected president of Russia Boris Yeltsin (1991 – 1999)
First Democratic Arab country Egypt (1860)
First Deputy Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia Khalid
First dictator of Soviet Union V I Lenin
First Director of FBI John Edgar Hoover (1935 – 72)
First e-mail 1971 Ray Tomlinson (U.S.A.)
First Emperor of China Shi Huang (221 – 210 BC)
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o
First European to see the Pacific Ocean Vasco Nunez de Balboa (1513)
nf
First FM Radio broadcast 5 Jan 1940 in USA
r.i
First film of President Reagan “Lovers on the air”
ne
First film shown to public 23rd April 1896 in New York
or
First “First Lady” of America Martha Custis Washington,
c
es
First “First Lady” of USA to become Senate member Hillary Rodham Clinton
e
First general elections of South Africa April 1994 (Nelson Mandela‟s ANC won)
pl
m
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o
First murderer of the world Cain (Son of Adam) killed his younger brother Abel
nf
First Muslim in US Congress Rep Keith Ellison
r.i
First Muslim Dynasty in India Slave Dynasty 1206 – 1290 AD
ne
First Muslim Nobel Laureate Dr. Abdul Salam of Pakistan
c or
First Muslim Nobel Laureate of Peace Anwar Al-Sadat
es
(1997)
pl
First Muslim President of India Dr. Zakir Hussain (13th May 1967 – 3rd May
1969)
First Muslim scientist to win a Nobel Prize Dr. Abdul Salam
First Muslim woman Chancellor Begum Ra‟ana Liaquat Ali Khan
First Muslim woman delegate in UN Begum Ra‟ana Liaquat Ali Khan of Pakistan
First Muslim woman President of UN General Assembly Sheikh Haya Rashid al-
Khalifa (June 2006)
First Muslim woman Ambassador of the World Begum Ra‟ana Liaquat Ali
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(Netherlands 1954)
First Muslim woman Chancellor Begum Ra‟ana Liaquat Ali Khan
First Muslim woman delegate in UN Begum Ra‟ana Liaquat Ali Khan
First Muslim woman governor of the world Begum Ra‟ana Liaquat Ali Khan
(Sind)
First Muslim Woman PM Benazir Bhutto
First Muslim Woman Speaker National Assembly Dr. Fehmida Mirza of Pakistan
(Mar 2008)
o
First National Government of the world King Menes of Egypt
nf
First National Park Yellow Stone National Park USA
r.i
ne
First Nobel Prizes 10th Dec 1901
First Nobel Prize in Chemistry Jacobus H. van‟t Hoff of Netherlands (1969)
c or
First Nobel Prize in Economics Ragnar Frisch of Norway and Jan Tin Bergen of
es
Netherlands (1969)
e
oy
First Nobel Prize in Medicine Emil Adolph von Behring of Germany (1901)
m
First Nobel Prize of Peace Jean Henri Dunant (Switzerland) and Frederic Passy
.e
(France) in 1901
w
First novel The story of Genji, was written in 1007 by Japanese noble woman,
Murasaki Shikibu
First Non-Italian Pope John Paul II (Poland)
First Nuclear disaster Charnubal
First Oscar Awards (Academy Awards) 1929
First person on the moon Neil Armstrong of USA (20 July 1969)
First person to be convicted by the process of DNA fingerprinting Colin Pitchfork
(1988)
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o
First Person to scale Mount Everest Edmond Hillary (New Zealand) and Tensing
nf
Norgay (Nepal) on 29th May, 1953
r.i
ne
First person to scale Mount Everest twice Nawang Gombu Sherpa ( 20 May 1965)
First person to swim the English Channel Matthew Webb, ( 1875)
c or
First person to walk in space Aleksei Leonov (USSR) during Voskhod 2 mission
es
(1965)
e
oy
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o
First Presidential elections in Afghanistan 9th Oct. 2004
nf
First Prime Minister of Algeria Ahmed Ben Bella (1962–63)
r.i
ne
First Prime Minister of Australia Edmund Barton (1901)
First Prime minister of Bangladesh Mujib-ur-Rehman
c or
First Prime Minister of Canada John Alexander McDonald
es
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Faisal Qureshi
o
First sentence by telephone On 10th March 1876 Graham Bell told his assistant,
nf
“Mr. Watson, come here; I want you.”
