GENERAL KNOWLEDGE…WORLD GENERAL KNOWLEDGE…SERIES #2

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE…WORLD GENERAL KNOWLEDGE…SERIES#2
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"No thief ,however skillful,can rob one of knowledge and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire"

             ~L.Frank Baum

1. The European Union is headquartered in :Brussels,Belgium
2. The study of the physical feathures of the earth and its surrounding atmosphere is :Geography
3. Barometer is used to measure :Atmospheric pressure
4. Pakistan standard time was suggested by :Prof.Muhammad Anwar
5. The national Anthem of Pakistan was composed by:Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla
6. The birth name of Ten Sen,a prominent muscian of Akbar's court ,was:Ramtanu
7. Reykjavik is the capital of :Iceland
8. Canary Islands belongs to :Spain
9. Titan is the largest natural satellite of:Saturn
10. The planet that rotates clockwise is :Venus
11. A difference of 1 degree in longitude at the equator is equivalent to nearly:111km
12. The 2004 Olympics were held in :Athens,Greece
13. Althing is the national  parliment of:Iceland
14. The city that is situated on the Hudson River is:New York
15. The General Assembly of the United Nations meets:Once a year
16. The Secretary General of UN is appointed by the:General Assembly
17. Robert Watson Watt invented : Radar
18. The first country that legalised medically assisted suicide was: The Netherlands
19. The tomb of Babur is in : Kabul,Afghanistan
20. The Gandhara school of art was influence most by the : Greeks
21. The Simon Commission reached  at Bombay,India ,on :23rd February,1928
22. The country that has more than 55,000 lakes is : Finland
23. With Sir John its chairman ,the Simon Commission comprised : 7 members
24. The temperature in Celsius scale that is equal to 300 。k is :27。C
25. The first youth Olympic games were held in :Singapore
26. The Tripitaka or Tipitaka refers to religious scriptures of: Buddhism
27. Light year is a unit to measure : Distance
28. Ethylene is used for ripening the: Fruits
29. Besides hydrogen ,the element that is common in organic compounds is :Carbon
30. The metal that is extracted from Bauxite is : Aluminium
31. The 'Ocean of Storms' is the name given to : A Waterless Area on Moon's surface
32. The first summit of SAARC was held at : Dhaka, Bangladesh
33. Lisbon is a seaport of : Portugal
34. The wire of flash bulb is made of : Magnesium 
35. Sound is a form of :Energy
36. The capital of the Dominican Republic is : Santo Domingo
37. The capital of Ethiopia is : Addis Ababa
38. The chief source of heat energy is :Sunlight
39. The currency of Luxembourg is : Euro
40. The country called 'Land of contrasts' is : Colombia
41. The wind system in the equatorial areas is.known as :Trades
42. The collective name given to group of owls is :Parliament
43. Beaufort scale is used to measure : Wind  Velocity
44. 'Santa Ana' is a strong hot dry wind that blows in winter from the desserts of southern California toward : The Pacific Coast
45. The straight that separates Europe from Africa is : Gibraltar Strait
46. Udham Singh shot at Sir Michael O 'Dwyer in : London
47. The first organisms on earth were: Heterotrophs
48. The clouds made up of tiny ice particles are: Cirrus clouds
49. The branch of zoology that studies insects is : Entomolgy
50. The animal that produces the biggest offspring is : The Blue Whale

"Any fool can know.The point is to understand "

          ~Elbert Einstein

                  

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