GK Capsule no-1
In GK Capsule no-1 you will find one liner related to Mughal era, pre partition of Pakistan, post independence and general science:
- What is gary list? A list of stocks in which the risk arbitrage division of an investment bank is not allowed to invest.
- On 28 June 2018. Financial Action Task Force (FATF) put Pakistan on its “Grey List”.
- What is the National fish of Pakistan? Mahaseer
- Fear: Trump in the White House is a non-fiction book by American journalists Bob Woodward about the presidency of Donald Trump.
- Pakistan launched two satellites PRSS1 and PAK-TES-1A on 9th July 2018.
- The Diamer Bhasha and Mohmand dam fund 2018 was established on 6th July 2018 by the federal government in pursuance of a Supreme Court order for raising funds for the construction of the two dams.
- Tahira Safdar took oath as the first female Chief Justice of Balochistan High Court (BHC) on 1st September 2018.
- Dr Arif Alvi took oath as President of Pakistan on 9th September 2018.
- Dr Arif-ur-Rehman Alvi has been elected the 13th President of Pakistan.
- Dr Arif Alvi is a Dentist by profession.
- Begum Kulsoom Nawaz has passed away in a London hospital on 11th September 2018. She was suffering from throat cancer.
- Indian movie ‘Gold’ has become the first Bollywood film ever to release in Saudi Arabia.
- Fakhar Zaman became the first batsman form Pakistan to score a double century in ODls against Zimbabwe, finishing 210 not out.
- Fakhar Zaman became the fastest player to score 1,000 runs in ODIs.
- England made the highest one-day international total scored 481-6 in 50 overs in history eclipsing their own record of 444-3,set against Pakistan at the same venue in 2016.
- Mushtaq Ahmad Yousufi died after a protracted illness in Karachi on 20th June 2018. He was 94.
- Most popular works of Mushtaq Ahmad Yousufi include Chiragh Talay, Khakam-ba-dahan, Zarguzasht, Aab-E-gum and Sham-e-Shair-e-Yaaraan.
- Pakistan conferred upon two highest literary awards Sitara-i-Imtiaz and Hilal-i-Imtiaz in 1999 and 2002, respectively for Mushtaq Yousufi.
- Yousufi was born on August 4, 1923 in the then princely state of Tonk in United India.
- The name of a former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief, retired Lt Gen Asad Durrani- who recently co- authored a book with former Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) chief Amarjit Singh Dulat? Asad Durrani
- What is the name of book written by Asad Durrani? The Spy Chronicles: RAW,ISI and the Illlusion of Peace.
- Who was the author of the book ‘The Bonfire of the Vanities’? Tom Wolfe
- Total amendments in constitution of Pakistan are? 25
- The historic merger of the Federally
- Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) was completed on 31st May 2018, after President Mamnoon Hussain signed the 25th Constitutional Amendment.
- Pakistan is the fifth largest country in the world according to population (World Statistics of July 2018)
- Dragon is the symbol of China.
- Tour De France is French cycle race.
- Former Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice (retd) Nasir-ul-Mulk took oath as Pakistan’s 7th Caretaker Prime Minister on 1st June 2018.
- The 2018 Asian Games were held in Jakarta & Palembang. cities of Indonesia.
- Pakistan Won 4 Bronze Medals in Asian Games 2018 & got 34th position in Asian Games 2018
- Which Country Got First Position by Winning Most of the Medals in Asian Games 2018? China
- The 2022 Asian Games are scheduled to take place in Hangzhou city of China.
- Which City of UK will host Commonwealth Games 2022? Birmingham
- 2018 Commonwealth Games were held in which Australian city? Gold Coast.
- Pakistan won only 1 Gold Medal in Which Sports of Common Wealth Games 2018? Wrestling*
- Pakistan got 24th Position in Common Wealth Games 2018
- Pakistan won 5 Medals in Common Wealth Games 2018
- Which Country Got First Position by Winning Most of the Medals in Common Wealth Games 2018 Australia*
- The 2022 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to take place in Qatar
- How many teams will participate in 2026 FIFA World Cup? 48
- How many Muslim states including Arab countries have qualified for FIFA world cup 2018? 6
- Which country won FIFA World Cup 2018? France*
- The Ratle Hydroelectric Plant is currently under construction on the Chenab River, downstream of the village of Ratle, near Drabshalla in Indian held Jammu and Kashmir.
- The Kishanganga hydroelectric Project that is designed to divert water from the Kishanganga River to a power plant in the Jhelum River basin is located in Bandipore district of the Indian held Jammu and Kashmir.
- Justice (Rtd) Dost Muhammad Khan took oath as the sixth Caretaker Chief Minister of KPK on June 6,2018
- The Dragoon Mountains are a range of mountains located in Cochise County, Arizona,USA
- Angela Merkel has been re-elected as the chancellor of Germany for the fourth consecutive times in 2018
- The oldest Internet Search Engine is Archie.
- Sajid Javid has been appointed as the home secretary of the United Kingdom in April 2018. He is the first Asian and first Muslim to hold this office.