r.i
ne
First session of the General Assembly 10th Jan 1946 in London
First Sikh temple Kartarpur (Pakistan) or
c
First skyscraper of the world Home Insurance Building in Chicago
es
First talkie film , “The Jazz Singer” released on 6th Oct 1927 in a cenima of New
.e
First test match on 15-19 March 1877 at Melbourne between Australia and
w
w
England
First test tube baby Louis Brown
First translation of Bible into English John Wickliffe
First tree on earth Date-palm
First Twenty20 World Cup winner India in Australia in Sep 2007 (Pakistan was
runner up)
First underground Railway London (1863)
First united Chinese empire Shi Huangdi
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o
First US President of win a Nobel Prize Theodore Roosevelt (1906)
nf
First US soldier to be killed in Vietnam war James Davis (22nd Dec 1961)
r.i
ne
First US state to ratify US constitution Delaware
First US state to secede from union South Carolina
c or
First US Vice President to resign Spiro T. Agnew (Oct 11, 1973)
es
First US Vice President to serve as acting President George Herbert Walker Bush,
e
oy
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o
First Woman President of UN General Assembly Vijayalakshmi Pandit (India)
nf
First woman Prime Minister of Bangladesh Khalida Zia widow of General Zia-ur-
r.i
ne
Rehman, former President of Bangladesh
First woman Prime Minister of Canada Kim Campbell
c or
First woman Prime Minister of Europe Margaret Hilda Thatcher of UK
es
First Woman Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Clark (Nov 1999)
.e
First woman Prime Minister of South Korea Han Myung-Sook (Mar 2006)
w
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First woman to reach South Pole Group of Six (11th Nov 1969)
First woman to receive Nobel Prize in literature Selma Lagerlof (Sweden)
First woman to die on Mount Everest Hannelore Schmatz
First woman to sail around the world Bougainville
First woman to scale Mount Everest Junko Tabei (Japan)
First woman to scale Mount Everest without oxygen Lydia Bradey of New Zealand
( 14 Nov 1988)
First woman to swim across English Channel Gertrude Ederle
o
First woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal Charlotte Cooper (in 1900)
nf
First woman US Secretary of State Madeleine Corbel Albright
r.i
ne
First women Cricket match Inaugurated in 1934 when Australia and England
Greatest Russian poet Alexander Pushkin c or
Greatest scientific mind of the world Ian Stein
es
Heaviest rainfall in one month Cherapoonje (India) 36, 614 inches in July 1861
m
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Faisal Qureshi
Highest Peak of the world Mount Everest ((29028 feet / 8850 m),
Highest plateau in elevation Tibetan Plateau in China
Highest point of earth Mount Everest
Highest waterfall in the world Salt Angel Falls in the Guiana Highlands of SE
Venezuela (978 m)
Hottest place of the world Dalol Danaki (Ethiopia)
Largest active volcano Mauna Loa in Hawaii (USA)
Largest animal Blue Whales
o
Largest bay in the world Bay of Bengal
nf
Largest bird in the world Ostrich of N Africa is the. It can run with a speed of 65
r.i
ne
km/h.
Largest boiling river A hot spring in Deildartunguhver (Iceland) 99 C
c or
Largest delta Sundarban in Bangladesh (8, 000 sq. miles)
es
Largest desert of the world Sahara Desert (it covers most of the North Africa)
e
oy
Largest freshwater lake in Europe and Asia Lake Baikal in southern Siberia
w
w
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Largest mountain range Himalaya Mountain range is the, which extends 2400 km
Largest natural lake Caspian Sea
Largest ocean in the world Pacific Ocean
Largest peninsula in the world Saudi Arabia
Largest planet in the Solar System Jupiter Its size is 1300 times that of earth.
