GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Horse is the Chinese name given to the year 2000.
• Pollen is produced in a part of the flower called the Calyx.
• After drinking contaminated water you would be most apt to develop symptoms of ‘typhoid fever’.
• Panini was a great scholar of Sanskrit language.
• Hundred years war fought between France and Britain during 1338-1453.
• Wenceslas square is in Prague.
• The first Afro-Asian conference held in April 1955.
• Hot money is said for money which moves from one place to another to seek profit or high rate of interest.
• Eritrea gained independence on 24th May, 1993.
• Under an agreement with Italy, Vatican city came into being as a sovereign state on 11th February, 1929.
• Charles K Rhodes developed an X-Ray emitting laser in 1990.
• Son meter is an instrument used to study the behavior of vibrating string.
• Liver receives blood from the alimentary canal through hepatic portal vein.
• At the equator, the equation of the day is 12 hours.
• Singapore city is known as ‘lion city’.
• The instrument used for measuring the velocity of wind is known as anemometer.
• The chemical name of baking soda is sodium bicarbonate.
• Pharaoh is the title of the king of ancient Egypt. They ruled Egypt for 25 centuries.
• National Institute of Oceanography Karachi was established in 1983.
• Lord Chesterfield quoted ‘idleness is only the refuge of weak minds’.
• Dr.Abdussalam was awarded Nobel Prize in 1979.
• The largest city of South Africa is Cape Town.
• Two boundary commissions were appointed to demarcate the boundaries between two new states, Pakistan and India.
• After joining congress, Muslim League joined the interim government in October 1946.
• NPT came into force on 1970.
• The Bofors scandal occurred in India.
• Czar is the title used by the ruler of Russia from 1547 to 1721.
• Gorgon is a terrible monster of Greek mythology.
• Flying foxes are tropical foxes that can fly.
• The reduction or elimination of inflation is called creeping inflation.
• Canada is a leading producer of wood pulp in the world.
• London carnival was first started in 1964.
• Indira Gandhi was the famous PM who first used the popular slogan ‘gharibi hatao’.
• The successful cloning of a sheep was reported by scientist from Roslin Institute Edinburgh (UK) in 1998.
• The new name of Yalamlam is As-Sadiya.
• Czar title was used by the rulers of Russia from 1547 to 1721.
• Gulf Stream is an ocean current named after the Gulf of Mexico.
• Gorgon is a terrible monster of Greek mythology.
• A pair of scissors is an example of a lever.
• Pair of doors belongs to the second class of lever.
• During the winter months 90% of fallen leaves are taken underground by earth worm.
• Dick Turpin was a highway man.
• Jamaica was granted full independence on 6th August, 1962.
• Four US presidents are so far assassinated.
• Sinai Peninsula was vacated and returned to Egypt in 1982.
• Incident ‘Boston Tea Party’ took place in America.
• Initially, Arab league has seven countries.
• Nixon Doctrine was outlined in July 1969.
• King of Malaysia is the only king in the world who is elected for 5 years term.
• Timbola is a kind of lottery.
• The maximum limit of sound beyond which a person can become deaf is 129 lbs.
• Dr. James Watson discovered the structure of DNA in 1953.
• Sir William Howard Russell was the first Great War correspondent.
• A meteorological term for a high pressure is called anticyclone.
• Zenda vesta is a holy book of parsis.
• Islamic summit Minar is erected in Lahore.
• Privatization program began in Pakistan is 1991.
• National anthem of Pakistan was played for the first time on August 13, 1954.
• Spirograph is an apparatus used for recording the movement of the lungs.
• Chomas festival is held in Kalash valley near Chitral.
• Docking means rendezvous and link up of spacecraft.
• Defense day is celebrated in Pakistan since 1966.
• Name of a famous mosque in Beijing is Niujie Mosque.
• Flag flown at half mast means national mourning.
• Maginot line divides France from Germany.
• Declaration of human rights was adopted on 10th December, 1984.
• Olive branch is a sign of peace.
• Cox orange pippen is a biological name of an apple.
• Christopher Wren designed St. Paul’s cathedral in London.
