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News Agencies
1. United states of America , Associated Press (AP)
2. United Kingdom , Reuters
3. Russia , Telegraph Agency of the Sovereign States (TASS), Novosti
4. Malaysia , Malaysian National News Agency (MNNA),, Bernama
5. Italy , Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associate (ANSA) & AGI
6. Israel , Associated Israel Press (AIP)
7. France , Agence France Press (A.F.P)
8. India , Press Trust of India (PTI)
9. India, United News of India (UNI)
10. India , Samachar Bharti
11. India ,Univarta
12. China ,Xin Hua
13. Japan, Kyodo, JiJi
14. Indonesia ,Antara
15. Iran ,Islamic Republic news Agency (IRNA)
16. Germany,Deutsche Presse Agentur (D.P.A.)
17. Palestine,WAFA
18. Australia ,Australian Associated Press (A.A.P)
19. Russia,, ,Novosti
20. Pakistan ,,,Pakistan Press International (P.P.I) and Associated Press of Pakistan (APP)
21. Egypt ,,,Middle East News Agency (MENA)
22. United States of America ,,,United Press International (UP)
23. UAE ,, WAM
24. Yemen ,,, SABA
25. Saudia Arabia ,, SAPA
26. Jordon: PETRA
27. Turkey , ANATOLIA
28. Palestine : WAFA
29. Afghanistan : Bakhtar
30. Bangladesh: BS
31. Syria; SANA
32. Libya ; JANA
33. Iran : IRNA
34. Egypt :: MENA

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TOP 10 BEST INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES IN THE WORLD

1. Inter-Service Intelligence, (ISI) Pakistan

2. Central Intelligence Agency, (CIA) United States
3. Secret Intelligence Service, (MI6) United Kingdom
4. Federal Security Services, (FSB) Russia
5. Bundes nachrichten dienst, (BND) Germany
6. Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), India
7. Direction General De La Securite Exterieure (DGSE), France
8. Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS), Australia
9. Ministry of State Security (MSS), China
10. The Institute For Intelligence and Special Operation (MOSAD), Israel
11. NDS , National directorate of security , Afghanistan
12. CSE: Canada
13. VEVAK : Iran
14. FBI : America
15. JAPAN : CIRO ( Cabinet Intelligence & research office)
16. Saudi: GIP (general Intelligence presidential.)
17. Egypt: GIS ( general Intelligence Security

TOP TEN AIRLINES OF 2016

1. Emirates, Emirates is an airline based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
2. Qatar Airways
3. Singapore Airlines
4. Cathay Pacific , Cathay Pacific, is the flag carrier of Hong Kong.
5. ANA All Nippon Airways , ANA, is the largest airline in Japan. Its headquarters are
located at Shiodome.
6. Etihad Airways , national airline of the United Arab Emirates.
7. Turkish Airlines
8. EVA Air , Taiwanese international airline based at Taiwan
9. Qantas Airways , Australia
10. Lufthansa , Germany
11. Baiman : Airline of Bangladesh

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WORLD FAMOUS BORDER LINES

 Hindenberg Line - Poland and Germany

 Radcliff Line - India and Pakistan

 McMahon Line - India and China

 Durand Line- Pakistan and Afghanistan

 Maginot Line- France and Germany

 Mannerheim Line - Russia and Finland

 Siegfried Line - Germany and France

 38th Parallel- North Korea and South Korea

 49th Parallel - USA and Canada

 24th Parallel - India and Myanmar

 17th Parallel - North and South Vietna

The Control of Line between Azad Kashmir and Occupied Kashmir declared as a result of
Shimla declaration in 1972.

Green Line is demarcation between Greek and Turkish communities.

24 Parallel ,, demarcation between Pak and India at Rann of Kutch

Radcliff line is Boundary line between Pak and India.

38 parallel Boundary between North and South Korea.

49 Parallel boundary between USA and Canada.

Oder-Neisse line boundary line Germany and Poland.

Curzon line between Poland and Russia

McMahan Line between India and China.

Durand Line between Pakistan and Afghanistan of about 2252 Km.

Wah Khan border line between Pakistan and Tajikistan.

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Inventions & Inventors

INVENTIONs INVENTORs
Aero plane Orville & Wilbur Wright
Ballpoint pen L & G Biro
Bicycle K. Macmillan
Clock Hsing , Ling Tsan & Huygen
Dynamite Alfred Noble
Electric Lamp Thomas alva edison
Theory of Evolution Darwin
Fountain Pen L .E Waterman
Machine Gun Richard Gatling
Microscope Z. Jansen and Galileo
Motor Cycle Edward Bulter
Nylon W.H Carothers
Penicillin Alexander Fleming
Printing Press J.Gutenburg & Caxton
RADAR Watson Vatt & A.H Taylor
Safety Razor Gillette
Refrigerator J. Perkins
Safety Lamp Sir Humphry Davy
Swing Machine B. Thimmonnier, Singer & Ehas Howe
Microphone David Hughez
Submarine D.Bashuell
Telegraph W. cooke
Telegraph code Sameul Morse
Telephone A.Graham Bell
Television J. Baired
Typewriter Mitterhofer and C.Sholes
Watch Breguet
X-Ray Wilhelm Roentgen
LASER T.H Maiman
Logarithm John Napier
Railway Stephenson
Atom Bomb Atto Hahn
Theory of Relativity A Einstein
Vitamins Funk
Solar System Copernicus
Helicopter Brequet
Oxygen Priestly

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Books & Authors

1. Shahnama-i-Islam was written by Hafeez Jalandri.
2. Man who ruled India was written by Philip Woodruff.
3. The book confession was written by Rousseau.
4. Quaid –e-Azam Jinnah. The story of a Nation is written by G.Allana.
5. Heroes and Hero-Worship was written by Carlyle.
6. Foundation of Pakistan was written by Sharif ud din Pirzada.
7. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam was written by Edward Fitzgeranld.
8. Gitanjali was written by Rabindranath Tagore.
9. Asrar-e-khudi is written by Allama Iqbal
10. Bal-e-Jibril is written by Allama Iqbal
11. Bang-e-dara is written by Allama Iqbal
12. Bostan e gulistan is written by Sheikh Saadi
13. Darbar-i-Akbari is written by, M. Hussain Azad
14. Gulistan is written by Sheikh Saadi
15. Hayat-i-Jawid is written by Hali
16. Javaid Nama is written by Allama Iqbal
17. Jawab-e-Shikwah is written by Allama Iqbal
18. Ktab al Shifa is written by Ibn Sina
19. Mirat ul Aroos is written by Nazir Ahmed
20. Muqaddamah is written by Ibn Khaldun
21. Shaer o Shaeri is written by Altaf Hussain Hali
22. Mussaddas-i-Hali is written by Altaf Hussain Hali
23. Naqsh-e-Faryadi is written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz
24. Payam-e-Mashriq is written by Allama Iqbal
25. Shahnama is written by Firdausi
26. Tehzeeb al Ikhlaq is written by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
27. Tafhim ul quran is written by S.Abdul ala
Maudoodi.
28. Yadgar-i-Galib is written by Hali
29. Zabur-e-Anjam is written by Dr. Allama Iqbal
30. Zarb-e-Kaleem is written by Dr. Allama Iqbal
31. Arabian Nights is written by Sir Richard Burton
32. An Ideal Husband is written by Oscar Wilde
33. A woman of No importance is written by Oscar Wilde
34. Animal Farm is written by George Orwell
35. Anthony Cleopatra is written by W. Shakespeare
36. As you like it is written by W. Shakespeare
37. Caesar and Cleopatra is written by G.B Shaw
38. Comedy of Errors is written by W. Shakespeare
39. Daughter of the East is written by Benazir Bhuto
40. Decline and Fall of Roman Empire is written by Edward Gibbon
41. Doctor’s Dilemma is written by G.B Shaw
42. East of Aden is written by John Steinbeck
43. French Revolution is written by Tomas Carlyle
44. Freedom at Midnight is written by Larry Collins and
Dominique Lapiere

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45. Gone with the Wind is written by Margaret Mithchel
46. Great Expectations is written by Charles Dickens
47. Gulliver’s Travels is written by Jonathan Swift
48. Hamlet is written by W.Shakespeare
49. Ibn Battuta Travels in Asia and Africa is written by Ibn Battuta
50. Jungle book is written by Rudyard Kipling
51. Jinnah of Pakistan is written by Stanley Wolpert
52. Myth of independence is written by Z. A Bhutto
53. World War is written by W. Churchill
54. Merchant of Venice is written by Shakerpeare
55. Muhammad Ali Jinnah is written by M.H Saiyid
56. Much Ado About Nothing is written by Shakespeare
57. Nine Days Wonder is written by John Masefield
58. Nineteen Eighty Four is written by George Orwell
59. Oliver Twist is written by Charles Dickens
60. Origin Of species is written by Charles Darwin
61. Paradise Lost is written by John Milton
62. Pickwick papers is written by Charles Dickens
63. Pride and Prejudice is written by Jane Austen
64. Robinson Crusoe is written by Daniel Defoe
65. Sense and Sensibility is written by Jane Austin
66. Sohrab and Rustam Mathew Arnold
67. Social Contact is written by Rousseau
68. Treasure Island is written by R.L Stevenson
69. Tropic of Cancer is written by Henry Miller
70. Twelfth Night is written by W. Shakespeare
71. A Tale of Two Cities is written by Charles Dickens
72. Vanity of Human Wishes is written by Samuel Johnson
73. Wealth of Nation is written by Adam Smith
74. Zulfi Bhutto of Pakistan is written by Stanley Wolpert
75. Faust is written by Goethe
76. Mein Kampf is written by Hitler
77. Divine Comedy is written by Dante alghieri
78. Odyssey (Greek) is written by Homer
79. Utopia is written by Thomas Mooore
80. War and Peace is written by Leo Tolstoy
81. Crime and Punishment and The idiot is written by F.M Dostovsky
82. Communist Manifesto is written by Karl Marx and Eagles
83. Das Capital is written by Karl Marx
84. The idiot is written by Dostoevsky
85. Don Quixoto is written by Miguel De Cervates
86. The Prince is written by Machiavelli
87. Constitutional Development of Pakistan is written by G.W Choudhry
88. Five Thousand Years of Pakistan is written by Wheeler R.E.M
89. Foreign Policy of Pakistan is written by Zulifkar Ali Bhutto
90. Jinnah, Creator of Pakistan is written by Hector Bolitho
91. Muslim Separatism in India and Pakistan is written by Abdul Hamid
92. Pakistan the Formative Phase is written by Lawrence Ziring
93. Political System in Pakistan is written by Khalid B. Saeed

