Having general knowledge about the world and local events is important for several reasons:
- Understanding current events: Knowing what's happening around the world and in your community helps you understand the context of current events and make informed decisions.
- Developing a broader perspective: Having knowledge about different countries, cultures, and people helps you develop a broader perspective and become more open-minded.
- Enhancing communication skills: Being knowledgeable about different topics makes it easier to communicate with people from different backgrounds and engage in meaningful conversations.
- Making informed decisions: Having general knowledge helps you make informed decisions about a wide range of topics, from politics and economics to health and wellness.
- Building confidence: Being knowledgeable about the world and local events can boost your confidence and help you feel more informed and prepared to tackle new challenges.
Overall, having general knowledge about the world and local events is crucial for personal growth, understanding current events, making informed decisions, and engaging with others.
| No | Question | Answer |
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 |
06 | 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 |
10 | The name given to the border which seperates Pakistan and Afghanistan is | Durand line |
11 | The river Volga flows out into the | Capsian sea |
12 | The coldest place on the eartn 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 |
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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 |
24 | The city which is the biggest centre for manufacture of automobiles in the world is | Detroit,USA |
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 |
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 sea |
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 discoverd 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 |
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 President of America was | Abraham Lincoln |
57 | The country famous for Samba dance is | Brazil |
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 |
64 | The independence day of South Korea is celebrated on | 15th August |
65 | `Last Judgement'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 Salam |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 City,Rome |
112 | The largest peninsula in the world is | Arabia |
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 | Spain |
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 |
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 |
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 |
155 | 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 |
164 | The largest temple in the world is | Angkorwat in Kampuchea |
165 | The largest dome in the world is | Louisiana Superdome,New Orleans,USA |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | Zia-ul-Huq |
221 | Yoghurt means | Fermented milk |
222 | Yankee is the nickname of | American |
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 University |
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 |
