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World Info (part 2 of 2): 86The first negro to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize wasRalph Johnson Bunche 87The first British University to admit women for degree courses wasLondon University 88The principal export of Jamaica isSugar 89New York is popularly known as the city ofSkyscrapers 90Madagascar is popularly known as the Island ofCloves 91The country known as the Land of White Elephant isThailand 92The country known as the Land of Morning Calm isKorea 93The country known as the Land of Thunderbolts isBhutan 94The highest waterfalls in the world is theSalto Angel Falls,Venezuela 95The largest library in the world is theUnited States Library of Congress,Washington DC 96The largest museum in the world is theAmerican Museum of Natural History 97The lowest mountain ragne in the world is theBhieuna Bhaile 98The country known as the Land of Cakes isScotland 99The place known as the Garden of England isKent 100The tallest tower in the world is theC.N.Tower,Toronto,Canada 101The country famous for its fish catch isJapan 102The old name of Taiwan wasFarmosa 103Montreal is situated on the bank of riverOttawa 104The city of Bonn is situated inGermany 105The literal meaning of Renaissance isRevival 106Julius Caesar was killed byBrutus 107The title of Desert Fox was given toField Marshal Erwin Rommel 108The largest airport in the world is theKing Khalid Int.Airport,Saudi Arabia 109The city in Russia which faced an earthquake in the year 1998 wasArmenia 110The largest bay in the world isHudson Bay,Canada 111The largest church in the world isBascilica of St.Peter,Vatican City,Rome 112The largest peninsula in the world isArabia 113The largest gulf in the world isGulf of Mexico 114The tallest statue in the world is theMotherland,Volgagrad Russia 115The largest railway tunnel in the world is theOshimzu Tunnel,Japan 116The world's loneliest island is theTristan da cunda 117The word `Quiz'was coined byJim Daly Irishman 118The original meaning of `Quiz'wasTrick 119The busiest shopping centre of London isOxford Street 120The residence of the Queen in London isBuckingham Palace 121Adolf Hitler was born inAustria 122The country whose National Anthem has only music but no words isBahrain 123The largest cinema in the world is theFox theatre,Detroit,USA 124The country where there are no Cinema theatres isSaudi arabia 125The world's tallest office building is theSears Tower,Chicago 126In the year 1811,Paraguay became independent fromSpain 127The cross word puzzle was invented byArthur Wynney 128The city which was the capital of the ancient Persian Empire wasPersepolis 129WHO stands forWorld Health Organisation 130WHO is located atGeneva 131FAO stands forFood and Agriculture Organisation 132FAO is located atRome and London 133UNIDO stands forUnited Nations Industrial Development Organisation 134UNIDO is located atVienna 135WMO stands forWorld Meteorological Organisation 136WMO is located atGeneva 137International Civil Aviation Organisation is located atMontreal 138The Angel Falls is located inVenezuela 139The Victoria Falls is located inRhodesia 140Ice Cream was discovered byGerald Tisyum 141The number regarded as lucky number in Italy isThirteen 142Napoleon suffered from alurophobia which meansFear of cats 143The aeroplanes was used in war for the first time byItalians(14 Oct.1911) 144Slavery in America was abolished byAbraham Lincoln 145The Headquarters of textile manufacturing in England isManchester 146The famous Island located at the mouth of the Hudson river isManhattan 147The founder of plastic industry wasLeo Hendrik Bakeland 148The country where military service is compulsory for women isIsrael 149The country which has more than 10,000 golf courses isUSA 150The famous painting `Mona Lisa'is displayed atLouvre museum,Paris 151The earlier name for tomato wasLove apple 152The first President of USA wasGeorge Washington 153The famous words `Veni Vidi Vici'were said byJulius Caesar 154The practice of sterilization of surgical instruments was introduced byJoseph Lister 155The number of countries which participated in the first Olympic Games held at Athens wasNine 156Mercury is also known asQuick Silver 157Disneyland is located inCalifornia,USA 158The country which built the first powerful long range rockets isGermany 159Sewing Machine was invented byIsaac M.Singer 160Adding Machine was invented byAldrin 161The national emblem of Spain isEagle 162Archimedes was born inSicily 163The total area of Vatican city is0.272 Sq.kms 164The largest temple in the world isAngkorwat in Kampuchea 165The largest dome in the world isLouisiana Superdome,New Orleans,USA 166The largest strait in the world isTartar Strait 167The Mohenjodaro ruins are found inLarkand District of Sind,Pakistan 168The largest city of Africa isCairo 169The founder of KODAK Company wasEastman 170The Cape of Good Hope is located inSouth Africa 171The Heathrow Airport is located inLondon 172The neon lamp was invented byGeorges Claude

