| No. | General Knowledge Question | Answer |
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| 1 | The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was | Mujibur Rehman |
| 2 | The longest river in the world is the | Nile |
| 3 | The longest highway in the world is the | Trans-Canada |
| 4 | The longest highway in the world has a length of | About 8000 km |
| 5 | The highest mountain in the world is the | Mount Everest |
| 6 | The country that accounts for nearly one third of
the total teak production of the world is | Myanmar |
| 7 | The biggest desert in the world is the | Sahara desert |
| 8 | The largest coffee growing country in the world | Brazil |
| 9 | The country also known as "country of copper" is | Zambia |
| 10 | The name given to the border which separates
Pakistan and Afghanistan is | Durand line |
| 11 | The river Volga flows out into the | Caspian sea |
| 12 | The coldest place on the earth 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 | Ganges Delta |
| 17 | The capital city that stands on the river Danube | 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 | China & South Africa |
| 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 | China |
| 28 | The river which carries maximum quantity of water
into the sea is the | Amazon River |
| 29 | The city which was once called the `Forbidden City' | Peking |
| 30 | The country called the Land of Rising Sun is | Japan |
| 31 | Mount Everest was named after | Sir George Everest |
| 32 | The volcano Vesuvius is located in | Italy |
| 33 | The country known as the Sugar Bowl of the world | Cuba |
| 34 | The length of the Suez Canal is | 162.5 kilometers |
| 35 | The lowest point on earth is | The coastal area of Dead sea |
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| 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 discovered 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 Eiffel tower was built by | Alexander Eiffel |
| 46 | The Red Cross was founded by | Jean Henri Durant |
| 47 | The country which has highest population density | 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 | 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 |
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| 56 | The first Republican 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 Sri Lanka was | Ceylon |
| 62 | The UNO was formed in the year | 1945 |
| 63 | UNO stands for | United Nations Organization |
| 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 Admiral Robert E. 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 |
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| 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 | Frederick Auguste Bartholdi |
| 82 | The port of Baku is situated in | Azerbaijan |
| 83 | John F Kennedy was assassinated by | Lee Harvey Oswald |
| 84 | The largest river in France is | Loire |
| 85 | The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law | Catherine of Aragon |
| 86 | The first black person 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 |
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| 96 | The author of Harry Potter Books is | JK Rowling |
| 97 | Nickname of New York city is | Big Apple |
| 98 | What do you call a group of sheep? | A Flock of Sheep |
| 99 | In which sport do players take long and short corners? | Hockey |
| 100 | Who was the youngest President of the USA? | Theodore Roosevelt |
| 101 | How many legs do butterflies have? | 6 Legs & 2 Pair of Wings |
| 102 | Who invented the Nintendo Wii? | Kashi Kabushiki |
| 103 | What year does the Nintendo Wii come out? | Late 2006 |
| 104 | Who invented the Light Bulb? | Humphry Davy |
| 105 | Who invented the washing machine? | James King |
| 106 | Who invented the first electric washing machine? | Alva Fisher |
| 107 | Who invented the safety pin? | Walter Hunt |
| 108 | Who invented the Vacuum Cleaner? | Hubert Booth |
| 109 | Who won the Football World Cup in 2006? | Italy |
| 110 | Which country hosted the Football World Cup in 2006? | Germany |
| 110 | Who is the new Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom? | David Cameron |
| 111 | Who won Men's Singles title in French Open 2010? | Rafael Nadal (Spain) |
| 112 | Who won Women's Singles title in French Open 2010? | Francesca Schiavone (Italy) |
| 113 | Who won Men's Doubles title in French Open 2010? | Daniel Nestor (Canada) & Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia) |
| 114 | Who won Women's Doubles title in French Open 2010? | Serena & Venus Williams (USA) |
| 115 | What is the longest word in English in which each
letter is used at least two times? | Unprosperousness |
| 116 | What is the most popular breed of dog? | Retrievers |
| 117 | Who is the CEO of search company Google? | Eric Schmidt |
| 118 | Who is Miss USA 2010? | Rima Fakih |
| 119 | Which country won the Thomas Cup title for Badminton in 2010? | China |
| 120 | Who was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil
Services? | Satyendranath Tagore |
| 121 | Who was the first woman Governor of India? | Sarojini Naidu |
| 122 | Which two countries have signed the Nuclear Swap
deal with Iran? | Brazil and Turkey |
| 123 | Who won the Madrid Masters men's tournament in 2010? | Rafael Nadal |
| 124 | Who is CEO of Yahoo? | Carol Bartz |
| 125 | Who is the first man to climb Mount Everest without
oxygen? | Phu Dorji |
| 126 | How many words can you make from a five letter word by shuffling the places of each alphabet? | 120 |
| 127 | Speed of computer mouse is measured in which unit? | Mickey |
| 128 | Who topped Forbes list of 'Billionaire Universities' in 2010? | Harvard University |
| 129 | Barack Obama's birthday is on which date? | August 4, 1961 |
| 130 | Which bird is the international symbol of
happiness? | Bluebird |
| 131 | What is the pirate's flag with the skull and
cross-bones called? | Jolly Roger |
| 132 | What is the common name for ascorbic acid? | Vitamin C |
| 133 | Which useful household item is made from
naphthalene? | Mothballs
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