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• Ambati Balamyrali is the youngest (17-years old) doctor of Indian origin in the world who received his medical degree from Mount Sinai, New York.
• Ambedkar, B.R is known as the architect of the Indian Constitution.
• Apsra is the first nuclear reactor of India.
• Aquaculture refers to fish-farming or fish culture.
• Baku is famous for the production of petroleum.
• Blue revolution relates to fish farming.
• Borlaug, Norman Ernest was American agricultural scientist t and winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1970. He was one of those who laid the groundwork of the Green Revolution.
• Buoy stands for a man serving in any hotel for luggage transportation or as a guide.
• Chakmas are refugees from Bangladesh settled in India.
• Charar-e-Sharief is the Dargah of Sufi saint Sheikh Nooruddin Wali in Kashmir.
• Charminar is located in Hyderabad (India).
• Chernobayl is a Russian city having a nuclear power plant where a tank of readioactive waste exploded in April, 1993. This explosion is known as “Chernobyl Disaster”.
• Chris Patten was the last British Governor of Hong Kong.
• It is summer season in Australia during Christmas.
• Churchill was PM of U.K during WWII. He is known to have said “ I have nothing to offer except blood, sweat and tears.”
• Conditioned Reflex is the term mainly discussed in Psychology.
• Cross-breeding is to be done for achieving quick increase in milk production.
• Crystal oscillator is in electric watch, the component corresponding to pendulum of a pendulum clock.
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production of cultured pearls is an important cottage industry of Japan.
• Debenture is a certificate issued by a company promising the payment of a specified amount at a fixed rate of interest after a specified period.
• A deflector is a technique of adjusting for changes in price level.
• Desdemona is a character in the Shakespeare’s play Othello.
• Dicky Dolma is the youngest woman climber of Mt. Everest.
• Dr. Watson is a fictional character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
• Dunkel Draft relates to international trade.
• Dzongkha is the official language of Bhutan.
• E.T.A is a terrorist organization in Spain.
• Elephant’s tusks are called enlarged cartilaginous bones.
• Erasmus was a Dutch writher. His Praise of Folly is still read.
• Esperanto is an artificial international language created to act as world language.
• Euro is the name of New Single European Currency launched on January 1, 1999.
• Every Street is paved with Gold was authored by Kim Woo-Chung, founder of Daewoo.
• Exfoliation is a type of weathering common both in the cold and in the hot climate regions.
• Exit Poll is a term used to denote a post-election survey of voters regarding the candidate in whose favour they had exercised their franchise.
• Debenture is a certificate issued by a company promising the payment of a specified amount at a fixed rate of interest after a specified period.
• A deflector is a technique of adjusting for changes in price level.
• Desdemona is a character in the Shakespeare’s play Othello.
• Dicky Dolma is the youngest woman climber of Mt. Everest.
• Dr. Watson is a fictional character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
• Dunkel Draft relates to international trade.
• Dzongkha is the official language of Bhutan.
• E.T.A is a terrorist organization in Spain.
• Elephant’s tusks are called enlarged cartilaginous bones.
• Erasmus was a Dutch writher. His Praise of Folly is still read.
• Esperanto is an artificial international language created to act as world language.
• Euro is the name of New Single European Currency launched on January 1, 1999.
• Every Street is paved with Gold was authored by Kim Woo-Chung, founder of Daewoo.
• Exfoliation is a type of weathering common both in the cold and in the hot climate regions.
• Exit Poll is a term used to denote a post-election survey of voters regarding the candidate in whose favour they had exercised their franchise.
PAKISTAN ARMY OFFICER RANKS SECOND LIEUTENANT TO GENERAL AND FIELD MARSHAL
• The readings of a Fahrenheit and a Centigrade temperature is the same at -40°.
• Gregory Mendel is called the Father of Genetics.
• Fenugreek seeds can benefit a patient of diabetes mellitus by normalizing his blood sugar level.
• Powder-type fire extinguisher is used for petroleum fire.
• India occupies first position in the world in the production of tea.
• It is the President and not the PM who presides over the cabinet meetings in France.
