• Holy Prophet was born in 571 A.

D 22nd • 35 was the age at the time of Hajr-i-

April ( Day__ Monday). Aswad incident.
• Father’s name, Hazat Abdullah. • Hazrat Bilal Habshi was the first slave to
• Mother’s Name, Hazrat Amna. accept Islam.
• Maternal Grand Father’s name Wahib • Wife of Abu Lahab used to spread
bins Abdul Munnaf. throne in the way of prophet in 4th year
• Maternal Grandmother, Batarah. of prophethood.
• Real name of Abdu Mutalib was Shaba. • Home of Hazrat Arqam (RA) used as the
• Grandmother name, Fatima. centre of secret preaching by the holy
• 10 is the number of Uncles and 6 aunts. prophet.
• Prophet journeyed to Syria with Abu • In 7th Nabvi boycott of Banu Hashim
Talib at 12 years. began.
• At 25 Prophet married to Hazrat • Hazrat Adam met with Holy Prophet on
Khadija. the first heaven.
• Hazrat Khadija accepted Islam first in • Hazrat Isa and Hazrat Yahya on 2nd.
Women and in all. • Hazrat Yaqub on 3rd.
• Hazrat Abu Bakar accepted first in Men. • Hazrat Idrees on 4th.
• Hazrat Ali accepted first in Children. • Hazrat Harron on 5th.
• Varqa Bin Naufal verified Prophet for • Hazrat Musa on 6th.
the first time. • Hazrat Ibraheem on 7th.
• Holy prophet had 4 daughters and 3 • Al-Kaswa is the name of Camel on
sons. which prophet traveled.
• At age of 40 holy Prophet received first • Prophet purchased mosque land at
Wahi. medina from two orphans (Sehl and
• In 622 A.D Holy Prophet migrated to Sohail).
madina. • Charter of Madina was issued on 1 A.H
• Hazrat Haleema was the foster mother it had 57 Articles.
of Holy Prophet. • Transfer of Qibla was ordered in 2nd
• Besides Hazrat Haleema (RA) Holy A.H (18 month).
Prophet (PBUH) said that Umme-e- • 27 total no of Ghazwas.
Aemon is also my mother. • First Ghazwah of Islam was Widan
• Name the foster mother(s) of the Holy (Abwa), fought in 12th month of First
Prophet (SAW)-- Hazrat Halema (RA), Hijrah.
Hazrat Sobia (RA) and Hazrat Khola (RA) • Jang Badr occurred in 2 A.H. 313
• How many years after the birth of Holy Muslims fought in battle.
Prophet (SAW), Hazrat Aamina died? Six • No of Hadith Collected by Abu Huraira
years (RA) 5374.
• Sheema was the foster sister of Holy • Prophet hazrat Noah (AS) known as
Prophet. Shaikh al Anbiya
• Hazrat Haleema looked after the holy • Aby Ubaiduh Bin Jiirrah was entitled
prophet for 4 years. Ameen-ul Ummat.
• Hazrat Umar proposed Azan for the first • Friend of Khadija Nafeesa carried
time. message of Nikah.
• The dome over the sacred Grave of the • Surname of Haleema Sadia was Ummay
holy prophet is known as Gumbad-e- Kabtah.
Khizra. • Surname of Prophet was Abu-ul-Qasim.
• Baitul Mamur is a place where seventy • Da’ia of the Prophet was Shifa who was
thousand angles were mother of Abdul Rehman bin Auf.
circumambulation during the Holy • Abdul Mutalib died in 579 A.D.
Ascension. • Masaira a slave of Khadija accompanied
• Baitul Mamoor is on 7th Heaven. Prophet to Syria.
• 4 kings accepted Islam when holy • First forster mother was Sobia who was
prophet sent them letters. mother of Hamza.
• Mosque of Zarar was demolished by • For six years Haleema took care of
prophet. Prophet.
• Hazrat Ali Conquered the fort of • For two years Abdul Mutalib took care
Qamus. of Prophet.
• Lady named Zainab tried to poison the • After 7 days the Aqeeqa ceremony of
Holy Prophet. Prophet was held.
• Prophet recited surah Al-Fatha at the • Prophet belonged to Banu Hashim clan
conquest of Makkah . of Quraish tribe.
• Hashim was grand father of prophet & • Among uncles Abbas & Hamza
brother of Muttalib. embraced Islam.
• The name Muhamammad was • Amina was buried at Abwa b/w Makkah
proposed by Abdul Muttalib while the & Madina.
name Ahmed was proposed by Bibi • Six months before the Prophet’s birth
Aminah. his father died.
• Migration from Mecca to Abyssinia took • Prophet had no brother and no sister.
place in the 7th month of the 5th year • Foster father of Prophet was Haris.
of the mission i.e 615 A.d. The total • At the age of 15, Herb-e-Fajjar took
number of migrated people was 15 (11 place.
men and 4 women). • Herb-e-Fajjar means war fought in the
• Second migration to Habshah took probihited months.
place in 616 A.D. • First father-in-law of Prophet was
• Second migration to Abyssinia 101 Khawalid.
people with 18 females. • Aamina belonged to Bani Zohra tribe.
• After Amina’s death, Ummay Aimen • Umar and Hamza accepted Islam in 615
looked after Prophet. A.d (5th Nabvi).
• After Harb-e-Fajjar, Prophet took part in • Social boycott of Banu Hashim took
Halaf-ul-Fazul. place in 7th Nabvi.
• Prophet made second business trip to • Shi’b means valley.
Syria in 24th year of elephant. • Social boycott continued for 3 years.
• A group of Madina met Prophet in 11th • Harb-i-Fajjar was a war fought b/w
Nabvi. Quraish and Bani Hawazin Prophet was
• Accord of Uqba took place in 13th of 15 years and participated in it.
Nabvi. • Prophet visited Taif in 10th Nabvi.
• On 27th Rajab, 10 Nabvi the event of • Tribe of Taif was Saqaif.
Miraj took place. • Prophet with Zaid bin Haris went Taif &
• 10th Nabvi was called Aam-ul-Hazan stayed for 10 days.
(year of grief). • Bibi Amna suckled Prophet for 3 days.
• Name of the camel on which Prophet • After 18 month at Madina of change of
was riding in migration was Qaswa. Qibla occurred.
• Omaar bin Hisham was the original • Old name of Zu Qiblatain is Banu
name of Abu Jehl. Saleem.
• Abu-al-Hikm is the title of Abu Jehl. • Cave of Hira is in Jabal-e-Noor
• Persons included in Bait-e-Uqba Oola 12 Mountain.
and in Bait-e-Uqba Sani 75. • At Masjid Al Khaif (Mina) almost 70
• Cave of Hira is 3 miles from Makkah. prophets are buried.
• Hijra took place in 13th Nabvi. • Month of migration was Rabiul Awal
• Medina is 338 Km from Makkah. (210 • Qiblah now-a-days is called Khana-e-
miles) Kaba.
• Makkah conquest occurred in 8th year • Prophet addressed Khutba-e-Jum’aa for
of Hijra. first time in 1st Hijra
• Prophet performed Hajj in 10th Hija. • Year of Deputation is 9th Hijrah.
• Prophet was buried in the hujra of • Moawakhat (the brotherhood) took
Ayesha. place in 2nd Hijra.
• Prophet was born in 1st Year of • Jehad was allowed in 2nd Hijrah.
Elephant. • Ashaab-e-Sufah: Muhajirs who stayed
• Ambassadors sent to Arab& other near Masjid-e-Nabvi.
countries in 7th Hijra. • Hurrirah means a cat.
• King of Iran tore away the message of • Bait-e-Rizwan took place in 6th Hijrah.
Prophet. • Jewish tribe of Banu Nuzair expelled
• King of Byzantine in 7th Hijra was from Madina in 4th H.
Hercules. • Bait-e-Rizwan is also known as Bait-e-
• After 6 years of the birth of Holy Shajra made under Keekar tree.
prophet Bibi Aamna died. • Companions of Prophet at Hudabiya
• After 8 years of the birth of Prophet were 1400.
Abdul Muttalib died. • Prophet stayed at Makkah for 15 days
• Holy Prophet demised at the age of 63. after its conquest.
• First Azan was called out in 1 A.H. • 1 Lac companions accompanied
• Bahira Syrian Christian saint recognized Prophet at last Hajj.
prophet as last prophet. • Prophet spent his last days in Ayesha’s
house.
• Cave of Soar is located near Makkah 5 • Prophet performed 1(in10 A.H) Hajj and
miles. 4(in7 A.H) umras.
• Quba is 3 miles away from Madina. • Change of Qibla occurred on 15
• In sixth year of Hijrah, Prophet intended Shaban,2 A.H(Monday)(during Zuhr)
for Umrah. • Construction of Masjid-e-Nabvi started
• Prophet stayed in Ayyub Ansari’s house Rabiulawal, 1 A.H.
for 7 months. • Namaz-e-Juma became Farz in Medina.
• Prophet performed Umrah in 7th A.H. • First man to embrace Islam on the eve
• Zaid Bin Haris (R.A) was the adopted of Fatah-e-Makka was Abu Sufyan.
son of the Holy Prophet. • First to migrate to Madina (first
• Year 570 known as year of Elephant or muhajir) Abu Salam.
Amal Fil. • Last to migrate to Madina was Abbas.
• Hazrat Khadija and Hazrat Abu Talib • First non-arab to embrace Islam Farwah
died in 619. bin Umro
• First place from where Prophet openly • Facsimile of the Prophet Mus’ab bin
started his preaching Jabl Faran or Umair.
Mount Safa. • Kalsoom bin al_Hadam gave land for
• Prophet did covert messaging at House Quba mosque
of Arkam upto 3 Nabvi. (i.e for 3 years) • The title of ammenul ummat is of Abu
• Prophet preached openly in 4th Nabvi. Ubaidah bin Jarrah.(conqurer of
• Prophet narrated the event of Miraj Damascus)
first of all to Umm-e-Hani (real sister of • The day when Prophet delivered his last
Ali) Khutab was Juma.
• Prophet was staying at the house of • Idols in Kaba before Islam numbered
Umme-e-Hani on the night of Miraj. 360.
• In miraj Prophet traveled from Baitul • The largest idol named Habal.
Muqadas to Sidratul Mantaha. • Bilal called first aazan of Fajr prayer.
• During Hijrat Saraqa bin Sajjal spied. • The Hadith, which is transmitted with
• In Miraj Jibrael called Aazan in Baitul continuity and enjoys such abundance
Muqadas. of narrators that their statement
• Prophet led all the prophets in a prayer becomes authentic, is called Matwatar.
in miraj at al-Aqsa • The grave of the Prophet was prepared
• Fatima died after 6 Months (age=31,11 by Hazrat Abu Talha
A.H) Prophet. • Qasim was first of the Holy Prophet's
• Youngest daughter Fatima. children to be born.
• Islamic official seal started on 1st • The first Namaz-e-Janazah performed
Muharram, 7 A.H by Rasoolullah was that of Asad bin
• Seal of Prophet was made of Silver. Zaraara (radi Allahu anhu).
• What was written on the Holy Prophet • The first Namaaz to be made Fardh was
(SAW) seal? Tahajjud Namaaz, which was later made
 Allah Rasool Muhammad Nafil.
• At Masjid-e-Nabvi first Muslim • First woman to lead an Islamic army
University was established. Ayesha (Jange Jamal)
• Holy prophet labored in the formation • Ayesha narrated maximum number of
of Masjid-e-Quba. ahadith.
• Masjid-e-Zarar was built by Hyporcrites • The second wife named Sauda.
at Madina. • Zainub bint Jaish (Surah Ahzab) was
• 25 Doors are in Masjid –e-Haram, the married to the Prophet though Allah’s
most important door of Kaaba is Babul revelation or will.
Salam. • Daughter of Umer who married to
• The flag colour of the Holy Prophet was Prophet was Hafsa.
white and yellow at the time of • Hazrat Khadija was the first person to
conquest of Makkah. read Namaz amongst the Ummah of the
• Friday is known as Sayeed Ul Ayam. Prophet.
• Shab-e-Barat is celebrated on the 15th • Umm-e-Salma was alive at Karbala
night of Shuban. tragedy. She was the last of the wives of
• The camel driver of Prophet at the fall Prophet to die.
of Mecca was Usama bin Zaid bin Haris. • Ummul Momineen Ummay Habiba was
• Prophet issued order of killing Abdul daughter of Abu Sufyan.
