gk for competitive exams

gk for competitive exams

Gk for competitive exams The national flower of China is Narcissus The permanent secretariat of the SAARC is located at Kathmandu The gateway to the Gulf of Iran is Strait of Hormuz The first Industrial Revolution took place in England World Environment Day is observed on 5th June The first Republican President of America was […]

Gk for competitive exams

The national flower of China is Narcissus
The permanent secretariat of the SAARC is located at Kathmandu
The gateway to the Gulf of Iran is Strait of Hormuz
The first Industrial Revolution took place in England
 World Environment Day is observed on 5th June
 The first Republican President of America was Abraham Lincoln
 The country famous for Samba dance is Brazil
 The name of Alexander’s horse was Beucephalus
 Singapore was founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
 The famous British one-eyed Admiral was Nelson
 The first explorer to reach the South Pole was Cap. Ronald Amundson
 The person who is called the father of modern Italy is G.Garibaldi
World literacy day is celebrated on 8th September
 The founder of modern Germany is Bismarck
 The country known as the land of the midnight sun is Norway
The place known as the Roof of the world is Tibet
 The founder of the Chinese Republic was San Yat Sen
 The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was Abdul Salam
 The first woman Prime Minister of Britain was Margaret Thatcher
 The first Secretary General of the UNO was Trygve Lie
 The country known as the Land of White Elephant is Thailand
 The country known as the Land of Morning Calm is Korea
 The country known as the Land of Thunderbolts is Bhutan
 The highest waterfalls in the world is the Salto Angel Falls, Venezuela

 The largest library in the world is the United States Library of Congress, Washington DC
 The author of Harry Potter Books is JK Rowling
 Nickname of New York city is Big Apple
 What do you call a group of sheep? A Flock of Sheep
 In which sport do players take long and short corners? Hockey
 Who was the youngest President of the USA? Theodore Roosevelt
 How many legs do butterflies have? 6 Legs & 2 Pair of Wings
 Who invented the Nintendo Wii? Kashi Kabushiki
What year does the Nintendo Wii come out? Late 2006
Who invented the Light Bulb? Humphry Davy
 Who invented the washing machine? James King
 Who invented the first electric washing machine? Alva Fisher
 Who invented the safety pin? Walter Hunt
 Who invented the Vacuum Cleaner? Hubert Booth
 New York is popularly known as the city of Skyscrapers
 Madagascar is popularly known as the Island of Cloves
The country called the Land of Rising Sun is Japan
 The coldest place on the earth is Verkoyansk in Siberia
 The country which ranks second in terms of land area is Canada
 The largest Island in the Mediterranean sea is Sicily
 The river Jordan flows out into the Dead sea
 The biggest delta in the world is the Ganges Delta
 The capital city that stands on the river Danube is Belgrade
The Japanese call their country as Nippon
 The length of the English Channel is 564 kilometers
 The world’s oldest known city is Damascus
 The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was Frederick Auguste Bartholdi
 The port of Baku is situated in Azerbaijan
 John F Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald
 The largest river in France is Loire
 The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law was Catherine of Aragon
 The first black person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was Ralph Johnson Bunche
 The first British University to admit women for degree courses was London University
 The principal export of Jamaica is Sugar