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94. Politics in Pakistan is written by Khalid B. Saeed
95. Quaid-i-Azam and Pakistan is written by Ahmad Hasan Dani
96. Struggle for Pakistan is written by I.H Qureshi
97. The Emergence of Pakistan is written by Mohammad Ali
Choudhry
98. The Making of Pakistan is written by K.K Aziz
99. Towards Pakistan is written by Whaeed-uz-Zaman
100. World Politics Since 1945 is written by P. Calvocrassi

SECOND LIST OF BOOKS

1. Khusboo is written by Parveen Shakir
2. Laila Majnoo is written by Amir Khusro
3. Akbar nama is written by Abu Fazal
4. Al Qanoon fil Tib is written by Ibne Sina
5. Green Book is written by President Moamoor
Gadafi
6. Republic is written by Plato
7. Revolution and Independence is written by Words Worth
8. Road to Freedom is written by Bertrand Russel
9. Romeo and Juliet is written by Shakespeare
10. Joan of Arc is written by G.W Shaw.
11. Foust was written by Goethe.
12. “Profiles in Courage” is written by Henry Kissinger.
13. Pickwick Papers were written by Charles Dickens.
14. “East and Eden” was written by John Steinback.
15. A farewell to Arms is written by Earnest Hemingway.
16. Travel in Arabian Desert was written by C.M Doughty.
17. The spirit of Islam was written by Syed Ameer Ali.
18. The poem Shikwah and Jawab-e-Sikwah was written by Allama Iqbal.
19. Five Thousand Years of Pakistan was written by REM Wheeler.
20. Struggle of Pakistan was written by I.H Qureshi.
21. The poem “Ancient Mariner” is the work of Coleridge.
22. ‘the state and revolution’. Lenin
23. Ibn-e-Khaldun retired as a judge.
24. Al Ghazali is known as Hujatul Islam.
25. ‘Ara Madinatul Fazila’. By Al Farabi
26. ‘the laws’. Republic are by Plato
27. Aristotle founded ‘the lyceum’.
28. ‘On contradictions’.by MAO
29. Witness to surrender= Siddique Saliq.
30. A short history of Pak & Struggle of Pakistan , history of freedom movment
=I.H.Qureshi.
31. Discovery of Pak:= A.Aziz.
32. Foundation of Pak . Evolution of Pak: = Sharifuddin Pirzada.
33. Five Thousand Years of Pak::= R.E.M. Wheeler.
34. History of Freedom Movement= I.H.Qureshi.
35. Jinnah of Pak: = Stanley Woolpert.

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36. Jinnah as I know him= Abdul Hassan
Isphahani.
37. The Making of Pakistan= Richard Symonds.
38. The Making of Pakistan= K.K.Aziz.
39. Jinnah:Creator of Pak:= Hector Bolithio.
40. Quaid-e-Azam: The Story of A Nation= G.Allana.
41. India wins Freedom= Abdul Kalam Azad.
42. Emergence of Pak:= Ch: Rahmat Ali.
43. Towards Pakistan= Wahiduzaman
44. Transfer of Power in India= V.P.Memon.
45. Pak: Nagozeer Tha= Syed Hasan Raza.
46. Quaid-i-Azam & Pakistan= Ahmed Hassan Dani.
47. Friends not Masters= Ayub Khan.
48. The Pakistan Issue= Nazir Yar Jung.
49. Quid wrote the preface of “My Leader”= Ziauddin Ahmed.
50. Muslim Nationalism in India= Malik Hafeez.
51. Pathway to Pak: = Ch: Khaiquzzaman.
52. The Indian Musalimans= W.W.Hunter.
53. Our Struggle= Mohd: Noman.
54. Evolution of Pak: Sharifuddin Pirzada.
55. Mohd: Ali Jinnah= G.Allana.
56. Birth of Pak: = Dr. Sachin.
57. Pak: the Heart of Asia= Liaquat Ali Khan.
58. Incomplete Partition = Alastair Lamb.
59. Birth of a tragedy= Dr. Tahir Amir.
60. My Last day with Quaid= Ilahi Bux
61. Outline of a scheme of Indian Federation= Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan.
62. Thought on Pakistan= Ambedkar.
63. ‘Freedom’ at Midnight= Larry Collins
64. Hayat-e-Javed was written by Altaf Hussain Hali.
65. The Forgotten Years is an autobiography of from Foreign Minister Sir Zafarullah
Khan.
66. Mission with Mountabatten= Alan Campbell Johnson.
67. Religious Thought of Sayyid Ahmed Khan= Bahir Ahmad Dar.
68. The Cambridge History of the British Empire= H.H.Dodwell.
69. Oxford History of India=Vincent Smith.
70. India, Pakistan & the West= Percival Smith.
71. The book “party politics in Pakistan’ (1947-58) is written byK.K.AZIZ.
72. Alice in Wonderland is a book written by Lewis Carrol.
73. White Papers are policy statements published by the British parliament on the subject
of tremendous public importance.
74. Blue Books are the official reports of the British Government.
75. White Books are the official publications of the countries like Portugal, China, and
Germany.
76. Yellow Books are the official records of France.
77. Grey Books are the official policy as well as reports of the Japanese government.
78. Green Books are the official reports of the Italian government.
79. Orange Books are the official publication of the Netherlands.

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Notes Prepared & Compiled by Tahir Habib

BOOKS AND AUTHORS (SOLVED PAST PAPERS)

1. War and peace by Count Leo Tolstoy

2. Dr. Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
3. Shanhnama by Firdousi
4. Return of the native by Thomas hardy
5. Prine by Machiavelli
6. Pride and prejudice by Jane Austen
7. Faust by Von Goethe
8. Don Quixote: Saavedra Migual de Cervantes
9. India wins freedom by Molana Abul Kalam Azad
10. Les Miserable by Victor hugo
11. Good Earth by Pearl S.Buck
12. Odyssey by Homer
13. For whom the bell tolls by Ernest Hemingway
14. Apple cart by GB Shaw
15. Father and sons by Lvan Turgenev
16. Anna krenina by Leo Tolstoy
17. Lolita by V.Nabokov
18. Light of Asia by ________
19. Bostan Gulistan by Sheikh saadi
20. Leaders by Richard Nixon
21. Man and Superman by GB Shaw
22. An autobiography by Jawaharlal Nehru
23. The spirit of Islam by Syed Amir ali

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LARGEST PENINSULAS OF WORLD

Yuctan Peninsula: Gulf of Mexico

Tasman Peninsula
Sinai Peninsula
Scandinavian Peninsula
Iberian Peninsula
Horn of Africa
Crimean peninsula
Balkan Peninsula
Australia
Egypt
Norway , Sweden and Finland.
France, Spain, Andora, Pertugal
Somalia, Ethopia , Eritria
Russia ,Ukarain
Albania, Bosnia Romania, Greece Kosovo

IMPORTANT STRAITS

Name of Strait Between Links

1. Bab-el-mandeb Saudi Arabia & Africa Red sea and Arabian sea
2. Bering Alaska (USA) & Asia Arctic ocean and Bering sea
(Russia)
3. Bosporus Asian Turkey & Euro Black sea and sea of
Turkey Marmora
4. Dardanelles -do- Sea o Marmora and Aegean
sea
5. Dover England & Europe North sea & Atlantic ocean
6. Gibraltar Spain & Africa (Morocco) Mediterranean sea and Atl:
Ocean
7. Magellan South America and Tierra South Pacific and south
Islands Atlantic
8. Malacca Malaysia and Sumatra Java sea and Bay of Bengal
9. Palk India and Sri Lanka Bay of Bengal and Arabian
sea
10. Hormuz Oman and Iran Arabian sea and Persian gulf

