GK Tidbits

GK Tidbits

1. The country that has the world's largest Exclusive Economic Zone is: France

2. The mountain where Prophet Musa (AS) received the Ten Commandments is: Mount Sinai (Egypt)

3. Mount Fuji is the highest peak in: Japan

4. The incumbent Director General of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is: Riffat Mukhtar Raja

5. The current Ukrainian Ambassador to Pakistan is: Markiian Chuchuk

6. Deosai National Park stretches between the districts of Skardu and: Astore

7. Muscat is the capital of: Oman

8. The Khalsa Panth is the collective body of: Sikh community

9. The author of the book “Six Glorious Epochs of Indian History” is: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

10. A UN Assistance Mission is a United Nations Special Political Mission established by the: Security Council

11. Pakistan's Commissioner for Indus Waters is: Syed Mehr Ali Shah

12. The headquarters of D-8, also known as Developing-8, are located in: Istanbul

13. The Rolls Royce Company was founded in 1906 by: Charles Rolls and Henry Royce

14. The Juvenile Justice System Act (JJSA) was promulgated in: 2018

15. Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah joined the All-India Muslim League in: 1913

16. The National Assembly passed the Protection of Women (Criminal Law Amendment) Act in: 2006

17. The iconic Trevi Fountain is located in the Italian city of: Rome

18. Pakistan's first prime minister, Liaquat Ali Khan, was assassinated in Company Garden in Rawalpindi on: October 16, 1951

19. The assassin of Liaquat Ali Khan was: Said Akbar

20. The ancient festival of Yalda is celebrated in: Iran

21. The famous philosopher who authored “The Critique of Pure Reason” is: Immanuel Kant

22. The author of “History of Western Philosophy” is: Bertrand Russell

23. The canal which is considered a mini-Indus River in Sindh is: Rohri canal

24. “Rodad-e-Sitam” has been written by: Hamid Mir

25. The Punjab Forest Act was introduced in: 1927

26. The US aerospace and defence company that manufactures the F-16 fighter aircraft is: Lockheed Martin

27. World Meditation Day is observed every year on: December 21

28. Blue House is the presidential palace of: South Korea

29. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) was founded in: 1955

30. The world's biggest oil importer is: China

31. Quaid-i-Azam passed his matriculation examination from: Christian Missionary Society High School

32. The first Indian member of the House of Commons was: Dadabhai Naoroji

33. Quaid-i-Azam married Emibai in 1892 and Rattanbai Petit in: 1918

34. The rivers known as cradles of the Mesopotamian civilization are the Tigris and: Euphrates

35. The person known as the founder of the modern Olympics is: Baron Pierre de Coubertin

36. Andarab Lake is among the most scenic glacial lakes in: Kalam Valley

37. China launched its One-Child Policy in 1979 which remained officially implemented from 1980 to: 2015

38. Tegucigalpa is the capital and largest city of: Honduras

39. The place recognized as the first city of the Taxila Civilization is: Bhir Mound

40. The first Urdu poet depicted on postal stamps was: Mirza Ghalib

41. The Pakistan Super League (PSL) was launched in: 2016

42. The Kashmir Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Oncology and Radiotherapy (KINOR) has opened in: Muzaffarabad

43. The first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress was: Shirley Anita Chisholm

44. Tanda Dam is located in: Kohat

45. The Kalri-Baghar (KB) Feeder is a perennial canal of: Kotri Barrage

46. WAM is the state news agency of: UAE

47. The world's largest contract maker of chips is: TSMC (Taiwan)

48. The Federal Government assumed the functions of the Government of Baluchistan in: 1976

49. The scientist who invented the air conditioner to control temperature and humidity was: Willis Haviland Carrier

50. The branch of medicine that deals with cancer is: Oncology

51. The number of degrees in a circle is: 360

52. The number of elements currently on the periodic table is: 118

53. The city that functions as the temporary seat for Yemen's internationally recognized government is: Aden

54. The first and last President of the Soviet Union (USSR) was: Mikhail Gorbachev

55. Mikhail Gorbachev introduced the policy reforms of perestroika (restructuring) and glasnost (transparency) in: 1991

56. Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan gained independence in: August 1991

57. Syed Zahoor Shah Hashmi was a renowned linguist, researcher, literary figure and poet of: Balochi language

58. The branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases is: Ophthalmology

59. World Braille Day is an international day observed on: 4 January

60. Louis Braille, the inventor of the Braille system, belonged to: France

61. The first edition of Commonwealth Games was held in 1930 under the name: The British Empire Games

62. The first Commonwealth Games were held in 1930 in: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

63. The Commonwealth Games in which Pakistan secured its most gold medals yet were held in Australia: 1962 (8 Gold Medals)

64. December 21 is the longest day in: Southern Hemisphere

65. The ancient monument that was built to align with the movement of the sun on the solstices is: The Stonehenge

66. The concept of daylight saving time was first proposed by: Benjamin Franklin

67. The world-famous boxer who was born as Cassius Clay was: Muhammad Ali

68. Chou En-lai, a scholar and revolutionary, who became a founding father of modern China, died in: 1976

69. The fear or anxiety of not having a working mobile phone is called: Nomophobia

70. The 22.13-km Tianshan Shengli Tunnel is the world's longest expressway tunnel located in: China

71. India's Siliguri Corridor, colloquially known as the Chicken Neck, is located with Nepal, Bangladesh and: Bhutan

72. The author of 'The Eyewitness Standing in the Shadows of Pakistan's History' is:Muhammad Saeed Mehdi

73. The largest landlocked country in the world is: Kazakhstan

74. Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the OIC is: Amb. Fawad Sheron

75. The document often referred to as the Magna Carta of Indian education is: Wood's Despatch of 1854

76. A Stupa is a place of worship in: Buddhism

77. Vasco da Gama landed in India at Calicut in: 1498

78. The Weimar Triangle is a trilateral political and diplomatic grouping of France, Germany and: Poland

79. Spina Bifida is a congenital defect of: Spinal cord

80. The Treaty that established the European Union was: The Maastricht Treaty (1992)

81. The only country that has officially recognized the Afghan Taliban government is: Russia

82. The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention) came into force on: Jan 12, 1951,

83. The sum of angles in a pentagon is: 540 degrees:.

84. The ocean in which we can find the North Pole is: The Arctic Ocean

85. The chemical element often used to fill balloons is: Helium

86. When copper is exposed to air or moisture, it turns: Green

87. The Ku Klux Klan, one of the most infamous hate groups in American history, was founded in: 1865

88. The two primary colours mixed to make green are: Blue and yellow

89. Dead Sea is a landlocked salt lake between Israel and: Jordan

90. The Asian Development Bank was established in: 1966

91. The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations has its headquarters in: New York

92. The sea of which the Gulf of Oman is the north-western arm is: Arabian Sea

93. The Blue Nile originates from Lake Tana in: Ethiopia

94. India is constructing the Ratle Hydroelectric Project on the river: Chenab

95. The first Indian Territory to be captured by a European power was: Goa

96. As per the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Report 2024, the country that is the worst doping offender globally is: India

97. Headquartered in Montreal (Canada), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) was founded in: 1999

98. The Port of Rotterdam, Europe's largest port and a global trade gateway, is located in: The Netherlands

99. The world's largest nuclear plant is: Kashiwazaki-Kariwa (Japan)

100. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was established in: 1960

 

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