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1. Current Affairs World 2021
2. Pakistan Affairs 2021
3. International organizations
4. Parliaments
5. News Agencies
6. Books and Authors
7. Sindh GK
8. Pakistan Global Index Ranking 2021
9. World Geography, Straits, Rivers, Deserts,
Mountains
10. Selected World GK
11. World Famous Places
12. Most Repeated Questions with GK Tricks
13. Old Names - New Names
Countries, Cities in the world.
14. What's Happening in the World 2021.
15. Largest things of Nature in the world General
Knowledge
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1 . WHO recognises Medina as the healthiest city
in the world.
2. Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is the 46th current
president of the United States.
3. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
4. Joe Biden is basically from Pennsylvania state.
5. Joe Biden takes the oath of office as the 46th
President.
Date January 20, 2021
6.Who is the vice president of the USA ?
Kamala Harris.
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7.Kamala Harris becomes first female, first black ,
vice president in history of the United States.
8.What political party is Kamala Harris a member
of. ?
Democratic Party
9.Barack Obama is a member of the Democratic
Party.
10.Donald Trump is a member of the Republican
party.
11.How many total votes of the Electoral College
are there for the US Presidential Election. ?
538
12. How many electoral votes are necessary to win
the presidential election?
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13. Biden made the USA victory over Trump,
306-232 electoral votes.
14. Biden ends Trump’s travel ban on
majority-Muslim countries with a new executive
order.
15.He signed an executive order beginning the

process of rejoining the 2015 Paris climate
agreement, from which Mr Trump formally
withdrew the US last year.
16. On coronavirus, a series of measures will be
enacted to tackle the pandemic which has claimed
more than 400,000 lives in the US.
17. Currently Pakistan's GDP rate is 1%.
Circular Debt of Pakistan is Rs. 2400 Billion.
18. Pakistan appointed recently retired Army
General, Bilal Akbar, as its ambassador to Saudi
Arabia.
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19. A 10-member Nepali climbing team became
the first to scale K2 in the winter season.
20. Justice (R) Javed Iqbal is the present chairman
of NAB.
21. Who is the current chairman of FBR in
Pakistan.?
Javed Ghani
22. Who is the current Auditor General of

Pakistan. ?
Javaid Jehangir
23.Asad Majeed Khan is Pakistan's Ambassador to
the United States of America.
24. Mr. Moin ul Haque is Pakistani Ambassador to
China.
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25. Munir Akram is a Pakistani diplomat who is
appointed as the Permanent Representative of
Pakistan to the United Nations.
26. Nong Rong is a Chinese politician and

diplomat currently serving as Chinese Ambassador
to Pakistan.
27. Lieutenant General (Retired) Asim Saleem

Bajwa is a retired Pakistani general who is serving
as the Chairman of CPEC.
28. Current Chairman of Senate is Muhammad
Sadiq Sanjrani.
29. Current Deputy Chairman of the Senate is

Saleem Mandviwalla.
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30. How many members are in the Senate of
Pakistan?
Senate consists of 104 members
31. Who is the current Defence Minister of

Pakistan?
Pervez Khattak
32. Which social media platform permanently
banned President Trump's account on 8th January,
2021?
Twitter
33. Who is the Current Opposition Leader of

Sindh Assembly?
Haleem Adil Sheikh
34. Which country’s plane crashed into the sea,
killing 62 passengers on 10the Jan, 2021 ?
Indonesia
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35. PM Imran Khan on 11th January, 2021
unveiled RAAST first instant payment system.
36. What is the new height of Mount Everest?

8848.86 m
37. Which country seized PIA Boeing 777 at their
airport over a $14 million lease dispute?
Malaysia
38. The Pakistan Democratic Movement, or PDM,

is a political movement of political parties in
Pakistan against the government of Imran Khan.
39. There are 27 members in European Union. 19

countries use Euro Currency
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40. Dinar and Dirham currencies were used during
the Holy Prophet's Era.
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41. The Group of Seven (G7) is an
intergovernmental organization consisting of
Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United
Kingdom and the United States.
42 . Canada - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

43. France - President Emmanuel Macron
44. Germany - Chancellor Angela Merkel
45. Italy - Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte
46. Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga
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47. United Kingdom- Prime Minister Boris
Johnson
48. United States - President Joe Biden.
49. Capital of Kazakhstan is Nur Sultan.