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SOBRIQUETS
Distinctive Name Country/Town/Port/River
Britain of the South New Zealand
The Battlefield of Europe Belgium
City of the Golden Gate San Francisco
City of Magnificent Distances Washington D.C.
City of Popes Rome
City of Seven Hills Rome
City of Skyscrapers New York
Cockpit of Europe Belgium
Dark Continent Africa
Dairy of Northern Europe Denmark
Emerald Island Ireland
Empire City New York
Eternal City Rome, Italy
Forbidden City Lhasa (Tibet)
Garden of England Kent
Gate of Tears Babel-Mandab, Jerusalem
Granite City Aberdeen (Scotland)
Great White Way Broadway (New York)
Gift of Nile Egypt
Gibraltar of the Indian Ocean Aden
Herring Pond Atlantic Ocean
Land of Cakes (or Oat Cakes) Scotland
Land of the Golden Fleece Australia
Land of the Golden Pagoda Myanmar (Burma)
Land of Kangaroos Australia
Land of Lilies Canada
Land of the Midnight Sun Norway
Land of Milk and Honey Canaan
Land of Morning Calm Korea
Land of the Rising Sun Japan
Land of a Thousand Lakes Finland
Land of Thunderbolt Bhutan
Land of White Elephants Thailand
Lady of Snow Canada

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SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

1. Altimeter: A device Indicates altitude above sea level.

2. Ammeter: Instrument for knowing the presence of current in a conductor.
3. Anemometer: Instrument records wind velocity
4. Barometer: Instrument for measuring Atmospheric pressure.
5. Binocular: Optical device consisting of pair of telescopes for simultaneous vision o
distant objects.
6. Calorimeter: Instrument for measuring quantities of heat.
7. Cardiograph: Instrument for used for tracing movement of heart.
8. Hygrometer: Instrument for measuring relative humidity in the air.
9. Lactometer: Instrument for testing purity of milk.
10. Microscope: Instrument with powerful magnifying lenses to examine minute objects.
11. Odometer: Instrument for measuring distance travelled b wheeled objects.
12. Photometer: Instrument for measuring intensity of light.
13. Pyrometer: Instrument for measuring high temperature.
14. Sphygmomanometer: Instrument for measuring blood pressure.
15. Speedometer: Instrument for measuring speed of vehicles.
16. Stethoscope: Instrument for hearing movement and condition of heart.
17. Telescope: Instrument to view distant objects clearly.
18. Hypsometer: Instrument for measuring height above sea level.

LIST OF IMPORTANT COUNTRIES CAPITAL AND

CURRENCY

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Countries Capital Currency

1. Austria Vienna Euro
2. Argentina Buenos Aires Peso
3. Australia Canberra Australian Dollar
4. Afghanistan Kabul Afgan-afgani
5. Azerbaijan Baku   Manat
6. Bangladesh Dhaka Taka
7. Belarus Minsk Ruble
8. Belgium Brussels Euro
9. Bhutan Thimphu Ngultrum
10. Brazil Barsilia Real
11. Cambodia Phnom penh Riel
12. Canada Ottawa Canadian Dollar
13. Chile Santiago Peso
14. China Beijing Yuan
15. Colombia Bogota Peso
16. Costa Rica San jose Costa Rican Colon
17. Croatia Zagreb Kuna
18. Cuba Havana Peso
19. Czech Republic Prague Koruna
20. Denmark Copenhagen Krone
21. Egypt Cairo Pound
22. Ethiopia Addis Ababa Ethiopian Birr
23. Fiji Suva Dollar
24. Finland Helsinki Euro
25. France Paris Euro
26. Germany Berlin Euro
27. Ghana Accra Cedi
28. Greece Athens Euro
29. Hungary Budapest Forint
30. Hong-kong  Victoria Dollar
31. Iceland Reykjavik Euro
32. India New Delhi Indian Rupee
33. Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah
34. Iran Tehran Rial
35. Iraq Baghdad Dinar
36. Ireland Dublin Euro
37. Israel Jerusalem Sheqel
38. Italy Rome Euro
39. Japan Tokyo Yen
40. Jordon Amman Dinar
41. Jamaica Kingston Dollar
42. Kazakhstan Astana Tenge
43. Kenya Nairobi Shilling
44. Korea North Pyongyang Won
45. Korea South Seoul Won
46. Kuwait Kuwait City Dinar
47. Latvia Riga Euro

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48. Lithuania Vilnius Euro
49. Luxembourg Luxembourg Euro
50. Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit
51. Maldives Male Rufiyaa
52. Mauritius Port Louis Rupee
53. Mexico Mexico city Peso
54. Myanmar (Burma) Nay Pyi Taw (Rangoon) Kyat
55. Namibia Windhoek Dollar
56. Nepal Kathmandu Rupee
57. Netherlands Amsterdam Euro
58. New Zealand Wellington Dollar
59. Nigeria Abuja Naira
60. Norway Oslo Krone
61. Oman Muscat Rial
62. Pakistan Islamabad Rupee
63. Philippines Manila Peso
64. Poland Warsaw Polish Zloty
65. Portugal Lisbon Euro
66. Qatar Doha Riyal
67. Russia Moscow Ruble
68. Saudi Arabia Riyadh Riyal
69. Seychelles Victoria Rupee
70. Singapore Singapore Dollar
71. South Africa Cape Town Rand
72. South Sudan Juba Pound
73. Spain Madrid Euro
74. Sri Lanka Colombo Rupee
75. Sweden Stockholm Krona
76. Switzerland Bern France
77. Taiwan Taipei Dollar
78. Tajikistan Dushanbe Tanzania Somoni
79. Thailand Bangkok Bhat
80. Turkey Ankara Lira
81. Uganda Kampala Shilling
82. Ukraine Kyiv Hryvnia
83. United Arab Abu Dhabi Dirham
Emirates (UAE)
84. United States of Washington D.C Dollar
America
85. Vietnam Hanoi Dong
86. Yemen Sanaa Rial
87. Zambia Lusaka Kwacha
88. Zimbabwe Harare Dollar
89. United Kingdom London Pound

Africa Continent Countries Capitals with Currency

Prepared & Compiled By: TAHIR HABIB

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Country Capital Currency
Algeria Agiers Algerian dinar (DZD)
Angola Luanda Kwanza(AOA)
West African CFA franc
Benin Porto-Novo (official)
(XOF)
Botswana Gaborone Pula(BWP)
West African CFA
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou
franc(XOF)
Burundi Bujumbura Burundian franc(BIF)
Central AfricanCFA
Cameroon Yaoundé
franc(XAF)
Central African Central African CFA franc
Bangui
Republic (XAF)
Central African CFA
Chad N’Djamena
franc(XAF)
Comoros Moroni Comorian franc(KMF)
Congo (Congo- Central African CFA franc
Brazzaville
Brazzaville) (XAF)
Yamoussoukro
Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory West African CFA
(official),Abidjan (seat of
Coast) franc(XOF)
government)
Democratic Republic
of the Congo Kinshasa Congolese franc(CDF)
(Congo-Kinshasa)
Djibouti Djibouti Djiboutian franc(DJF)
Egypt Cairo Egyptian pound(EGP)
Central African CFA franc
Equatorial Guinea Malabo
(XAF)
Eritrea Asmara Eritrean nakfa (ERN)
Ethiopia Addis Ababa Ethiopian birr (ETB)
Central African CFA franc
Gabon Libreville
(XAF)
Gambia Banjul Gambian dalasi (GMD)
Ghana Accra Ghana cedi (GHS)
Guinea Conakry Guinean franc(GNF)
West African CFA
Guinea-Bissau Bissau
franc(XOF)
Kenya Nairobi Kenyan shilling(KES)
Liberia Monrovia Liberian dollara(LRD)
Libya Tripoli Libyan dinar (LYD)

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Madagascar Antananarivo Malagasy ariary(MGA)
West African CFA franc
Mali Bamako
(XOF)
Mauritania Nouakchott Ouguiya(MRO)
Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian rupee(MUR)
Morocco Rabat Moroccan dirham(MAD)
Mozambique Maputo Mozambican metical(MZN)
Namibia Windhoek Namibian dollar(NAD)
West African CFA
Niger Niamey
franc(XOF)
Nigeria Abuja Naira (NGN)
Rwanda Kigali Rwandan franc(RWF)
Senegal Dakar CFA franc(XOF)
Sierra Leone Freetown Leone(SLL)
Somalia Mogadishu Somali shilling(SOS)
Pretoria
(administrative/executive),
South Africa South African rand(ZAR)
Cape Town (legislative),
Bloemfontein (judicial)
South Sudan Juba South Sudanese pound(SSP)
Sudan Khartoum Sudanese pound(SDG)
Mbabane (administrative), South African randSwazi
Swaziland
Lobamba (royal and legislative) lilangeni (SZL)
Dodoma (official),
Tanzania Dar es Salaam (seat of Tanzanian shilling(TZS)
government)
Togo Lomé CFA franc(XOF)
Tunisia Tunis Tunisian dinar(TND)
Uganda Kampala Ugandan shilling(UGX)
Zambia Lusaka Zambian kwacha(ZMW)
various(United States Dollar,
Zimbabwe Harare Euro, Botswana pula, Pound
sterling, South African rand)

Asia Continent Countries & Capitals, Currency

Country Capital Currency
Abkhazia Sukhumi Russian ruble(RUB)
Afghanistan Kabul Afghani(AFN)
Armenia Yerevan Dram (AMD)
Azerbaijan Baku Manat (AZN)
Bahrain Manama Bahraini dinar (BHD)