Uza bin Khatal at the fall of Mecca. • Ummul Momineen Ummay Habiba
• At Koh-e-Safa, Prophet addressed after migrated to Abyssinia and Madina as
conquest of Makkah. well.
• Ummul Momineen Hazrat Safia was the
progeny of Hazrat Haroon.
 UMMUL MOMINEEN • Hazrat Maria Qibtiya gave birth to
• Umat-ul-Momineen is called to Wives Hazrat Ibrahim, son of Prophet.
of Holy prophet. • Hazrat Khadija was buried at Jannat-e-
• Zainab bint Khazeema is known as Moalla in Macca.
Ummal Masakeen. • Najashi was the king through which
• Abu Bakar gave the collection of Quran Prophet married to Ummay Habiba.
to Hazrat Hafsa. • The Umm-ul-Momineen Javeria’s actual
• Khadija died on the tenth of Ramadan name was Barrah.
10 Nabvi. • Hazrat Khadija received salutation from
• Khadija was buried in Hujun above Allah.
Makka • Third wife of Prophet was Hazrat
• In the Cottage of Hazrat Ayesha, Ayesha.
prophet spent his last days. • Sauda said about Ayesha “My soul
• Khadija died at 65 years age. might be in her body”
• Last wife of Prophet Um Maimoona. • Hazrat Khadija was the only Ummul
• Khadija belonged to the tribe of Banu Momineen who was not buried in
Asad. Jannatul Baqi.
• Prophet not offerd funeral prayer of
Khadija due to Allah’s will.
• Ayesha is called Al-Tayyabeen. • Hazrat Abu Bakar died in 22nd of
• Hazrat Ruqia died on the day of the Jamadi-us-Sani 13 AH.
victory of battle of Badr she was the • Abu Lulu Feroz, the slave martyred
wife of Usman. Hazrat Umar Farooq.
• After Ruqia’s death Ummay Kalsoom • Hazrat Umar Farooq was martyred on
married Usman. 1st Muharram 24 A.H.
• Qasim was born in 11 years before • Hazrat Umar introduced Hijra Calender.
Prophethood. • Hazat Usman is known as Zul Noorain
• Hassan is known as Shabbar which because he wedded with two daughters
means handsome. of Prophet: Rukya+Umme Qulsoom.
• For 14 months Hasan remained Khalifa. • Usman accepted Islam at the instigation
• Hasan is buried at Jannat-ul-Baq’ee. of Abu Bakar.
• Eldest son of the Prophet Qasim. • Asadullah & Haider-e-Karar were the
• Third son-in-law of Prophet was Abul epithets of Hazrat Ali.
A’as. • Ali married Fatima in 2nd Hijra.
• Hazrat Asad died first among the • Hazrat Ali was born at Khane-e-Kaaba.
Sahabah. • Hazrat Ali was martyred on 21st
• Hamza & Hussain are known as leader Ramzan 40 A.H.
of Martyrs. • In Ghazwa Uhad Hazrat Ali was
• Hazrat Usman Bin Talha was the Key awarded with Zulifqar.
holder of Kaaba. • Hazrat Umer accepted islam in 616 A.D.
• Hazrat Saad bin Ubi waqas conquered • Hazrat Umar established the office of
Persia firstly. Qazi.
• Qabeela bin Qais is known as cup • Hazrat Umar added As Salato Khairum
bearer of Zam Zam. Min Noum.
• Abbas was instrumental in bringing abu • Usman migrated to Habsha
Sufiyan in Islam. • Hazat Usman participated in all battles
• Periods of Caliphs except Badr.
• Abu Bakar 632-634 • In the reign of Usman, Muwaviah
• Hazrat Umar 634-644 established naval fleet.
• Hazrat Usman 644-656 • Only sahabi without seeing Prophet
• Hazrat Ali 656-661 Awais Karni.
• Abu Bakar 2y 3m • Umar levied zakat on horses.
• Hazrat Umar 10y 5m 21d. • Ali lifted zakat on horses.
• Hazrat Usman 12y. • Abu Bakr had knowledge of dreams.
• Hazrat Ali 4y 9m. • Usman added 2nd Azan for Friday
• Hazrat Abu Bakar was the merchant of prayers.
cloth. • Atique is the title of Hazrat Abu Bakr.
• Real name of Hazrat Abu Bakar was • Hazrat Umar established Department of
Abdullah (befor Islam- Abdul Kaba). Police.
• Apostasy movement took place in the • Hazrat Umar formed a parliament,
khilafat of Abu Bakar. namely Majlis-e-Aam.
• Ghani was the title of Hazrat Usman • The first Ibaadat on earth was Tauba
(RA). (repentance).
• Hazrat Ali has the title the gateway to • The first Mujaddid of Islam is Hazrat
knowledge. Umar bin Abdul Aziz.
• Hazrat Ali is buried at Najaf. • First book of Hadith compiled was
• Amer bin Aas embraced Islam in 7th Muata by Imam Malik.
Hijra. • Mosque of Prophet was damaged due
• Khalild bin Waleed embraced Islam in to fire in the reign of Motasim Billah.
7th Hijra. • Jamia mosque of Damascus was built by
• First Moazin of Islam, Hazrat Bilal. Walid bin Malik.
• The home of Hazrat Abu Ayub Ansaari • Umm-us-Saheehain is Imam Malik:
was the first place where the Prophet Mauta.
stayed in Madina Shareef. • Mohd: bin Ismael Bukhari comprised of
• The first person sent to spread Islam 4,000 hadiths
under the instructions of the Prophet • Bukhari Sharif & Muslim Sharif are
was Mus'ab bin Umair who was sent to called Sahihain.
Madinah. • Imam Tirmazy was a student of Abu
• The first person to make Ijtihaad was Dawood.
Abu Bakr Siddique • Kitab-ul-Kharaj was written by Imam
• Hazrat Abu Zirr Ghaffari is known as the Abu Yousuf.
first Dervish. • Mahmood Ghaznavi called kidnapper of
• Abdullah ibn Maz’oom:first person scholars.
buried in Jannatul Baqi. • Mullana Nizam-ud-Din founded the
• Hazrat Umar was the first person to school of Dars-e-Nizamia.
perform Janazah Salat in Jamaat with • Baqee Billah revolted against Akbar’s
four Takbeers. deen-e-Ilahi firstly.
• First census of Islamic world in Umer’s • Shaikh Ahmed Sirhandi was given the
period. title of Mujadid alf Sani by Mullana
• The first person to become murtad (out Abdul Hakeem.
of the folds of Islam) was either Muqees • Baba Fareed Ganj Shakr married to the
bin Khubaaba or Ubaidullah bin Jahash. daughter of Balban.
• Salah-udin Ayubi conquered Bait ul
Muqadas.
• Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani is buried at  Al-Quran MCQS
Baghdad. • Kalima Tayyaiba is mentioned in Quran
• Shah Jahan Mosque is at Thatta. for 2 times.
• Jibraeel will be first person questioned • The word Quran means “read one”.
on Day of Qiyamat. • 114 total number of Surah
• From amongst the animals, the first • Surah means city of Refuge.
animal to be brought back to life will be • 86 Makki Surah.
the Buraaq of Prophet Muhammad. • 28 Madine Surah.
• 558 Rukus. • Al- Baqrah and Surah Al-Nissa is spread
• Al-Baqrah is the longest Surah. over 3 Parahs.
• Al- Kausar is the shortest Surah. • Al-Falq and Al-Nas revealed at the same
• Al-Nass is the last surah. time.
• 14 bows are in Quran. • City of Rome is mentioned in Holy
• First bow occurs in 9th Para i.e Al-Inaam Quran.
Surah. • Surah Yaseen is known as Heart of
• Al-Faitha is the preface of the holy Quran.
Quran. • Suran Rehman is known as beauty of
• Five verses were reveled in the first Quran.
wahy. • First revealed surah was Al Alaq, 96 in
• Namaz commanded in quran for 700 arrangement
times. • Complete revelation in 23 years.
• Al-Mudassar-2nd Revealed Surah. • Subject of Holy Quran is human.
• Al-Muzammil- 3rd Revealed Surah. • Risalat means to convey message.
• Al-Tauba does not start with Bismillah. • 26 prophets mentioned in holy Quran.
• Al-Namal contains two Bismillahs. • Holy Quran consist 105684 words and
• Three surah starts with curse. 3236700 letters.
• 6666 is the number of Ayats. • Longest Ayat of Holy Quran is Ayatul
• 29 total number of Mukata’t. Kursi.
• Hazrat Usman was the first Hafiz of the • 6 Surah start with the name of
Holy Quran. prophets.
• Hazrat Khalid Bin Saeed, the first writer • Surah maryam wholly revealed for a
of Wahy. woman.
• 12 Ghazawahs described in Holy Quran • In Bani Israeel and Al-Najaf the event of
(total 27). Miraj is explained.
• Abdullah Ibn Abbas, the first • Last revelation descended on 3rd Rabi-
commentator of the Quran and also ul Awal and it was written by Abi- Bin
known as interpreter of the Quaran. Kab.
• In surah Al-Saf, Hoy prophet is • Language of Divine Books.
addressed as Ahmed. • Taurat Hebrew
• Ghar-e-Sor is mentioned in Surah Al- • Injil Siriac
Tauba. • Zubur Siriac
• 5 Surhas start with Qul. • Holy Quran Arabic.
• Hazrat Umar proposed the compilation • Taurat was the first revealed book.
of Holy Quran. • Holy Quran was reveled in 22y 5m 14
• Al- Nasr is known as Surah Widah. days.
• Abdul Malik Marwan applied the dots in • There are 7 stages in Holy Quran.
the Holy Quran. • Abdullah Ibn Abbas is called as leader of
• Hajjaj bin yousuf applied diacritical commentators.
points in Quaran. • Apollo 15 placed the copy of the Holy
• 37 total number of surah in last parah. Quran on the moon.
• Tarjama-ul-Quaran is written by Abdul- • Surah Nahl means Honey bee.
Kalam Azad. • Surah Ankaboot means spider.
• First Muslim interpreter of Quran in • The major part of Quran is revealed at
English is Khalifa Abdul Hakeem. night time.
• Shah Waliullah Translated Holy Quran • Generally aayats of Sajida occur in
in Persian and Shah Rafiuddin in Urdu in Makki Surahs.
1776. • 10 virtues are blessed for recitation of
• Hafiz Lakhvi translated Holy Quran in one word of Quran.
Punjabi. • Surah Anfal means Cave.
• Surah Alaq was revealed on 18th • In Naml two bismillah occur (2nds one
Ramzan. is at aayat no:30)
• Number of Aayats in al-Bakar is 286. • Surah Kahf means the cave.
• Longest Makki Surah is Aaraf. • Muzammil means Wrapped in
• Second longest Surah is Ashrah/Al- garments.
Imran. • Kausar means Abundance.
• Surah Kausar has 3 Aayats. • Nasr means Help.
• First Surah compilation wise is Surah • Ikhlas means Purity of faith.
Fatiha. • Falak means Dawn.
• Fatiha means opening. • Un-Nass means Mankind.
• Fatiha contains 7 aayats. • Al-alq means Clot of blood.
• Fatiha is also called Ummul Kitab. • Alm Nashrah means Expansion.
• First surah revealed in Madina was • Uz-zukhruf means Ornaments.
surah Fatiha. • Surah Rahman is in 27th Para.
• Surah Fatiha revealed twice-in Makkah • Bride of Quran is Rahman Surah.
& Madina. • Surah Yasin is in 22nd and 23rd Para.
• Angles mentioned in Quran are7. • Present shape of quran is Taufeeqi.
• Meaning of Aayat is Sign. • Quran is the greatest miracle of
• Stone mentioned in Quran is ruby Prophet.
(Yaakut). • Word surah has occurred in Quran 9
• Longest Surah (al-Bakr) covers 1/12th of times.
Quran. • First seven aayats of quran are called
• Madni Surahs are generally longer. Tawwal.
• Madni Surahs consist of1/3rd of Quran. • The alphabet Alf comes most of times
• Makki Surahs consist of2/3rd of Quran. and Alf, Zuwad Alphabet comes least
• Surah Ikhlas is 112 Surah of Quran. number of times.
• First complete Madni Surah is Baqarah. • Quran is written in Prose & Poetry.