50. Planet with the maximum number of moons is
Saturn.
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51. The current IG of Balochistan Police:

Muhammad Tahir Rai
52. The Current IG of Punjab Police : Inam Ghani
53. The Current IG of Sindh Police : Mushtaq

Mahar
54. The Current IG of KPK police: Sanaullah

Abbasi
55. The Current IG of Islamabad Police : Qazi

Jamilur Rehman
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56. The Current IG of Azad Kashmir AJK Police:
Salahuddin Khan
57. The Current IG of Gilgit

Baltistan : Mujeeb ur Rehman

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58. Sindh
Syed Murad Ali Shah
59. Balochistan
Jam Mir Kamal Khan
60. KPK
Mahmood Khan
61. Punjab
Usman Buzdar
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62. The Current Prime Minister of AJK is Raja
Farooq.
Governors
63. State Bank of Pakistan : Dr. Reza Baqir
64. Sindh : Imran Ismail
65. Balochistan : Aman Ullah Khan Yasinzai
66. KPK : Shah Farman
67. Punjab : Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar
68. GB : Raja Jalal Hussain
69. AJK President : Masood Khan
70. Foreign Minister of Pakistan : Makhdoom

Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
71. Minister of Finance and Revenue Affairs :
Abdul Hafeez Shaikh
72. Railway Minister :Azam Khan Swati
73. Federal Interior Minister : Sheikh Rasheed
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74. France hosted One Planet Summit 2021 aimed
at protecting global biodiversity.
75. Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), political and
economic alliance of six Middle Eastern
countries—Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab
Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman.
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INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND
HEADQUARTERS : MADE EASY IN ORDERLY
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76. UNO : New York

77. UNICEF: New York
78. NAM : New York
79. UNFPA: New York
80. FAO : Rome
81. Red Cross : Geneva
82. ILO : Geneva
83. WHO : Geneva
84. UNHCR : Geneva
85. WTO : Geneva
86. WMO : Geneva
87.World Economic Forum :
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Geneva
88 .UNCTAD : Geneva
89. OECD : Paris
90.UNESCO : Paris
91.UNIDO : Vienna
92. OPEC : Vienna
93.IAEA : Vienna
94. EU : Brussels
95.APEC: Singapore
96.ASEAN : Jakarta
97.OIC : Jeddah
98.SAARC : Kathmandu
99.SCO : Beijing
100.BRICS : Shanghai
101.ADB : Manila
102. Twitter: San Francisco
103.Facebook : California
104. Google: California
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105.IMF : Washington D.C
106.World Bank : Washington D.C
107.ECO: Tehran
108.SEATO : Bangkok
109.CENTO :Ankara
110. FIFA : Zurich, Switzerland
111.NATO : Brussels, Belgium
112.Commonwealth of Nations: London
113.International Maritime Organisation:
London
114. Amnesty International : London,
115. INTERPOL: Lyon, France
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UNO AGENCIES :
116. ILO : Geneva

117. WMO : Geneva
118. WIPO: Geneva
119. UNHCR :Geneva
120.ITU : Geneva
121. IAEA : Vienna
122. FAO : Rome
123. IFAD: Rome
124. UNESCO : Paris
125. World Bank : Washington DC
126. IDA : Washington DC
127. IFC: Washington DC
128. IMF : Washington DC
129.IMO : London
130. UNICEF : New York
131. UNDP: New York
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132. UNFPA : New York
133. UPU: Bern
134. ESCAP: Bangkok
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135.Red Cross :1863✔✔

136.FIFA : 1904✔✔
137. ILO : 1919 ✔
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138. WORLD BANK : 1944✔✔ officially
139. IMF:1945✔
140. UNO -24 October, 1945 ✔
141. FAO : 1945✔
142. Arab League :1945✔
143. UNESCO :1945✔ officially
144. WHO : 1948✔ officially
145. NATO :1949✔
146.SEATO: created in 1954 , dissolved in 1977 ✔
147. CENTO : created in 1955, dissolved in 1979✔
148.IAEA :1957✔
149. OPEC : 1960✔
150. ADB : 1966✔
151.ASEAN :1967✔
152. OIC :1969✔
153. SAARC :1985✔
154. ECO: 1985✔
155.EU: 1993✔
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The EU was created by the Maastricht Treaty,
which entered into force on November 1, 1993.
Date founded: November 1, 1993
156. SCO: 1996, set up again in 2001✔

157. BRICS :2006✔
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158. Pakistan joined UNO on 30 September, 1947.

159.Pakistan joined ILO in 1947.
160.Pakistan joined FAO in 1947.
161.Pakistan joined UNESCO in 1949.
162.Pakistan joined the World Bank in 1950.
163.Pakistan joined the IMF in 1950.
164. Pakistan joined SEATO in 1954
165.Pakistan left SEATO in 1973.
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166.Pakistan joined CENTO in 1955.
167. Pakistan left CENTO in 1979.
168. Pakistan joined OIC in 1969.
169. Pakistan joined NAM in 1979.
170. Pakistan joined SAARC in 1985.
1 71. Pakistan joined WTO in 1995.
172. Pakistan joined SCO in 2017.
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173. The GCC is headquartered in Riyadh, the

capital of Saudi Arabia.
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174. Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), political and
economic alliance of six Middle Eastern
countries—Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab
Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman.
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Headquarter : Riyadh
175. SAARC members 8.