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Bangladesh Dhaka Taka(BDT)
Bhutan Thimphu Bhutanese ngultrumb(BTN)
Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei dollar (BND)
Cambodia Phnom Penh Riela (KHR)
China Beijing Renminbi (yuan)(CNY)
Christmas Island Flying Fish Cove Australian dollar (AUD)
Cyprus Nicosia Euro (EUR)
East Timor Dili United States dollarc(USD)
Georgia Tbilisi Lari (GEL)
Hong Kong Special administrative region of China Hong Kong dollar(HKD)
India New Delhi Indian rupee (INR)
Indonesia Jakarta Indonesian rupiah (IDR)
Iran Tehran Rial (IRR)
Iraq Baghdad Iraqi dinar (IQD)
Israel Jerusalem Israeli new shekel (ILS)
Japan Tokyo Yen (JPY)
Jordan Amman Jordanian dinar (JOD)
Kazakhstan Astana Tenge (KZT)
Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti dinar (KWD)
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Som (KGS)
Laos Vientiane Kip (LAK)
Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound (LBP)
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit (MYR)
Maldives Malé Maldivian rufiyaa(MVR)
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Tögrög (MNT)
Myanmar (Burma) Naypyidaw Kyat (MMK)
Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese rupee (NPR)
Cyprus Nicosia Euro
North Korea Pyongyang North Korean won (KPW)
Oman Muscat Rial (OMR)
Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani rupee (PKR)
Egyptian pound (EGP)
Palestine East Jerusalem Israeli new sheqel (ILS)
Jordanian dinar(JOD)
Philippines Manila Philippine Peso (PHP)
Qatar Doha Riyal (QAR)
Saudi Arabia Riyadh Saudi riyal (SAR)
Singapore Singapore Singapore dollar (SGD)
South Korean won
South Korea Seoul
(KRW)
South Ossetia Tskhinvali Russian ruble (RUB)
Sri Lanka Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
Syria Damascus Syrian pound (SYP)

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Taiwan Taipei New Taiwan dollar(TWD)
Tajikistan Dushanbe Somoni (TJS)
Thailand Bangkok Baht (THB)
Turkey Ankara Turkish lira(TRY)
Turkmenistan Ashgabat Turkmen new manat(TMT)
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi UAE dirham (AED)
Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistan som(UZS)
Vietnam Hanoi đồng (VND)
Yemen Sana’a Yemeni rial (YER)
Notes Prepared & Compiled by Tahir Habib

Europe Continent Countries & Capitals, Currency

Name Capital Currency

Albania Tirana Lek(ALL)
Andorra Andorra la Vella Euro(EUR)
Austria Vienna Euro(EUR)
Belarus Minsk Belarusian ruble(BYR)
Belgium Brussels Euro(EUR)
Bosnia and
Sarajevo Convertible mark(BAM)
Herzegovina
Bulgaria Sofia Lev(BGN)
Croatia Zagreb Kuna(HRK)
Czech Republic Prague Czech koruna(CZK)
Denmark Copenhagen Danish krone(DKK)
Estonia Tallinn Euro(EUR)

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Faroe Islands Tórshavn Faroese króna (DKK)
Finland Helsinki Euro(EUR)
Euro (EUR)
France Paris
CFP franc (XPF)
Germany Berlin Euro(EUR)
Gibraltar Gibraltar Gibraltar pound (GIP)
Greece Athens Euro(EUR)
Hungary Budapest Forint(HUF)
Iceland Reykjavík Icelandic króna(ISK)
Ireland Dublin Euro (EUR)
Italy Rome Euro(EUR)
Kosovo Pristina Euro (EUR)
Latvia Ryga Euro(EUR)
Liechtenstein Vaduz Swiss franc(CHF)
Lithuania Vilnius Euro(EUR)
Luxembourg Luxembourg Euro(EUR)
Macedonia Skopje Macedonian denar
Malta Valletta Euro(EUR)
Moldova Chişinău Moldovan leu(MDL)
Monaco Monaco Euro(EUR)
Montenegro Podgorica Euro (EUR)
Netherlands Amsterdam Euro (EUR)
Norway Oslo Norwegian krone(NOK)
Poland Warsaw Złoty(PLN)
Portugal Lisbon Euro (EUR)
Romania Bucharest Romanian leu(RON)
San Marino San Marino Euro(EUR)
Serbia Belgrade Serbian dinar(RSD)
Slovakia Bratislava Euro(EUR)
Slovenia Ljubljana Euro(EUR)
Spain Madrid Euro(EUR)
Svalbard Longyearbyen Norwegian krone (NOK)
Sweden Stockholm Swedish krona(SEK)
Switzerland Bern Swiss franc
Ukraine Kiev Ukrainian hryvnia(UAH)
United Kingdom London Pound sterling (GBP)
Vatican City Vatican City Euro(EUR)

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ABBREVIATIONS AND FULL FORMS ( Solved past papers)

1. A.F.P: Agence france press
2. F.I.F.A: Federation International De Football Association.
3. D.D.T: Di Chloro Di-Phenyl Tri-Chloro Ethane.
4. N.E.P.R.A: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority.
5. U.N.I.C.E.F: United Nation International Children Emergency Fund.
6. U.N.I.T.A.R: United Nations Institute For Training And Research.
7. F.A.T.A: Federally Administrated Tribal Areas.
8. I.M.F: International Monetary Fund.
9. K.C.C.I: Karachi Chamber Of Commerce And Industries.
10. E.C.C: Economic coordination council.
11. I.R.S.A: Indus River System Authority.
12. E.E.C: European Economic Community.
13. I.C.R.C: International Committee of the Red Cross.
14. A.W.A.C.S: airborne warning and control system.
15. S.P.C.A: Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
16. S.A.R.S: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
17. GCC: Gulf Cooperation Council.
18. TOEFL: Test of English as a Foreign Language.
19. SALT: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.

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20. CNS: central nervous system.
21. UNFPA: United Nations Fund For Population Activities.
22. IMCO: International Maritime Consultative Organization.
23. IUCN: International Union For Conservation Of Nature.
24. SMEDA: Small And Medium Size Enterprise Development Authority.
25. NDS: National Defense Council.
26. IFAD: International Fund For Agricultural Activities.
27. MRCVS: Member Of Royal College Of Veterinary Surgeons.
28. NESPA: National engineering services of Pakistan.
29. ISO: International Standardization Organization.
30. PICIC: Pakistan industrial credit, Investment Corporation.
31. UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
32. SONAR: Sound Navigation Ranging.
33. NCJP: Neelum Jehlum Power Project.
34. HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
35. WEF: World Economic Forum.
36. PEMRA: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority.
37. START: Strategic Arms Reduction Talks.
38. SOS : save our soul
39. Serg: Sergeant.
40. RC: red cross.
41. BCG: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Vaccine.
42. RADAR: Radio Detecting And Ranging.
43. BASIC : Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
44. SWAPO: South West African People Organization.
45. UNISDR: United Nations International Strategy For Disaster Reduction.
46. NODMC: National Oversight Disaster Management Council.
47. RGST: Reformed General Sales Tax.
48. ABU: Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union.
49. A-bomb: Atomic Bomb.
50. AAA: Amateur Athletic Associations.
51. DOS: Disk Operating System.
52. ICU: Intensive Care Unit.
53. MEDO: Middle East Defense Organization.
54. MASER: Microwave Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation.
55. LASER: Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation.
56. PVC: Polyvinyl Chloride.
57. CMA: Controller Of Military Accounts.
58. PASSCO: Pakistan Agricultural Storage And Services Corporation.
59. SAARC: South Asian Association For Regional Cooperation.
60. ASEAN: Association Of South East Asian Nations.
61. VAT: Value added Tax

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62. ATP: Adenosine tri phosphate
63. UNIC: United Nations Informations center.
64. EBU: European Broadcasting Union.
65. UNITAR: United Nations Institute for Training and Research
66. FICA: Fellow of Institute of Accountants.
67. QUA: Quaid E Azam University
68. UNFDAC: United Nations fund for Drugs abuse control.
69. ESCAP: Economic and Social commission for Asia and Pacific.
70. PCSW: Pakistan Commission on the status of Women.

Notes Prepared & Compiled by Tahir Habib

IMPORTANT TERMS AND DEFINITIONS (FROM PAST PAPERS)

1. Agni: Hinduism. The Vedic god of fire and guardian of humanity.

2. Altimeter: an instrument for measuring altitude especially : an aneroid barometer
designed to register changes in atmospheric pressure accompanying changes in
altitude.
3. Asteroid: any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits
of Mars and Jupiter.
4. Contraband: goods that are illegally taken into or out of a country or Goods
prohibited by law or treaty from being imported or exported.
5. Cadet: one in training for a military or naval commission especially : a student in a
service academy.
6. Dogfight: a fight between aircraft in which they fly around close to each other.
7. Diet: food and drink regularly provided or consumed.
8. Chlorophyll: the green photosynthetic pigment found chiefly in the chloroplasts of
plants.
9. Blockade: the isolation by a warring nation of an enemy area (as a harbor) by troops
or warships to prevent passage of persons or supplies broadly.