Largest Pyramid Pyramid of King Khufu (533 ft high, covering 13 acre)
Largest river basin Amazon Basin
Largest river gorge Grand Canyon in USA
o
Largest river of South America Amazon (2nd largest in the world)
nf
Largest river of USA Mississippi
r.i
ne
Largest rubber producer Malaysia
Largest sale of land USA purchased Louisiana on 20th Dec 1803
c or
Largest salt-water lake Caspian Sea (3, 72, 000 sq. km)
es
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o
Longest insect Stick insect
nf
Longest irrigation canal Karakumsky Kanal in Turkmenistan
r.i
ne
Longest lasting rainbow Sheffield (UK) 6 hours in 1994
Longest mountain range Andes in South America
or
Longest reign as Queen in British history Queen Alexandrina Victoria (1837 –
c
es
1901)
e
oy
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Faisal Qureshi
o
Lowest town The Israeli settlement of the Ein Bokek, on the shores of the dead sea.
nf
Marathon race distance * 26 miles
r.i
ne
Most abundant gas in the air Nitrogen 78 %
Most abundant insect Wasp or
Most abundant metal in earth‟s crust Aluminium
c
es
Most Common Element Hydrogen is over 90% in the universe, 70.68 % in solar
w
w
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Faisal Qureshi
o
Most lakes and rivers Canada (8.9 % of total area)
nf
Most land frontiers China (14, 900 miles frontier with 12 countries)
r.i
ne
Most languages Papua New Guinea
Most official languages Republic of South Africa (11)
c or
Most played game of the world ` Football
es
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Faisal Qureshi
o
Most Volcanoes ` Indonesia (127)
nf
most widely used metal Iron
r.i
National anthem of USA “The Star-Spangled Banner”
ne
National Emblem of Austria Eagle c or
National Emblem of Canada Maple Leaf
es
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Faisal Qureshi
o
Nearest star Alpha Centauri (40 million km)
nf
Nick Name of USA Uncle Sam
r.i
ne
Nickname of UK John Bull
Oldest Airline K.L.M of Netherlands c or
Oldest Army Swiss Guard in the Vatican City (Rome,Italy)
es
Oldest era of world history Precambrian era (4500 million to 590 million years
m
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Faisal Qureshi
Oldest person to scale Mount Everest` Tamae Watanabe of Japan (63 years on 16th
May 2002)
Oldest president of USA James Knox Polk
Oldest printed book “Hiraka Sutra” (868 AD)
Oldest republic (constitutional) San Marino (3rd Sep 301 AD)
Oldest Surviving Building Pyramids of Egypt
Oldest town Ariha (renamed as Jericho) in Jordan
Oldest US President` James Knox Polk
o
Oldest University of the world Al-Azhar University in Cairo
nf
Oldest wooden structures
r.i
ne
Oldest World No. 1 Tennis Player` Andre Agassi (33 years)
Only American Civil War battle fought on Northern soil Battle of Gettysburg
or
only animal who doesn‟t drink water Koala bear
c
es
Only person to be awarded Nobel Prize and Lenin peace prize ` Mr. Seaw
w
McBride
w
w
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Faisal Qureshi
o
Parliament of Poland Sejm
nf
Parliament of Qatar Advisory Council
r.i
ne
Parliament of Russia Duma
Parliament of Spain Corte‟s cor
Parliament of Sweden Reichstag
es
Ramayana
w
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o
Second largest island New Guinea
nf
Second largest natural lake Superior Lake (Canada-USA)
r.i
ne
Second largest ocean Atlantic ocean (Between Europe and North America)
Second Largest Oil Producer` Iraq c or
Second Largest religion *** Islam
es
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o
Slowest creature Conch-Shell (Shellfish-snail)
nf
Slowest planet Pluto
r.i
ne
Smallest Animal Sloth
Smallest Bird Hummingbird c or
Smallest bone in human body Stapes or Stirrup bone in middle ear
es
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Faisal Qureshi
o
Third highest peak of the world Kanchenjunga (Nepal-India, 28, 208 feet)
nf
Third largest country China (36, 91, 314 sq. miles)
r.i
ne
Third largest lake Lake Victoria (Kenya-Tanzania and Uganda)
Third longest river of the world *** ` Yangtze Kiang (China)
c or
Third most populous city Sao Paulo (Brazil)
es
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