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Maldives, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka,
Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Nepal.
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176. Interview Question :
Who gave the idea of SAARC?
The idea of SAARC was proposed by Bangladeshi
ruler, Zia ul Rehman.
177. Capital of Tanzania is Dodoma.

178. Capital of Switzerland is Bern
179. Capital of Australia is Canberra. Don't

confuse it with Sydney, that's the largest city of
Australia, not the capital.
180. Manchar Lake is situated in District

Jamshoro officially . Don't confuse it with Dadu.
181. Sindh separated from Bombay in 1936

officially . Don't confuse it with 1935.
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182. Shakoor Lake is located on the border
between the Indian state of Gujarat and Sindh,
Pakistan.
183. The biggest importer of arms from the United

States from 2015 to 2019 was Saudi Arabia.
184. Pakistan is the 5th most populous country in

the world.
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185. the 5th most populous country in the world is
Pakistan. Pakistan has the world's 2nd Muslim
population. It is the 33rd-largest country by area.
186. Pakistan was ranked 154th among 189

countries on UN's Human Development Index
(HDI) 2020 rankings.
187. Pakistan ranks 8th on the global climate risk
index.
188 Pakistan is the 11th largest arms importer in

the world.
189. Pakistan ranked 124 out of 180 countries on

Corruption Perceptions Index.
190. Current policy rate of SBP is 7%.
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191. There are 30 districts in Sindh.
192. 88th is the rank of Pakistan in Global Hunger

Index 2020.
193. 66th /156 the Rank of Pakistan in World

Happiness Report 2020.
194. Pakistan Ranking for Ease of Doing Business

Index is 108/190.
195. According to the Pakistan Forest Institute,

the country only has 5.01% forest cover.
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196. The League of Nations was founded in1920.
Founder: Woodrow Wilson Headquarters: Geneva
Ceased operations: 1946
197. GCC was founded in 1981.
198. The Financial Action Task Force :

President: Marcus Pleyer
Headquarters: Paris
Founded: 1989
Purpose: Combat money laundering and terrorism
financing
Membership: 39
199. The current FATF blacklist includes two
countries:
North Korea and Iran
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200. The FATF placed Pakistan on the grey list in
June 2018.
201. Pakistan is the 33rd largest country by area.
202. Pakistan is 5th most populous in the world.

203. K2 is the second highest peak in the world.
Height : 28251 feet.
204. Pakistan Ranking for Ease of Doing Business
Index is 108/190.
205. Pakistan for Surgical instrument

manufacturing is the 1st in the World.
206. Pakistan’s Hand-sewn footballs production
is the 1st in the World.
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207. Pakistan Ranking in Democracy Index is
108/167.
208. Pakistan Army ranks 10th most powerful in

the world out of 133 countries on the Global Fire
power index 2021.
209. The largest island in the world is Greenland.
210. The IMF was conceived at a UN conference

in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States,
in July 1944. Its formation took place on
December 27, 1945.
211. Arab Spring started from Tunisia in 2010.
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213. Babar Iftikhar is the Current DG ISPR of
Pakistan Army.
214. The current Chief Election Commissioner is

Sikandar Sultan Raja.
215. What does CERN stand for?

CSS Interview
The name CERN is derived from the acronym for
the French "Conseil Européen pour la Recherche
Nucléaire".
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216. The Regional Comprehensive Economic
Partnership is a free trade agreement between the
Asia-Pacific nations of Australia, Brunei,
Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos,
Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, the
Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand,
and Vietnam.
The Regional Comprehensive Economic
Partnership (RCEP) is made up of Southeast Asian
countries, as well as South Korea, China, Japan,
Australia and New Zealand.
217. India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru,

took oath on 15 August 1947.
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218. The first president of India was Rajendra
Prasad.
219. Antonio Guterres is the current secretary

general of the United Nations.
220. There are currently six barrages on the Indus

River. Guddu Barrage, Sukkur Barrage, Kotri
Barrage, Taunsa Barrage, Chashma Barrage and
Jinnah Barrage. Another new barrage called
"Sindh Barrage" is planned.
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221. Pakistan ranks 124 out of 180 countries on

the Corruption Perceptions Index 2020
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222. Mozambique is the top country in the Global
Climate Risk Index 2021, for being the worst-hit
country by climate change.
223. The WHO has collaborated with Pfizer
Company to distribute Covid vaccines under the
Covax alliance.
224. Pakistan has dropped to 8th place from 5th

on the Long-Term Global Climate Risk Index
(GCRI) 2021
225. MI5, Military Intelligence Section 5, is

responsible for protecting the UK, its citizens and
interests, at home and overseas, against threats to
national security.
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226. MI 6 (SIS) the Secret Intelligence Service)
MI6 (Military Intelligence, Section 6), is
responsible for gathering intelligence outside the
UK in support of the government's security,
defence, foreign and economic policies.
227. Which country has the longest coastline in
the world?
Canada
228. RAW, The Research and Analysis Wing is the

foreign intelligence agency of India.
229. Mossad is the national intelligence agency of

