World General Knowledge

World General Knowledge About All Countries.

•  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 TransCanada

•  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 Caspian 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 Ganges Delta

• 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

          China & South Africa

•  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 China

•  The river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea is the Amazon River

•  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 Admiral Robert E. 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 Baku is situated in Azerbaijan

•  John F Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald

•  The largest river in France is Loire

•  The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law was Catherine of Aragon

• The first black person 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

•  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

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