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General Knowledge Solved

MCQs
By Adnan Hamdani Wednesday, July 17, 2013 0 Comments

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01 The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was Mujibur
Rehman
02 The longest river in the world is the Nile
03 The longest highway in the world is the Trans-Canada
04 The longest highway in the world has a length of about
8000 km
05 The highest mountain in the world is the Everest
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The country that accounts for nearly one third of the total
teak
production of the world is
Myanmar
07 The biggest desert in the world is the Sahara desert
08 The largest coffee growing country in the world is Brazil
09 The country also known as "country of Copper"is Zambia
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The name given to the border which seperates Pakistan and

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Afghanistan is
Durand line
11 The river Volga flows out into the Capsian sea
12 The coldest place on the earth is Verkoyansk in Siberia
13 The country which ranks second in terms of land area
is Canada
14 The largest Island in the Mediterranean sea is Sicily
15 The river Jordan flows out into the Dead sea
16 The biggest delta in the world is the Sunderbans
17 The capital city that stands on the river Danube
is Belgrade
18 The Japanese call their country as Nippon
19 The length of the English channel is 564 kilometres
20 The world's oldest known city is Damascus
21 The city which is also known as the City
of Canals is Venice
22 The country in which river Wangchu flows is Myanmar
23 The biggest island of the world is Greenland
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The city which is the biggest centre for manufacture of
automobiles in
the world is
Detroit,USA

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25 The country which is the largest producer of manganese

in the world is USA
26 The country which is the largest producer of rubber in the
world is Malaysia
27 The country which is the largest producer of tin in the
world is Malaysia
28 The river which carries maximum quantity of water into
the sea is the Mississippi
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29 The city which was once called the `Forbidden City'was
Peking
30 The country called the Land of Rising Sun is Japan
31 Mount Everest was named after Sir George Everest
32 The volcano Vesuvias is located in Italy
33 The country known as the Suger Bowl of the world
is Cuba
34 The length of the Suez Canal is 162.5 kilometres
35 The lowest point on earth is
The coastal area of Dead
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36 The Gurkhas are the original inhabitants of Nepal

37 The largest ocean of the world is the Pacific ocean
38 The largest bell in the world is the
Tsar Kolkol at
Kremlin,Moscow
39 The biggest stadium in the world is the Strahov
Stadium,Prague
40 The world's largest diamond producing country is South
Africa
41 Australia was discovered by James Cook
42 The first Governor General of Pakistan is Mohammed Ali
Jinnah
43 Dublin is situated at the mouth of river Liffey
44 The earlier name of New York city was New Amsterdam
45 The Eifel tower was built by Alexander Eiffel
46 The Red Cross was founded by Jean Henri Durant
47 The country which has the greatest population density is
Monaco
48 The national flower of Britain is Rose
49 Niagara Falls was discovered by Louis Hennepin
50 The national flower of Italy is Lily
51 The national flower of China is Narcissus

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52 The permanent secretariat of the SAARC is located at

Kathmandu
53 The gateway to the Gulf of Iran is Strait of Hormuz
54 The first Industrial Revolution took place in England
55 World Environment Day is observed on 5th June
56 The first Republican President of America was Abraham
Lincoln
57 The country famous for Samba dance is Brazil
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58 The name of Alexander's horse was Beucephalus
59 Singapore was founded by
Sir Thomas Stamford
Raffles
60 The famous British one-eyed Admiral was Nelson
61 The earlier name of Srilanka was Ceylon
62 The UNO was formed in the year 1945
63 UNO stands for
United Nations
Organisation

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64 The independence day of South Korea is celebrated on

15th August
65 `Last Judgment was the first painting of an Italian painter
named Michelangelo
66 `Paradise Regained was written by John Milton
67 The first President of Egypt was Mohammed Nequib
68 The first man to reach North Pole was Rear Peary
69 The most famous painting of Pablo Picasso was
Guermica
70 The primary producer of newsprint in the world is
Canada
71 The first explorer to reach the South Pole was Cap.Ronald
Amundson
72 The person who is called the father of modern Italy is
G.Garibaldi
73 World literacy day is celebrated on 8th September
74 The founder of modern Germany is Bismarck
75 The country known as the land of the midnight sun is
Norway
76 The place known as the Roof of the world is Tibet
77 The founder of the Chinese Republic was San Yat Sen
78 The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was Abdul
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79 The first woman Prime Minister of Britain was Margaret