Israel.
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230. ISI, The Inter-Services Intelligence is the
intelligence agency of Pakistan.
231. CIA, The Central Intelligence Agency is a

civilian foreign intelligence service of the United
States.
232. FIR stands for First Information Report

233. NC stands for Non cognizable offence.
234. Muhammad Ayub Khuhro was the the first

Chief Minister of Sindh after independence of
Pakistan.
235. Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah was the first
Governor of Sindh after the creation of Pakistan.
236. The headquarters of UNESCO is in Paris.
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237.The office of the UN General Assembly is
inNew York.
238. Which of the following countries is not a
member of SAARC?
A. Nepal
B. Bangladesh
C. Afghanistan
D. Myanmar ✔️
239. WAFA, is the news agency of Palestine.
240. (SANA) is the national official news agency in

Syria.
241. SABA is the news agency of Yemen.
242. ANTARA is the news agency of Indonesia.

243. APP is the news agency of Pakistan.
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244. AFP is the news agency of France. PTI is the
news agency of India. Reuters is the news agency
of the United Kingdom.
245. The Parliament of Iran is Majles-e Showrā-ye

Eslāmī.
246. The Parliament of Afghanistan is Shura-e
Milli.
247. The Parliament of Bangladesh is The Jatiya
Sangsad.
248. The Parliament of India is Bhāratīya Sansad.
249. The Parliament of Pakistan is
Majlis-e-Shoora.
250. The Parliament of the United States is
Congress.
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251. The Parliament of the United Kingdom is
Parliament.
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252. The Parliament of Japan is the Diet.
253. The Parliament of Russia is Duma.
254. The Parliament of Sweden is Riksdag.
255. The Parliament of Israel is Knesset.
256. The Parliament of Iceland is Althing.
257. The Parliament of Denmark is Folketing.

Parliament of Spain is The Cortes Generales. The
Parliament of Germany is Bundestag. Qantas is
the airline of Australia.
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258. Biman is the airline of Bangladesh.
259. Cathay Pacific is the airline of Hong Kong.
260. The Highest military award of Bangladesh is:

Bir Sreshtho.
261. The Highest military award of Russia is:

Order of the Patriotic War.
262. The US highest military award is: Medal of

Honour.
263. The Highest military award of Italy is : Medal

for Valour.
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264. Pakistan’s highest military award is :
Nishan-i-Haider.
265. The highest civil award of Pakistan is
Nishan-e-Pakistan.
266. Japan’s highest military award is: Order of

the Rising Sun.
267. India’s highest military award is: Param Vir

Chakra.
268. Britain’s highest military award is: Victoria

Cross
269. The Bay of Bengal is the largest bay in the

world in the terms of area.
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270. The Gulf of Mexico is the world's largest gulf.
271. Maoris is the term used for the

aboriginal people of New Zealand.
272. The largest population Uyghurs live in

China’s autonomous Xinjiang region. There has
also been a marked rise of Islamophobia across
China.
273. Kurds live in Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria.

Kurds are fighting for the establishment of their
own homeland.
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274. The Mongols are an East Asian ethnic group
native to Mongolia and to China's Inner Mongolia
Autonomous Region. They also live as minorities
in other regions of China, as well as in Russia.
275. Mongols invaded Baghdad in 1258 AD.
276. The term Moor used by Christian Europeans

to designate the Muslim inhabitants of the
Maghreb, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily, and Malta
during the Middle Ages. The Moors initially were
the indigenous Maghrebine Berbers.
277. Berbers are an ethnic group native to North

Africa and West Africa, specifically Morocco,
Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Mauritania, northern
Mali, northern Niger, and the Canary Islands.
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278. Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines reached
Pakistan on February 1,2021 gifted by China.
279. Russia is the largest country of the world in

the terms of area.
280. China is the most populous country in the

world.
281. The smallest country in the world is Vatican

City.
282. Moen Jo Daro was discovered in 1922.

283. The Mariana Trench, in the Pacific Ocean, is

the deepest location on Earth.
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284. The Strait of Hormuz connects Persian Gulf
with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea.
285. Pakistan purchased Gwadar from Oman.
286.The British government sold Kashmir for a

sum of 7.5 million Nanakshahi rupees to Gulab
Singh in 1846.
287. The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic and

Pacific Oceans
288. The Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul connects

Europe and Asia.
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289. McMahon Line is the border between: India
and China
290. Bishkek is the capital of:

Kyrgyzstan
291. Songs of Blood and Sword is written by

Fatima Bhutto.
292. Writer, Fatima Bhutto was born in Kabul,

Afghanistan.
293. In Pakistan, on February 5 every year,
Kashmir Day is observed to convey a message of
solidarity and support to Kashmiris.
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294. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an
intergovernmental military alliance based on the
North Atlantic Treaty. In the treaty, NATO
members agreed on a system of collective defence,
that is, an armed attack against any member state
would be considered an attack against them all.
This treaty was signed on April 04, 1949 in
Washington D.C. United States.
NATO headquarters
The headquarters of NATO is located in Brussels,

