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Basic information About Pakistan

Basic information About Pakistan

All basic information about Pakistan. Pakistani Facts and figure. Country Profile Static's of Pakistan.

1. Official Name                    Islamic Republic of Pakistan
2. Independence day          14 August , 1947
3. Founder               Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
4. Head of State    Mr.Mamnoon Hussain
5. Head of Government     Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif  (Prime Minister )
6. Government      Parliamentary form
7. Location:              30 00 N, 70 00 E
8. Capital  Islamabad
9. Area      796096 Sq Km
10. Population          16582000
11. Emblem               Faith, Unity, Discipline
12. National Language           Urdu
13. Official Language              English
14. National Poet    Allama DR. Muhammad Iqbal
15. National Anthem             Qaumi Tarana
16. National Animal                Markhor
17. National Bird      Chukar
18. National Flower                Jasmine
19. National Tree     Cedrus deodara
20. National Sports Hockey
21. Notional Dress  Shalwar Qameez
22. National Juice    Sugarcane Juice
23. Literacy rate       53%
24. Currency              Pak. Rupee

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World Smallest Largest Highest Records

World Smallest Largest Highest Records

• What country has the worlds largest merchant navy-Liberia

• What country consumes the most tea per capita-Ireland

• What country has the worlds oldest National Anthem-Netherlands

• What city has the worlds biggest taxi fleet-Mexico – over 60000

• What animal is mentioned most in the Bible-Sheep

• What is officially the poorest US state-Mississippi

• DELAG was the worlds first what Oct 16 1909- Airline – by Zeppelin

• Where was the first police force established in 1667-Paris

• What is the world tallest horse Shire Horse

• What bird lays the largest clutch of eggs The Grey Partridge – up to 16

• The King Cobra is the only snake that does what-Builds a Nest

• Worlds oldest existing treaty of 1373 between England and who Portugal

• What is considered to be the worlds fastest team game Ice Hockey

• What is the worlds largest airline- Aeroflot

• Which city had the world first public bus service- Paris

• Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean.

• The longest highway in the world is the Trans-Canada

• The largest bell in the world is the Tsar Kolkol at Kremlin,Moscow

• The biggest stadium in the world is the Strahov Stadium,Prague

• The country which has the greatest population density is Monaco

• The first President of Egypt was Mohammed Nequib

• The first man to reach North Pole was Rear Peary

• The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was Mujibur Rehman

• The primary producer of newsprint in the world is Canada

• The first explorer to reach the South Pole was Cap.Ronald Amundson

• The airplane was used in war for the first time by Italians(14 Oct.1911)

• United State has most TV stations in the world.

• China has most land frontiers with neighboring countries.

• Tokyo is the largest metropolitan city.

• The first man to circumnavigate the world was Magellan.

• The world’s poorest country with a lowest per capita income is Rwanda.

• Saudi Arabia is no.1 oil producing country in the world

• Hingol is the largest river in the world.

• After USA, France is the biggest arms seller in the world.

• The maximum presentation in the European parliament is held by Germany.

• First test tube baby Louise Brown (England) was born in 1978.

• Oldest athlete to win Olympic title in 1920 belongs to USA.

• Youngest Olympic champion, Barbara pearl Jones belonged to USA.

• USA is the largest nuclear electric power producing country in the world. It produces 98,784 MW electricity which is about 30% of the total nuclear electricity generated in the world.

• Kilauea situated in Hawaii (US) is the most active volcano of the world

• Robert E. Perry (1856-1920) an American explorer reached North Pole on 6th April, 1909 for the first time in human history.

• In what country was the worlds first wildlife sanctuary set up-Sri Lanka 3rd cent BC

• Longest land frontier is of China.

• Highest % of land under cultivation is in India.

• World’s oldest university al-Azhar is in Egypt.

• Smallest continent is Australia.

