Sunday, August 29, 2010

General Knowledge Lesson-3(Unit-1)


1             Australia was discovered by James Cook
2             The first Governor General of Pakistan is Mohammed Ali Jinnah
3             Dublin is situated at the mouth of river Liffey
4             The earlier name of New York city was New Amsterdam
5             The Eiffel tower was built by Alexander Eiffel
6             The Red Cross was founded by Jean Henri Durant
7             The country which has highest population density is Monaco
8             The national flower of Britain is Rose
9             Niagara Falls was discovered by Louis Hennepin
10           The national flower of Italy is Lily
11           The national flower of China is Narcissus
12           The permanent secretariat of the SAARC is located at Kathmandu
13           The gateway to the Gulf of Iran is Strait of Hormuz
14           The first Industrial Revolution took place in England
15           World Environment Day is observed on 5th June
16           The first Republican President of America was Abraham Lincoln
17           The country famous for Samba dance is Brazil
18           The name of Alexander's horse was Beucephalus
19           Singapore was founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
20           The famous British one-eyed Admiral was Nelson

General Knowledge Lesson-2(Unit-1)

1             The city which is also known as the City of Canals is Venice
2             The country in which river Wangchu flows is Myanmar
3             The biggest island of the world is Greenland
4             The city which is the biggest centre for manufacture of automobiles in the world is Detroit, USA
5             The country which is the largest producer of manganese in the world is China & South Africa
6             The country which is the largest producer of rubber in the world is Malaysia
7             The country which is the largest producer of tin in the world is China
8             The river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea is the Amazon River
9             The city which was once called the `Forbidden City' was Peking
10           The country called the Land of Rising Sun is Japan
11           Mount Everest was named after Sir George Everest
12           The volcano Vesuvius is located in Italy
13           The country known as the Sugar Bowl of the world is Cuba
14           The length of the Suez Canal is 162.5 kilometers
15           The lowest point on earth is The coastal area of Dead sea
16           The Gurkhas are the original inhabitants of Nepal
17           The largest ocean of the world is the Pacific ocean
18           The largest bell in the world is the Tsar Kolkol at Kremlin, Moscow
19           The biggest stadium in the world is the Strahov Stadium, Prague
20           The world's largest diamond producing country is South Africa

General Knowledge Lesson-1(Unit-1)

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 is 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
16            The biggest delta in the world is the Ganges Delta
17            The capital city that stands on the river Danube is 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