Belgium.
NATO members
Currently NATO has 30 members.
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295. NATO is an Alliance that consists of 30
independent member countries.
296. European Union (EU)
The European Union (EU) is an economic and

political union of European countries. The EU’s
working capital is Brussels, Belgium.
European Union Capital : Brussels, Belgium
Members: 27
Eurozone: 19
EU members
Currently the European Union has 27 member
states, and the Euro currency is used by 19 out of
27 EU members. The motto of the union is “In
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Varietate Concordia” which means “United in
Diversity”.
In a referendum held on 23 June 2016 in the
United Kingdom (UK), 52% of the votes casted
were in favour of leaving the European Union.
Finally, the UK left the European Union on 31
January 2020.
297. United Nations Organization (UNO)
After the end of World War I (WWI) which lasted

from 1914 to 1918, The League of Nations (LN)
was formed on January 10, 1920.
Its mission was to maintain world peace. But the
League of Nations failed in preventing World War
II (WWII) which lasted from 1939 to 1945. After
the end of World War II the United Nations
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Organization (UNO) was founded on October 24,
1945 to replace the flawed League of Nations. Its
principal mission is to maintain world peace, and
to provide a platform for dialogue.
Secretary General: Antonio Guterres, Portugal
Founded on: 24 October 1945
Motto: It's your world!
Headquarter: New York, USA
Members: 193
United Nations principal organs

The United Nations have five principal organs:
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1 General Assembly
2 Security Council
3 Secretariat
4 Economic and Social Council
5 International Court of Justice
The 6th organ, “Trusteeship Council” suspended

operation.
United Nations Languages:
UNO has 6 official languages: Arabic, Chinese,

English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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298. UNO has 6 official languages.
UN Members
There are 193 member states of the United

Nations.
Currently there are only two observer states:
1. Holy See 2. Palestine
299. Haleji Lake of Sindh, is known as Paradise of

Birds.
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300. First Muslim Nobel Laureate was: Anwar
Sadat
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301. The total coal resources of Pakistan are

approximately 185 Billion tonnes and Thar desert
in Sindh province contains 175 Billion tonnes of
lignite coal.
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302. Norway is known as the land of the midnight
sun.
303. Finland's nickname is “The Land of the

Thousand Lakes ”.
304. Which city is called “The City of Conferences

”?
Geneva.
305. The largest landlocked country in the world is
Kazakhstan.
306 . In which country FIFA 2022 will be held?

Qatar.
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307. Pakistan is set to begin its COVID- 19
vaccination campaign, as it has received the first
batch of "Sinopharm", a novel coronavirus vaccine
developed by China on 01 February 2021.
308. Myanmar's military seized power on February

1,2021 in a coup against the democratically
elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San
Suu Kyi.
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301. The Quran was translated into Sindhi

language in South Asia for the first time.
302. The earliest mosque in Sub-continent is

situated in Banbhore
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303. Finland's nickname is “The Land of the
Thousand Lakes ”.
304. Which city is called “The City of Conferences
”?
Geneva.
305. The largest landlocked country in the world is

Kazakhstan.
306 . In which country FIFA 2022 will be held?
Qatar.
307. Shah Jahan mosque is in Thatta, Sindh.
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308. Aror was the capital of Sindh during Raja
Dahir's rule.
309. Matiari is the cultural capital of Sindh.
310. Moen Jo Daro is located in Taluka Dokri.
311. The largest natural lake of Pakistan is

Manchar lake in Jamshoro district.
312. The largest man made lake of Pakistan is

Keenjhar in Thatta.
313. Cairo city of Egypt is called the city of 1000

minarets.
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314. Zahid Husain was the first governor of State
Bank of Pakistan
315. Chotiari Dam is located in Sanghar.
316. Darawat Dam is in Jamshoro.
317. Hub Dam is on Sindh - Balochistan border

near Karachi.
318. Moen Jo Daro and Makli are internationally

world heritage sites recognized by UNESCO.
319. Ranikot is in Sann, Jamshoro, Faiz Mahal in

Khairpur, Kotdiji is also in Khairpur.
320. The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum complex in

Agra, Uttar Pradesh state, India
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321. France has maximum(12) time zones in the
world.
322. Pakistan is set to begin its COVID- 19

vaccination campaign, as it has received the first
batch of "Sinopharm", a novel coronavirus vaccine
developed by China on 01 February 2021.
323. Myanmar's military seized power on February

1,2021 in a coup against the democratically
elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San
Suu Kyi.
324. Malakhra is a traditional game of Sindh.
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325. Which city of Sindh is popular for the
woodwork industry?
Hala
326. Moen Jo Daro is located at the bank of the