• Yum located in Arizona (USA) is the sunniest place of the world. It gets sunshine in 91 % possible hours

• The longest continuous war was the thirty year war between various European countries from 1618 to 1648. While the shortest continuous war was between UK and Zanzibar, which lasted from 90 am to 9:45 am on 27th august 1896.

• China had the maximum number (861878) of primary schools. India was at the top with 241,129 secondary schools in 1994.

• USA is the country with 109 nuclear reactors , followed by france 56, japan 51

• Which country grows the most fruit: China

• Vicolo della virilita of Italy is the world’s narrowest street.

• Canal Street is the widest street in USA.

• Fastest animal is cheetah.

• Slowest animal is Snail 2 to 3 feet per minute.

• Biggest bell is Great bell at Moscow.

• Fastest bird is Indian swift.

• Largest bird is Ostrich.

• Smallest bird is Helena’s humming bird.

• Bird that never makes its nest is Cuckoo.

• Wingless bird is Kiwi.

• Longest canal is the Volga-Baltic.

• Highest capital is La Paz (Bolivia).

• Deepest cave is Reseau Jean Bernard (France).

• Biggest cinema house is Roxy (New York).

• Largest Church is Episcopalian Diocese (New York).

• Biggest city (by population) is Tokyo.

• City largest by area is Kiruna (Sweden).

• Largest continent is Asia.

• Smallest continent is Australia.

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Important Topic Of Islamiat For CSS & PSC Exams

1. Mazhab(Deen)

2. Mazahib e Aalim or Taqabuli Jaiza

3. Mazhab ki zrorat or insaani zindagi me muqaam

4. Islami Falsafa e hayat

5. Islam k maaini,mafhoom or khasa’iss

6. Insani zindagi k bunyadi masa’il or hal

7. Tauheed

8. Risalat

9. Nabi Kareem(SAWW) or mutaliya e qainaat

10. Taleem e Quraan ki zaroorat o ehmiyat

11. Adab e Rasool(SAWW) or Tauheen e risalat(SAWW)

12. Khatam e Nabowat (Quraan o hadees ki Roshni me)

13. Namaz

14. Roza

15. Zakat

16. Hajj

17. Akhirat

18. Jehad

19. Nizaam e Ikhlaaq

20. Muashee Nizaam

21. Muasherti Nizaam

22. Khandaani Nizaam

23. Siyasi Nizaam

24. Fauji Nizam

25. Nizaam e Adal

26. Qanooni Nizaam

27. Islam me haqooq un Nissa

28. Ma’khaz e Ilm

29. Firqa Wariyat

30. Sahr’ree sazayein

31. Deeyat,Qisas

32. Fiqr e jaded or Mazhabi Iqdaar

33. Bunyadi Insaani Haqooq

34. Dehshat Gerdi or Jihadd

35. Khudkush Hamla ki Shar’ree Haisiyat

36. Dehshat Gerdi or Bunyaad Parasti

37. Jadeed hathyaroon ki Jang

38. Hijaab(Perda ka Islam me Hukam)

39. Riba(Sood)

40. Ijtihaad

41. Khutba Hijja’tul Widda

42. Falahi or mazhabi Riyasat

43. Itihaad e Baynal Muslimeen

44. Ummat e Wusta

45. Ummat e Musalma ko der paish masail or hal

46. Nafaaz e sharee’et or Pakistan

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Important Topic Of Islamiat For CSS & PSC Exams