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10. Bourgeoisie: relating to, or characteristic of the townsman or of the social middle
class .
11. Buffer state: A neutral state lying between two rival or potentially hostile states and
serving to prevent conflict between them.
12. Détente: an improvement in the relationship between two or more countries which
have been unfriendly towards each other in the past.
13. Filibuster: the use of extreme dilatory tactics in an attempt to delay or prevent action
especially in a legislative assembly.
14. Deflation: a slowing of the economy characterised by falling prices and wages; the
reverse of inflation.
15. Tout: to spy on racehorses in training to gain information for betting.
16. Camouflage: the disguising especially of military equipment or installations with
paint, nets, or foliage also: the disguise so applied.
17. Palliative: a medicine or medical treatment that reduces pain without curing its cause:
18. Amentia: MENTAL RETARDATION specifically : a condition of lack of
development of intellectual capacity.
19. Lynch: to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal sanction.
20. Ignition point: The minimum temperature at which a substance will continue to burn
without additional application of external heat. Also called kindling point.
21. Deploy: to extend (a military unit) especially in width b : to place in battle formation
or appropriate positions.
22. Obese: very fat, in a way that is not healthy:
23. Proviso: an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition.
24. Cyberspace: the online world of computer networks and especially the Internet or
the imaginary place where electronic messages, pictures, etc. exist while they are
being sent between computers.
25. Punitive: inflicting, involving, or constituting punishment .
26. Chilblain: an inflammatory swelling or sore caused by exposure (as of the feet or
hands) to cold.
27. Eschew: to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds.
28. Beguile: 1 : to lead by deception 2 : HOODWINK 3 : to while away especially by
some agreeable occupation .
29. Wonk: a person who takes too much interest in the less important details of political
policy.
30. Intractable: Difficult to manage or govern; stubborn.
31. Lugubrious: exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful.
32. Baccarat: a card game resembling chemin de fer in which three hands are dealt and
players may bet either or both hands against the dealer's also : a two-handed version
in which players may bet on or against either hand
33. Bloody mary: a cocktail consisting essentially of vodka and usually spiced tomato
juice.
34. Aristocracy: government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class.

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35. Plutocracy: 1. Government by the wealthy.2. A wealthy class that controls a
government.
36. Theocracy: government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who
are regarded as divinely guided.
37. Black Hand: a lawless secret society engaged in criminal activities.
38. Black Panther: a member of an organization of militant American blacks.
39. Dove: any of numerous pigeons especially : a small wild pigeon.
40. Hawk: any of numerous diurnal birds of prey belonging to a suborder (Falcones of
the order Falconiformes)
41. Microcomputer: it is small computer based on microprocessor; one can use it at a
time. These are low priced computer, operate on common unfriendly software.
42. Mini Computer: are at least 5 times faster than microcomputer. More than a person
can use it at a time. Special software operate these computers, these are expensive.
pass
43. Condensation: A process by which a gas cools and becomes a liquid.
44. Hibernation: to pass the winter in torpid or resting state.
45. Hominid: Bipedal primate mammals that includes recent humans.
46. Orbit: Bony socket of eye. Or a circular path in which planets revolves round the sun.
47. Plankton: A very small animal and plant life in an ocean.
48. Refraction: Deflection from straight path by a light ray.
49. Piston: A part of an engine that moves up and down inside a tube and that causes
other parts of the engine to move.
50. Guillotine: a machine with a heavy blade that was used in past to cut off the heads of
people who had been sentenced to death.
51. Predator: an animal that lives by killing and eating other animals: an animal.
52. Nucleus: The central part of most cells that contain genetical material.
53. Metamorphosis: the change in constitution of rocks. Or change in the shape of
insects through different life phases.
54. Verbatim: in the exact words, word for word
55. Oligarchy: Government or control by a small group of people.
56. Soliloquy: The act of talking to oneself.
57. Samaritan: A person who is generous in helping those in distress.
58. Nepotism: Favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship.
59. Mortuary: Relating to death or burial.
Insolvent: Not having enough money to pay debts.
60. Panacea: A remedy for all ills or difficulties.
61. Abrogate: to abolish by authoritative action.
62. Red tapism: official routine or procedure marked by excessive complexity which
results in delay or inaction.
63. Philanthropist: a rich person who helps the poor and those in need.
64. Cosmopolitan: found in most parts of the world and under varied ecological
conditions.

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65. Sinecure: an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides
an income.
66. Brass: an alloy consisting essentially of copper and zinc in variable proportions.
67. Bronze: an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements.
68. Alloy: the degree of mixture with base metals.
69. Soap: a cleansing and emulsifying agent made usually by action of alkali on fat or
fatty acids and consisting essentially of sodium or potassium salts of such acids.
70. Detergent: A cleansing substance that acts similarly to soap but is made from
chemical compounds rather than fats.
71. Ocean: the whole body of salt water that covers nearly three fourths of the surface of
the earth. Or a very large or unlimited space or quantity.
72. Sea: a great body of salt water that covers much of the earth broadly : the waters of
the earth as distinguished from the land and air.
73. Cyclone: a storm or system of winds that rotates about a center of low atmospheric
pressure, advances at a speed of 20 to 30 miles (about 30 to 50 kilometers) an hour,
74. Hurricane: a tropical cyclone with winds of 74 miles (119 kilometers) per hour or
greater that occurs especially in the western Atlantic.
75. Waterfall: a perpendicular or very steep descent of the water of a stream
76. Watershed: a region or area bounded peripherally by a divide and draining ultimately
to a particular watercourse or body of water.
77. Geyser: a spring that throws forth intermittent jets of heated water and steam
78. Spring: a source of supply especially: a source of water issuing from the ground.
79. Etymology: the study of the origin and history of words and their meaning .
80. Ethnology: the scientific and objective study of animal behavior especially under
natural conditions
81. Habeas corpus: A writ which directs a person to produce someone held in custody
before the court.
82. Hat trick: three consecutive wins, hits, or goals made by one player in one game, as
in ice hockey.
83. Isotope: One of two or more atoms having the same atomic number but different
mass numbers.
84. Sejm: Lower house of legislation in Poland.
85. Dictaphone: a small machine used to record on tape people speaking, so that their
words can be played back later and written down.
86. Seismograph: an apparatus to measure and record vibrations within the earth and of
the ground.
87. De jure recognition: recognition of state based on laws or actions of the state
88. Matter: the substance of which a physical object is composed.
89. Blue Book: a report that is published by the government.
90. Carat: a unit of measuring the weight of jewels.
91. Mimeograph: a duplicator for making many copies that a stencil through which ink
is pressed.

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92. Lava: molten rock that issues rom volcano or rom fissure in a surface .
93. Magma: Hot liquid rock below the surface of the earth.
94. Lyric: A poem that expresses deep personal feeling in a way that is like a song.
95. Ohm: a unit of measuring electrical resistance.
96. Fission: a process in which the nucleus of a heavy atom is split apart.
97. Caucus: a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party
or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy also : a group of people
united to promote an agreed-upon cause

MISCELLANEOUS FACTS (FROM PAST PAPERS)

 Maginot line: a line of defensive fortifications built before World War II to protect the
eastern border of France but easily outflanked by German invaders
 Police Blotter: Daily Public record of arrest and other events in a police station.
 Land of Thousand lakes: Finland
 Baden Powell founded Boy Scout and Agnes Baden Powell founded Girls Guide.
 37 Celsius is Normal Human Body temperature.
 One yard is equal to 91.44 cm
 Official name of World bank is IBRD International bank for Reconstruction and
Development.
 S.A.L.T: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
 SCHIZOPHRENIA: A serious mental disturbance in which an individual typically has delusions
or hallucinations and a distorted sense of reality.
 Planimeter: an instrument for measuring the area of a plane figure by tracing its boundary
line.
 Concordance: an alphabetical index of the principal words in a book or the works of an
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 BALANCE OF POWER: The theory that military conflict can be avoided if both sides have
roughly equivalent military power.
 Corsica Island: An Island of France in the Mediterranean Sea north of Sardinia. Napoleon
Bonaparte was born on the island, which was ceded to France by Genoa in 1768.
 Archimedes' discovered the principle of buoyancy ( Law of floating body).
 One Acre : any of various units of area specifically : a unit in the U.S. and England equal to
43,560 square feet (4047 square meters).
 Pakistan has 1070 Km of Coastline with Arabia sea.
 David Hughez Invented Microphone.
 Foundation of Pakistan was written by Sharif ud din Pirzada.
 Statue of Liberty: a large copper statue of a woman holding a torch aloft in her right
hand located on Liberty Island in New York harbor . The copper statue designed by
Frederic French Sculptor. It was gift to US from people of France.
 Republic of Turkey became was declared on Oct 29,1923.
 Sushil Koirala is new chairman of SAARC.
 SEATO formed In 1954
 Copenhagen is Capital of Denmark.
 Priestly discovered Oxygen.
 Iran was first to recognize Pakistan.
 Batavia old name of Jakarta.
 Indonesia is Most populous Muslim country .
 Pillar of Hercules is Strait of Gibraltor.
 Firdousi Wrote Shahnama
 Angel Falls: World's Highest Waterfall. Angel Falls (Salto Ángel) in Venezuela is the highest
waterfall in the world. The falls are 3230 feet in heigh.
 Mine Orapa :The ten largest diamond mines in the world by measurable reserves contain
more than one billion carats of recoverable diamonds. Russia is home to half of the world's
biggest diamond mines, while Botswana houses two; including the world's largest diamond
producing mine Orapa.
 ICRC , International committee of Red cross was formed on Feb 17, 1863, Headquarter is
Ganeva.
 Headquarter of SAARC is Khatmandu.
 Homer is Author of Iliad and Odyssey, He was Greek Author.
 Current Secretary General of OIC is Iyad bin Amin madani. It was established in 1969 in
Morocco 57 countries are its member.
 Nikolai Korotkoff discovered Blood pressure.
 The coastline of Pakistan extends 1,050 km (650 mi) along the Arabian Sea. The Makran
Coast Range forms a narrow strip of mountains along about 75 percent of the total coast
length, or about 800 km (500 mi). 
 The Four Freedoms were goals articulated by United States President Franklin D.
Roosevelt on January 6, 1941. In an address known as the Four Freedoms speech 
(technically the 1941 State of the Union address), he proposed four fundamental freedoms
that people "everywhere in the world" ought to enjoy: Freedom of Speech, worship,
freedom from fear and freedom from want.