- Saudi Arabia has become the first country in the world to grant citizenship to a robot. The female robot’s name is Sophia.
- Sophia was built by Hong Kong-based Hanson Robotics.
- WhatsApp was founded in 2009 by Brian Acton and Jan Koum, both former employees of Yahoo, which was acquired by Facebook in February 2014 for approximately US$19.3 billion.
- In 2020 Tokyo will become the first city in Asia to host the Summer Olympics twice.
- In the beginning Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) worked as a shepherd for which group? Banu Saad
- Instagram is a photo and video sharing social networking service owned by Facebook, Inc. lt was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and launched on 6th October 2010.
- Facebook was founded on 4th February 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow Harvard University students Eduardo Saver in, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes
- Mark Zuckerberg is an American computer programmer and internet entrepreneur.
- Nizamuddin Auliya belonged Chistiya Sufi Silsilah.
- Vladimir Putin is elected president of Russia for the Fourth term on 19th March 2018.
- Which football team failed to reach out World Cup 2018 for the first time in 60 years? ltaly
- Name the labal’s loval housekeeper who remained close to lqbal-for all life? Ali Baksh
- In which year Sir Zafar Ullah khan became the president of International court of Justice? 1970 (From 1970 to 1973)
- What country’s civil war was described as a rehearsal for World War ll? Spain Civil War
- Pakistan became the 54th Member of the International Labour Organization on 30 October 1947
- The first Sri Lankan player to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame is Muttiah Muralitharan.
- Pakistan became non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for seven times
- Adam Osborne invented the laptop in 1981 and the first one released was Osborne 1 under Osborne Computer Corporation.
- Sartaj Aziz earned a Master’s degree in Development economics from Harvard University in 1963.
- Aab e Kausarbook is written by Sheikh Muhammad Ikram
- Maui-e-Kausar book is written by Sheikh Muhammad lkram.
- Dickson is the seaport of Malaysia.
- Operation Zarb-e-Ahan started by the Rangers Police and army in Kacha area of Rajanpur district against the notorious Chottu Gang.
- Raja of Mahmudabad was second President of All India Muslim League.
- What was the Real name of Raja of Mahmudabad (second President of AIML)?Maharaja Sir Mohammad Ali Mohammad Khan, Khan Bahadur
- What was the Real name of Raja of Mahmudabad who founded All India Muslim Student Federation in 1938?
- Mohammad Amir Ahmad Khan Maharaja Sir Mohammad Ali Mohammad Khan, Khan Bahadur, KCSI, KCIE was the Raja of Mahmudabad from 28 June 1903 to 23 March 1931 and a noted politician, zamindar of British India. He died in 1931 and was succeeded by his son, Mohammad Amir Ahmad Khan
- Peter Mackler Award is related to the field of Journalism.
- Cotopaxi volcano is in Ecuador.
- “He Named Me Malala” is a name of Hollywood movie on the life of Malala Yousafzai.
- Famous painting Guernica painted by Pablo Picasso.
- Famous painting Creation of Adam painted by Michelangelo (Italian).
- Recently Pakistani film Actor Fawad Khan worked in which Indian movie? Khoobsorat
- In which province Alf India Muslim league got maximum seats in 1937 election? Bengal 37 seats (In UP AIML got 26 seats).
- What is Epistemology? Knowledge
- Qartba Ka Qazi Drama is written by Imtiaz Ali Taj
- The Clash of Civilization is written by? Samuel P.Huntington
- Abdul Hameed was a captain of Pakistan hockey who won the gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics, defeating India in the final by one goal. Who made this goal? Naseer Bunda (Pak defeated India by 1/0).
- MSS is a secret agency of China
- ASIS is a secret agency of Australia
- CSIS is a secret agency of Canada
- FBS is a secret agency of Russia
- Teri Yad was the first Pakistani Urdu film
- Pacemaker is used for? Regulates heart beat
- “Digital Computer” was invented by Howard Aiken (an American). He designed the world’s first large-scale digital computer, the Mark l
- South Africa is the only country to have independently developed and then renounced and dismantled its nuclear weapons
- Headquarter of international Red Cross and Red Crescent is in Geneva (Switzerland).
- US inventor Martin Cooper invented “Mobile Phone” in 1973, Martin Cooper belonged to Motorola
- “Petra” is the news agency of Jordan.
- The world’s largest airship that recently made its maiden voyage in England is-Airlander 10.
- Headquarter of Green Peace International Environmental Organization is situated at Amsterdam
- Which planet rotates clockwise?
- Venus Picture of Kalashnikov is located on the map of Mozambique
- National Anthem of Bangladesh and India (both countries) are written by Rabindra Nath Tigore.
- Famous Artist Gul Jee was an Engineer by profession.
- Pakistan became the member of Food & Agriculture Organization on September 7,1947
- Honorary Grave of Dr. Allama Iqbal is located near Maulana Rumi’s Tomb at Konya in Turkey
- Victoria Azarenka is a Belarusian professional tennis player.
- Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player.
- Stanislas Wawrinka is a Swiss professional tennis player. He has won Australian Open singles title in 2014.
- Li Na is a Chinese professional tennis player. Recently she has won Australian Open singles title in 2014
- Serena Williams is an American professional tennis player.
- Minaret Qutub Minar is in Delhi (238 feet)
- Andy Murray is a Scottish professional tennis player
- Lord Wavell presided over the Simla Conference in 1945
- Largest gorge is Grand Canyon.
- The Hindu had launched “Swadeshi Movement” (to boycott English made goods) against Partition of Bengal 1905.
- King of Malaysia is the only king in the world who is elected for 5 years term.
- Largest oil company belong to USA is The Exxon Corporation.
- The busiest shopping centre of London is Oxford Street.
- Sierra Leone has the lowest GDP per capita and Luxembourg has the highest per capita.
- Jericho, situated in the Jordan valley (dead Sea) is the oldest town of the world.
- Petroleum is the most traded product in the world
- The Pirpur Report on the brutalities of the Congress ministries 1937,was compiled by Raja Muhammad Mehdi
- Lord Linlithgow was the Viceroy who made August Offer in 1940.
- Total planets in solar system are 8
- Outer surface of sun is called photosphere.
- Sun has 90% hydrogen, 8% helium and 2% other elements.
- Temperature at surface of sun is 6000K and at its center 20 million K
- Venus reflects highest percentage of light.
- Highest melting point is of Tungsten, 3410°C.
- Venus is called Morning star and also referred as Evening Star
- Rhea is the fifth natural satellite of Saturn.
- The only planet which rotates on its axis from East to West is Venus
- Uranus is called lopsided planet.
- Germany, Italy, Turkey, Belgium and the Netherlands are known as nuclear weapons sharing states.
- In which state of Myanmar Rohingya Muslims were killed by Buddhists? Rakhine State
- Pakistan elects first non Muslim Hindu woman Krishna Kumari Kohli to Senate
- Who is the author of Pakistan:A Hard Country? Anatol Lieven
- First Indian who got Nishan-e-Pakistan was? Morarji Desai.
- Which word was used by North Korean President Kim Jong-un to
- describe US Donald Trump? Dotard (an old person, especially one who has become weak)
- In 2024 Paris (1900, 1924) will become only the second city in the world to host the Summer Olympic Games three times, after London (1908, 1948 and 2012).
- Canada is known as Land of Maple
- Which Continent did not host the Olympics Games till date? Africa
- Final of PSL-3 won by Islamabad United after defeating Peshawar Zalmi by 3 wickets at Karachi.
- Munnu Bhai was a newspaper journalist and columnist, poet and a writer of Pakistan, died on 19 January 2018 in Lahore, aged 84.
- Munnu Bhai was awarded Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 2007 for his services to the nation.
- Munnu Bhai was born in Wazirabad, Punjab, Pakistan on 6 February 1933.
- Real name of Munnu Bhai is Muneer Ahmed Qureshi
- Munnu Bhai’s most famous TV drama Sona Chandi released in 1982. He has also written plays like ‘Ashiana and Dasht’.
- What is the name of Wife of Bill Gate? Melinda Ann Gates
- Till Date (2018) Roger Federer a Swiss Tennis player who won 20.
- Grand Slam singles titles Rakh Ghulaman live stock farm is located in which city? Bhakkar.
- The most commonly used fissile materials for nuclear weapons applications have been uranium-235 and plutonium-239.
- Bukhara was known as “Dome of Islam in the East”
- Fusion weapons are generally referred to as thermonuclear weapons or more colloquially as hydrogen bombs.
- Golen Gol Proiect of 108 meaawatt capacity in Chitral inauaurated by Prime Minister on 4th February 2018.
- Edward Teller, often referred to as the “father of the hydrogen bomb”
- Laurence Olivier was an English actor and director.
- Power based on intangible or indirect infiuences such as culture, values, and ideology is called Soft Power.
- Pakistan extended an agreement with India for the Rail link between Munabao, India Khokhrapar, Pakistan for another three years from February 1st, 2018 to January 31, 2021.
- When Indonesian President Joko Widodo addressed Parliament ofPakistan? 26th January 2018.
- Kazuo Ishiguro is a British (By birth Japanese) got Nobel Prize of 2017 in Literature.
- Flag of the E.U consists of a circle of 12 golden stars on a blue background.
- International Olympic Committee wasformed in 1894; its head quarter islocated in Lausanne(Switzerland).
- Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine returned Soviet nuclear arms stationed in their countries to Russia after the collapse of the USSR.
- Pakistani nuclear physicist and former head of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Dr Ishfaq Ahmad has passed away on 18 January 2018 at age 87
- Dr Ishfaq, who had also served as theformer science advisor to the government of Pakistan, was heading the PAEC when Pakistan became anuclear power in 1998.