• Afghanistan was known as Ariana.
• Anundsen discovered South Pole in December 14, 1911.
• The first European scientist, who refuted the belief that the earth was the centre of the universe, was Copernicus.
• The hundred year war actually lasted for 114 years.
• Lenin was the founder of the Russian socialist state.
• Prior to independence, Ghana was called ‘Gold Coast’.
• Tanzania was formed by the unification of two countries, Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
• The first atomic power station of Pakistan was installed in Karachi.
• Star fish is not a star fish but a spiny-skin (Echinodermata) marine animal.
• 760 miles/hr is the speed of sound.
• 1480, 00,000 km is the distance from sun to earth.
• Temperature of Sun is 6000 degree C.
• Necent state in which atomic state of an element as a result of chemical reaction in which it a more active than in ordinary molecular state.
• Islam was introduced to China in the middle period of the seventh century.
• Drinker’s apparatus is for measuring the amount of Alcohol in the blood.
• Atomic pile is a place where nuclear fission is made.
• Dewar’s flask is called as thermos.
• Atomic weight of chemical compounds is determined by Mass spectroscopy.
• Chief food of mosquito larva is micro organism found in water.
• Chief food of butterfly larva is leaves of plants.
• Corn adds more oxygen to the atmosphere than it removes.
• Euspongia is known as natural bath sponge.
• Live Fluke, biologically called Fasciola, is found in liver of sheep.
• Earthworm is a bi-sexual.
• Eyes of insects are compound.
• Silk is obtained from cocoon of silk worm.
• Clinical thermometer usually measures in Fahrenheit.
• Tube light emits radiation even after it is disconnected. It is due to Fluorescence.
• The conversion of gases into liquid under high pressure and low temperature is called regulation.
• If a green leaf is seen in a red light its color will be black.
• Emerge of VIBGYOR from one side of the prism is due to refraction and dispersion of light.
• Skin does not excrete oil.
• Plants growing in extremely dry condition are called Xerophytes.
• Roots absorb water from soil which is Hygroscopic.
• Legumes increase the fertility of the soil by adding nitrogen to the soil.
• New varieties of organisms can be brought about by hybridization.
• Male child is born if xy chromosomes are united.
• Fertilization is fusion of two game tics of different strains.
• Fruit developed from single ovary is called simple fruit.
• Seeds are developed from Ovule.
• Parthenocarpic fruits are seedless fruits.
• Grains swell in water due to imbibitions.
• Chlorophyll contains magnesium.
• Mahalanobis model laid great emphasis on development of heavy industries.
• Oxidation is the process in which electron is lost.
• The rate of transpiration depends upon frequency of Stomata.
• Light is necessary for photosynthesis because it produce ATP and reducing substance.
• Oxygen liberated from photosynthesis comes from water.
• Red light is most suitable for photosynthesis.
• Respiration means food oxidation and evolution of energy.
• Chemical preservation of dead organisms in liquid is called Cryo-Bilogy.
• The organisms which are the only living membrane of their group and link two major groups are called Living Fossil.
• Mammals cannot be cold blooded.
• Trypanosome a parasite causing sleeping sickness.
• Half-time is a time of radioactive substance taken by that substance to decompose radioactivity to half of its weight.
• Structure of DNA was given by Watson and Crick.
• In Nuclear DNA is concentrated in chromatin.
• Proteins are synthesized by golgi bodies.
• Cellulose respiration is done by Mitochondrion.
• Light energy is stored in the form of chemical energy due to the activity of Chloroplast.
• Protoplasm is a colloidal solution.
• Voltammeter is an electrolytic cell for conducting electrolytic dissociation of electrolyte.
• In cryptograms, the sex organs are primitive and hidden.
• Thallophytia include algae, fungi, and lichens.
• Carl Linneus is famous for binomial system of nomenclature.
• Angiosperm includes the plants which have covered flowers and covered seed.
• Plant cells resembles animal cell because having a cell membrane made up of protoplasm.
• Snake have been evolved from lizard.
• Plants in which seed are outside the fruit are called Gymnosperms.
• 0.200 grams are equal to one carat.
• One million cycles per second is called Megahertz.