1. Mazhab(Deen)

2. Mazahib e Aalim or Taqabuli Jaiza

3. Mazhab ki zrorat or insaani zindagi me muqaam

4. Islami Falsafa e hayat

5. Islam k maaini,mafhoom or khasa’iss

6. Insani zindagi k bunyadi masa’il or hal

7. Tauheed

8. Risalat

9. Nabi Kareem(SAWW) or mutaliya e qainaat

10. Taleem e Quraan ki zaroorat o ehmiyat

11. Adab e Rasool(SAWW) or Tauheen e risalat(SAWW)

12. Khatam e Nabowat (Quraan o hadees ki Roshni me)

13. Namaz

14. Roza

15. Zakat

16. Hajj

17. Akhirat

18. Jehad

19. Nizaam e Ikhlaaq

20. Muashee Nizaam

21. Muasherti Nizaam

22. Khandaani Nizaam

23. Siyasi Nizaam

24. Fauji Nizam

25. Nizaam e Adal

26. Qanooni Nizaam

27. Islam me haqooq un Nissa

28. Ma’khaz e Ilm

29. Firqa Wariyat

30. Sahr’ree sazayein

31. Deeyat,Qisas

32. Fiqr e jaded or Mazhabi Iqdaar

33. Bunyadi Insaani Haqooq

34. Dehshat Gerdi or Jihadd

35. Khudkush Hamla ki Shar’ree Haisiyat

36. Dehshat Gerdi or Bunyaad Parasti

37. Jadeed hathyaroon ki Jang

38. Hijaab(Perda ka Islam me Hukam)

39. Riba(Sood)

40. Ijtihaad

41. Khutba Hijja’tul Widda

42. Falahi or mazhabi Riyasat

43. Itihaad e Baynal Muslimeen

44. Ummat e Wusta

45. Ummat e Musalma ko der paish masail or hal

46. Nafaaz e sharee’et or Pakistan

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Books & Writters Top 100

Top 100 Books & Writters

1 Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen

2 The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien

3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte

4 Harry Potter series – JK Rowling

5 To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee

6 The Bible

7 Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte

8 Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell

9 His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman

10 Great Expectations – Charles Dickens

11 Little Women – Louisa M Alcott

12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy

13 Catch 22 – Joseph Heller

14 Complete Works of Shakespeare – read some, but not others…

15 Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier

16 The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien

17 Birdsong – Sebastian Faulk

18 Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger

19 The Time Traveller’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger

20 Middlemarch – George Eliot

21 Gone With The Wind – Margaret Mitchell

22 The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald

23 Bleak House – Charles Dickens

24 War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy

25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams

26 Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh

27 Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

28 Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck

29 Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll

30 The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame

31 Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy

32 David Copperfield – Charles Dickens

33 Chronicles of Narnia – CS Lewis

34 Emma – Jane Austen

35 Persuasion – Jane Austen

36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

37 The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini

38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – Louis De Bernieres

39 Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden

40 Winnie the Pooh – AA Milne

41 Animal Farm – George Orwell

42 The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown

43 One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez

44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney – John Irving

45 The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins

46 Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery

47 Far From The Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy.

48 The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood

49 Lord of the Flies – William Golding

50 Atonement – Ian McEwan

51 Life of Pi – Yann Martel

52 Dune – Frank Herbert

53 Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons

54 Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen

55 A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth.

56 The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon

57 A Tale Of Two Cities – Charles Dickens

58 Brave New World – Aldous Huxley

59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon

60 Love In The Time Of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez

61 Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck

62 Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov

63 The Secret History – Donna Tartt

64 The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold

65 Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas

66 On The Road – Jack Kerouac

67 Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy

68 Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen Fielding

69 Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie

70 Moby Dick – Herman Melville

71 Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens

72 Dracula – Bram Stoker

73 The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett

74 Notes From A Small Island – Bill Bryson

75 Ulysses – James Joyce

76 The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath

77 Swallows and Amazons – Arthur Ransome

78 Germinal – Emile Zola

79 Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray

80 Possession – AS Byatt.

81 A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens

82 Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell

83 The Color Purple – Alice Walker

84 The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro

85 Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert

86 A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry

87 Charlotte’s Web – EB White

88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom

89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

90 The Faraway Tree Collection – Enid Blyton

91 Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad

92 The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery

93 The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks

94 Watership Down – Richard Adams

95 A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole

96 A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute

97 The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas

98 Hamlet – William Shakespeare

99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl

100 Les Miserables – Victor Hugo

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Information About Pakistan For PSC Exams

Information About Pakistan For PSC Exams

Official Name              Islamic Republic of Pakistan

· Father of the Nation           Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876-1948)

· National Poet                 Allama Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938)

· Head of the State               Asif Ali Zardari, President

· Head of Government      Mir Hazar khan , Prime Minister

· Capital          Islamabad

· Area Total 796,095 Sq. km.