• Names of Quran mentioned in Quran is • Quran is also regarded as a manual of
55. Science.
• Surahs named after animals are 4 in • Surah Alq is both Makki and Madni.
number. • Name of Muhammad is mentioned in
• Namal means Ant. Quran for 4 times.
• Surah Inaam means Camel. • Adam is mentioned in Surah Aaraf.
• first Sindhi translation of Quran by • Only Sahabi mentioned in Quran Zaid
Aakhund Azizullah Halai bin Haris.(surah ahzab)
• Torat means light. • Paradise is mentioned in Quran for150
• Zaboor means Pieces/ Book written in times.
big letters. • Section of Paradise in which Prophets
• Injeel means Good news. will dwell Mahmood.
• 99 number of aayats describe Khatam- • Doors of Hell are 7.
e- Nabuwat. • Subterranean part of hell is Hawia.
• Command against Juva & amputation of • Number of angles of hell 19.
hands came 8th A.H • Gate-keeper of hell Malik.
• Laws about orphanage revealed in 3 • Gate-keeper of heaven Rizwan.
A.H. • Place of heaven at which people whose
• Laws about Zina revealed in 5 A.H. good deeds equal bad deeds will be
• Laws about inheritance revealed in 3 kept in Aaraf.
A.H. • A tree in hell emerging from its base is
• In 4th A.H wine was prohibited. Zakoon.
• The order of Hijab for women reveled in • Name of the mountain of hell is Saud.
4th A.H. • Heaven on earth was built by Shadad.
• Ablution made obligatory in 5th A.H. • The word Islam has been used at 92
• In Surah Al-Nisa the commandment of places in the holy quran.
Wuzu is present. • Except the name of Maryam the name
• Procedure of ablution is present in of no other woman has come explicitly
Surah Maidah. in the Quran.
• In 4 A.H Tayammum was granted. • Iblees will not be punished with fire but
• Interest was prohibited in 8th A.H. with cold.
• During ghazwa Banu Mustaliq the • Iblees’s refusal to prostrate before man
command of tayamum was reveled. is mentioned in Quran for 9 times.
• Quran recited in Medina firstly in the • Iblees means “disappointed one”.
mosque Nabuzdeeq. • Al-Kausar relates to death of Qasim and
• Quran verse abrogating a previous Hazrat Abdullah
order is called Naasikh. • If a woman marries the second time,
• First man to recite Quran in Makkah: she will be in Jannah with the second
Abdullah bin Masood. husband. (Hadith)
• Forms of revelation granted to Prophet • The Earth and the Heaven were created
were 3 (wahi,Kashf,dream) by Allah in 6 days, it is described in
• First method of revelation of Quran Surah Yunus.
Wahi. • Zaid bin Thabit collected the Quran in
• Kashf means Vision. the form of Book.
• Initially Quran was preserved in • Tarjumanul Quran is called Abdullah bin
memory form. Abbas.
• After Umar’s death, copy of quran was • In Surah Muzzamil verse 73 reading
passed on to Hafsa. quran slowly and clearly is ordained.
• Jibraeel is referred in Quran as Ar-rooh. • Kabeel killed Habeel because he wanted
• In Quran Rooh-al-Qudus is Jibrael it to marry Akleema.
means holy spirit. • The first person to be put into Hell will
• In Quran Rooh-al-Ameen is Jibrael. be Qaabil.
• Incharge of Provisions is Mekaeel. • Sheesh was youngest son of Adam.
• The angel who was sent to Prophets as • Age of Adam at Sheesh’s birth was 130
a helper against enemies of Allah was years.
Jibraeel. • Adam walked from India to Makkah and
• The Angel who sometimes carried performed forty Hajj.
Allah’s punishment for His disobedients • Adam knew 100 000 languages. (Roohul
was Jibraeel. Bayaan)
• Jibrael is mentioned in Quran for three • Abul Basher is called to Hazrat Adam.
times. • Hazrat Adam built first mosque on
• Old Testament is the Torait. earth.
• New Testament is Injeel. • Height of Adam was 90 feet.
• Psalms is Zuboor. • Age of Adam at the time of his death
• Gospal is Injeel. 950 years.
• Prophet is called Farqaleet in Injeel. • Hazrat Adam’s grave is in Saudi Arabia.
• Taharat-e-Sughra is Wuzu. • Second prophet is Sheesh.
• There are two types of Farz. • Sheesh passed away at the age of 912
• Saloos-ul-Quran is Surah Ikhlas. years.
• Aroos-ul-Quran i.e bride of Quran is Al- • Noah got prophethood at the age of 40
Rehman. • Noah’s ark was 400 x 100 yards area.
• Meaning of Baqarah: The Goat • Ark of Noah stopped at Judi Mountain
• In Surah Waqiya the word Al-Quran ul (Turkey).
Hakeem is used. • Noah preached for 950 years.
• Surah Baqara & Ale Imran are known as • Nation of Noah worshipped 5 idols.
Zuhraveen. • Nation of Noah was exterminated
• Wine is termed in Quran as Khumar. through the flood.
• The first authority for the compilation • Pigeon was sent for the search of land
of Ahadis is . by Hazrat Nooh.
• Sahih Bukhari contains 7397 ahadis. • Noah was sent to Iraq.
• 2242 years after Adam, Toofan-e-Noah
occurred.
• About 80 people were with him in the
boat.
 PROPHETS OF ISLAM • Duration of storm of Noah was for 6
• Adam was created on Juma day. months.
• Adam landed in Sri Lanka on Adam’s • Noah lived for 950 years.
Peak Mountain. • Nooh is called predecessor, Naji Ullah;
• Adam is a word of Syriani language. Shaikh ul Ambiya.
• Adam had 2 daughters and 3 sons. • Abu ul Bashr Sani is title of Noah.
• After toofan-e-nooh , the city establish • Hajra the wife of Ibrahim was daughter
was Khasran of Pharoah of Egypt.
• Ibrahim was thrown into the fire by the • Ibrahim was 86 years old when Ismael
order of Namrud. was born.
• Hazrat Ibraheem intended to sacrifice • Ibrahim was ordered to migrate along
Ismaeel at Mina. with family to valley of Batha meaning
• Ibrahim was born at Amer near Makkah.
Euphrate (Iraq) • Ibrahim was sent to Jordan after leaving
• Ibraheem was firstly ordered to migrate Haajrah and Ismaeel
to Palestine. • Age of Ibraheem at the birth of Ishaq
• First wife of Ibraheem was Saarah. was 100 years and of Saarah was 90
• Second wife of Ibraheem was Haajirah. years.
• Azaab of mosquitoes was sent to the • First wife of Ibrahim resided at
nation of Ibrahim Palestine.
• Abraham is called khalilullah, father of • Ibrahim intended to sacrifice Ismaeel at
prophets and Idol Destroyer. Mina on 10th Zul Hajj.
• Age of Abraham at the time of his death • As a result of sacrifice of Ismael,
175 years. Ibrahim was gifted a baby from Saarah
• Ibrahim is buried at Hebron in named Ishaq.
Jerusalem. • Zam Zam emerged from beneath the
• Abrahem invented comb. foot of Hazrat Ismaeel in the valley of
• Hazrat Loot was contemporary of Batha (Makkah).
Hazarat Ibraheem • Hazrat Ismail discovered Hajar-e-Aswad.
• Abraham remained in fire 40 days. • Zabeeullah and Abu al Arab are called
• Terah or Aazer was the father of to Hazrat Ismaeel.
Ibraheem. • Ismael divorced his wife being
• Grave of Lut is in Iraq. discourteous.
• Luut died at Palestine and is buried at • Jibrael brought sacred stone to Ismael.
Hebron. • Original colour of the sacred stone was
• Ibraheem was the uncle of Luut. white.
• Loot was maternal grandfather of Ayub. • Hazrat Idress was expert in astronomy.
• Luut resided at Ur near Mesopotamia. • Uzair became alive after remaining
• Ismaeel is called Abu-al-Arab. dead for one hundred years.
• Mother of Ismaeel was Haajrah. • Hazrat Yaqub has the title of Israel
• Ishaaq built boundaries of Masjid-e- • 1 Lac 24 thousand- total number of
Aqsaa. prophets.
• Ishaaq was sent to Jews. • Hazrat Idrees was the first who learnt to
• At Muqam-e-Ibraheem, there are write.
imprints of Ibraheem. • How many Sahifay were revealed to
• Ibrahim was first person to circumcise Hazrat Idrees (AS)? 30
himself and his son. • Prophet Yahya A.S was sent to people
of Jordan.
• Hazrat Idrees (A.S) set up 180 cities. • Sulaiman & Dawood understood
• Hazrat Dawood could mould iron easily language of the birds.
with his hand. • The tree of date palm grew on the earth
• The event of ring is related to Hazrat for the first time.
Sulaiman. • Prophets attached with the profession
• Hazarat Moosa(A.S) had impediment in of weaving are Adam, Idrees & Shaeet.
his tongue • Hazrat younus was eaten by shark fish.
• Moosa was granted 9 miracles. • Younus prayed LAILAH ANTA
• Musa crossed the Red Sea. SUBHANAK INI KUNTUM MINAZALIMIN
• The prophet mentioned in Quran for in the belly of fish.
most of times is Moosa. • Grave of Dawood is in Israel.
• Ten commandments were revealed on • Yahya’s tomb is in Damascus.
Moosa. • Bilal Habshi is buried in Damascus.
• Moosa died on Abareem mountain. • Prophet with melodious voice Dawood.
• Grave of Musa is in Israel. • Alive prophets are Isa & Khizr.
• Teacher of Moosa was Shoaib. • Zunoon (lord of fish) & Sahibul Hoot :
• Moosa was brought up by Aasia Bint Younus.
Mozahim. • The prophet whose people were last to
• Elder brother of Moosa was Haroon. suffer divine punishment Saleh.
• Moosa had only one brother. • Suleiman died while standing with the
• In Toowa valley Moosa was granted support of a stick.
prophethood. • Ashab-e-Kahf slept for 309 years.
• An Egyptian was killed by Moosa. • The number of Ashab-e-Kahf was 7.
• Haroon was an eloquent speaker. • Hazrat Essa (A.S) was carpenter by
• Haroon is buried at Ohad. profession.
• Haroon & Musa both were prophets • Besides Essa, Yahya also got prophet
and contemporaries. hood in childhood.
• Hazrat Ayub was famous for his • Baitul Laham is the birth Place of Hazrat
patience. Essa (AS) is situated in Jerusalaem.
• The miracle of Dromedary (camel) is • Isa would cure the victims of leprosy.
concerned with Saleh • Zakria was contemporary of Isa.
• 4 prophets were sent to Bani Israeel. • Isa was the cousin of Yahya.
• 722 languages were understood by • Romans kingdom was established in
Hazrat Idrees. Palestine at Esa’s birth.
• Hazrat Saleh invented Soap. • Romans were Atheists.
• Kalori: hill, from where Isa was lifted • Ruler of Palestine at the birth of Esa
alive. was Herod.
• Zikraiya was carpenter. • Maryum grew up in the house of
• Harzat Zikraiya was cut with the Saw. Zakaiyya.
• Adam & Dawood are addressed as • Besides Esa , Adam was also a fatherless
Khalifa in Quran. prophet.
• Esa born at Bethlehem.
• Yahaya was the precursor of Eessa. • Yaqoob lost his eye-sight in memory of
• Yahya is buried at Syria. Yousuf.
• Our prophet has the title Habibullah. • Nation of Shoaib committed
• Prophet Dawood has the title Najeeb embezzlement in trusts.
Ullah. • Shoaib called Speaker of the
• Prophet Jesus crist is called Rooh-ul- Prophets.(Khateeb ul ambiya)
Ullah. • Shoaib got blinded for weeping over
• Tur-e-Sina was the mountain where destruction of his nation.
Hazrat Musa (AS) received Allah’s • Ilyas prayed for nation it rained after a
message. period of 312 years.
• Hazrat Musa was Kalimullah. • Uzair reassembled all copies of Taurait.
• Science, astronomy, writing with pen, • Taloot was the father-in-law of
sewing and weapons were made by Dawood.
Idrees first of all. • Dawood was good player of flute.
• Aad was the nation of Hood. • Fountain of Copper flowed from
• After seven day’s continuous rain and Sulayman.
storm the nation of Hood destroyed. • Woodpecker conveyed Sulayman’s
• Nation of Samood was preached by message to Saba queen.