World Info (part 1 of 2): No.QuestionAnswer 01The first Prime minister of Bangladesh wasMujibur Rehman 02The longest river in the world is theNile 03The longest highway in the world is theTrans-Canada 04The longest highway in the world has a length ofabout 8000 km 05The highest mountain in the world is theEverest 06The country that accounts for nearly one third of the total teak production of the world isMyanmar 07The biggest desert in the world is theSahara desert 08The largest coffee growing country in the world isBrazil 09The country also known as "country of Copper"isZambia 10The name given to the border which seperates Pakistan and Afghanistan isDurand line 11The river Volga flows out into theCapsian sea 12The coldest place on the eartn isVerkoyansk in Siberia 13The country which ranks second in terms of land area isCanada 14The largest Island in the Mediterranean sea isSicily 15The river Jordan flows out into theDead sea 16The biggest delta in the world is theSunderbans 17The capital city that stands on the river Danube isBelgrade 18The Japanese call their country asNippon 19The length of the English channel is564 kilometres 20The world's oldest known city isDamascus 21The city which is also known as the City of Canals isVenice 22The country in which river Wangchu flows isMyanmar 23The biggest island of the world isGreenland 24The city which is the biggest centre for manufacture of automobiles in the world isDetroit,USA 25The country which is the largest producer of manganese in the world isUSA 26The country which is the largest producer of rubber in the world isMalaysia 27The country which is the largest producer of tin in the world isMalaysia 28The river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea is theMississippi 29The city which was once called the `Forbidden City'wasPeking 30The country called the Land of Rising Sun isJapan 31Mount Everest was named afterSir George Everest 32The volcano Vesuvias is located inItaly 33The country known as the Suger Bowl of the world isCuba 34The length of the Suez Canal is162.5 kilometres 35The lowest point on earth isThe coastal area of Dead sea 36The Gurkhas are the original inhabitants ofNepal 37The largest ocean of the world is thePacific ocean 38The largest bell in the world is theTsar Kolkol at Kremlin,Moscow 39The biggest stadium in the world is theStrahov Stadium,Prague 40The world's largest diamond producing country isSouth Africa 41Australia was discoverd byJames Cook 42The first Governor General of Pakistan isMohammed Ali Jinnah 43Dublin is situated at the mouth of riverLiffey 44The earlier name of New York city wasNew Amsterdam 45The Eifel tower was built byAlexander Eiffel 46The Red Cross was founded byJean Henri Durant 47The country which has the greatest population density isMonaco 48The national flower of Britain isRose 49Niagara Falls was discovered byLouis Hennepin 50The national flower of Italy isLily 51The national flower of China isNarcissus 52The permanent secretariat of the SAARC is located atKathmandu 53The gateway to the Gulf of Iran isStrait of Hormuz 54The first Industrial Revolution took place inEngland 55World Environment Day is observed on5th June 56The first Republican President President of America wasAbraham Lincoln 57The country famous for Samba dance isBrazil 58The name of Alexander's horse wasBeucephalus 59Singapore was founded bySir Thomas Stamford Raffles 60The famous British one-eyed Admiral wasNelson 61The earlier name of Srilanka wasCeylon 62The UNO was formed in the year1945 63UNO stands forUnited Nations Organisation 64The independence day of South Korea is celebrated on15th August 65`Last Judgement'was the first painting of an Italian painter namedMichelangelo 66`Paradise Regained'was written byJohn Milton 67The first President of Egypt wasMohammed Nequib 68The first man to reach North Pole wasRear Peary 69The most