Punjab 205,344 Sq. km.

Sindh 140,914 Sq. km.

North WestFrontierProvince 74,521 Sq. km.

Balochistan 347,190 Sq. km.

Federally Administered Tribal Areas 27,220 Sq. km.

Islamabad (Capital) 906 Sq. km.

· Population 149.03 million

· Administrative Setup

Pakistan is divided into four provinces viz., North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan. The tribal belt adjoining NWFP is managed by the Federal Government and is named FATA i.e., Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas have their own respective political and administrative machinery, yet certain of their subjects are taken care of by the Federal Government through the Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas. Provinces of Pakistan are further divided into Divisions and DistrictsDivisions

Districts

KPK 7 , 24

Punjab 9 , 36

Sindh 5 ,21

Balochistan 6 ,22

While FATA consist of 13 Areas/Agencies and Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas have 7 and 5 Districts respectively.

· Religion 95% Muslims, 5% others.

· Annual Per capita income Rs. 28,933 (US $ 492 approximately)

· GDP 5.1%

· Currency Pak. Rupee.

· Imports

Industrial equipment, chemicals, vehicles, steel, iron ore, petroleum, edible oil, pulses, tea.

· Exports

Cotton, textile goods, rice, leather items carpets, sports goods, handi-crafts, fish and fish prep. and fruit

· Languages

Urdu (National) and English (Official)

· Literacy rate

51.6%

· Government

Parliamentary form

· Parliament

Parliament consists of two Houses i.e., the Senate (Upper House) and the National Assembly (Lower House).

The Senate is a permanent legislative body and symbolises a process of continuity in the national affairs. It consists of 100 members. The four Provincial Assemblies, Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Federal Capital form its electoral college.

The National Assembly has a total membership of 342 elected through adult suffrage (272 general seats, 60 women seats and 10 non-Muslim seats).

· Pakistan National Flag

Dark green with a white vertical bar, a white crescent and a five-pointed star in the middle. The Flag symbolises Pakistan’s profound commitment to Islam, the Islamic world and the rights of religious miniorities.

· National Anthem

Approved in June, 1954

Verses Composed by: Abdul Asar Hafeez Jullundhri

Tune Composed by: Ahmed G. Chagla

Duration: 80 seconds

· State Emblem

The State Emblem consists of:

1. The crescent and star which are symbols of Islam

2. The shield in the centre shows four major crops

3. Wreath surrounding the shield represents cultural heritage and

4. Scroll contains Quaid’s motto: Unity Faith, Discipline

· Pakistan’s Official Map

Drawn by Mian Mahmood Alam Suhrawardy (1920-1999)

· National Flower

Jasmine.

· National Tree

Deodar (Cedrus Deodara).

· National Animal

Markhor.

· National Bird

Chakor (Red-legged partridge)

· Flora

Pine, Oak, Poplar, Deodar, Maple, Mulberry

· Fauna

The Pheasant, Leopard, Deer, Ibex, Chinkara, Black buck, Neelgai, Markhor, Marco-Polo sheep, Green turtles, River & Sea fish, Crocodile, Waterfowls

· Popular games

Cricket, Hockey, Football, Squash.

· Tourist’s resorts

Murree, Quetta, Hunza, Ziarat, Swat, Kaghan, Chitral and Gilgit

· Archaeological sites

Moenjo Daro, Harappa, Taxila, Kot Diji, Mehr Garh, Takht Bhai.