- Dr Ishfaq Ahmad served as Chairman Pakistan Atomic Energy Commissionb(PAEC) from 1991 to 2001
- Sitara-e-Imtiaz was conferred upon DrIshfaq in 1989 and Hilal-e-Imtiaz in1995. In 1998,he received Nishan-e-Imtiaz for his services to the country.
- Air Crief Marshal (retd) Muhammad Asahar Khan.veteran politician and the country’s first air force chief passed away on 05th January 2018after long illness at a military-run hospital. He was 96 years old.
- Who is known as father of Pakistan Air Force? Air Chief Marshal M.Asghar Khan
- International Campaian to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) was founded at Melbourne, Australia in 2007.
- Richard Thaler of USA got Nobel Prizeof 2017 in Economics.
- Which organization aot Peace NobelPrize in 2017? International Campaignto Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
- The patella (kneecap) is a thick circular-triangular bone which articulates with the femur (thigh bone) and covers and protects the anteriorarticular surface of the knee joint.
- On which Country the Britain imposed the Opium war? China
- Who wrote the famous book “Conversation with Myself”? Nelson Mandela
- URL denotes? Uniform ResourceLocator
- Dr Ruth Pfau.who led a battle aqainstthe stiamatized disease of leorosv passed away in Karachi on 10thAugust 2017
- Dr Ruth Pfau came to Pakistan fromwhich country? Germany
- Elinor Ostrom was the first womanwho Nobel Prize in Economics
- Who was the oldest person to ever wina Nobel Peace Prize? Leonid Hurwicz.He won the Economic Nobel Prize in 2007 at the age of 90
- Who invented computer mouse?Douglas Engelbart in 1964
- What is Amnesia? It means Memoryloss.
- Fatima Samoura is the first female secretary general of FIFA.
- Intifada is Palestinian uprising.
- I have a dream” was a famous speech delivered by Martin Luther King.
- Lactometer is an apparatus used formeasuring the purity of milk.
- Headquarters of ICC is located at Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- The Mount Adam is located in which country? Washington USA
- Koh e Tur is located in which country?Egypt
- Silicon Valley is a nickname for the southern portion of the San Francisco.
- Bay Area in the northern part of the U.S.state of California.
- Which is sed as a Moderator in nuclear reactors?Heavy Water
- In which country Normandy is situated?France
- According to 24th amendment Punjab loses 9 seats (7 General and 2 women in National Assembly. Balochistan gains (2 general seats +1 women seat). Khvber Pakhtunkhwa gains (4+1) and federal capital (1+01). Seats of Sindh and FATA remain the same.
- Thomas Edward Lawrence,the BritishArmy officer whose World War l exploits earned him fame as “Lawrence of Arabia,
- Manometer is used to determine the pressure of a gas.
- The printing press was invented by Johannes Gutenberg
- Operation Midnight Jackal was launched to topple Benazir Govt in 1996.
- DGSE is a secret agency of France.
- What is the Profession of Mahathir Mohammad who was the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia? Dr. Physician
- Currently Troy is located in which modern country? Turkey
- Old name of Taiwan was Formosa.
- Patricia Scotland has been appointed as the first woman Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations
- Montreal is situated on the bank of River Ottawa.
- First African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction,who died in2016 is-James Alan McPherson
- Which country is known for the most frequent earthquakes?Japan
- Manchhar Lake is found in Jamshoro District (Jamshoro is separated from Dadu District in 2004).
- Malala Yousafzai is the youngestperson ever to win a Nobel Prize inhistory,who won Peace Nobel Prize in 2014.
- Uranus contain atmosphere of Hydrogen and Helium.
- Period of rotation of earth on axis is 1day or 23 hrs, 56 minutes &4seconds.
- Largest Island is Greenland.
- The largest tides of the world occur inBay of Fundy (Canada).
- Sudan is the second largest country inAfrica area wise.
- Khan Mehtarzai is the highest railwaystation in Pakistan.
- Largest mammal is Blue whale.
- Maximum quantities of diamonds arefound in Africa.
- Rafael Nadal is a Spanish professionaltennis player. His success on clay hasearned him the nickname “King ofClay”.
- Light is the fastest thing in theuniverse. It travels at a phenomenalspeed of 187,000 miles per second.
- Takla Makan desert is located in China
- Period of revolution of Earth aroundSun is 356 days, 6 hrs, 9 minutes & 10seconds.
- Parliament of lraq is NationalAssembly.
- Parliament of Morocco is Majlis alNuwab.
- Rings of Saturn were discovered byGalileo in 1610
- Titan, the largest moon in solar systemis of Saturn
- Triton is a satellite of Neptune
- Kanpur Mosque tragedy had takenplace in 1913.
- The first Pakistani who became thejudge of “International Court ofJustice” was Sir Zafarullah Khan.
- The World’s oldest surviving monarchyis in Japan.
- In 1681, Akbar, the son of Aurangzeb revolted against him.
- Baghdad lies on Tigris River & Bahawalpur lies on Sutlej River.
- World Bank supervised Indus BasinTreaty in 1960 between Pakistan and India
- India is the World’s largest importer of weapons.