Salih. • Younus remained in fish for 40 days.
• Miracle of pregnant female camel was • King Herodus ordered the execution of
sent to Samood. Yahya.
• 3 Sahifay were revealed to Ibrahim. • Politus on Roman governor’s orders
• Israel was the son of Ishaq. tried execution of Isa.
• Israel was 147 years old when Ishaq • Dawood is called as Najeeb Ullah.
died. • In quran ten commandments are
• Mountains would break by the miracle named Awamir-i-Ashara.
of Yaqoob. • Teacher of Hakeem Lukman was
• Musa married the daughter of Shoaib. Dawood.
• Due to Zakria’s prayer Yahya was born. • Prophets lifted alive Isa,Idrees&Ilyas.
• Yousuf remained in jail for 10 years. • Idrees was directed to migrate by Allah
• Yousuf and Yaqoob met each other to Egypt.
after 40 years. • Idrees was the first man to learn to
• Yousuf was the son of Yaqoob. write.
• Yousuf’s family was called the • Idrees was taken alive to Heavens at the
Israeelites. age of 365 Y.
• Real brother of Yousuf was Bin Yamen. • Gnostics regarded Sheesh as a divine
• Yousuf was sold as a slave in Egypt. emanation.
• Yousuf had 12 brothers. • Gnostics means Sheesinas and
• Yousuf was famous for his beauty & inhabited Egypt.
knew facts of dreams. • Idrees was sent to Gnostics.
• Mother of Yousuf was Rachel. • Idol worship was forbidden by Idress to
people.
• Idress was special friend of one of the • Dawood is buried at Jerusalem.
angels. • Youngest son of Dawood was
• Idrees remained in 4th heaven. Sulaymaan.
• Idreess died in the wings of the angel. • Mother of Sulayman was Saba.
• Pigeon was sent for the search of land • Sulayman ascended the throne of
by Noah. Joodia.
• Sam, Ham & Riyyafas were the children • Sulaymaan was a great lover of horses.
of Noah. • The ruler of Yemen in the time of
• Bani Aad settled in Yemen. Sulayman was Saba.
• Shaddad was famous king of Bani Aad. • Hud Hud informed Sulyman about the
• Glorious palace near Adan built by Bani kingdom of Yemen.
Aad was known as Garden of Iram. • Saba means Bilqees.
• Shaddad kingdom was extended to Iraq. • Whose kingdom came under a famine
• A violent storm was sent to Bani Aad. in the times of Ilyas: King of Ahab.
• Grave of Hood is at Hazarmoat. • Ilyas’s nation worshipped idol namd Lal.
• Oman, Yemen & Hazarmoat are in • Ilyas disappeared mysteriously.
Southern Arabia. • Successor of Ilyas was Al-ya-sah.
• In Rajab, Arabs visit the grave of Hood. • Cousin of Al-ya-Say who was prophet
• Bani Samood lived in Wadi al-Qura & was Ilyas.
Wadi al-Hajr. • Uzair remained died for 100 years.
• Wadi al-Qura, Wadi al-Hajr are in Syria • For 18 years Ayyoob suffered from skin
& Hijaz. disease.
• Volcanic eruption was sent to Bani • Real name of Zull Kifl is Isaih and Kharqil
samood. bin Thauri.
• Contemporary of Ibrahim was Lut. • Yunus died in Nineveh.
• Hood was the uncle of Ibraheem. • Father of Yahya was Zakariyya.
• A dreadful earthquake was sent to • Trustee of Hekal was Zakiriyya.
people of Luut. • Zakariya hid himself in the cover of the
• Native area of Ibraheem was tree and was cut into two pieces by
Mesopotamia. Jews.
• Surname of Terah was Aazar. • Maryum lived at Nazareth before Esa’s
• Father of Yaaqoob and Esau was Ishaq. birth.
• Father-in-law of Ayyoob was Yaqoob. • Maryum migrated to Egypt after Esa’s
• Ishaq is buried in Palestine. birth.
• Age of Ishaq when he was blessed with • Number of Hawarin of Moosa was 12.
twins was 60 Y. • Jews and Romans were worried about
• Yunus was the twin brother of Yaaqoob. Esa’s influence.
• Prophet bestowed with kingship of • Dawood’s real name was Abar.
Allah: Dawood. • Ahsan ul Qasas is the life history of
• Dawood was a soldier of Talut. hazrat Yousif.
• Dawood lived in Bait-ul-Lahm.
• Talut was also known as Saul.
• Nebuchadnezzer was ruler of Babylon, • After Badr conquest, Prophet stayed for
he founded Hanging garden which is 3 days there.
one of the wonders of the world. • Badr was fought for 3 times.
• Qaidar was one of the sons of Ismail • Martyr of Badr Muslims 14 Kufar 70
who stayed at Hijaz. • Leader of the Kufar in this battle was
• Idrees used the first pen. Abu Jahl.
• Four Ambiyah are still physically alive • Number of Muslim martyrs in the battle
they are Esa and Idrees in the skies and of Uhad 70
Khidr and Ilyaas are on the earth. • In Uhad quraish were laid by Abu
Sufwan.
• In Uhad number of Muslim soldiers
 BATTLES OF ISLAM MCQS 1000 kufar 3000.
• First Ghazwa is Widdan or Abwa in 1 • Ahzab means Allies.
A.H • Ditch dug on border of Syria with help
• 624 Battle of Badr.2hij of 3000 companions in 2 weeks.
• 625 Battle of Uhad. 3hij • Muslim strength 1600.
• 626 Battle of Rajih.4hij • Khyber was captured in 20 days.
• 627 Battle of Khandaq (Ahzab).5hij • During Ghazwa Bani Nuzair wine was
• 628, Treaty of Hudaibiya, Hazrat Khalid prohibited.
bin Walid Accepted Islam, Conquest of • The battle of Khandaq is also known an
Khyber.6hij battle of Ahzab.
• 629, Battle of Mutah, Preaching of Islam • Conquest of Makkah was took place on
to various kings.7hij 20 Ramzan.
• 630, Battle of Hunain, Conquest of • Battle in which prophet not participated
Makkah.8hij is known as Saria.
• 631, Battle of Tabuk. 9hij • Hazrat Hamza was the first commander
• 632, Hajjat-ul-Wida.10hij of Islamic Army.
• 680, Tragedy of Karballah.61hij • In Uhd battle Muslim women
• Badr is a village. participated firstly.
• Battle of Bard was fought on 17th • Battle of Mauta was the first non Arab
Ramzan. War.
• Battle of Uhd was fought on 5th Shawal. • 3000 was the number of musims at the
• Battle Badar Ghazwa is named as battle of Ditch.
Furqan. • 10,000 at the conquest of Makkah.
• Uhd is a hill. • 30,000 at the time of Tabuk.
• Yom-ul Furaqn is called to Yom ul • Last Ghazwa- Tabuk.
Badar. • For 20 days Prophet stayed at Tabuk.
• Fath Mobeen is called to Sulah • Total number of Sarias is 53 or 56.
Hudaibiah. • Porphet was the commander in the
• Number of soldiers in Badar, Muslim expedition of Tabuk.
313 Kufar 1000 • First Islamic Non Arab was battle of
Mautta 8. A.H..
• The person killed by the Holy Prophet • Halaku Khan sacked Baghdad in 1258
was Ubay Bin Kalf. A.D.
• In Battle of Uhad, the teeth of Holy • Al Shifa a book on philosophy was
Prophet were martyred. written by Ibn Sina.
• Khalid bin Walid was titled Saif-ul-Allah • prophet stayed at Makkah for 53 years
in battle Moata. & in Medina 10 years
• Abu Jahal was killed in Battle of Badr by • Mubha: an act which brings neither
Maaz (add) blessings nor punishment.
• In Hudabiya Sohail bin Amru • Naval Commander of Islam, Abu Qays
represented Quraysh. under Hazrat Usman
• Battle of Hunain fought b/w Muslims • Battle of Camel was fought b/w Ali and
and Hawazin Tribe. Hazrat Aysha.
• Batttle of Tabuk was against the Roman • Hazrat Khalid bin Walid accepted Islam
Emperor Heraclius. in 8th A.H.
• The first Shaheed (Martyr) was Amaar • Hazrat Ali established Bait-ul-Maal.
bin Yaasir • During the caliphate of Umar (RA) Iran
• First female martyr: Summaya (mother was conquered.
of Amaar bin Yaasir) • Abu Hurairah has reported largest
• The first person to be martyred in the number of Ahadith.
Battle of Badr was the freed slave of • Masjid Al Aqsa is the first Mosque ever
Hazrat Umar : Muhaj’jah built on the earth.
• Khalid bin Walid was removed from the • Sindh was conquered during the reign
service in the reign of Hazrat Umar of Walid 1.
Farooq (RA). He was removed in 17 A.H. • Kharajit is the earliest sect of Islam.
• Battle of chains was fought b/w • Battle of Yermuk was fought in 634
Persians and the Muslims. A.D.:
• Umar bin Abdual Aziz is considered as • Khyber conquest made in 7th Hijra (628
the 5th Khalifa. A.D)
• Abdul Malik was the poet ruler of • The Ghazwa in which the Holy Prophet
Ummaya. Pbuh missed four prayers was Ghazwa
• Karballa took place on 10th Muharram Khandaq.
61 A.H/ 680 A.D • First woman martyr Samiya by Abu Jahl.
• Salahuddin Ayubi was of Abbasid • First man martyr Haris bin Abi Hala.
dynasty. • Jihad means to strive hard.
• Halaku Khan came to power after • Jihad made obligatory in 2nd A.H.
Abbasids. • The battle was forbidden in Arabs in the
• Al Qanun was written by Ibn-i-Sina. month of Muharam.
• Ibn Khuldun is called founder of • Ghazwa Badr is named as Furqan.
sociology. • Ohad is located near Madina.
• Tahafut-al-Falasifah was written by Al- • Ohad is 3 miles from Madina.
Khazali. • Abdullah bin Ubai accompanied with
300 men.
• 50 archers were posted to protect the • Conquest of Makkah is called Aam-ul-
pass in Ohad mountain. Fatah.
• Ummay Hakeem was grand daughter of • Ghazwa-e-Tabook was fought in 9 A.H.
Abu Jehl. • Hazrat Abbas was made prisoner of war
• Banu Nuzair tribe settled in Khyber in Badr.
after expelled from Madina. • Abu Jehl was killed by Ma-ooz and Ma-
• Prophet dug a trench along the border aaz.
of Syria. • The leader of teer-andaz at Jabale-e-
• 3000 men dug the ditch. Yahnene in the battle of Ohad was
• In battle of Ahzab a piercing blast of Abdullah bin Jabeer.
cold wind blew. • Comander of infidels in Ohad was Abu
• Khyber is located near Madina at 200 Sufyan.
km distance. • Battle of Tabook came to an end
• The centre of Jewish population in without any result.
Arabia was Khyber. • 2 weeks were spent to dig the ditch.
• Against Khyber muslim army was 1600 • In a battle of Trench Hazrat Safia killed a
men strong. jew.
• Khyber was captured in 20 days. • Qamoos temple was conquered by Ali
• Khyber is located near the border of during Khyber war.
Syria. • For battle of Tabook, Abu Bakr donated
• Moata was situated in Syria. all his belongings.
• Army of 3000 men was sent to Moata • In the battle of Ditch, the wrestler
under Zaid bin Haris. named Umaro bin Abad-e-Wad was
• After the death of Zaid bin Haris Hazrat killed by Ali.
Jaafiar was made the army leader at • In Hunain Muslims were in majority
Moata. than to their enemy:
• Under Khalid’s leadership, battle of • Hazrat Jaafar was martyred in Moata
Moata was won. war.
• Battle of Moata took place in 8 Hijra. • In Tabook ghazwa muslims returned
• Tribe of Khuza joined Muslims after without a fight.
Treaty of Hudaibia. • Gazwa Widdan was fought in the month
• Battle of Hunain fought in 8 Hijra. of Zil-Hajj 1 A.H.
• Muslim army for Hunain was 14 • In Hunain battle Prophet was left alone.
thousand. • The participants of Battle of Badar were
• Siege of Taif was laid in 9 A.H. bestowed with highest reward by Allah.
• Tabook expedition took place in 9 A.H. • In Badr martyrs were Muhajirs=6 &
• In 9 A.H there was famine in Hijaz. Ansars=8.