Indus in the:
Upper Sindh, on the West Bank and the right

bank of the Indus River ✔️
327. The Thar desert is called :
Friendly Desert
328. Ghulam Muhammad Barrage is also called :

Kotri Barrage
329. The largest Fort of Pakistan is :
Ranikot
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330. Which mountain peak is called Killer
Mountain?
Nanga Parbat
331. Which mountain range is located in Sindh?
Kirthar Range.
332. First Commissioner of Sindh : Charles Napier
333. Author of Jinnah of Pakistan : Stanley

Wolpert
334. Daughter of East : Benazir Bhutto
335. Great tragedy : Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
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336. Myth of independence : Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
337.Friends not masters : Ayub Khan
338. My Brother : Fatima Jinnah
339. Songs of Blood and Sword : Fatima Bhutto
340. With the Quaid-i-Azam During His Last Days

: by Ilahi Bakhsh.
341. The first Foreign Minister of Pakistan was

Zafarullah Khan.
342. First Martial Law was imposed in October,

1958.
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343. First natural gas reserves were discovered in
1952 at Sui.
344. First Muslim Nobel Laureate was Anwar

Sadat, President of Egypt received Peace Nobel
Prize in 1978 because of peace treaty with Israel.
The First Pakistani who received the Nobel Prize

in Physics in 1979 was Abdus Salam.
345. Name of the first Chief Justice of Pakistan is :

Abdul Rasheed
346. The first Vice President of Pakistan : Nurul

Amin
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347. Who was the first Captain of Pakistan Cricket
Team :Abdul Hafeez Kardar
348. The first Chairman of Senate :Habibullah

Khan
349. The first Muslim Chief of Air Force of

Pakistan : Air Marshal Asghar Khan
350. Who is the first Muslim woman to win a

Nobel Prize?
Dr Shirin Ebadi
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351. In October 2014, Malala, along with Indian
children's rights activist Kailash Satyarthi, was
named a Nobel Peace Prize winner. At age 17, she
became the youngest person to receive this prize.
352. Foundation of Muslim League at Dhaka :

30th December, 1906
353. Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfiqar Ali was

executed : 4th April, 1979
354. The bodyguard of the Earth is Jupiter which

saves the Earth from many Comets and Asteroids.
355. The Biggest moon in the Solar system is

Ganymede.
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356. Saturn has the maximum number of moons in
the Solar system.
357. Muhammad Iqbal

Born: November 9, 1877, Sialkot
Died: April 21, 1938, Lahore
358. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Former Governor-General of Pakistan

Born: December 25, 1876, Karachi
Died: September 11, 1948, Karachi
359. Country became the last

member of SAARC: Afghanistan
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360. Three century old heritage site
(Mosque) KHUDABAD is present in
city of Sindh: Dadu
361. Al Jazeera TV channel belongs to

country : Qatar
362. Silicon Valley is famous for

reason : Computer Business
363. The world's famous bridge, Golden Gate, is

located in : San Francisco
364. The Wazir Khan Mosque is a 17th century

mosque located in the city of Lahore.
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365. Sultan Ahmed Mosque, also known as the
Blue Mosque, is an Ottoman-era mosque located
in Istanbul, Turkey.
366. Through which strait around 40 percent

world oil is transported : Strait of Hormuz
367. London is located on the bank of the Thames

River.
368. Paris is located on the Bank of Seine River.
369. The Irrawaddy River flows in Myanmar.
370. The Lut Desert, widely referred to as Dasht-e

Lut, is a large salt desert located in Iran.
371. The Taklamakan Desert is in China.
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372. The Statue of Liberty was given to the United
States by France, as a symbol of the two countries'
friendship.
373. The Eiffel Tower is in Paris, France. It is

named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose
company designed and built the tower.
374. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a building in

Pisa, Italy.
375. KFC stands for Kentucky Fried Chicken.
376. The COVID-19 disease is caused by the virus

SARS-CoV-2.
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377. The World Health Organization(WHO) on
March 11, 2020 declared COVID-19 a pandemic.
378. First human heart transplant operation

conducted by Dr. Christiaan Barnard on Louis
Washkansky, was conducted in :1967
379. Epsom (England) is the place associated with -

Horse racing
380. Wimbledon” known for tennis, is in: London
381. “Bethlehem” is associated with:Jesus Christ
382 “Tiananmen Square” is located in: China.
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383. The Élysée Palace is the official residence of
the President of the French Republic.
384. “Golan Heights” belongs to:Syria
385. International Committee of the Red Cross;

received the prize three times. Nobel Peace Prize
(1917, 1944, 1963)
386. Marie Curie; received the prize twice. Nobel

Prize in Physics (1903) and Nobel Prize in
Chemistry (1911)
387. The Wall Street in New York, US associated

with activities : Banking and Finance.
388. The official residence of the Pope is in:

Vatican City.
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389. The Hagia Sophia is an enormous
architectural marvel in Istanbul, Turkey.
390. The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901.
391. Jean-Paul Sartre, awarded the 1964 Nobel

Prize in Literature, declined the prize because he
had consistently declined all official honours.
392. First Awards Nobel Prize 1901 :
The Peace Prize for that year was shared between

the Frenchman Frédéric Passy and the Swiss Jean
Henry Dunant.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1901 was awarded to
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen for discovery of X-RAY.
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393. Oldest person to receive a Nobel Prize:
John B. Goodenough; at the age of 97, received

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2019).
394.Youngest person to receive a Nobel Prize:
Malala Yousafzai; at the age of 17, received the

Nobel Peace Prize (2014).
395. National anthems of Bangladesh and India

were written by Rabindranath Tagore.
396. Rabindranath Tagore, was the first Asian

Nobel Laureate in Literature in 1913.
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397. Gitanjali is a book of poems written by
Rabindranath Tagore.
398.The Shahnameh is a long epic poem written by

the Persian poet Ferdowsi.
399. SUPARCO: The Space & Upper Atmosphere
Research Commission is the national space agency
of Pakistan.
400. What is the space agency of Japan?
JAXA : Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
401.What is the name of Indian space agency?
Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO)
402.What is the Chinese space agency called?
China National Space Administration (CNSA)
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403. The National Aeronautics and Space
Administration(NASA) is an independent agency
of the U.S. federal government responsible for the
civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and
space research.
404. The Richest Person in the world (2021) is

Elon Musk.
405. On Venus Planet, day is longer than year.
406. Norway is known as " The Land of the

Midnight Sun".
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407. Big Ben is a tower clock known for its
accuracy and for its massive hour bell in London.
408. Mount Kilimanjaro is located in Tanzania.
409. Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai : 1689-1752
410. The area of Sindh is :

140,914sq.km
411. The D-8 Organization for Economic

Cooperation, is also known as organization of
Developing-8, : Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia,
Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkey.
Headquarters: İstanbul, Turkey
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412. The Last Battle joined by the Holy Prophet
was Tabuk.
413. Indus Waters Treaty was signed on September

19, 1960, between India and Pakistan and
brokered by the World Bank - Jawaharlal Nehru
and Ayub Khan signed.
414. With the Indus Water Treaty, the World Bank

divided the whole reservoirs into two parts. Beas,
Ravi and Sutlej rivers were assigned to India while
the rivers Chenab Jhelum and Indus were granted
to Pakistan.
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415. First Sindhi translation of the Quran was by
Aakhund Azizullah.
416. Pakistan launched its first satellite Badr-A

(Urdu: ۱-‫بدر‬‎, meaning Full Moon-A) was the first
artificial and the first digital communications
satellite launched by Pakistan's supreme national
space authority — the SUPARCO — in 1990 was
Badr-I.
417. First secretary General of the UN was Trygve

Lie (Norway).
418. What was the old name of Sri Lanka?

Ceylon
419. Nelson Mandela International Day: 18 July
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420. The Headquarters of the International Court
of Justice is in Hague, Netherlands.
421. Pakistan’s National Anthem was composed by

Ahmad G. Chagla.
422. India is the largest democracy in the world.
423. The Reconstruction of Religious Thought was

written byAllama Muhammad Iqbal. Pakistan’s
national anthem is written in the Persian language
and it has only a single word “ka” in its national
language Urdu.
424. The National Anthem of Pakistan was

approved by the Government in August 1954.
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425. Pakistan's national anthem is three-stanza
and 15 lines.
Old Names : New Names

426. Yathrib : Medina
427. Bakkah : Makkah
428. Siam : Thailand
429. East Pakistan :Bangladesh
430. Ceylon : Sri Lanka
431. Burma : Myanmar
432. Kampuchea : Cambodia
433. Peking : Beijing
434. Constantinople: Istanbul
435. Saigon: Ho Chi Minh City
436. Kristania: Oslo
437. Formosa : Taiwan
438. Nippon : Japan
439.Zambia: Northern Rhodesia
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440. Zimbabwe : Southern Rhodesia
441. Mesopotamia: Iraq
442. Persia: Iran
443. Abyssinia: Ethiopia
444. Khangarh : Jacobabad
445. Neronkot : Hyderabad
446. Pepri : Bin Qasim
447. Aror : Rohri
448. Lo- e-Sahiban : Ghotki
449. Lyallpur: Faisalabad
450. Montgomery : Sahiwal
451. Bakhar : Sukkur
452. NawabShah : Benazirabad
453. Salisbury : Harare
454. Harare is the capital of Zimbabwe.
455. Pushkalavati → Charsadda
456. Rowdayana → Swat
457. Ajodhan → Pakpattan
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458. Campbellpur → Attock
459. Fort Sandeman → Zhob
460. Raj Shahi → Islamabad
461. Kalachi → Karachi
462. Shalkot → Quetta
463. Mahmudpur → Lahore
464. Bombay → Mumbai
465. Amarkot : Umerkot
466. Mughul Emperor Akbar was born in
Umerkot, Sindh.
467. Mount Everest is a peak in the Himalaya

mountain range. Mount Everest is located between
Nepal and Tibet, an autonomous region of China.
468. Mount Everest was named after George