· Major Cities

Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, Rawalpindi, Hyderabad, Faisalabad, Multan and Sialkot

· Major Crops

Cotton, Wheat, Rice and Sugarcane

· Agricultural Growth Rate

4.15% in 2002-03

· Total cropped area

22.0 million hectares

· Industry

Textiles, Cement, Fertilizer, Steel, Sugar, Electric Goods, Shipbuilding

· Energy

Major sources

Electricity (Hydel, Thermal, Nuclear) Oil, Coal, and Liquid Petroleum Gas

Power Generating Capacity

18,062 MW

· Health

Hospitals

947

Dispensaries

4,800

Basic Health Units (BHUs)

4,820

Maternity & Child Health Centres

1,084

Rural Health Centres (RHCs)

581

Tuberculosis (TB) Centres

357

Hospital Beds

82,844

Doctors (registered)

101,635

Dentists (registered)

5,068

Nurses (registered

44,520

Paramedics

22,714

Lady Health Workers

6,397

· Education

Primary Schools

164,200

Middle Schools

19,100

High Schools

12,900

Arts & Science Colleges

925

Professional Colleges

374

Universities

Public Sector (including one WomenUniversity)

29

Private Sector

10

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PPSC General Knowledge MCQS

PPSC General Knowledge MCQS

1. The river Danube rises in which country?

Germany.

2. Which US state has the sugar maple as its state tree and is the leading US producer of maple sugar?

Vermont.

3. Which country is nicknamed ‘The Cockpit of Europe’ because of the number of battles throughout history fought on its soil?

Belgium.

4. What is the capital of Libya?

Tripoli.

5. Apart from French, German and Romansch, what is the fourth official language of the Switzerland?

Italian.

6. Which country is the world’s largest producer of coffee?

Brazil.

7. In which city was the world’s first underground train was service opened in 1863?

London.

8. How many pairs of ribs are there in the human body?

12.

9. Which country is separated form Ethiopia by the Red Sea?

Yemen.

10. What is the main port of Italy?

Genoa.

11. Mount Logan is the highest peak in which country?

Canada.

12. In which state is Harvard University?

New Jersey.

13. Which is larger: Norway or Finland?

Finland.

14. Which city was the first capital of the Kingdom of Italy until 1865?

Turin.

15. What is measured by an ammeter?

Electric current.

16. What is a rhinoceros horn made of?

Hair.

17. Which three countries, apart from the former Yugoslavia, share borders with Greece?

Albania, Bulgaria, Turkey.

18. The Palk Strait separates which two countries?

India and Sri Lanka.

19. Ga is the symbol for which element?

Gallium.

20. In the Greek alphabet, what is the name for the letter O?

Omicron.

21. What, in the 16th and 17th century, was a pavana?

A dance.

22. A nephron is the functional unit of which organ in the human body?

Kidney.

23. In which country is the ancient city of Tarsus?

Turkey.

24. The Khyber Pass links which two countries?

Afghanistan and Pakistan.

25. Name the six US states that comprise New England.

Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts.

26. Which musical instrument is played by both exhaling and inhaling?

Harmonica (or mouth organ).

27. The northern part of which country is called Oesling?

Luxembourg.

28. Napier is a city in which country?

New Zealand.

29. What is the Hook of Holland?

A port in the southeast Netherlands,

30. The river Douro forms part of the border between which two countries?

Spain and Portugal.

31. In which country is the Great Slave Lake?

Canada.

32. Which six countries border the Black Sea?

Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine.

33. Kathmandu is the capital of which country?

Nepal.

34. What name is given to a mixture of bicarbonate of soda and tartaric acid used in cooking?

Baking powder.

35. AOL are an internet service provider. What does AOL stand for?

America Online.

61. Quantas is the national airline of which country?

Australia.

62. What in Scotland is the meaning of the prefix ‘Inver’?

River mouth.

63. Which US state has the lowest population?

Alaska.

64. Which county is nicknamed the Garden of England?

Kent.

65. Which African country was formerly called French Sudan?

Mali.