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 Hercules Pairot , Hercule Poirot is a fictional Belgian detective, created by Agatha Christie.
Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-lived characters, appearing in 33 novels, one
play, and more than 50 short stories published between 1920 and 1975.
 Durand Cup: The Durand Football Tournament or Durand Cup is a football competition in
India which first held in 1888.
 Traditionally, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean are written vertically in columns going from top
to bottom and ordered from right to left, with each new column starting to the left of the
preceding one.
 Fierce Snake or Inland Taipan is most venomus snake in world.
 G8 established on June 20, 1997, in Denver, Colorado, United States.
 Several cities listed here (Balkh, Byblos, Aleppo, Damascus, and Jericho) each popularly
claim to be "the oldest city in the world".
 Jubilee is largest Diamond mine of World located in Sakha ( Russia).

LIST OF TOP 100 FAMOUS PEOPLE (PERSONALITIES)

A list of famous people, chosen mainly from the Nineteenth, Twentieth or Twenty First
Century. This list includes famous
actors, politicians, entrepreneurs, writers, artists and humanitarians.
1. Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962) American actress / singer / model.
2. Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865) US President during American civil war
3. Mother Teresa (1910 – 1997) Catholic missionary nun / charity worker
4. John F. Kennedy (1917 – 1963) US President
5. Martin Luther King (1929 – 1968) – American civil rights campaigner
6. Nelson Mandela (1918 – ) – South African President anti-apartheid campaigner.
7. Winston Churchill (1874- 1965) – British Prime Minister during WWII
8. Bill Gates (1955 – ) American businessman, founder of Microsoft
9. Muhammad Ali (1942 – ) American Boxer and civil rights campaigner.
10. Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948) Leader of Indian independence.
11. Margaret Thatcher (1925 – ) British Prime Minister.
12. Charles de Gaulle (1890 – 1970) French resistance leader and President.
13. Christopher Columbus (1451 – 1506) – Italian explorer
14. George Orwell (1903 – 1950) British author of 1984, Animal farm
15. Charles Darwin (1809 – 1882) British scientist proposed theory of evolution.
16. Elvis Presley (1935 – 1977) American pop singer.

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17. Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) German scientist – theory of relativity.
18. Paul McCartney (1942 – ) British musician, member of Beatles.
19. Plato (423 BC – 348 BC) Greek philosopher
20. Queen Elizabeth II (1926 – ) British monarch since 1954.
21. Queen Victoria ( 1819 –1901) British Queen during Nineteenth Century
22. John M Keynes (1883 – 1946) British economist.
23. Mikhail Gorbachev (1931 – ) Russian President during end of Cold War.
24. Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) Indian Prime Minister
25. Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519) Italian, painter, scientist, polymath
26. Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) – French chemist and microbiologist.
27. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910 ) – Russian author and philosopher.
28. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) – Spanish modern artists
29. Vincent Van Gogh (1853 – 1890) Dutch artist
30. Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 – 1945) – US President 1932 – 1945.
31. Pope John Paul II (1920 – 2005) Polish Pope.
32. Thomas Edison ( 1847 – 1931) – American inventor
33. Rosa Parks (1913 – 2005) – American civil rights activist
34. Aung San Suu Kyi (1945 – ) Burmese opposition leader.
35. Lyndon Johnson (1908 – 1973) – US President 1963-69
36. Ludwig Beethoven (1770 – 1827) – German composer
37. Oprah Winfrey (1954 – ) US media celebrity.
38. Indira Gandhi (1917 – 1984) – Third Prime Minister of India.
39. Eva Peron (1919 – 1952) – First Lady of Argentina
40. Benazir Bhutto (1953 – 2007) – Prime Minister of Pakistan
41. Desmond Tutu (1931 – ) South African Bishop and opponent of apartheid
42. Dalai Lama (1938 – ) Spiritual and political leader of Tibetans
43. Walt Disney (1901 – 1966) American film producer
44. Neil Armstrong (1930 – 2012) US Pilot , first person to land on moon.
45. Donald Trump (1946 – ) Businessman, politician
46. Peter Sellers (1925 – 1980) British film actor and comedian
47. Barack Obama (1961- ) US President
48. Malcolm X (1925 – 1965) American Black nationalist leader
49. J.K.Rowling (1965 – ) British author of Harry Potter series.
50. Richard Branson (1950 – ) British entrepreneur founder of Virgin.
51. Pele (1940 – ) Brazilian footballer, considered greatest of 20th Century.
52. Angelina Jolie (1975 – ) Actress, director, humanitarian.
53. Jesse Owens (1913-1980) US track athlete won 4 golds at 1936 Olympics.
54. Ernest Hemingway (1899 – 1961) American author
55. John Lennon (1940 – 1980) British popstar and member of the Beatles.
56. Henry Ford (1863 – 1947) US Industrialist
57. Haile Selassie (1892 – 1975) head of state of Ethiopia
58. Joseph Stalin (1879 – 1953) Soviet leader from 1924-1953.
59. Lord Baden Powell (1857 – 1941) British Founder of scout movement
60. Michael Jordon (1963 – ) US Basketball star.
61. George Bush jnr (1946 – ) US President 2000-2008.
62. V.Lenin (1870-1924) – Leader of Russian Revolution 1917.
63. Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982) Swedish actress. Featured in Casablanca.
64. Fidel Castro (1926-) Cuban revolutionary leader.
65. Oscar Wilde (1854- 1900) Irish author, poet, playwright.

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66. Coco Chanel (1883-1971) – French Fashion designer
67. Pope Francis (1936 – ) – First pope from the Americas.
68. Amelia Earhart (1897– 1937) – Female aviator
69. Adolf Hitler (1889 – 1945) – leader of Nazi Germany 1933-45.
70. Sting (1951 – ) British musician.
71. Mary Magdalene (4 BC – 40AD) – devotee of Jesus Christ
72. Alfred Hitchcock (1899 – 1980) – English / American film producer
73. Michael Jackson (1958 – 2009) – American Pop singer
74. Madonna (1958 – ) American Pop singer
75. Mata Hari (1876-1917) Dutch exotic dancer, executed as spy.
76. Cleopatra (69 -30 BC) Queen of Egypt.
77. Grace Kelly (1929-1982) American actress and later Princess of Monaco.
78. Steve Jobs (1955 – 2012) Key figure in Apple computers
79. Ronald Reagan (1911 – 2004) – US President (1981-1989).
80. Lionel Messi (1987- ) Argentinian footballer
81. Babe Ruth (1895 – 1948) American baseball player
82. Bob Geldof (1951 – ) – Irish musician, charity worker
83. Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) Russian Marxist revolutionary
84. Roger Federer (1981 – ) Swiss Tennis player
85. Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939) Austrian psychoanalyst
86. Woodrow Wilson (1856 – 1924) US president.
87. Mao Zedong (1893-1976) Leader of Chinese Communist revolution
88. Katherine Hepburn (1907-2003) – American actress.
89. Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993) British actress and humanitarian.
90. David Beckham (1975 – ) English footballer
91. Tiger Woods (1975 – ) American golfer
92. Usain Bolt (1986 – ) – Jamaican athlete. Record holder at 100m and 200m
93. Carl Lewis (1961 – ) – US athlete and Olympian
94. Prince Charles (1948 – ) Heir to British throne
95. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929 – 1994) – American wife of JF Kennedy
96. C.S. Lewis (1898 – 1963) – British author
97. Billie Holiday (1915 – 1959) American jazz singer.
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98. J.R.R. Tolkien (1892 – 1973) – British author of Lord of the Rings
99. Billie Jean King (1943 – ) – American tennis players and campaigner for equality.
100. Anne Frank (1929-1945) – Dutch Jewish author who died in Holocaust.

More famous people

101. Simon Bolivar (1783 – 1830) ‘Liberator’ of Latin America.
102. Marie Antoinette (1755 – 1793) French Queen, executed during the French revolution
103. Christiano Ronaldo – Portuguese footballer.
104. Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) – English suffragette.
105. Emile Zatopek – Czech athlete
106. Lech Walesa – Polish leader of Solidarity movement
107. Julie Andrews – British singer
108. Florence Nightingale – British nurse
109. Marie Curie – Polish / French scientist
110. Stephen Hawking – British scientist
111. Tim Berners Lee (1955- ) English creator of World Wide Web

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112. Lance Armstrong (1971- ) American cyclist.
113. Shakira – Colombian singer
114. Jon Stewart (1962 – ) – American comic and tv presenter New York.
115. Wright Brothers – Orville and Wilbur Wright who made first flight in 1903.
116. Roman Abramovich – Russian oligarch.
117. Tom Cruise (1962 ) – American actor
118. Rupert Murdoch – Media owner of News Corporation.
119. Al Gore – US presidential candidate and environmental campaigner
120. Sacha Baron Cohen (1971 – ) – English comedian
121. George Clooney (1961 – ) – American actor and political activist.
122. Paul Krugman – American Nobel Prize winning economist
123. Jimmy Wales – American creator of Wikipedia
124. Brad Pitt (1963 – ) Actor
125. Kylie Minogue – Australian singer and actress
126. Malala Yousafzai – (1997- ) Pakistani human rights activist.
127. Stephen King (1947 – ) Contemporary horror and fantasy writer.