• Sigmund Freud founded the technique of pshychoaralysis.
• Guemica is a painting by Pablo Picasso.
• Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arrangement.
• Inflation means an increase in the amount of paper money which tends to raise general price level of commodities. It is a comparative figure showing cost of living, production prices, etc as compared with a base year. Debtors are likely to benefit by Inflation.
• Zero Rate Inflation obtains necessarily in a year where the annual rate of inflation is constant in every week of the year.
• ISBN: International Standard Book Numbering is an internation system by which a distinct identifying number is assigned to each book.
• Jain Commission was associated with probing the conspiracy angle of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination.
• James Bond is a character in the novels written by Ian Fleming.
• Jana-gana-mana is India’s National Anthem.
• Jantar Mantar is an observatory in Delhi constructed in 1724 during the days of Maharaja Jai Singh II of Amber.
• Thomas Jefferson authored American Declaration of Independence.
• Jurassic Park was directed by Steven Spielberg.
• Kabalega is a National Park of Uganda.
• Kalidas was the greatest of the Sanskrit daramatist. He authored Shakukntala, etc.
• Kalinga Prize is awarded for popularization of science each year by UNESCO.
• Gary Kasparov is associated with Chess.
• Dr. V. Kurein is associated with Dairy Farming.
• Bhutan is called the “Land of Thunder Dragon”.
• Laos is the only land-locked country in South-East Asia.
• Last Supper is a famous Renaissance painting by Leonardo da Vinci.
• Leningrad is a famous town in Russia situated on the bank of river Neva.
• LIBOR is the basic interest rate on interbank loans in London.
• Lifeline Express is the world’s first hospital on rails operated in India.
• G.J. Mendel is known as founder of genetics.
• Meri Ekyaven Kavitayen is collection of poems of Atal Behari Vajpayee.
• Milk is an example of emulsion.
• Missionaries of Charity is the religious order established by Mother Teresa.
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• Montesquieu gave the theory of separation of power.
• Mother Teresa was born in Albania in 1910.
• New Moore Island is situated in the Bay of Bengal.
• Parliament of Switzerland is known as Federal Assembly.
• Pasumpatinath temple is in Nepal.
• Photolysis is dissociation of water molecule in the chemical reaction of photosynthesis.
• Pierry Cardin is famous fashion designer.
• Pondicherry is the Union Territory of India which has a legislature.
• India has 16% of world’s population.
• Postal Zone is indicated by the first two digits from left of the Pincode.
• Eyes of potato are used for vegetative propagation.
• Prunning is associated with the cultivation of tea.
• The concept of Public Interest Litigation originated in UK.
• Pulitzer Prizes are awarded to Americans for excellence in journalism.
• Quill feathers are on the wing and tail of birds and are helpful during their flight.
• Red Cross Movement was launched by J.H. Dunant.
• Saw-scaled viper is the only snake that builds a nest.
• Scenes from a writer’s life is the autobiography of Ruskin Bond.
• The average salinity of sea water is 3.5%.
• Gram, Pea and Soyabean group of seeds are richer in protein than Rice and Maize.
• A team of men in opposition to take over the different portfolios in case the party is able to wrest power is known as Shadow Cabinet.
• Shahtoosh is the finest, warmest and lightest wool in the world produced in Uzbekistan.
• If a ship desires to travel the shortest route, it must follow longitude connecting the two joints b/w which travel is to be undertaken.
• Vatican is the smallest country in the world in terms of area.
• Snake is a limbless reptile.
• USA is the world’s principal producer of Soyabean.
• Stromboli is a volcano in Sicily.
• Tape worm has no digestive system because it is a saprophyte.
• The Road Ahead is written by Bill Gates.
• Torah is the sacred book of the Parsis.
• United Kingdom consists of England, Northern Island, Scotland & Wales.
• Wheatstone Bridge is used to measure resistances.
• In Lawrence of Arabia Nobel Laureate Pearl S.Buck collaborated.
• Length of a terrestrial mile is lesser than that of a nautical mile.
• Bhakta Tukaram was a contemporary of Aurangzeb.