66. Which sport was originally called ‘soccer-in-water’?

Water polo.

67. Which unit of measurement is derived from the Arabic quirrat, meaning seed?

Carat.

68. Which Italian city was originally built on seven hills?

Rome.

69. What does the acronym NAAFI stand for?

Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes.

70. Dolomite is an ore of which metal?

Magnesium.

71. Manama is the capital of which country?

Bahrain.

72. On which river does Berlin stand?

River Spree.

73. What type of clock was invented in 1656 by Christian Huygens?

The pendulum clock.

74. In which desert is the world’s driest place?

Atacama (Chile).

75. Which is the world’s saltiest sea?

The Red Sea.

76. …… and which is the least salty?

The Baltic Sea.

77. Which nun won the Nobel prize for peace in 1979?

Mother Teresa.

78. How many points in the pink ball worth in snooker?

Six.

79. Which scientist was named ‘Person of the Century’ by Time Magazine?

Albert Einstein.

80. What kind of creature is a monitor?

Lizard.

81. Which medical specialty is concerned with the problems and illnesses of children?

Pediatrics.

82. Who sailed in Santa Maria?

Christopher Columbus.

83. What name is given to the stiffening of the body after death?

Rigor mortis.

84. Which country was formerly known as Malagasy Republic?

Madagascar.

85. Addis Ababa is the capital of which country?

Ethiopia.

86. The name of which North African city literally means ‘white house’?

Casablanca.

87. Of what sort of fish is the dogfish a small variety?

Shark.

88. Which Asian country was divided at the 38th parallel after World War II?

Korea.

89. What is the name of the Winter Olympics event that combines cross-country skiing and shooting?

Biathlon.

90. Which American science-fiction writer wrote Fahrenheit 451?

Ray Bradbury.

91. For which powerful opiate is diamorphine the technical name?

Heroin.

92. How many dominoes are there in a normal set?

28.

93. Who was cartoonist who created Batman?

Bob Kane.

94. Aerophobia is a fear of flying, agoraphobia is a fear of open spaces, what is acrophobia a fear of?

Heights.

95. In computing, how is a modulator-demodulator more commonly known?

Modem.

96. An auger bit is used to drill what type of material?

Wood.

97. What part of the wheelbarrow is the fulcrum?

The wheel.

98. What C is a device used to determine small lengths, of which a vernier is one type?

Caliper.

99. Rip, chain and band are types of which tools?

Saw.

100. What calibrated tool was the standard tool for engineers and scientists prior to the invention of the hand-held calculator?

Slide rule.PPSC General Knowledge MCQS

1. The river Danube rises in which country?

Germany.

2. Which US state has the sugar maple as its state tree and is the leading US producer of maple sugar?

Vermont.

3. Which country is nicknamed ‘The Cockpit of Europe’ because of the number of battles throughout history fought on its soil?

Belgium.

4. What is the capital of Libya?

Tripoli.

5. Apart from French, German and Romansch, what is the fourth official language of the Switzerland?

Italian.

6. Which country is the world’s largest producer of coffee?

Brazil.

7. In which city was the world’s first underground train was service opened in 1863?

London.

8. How many pairs of ribs are there in the human body?

12.

9. Which country is separated form Ethiopia by the Red Sea?

Yemen.

10. What is the main port of Italy?

Genoa.

11. Mount Logan is the highest peak in which country?

Canada.

12. In which state is Harvard University?

New Jersey.

13. Which is larger: Norway or Finland?

Finland.

14. Which city was the first capital of the Kingdom of Italy until 1865?

Turin.

15. What is measured by an ammeter?

Electric current.

16. What is a rhinoceros horn made of?

Hair.

17. Which three countries, apart from the former Yugoslavia, share borders with Greece?

Albania, Bulgaria, Turkey.

18. The Palk Strait separates which two countries?

India and Sri Lanka.

19. Ga is the symbol for which element?

Gallium.