Thatcher
80 The first Secretary General of the UNO was Trygve Lie
81 The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was
Federick Auguste
Bartholdi
82 The port of Banku is situated in Azerbaijan
83 John F.Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harry Oswald
84 The largest river in France is Lore
85 The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law
was Catherine of Aragon
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86 The first negro to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was
Ralph Johnson Bunche
87 The first British University to admit women for degree
courses was London University
88 The principal export of Jamaica is Sugar
89 New York is popularly known as the city of Skyscrapers
90 Madagascar is popularly known as the Island of Cloves

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91 The country known as the Land of White Elephant is

Thailand
92 The country known as the Land of Morning Calm is Korea
93 The country known as the Land of Thunderbolts is
Bhutan
94 The highest waterfalls in the world is the
Salto Angel
Falls,Venezuela
95 The largest library in the world is the
United States Library of
Congress,Washington
DC
96 The largest museum in the world is the
American Museum of
Natural History
97 The lowest mountain ragne in the world is the Bhieuna
Bhaile
98 The country known as the Land of Cakes is Scotland
99 The place known as the Garden of England is Kent
100 The tallest tower in the world is the
C.N.Tower,Toronto,
Canada
101 The country famous for its fish catch is Japan

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102 The old name of Taiwan was Farmosa

103 Montreal is situated on the bank of river Ottawa
104 The city of Bonn is situated in Germany
105 The literal meaning of Renaissance is Revival
106 Julius Caesar was killed by Brutus
107 The title of Desert Fox was given to
Field Marshal Erwin
Rommel
108 The largest airport in the world is the
King Khalid Int.Airport,
Saudi Arabia
109 The city in Russia which faced an earthquake in the year
1998 was Armenia
110 The largest bay in the world is Hudson Bay,Canada
111 The largest church in the world is
Bascilica of
St.Peter,Vatican
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City,Rome
112 The largest peninsula in the world is Arabia

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113 The largest gulf in the world is Gulf of Mexico

114 The tallest statue in the world is the
Motherland,Volgagra d
Russia
115 The largest railway tunnel in the world is the Oshimzu
Tunnel,Japan
116 The world's loneliest island is the Tristan da cunda
117 The word `Quiz'was coined by Jim Daly Irishman
118 The original meaning of `Quiz'was Trick
119 The busiest shopping centre of London is Oxford Street
120 The residence of the Queen in London is Buckingham
Palace
121 Adolf Hitler was born in Austria
122 The country whose National Anthem has only music but
no words is Bahrain
123 The largest cinema in the world is the Fox
theatre,Detroit, USA
124 The country where there are no Cinema theatres is
Saudi arabia
125 The world's tallest office building is the Sears
Tower,Chicago
126 In the year 1811,Paraguay became independent from
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127 The cross word puzzle was invented by Arthur Wynney

128 The city which was the capital of the ancient Persian
Empire was Persepolis
129 WHO stands for
World Health
Organisation
130 WHO is located at Geneva
131 FAO stands for
Food and Agriculture
Organisation
132 FAO is located at Rome and London
133 UNIDO stands for
United Nations Industrial
Development
Organisation
134 UNIDO is located at Vienna
135 WMO stands for
World Meteorological
Organisation
136 WMO is located at Geneva
137 International Civil Aviation Organisation is located at
Montreal

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138 The Angel Falls is located in Venezuela
139 The Victoria Falls is located in Rhodesia
140 Ice Cream was discovered by Gerald Tisyum
141 The number regarded as lucky number in Italy is
Thirteen
142 Napoleon suffered from alurophobia which means Fear
of cats
143 The aeroplanes was used in war for the first time by
Italians(14 Oct.1911)
144 Slavery in America was abolished by Abraham Lincoln
145 The Headquarters of textile manufacturing in England is
Manchester
146 The famous Island located at the mouth of the Hudson
river is Manhattan
147 The founder of plastic industry was Leo Hendrik
Bakeland
148 The country where military service is compulsory for
women is Israel
149 The country which has more than 10,000 golf courses is
USA

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150 The famous painting `Mona Lisa'is displayed at Louvre

museum,Paris
151 The earlier name for tomato was Love apple
152 The first President of USA was George Washington
153 The famous words `Veni Vidi Vici'were said by Julius
Caesar
154 The practice of sterilization of surgical instruments was
introduced by Joseph Lister
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The number of countries which participated in the first
Olympic Games
held at Athens was
Nine
156 Mercury is also known as Quick Silver
157 Disneyland is located in California,USA
158 The country which built the first powerful long range
rockets is Germany
159 Sewing Machine was invented by Isaac M.Singer
160 Adding Machine was invented by Aldrin
161 The national emblem of Spain is Eagle
162 Archimedes was born in Sicily
163 The total area of Vatican city is 0.272 Sq.kms