- The Constitution of the All India Muslim League was drafted by a Committee in1907 headed by Mualana Muhammad Ali Jauhar.
- Quaid said,Hindu India and MuslimIndia parted India forever after Nehru Report
- Highest military award of Britain is Victoria Cross.
- In 1922, Manjho Daro historical site was discovered.
- Duration of National Anthem is 80 Seconds.
- Nawab Liaqat Ali Khan led the Objective Resolution in constitutional Assembly.
- Indonesia consists of largest number of volcano.
- Arab Spring movement in Middle East-countries started from Tunis country
- Mamoon observatory was established during the reign of Caliph Mamoon.
- The Seven-year war(1756-1763)was fought between England and France.
- Swat Valley is situated in the mountain range of Hindukush.
- The Chinese economic reforms refers to the program of economic reforms a mer G.Ktermed “Socialism with Chinese characteristics” in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) that was started in December 1978. These economic reforms led by Deng Xiaoping.
- 2017 has been designated asInternational Year of SustainableTourism for Development by the United Nations.
- The 13th Meeting of the ECO Heads of State/Government was hosted by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on 1stMarch 2017.
- TheBolshevik Revolution is associated with Russia.
- Henry Kissinger was the former US Secretary of State.
- Siam was the former name of which country? Thailand.
- Cell phone (invented in 1973) inventor Martin Copper belonged to Motorola Company..
- Money Paper is mostly made of cotton
- Longest mountain range is Andes (South America).
- Death Valley (desert) is located in California USA.
- Highest plateau is Pamir in Tibet
- Largest port of Europe is Rotterdam (Netherlands).
- “Etymology” is the study of origin and history of words.
- “Plague” is a disease, which spreadsby rat.
- “Aramco” is a Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- “Bikanoor” is a first space centre of world situated in Kazakhstan.
- The Glorious Revolution started in1688.
- The Peking news(China) was the first newspaper of the world.
- Declaration of Human Rights was adopted on Dec 10,1948.
- “BIN” is a intelligence agency ofIndonesia.
- “Pearl Harbour” is situated in the Hawaii State of USA.
- What is the common name for the star Sirius? Dog Star
- When a satellite is closest to Earth its position is called what Perigee
- What is the name of the largest moon of Jupiter? Ganymede
- First artificial satellite was Sputnik-lsent by Soviet Union on October 4,1957.
- Sputnik-ll on November 3, 1957 took a female dog Laika into space.
- On July 20, 1969 US Apollo 11 touched down the moon
- “Queen’s House” is the officialresidency of Sri Lankan President.
- Largest railway station is Grand Central Terminal New York.
- The Amazon River rises in Peru & Amazon River is largest river in terms of volume
- Sun is closer to earth in January
- Moon’s’ rotation period is equal to the Earth’s
- Rotation period of earth is 23hrs, 56min, 4sec.
- Earth rotates around on axis pointing towards the Polar Star.
- Equinox means equal days and nights
- Sun’s energy is called Insulation
- Mycology is the study of fungus and fungi diseases.
- Numismatics is the study of coins.
- Becquerel is a unit of radioactivity
- Coulomb is a unit of electrical charge
- Largest river basin is of Amazon River
- Famous painting Dogs Playing Poker painted by C.M.Coolidge
- Petrology is the study of rocks in the earth’s crust.
- Famous painting School of Athens painted by Raphael.
- Biggest River is Amazon River. Amazon River carries maximum quantity of water into the sea.
- Longest river is Nile (Egypt) of the world. After Nile, Amazon is the second longest river of the world.
- Russia has used its veto power more than any other permanent member.
- The United States of America ha sused its veto power is second in list after Russia.
- In 1971 the people republic of Chinawas given membership of UNO by expelling Taiwan.
- The UN Industrial Development Organization has its headquarters at Vienna.
- Of the various agencies of the United Nations, the oldest is? Universal Postal Union (UPU).
- A patient is put to Dialysis, when he orshe suffers from Kidney ailment..
- Leprosy is caused by Bacteria
- The largest organ of human body is Skin.
- Egypt is called the Gift of Nile.River Nile passes through Egypt and Sudan.
- Barometer is a Instrument used for measuring atmospheric pressure.
- Electromagnetic wave theory of light was proposed by Maxwell
- The Qasr al-Nil Bridge (Khedive Ismail Bridge) spans the Nile River in central Cairo,Egypt.
- Cairo city lies on Nile. Nile River poursits water into Mediterranean Sea.
- Where do the White and Blue Niles join-Khartoum? Sudan
- Khartoum is situated on the bank of Nile River.
- Victoria River is a source of River Nile.
- “On China” recently published book is written by Henry Kissinger.
- The foundation stone of the Sikhism’s holiest place “Golden Temple” at Amritsar was laid by Hazrat Mian Mir Marco Polo (ltalian)reached China through India.
- Blue House is the official residence in South Korea.
- Elysee palace is the name of the residence of French President.