• Universal Product Code (UPC) is adopted against adulteration in eatables.
• Dolby B or Dolby C is printed on tape recorders and other sound systems refers to Noise reduction circuit.
• The new administrative capital proposed for Myanmar is Pyinmana.
• Bulgaria and Greece are disputing over the historical Macedonian territory.
• Historical materialism is a tenet of Marxims- approach to study mankind with respect to society, economy and history.
• Lightning is formed when strong opposite charges in different clouds break down the resistance offered by intervening air.
• John Locke published a famous pamphlet known as ‘Right of Mass’ and urged the people in England, America and France to fight for their liberty.
• Eli Whitney of America invented the cotton gin that separates seeds from cotton three hundred times faster that by hand in 1793.
• In terms of the evolution of organism bat is the most advanced among pigeon, shark & vultures.
• Large aperture telescopes are used for greater resolution.
• Anton van Leeuwenhoek first time saw bacteria through a microscope made by him in 1683.
• A seed is a ripened ovule.
• Mr. Barack Hussein Obama is America’s 44th President.
• Pea can fix nitrogen from air.
• Exbiology is the study of life or its possibility on other planets.
• Sandy soil is dry in comparison to clay due to Capillary action.
• The framers of the Constitution borrowed the idea of judicial review from the Constitution of USA.
• Savana grasslands are found in Africa.
• The production of cultured pearls is an important cottage industry of Belgium.
• When two organisms exit in such a way that only one is benefited by the other, the relationship is called Parasitism.
• Qutub Minar made by Iltutmish, Gol Gumbaz made by Mohammad Adil Shah, Buland Darwaza made by Akbar and Moti Masjid made by Aurangzeb.
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• El Nino is associated with world weather.
• The Red Fort was built by Shahjehan.
• 200th anniversary of the scientist in 2009.... Charles Darwin
• BIN is the intelligence agency of.... Indonasia
• Silicon valley in California is famous because of Software Industry
• In 2008 monarchy ended in a country after 240 years... Nepal
• Country celebrating 50th anniversary of communist revolution... Cuba
• Pearl Harbor is in the state of USA.... Hawaii
• The term Intifada means... Uprising
• Hamas was founded by.. Sheikh Ahmad Yasin in 1987.
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• Likud and Kaldima parties belong to... Israel
• Cities of Afghanistan border along with Pakistan border......?????
• Which city of Afghanistan produces most opium... Helmand
• Transit trade agreement b/w pak and afghan in....1965
• Oldest organization among OIC, ECO, SAARC and D8 ........OIC
• Tamils are fighting in which are of Srilanka... Jaffana
• Naxalite movement is in ... India
• Teges is the currency of.... Kazikhstan
• Hemmant Thakare was the... Chief of Indian Squad during Mumbai drama
• The Idea of AESM meeting organization was given by a person of country...Singapore....?????
• World Bank president is .... Zollick
• Petticoat government is the government by... Woman
• Brain Drain is.. migration of skilled labour
• Russia is worried about the Missile defence system of US in.....poland and czech republic.
• Russia gives oil to Europe through the route of... Ukraine
• Khar is in ... Bajur
• The word Philately means.. Stamps collection
• Study of Human races.... Ethnology
• Marco Polo was.. Traveler
• East India Company was established during the period of ... Jehangir
• Operation cast lead was the name which killed 1400
• Winner of 8-oscar awards movie in 2008....Slum dog Millionaire
• Madam Tausand museum is in .. London
• 1-metric ton is equal to...1000kgs
• UN spends $8-billion every year on........peacekeeping..??????
• US under agreement of partnership with Pakistan will give .........opportunity zones Recently Pakistan is aided by 200mw by.. UAE
• Oldest anthem in the world is.... Netherlands
• Hung Parliament is....No single party has the majority
• Country with the largest Kurd population... Iraq
• Country recently elected to IAEA.... Afghanistan
• Country with which Pakistan is having most of his trade.... USA...?????