Everest, a former Surveyor General of India.
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469. The first ever recorded people to climb
Everest were Edmund Hillary (a mountaineer from
New Zealand) and his Tibetan guide Tenzing
Norgay in 1953.
470. Lino Lacedelli an Italian mountaineer and

Achille Compagnoni, on 31 July 1954 were the
first men to reach the summit of K2.
471. The new agreed height of Mount Everest is

8,848.86 meters (29,031.69 feet)
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472. Nazir Sabir was the first Pakistani who

climbed Mount Everest in 2000.
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473. Samina Baig became the first Pakistani
woman to climb Mount Everest on 19 May 2013.
474. K2, also called Mount Godwin Austen,

Chogori, is the world’s second highest peak 28,251
feet [8,611 metres] . K2 is located in the
Karakoram Range.
475. K2 was given the symbol K2 because it was

the second peak measured in the Karakoram
Range. The name Mount Godwin Austen is for the
peak's first surveyor, Col. H.H. Godwin Austen, a
19th-century English geographer.
476. Ashraf Aman became the first Pakistani to

reach the summit of K2 in 1977.
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477. Tallest Animal in the World — Giraffe

478. Tallest Building in the world—Burj Dubai,
UAE
479. The Indus river is known as Mehran.
480. Largest archipelago in the World—Indonesia

481. Largest Peninsula in the world : Arabian
Peninsula
482. Largest gulf in the world - Gulf of Mexico
483. Largest Strait in the world : Strait of Malacca
484. Largest City in Population in the World :
Tokyo
485. Largest Creature in the World
Blue whale
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486. Largest Delta in the World
Sunderban (Bangladesh & India)
487. Largest Desert in the World
Sahara (Aftica)
488. Largest Desert in Asia
Gobi
489. Largest river in Asia : Yangtze River
490 . Largest Irrigation Scheme in the World
Lloyd Barrage, Sukkur (Pakistan)
491. Largest Island in the World

Greenland
492. Largest lake in the world : Caspian

Caspian is Salt Water lake.
493. Largest Lake (Fresh water) in the World :

Superior
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494. Deepest lake in the world - Lake Baikal
495. Highest Lake in the world - Lake Titicaca
496. Largest waterfall in the world - Angel Falls
497. Largest Glacier in the world - Lambert-Fisher
Glacier
498. Deepest place in the world : Mariana Trench
499. Largest Fort in the world : Ranikot Sindh .
500. Fastest Bird in the World : Swift
501. Smallest bird in the world : The bee
hummingbird or zunzuncito is the world's
smallest bird. It is native to Cuba.
502. India got her name from Indus.
503. ‘The Indus Valley Civilization’ was born

around the Indus River.
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504. There are 6 barrages on the Indus River. 7th
Sindh Barrage is planned.
505. Which river is called the Nile of Pakistan?

Indus River
506. Which river is called Father of Rivers?

Indus Sindhu
507. The Indus River originates near the

Mansarovar Lake in Tibet.
508. Five rivers of Punjab join the Indus at:

Mithankot
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509. The Indus river is the longest river in
Pakistan, originating from the Himalayan region.
It is also the world's 21st largest river in terms of
annual water flow. With a total length of 3,180
kilometres, it is also Pakistan's lifeline.
510. The first mosque constructed on the earth

was Masjid al-Haram and the second Masjid Aqsa.
511. The first mosque constructed during Era of

Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is Quba.
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512. The highest waterfall in the world is Angel
Falls in Venezuela. 513. Ariana is the airline of
Afghanistan.
514. Cathay Pacific Airways is the national airline

of Hong Kong.
515. Maple leaf is the National emblem of:

Canada
516. The number of OIC member states is: 57
517. The number of players in each team of

basketball game is: 5
518. “Spirit of Islam" book is written by Syed

Ameer Ali.
519. The Headquarters of the UN Security

Council is located at: New York
520. Xinhua is the news agency of China.
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521. 12 February, 2021. 6.4-magnitude
earthquake rocks several cities in Pakistan, India
and Tajikistan.
The earthquake, which struck at a depth of 80

kilometres originated at 10:02pm, with the
epicentre in Tajikistan.
In Pakistan, the tremors were felt in Islamabad,

Lahore and other areas of Punjab, besides
several areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa including
Malakand and Hazara divisions.
522. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)

declares 2021-2030 decade for : Ecosystem
Restoration
523. Who has been elected as Iran's eighth

president? Ebrahim Raisi.
524. According to Sindh Syllabus Social Studies,

the length of the Indus River is 2700 Km
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