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164 The largest temple in the world is Angkorwat in

Kampuchea
165 The largest dome in the world is
Louisiana
Superdome,New
Orleans,USA
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166 The largest strait in the world is Tartar Strait
167 The Mohenjodaro ruins are found in
Larkand District of
Sind,Pakistan
168 The largest city of Africa is Cairo
169 The founder of KODAK Company was Eastman
170 The Cape of Good Hope is located in South Africa
171 The Heathrow Airport is located in London
172 The neon lamp was invented by Georges Claude
173 The last letter of the Greek alphabet is Omega
174 The place known as the land of Lincoln is Illinois
175 The US state Utah is also known as Beehive state
176 The Kalahari desert is located in Africa

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177 The Pentagonian desert is located in Argentina

178 The person known as the father of aeronautics is Sir
George Cayley
179 The most densely populated Island in the world is
Honshu
180
The two nations Haiti and the Dominion Republic together
form the
Island of
Hisponiola
181 The largest auto producer in the USA is General Motors
182 The largest auto producing nation is Japan
183 The famous General Motors company was founded by
William Durant
184 The country that brings out the FIAT is Italy
185 The first actor to win an Oscar was Emil Jannings
186 The first animated colour cartoon of full feature length
was
Snow White and Seven
Dwarfs
187 The first demonstration of a motion picture was held at
Paris
188 The first country to issue stamps was Britain

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189
The actor who is considered as the biggest cowboy star of the
silent
movies is
Tom Mix
190 The Pentagon is located at Washington DC
191 The world's largest car manufacturing company is
General Motors,USA
192 The world's biggest manufacturer of bicycles is Hero
cycles,Ludhiana
193 The world's oldest underground railway is at London
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194 The White House was painted white to Hide fire
damage
195 The largest oil producing nation in Africa is Nigeria
196 The longest river in Russia is Oblrtysh
197 The first Emperor of Germany was Wilhelm
198 The last French Monarch was Louis Napoleon III
199 "History is Bunk"was said by Henry Ford
200 The term ``astrology' literally means Star Speech

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201 Togo is situated in Africa

202 Coal is also known as Black Diamond
203 The first Boxer to win 3 gold medals in Olympics was
Laszlo Papp
204 The first ruler who started war games for his soldiers
was Genghis Khan
205 The first cross word puzzle in the world was published in
1924 by London Sunday
Express
206 The lightest known metal is Lithium
207 The atacama desert is located in North Chile
208 The oil used to preserve timber is Creosote oil
209 The founder of USA was George Washington
210 The first talkie feature film in USA was The Jazz Singer
211 The chemical name of laughing gas is Nitrous oxide
212 The US state Mississipi is also known as Tar Heel state
213 The US state Indiana is also known as Volunteer state
214 The US state Missouri is also known as Hoosier state
215 The US state West Verginia is also known as Blue Grass
state
216 The US state known as`Pine Free State'is Vermount
217 The US state known as `Mountain state'is Pensylvania

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218 The US state known as`Land of `Land of 1000 Lakes'is

Arkansas
219 The popular detective character created by Agatha
Christie is Hercule Poirot
220 The Pakistani President who died in an aircrash was Ziaul-Huq
221 Yoghurt means Fermented milk
222 Yankee is the nickname of American
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223 The International court of Justice is located in
Hague,Holland
224 The headquarters of World Bank is located at
Washington DC
225 Victoria Falls was discovered by David Livingstone
226 The technique to produce the first test tube baby was
evolved by
Patrick Stepote and
Robert Edwards
227 The oldest residential university of Britain is the Oxford
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228
The name of the large clock on the tower of the House of
Parliament in
London is called
Big Ben
229 Prado museum is located in Madrid
230 The number of keys in an ordinary piano is Eighty eight
231 `Man is a Tool Making Animal'was said by Benjamin
Franklin
232 The term 'anesthesia' was coined by Oliver Wendell
Holmes
233 The first man to reach Antartica was Fabian Gotileb
234 The Kilimanjaro volcano is situated in Tanzania
235 The invention that is considered to have built America is
Dynamite
236 The author of Harry Potter Books is JK Rowling
Nickname of New York city is Big Apple
What do you call a group of sheep? A Flock of Sheep
In which sport do players take long and short corners?
Hockey
Who was the youngest President of the USA? Theodore
Roosevelt

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How many legs do butterflies have? 6 Legs & 2 Pair of

Wings