GENERAL

• The country which provides free education at university level is Sri Lanka.
• The country to adopt gold standard for the first time was UK.
• Roman general Mark Anthony was a poor fisherman.
• 6 people lost lives in the Great Fire of London in 1666.
• Bofors scandal occurred in India.
• First system of English short hand was devised in 1602.
• China is situated in Eastern part of Asia.
• Afghanistan is a landlocked country Central Asia (Chk)
• Bosnia-Herzegovina joined the UN on May 22, 1992.
• Capital of Micronesia is Palikir.
• Costa Rica is a Central American country.
• Equator passes through Brazil.
• After Australia, Europe is the smallest continent.
• Sakhalin Islands enriched with oil reserves are claimed by Russia & Japan.
• Changa Manga is famous for sisham Timber forests.
• The total length of railways in Pakistan is 8875 km.
• Sialkot has the highest annual rainfall.
• The largest district of Punjab by area is Bahawalpurj.
• Pakistan Environmental Protection Ordinance was enforced in 1984.
• Frost shattering kind of weather takes place on the valley side above the surface of a glacier.
• Monsoon wind reverses seasonlally.
• Bermuda triangle extends up to South Florida & Puerto Rico.
• Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty relating to environmental problems.
• Hazrat Baha-ud-Din Zaklariaya belongs to Chistia order.
• The longest river in South Asia is Brahmputra.
• The length of river Indus is 2880 km.
• The oldest Hydro-electric Project in Pakistan is in Malakand.
• The oldest barrage on the river Indus at Sukkur was built in 1932.
• Europe has no desert.
• Arabia, Scandinavia & Alaska are called Peninsula.
• The richest fishing ground in the world is North Eastern Asia.
• When one place on the earth is on a bigger eastern longitude then its time will be ahead.
• Arakan Yoma: is the exten¬sion of the Himalayas located in Myanmar.
• Cardamom: Karnataka is the largest producer of car¬damom. India is the largest exporter of cardamom in the world.
• Climograph: is a graphical representation of the differentia-tion between various types of climate.
• Cosmic year: One cosmic year is equal to the time taken by the sun to complete one orbit around the galactic centre.
• Date Line, International: International Date Line is an internationally agreed line drawn parallel to the 180° meridian. It divides the Pacific Ocean into two equal parts. A crossing of the International Date Line entails repeating one day when travelling westwards.
• Aberdeen in Scotland is known for Britain’s largest granite-exporitng industry. It is knwn as Granite City.
• Alexander (ship) is the name of the ship in which Charles Darwin toured for five years.
• Which of the following is a characteristic of sedimentary rocks? They are porous
• When does the summer solstice occur in the Southern Hemisphere of our globe? 22nd December
• Mediterranean climate has the characteristic of ‘dry summers with great sunshine and rainy winters’
• Precipitation takes place whentemperature of moisture in air sharply decreases
• Which of the following processes is related to the formation of Himalayas? Folding
• The term ‘Eye’ in a cyclone refers to circular region of relatively light Winds
• Gold Harp bridge of Istanbul connects Asia with Europe.
• 193 countries are in world.
• Land occupied by Asia 29.7 %.
• Thickness of earth crust 20 miles.
• Max height of cloud 20,000.
• Rainfall is recorded on maps by Isohyets.
• 45 Countries are there in Asia, 18 in Latin America.
• A meteorological term for a high pressure is called anticyclone.