- What country’s leader does not have an official residence? Cuba
- Gibson Desert is in Australia
- What did Robert Ballard discover in 1985? The Titanic.
- Man eat both plants and animals is called Omnivore
- Pepsin enzyme produced in stomach digests the Proteins
- Blood sugar level is controlled by hormone called Insulin
- Who gave the theory of evolution? Darwin
- Polio is caused by Virus
- Which island appears on its national flag? Cyprus
- Mount Olympus is in Greece
- Humming bird has legs but can’t walk
- Cusec is a measure of flow rate and is
- informal shorthand for “cubic feet per second
- Second Law of thermodynamics was given by Kelvin
- Neutron was discovered by Chadwick
- First human in space is Yuri Gagar in 1961 of USSR
- Who is considered as first space scientist? Henry Cavendish
- Earth Circumference was determined first time most correctly by Al-Beruni,
- Telephone was invented by Graham Bell
- A universal donor’s blood group is O
- The only mammal which lays eggs is Duck-biled platypus
- Parliament of Japan is called Diet.
- Parliament of Denmark is called Folketing.
- Kangaroo is native animal of Australia.
- World health day is observed on 7th April.
- Universal children’s day is observed on 20 November.
- Big Bang theory holds that our universe began 13.7 bilion years ago, in a massive expansion that blew space up like a balloon.
- India makes the most films per year
- What city underground has the most stations?New York
- First man to set foot on five continents-Captain Cook
- Who was the pilot in the first fatal air crash? Orvile Wright
- Euclid called is Father of Geometry
- Herodotus called is Father of History
- Where was the world’s first oil well drilled-Pennsylvania (USA)
- What was the first country to recognize the USas independent? Morocco
- On what are the world’s smallest paintings painted? Pin Heads
- Who was the first person to wear a wristwatch?Queen Elizabeth 1
- Which instrument converted mechanical energy into electrical energy? Generator
- Which instrument converted heat energy into mechanical energy? Heat engine or stean engine
- Famous painting The Maids of Honor painted by Diego Velazquez
- Famous painting Whistler’s Mother painted by James McNeill Whistler.
- Natural radioactivity was discovered by Becquerel in 1896
- X-rays were discovered by Roentgen.
- Largest space centre is Cape Kennedy (USA).
- Name the longest river of Pakistan is Indus
- The first Nishan-e-Haider was won by Capt.Raja Sarwar
- Name the first Lady Major General in the Pakistan Army?’Dr. Shahida Malik
- Name the first Governor of Sindh from August 1947 to October 1948? Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah
- Name the first Governor of NWFP
- from August 1947 to April 1948? Sir George Cunningham
- First Martial Law was imposed in October 1958
- When was the first five year plan implemented in Pakistan? From 1955 to 1960
- Name the first President of Pakistan Iskandar Mirza
- Who was the first Captain of Pakistan Cricket Team? Abdul Hafeez Kardar
- Who vas elected first Chief Minister of Gilgit Baltistan? Syed Mehdi Shah
- First elections were held in Gilgit-Baltistan on? 12th November 2009
- Second constitution assembly approved first constitution of Pakistan
- The first Constituent Assembly originally consisted of 69 members subsequenty the number of members was increased to 79
- Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was elected first President of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
- Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah elected as the first President of the Constituent Assembly on August 11, 1947
- Pakistan’s first Constituent Assembly was passed the objective resolution on March 12,1949
- First Constituent Assembly of Pakistan was dissolved on October 24, 1954.
- Malik Ghulam Muhammad dissolved the first Constituent Assembly
- First Constitution of Pakistan was enforced on March 23,1956
- Second Constitution of Pakistan was enforced on June 8,1962
- Third Constitution of Pakistan was enforced on August 14,1973
- Sakander Mirza imposed the first Martial Law on October 7,1958
- Mian Abdur Rashid was the first Chief Justice of Pakistan
- Benazir Bhutto was the first Women
- Prime Minister of Pakistan Begum Rana Liaquat Ali was the first female Governor of Pakistan.
- Sir Zaffarullah Khan was the first Foreign Minister of Pakistan.
- According to the constitution of Pakistan, the Head of the Government is Prime Minister.
- The Lower House of the Parliament of Pakistan is National Assembly.
- The Upper House of the Parliament of Pakistan is Senate.
- Speaker is the Presiding head of the National Assembly of Pakistan. The Presiding head of the Senate of Pakistan is? Čhaiman
- The Constitutional Chief of a Province is called Governor.
- The Administrative Chief of a Province is called Chief Minister.
- The highest court of Pakistan is called Supreme Court.
- The Pakistani Parlianent consists of Bicameral.
- Article 50 of the constitution established Bicameral Parliament?
- The tenure of the National Assembly is 5 years.
- The Senate consisted of 104 members before FATA KP Merger bill 2018.