• Karachi Nuclear Power plant is with the help of ... Canada
• A country closed her station for USA... Kyrgyzstan
• World economic crisis was due to... Housing and mortgage problem in USA
• African Union President.... Moammar Gadhafi
• Oil company Aramaco is of.. Saudi Arabia
• The country with foreign reserves of above $2 trillion... Japan
• Khmer Rouge was attacked by.... combodia's communist party
• Statement to combat terrorism by task forces.... Zardari
• A place between the seven wonders..???????
• Russian News agency.....Itar-Tass
• Israel peace process with palestine was stalled....size of palestinian state
• A persons name was written and was asked about the organisation... red cross,
scouts, CNN, etc
• Obama's convoy to Middle East.... John Mitchel
• National Income of the country is...all income earn in year
• Petra is a new archaelogical place in the country..... Jordan
• Madhya Pradesh is the largest state in India (by area); Uttar Pardesh (by population)
• Sigmund Freud, physiologist, medical doctor, psychologist and father of psychoanalysis, is generally recognized as one of the most influential and authoritative thinkers of the twentieth century and the father of modern psychology.
• The term digital divide refers to the gap between people with effective access to digital and information technology and those with very limited or no.
• Which gas company of Russia supplies gas to European states? Gazprom
• Which famous character is produced by J.K Rowling? Harry Potter
• Which Railway line connects Pakistan and Iran? The Quetta-Zahedan line connects Pakistan and Iran by railway
• In which state of USA Hollywood is located? California.
• What is Ivy league? Ivy League is the name generally applied to eight universities (Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale) that over the years have had common interests in scholarship as well as in athletics.
• Which female PM served for the longest period of time in the world? Margret Thature.
• Which member of Gandhi family died a natural death? None.
• Smeary (Dajla & Euphrates), Indian/Mohinjodaro. (Gangies & Sindh) were flourishing at the banks of the mighty rivers.
• Which of the Mughal emperor is burried outside the present Pak and India territory? Babur at Bagh-e-Babur (Kabul) (Afghanistan) & Bahadur Shah Zafar (Yangoon).
• What is the freezing point of heavy water? Freezing point (°C) 3.82, Boiling point (°C) 101.4
• A pariah state is one whose conduct is considered to be out of line with international norms of behavior.
• What name is given to the place of 9/11? Ground Zero
• Gestapo" was the secret police of which country? Germany.
• Khalil Jibran belonged to which country? Lebanon
79.What it is called when Stock Exchange is going down? Bearish
• Akelman desert is in which country? China
• When did Greenwich Meridian Watch start to work? 1884
• What is Evangelicals?
• Which monarchy has recently allowed females to rule?
• Which was the native town of Babar? Farghana
• Who is considered as the Leader of modern Chinese economy? Deng Xiaoping
• When did Crusade begin? 1099
• When for the first time 'Doctrine of Necessity" was used in Pakistan? Mulvi Tameez-ud-din case
• How many zero'z are in 1 trillion? 12 zero
• What Chinese Muslims are called in province ____of China?province= Xinjiang Uygur, muslims named as = Geys' Mazars
• The conquest of China, begun under Genghis, was completed 65 years later under KUBLAI KHAN.
• How many members were in the UN when it was established? 51
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• South Pole is in Antactica.
• Tallest tree is Redwood.
• East Timore got independence from Indonesia.
• Kosovo got indidependence from Yogoslavia.
• Asia’s population is 58.6% of world population.
• Asia size is 29.5% of the world.
• Average temp: on siachen is -40 degree Celcius.
• Siachen means place of wild roses.
• India and Pak: are fighting on Siachen since 1984.
• India launched operation Vidhara on Siachen in 1984.
• Length of line of control is 720 km.
• All parties Huriyat Conference is a party of 23 parties.
• % of Muslims in Jammu & Kashmir is 95%.
• Afghan ruler at the time of USSR invasion was BArbark Kermal.
• Taliban regime came into power in 1996.
• Second largest ethinc group in Afghanistan is Tajik.
• Intifada means uprising.
• PLO established in 1964 its HQ is in Rammalah.
• Al-Fateh was established in 1958.
• PLO was expelled by Jordon.