20. In the Greek alphabet, what is the name for the letter O?

Omicron.

21. What, in the 16th and 17th century, was a pavana?

A dance.

22. A nephron is the functional unit of which organ in the human body?

Kidney.

23. In which country is the ancient city of Tarsus?

Turkey.

24. The Khyber Pass links which two countries?

Afghanistan and Pakistan.

25. Name the six US states that comprise New England.

Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts.

26. Which musical instrument is played by both exhaling and inhaling?

Harmonica (or mouth organ).

27. The northern part of which country is called Oesling?

Luxembourg.

28. Napier is a city in which country?

New Zealand.

29. What is the Hook of Holland?

A port in the southeast Netherlands,

30. The river Douro forms part of the border between which two countries?

Spain and Portugal.

31. In which country is the Great Slave Lake?

Canada.

32. Which six countries border the Black Sea?

Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine.

33. Kathmandu is the capital of which country?

Nepal.

34. What name is given to a mixture of bicarbonate of soda and tartaric acid used in cooking?

Baking powder.

35. AOL are an internet service provider. What does AOL stand for?

America Online.

61. Quantas is the national airline of which country?

Australia.

62. What in Scotland is the meaning of the prefix ‘Inver’?

River mouth.

63. Which US state has the lowest population?

Alaska.

64. Which county is nicknamed the Garden of England?

Kent.

65. Which African country was formerly called French Sudan?

Mali.

66. Which sport was originally called ‘soccer-in-water’?

Water polo.

67. Which unit of measurement is derived from the Arabic quirrat, meaning seed?

Carat.

68. Which Italian city was originally built on seven hills?

Rome.

69. What does the acronym NAAFI stand for?

Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes.

70. Dolomite is an ore of which metal?

Magnesium.

71. Manama is the capital of which country?

Bahrain.

72. On which river does Berlin stand?

River Spree.

73. What type of clock was invented in 1656 by Christian Huygens?

The pendulum clock.

74. In which desert is the world’s driest place?

Atacama (Chile).

75. Which is the world’s saltiest sea?

The Red Sea.

76. …… and which is the least salty?

The Baltic Sea.

77. Which nun won the Nobel prize for peace in 1979?

Mother Teresa.

78. How many points in the pink ball worth in snooker?

Six.

79. Which scientist was named ‘Person of the Century’ by Time Magazine?

Albert Einstein.

80. What kind of creature is a monitor?

Lizard.

81. Which medical specialty is concerned with the problems and illnesses of children?

Pediatrics.

82. Who sailed in Santa Maria?

Christopher Columbus.

83. What name is given to the stiffening of the body after death?

Rigor mortis.

84. Which country was formerly known as Malagasy Republic?

Madagascar.

85. Addis Ababa is the capital of which country?

Ethiopia.

86. The name of which North African city literally means ‘white house’?

Casablanca.

87. Of what sort of fish is the dogfish a small variety?

Shark.

88. Which Asian country was divided at the 38th parallel after World War II?

Korea.

89. What is the name of the Winter Olympics event that combines cross-country skiing and shooting?

Biathlon.

90. Which American science-fiction writer wrote Fahrenheit 451?

Ray Bradbury.

91. For which powerful opiate is diamorphine the technical name?

Heroin.

92. How many dominoes are there in a normal set?

28.

93. Who was cartoonist who created Batman?

Bob Kane.

94. Aerophobia is a fear of flying, agoraphobia is a fear of open spaces, what is acrophobia a fear of?

Heights.

95. In computing, how is a modulator-demodulator more commonly known?

Modem.

96. An auger bit is used to drill what type of material?

Wood.

97. What part of the wheelbarrow is the fulcrum?

The wheel.

98. What C is a device used to determine small lengths, of which a vernier is one type?

Caliper.

99. Rip, chain and band are types of which tools?

Saw.

100. What calibrated tool was the standard tool for engineers and scientists prior to the invention of the hand-held calculator?

Slide rule.

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