• Linseed oil is used while oil painting.
• Smell is the weakest sense in Birds.
• Owl can rotate his head to 180 degrees on either sides.
• Ostrich eat pebbles for helping digestion by grinding up the ingested food.
• The cuckoo sneaks its eggs into other birds’ nest to hatch.
• Dyne is a unit of Force.
• Birds are warm blooded animals.
• Birds bones are hollow.
• Oven birds build strong nests.
• Weaver birds are called to the birds who build their nests.
• Male birds are more colorful than females.
• Birds do not fly are penguins, emus, kiwis, ostriches.
• Breitling orbiter 3 was the first balloon to fly non-stop around the world.
• Aircraft designers test their model of aircraft in with tunnel.
• Flaps are used as air brakes.
• Amphibians were the first vertebrate.
• There are three stages of frog. Egg-tadpole-adult frog.
• Metamorphosis - > a series of changes.
• Konrad Lorenz (1903-1989) was one of the first to study animal behavior.
• Survive very cold weather or very dry weather by going into a deep sleep. Surviving cold condition like this is called hibernation. Sleeping through hot, dry condition is called aestivation.
• A.D means in the year of our Lord.
• Amal is radical Lebanese Shi’ite military force established in 1970 by Musa Sadr.
• Balfour Declaration was issued in 2 Nov: 1917.
• Yugoslavian city Skopije was destroyed by earthquake in 1963.
• Bootlegging is a form of smuggling.
• Religion of Chinese people is Confucianism.
• Frescois a method of painting on plaster (usually a wall) meaning fresh.
• Kleptomania is an irrational urge to steal.
• Intifada is Palestinian uprising.
• Long March was 9600 km journey organized by Mao Tse Tang in the year of 1931-1934.
• Vnukovo Airport is located at Moscow.
• Mercury Project first manned space programme of USA, carry the first American into space lauched on 5th May, 1961.
• Pan-Islam originated in 1880 in Ottomon Empire was a movement for uniting the Islamic Nations.
• Paper was invented in 3500 BC by Chinese.
• Printing was invented by Chinese.
• Unity, faith & discipline was used by Quaid on Dec: 28, 1947.
• Philately is the hobby of stamp collection.
• Oscar Award was introduced by Louis B Mayer of Metro Goldwin-Mayer Academy Award in 1927.
• First black president of South Africa was Nelson Mandela his party was banned in 1961 and he was imprisioned.
• Feminism is the belief that women subordination to men should end.
• Balfour Declaratoin issued in 2 Nov: 1917.
• Yougoslavian city Skopije was destroyed by earthquake in 1963.
• Bootleggin is a form of smuggling.
• River boat Gondola is used in Italy’s city Venice.
• Hydaspes River is now called the Jhelum River.
• Dinosaur means “Terrible” lizard.
• The name of heaviest dinosaur was Branchiosaurus.
• Fresco is a method of painting on plaster it means fresh.
• Kleptomania is an irrational urge to steal.
• Ikhwan as Safa, a secret Arab organization was founded in Basra, Iraq.
• Intifada is Palestinian uprising.
• Long March, a 9600-km journey in 1934 was undertook by Chinese Communists under Mao De Tong.
• Vnukovo airport is in Moscow.
• Pan-Islam, a movement for uniting the Islamic Nations was started in 1880 in Ottoman Empire.
• Paper was invented in 3500 B.C by Chinese.
• Great Pyramid at Giza is the largest Pyramid built in Egypt.
• St. Vitus’s Dance is a disease.
• Resin is sticky liquid that emits from plants.
• Pyramids of Egypt are the oldest and only survived wonder.
• Guru (teacher) Nanak was the founder of Sikhism.
• Silk was made firstly in China.
• Skylab was space laboratory launched in 1973 by USA.
• The first tanks were used in 1916 during WW-I by British.
• Harward University is in USA, Cambridge is in UK
• Titanic sank on 14 April, 1912 on voyage from Southampton to New York City in North Atlantic.
• Tour De France is French cycle race.
• First women in space Valentine Tereshkove went into space in Vostoc 6 on 16 June 1963.