Former Place Names of Countries and Cities

Current name Old Name

Ethiopia Abyssinia
Ankara, Turkey Angora, Turkey
Czech Republic and Bohemia, Moravia, Chechoslovakia
Slovakia
Sri Lanka Ceylon
Istanbul, Turkey Constantinople, Turkey
Beijing, China Peking, China
Iran Persia
Iraq Mesopotamia
Zimbabwe Southern Rhodesia
Zambia Northern Rhodesia
Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon, South Vietnam
Vietnam
St. Petersburg, Russia Petrograd and Leningrad, Russia
Thailand Siam
Tanzania Tanganyika and Zanzibar, German East Africa
Democratic Republic of Zaire

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Congo
Namibia South-West Africa
Moldova Moldavia
Burkina Faso Upper Volta
Libya Tripolitania and Cyrenaica
Algeria Numidia
Mali Sudanese Republic
France Gaul
Central African Republic, French Equatorial Africa
Chad
Rwanda and Burundi German East Africa
China (north) Cathay
China (south) Mangi
Vietnam Cochin-China (south), Annam (central), Tonkin (north)
Myanmar Burma
Tokyo, Japan Edo
Korea (North and South) Choson
Cambodia Kampuchea
Taiwan Formosa
Batavia Jakarta

Highest, Longest, Biggest, Largest, Deepest, Smallest

of the World 
● Largest Airport : King Abdul Khalid International Airport (Saudi Arabia)
● Highest Airport : Lhasa Airport, Tibet
● Tallest Animal : Giraffe
● Largest Animal : Blue Bottom whale
● Largest Bay : Hudson Bay, Canada.
● Fastest Bird : Swift
● Largest Bird : Ostrich
● Smallest Bird : Humming bird
● Longest Bridge : Huey P. Long Bridge (USA)
● Tallest Building : Dubai Burj (Dubai)
● Longest Canal : Baltic sea White Canal
● Largest Cathedral : Cathedral Church of New York
● Largest Cemetry : Ohlsdorf Cemetry (Hamburg, Germany)
● Largest Church : Balisca of St. Peter in the Vatican City, Rome.
● Largest Continent : Asia
● Smallest Continent : Australia
● Largest Country (Area) : Russia
● Smallest Country (Area) : Vatican City
● Biggest Cinema House : Roxy, New York

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● Highest City : Wenchuan, China
● Most Populous City : Tokyo
● Longest Day : June 21
● Shortest Day : December 22
● Largest Delta : Sunderban (India)
● Largest Desert : Sahara, North Africa

● Biggest Dome : Gol Gumbaz (Bijapur), India

● Largest Dams : Grand Coulee Dam, USA
● Tallest Fountain : Fountain Hills, Arizona
● Largest Gulf : Gulf of Mexico
● Largest Hotel : Excalibur Hotel (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)
● Largest Island : Greenland
● Largest Lake : Caspian Sea.
● Deepest Lake : Baikal (Siberia)
● Highest Lake : Titicaca (Bolivia)
● Largest Library : United States Library of Congress, Washington
● Largest Mosque : Jama Masjid, Delhi (India)
● Highest Mountain Peak : Mount Everest (Nepal)
● Highest Mountain Range : Himalayas, Asia.
● Largest Mountain Range : Andes (South America)
● Biggest Museum : American Museum of Natural History (New York).
● Largest Minaret : Sultan Hassan Mosque (Egypt)
● Tallest Minaret : Qutub Minar, Delhi (India)
● Biggest Oceans : Pacific Ocean
● Deepest Oceans : Pacific Ocean
● Biggest Palace : Vatican (Rome)
● Largest Palace : Imperial Palace (China)
● Largest Park : National Park of North-Eastern (Greenland)
● Largest Peninsula : Arabia
● Highest Plateau : Pamir (Tibet)
● Longest Platform : Kharagpur, W. Bengal (India)
● Largest Platform : Grand Central Terminal, (Rly. Station), New York (USA)
● Biggest Planet : Jupiter
● Smallest Planet : Mercury
● Brightest Planet : Venus
● Coldest Planet : Neptune
● Nearest Planet (to the Sun) : Mercury
● Farthest Planet (from the Sun) : Neptune
● Longest River : Nile, Africa
● Longest River Dam : Hirakud Dam, India
● Largest Sea : South China Sea
● Largest Stadium : Starhove Stadium, Prague (Czech Republic)
● Brightest Star : Sirius A
● Tallest Statue : Motherland (Russia)
● Largest Sea-bird : Albatross
● Biggest Telescope : Mt. Palomar (USA)
● Longest Train : Flying Scotsman
● Largest Temple : Angkorwat in Combodia.

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● Oldest Theatre : Teatro Olimpico (Itlay)
● Tallest Tower : C. N. Tower, Toronto (Canada)
● Longest Wall : Great Wall of China
● Highest Waterfall : Angel (Venezuela)
● Widest Waterfall : Khone Falls (Laos)
● Lowest Water Level : Dead Sea
● Longest Epic : Mahabharata
● Hottest Place : Azizia (Libya)
● Rainiest Place : Mosinram, near Cherrapunji (India)
● Highest Road : Leh-Nobra, Ladakh division India.
● Highest Village : Andean (Chile)
● Highest Volcano : Ojos del Salado, (Argentina) Chile
● Largest Volcano : Manuna Lea (Hawai)
● Lightest Gas : Hydrogen
● Fastest Animal : Cheetah
● Biggest Flower : Rafflesia (Java)
● Longest Corridor : Rameshwaram Temple (India)
● Largest Democracy : India
● Highest Cable Car Project : Gulmarg (Jammu-Kashmir)
● Biggest Airbus : Double Decker A-380
● Highest Rail Track : Kwinghai- Tibbet Railway (China)\
Notes Prepared & Compiled by Tahir Habib

BIGGEST , LARGEST IN PAKISTAN

The Highest Radio Station: Gilgit Radio Station in Northern Areas. 

The Highest Pass: Muztagh Pass in Norther Areas, at an elevation of 19.030 feet.

The Highest Railway Station: Khan Mehtarazai Railway Station, Baluchistan, at an

elevation of about 2,221 feet.

The Highest Civil Award: Nishan-e-Pakistan.

The Highest Military Award: Nishan-e-Haider.

The Highest Pea: K-2, in Skardu (Northern Areas), with a height of 28, 250feet (8,610
metres). It is the second highest peak in the world behind Mount Everest 

The Tallest tower and Monument: Minar e Pakistan in Lahore, with a height of about 196
fee 8 inches.

The Tallest Minaret: The Four Minarets of Shah Faisal Mosque, Islamabad, with a height of
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The Tallest Building: the Habib Bank Plaza in Karachi, Sindh, with a height of 345 feet. It
consists of 23 stories.

The Largest Commercial Bank: National Bank of Pakistan, with deposits worth Rs.208.2
billion at 31st, December 1995. 

The Largest Railway Station: The Lahore Railway Station.

The Largest Lake: Manchhar Lake in Dadu District, Sindh. It is also the largest lake of
Asia.

The Largest Man-Made Lake: Keenjhar Lake in Sindh, with a length of 32 km (20 miles)
and width of 10 km (6miles) It is about 25 kilometres from Thatta.
The Largest Railway, Workshop: the Mughlpura Railway Workshop in Lahore.

The Largest Library: The Punjab Public Library in Lahore, Punjab.

The Largest Museum: The Lahore Museum, Lahore.

The Largest and Oldest University: The Punjab University, Lahore.

The Largest Mosque: Shah Faisal Mosque, Islamabad.

The Largest Industry: cotton Textiles industry, Faisalabad is its main centre. 

The Largest Iindustrial Plant: Pakistan steel mills Karachi (Sindh).

The Largest Oil Field : Mazari field, with a production of 3724 barrels per day in the first
9 ,month of 1995-96(July-March).

The Largest Natural Gas Field: Sui in Baluchistan. Its share to the country’s total natural
gas production was 36.62 percent in the first 9 months of (July- March).

The Largest Province: Baluchistan, with an area of 347,190 sq km.

The Largest City: Karachi, Sindh, Lahore (the Punjab) and Hyderabad (Sindh) are the
second and third largest cities of Pakistan respectively. 

The Largest Dam: The Tarbela dam, NWFP, with a volume of 148,000,000 cubic meters. 

The Largest River: The Indus River.

The Largest Shipping Company: The Pakistan National shipping Corporation (PNSC)

Karachi.

The Largest Desert: The Thar Deser, Sindh. It is the 9th largest desert in the World.

Largest Park: Ayun National Park in Rawalpindi (Punjab), with an area of 2,300 acres.

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The Largest Seaport: Karachi.

The Largest District in the Punjab: the Bahawalpur District in Bahawalpur Division, area:
24830 sq km.

The Largest Cement Plant: Lucky cement plant at Pizu in district Lakki Marwat, NWFP. It
was commissioned in August 1996.

The Longest Platform: The platform of Rohri Railway Station (Sindh) with length of about
1,894 feet. The platform of Sahiwal Railway Station (Punjab) is also believed to be the
longest platform in Pakistan.

The Longest Railroad: From Karachi to Peshawar, with a length of 1,045 miles (1,681
kilometers).