- Member of the National Assembly must be at least 25 years of age 18th amendment has ceased the powers of the President to dissolve the National Assembly
- Eighteenth amendment abolished 58 (2-B) article of the constitution
- Famous painting The Kiss or Der Kuss painted by Gustav Klimt
- Famous painting The Son of Man painted by Rene Magritte
- The Senate is a continuous body. lt’s members are elected for a term of 6 years.Half of them (Senators) are retired after every 3 years.
- The Governor may dissolve the Provincial Assenbly at the advice of the Chief Minister.
- The designation of Govemor-General was changed to President in 1956.
- Under the Constitution of 1956 Urdu and Bengali languages were declared as the national language.
- Members of a National Finance Commission is appointed by President.
- The first constituent assembly of Pakistan was inaugurated on August 10,1947.
- Total membership of the national assembly of Pakistan is? 342
- A member of the Senate must be atleast 30 years of age.
- The Chairman of Senate is elected for a term of 3 years
- A Money Bil originates in The National
- Assembly Parliament of Sweden is called Riksdag.
- Meetings of the Provincial Assembly are presided by Speaker.
- One Unit came into force on 14th October 1955.
- The constitution of 1956 contained 234 articles.
- The constitution of 1956 provided for Parliamentary form of government
- The constitution of 1956 was abrogated on October 7,1958.
- The constitution of 1962 provided for unicameral parliament.
- Ayub Khan resigned on 25m March 1969 Z.A. Bhutto promulgated an interim constitution on 12th April 1972
- Zia-ul-Haq was replaced by Ghulam Ishaq Khan
- General Pervez Musharraf was 10th President of Pakistan.
- According to the original constitution of 1973,the system of government is Parliamentary system of government
- Under article 91 of the constitution election procedure for Prime Minister.
- 5 years term of National Assembly under the Constitution of 1962.
- Official language of Pakistan under 1962 Constitution was Bengali and Urdu
- The system of government introduced the 1962 Constitution was Presidential
- The 1962 Constitution was abrogated in 1969
- Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was the first and the only civil Martial Law Administrator of Pakistan
- The Constitution making committee formed by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto consisted of 25 members of National Assembly.
- Constitution of 1973 was approved by the National Assembly on 10h April 1973.
- According to the 1973 constitution the president is the head of the state, assisted by Prime Minister.
- The age of the presidential candidate must not be less than 40 years.
- The president is elected for a term of 5 years.
- The president takes the oath of his office before the Chief Justice.
- 8th amendment in the constitution has title the balance of power in favour of President
- Largest sea bird is Albatross
- A person is appointed judge of the Supreme Court if he has been a judge of a high court for at least 5 years.
- The chairman of the Islamic Ideology council is appointed by President.
- After the elections of 1985 Muhammad Khan Junejo was elected the Prime Minister of Pakistan
- After the death of Zia-ul-Haq on 17th August, 1988 Ghulam Ishaq Khan became the President of Pakistan.
- MRD was organized to oppose Zia-ul-Haq government Pakistan People’s Party got majority in the elections of 1988
- Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismissed the Government of Benazir Bhutto in 1990
- Islami Jamhoori Ittehad party won the elections of October 1990
- Prime Minister is the chairman of the national economic council
- National finance commission is constituted by President
- The first Asian laureate, Rabindranath Tagore, wrote the words and music of Jana Gana Mana and Amar Shonar Bangla, later adopted as the anthems of India and Bangladesh respectively
- Rabindra Nath Tagore was the first Indian/South Asian to win Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913
- In federal governnent, the chief Executive of the federation shall be Prime Minister
- In a Pakistan federal system all citizens have Single citizenship.
- The second draft of the basic principle committee was present to the constituent assembly by Prime Minister Khawaja Nazim-ud-Din.
- In Pakistan, the federal legislative or Parliament is a Bicameral.
- A Judge of the Supreme Court may hold ofice until he reaches at the age of 65 years
- Father of Astronomy is Copernicus
- After Lord Mountbatten Raj Gopal Acharya became the Governor General of India
- Father of Relativity is lbert Einstein
- Laser produce light of one particular wavelength and it isa single,pure colour
- Laser stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation Quartz-halogen bulbs are used in overhead projectors and spotights
- Helium is used to pressurize hydrogen fuel in rockets and the air in diver’s air tanks
- Apart from radon,which is radioactive, the noble gases are used in lighting.
- The noble gases have very low boiling points.
- Gun powder was first invented in China
- Velocity of light was measured by Michelson
- Archimedes gave laws about
- Floatation of Bodies
- Balloon fly up in air according to Archimedes’s principle
- Dr. Christian Bernard was first to perform heart transplant in 1967 in cape town (SA).
- First man to receive artificial heart was Dr.Barney B.Clark.
