GENERAL

·   The country, which provides free education at university level, is Sri Lanka.

·   The country to adopt gold standard for the first time was UK.

·   Roman general Mark Anthony was a poor fisherman.

·   6 people lost lives in the Great Fire of London in 1666.

·   Bofors scandal occurred in India.

·   First system of English short hand was devised in 1602.

·   China is situated in Eastern part of Asia.

·   Afghanistan is a landlocked country Central Asia (Chk)

·   Bosnia-Herzegovina joined the UN on May 22, 1992.

·   Capital of Micronesia is Palikir.

·   Costa Rica is a Central American country.

·   Equator passes through Brazil.

·   After Australia, Europe is the smallest continent.

·   Sakhalin Islands enriched with oil reserves are claimed by Russia & Japan.

·   Changa Manga is famous for sisham Timber forests.

·   The total length of railways in Pakistan is 8875 km.

·   Sialkot has the highest annual rainfall.

·   The largest district of Punjab by area is Bahawalpurj.

·   Pakistan Environmental Protection Ordinance was enforced in 1984.

·   Frost shattering kind of weather takes place on the valley side above the surface of a glacier.

·   Monsoon wind reverses seasonlally.

·   Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty relating to environmental problems.

·   Hazrat Baha-ud-Din Zaklariaya belongs to Chistia order.

·   The longest river in South Asia is Brahmputra.

·   The length of river Indus is 2880 km.

·   The oldest Hydro-electric Project in Pakistan is in Malakand.

·   The oldest barrage on the river Indus at Sukkur was built in 1932.

·   Europe has no desert.

·   Arabia, Scandinavia & Alaska are called Peninsula.

·   The richest fishing ground in the world is North Eastern Asia.

·   When one place on the earth is on a bigger eastern longitude then its time will be ahead.

·   Arakan Yoma: is the exten­sion of the Himalayas located in Myanmar.

·   Cardamom: Karnataka is the largest producer of car­damom. India is the largest exporter of cardamom in the world.

·   Climograph: is a graphical representation of the differentia­tion between various types of climate.

·   Cosmic year: One cosmic year is equal to the time taken by the sun to complete one orbit around the galactic centre.

·   Date Line, International: International Date Line is an internationally agreed line drawn parallel to the 180° meridian. It divides the Pacific Ocean into two equal parts. A crossing of the International Date Line entails repeating one day when travelling westwards.

·   Aberdeen in Scotland is known for Britain’s largest granite-exporitng industry. It is knwn as Granite City.

·   Alexander (ship) is the name of the ship in which Charles Darwin toured for five years.

·   Which of the following is a characteristic of sedimentary rocks? They are porous

·   When does the summer solstice occur in the Southern Hemisphere of our globe? 22nd December

·   Mediterranean climate has the characteristic of ‘dry summers with great sunshine and rainy winters’

·   Precipitation takes place whentemperature of moisture in air sharply decreases

·   Which of the following processes is related to the formation of Himalayas? Folding

·   The term ‘Eye’ in a cyclone refers to circular region of relatively light Winds

·   Gold Harp bridge of Istanbul connects Asia with Europe.

·   193 countries are in world.

·   Land occupied by Asia 29.7 %.

·   Thickness of earth crustes 20 miles.

·   Max height of cloud 20,000.

·   Rainfall is recorded on maps by Isohyets.

·   45 Countries are there in Asia, 18 in Latin America.

·   A meteorological term for a high pressure is called anticyclone.