• In 9 A.H there was scarcity of water in • In the battle of Taaif, catapult was used
Madina. first time by Muslims.
• In Quran Tabook expedition is called • Against the Syrian tribe the battle of Al-
expedition of straitness. Ghaba was waged.
• First Sariya Ubaidah bin Haris was • First collection of Ahadith is Sahifah-e-
fought at Rabakh in 1 A.H. Saadiqa.
• Last Sariya Hazrat Saad bin Abi Waqqas • Saying of Prophet are called Wahi Ghair
was fought at Syria in 11 A.H. Matlloo.
• In iman-e-Mufassal essential beliefs are
7 in number.
 ISLAM MCQS • The most exalted angels are four.
• Istalam is kissing of Hajr Aswad. • Greatest angel as per Islam is Jibra’eel.
• Islam has 2 major sects. • Each human being is attended
• There are 5 fundaments of Islam. permanently by two angels.
• 2 types of faith. • Barzakh: time period between death
• 5 Articles of faith. and Day of Judgment.
• Tehlil means the recitation of Kalima. • Another name of surah Ali-Isra is bani
• Deen-e-Hanif is an old name of Islam. Israel.
• First institution of Islam is Suffah.  NAMAZ MCQS
• Haq Mahar in Islam is fixed only 400 • 48 total numbers of Rakats are in Farz
misqal. prayer.
• Ijma means ageing upon any subject. • Namaz-e-Khasoof is offered for Moon
• Qayas means reasoning by analogy. Eclipse.
• There are four schools of thought of • Namaz-e-Kasoof is offered for Solar
Islamic Law. Eclipse.
• Janatul Baki is situated in Madina. • Namaz-e-Istasqa is offered for Rain.
• Masjid-e-Hanif is located in Mina. • Holy Prophet offered Jumma Prayer in
• JANAT UL MOALA is a graveyard in 1. A.H.
MECCA. • Namaz-e-Istasqa is offered with
• Qazaf: false accusation of adultery backside of hands upward.
punishable with 80 lashes. • Holy prophet offered first Eid Prayer in
• Lyla-tul-Barrah means the Night of 2. A.H.
Forgiveness. • Eid Namaz is Wajib.
• Karam-un-Katibin means Illustrious • Madurak is the person who starts
writers. prayer with Immam.
• Oldest mosque on earth is Kaabatullah. • Musbaq is the person who comes after
• 1st Kalima=Tayyab, 2nd =Shahadat, 3rd one rakat.
=Tamjeed, 4th =Tauheed, 5th • Fajar and Isha were essential in the
=Astaghfar, 6th =Rad-e early period of Islam.
 Kufar • Tahajud mean abandon sleep.
• Qiblah means anything in front. • Qaada is to sit straight in Salat.
• Saabi is one who changes his religion. • Jasla is short pause between two sajdas.
• Sidrat-ul-Mantaha means last tree of • Qaumaa is standing straight during
the Eternity. Rukus.
• Jaabi is one who collects Zakat. • A person who performs prayer alone is
Munfarid.
• Farz in wuzu=4, Sunats=14. • Word Zakat occurs in Quran for 82
• Farz in Ghusual=3, Sunats=5 times.
• Types of Sunnah prayer are of two • In 2nd A.H the rate and method of
types. distribution of Zakat was determined at
• In Fajr, Maghrib & witr no chage in farz Madina.
rakaat in case of Qasr. • Kharaj is spoils of war.
• Takbeer-e-Tashreeq is recited in Eid-ul- • Fay is income from town lands.
Uzha. • Zakat on produce of mines is 1/5th.
• Jumma prayer is Farz salat. • Ushr on artificially irrigated land is
• Conditions of Salat are Seven. 1/20th.
• takbeer-e-Tehreema are to be said in • Al-Gharmain means debtors.
the salat: one. • There are two types of zakat.
• Jasla is wajib.
• To sit straight in Salat is called Qa’ada.
• Qa’ada is farz.  FASTING MCQS
• Two persons are required for a Jamat • Fast means to stop.
prayer. • Fasting made obligatory in 2nd A.H.
• Salat Juma became Farz in Madina. • Fasting is commanded in al-Bakarah.
• Five salat made compulsory in 10th • Feed 60 people is the atonement for
Nabvi. breaking the fast or sixty sontinuous
fasts..
• Bab-ul-Riayn is the door for fast
 ZAKAT MCQS observing people.
• Zakat means to purify. • Tarrawih means to rest.
• Zakat was made obligatory in 2. A.H. • Battle of Badr was fought in very first of
• 7-1/2 is the nasab of gold and 52-1/2 Ramzan on 17th.
tolas for silver. • Umar arranged the Namaz-e-Tarrawih.
• Injunction of utilization of zakat is in • Month of Ramzan is known as Sayeed
Surah-al Tauba. us Shahoor.
• Number of heads for distribution of • Five days are forbidden for fasting
zakat are 8. throughout the year.
• Zakat mentioned along with Namaz in • Wajib means ordained.
the Quran 32 times. • 1st Ashra of Ramzan=Ashra-e-Rehmat.
• 5 Camels, 40 goats, 3 cows and • 2nd Ashra=Ashra-e-Maghfirat.
buffaloes is nisab for zakat. • 3rd Ashra=Ashra-e-Nijat.
• 1/10 is the nisab of irrigated produce.
• Zakat is treasure of Islam; it is the
saying of holy prophet.  HAJJ MCQS
• Usher means 1/10. • Hajj means to intend.
• Khums means 1/5. • Hajj made compulsory in 9 A.H.
• First Hajj offered in 9 A.H.
• Hajj ordained in Surah Bakr. • With the performance of Rami on the
• The holy prophet performed only 1 Hajj 10th Zil-Hajj, the most of the bindings
in 10th A.H. of Hajj on the pilgrim are released.
• There are 3 types of Hajj. • Three upright stones are called Jamarat.
• One tawaf of Kaaba is known as Shoot. • After Waquf the most important step is
• Tawaf begins from Shoot. Tawaf.
• Number of Jamarat is 3. • In Hajj there are three obligations
• Mosque located in Mina is Kheef. (Farz).
• At Meekat, Hujjaj assume the state of • Umrah can be performed at any time
Ihram. throughout the year except 9th to 11th
• Kalima Tauheed is recited during Hajj. Zil-Hajj.
• At Mina the ritual of offering sacrifice is • Hujjaj stat at Mina for one day, the
performed second day at Arafat and the final day,
• Jamart-throwing of pebbles, it is encampment is done for a night at
performed on 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th Muzdalfah, it is called Wuquf.
of Zul Hajj. • Who said that Hajj is greatest of all
• Maghrib and Isha both prayers are worships:Imam Malik.
offered together at Muzdalifa on 9th Zil • How many undesirable acts of Ihraam
Hajj. are there: six.
• Yome-Afra is called to Hajj day. • How many permitted acts of Ihraam are
• Name of the place where the pilgrims there:Four.
go from Arafat: Muzdalfa. • Prohibitions and restructions of Ihram
• First structure of Kaaba was built by are 8.
Adam. • The first and the foremost Farz of Hajj
• Ibrahim & Ismail rebuilt Kaaba 4500 and Umrah is Ihram.
years ago. • The first and inner most circle around
• Yum-e-Nahar is called to the Day of Ka’ba is Masjid-e-Haram.
Sacrifice. • The second circle around Kaba is
• Yum e Arafat is 9th Zul Hajj. Makkah Mukaramah.
• One khutba is recited during Hajj. • The third circle around Kaba is Haram.
• Al-Imarn is the surah in which Hajj is • Who firsly fixed boundaries of Haram,
commanded. the third circle around Kaaba: Adam.
• Holy prophet sacrificed 63 camels • The fourth cirle around Kaba is
during hajj. Mowaqeet.
• Adam and Hazrat Hawa performed the • The place where no one can advance
first ever Hajj. without putting on Ihram is Mowaqeet.
• Running b/w Safa & Marwa seven times • Two thousand years before the creation
is called Sayee. of Adam, Kaba was constructed.
• Most important step of Hajj after • Angels built Kaba firstly in the universe.
assuming Ahram is Wuquf. • During the Noah’s time Kaaba
• Waqoof-e-Arfah is the Rukn-e-Azam of disappeared due to flood.
Hajj
• The gate which is the best for the • Dhulhulaifah is the Meeqat for the
pilgrims to enter in Kaba is Bab-e- people of Pakistan.
Salam. • Dhulhulaifah is a point six mile from
• Hajr-e-Aswad means black stone. Madina.
• Actual color of Hajr-e-Aswad was white.
• The small piece of land b/wk Rukn-e-
Islam and Rukn-e-Yamani is called
Hateem.
• The place where offering prayer is just
like offering prayer inside Kaba is
 HADITH MUBARAK
Hateem.
• There are five types of Tawaf.  Name the book in which name,
• Hajji go to Al-Multazim after completing activities and characters of the
the seven rounds. transmitter were given? Isma-ur-Rajjal
• Al-Multazim means the place of  What is the main purpose of Isma-ur-
holding. Rajjal? For Authenticity of Hadith
• The portion of the wall of Kaba which is  Name the member of Ashaab-e-Sufah
b/w its door and Hajr-e-Aswad is called who had narrated maximum Ahadis?
al-Multazim. Hazrat Abu Hurrairah (R.A)
• Sayee is commenced from Safa and  Name the Sahabi who narrated
ends at Marwa. maximum number of Ahadis? Hazrat
• After performing Say’ee Hujjaj go to Abu Hurrairah (R.A)
Mina.  Hazrat Abu Hurrairah wrote 5374
• Muzdalfa is a plain. narrations of Ahadis.
• Muzdalfa is located b/w Mina & Arafat.  The book of narration which Abdullah
• Muzdalfa is located six miles from bin Umar wrote is name as Sahifah-e-
Makkah. Saadiqah.
• From Mina Muzdalfa is three miles  Who is the best interpreter of the Book
away. of Allah?
• Muzdalfa is called Sacred Monument in  Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH)
Quran.  What is Hadith? Sayings of Hazrat
• At Muzdalfa Maghrib & Isha prayers are Muhammad (PBUH)
offered together.  What is Sunnah? Actions of Hazrat
• Pebbles are collected from Muzdalfa. Muhammad (PBUH).
• Jamarat which is nearest to Makkah is  What is the literal meaning of Sunnah?
called Jamarat-ul-Uqba. A mode of life, A manner of Acting, and
• Smallest Jamarat is Jamarat-al-Sughra. A Rule of Conduct.
• Rami is held at Mina.  From where the word “Hadis” is
• Talbiah is stopped after Rami. derived? Tahdis
• Afrad, Qar’ran and Tamatae are the  What is the meaning of Tahdis? To
types of Hajj. inform
 Who used to write down every word of  What is the meaning of Al-Kutub-al-
the Holy Prophet’s speech? Hazrat Sitta? Six Sahihs
Abdullah bin Umar  Hadis is the narration and record of
 How many methods are there for the the…?Sunnah
compilation of Ahadis? Many  Which is the second source from which
 Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal was the the teachings of Islam are drawn?
founder of the………school of law. 4th Sunnah
 How many Ahadis does Musnad of  How many parts of each Hadis are
imam Ahmed bin Hanbal contain? there? Two
40,000  What is the meaning of Sanad? Support
 How many Ahadis does Al-Mauta  What is the meaning of Matan?
contain? 1720 Substance
 Who was the compiler of Al-Mauta?  How many kinds of Sunnah are there?
Imam Maalik bin Anas Three
 Who was the founder of the Maaliki  Which city Became the first centre of
School of Law? Islamic tradition? Medina or Hijaz
 Imam Maalik bin Anas  How many methods did the
 Name the first authority for the traditionalists apply for the authenticity
compilation of Ahadis? of Hadis? Two
 Imam Maalik  What is meant by Sunnat?
 What an authentic Hadis is called?  Way (path)
Sahih  What is the terminological meaning of
 What is the meaning of Sahih? Sunnat?
Authentic  The doings of Muhammad (PBUH)
 How many Ahadis does the “Sahih  What is meant by Hadith-e-Taqarar?
Bukhari” contain? Muhammad (PBUH) saw some body
 7397 doing something and remained silent.
 Which was the most authentic book on  What is meant by Hadith-e-Qauli?The
Hadis literature? Sahih Bukhari sayings of Muhammad (PBUH)
 Which was the second book, after the  What is meant by Hadith-e-Faili? Hadith
Holy Qur’an for the Muslim World? in which any doing of Muhammad
Sahih Bukhari (PBUH) has been explained.
