General Knowledge For Forthcoming Examination

General Knowledge : World

• ● The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was Mujibur Rehman
  ● The longest river in the world is the Nile
  ● The longest highway in the world is the Trans-Canada
  ● The longest highway in the world has a length of About 8000 km
  ● The highest mountain in the world is the Everest
  ● The country that accounts for nearly one third of the total teak production of the world is Myanmar
  ● The biggest desert in the world is the Sahara desert
  ● The largest coffee growing country in the world is Brazil
  ● The country also known as "country of Copper" is Zambia
  ● The name given to the border which separates Pakistan and Afghanistan is Durand line
  ● The river Volga flows out into the Capsian sea
  ● The coldest place on the earth is Verkoyansk in Siberia
  ● The country which ranks second in terms of land area is Canada
  ● The largest Island in the Mediterranean sea is Sicily
  ● The river Jordan flows out into the Dead sea
  ● The biggest delta in the world is the Sunderbans
  ● The capital city that stands on the river Danube is Belgrade
  ● The Japanese call their country as Nippon
  ● The length of the English channel is 564 kilometres
  ● The world's oldest known city is Damascus
  ● The city which is also known as the City of Canals is Venice
  ● The country in which river Wangchu flows is Myanmar
  ● The biggest island of the world is Greenland
  ● The city which is the biggest centre for manufacture of automobiles in the world is Detroit, USA
  ● The country which is the largest producer of manganese in the world is USA
  ● The country which is the largest producer of rubber in the world is Malaysia
  ● The country which is the largest producer of tin in the world is Malaysia
  ● The river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea is the Mississippi
  ● The city which was once called the `Forbidden City' was Peking
  ● The country called the Land of Rising Sun is Japan
  ● Mount Everest was named after Sir George Everest
  ● The volcano Vesuvius is located in Italy
  ● The country known as the Sugar Bowl of the world is Cuba
  ● The length of the Suez Canal is 162.5 kilometers
  ● The lowest point on earth is The coastal area of Dead sea
  ● The Gurkhas are the original inhabitants of Nepal
  ● The largest ocean of the world is the Pacific ocean
  ● The largest bell in the world is the Tsar Kolkol at Kremlin, Moscow
  ● The biggest stadium in the world is the Strahov Stadium, Prague
  ● The world's largest diamond producing country is South Africa
  ● Australia was discovered by James Cook
  ● The first Governor General of Pakistan is Mohammed Ali Jinnah
  ● Dublin is situated at the mouth of river Liffey
  ● The earlier name of New York city was New Amsterdam
  ● The Eifel tower was built by Alexander Eiffel
  ● The Red Cross was founded by Jean Henri Durant
  ● The country which has the greatest population density is Monaco
  ● The national flower of Britain is Rose
  ● Niagara Falls was discovered by Louis Hennepin
  ● The national flower of Italy is Lily
  ● The national flower of China is Narcissus
  ● The permanent secretariat of the SAARC is located at Kathmandu
  ● The gateway to the Gulf of Iran is Strait of Hormuz
  ● The first Industrial Revolution took place in England
  ● World Environment Day is observed on 5th June
  ● The first Republican President of America was Abraham Lincoln
  ● The country famous for Samba dance is Brazil
  ● The name of Alexander's horse was Beucephalus
  ● Singapore was founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
  ● The famous British one-eyed Admiral was Nelson
  ● The earlier name of Sri Lanka was Ceylon
  ● The UNO was formed in the year 1945
  ● UNO stands for United Nations Organization
  ● The independence day of South Korea is celebrated on 15th August
  ● 'Last Judgement' was the first painting of an Italian painter named Michelangelo
  ● Paradise Regained was written by John Milton
  ● The first President of Egypt was Mohammed Nequib
  ● The first man to reach North Pole was Rear Peary
  ● The most famous painting of Pablo Picasso was Guermica
  ● The primary producer of newsprint in the world is Canada
  ● The first explorer to reach the South Pole was Cap. Ronald Amundson
  ● The person who is called the father of modern Italy is G.Garibaldi
  ● World literacy day is celebrated on 8th September
  ● The founder of modern Germany is Bismarck
  ● The country known as the land of the midnight sun is Norway
  ● The place known as the Roof of the world is Tibet
  ● The founder of the Chinese Republic was San Yat Sen
  ● The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was Abdul Salam
  ● The first woman Prime Minister of Britain was Margaret Thatcher
  ● The first Secretary General of the UNO was Trygve Lie
  ● The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was Frederick Auguste Bartholdi
  ● The port of Banku is situated in Azerbaijan
  ● John F Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harry Oswald
  ● The largest river in France is Lore
  ● The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law was Catherine of Aragon
  ● The first negro to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was Ralph Johnson Bunche
  ● The first British University to admit women for degree courses was London University
  ● The principal export of Jamaica is Sugar
  ● New York is popularly known as the city of Skyscrapers
  ● Madagascar is popularly known as the Island of Cloves
  ● The country known as the Land of White Elephant is Thailand
  ● The country known as the Land of Morning Calm is Korea
  ● The country known as the Land of Thunderbolts is Bhutan
  ● The highest waterfalls in the world is the Salto Angel Falls(Venezuela)
  ● The largest library in the world is the United States Library of Congress Washington DC