The Longest Tunnel: The lowari Tunnel, with a length of 5 miles. It is 30 feet wide, and
connects Chitral with Northern Areas. 

The Longest Railway Tunnel: the Khojak Tunnel, Baluchistan, with a length of 2.43.

The Longest Road: The sharah-e-Karakoram, Northern area, at an elevation of 1,200 feet.

This 965 km long road connects Pakistan with China through Khunjrab Pass. It is also called
the Silk Route.

The Longest River: The Indus River, with a length of about 2,880 km (1,790 miles).

The Shortest River: The Ravi River, with a length of about 710 km.

The Most Beautiful Lake: Lake Saiful Maluk in Kaghan Valley, NWFP.

The Coldest Place: Skardu, in Northern Areas, where a record -26 degree recorded on
January 6, 1995. The previous lowest temperature in Skardu was -21 centi grade recorded on
11 January in 1986.

The Coldest City: Ziarat, Baluchista.

The Rainiest City: Rawalpindi, Punjab.

The Hottest Place: Jacobabad in Sindh, temperature rising up to 128 furan hight in summer.
In Sibbi, Baluchistan, temperature also raises up to 128 furan heights in summer.

The Most Published and Circulated Newspaper: The daily Jung (Urdu)

The Place of Highest Snowfall: Skardu in Gilgit district, Northern Areas.

The Rainies Place: Murree in Rawalpindi district (Punjab), with mean annual rainfall of
about 1,484 millimetres.

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The Raies Place: Murree in Rawalpindi district (Punjab), with mean annual rainfall of about
1,484 millimeters (mm), 164 centimeters (cm).

The Most Populous Province: The Punjab.

The Least Populous Province: Baluchistan

The Smallest Provinces: NWFP, with an area of 74521 sq km.

The Most Modern City: Islamabad (Capital of Pakistan).

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF PAKISTAN

• Iran was first to recognize Pakistan.
• Pakistan opened its first embassy in Iran.
• First governor of State Bank Zahid Hussain.
• First Lady Governor Rana Liaquat Ali (Sindh) 1973-1976.
• First lady federal minister Vikarun Nisa Noor (Tourism).
• First state to join Pakistan was Bahawul Pur, 1954.
• First captain of cricket team Abdul Hafeez Kardar.
• First century Nazar Mohammd against India in 1954 in Lacknow.
• First Woman University is located in Rawalpindi.
• First governor of Punjab=Francis Moody.
• First CM of Punjab=Iftikhar Hussain Mamdot.
• First Governor of Sindh=Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah.
• First CM of Sindh=Ayub Khoro.
• First Governor of Baluchistan=Lt: General Riaz Hussain.
• First CM of Baluchistan=Attaullah Mengal.
• First Chief Justice of Pak: Sir Abdur Rasheed.
• First PM of Azad Kashmir=Abdul Hamid Khan.
• First President of AJK=Sardar Ibrahim Khan.
• First Commander-in-Chief of Pak: Army was Frank Miservi.

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• First chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee was General Mohd: Sahrif.
• First chief of Staff of armed forces was General Tikka Khan.
• First governor State Bank was Zahid Hussain.
• First daily newspaper is Amroz 1947.
• First lady pilot was Shukriya Khanum.
• First museum of Pak established in Karachi in 1950.
• First Bank was United Bank (7th August, 1947)
• First Agriculture Reforms in Pak: Jan: 24, 1959.
• First Chief Election Commissioner of Pak: Mr. Khan F.M.Khan (25th March, 1956)
• Election Commision was created on 23rd March, 1956 under Article 137 of 1956
consititution. 
• First Muslim Commander in Chief of Pak: Ayub Khan.
• First Radio Station established was of Karachi.
• First T.V station was setup at Lahore on Nov: 26, 1964.
• First lady Lady Major General in Pak: Dr. Shahida Malik.
• First Space satellite was launched by Pak: in 1990.
• First private TV Channel STN launched in 1990.
• First Chairman Senate was Habibullah Khan.
• First woman judge of High Court: Majida Rizvi.
• First constructed barrage of Pak: Sukkur Barrage.
• First Secretary General of Pak: Ch: Mohd: Ali.
• Agro museum is at Lailpur.
• First bio-gas plant was installed in 1974.
• First woman bank established on Dec: 1, 1989.
• Badshahi mosque built in 1670 A.D.
• Designataion of GG changed into President on 23rd March, 1956.
• Largest Hockey stadium is National Hockey Stadium Lahore.
• First minority minister of Pak: Joginder Nath Mandal held the portfolio of law.
• Largest railway tunnel is Khojak.
• Smallest dam of Pak: Warsak dam.
• Largest fort of Pak: “Rani Kot”.
• Nishan-e-Pak: is the highest civil award of Pak:
• Second highest civil award is Hilal-e-Pak:
• Ayub National Park (Rawalpinidi) is the largest Park in Pakistan.
• Largest Railway station is Lahore.
• Highest Pass is Muztag Pass which connects Gilgit to Xinkiyang.
• Largest canal is Lloyd Barrage Canal or Sukkur Barrage or Lance Down Pull built in
1936.
• Largest Cement Plant is Lucky Cement Plant near Luki Marwat.
• Largest road is Shahrah-e-Pak:
• Shortest river is Ravi.
• Smallest division is Karachi.
• Largest division is Kalat.
• Largest division of Sindh is Therparkar.
• Habib Bank Plaza Karachi has 23 stories (345 ft)
• Minar-e-Pak: is 196 ft, 8 inches high.
• Pakistan has its longest boundary with Afghanistan.
• Pakistan is 34th largest country in the world, 6th population wise.

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• Smallest civil award is Tamg-e-Khidmat.
• First census of Indo-Pak: 1881.
• Highest dam is Mangla dam.
• Pak: expedition to Antarctica reached on 5 Jan, 1991 established Jinnah Research
Station
• Longest tenure as Governor General was Ghulam Mohammad.
• Longest tenure as President was Ayub Khan.
• Longest period of rule was of Zia.
• Longest tenure as PM was of Liaquat Ali
• Shortest tenure as PM of Ayub Khan (3 days) then Shujaat Hussain (47 days).
• Shortest tenure as President is of Bhutto.
• Shortest tenure as Governor General is of Quaid.
• Longest tenure as Governor General is of Ghulam Mohammad:
• Largest library is Quaid-e-Azam library.
• Largest University is in Punjab.
• Oldest university is in Punjab.
• The only non-military shaheed to receive Nishan-e-Haider was Subaidar Lalik Jan he
belonged to NLI.
• Highest peak of Sulaiman mountains is Takht-e-Sulaiman.
• Highest peak is K2 (Goodwin Austin 5,611 meters)
• 2nd largest glacier of Pak: is Batura.
• Largest Island of Pak: is Manora.
• Smallest city is Jehlum.
• Longest tunnel rail= Khojak (2.43 miles) (Baluchistan), road=Lowari Tunnel (5 miles),
water=Warsak Dam Tunnel (3.5 miles).
• Rainiest city is RawalPindi.
• Rainiest place is Muree.
• First Medical College was Nishtar Medical College.
• Smallest Dam is Warsak dam.
• Largest mountain range is Karakoram.
• First to receive Nishan-e-Hyder was Mohd: Sarwar Shaheed.
• First private airline of Pakistan is Hajvari.
• Pak’s Second largest city is Lahore.
• Abdur Rasheed was the first chief Justice was the first chief justice of Pakistan.
• Zafarullah khan was the first foreign minister of Pakistan.
• Keenjhar is the largest man made lake in Pakistan.
• Manchar Lake is the biggest lake of Pakistan.
• Trich Mir is the highest peak of Hindu Kush.
• Largest coal mine is in Quetta.
• In Pakistan, first woman bank was established in the year 1989.
• Pakistan’s first geo-scientific laboratory is functioning in Islamabad.
• The highest point of the Khyber Pass is Landhi Kotal.
• The first atomic power station of Pakistan was installed in Karachi.
• The First President of America who made an official visit to Pakistan was Dwight D.
Eishenhower
• Largest airline is PIA.
• Largest airport is Quaid-e-Azam Internationl Airport, Karachi.
• Largest canal is Lloyd Barrage Canal.

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• Largest dam is Terbela.
• Largest desert is Thar.
• Largest district is Khuzdar (Baluchistan).
• Largest industial unit is Pak: Steel Mill.
• Largest industry is Textile.
• Largest island is Manora (Karachi)
• Largest Jungle is Changa Manga (Kasur).
• Largest lake (artificial) is Keenjhar.
• Largest lake (natural) is Manchar.
• Largest library is Pujab Public Library, Lahore.
• Largest mine is Salt Mines of Khewra.
• Largest motorway is Lahore-Islamabad.
• Largest museum is National Meseum, Karachi.
• Largest circulated urdu newspaper is Jang, Enghish is The News.
• Largest nuclear reactor is KANUPP, Karachi.
• Largest oil field is Dhurnal Oil Field.
• Largest park is Ayub National Park, Rawalpindi.
• Largest Radio Station is Islamabad.
• Largest university is Punjab University, Lahore.
• Longest coast is of Baluchistan (771 km)
• Largest railway platform is of Rohri.
• Longest railway track: Karachi to Landi Kotal.
• Longest road: Karachi to Peshawar.
• First TV station in Pakistan started at Lahore.
• Pakistan’s first radio station was set up at Karachi.

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