 How many Ahadis did Imam Muslim  How the orders of Quran will be
Ibn-e-Hajjaj compile? 12,000 explained?
 The collections by Bukhari and Muslim  By Hadith-e-Rasool (PBUH)
are known as.  Name any Majmooa-e-Hadith of Ehd-e-
 Two Sahihs Nabvi?
 The Author of Al-Jami is……Al-Tirmizi  Sahifah Sadqa
 The author of Ibn-e-Majah is……Al-Nasai  Who wrote Sahifah Sadqa?
 How many books are there in Al-Kutub-  Hazrat Abdullah-bin-Umro-bin-Al-Aas.
al-Sitta? Six
 Were the Hadith composed after the  Mashkaat Sharif belongs to which
death of Muhammad (PBUH)? No subject? Hadith
 Did the Sahaba used to write Hadith in  Write the name of first collection of
the presence of Muhammad (PBUH)? Hadith? Sahifah Sadiqa
Yes.  Write four basic pillars of Islamic Laws?
 Which Khalifa ordered in 99 Hijri to  Quran, Hadith, Ijma, Qiyas
collect Hadith?  Which is the Mazahib Arbab?
 Hazrat Umar-bin-Abdul Aziz (R.A)  Hanfi, Shafie, Malaki, Hanbali
 What is meant by Sahih Sitta?  What is meant by Hadith Mutfiq Aly?
 Six Compact Books of Hadith.  This Hadith is explained in Bukhari and
 What is meant by Saheyheen? Muslim both.
 Sahih-al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim  Which is the first age of editing of the
 Which are the two famous books of Hadith? Ehd-e-Nabvi
Hadith of 2nd century? Motta Imam  Which is the second age of editing of
Malak, Kitab Al-Assar Hadith?
 What is the name of writer of Kitab Al-  Sahaba Tabayeen’s Age
Assar?  Which is the Third Age Of editing of
 Imam-e-Azam Abu Hanifa Naman bin Hadith?150 Hijri to 450 Hijri
Sabat  Islam:
 What is the name of the writer of Sahih-  Literally the word “Islam” means
al-Bukhari and his date of death also? Submission to Allah
Imam Abu /Abdullah Muhammad bin  Which religion is the favourite of Allah
Ismail Bukhari, death 256 Hijri. according to the Holy Quran? Islam
 What is the name of the writer of Sahih-  Which two Prophets prayed to Allah to
al-Muslim and his date of death? Imam become the “Ummati” of the last
Muslim bin Hajjaj Neshapuri, death 262 Prophet (PBUH) and whose prayer was
Hijri granted? Hazrat Isa (A.S) and Hazrat
 What is the name of the writer of Jamia Musa (A.S)….Hazrat Musa’s Prayer was
Tarmazi and his date of death? Abu- granted
Essa bin Muhammad Essa Tirmizi  Religion of Hazrat Adam (A.S) was Islam
 What is the name of the writer of Al-  Fundamentals of Islam are Five
Moota and his date of death? Imam  What is the name of 1st Kalima? Kalima
Malak bin Unis, death 179 Hijri Tayyaba
 What is meant by Isma-ul-Rajjal?  Kalima Shahadat is the Kalima number
 The secret of the describers of Hadith 2nd
 Name the Um-mul-Momineen who  Kalima Tamjeed id the Kalima number
described maximum Hadith? Hazrat 3rd
Aaysha Siddiqua  Kalima Tauheed is the Kalima number
 When did the work of editing the 4th
Hadith start?  Kalima-e-Astaghfaar is the Kalima
 During the Ehd-e-Nabvi number 5th
 Kalima Rad-e-Kufr is the Kalima number  What is the meaning of Rasool?
6th Messenger
 Number of types of faith is…….Two (2)  In which Surah of the Holy Quran the
 What is the meaning of the word Allah? word “Khatimum-Nabiyyeen” is
 Only being worth worship mentioned? Al-Ahzab
 Who is above any sort of limitations?  Who is known as Rehmat-ul-Aalameen?
Allah  Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH)
 The word Tauheed stands for……..  What is the meaning of Rehmat-ul-Lil-
 Ahad, Wahid, Wahadaniat Aalameen? Mercy for all worlds
 The concept of Tauheed has been given  Which is the third belief of Islam?
by Hazrat Jibrael (A.S)  Belief in the Angels
 What is Tauheed? Oneness of Allah  What is the meaning of Malaika? Angels
 Which word is opposite to Tauheed?  How many the most exalted angels are
Shirk there? Four
 The Holy Quran considers as an  Who is the greatest angel according to
unpardonable sin? Shirk the teachings of Islam? Hazrat Jibrael
 The Zoroastrians believe in of God. (A.S)
Duality  The angel is created out of? Noor
 All h Prophets emphasized  What is the meaning of Noor? Divine
on……..Tauheed light
 Christians believe in……………of God.  Who acts as Allah’s agent? Angels
Trinity  By how many angels each human
 Name the types of Tauheed. individual is attended permanently?
 Tauheed-fi-Zat, Tauheed-fi-Saffat, Two
Tauheed-fi-Afal  In which category Iblees lies? Jinn
 Name the religion which denies Allah as  Who is referred in the Quran as Rooh-
an unknowable entity? Buddhism ul-Ameen/Ar-Rooh/Rooh-al-Qudus?
 Which is the first belief of Islam? The Hazrat Jibrael (A.S)
unity of Allah  Who is the in charge of rain? Hazrat
 Which is the second belief of Islam? Mekael (A.S)
Prophethood  Who is the in charge of provisions?
 The Prophethood is belief in………….the  Hazrat Mekael (A.S)
Prophets of Allah. All  Who is called as Malk-ul-Moot? Hazrat
 Prophethood has been finished on the Izraeel (A.S)
Prophet……….Hazrat Muhammad  How many Holy Books are there? Four
(PBUH)  What is the most important subject of
 What is the meaning of Risalat? To send the Holy Books? Human beings
message  The Torat (the old testament) was
 How Prophethood is attained? revealed on………..Hazrat Moosa (A.S)
Bestowed by Allah  The Zaboor (Psalm) was revealed
on…………..Hazrat David (A.S)
 The Injeel or Bible (New Testament)  What is the terminological mining of
was revealed on…………….Hazrat Issa Nabi?
(A.S)  To whom Allah bless with Prophethood
 The Holy Quran was revealed on…………. is called Nabi.
 Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH)  What is the difference between Nabi
 Of the Holy Book, which is superior? and Rasool? Rasool brings new Din
Holy Quran whereas Nabi did not do so.
 Of the Holy Books Allah takes  Who was the first Prophet? Hazrat
responsibility for the everlasting Adam (A.S)
preservation? Quran  If somebody after Muhammad (PBUH)
 What are those people called who do claims for Prophethood, what will we
not believe in Islam? Kafirs say to him? Kazzab (Liar)
(disbelievers)  What was the source of Prophet’s
 Who is known as “Apostate”? A person teaching?
who has read the Kalima of Isam, even  Wahi-e-Elahi
then, he speaks ill of Islam and does not  To which Prophet Angels offered Sajda?
see harm in his ill speaking of Islam. He  Hazrat Adam (A.S)
is called “Apostate”.  Is the word Rasool also used for Angels?
 Who is called “Hypocrite”? A person No
who reads the Kalima of Islam verbally  Write the names of four famous Angels.
and calls himself Muslim but disbelieves  Hazrat Gabriel, Hazrat Izraeel, Hazrat
it heartily is called a “Hypocrite” Israfiel, Hazrat Mekael
(Munafiq).  Who is the two ministers od
 What is the alternative name of Islamic Muhammad (PBUH) at sky? Hazrat
Qaeda/Belief? Eman-e-Mufassal Gabriel, Hazrat Mekael
 What is the basic Aqeeda of Islam?  What is the duty of Hazrat Gabriel?
 Eman on Allah, Eman on Angels, Eman  To convey Allah’s message to
on Prophets, Eman on holy Books, Nabi.(Brought the revelation from Allah
Eman on Day of Judgement Day to Prophet).
 Which word is opposite to Islam? Kufr  What is the duty of Hazrat Izraeel? To
 What did the Holy Quran say about capture Rooh. (He is called the angel of
Shirk? death) (Malaki Maut)
 Zulim-e-Azeem  What is the duty of Hazrat Mekael?
 What is meant by Wahi?  To manage rains and eatings for
 Hidden message (Prophetic creature.
Experiences)  What is the duty of Hazrat Israfiel? To
 What is the terminological meaning of blow Soor. (Israfiel will blow the
Wahi? Allah’s message which He sent to trumpet at the end of the world on the
his Prophets day of Judgement).
 What is the meaning of Prophet?  Name four Holy Books.
Messenger  Torat, Zaboor, Injeel and Holy Quran
 To which Prophet Zaboor belonged?  What is the meaning of Rad-e-Kufr?
Hazrat Dawood  Repudiation of infidelity
 Which book belonged to Hazrat Musa?  What is the meaning of Salat?
Torat  The recitation of Darood.
 To which Prophet Injeel belonged?  Namaz (Salat) means…………
Hazrat Essa (A.S)  Rehmat, Dua, Astaghfaar
 In Torat by which name Muhammad  Namaz (Salat) was made obligatory
(PBUH) were called? Tayyab during the Prophet’s Miraj in…………..of
 In Zaboor under which name the Nabvi. 10th
Muhammad (PBUH) were called?  The number of ‘Nafl’ Namaz is Five
Farooq  Namaz-e-Kas00f is offered when……….
 Zaboor was first to deliver or Torat  Moon eclipses
 Torat  “Kasoof” is a prayer of Solar eclipse
 In which language Torat, Zaboor and  Namaz-e-Istasqa is a prayer for……Rain
Injeel were delivered? Abrani  Salat-e-Istakhara is offered for……….
 What is the meaning of Akhirah?  Coming Hajat
 A thing coming later  Salat-e-Hajat is offered for……..
 What is the opposite word to Akhirah?  Prevailing Hajat
Dunya (word)  When a Muslim is bestowed with a
 What is the meaning of Dunya? A thing blessing by Allah, Muslim should
in hand offer……Salat-e-Shukar
 Which two names of Hell are described  Salat-e-Khauf is offered during War
in Holy Quran? Jahanum, Jaheem  Total number of Rakaats in the Farz
 Explain the first and the last Aqeeda prayers is………..48
(Belief)?  ………….prayer (Salat) is not preceded by
 Aqeeda-e-Tauheed, Aqeeda-e-Akhirah Azan.
 What is the heading of Surah Ikhlas?  Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Azha, Funeral
 Aqeeda-e-Ikhlas (Belief in Oneness of  The Holy Prophet (PBUH) offered First
Allah) Jumma prayer in the year……….1 A.H
 “None deserves to be worshipped but  The Jumma prayer is not compulsory
Allah and Muhammad (PBUH) is the for…………Women
Prophet of Allah “. It is the translation  Which two prayers have no Azan?
of…………….Kalima-e-Tayyaba  Janaza and Eid
 How many Kalimas are in Islam? 6  Which prayer is offered with backside
 Name the Kalima which is necessary or of hands upward? Istasqa
a Muslim to recite? Kalima-e-Tayyaba  The Holy Prophet offered First Eid
 What is the meaning of Tayyaba? Purity prayer in
 What is the meaning of Shahadat?  3A.H
Testimony  Six additional Takbeers are offered in
 What is the meaning of Astaghfaar? following prayer Eid
 Penitence
 Only one of the following category is  Zakat literally means Purification
exempt from Farz prayer Lunatic  Zakat is the…….fundamental pillar of
 Eid prayer is a Wajib Islam? 2nd
 Wazu for Namaz has……….Farz.  Which is the second of the most
 Four important pillars of Islam? Salat
 The command for Ablution is present in  When Zakat was made compulsory? 2
the Surah An-Nisa A.H
 The permission for Tayammum was  Who said that there was no difference
granted in…….4 A.H between Salat and Zakat? Hazrat Abu
 Namaz-i-Tarawih is…………Sunnat Baker (R.A)
 The parts of prayer (Salat) which are  How many times the word Zakat occurs
compulsory are called…….Farz in the Holy Quran? 32
 That part of prayer (Salat) which the  Caliph………..did Jihad on the issue of
Holy Prophet (PBUH) used to do is Zakat.
called……Sunnat  Hazrat Abu Baker
 What name is given to the direction  Without which act the prayer is
towards which the Muslims face during useless?