• Watergate scandal involved President Richard Nixon in 1972.
• Parses follow Zoroastrianism.
• Seatle is the seaport of USA.
• Dickson is the seaport of Malaysia.
• At Hyde Park London public meetings are assembled.
• Red Square is in Moscow.
• Eskimos live in Igloo.
• Blitzkrieg means sudden attack.
• Dragon is the symbol of China.
• Bear is the symbol of Russia.
• Christopher Coloumbus belonged to Italy.
• Caspian Sea water is shared by Iran, Russia & Azerbaijan.
• Magna Carta is known as the Bible of English Constitution.
• Russian equivalent of Pentagon is Kremlin.
• East Timore, the Colony of Portugal, was captured by Indonesia in 1975.
• Tiwan separated from China in 1949.
• American Naval Base “Diego Garcia” is in Indian Ocean.
• Ulster Unionists wanted to retain British rule in Northern Ireland.
• Anti-Semitism means animosity towards Jews.
• Lens at the end of the compound microscope is called objective.
• Protoza was first observed in compound microscope.
• Francisco Fernandez introduced Tobacco in Europe.
• Mobile phones started in 1977.
• Penology is the study, theory and practice of prison management & criminal rehabilitation.
• Length of India-China border is 3,380 km.
• Cyprus gained independence from Britain in 1960.
• Cyprus was divided into Turkish Repbublic of Northern Cyprus and Greek Cyprus in 1974.
• Al-Azhar University I located in Cairo, Egypt.
• Fortress of Grenada, known as Alhamra is in Spain.
• Capital of ancient Babylonia was Babylon.
• Hanging gardens were in Babylon.
• Babylon was on the bank of Euphrates.
• Alma-Ata (Father of Apples) is the capital of Kazakhstan.
• Turkey and Russia are both in Europe & Asia.
• Ireland is also called Eire.
• Largest earthquake fatalities occurred in Izmir, Turkey in 1999.
• Pentagon is in Arlington, Virginai state.
• Pentagon was designed by George Burgstrom.
• Takla Makan is in China is the driest desert in Asia.
• Cathy Pacific is an island.
• Among the Seven Wonders, Church of Saint Sophia is located in Istanbul.
• Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized Suez Canal in 1956.
• Qutub Minar is in New Delhi.
• Shah Jahan built Taj Mehl for Mumtaz Mehal is located in Agra.
• Capital of Tebet is Lhasa.
• White House is in Washington DC.
• Frigid Zone is the area withing the polar circle area around the South Pole.
• Guantanamo Bay is in Cuba.
• Tartus is the seaport of Syria.
• Statue of Liberty was gifted to US by France in 1884
• Voctoria falls are on the border b/w Zimbabwe & South Africa.
• House of U.S Congress in Washington D.C is on Capitol Hill.
• Saddam Hussain executed on 30 Dec: 2006.
• The idea of SAARC originated in the mind of Zia ur Rehman.
• Pakistan left Commonwealth in 1972 and rejoined in 1989.
• Mustafa Kamal Pasha gave 6 Principles of Kemalism.
• Dayton Accord was signed to solve the problem of Bosnia.
• MI-5 is the secret agency of UK.
• The Chinese communist party was founded in 1921.
• After 27 years of imprisonment, Mr. Nelson Mandela was released in 1990.
• Scandinavia constitutes 3 states.
• Karl Mark and Engels presented the Communist Manifesto in 1848.
• Soviet Union was replaced by Russian federation in December, 1991.
• Anti-governmental protests in China by students, workers and some government officials took place: Tiananmen Square, in 1989
• The British Secretary of Foreign Affairs A. Balfour announced British support to establish Jewish state in Palestine in November 2, 1917.
• LAIA stands for Latin American Integration Association.
• World population was one billion in 1803.
• Mani was the Judge of world court.
• The Batista regime in Cuba was overthrown by Fidel Castro in January 1959.
• Rasko mountain is situated in Baluchistan
• Singapore became independent in 1965
• The ‘Aid to Pakistan Consortium’ meets every year in: Paris
• One US barrel is equal to: 159 litres