famous painting of Pablo Picasso wasGuermica 70The primary producer of newsprint in the world isCanada 71The first explorer to reach the South Pole wasCap.Ronald Amundson 72The person who is called the father of modern Italy isG.Garibaldi 73World literacy day is celebrated on8th September 74The founder of modern Germany isBismarck 75The country known as the land of the midnight sun isNorway 76The place known as the Roof of the world isTibet 77The founder of the Chinese Republic wasSan Yat Sen 78The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize wasAbdul Salam 79The first woman Prime Minister of Britain wasMargaret Thatcher 80The first Secretary General of the UNO wasTrygve Lie 81The sculptor of the statue of Liberty wasFederick Auguste Bartholdi 82The port of Banku is situated inAzerbaijan 83John F.Kennedy was assassinated byLee Harry Oswald 84The largest river in France isLore 85The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law wasCatherine of Aragon

Soprts and Personalities: No.PersonalityAssociated With 1.Anand AmritrajTennis (lawn) 2.Ajit WadekarCricket 3.Ashok MankadCricket 4.Bhim SinghWrestling 5.Bhuvaneshwari KumariShooting 6.Bill LawryCricket 7.Bishamber SinghWrestling 8.Bishen Singh BediCricket 9.Borde,ChanduCricket 10.Cassius ClayBoxing (Heavy-weight) 11.Chandgi RamWrestling/font> 12.Chandrasekhar,B.S.Cricket 13.Chaudhary, S.Shooting 14.Chuni GoswamiFootball 15.CowdreyCricket 16.Dara SinghWrestling 17.Dawn FrazerSwimming 18.Dhyan ChandHockey 19.Dilip SardesaiCricket 20.Dipu GhoshBadminton 21.Don BradmanCricket 22.Emarson,RoyLawn Tennis 23.Fairfax,JohnRowing 24.Foxbury DickHigh Jump 25.Frank WarrellCricket 26.Gabriel,JohnWeighlifting 27.Gavaskar, S.Cricket 28.Geeta NadkarniTable Tennis 29.GriffithCricket 30.Gurbux SinghHockey 31.Gurdial SinghBasketball 32.IllingworthCricket 33.Imran KhanCricket 34.Jackie StewartCar Race 35.Jaideep MukherjeeLawn Tennis 36.Jamie PaulsonBadminton 37.Joe FrazierBoxing 38.Joginder SinghShot put 39.KanhaiCricket 40.Karnehm,JackBilliards 41.Karni Singh,MaharajaRifle-shooting 42.Kohli,M.S.Mountaineering 43.Krishnan,RamanathanLawn Tennis 44.Kapil DevCricket 45.Syed KirmaniCricket 46.Rod LaverLawn Tennis 47.Maharaja of JaipurPolo 48.Maharaja of BikanerRifle Shooting 49.Mahender LalHockey 50.Mihir SenOcean Swimming 51.Milkha SinghAthletics 52.Mustaq AliCricket 53.Nawab of PataudiCricket 54.C.K.NayuduCricket 55.Neela KulkarniHockey 56.Parveen KumarAthletics 57.Prema SainiHockey 58.Premjit LallLawn Tennis 59.Prithipal SinghHockey 60.Prakash PadukoneBad Minton 61.Rima DuttaAquatics 62.Ruma MukherjeeTable Tennis 63.Sachin TendulkarCricket 64.G.SobersCricket 65.Ted DenterCricket 66.Tenzing NorgayMountaineering 67.Uday ChandWrestling 68.Sudesh KumarWrestling 69.P.R.UmrigarCricket 70.Vijat AmritrajLawn Tennis 71.ViswanathCricket 72.Wilson JonesBilliards 73.Yusuf KhanFootball 74.Edgar HerrmanCar Race

Volcanoes, Waterfalls, Desserts &Islands: No.VolcanoeHeight 01Gaullatiri (Chile)19882 ft. 02Laskar (Chile)19652 ft. 03Cotopaxi (Equador)19347 ft. 04Tupungatito (Chile)18504 ft. 05Popocatepeti (Mexico)17887 ft. 06Sangay (Equador)17159 ft. No.WaterfallFeet 01Angel (Venezuela)2648 02Ribbon(California,USA)1612 03King George VI(Guyana)1600 04Upper Yosemite (California)1430 05Gavarnie (Pyrenees,France)1385 06Tugela(Natal,S.Africa)1350 No.Desert sq.miles 01Sahara (N.Africa)3500000 02Libya (N.Africa)650000 03Great Australian (W.Australia)600000 04Arabian (Arabia)500000 05Gobi (Mongolia)400000 06Kalahari (Botswana)200000 No.IslandOcean sq.miles 01GreenlandArctic840000 02New GuineaPacific347450 03BorneoPacific307000 04BaffinArctic236000 05MadagaskarIndian227737 06SumatraIndian161102

World Newspapers: No.Name of PaperCountryCity 01Pakistan TimesPakistanKarachi 02Morning NewsPakistanKarachi 03DawnPakistanKarachi 04The Sunday TimesU.K.London 05GuardianU.K.London 06Sunday TelegraphU.K.London 07The EconomistU.K.London 08New StatesmanU.K.London 09Le MondeFranceParis 10New York TimesUSANew York 11Washington PostUSAWashington 12IzvestiaRussiaMoscow 13PravdaRussiaMoscow 14Red FlagChinaBeijing 15People's DailyChinaBeijing 16Al AhramEgyptCairo 17Nhan DanVietnamHanoi 18Asahi ShimbunJapanTokyo 19Straights TimesSingaporeSingapore 20The MotherlandNepalKathmandu 21StatesmanSri LankaColombo 22Bangladesh TimesBangladeshDhaka 23Al MassaLebananBeirut 24Chasum IlboSouth KoreaSeoul 25China TimesTaiwanTaipeh 26Le EuropaItalyRome 27La RepublicaItalyRome 28El PaisSpainMadrid