Salat? Qibla  Zakat
 The funeral prayer is……Farz-e-Kaffaya  One who disbelievers in Zakat is a Kafir
 The Salat Witr is a part of….. Isha  Person who is liable to pay Zakat is
 The act of shortening one’s prayer while called…………Sahib-e-Nisab
on journey is called……….Qasr  How many camels render are to par
 What is the number of Rakaats in all Zakat? 5
five time prayers? 48  How many goats render are to pay
 201.The reward of which prayer is equal zakat? 40
to the reward of Hajj or Umra?Namaz-i-  How many sheep render are to pay
Ishraq zakat? 40
 Which prayers were essential in the  How many cows render are to pay
early period of Islam? Fajr and Isha Zakat? 30-40
 Standing straight for a short while after
Rukuh is called…….Qauma
 Qauma is……….Wajib  How many bulls render to pay Zakat?
 The short period between two Sajdas is 30-40
called………Jalsa  How may buffaloes render are to pay
 Jalsa is……..Wajib zakat? 30-40
 To sit straight in Salat is  Jiziya is also called……..Poll tax
called…….Qaada  How much of the produce of mine
 How many times Salam is performed in owners have to pay? 1/5th
the Salat? Two  What is the meaning of Khums? 1/5th
 How many Sajdas are in Salat-e-Janaza?
Zero
 What is the compulsory tax on the  When Siyyam of Ramzan was ordered?
produce of agriculture land? Ushr 2 A.H
 How many kinds of Muslims are eligible  Tarawih is a prayer of Ramzan. It means
to receive Zakat according to the Holy To stand
Quranic Verse? 8  Which important Ghazwa was fought in
 Zakat is payable on gold of…….7.5 tolas the very first Ramzan? Badr
 Zakat is payable on silver of…….52.5  Who arranged Namaz-e-Tarawih in the
tolas leadership of Imam? Hazrat Umar (R.A)
 Nisab for irrigated produce  Literally meaning of Hajj is…The will of
is…….10/100 visit
 “Zakat” is the treasure of Islam, who  254. Hajj was made obligatory in…… 9
said this? Holy Prophet (PBUH) A.H
 Literally Roza (fasting) means……To stop  Yome-Afra is called…………Hajj Day
 The fasting became compulsory  The Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
in……A.H for the first time. 2nd performed……Hajj in his life. One
 The function of fasting is…..  Hajj is a pilgrimage of……………Holy
 To purify heart from worldly desires. Kabba
 The commandment for observing Fast  When did the Holy Prophet Muhammad
has been stipulated in the Surah…… Al- (PBUH) offer Hajj? 11 A.H
Baqara  There are………..types of Hajj. Three
 What is atonement for breaking the  In which Surah Hajj has been
Fast? commanded?
 To feed 60 people  Al-Baqara
 It is a door through which fast observing  How many camels the Holy Prophet
people would enter paradise. Bab-ul- (PBUH) scarified? 63
Riyan  Shoot means One tawaf of Kabba
 Which important night falls in Ramzan?  The day of sacrifice during Hajj is
 Lailat-ul-Qadr called……..
 How many days are forbidden for  Yum-e-Nehr
fasting throughout the year? 5  The rite of offering sacrifice is
 In which month virtues flourish and evil performed at Mina
is suppressed? Ramzan  Jamarat on 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th of
 What is the meaning of Aitekaf? the Zil Hajj is performed in……….Mina
Seclusion  Which two prayers are offered together
 Aitekaf during the month of Ramzan is at Muzdalifa on the 9th Zil-ul-Hajj?
Wajib Maghrib-Isha
 Which Rukn-e-Islam is called as shield?  The number of Khutbas during the Hajj
Fasting is………..One
 Which is the Third fundamental pillar of  The first Hajj was performed by
Islam? Fasting  Hazrat Adam (A.S), Hazrat Hawa (A.S)
 Who built the first structure of the holy  When Azan was started? 1 Hijra
Kabba? Hazrat Adam (A.S)  When Tayammum was ordered? 5 Hijra
 What is the fundamental pillar of Islam  Namaz-Ba-Jamaat is how much better
which requires both physical and than individual Namaz? 27 times
financial sacrifices? Hajj  In which timings the Namaz is
 Literally Jihad means To strive hard prohibited?
 Jihad was ordained on Muslims through  Sun rising, suns setting, sun at the mid
a Quranic verse in……(A.H) 2nd  When first azan was read in Kabba?
 The battle was forbidden in Arabs in the  9 Hijri, on the occasion of conquest of
month of…………Muharram Makah
 The word Jihad is derived from the  Which Namaz Allah likes among Nafli
word Juhada Namaz? Namaz-e-Tahajat
 The meaning of Jihad fi Sbil Allah  What the Namaz-e-Jumma and Eids
is……….. create in Muslims? Collectiveness
 Fighting in the way of Allah (Gathering)
 What is the meaning of Qital? Fighting  When is Namaz-e-Kasoof read?
 How many encounters took place  At the time of Solar eclipse
between the Muslims and non-Muslims  When Namaz-e-Kauf is read? When no
during the life of the Holy Prophet rains
(PBUH)? 82  How many Takbeers are in Namaz-e-
 What is the meaning of Rukn? Support Janaza? Four
 What is the plural f Rukn? Arkan  When the order for Tahweel-e-Qibla
 What is said to Namaz in Arabic? Salat was made?
 What are the meanings of Salat?  2 Hijri
Rehmat, Barkat  When first Namaz of Eid-ul-Fitr was
 When Namaz was ordered? read?
 On 27th Rajab 10th Hijri on the  1st Shawal, 2 Hijri
occasion of Mehraj  On Judgement Day, what will be asked
 What is the difference between Kufr first?
and Islam? Namaz  Namaz
 Name the five Namaz  How many times word Zakat is used in
 Fajar, Zuhar, Asar, Maghrib, Isha Makki Surahs? 22 times
 Describe the Farz Rakaats of each  What is the rate of usher for canal
Namaz irrigated Zameen? 5 per cent or 1/5
 Fajar 2, Zuhar 4, Asar 4, Maghrib 3, Isha  Who are not entitled to get Zakat?
4  Parents, Husband, wife and children
 What are the Farz of Namaz (Salat)?  What is the 4th Rukn (pillar) of Islam?
 Qayyam, Rakoo, Sajda  Roza (fasting)
 Which kind of worship is liked by Allah?  How many Arkan Roza has?
Namaz  Three, to restrict eating, drinking and
 When Wazoo was ordered? 5 Hijra sexual intercourse
 What are the objectives of Roza?  To offer sacrifice of goats on 10 Zil-Hajj
 Taqwa, Zabti-Nafas, Shukar after throwing stones at Mina.
 What we say to 1st Ashra of Ramzan?  How many rounds are paid between
 Rehamt-ka-Ashrah Safa and Marwa? Seven
 What we say to 2nd Ashrah of Ramzan?  In which dress Hajj is offered? Ahram
 Maghfrat-ka-Ashrah  What is Miqat? Where Ahram has to
 What we say to 3rd Ashrah of Ramzan? put on. (A pilgrim must put Ahram
 To get rid of Hell’s fire before reaching a point called Miqat)
 From which Prophet’s age Hajj was  What is meant by Shoot?
started?  One round around Khana Kabba.
 Hazrat Ibrahim  Who was the Ameer-ul-Hujaj on 9th
 Describe the Arkans of Hajj Hijri?
 There are two Rukns, Stay at Arafat and  Hazrat Abu Baker Siddique
Tawaf-e-Kabba  How many Sahaba were along with
 What is meant by Tawaf? Muhammad (PBUH) during Hajj?
 To take seven rounds around Khana  More than one Lac or (1, 24,000)
Kabba.  How many camels were scarified by
 What to read while entering Haram Muhammad (PBUH) on that Hajj? 100
Sharif during Hajj in Ahram? Talbia camels
(Talibiyah)  How many camels were sacrificed by
 Which stone of Kabba wall is kissed? Muhammad (PBUH) with his own
 Hajjar-e-Aswad hands?
 What is named to run between Safa  63 camels and the remainder by Hazrat
and Marwa? Sayee Ali (R.A)
 What is said to throw stones at three  What is the difference between Haj and
spots? Umra? Hajj is offered between 7 to 13
 Rami Zil-Haj whereas Umra can be performed
 What is Yum-ul-Tarvia and what is done any time.
on that day? 8 Zil-Hajj, Stay at Mina  What is meant by Mabrood? That Hajj
 What is meant by Yaum-e-Arafat and which is performed to obtain the
what is done on that day? 9 Zil Hajj, goodwill of Allah
Stay at Arafat before Maghrib  What is the distinctive mark of a
 What is meant by Tawaf-e-Qadoom? Muslim colony? Mosque
 First Tawaf on presence at Kabba  Which is the oldest mosque on the
 What is Tawaf-e-Zayarat? Earth? Kabba
 To offer Tawaf between 10 to 12 Zil-Hajj  Who is the oldest mosque builder?
 What is meant by Tawaf-e-Wadah? Hazrat Adam (A.S)
 Last Tawaf before leaving home  Which mosque was built first of all in
Islam? Quba.
 What is meant by Yum-ul-Nehr?
 Who laid the foundations of Quba?
 Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH)
 Where Prophet (PBUH) did hold his  355. How much Surah the Quran
court? contains:. 114. The 356. Nisab of Zakat
 Masjid-e-Nabvi in gold is: 7 ½ Tolas. A Verse of 357.the
 Where was established the first Muslim Holy Quran indicates the name of:
University? Masjid-e-Nabvi Hazrat Zaid. 358. A Muslim female is
 The Prophet (PBUH) himself laboured coffined in: Five Sheets
for a mosque. what’s its name? Quba  359. The original name of Imam Bukhari
 How many mosques are discussed in is: Muhammad bin Ismail
the holy Quran? 4  360. Makka was conquered in: 8 A.H.
 The Prophet (PBUH) used to go to a  361.Qurbani (Holy Slaughtering)is made
particular mosque on every 17th of during Hajj at: Mina
Ramzan. What’s the name of that  362.Jami-i-Quran is taken for: Hazrat
mosque? Quba Usman (R.A). 363.Pious-Caliphate lasted
 When was the construction of Masjid-e- for about: Thirty Years
Nabvi started? 1 A.H  364. Gathering on Arafat during Hajj is
 How many doors are of Masjid-e- made on:
Haram? 25  9th Zil Hajjah
 The Prophet (PBUH) prayed several  365. How many stages the Quran
times for victory in the war of ditch. contains? 7
Name the Mosque? Masjid Fatah  366. Who was the first writer of "Wahi"
 345.Which Surah starts without in Quraish? Hazrat Zaid bin Sabit (RA)
Bismillah? Al-Toba  367.Kitab-ul-Assar is compiled by:
 346. A male is coffined/wrapped in 2  Imam Abu Hanifah (RA)
and female dressed sheets: 2 and  368. Imam Shafi took the office of
Female :3 "Religious Judgment" in the age of: 15
 347. Amount of zakat cannot be used in years
_____ .Mosque  369. What was the name of foster sister
 348. What is Sahihain: Bukhari and of the Holy Prophet (PBUH)? Hazrat
Muslim Shima (RA)