• Hazbullah means Party of God.
• Yasir Arafat passed away in Paris on 11 Nov: 2004.
• Hamas was formed in 1987.
• Egypet is both in Africa & Asia (Northeastern Africa & Southwestern Asia). Sinai Peninsula is the part of Egypt that lies in Asia.
• Only African country that remained independent during colonial rule was Ethiopia.
• UAE comprises of 7 states.
• Zimbabwe gained independence in 1980.
• Protectorate state of world is Bhutan.
• Temple of Tooth(Budha’s tooth) is at Kandy.
• Napoleon was exiled to St: Helena in Mediterranean in 1814-15.
• Leif Eriesson reaced North America.
• Columbus discovered South America in 1494.
• Sir Hugh Willoighby & Richard Chancellor discovered white sea and ocean route to Russia.
• Wiiliam Janszoon discovered Australia.
• Abel Taman discovered Newzealand, Tongo & Fiji in 1642.
• Confucianism is found in China & Taiwan.
• Jesus Christ was born at Bethalhem, Jerusalem.
• Gautam Siddharta Buddha was born in Nepal.
• Shintoism is in Japan.
• Roman Empire was established in 27 B.C by Octavian.
• Mughals ruled India for 331 years.
• Opium war waged from 1839-42 b/w China & Britain.
• Boston Tea Party event is related to American Independence.
• First WW lasted for 4 years.
• Germany was defeated by England in a naval fight in 1916 in battle of Jutland.
• Shortes ever war fought that lasted for 6 days Arab-Israel war.
• First civil war among Muslims was battle of Jamal.
• In 1845 British defeated Sikhs and captured Lahore in the battle of Sabraon.
• Where can you find London bridge today: USA ( Arizona )
• Which animal lays eggs: Duck billed platypus
• What do deciduous trees do Lose their leaves in winter
• How many feet in a fathom Six
• Christopher Columbus sailed in the Nina - Pinta and Santa Maria
• Which leader died in St Helena: Napoleon Bonaparte
• What does ring a ring a roses refer to: The Black Death
• What would you do with a maris piper :Eat it - it’s a potato
• What is the currency of Austria: Schilling
• What is the Islamic equal to the red cross: Red Crescent
• What are Munroes: Mountains in Scotland
• What does an alopecia sufferer lack Hair
• What is a baby rabbit called Kit or Kitten
• Which country had The Dauphin as a ruler France
• What is a Winston Churchill Cigar
• Who or what lives in a formicarium Ants
• It’s a flock of sheep what's a group of owls called Parliament
• What animal would you find in a form- Hare
• John browe minnoch (1941-83) of USA was the heaviest man. He weighted 635 kgs.
• The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
• The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off.
• The cigarette lighter was invented before the match
• Every drop of seawater contains approximately 1 billion gold atoms
• The US national anthem actually has three verses, but everyone just knows the first one.
• The total combined weight of the worlds ant population is heavier than the weight of the human population.
• Buckingham Palace in England has over six hundred rooms
• The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid
• Butterflies taste with their feet
• One of the countries through which equator passes is: Malaysia
• Clocks, which moves with the velocities comparable with the velocity of light, run: with zero velocity
• Humming bird belongs to a category called: Endotherm
• PERT is a technique used for which one of the following? Project Management
• Han myung has become the first woman prime minister of south korea.
• At which international film festival is the ‘Golden Lion’ awarded to the best film? Venice Film Festival
• Which of the following planets takes nearly the same time for a rotation on its own axis as does the Earth? Mars
• Who was the founder of the Asiatic Society? William Jones
• Fortis Hospitals chain is an enterprise of Ranbaxy
• The major natural regions of the world are delineated primarily on the basis of temperature, rainfall and cultivated vegetation
• The agreement between India and China, by which both accepted Panchsheel as the basis of their relations, was signed in 1954
• Which of the following territories of India was/were invaded by China on November 19, 1962? Ladakh and NEFA
• Deflation is contraction in volume of money or credit that results in a decline of price level
• Which one of the following is not allied to Geophysical Sciences? Palaeontology