- During World War Two,what was the name given to the alliance of Nazi
- Germany, Fascist ltaly and Japan? Axis
- Father of Economics is Adam Smith
- Father of Biology is Aristotle
- Which country’s name means ‘land of many rivers'”? Guyana
- Who was the first English writer to be awarded the Nobel prize for literature?Rudyard Kipling in 1907
- Who wrote the novel ‘To the Lighthouse'(1927)? Virginia Woolf
- Which is the largest state in the USA by area? Alaska
- ‘The Flintstones’ is set in the city of Bedrock in which county? Cobblestone County
- Which treatywas signed for establishing,peace with England? Treaty of Amiens
- Napoleon was the Emperor of France
- He was the king of which country? ltaly
- Which countries were defeated at Austerlitz? Austria and Russia
- Where did Napoleon spend his last years?St.Helena
- What.caused Napolsorni’s death? Arsenic poisoning
- Kuwait gain independence from Uk? 1961
- In which US state is its highest mountain? Alaska-Mount McKinley
- Which European city has the tomb of the three wise men? Cologne
- Punjab University Lahore was established in 1882.
- Government College, Lahore was established in 1864.
- The Emergence of Pakistan is written by Mohammad Ali Choudhry
- Which English monarch was first to make Xmas day broadcast? George V
- NRO was promulgated on October 5, 2007 and has 7 sections.
- Name the first web browser publicly available NCSA Mosaic
- Allama lqbal Open University Islamabad was established in1974
- Who built the world’s first film studio?Thomas Alva Edison
- Which American state has the longest borders with Canada? Montana
- Coal is also known as Black Diamond
- The largest museum in the wortd is the American Musum of Natural History.
- Who was the mother of Castor and Pollux? Helen of Troy
- What were the first false teeth made from? lvory
- Which leader Iives in the Potola? Dalal Lama
- in which city was the first public opera house opened? Venice
- Which country invented the concentration camp? Britain Boer war
- In computing what does EPOS stand for? Electronic Point of Sale.
- Who created the animated characters
- Nallace and Grommet? Nick Parks
- Father of Chemistry is Antoine Lavoisier
- Binet was the founder of Inteligence Test.
- The country known as the Land of Cakes is Scoland
- First Camp David Accord was signed in 1967 between /srael and Egypt.
- The place known as the Garden of England is Kent.
- Where is Red Square situated? Moscow
- Where was Albert Einstein bom? Germany
- “Kishan Ganga Dam” of India is building up on river Neelam in Kash
- Name the only training school of Pakistan which has a forensic lab? Police Training College in Sihala
- First women-police station was established in Islamabad on January
- 25,1994 & inaugurated by PM Benazir Bhutto
- Name the first Caliph of lsla who introduced the Police Department? Hazrat Umar(R.A)
- Name the first Caliph of Islam who introduced the Jail Department Hazrat Umar(R.A)
- The Organization of the Islamic Cooperation is the new name of the OIC
- Dalai Lama is a spiritual leader of Buddhism in Tibet.
- Father of Botany is Theophrastus
- The first war fought between Arab and Israel in 1948.
- Knesset is the Parliament of lsrael;
- “Asiana” is an ailine of South Korea
- ““Gomal Zam Dam” is a hydro-electric power and irrigation project in northwest Pakistan.It sits on the Gomal River in the South Waziristan Agency.
- “Dammam” is an important seaport of Saudi Arabia and is the largest saport on the Persian Gulf.
- “Teges” is the currency and Astana is the capital of Kazakhstan.
- The slave Dynasty was founded in India in 1206
- Qatub-u-din Aibek became the first ruler of lslamic state of India in 1206.
- Qatub-u-Din Aibek died during playing Polo
- The first Muslim ruler in India was Muhammad Ghori
- Who was the first and the last woman ruler of Delhi? Razia Sultana
- Qatub-u-Din Aibek died in 1210
- Slave Dynasty in India was ended in 1290
- Famous poet Amir Khusrau was nicknamed as ‘Parrot of India’
- The Great Bath of tle Indus Valley Civiliztion was discovered in Mohenjodaro
- The Khilj Dynasty was founded in India in 1920.
- Khilj Dynasty in India was ended in 1320
- There are similarities between the seals found at Mohenjodaro and Sumeria
- The Thughlaq Dynasty was founded in India in 1320
- From which site was the famous Bull.
- Seal of Indus Valley found? Mohenjodaro
- The Sultan of Delhi who is reputed to have built the biggest network of canals in India was Firoz Shah Tughlaq
- Saddat Dynasty was founded in India in 1414
- The Delhi Sultanate virtually ended due to the invasion of Nadir Shah
- Father of Quantum mechanics is Max Planck
- Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel popularty known as the Desert Fox
- The first Muslim invasion of India was led by Muhammad-bin-Qasim
- Timurlung invaded India in 1398
- Thughlaq Dynasty in India was enled in 1414
- The Arab conquest of Sindh took place in 712 A.D
- Al Beruni came to India along with Mahmud of Ghazni
- Saddat Dynasty in India was ended in 1451
- The Lodhi Dynasty was founded in India in 1451
- Which Sultan of Delhi has been described by the historians as the ‘mixture of opposites’? Muhammad Tughluq
- Alauddin Khalji introduced market reforms to maintain a large army economically
- Which ruler died while playing ‘Chugan’? Qutab-ud-Din Aibak.
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