 349. Jehad become mandatory in  370. Namaz-e-Istisqa" is prayer for: Rain
___Hijra: 2 AH  371. Who is called "saqi zam zam"?
 350. Which one is called Masha’ar-ul- Hazrat Abbas (RA)
Haram: Muzdalifa valley  372. What is the number of Ramzan in
 351. Who was the first martyre in Islam: the Islamic Calender? 9th
Hazarat Sumaya (RA)  373. Who advised Abu Bakr (R.A) to
 352. Who first embraced Islam among compile the Quran: Hazrat Umar (R.A)
women: Hazrat Khadija (RA)  374. The Prophet made Hazrat Muaaz
 353. What is Istelam: kissing Hajre bin Jabal the Governor of: Yaman
Aswad  375. Who are the “Sahibain”? Abu
 354. Who collected Quranic verses in Yusuf and Imam Shaibani
one place: Hazrat Usma (RA)
 376. Hajj is not completed unless you  394. Hazrat Umer (RA) appointed as
go to: Arafat custodian of Bait-ul-Mal: (Abdullah bin
 377. “Kitab-al-Umm” is written by: Masud)
Imam Shafi  395. The effective Zakat System can
 378. The foundation of Bait Ul-Hikmah ensure the elimination of: Poverty
was laid down during: Abbasid Period  396. A Verse of the Holy Quran
 379. What is the number of month indicates the name of: Hazrat Zaid (RA)
“Rajab” in Islamic Calendar? 7th  397. Masjid Zu Qiblatain is situated in :
 380. First Mujadid was Hazrat Umar bin Madina
Abdul Aziz. Who was the second one?  398. Who was a Historian, justice,
Ahmad Sirhindi philospher as well as Politician? Abdur
 381. Sahifa Hammam bin Munabih was Rehman bin Khaldun
found by:  399. Which Surah of Quran has
 Dr. Hamidullah Bismillah twice:
 382. In which Surat of Quran there is  Al Namal
mention of Zulqarnain? Alkahaf  400. Had -e- Qazaf (False Accusation) is:
 383. Muslims are the best of all due to: 80 Lashes
Moderation  401. Ada Bin Hatam Thai embraced
 384. Sahib Us-Ser is the nickname of: Islam in: 9 Hijri
 Hazrat Khuzaifa (R.A)  402. Wealth obtained from a mine is
 385. Masjide Khief is located in: Minna liable to: Khumus
 386.Ghaseel ul Malaika is the title of:  403. Sadaq-e-Eid-ul-fitr has been
 Hazrat Hanzala (R.A) proclaimed in the year: 2 Hijri
 387. Who was appointed as Usher for  404. Imam-e-Dar-ul-Hijrat was a title of:
Hijrat-e-Madinah? Hazrat Abdullah bin Imam Malik
Ariqat (R.A)  405.The seal affixed on important
 388. Who was a historian jurist, letters by prophet (SAW) was in the
philosopher, as well as a politician? Custody of: Hazrat khuzaifa (RA)
Abdur Rehman Ibni Khaldoon  406.Ameen –ul-Umat is the title of
 389. When law of inheritence was Hazrat:
revealed? Four Hijree  Abu-ubaida bin Al jaraah (RA)
 390. Who was the last Commander in  407. River Neil was declared as Sayed-
Chief for Ghazwa-e-Mautah? Hazrat ul-Anhar by Hazrat: hazrat Umer (RA)
Khalid bin Waleed (R.A)  408. Umm-ul-Masakeen was the title
 391. Imam Dar ul Hijrat is the title of: given to one of the wives of the Prophet
Imam Malik (SAW):
 392. The word Muhammad (SAW) as a  Hazrat Zainab benet Khuzima (R.A)
name has been mentioned in Quran  409. Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) gave the
only: Four times key of Bait Ullah permanently to Hazrat:
 393. Khateeb –ul-Anbia as a title of: Usman bin Talha
Hazrat Shoaib (AS)
 410. Arafat gathering is held on: 9 Zil  429. The number of famous months
hajj are: Four
 411. Saad Bin Abi waqas is included  430.Jabal-e-Noor is situated in: ghar –e-
amongst the Ushera-e- Mubhashera: hira
 412.Batha Valley is situated in: Makkah  431.The number of Haroof e Maktat :
 413.The longest Surah of the Qur'an is: 29
 Surah al Baqarah  432. Roza was made obligatory: 02 Hijra
 414.Al-Maeen is a Surah in which there  433.Jang e Badar was fought : 02 Hijri
are:  434. Jang e Motta was fought: 07 Hijri
 100 or more ayahs  435.Jang e Ohad was fought: 03 Hijri
 415. "Arbaeen" is the book of Hadith in  436.Jang e Khandak was fought: 05 Hijri
which there are: 40 Ahadith  437.Ghazwa a Tabuk was fought: 9Hijri
 416. Fatwa Qazi Khan is an authentic  438. Sulah a Hudabiya in : 06 Hijri
Fatwa of:  439.Tayumum was made obligatory : 04
 Fiqh Hanafi Hijri
 417."FIDK" garden was bestowed to the  440. In Islamic mode of interest-free
Holy Prophet as: Fay banking: Modarabah
 418.QUBA mosque has been mentioned  441. Dower is paid to the wife as a:-
in: token of respect
 Surah al Tauba  442. The total period of Abbasids
 419. The tile given to the pioneers of caliphate was __ 508 years
Islam was: Assabiqoon al Awwalun  443. “Keemya-e-Saadat” is authored by
 420.The meaning of YA SABAHAHO is: Imam Ghazali
 Oh, Morning danger  444. How many doors are of Masjid-e-
 421.The Master if Hazrat Bilal (MABPH) Haram? 25
during embracing Islam was: Ummayia  445. How many mosques are discussed
bin Khalaf in the holy Quran? 4
 422. Splitting of the moon occurred in:  446. What is Tahleel? Recitation of 1st
Mina kalima
 423.The "IFK" event is described in the  447. Name the 8th months of Islamic
Qur'an in: Calendar__Shaban
 Surah Noor  448. 9th Zil-Hajja is also called: Yaum-e-
 424. The Prophet's stamp comprises of Arfat
these words: Allah,Rasool,Muhammad  449. To which tribe did Hazrat Khalid-
 425. MAUWAZATAIN means: bin-Waleed (R.A) belong? Banu
 Two specific Surahs of Quran Makhzoom
 426. Ozza was the name of:  450. The word Muhammad (SAW) as a
 A specific goddess of Quraish name has been mentioned in Quran
 427.LEA'AN is: A clause of Islamic law only four times
 428.Ashabus sabt means: Jews  451. Imam-e-Dar-ul-Hijrat was a title of
Imam Malik
 452. Ameen –ul-Umat is the title of  470. who called as “Muslim Alexander”
Hazrat Abu-ubaida bin Al jaraah (RA) (d) ?
Abu Saeeed Khuzir (RA) o Sa’d Bin Abi Waqas (b) Khalid
 453. Which one of the following is Bin Waleed Uqba Bin Nafah
included amongst the Ushera-e-  471.Immam __ was born in Egypt. Shafi
Mubhashera Saad Bin Abi waqas 454.  472. The Battle of Badr was fought in
Masjid Zu Qiblatain is situated in the month of ---------? Ramadan
:Madina  473. Allah says, "Wives of Prophet
 455. Had –e- Qazaf (false Accusation) is. Muhammad (PBUH) are mothers of
80 Lashes believers" in which Surah? Surah
 556. River Neil was declared as Sayed- Ahzaab
ul-Anhar by Hazrat: hazrat Umer (RA)  474. Muhammad (PBUH) is called with
 457. Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) gave the the name "Ahmed" in Surah ---- Saff
key of Bait Ullah permanently to Hazrat  475. In the beginning of open preaching
Usman bin Talha towards Islam, Prophet Muhammad
 458. which book is called old (PBUH) stood up on Mount As-Safa one
testament? injeel day and called out loudly "Ya
 459. Name of the son of Hazarat Sabahah!". The meaning of Ya Sabahah
Yaqoob (A.S) whose off-springs are the is? Draws the attention of others to
Yahooda some dangers
 460. Injunction of utilization of zakat is  476. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
in which Surah ? Surah-al Tauba granted a very special privilege, He said
 461. Who advised Abu Bakr (R.A) to " May my father and mother be
compile the Quran: Hazrat Umar (R.A) ransomed for you" to ----------? Saad bin
 462. The Prophet made Hazrat Muaaz Abi Waqqas (R.A)
bin Jabal the Governor of: Yaman  477. " Muhammad is the messenger of
 463. Who are the “Sahibain”? Abu Allah" is stated in Surah ----- Fath
Hanifah and Abu Yusuf  478. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) sent
 464. “Kitab-al-Umm” is written by: his messengers to the kings beyond
Imam Shafi Arabia calling them to Islam. In order to
 465. The foundation of Bait Ul-Hikmah authenticate the credentials of his
was laid down during: Abbasid Period messengers, a ---------- seal was made.
 466. Ghaseel ul Malaika is the title of: Silver
Hazrat Hanzala (R.A)  479. Who established Stipends for the
 467. Sahifa Hammam bin Munabih was poor among the Jews and the
found by: Dr. Hamidullah Christians? Umar Farooq (R.A)
 468. Who has been titled as “Saviour of  480. Name the wife of Prophet
Islam”? Caliph Abu Bakar Muhammad (PBUH) who was daughter
 469. “Conqueror of Egypt” Was:- Amr of Umar Farooq (R.A)? Hafsah (R.A)
Bin Al’as  481. Qibla was changed from Jerusalem
to Khana-e-Kabba in? Shaban 2 A.H
 482. The foundation of the city of  496. Who is called as “Alexander of
Baghdad was laid in 762 during the Muslim World”? Uqba bin Nafah (R.A.)
reign of Abbasid caliph AI Mansoor.  497. How many Rukus are there in
 483. In the Battle of Uhud, Prophet Qur’an? 558
Muhammad (PBUH) selected -------------  498. First Ghazawa (Battle) took place
skillful archers to stay on a mountain between Muslims and Kuffar is Abawa.
(side). 50  499. When did Holy Prophet (SAW) go
 483. Khosroe Pervaiz was a/an --- to perform Hajj? 10th Hijri
Emperor of Persia  500. Kingdom of Khwarzim was
 484. Ibrahim (R.A) was son of Prophet destroyed in 1218-20 AD by
Muhammad (PBUH). The mother of  Changaiz Khan
Ibrahim (R.A) was ---Maria (R.A)  501. Name the battle in which Hazrat
 485. When did Hazrat Hamza (RA) Khalid bin Waleed (RA) participated for
embrace Islam?Fifth Nabavi ( also the first time Mota
Hazrat Umer(RA) )  502. Name the first person among
 486. Which pillar of Islam is declared as infidels of Arabia whose gift was
an armour?Soam accepted by the Holy Prophet (SAW)
 487. What was the important event in Abu Sufyan
the month of 13th Nabavi?Hijrah  503. Abdullah bin Ubay was a Hypocrite
Madina  504. Hazrat Zakariya (AS) was the
 488. What is the seventh belief in Iman- contemporary of Hazrat Issa (AS)
e-Mufassal?Good and bad is  505. Which Prophet (A.S.) was the
predetermined by Allah carpenter by profession?
 489. The conqueror of Central Asia was  Hazrat Zakariya (AS)
Qutayba bin Muslim.  506. The only Surah of the Holy Quran
 490. The last caliph of Ummayyads was which is not started with ‘Bismillah’ is
Marwan II. Surah Al-Taubah
 4491. She was the wife of Hazrat  507. The Holy Book revealed to Hazrat
Ibrahim (AS) and the daughter of the Daud (AS) is Zubur
pharaoh of Egypt Hazrat Hajira.  508. Holy Prophet (PBUH) delivered his
 492. How many Ahadis does Masnad of farewell sermon at Arafat on 10th
Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal contain? Zulhajj.
35000  510.The nation of Samood was
 493. How many Ahadis does Al-Mauta preached by Hazrat Salih (AS).
contain? 1720
 494. Name the first one whose
expression of pride was liked by the
 KHANDANI QUESTION OF PAKISTAN
Holy Prophet (SAW) Abu Dajjana.
STUDY
 495. Who was the compiler of Al-
 ➢ “Mohammad” is the real name of
Mauta? Imam Shafee
Mohammad Bin Qasim and Amadudin is
his Title.He was nephew and son-in-law
 of Hajjaj Bin Yousuf the Governor of Batota was at the court of Muhammad
Iraq (Omayad Period). He came to Sindh bin Taghluq.
in 712.He was tortured to death in Iraq  ➢ Malik Ghazi is the real name of
by Sulaiman. Sindh and Multan were Ghayas ud din Tagluq (1st Tuglaq
conquered by Muhammad Bin Qasim sultan).
under the reign of the Islamic Caliph  ➢ Jauna Khan is the real name of
Walid bin Abdul Malik. Muhammad bin Taghluq. (2stTuglaq
 ➢ The Dynasty founded by Qutbuddin sultan).
is known as Slave dynasty. Qutb-ud-din  ➢ Alai Darwaza was the structure
Aibak was a Turkic king of Northwest constructed by Ala-ud-Din Khilji near
India who ruled from his capital in Delhi Qutb Minar in 1311 A.D.
where he built the Qutub Minar and the  ➢ Iltumish was the first sovereign ruler
Quwwat Al Islam mosque. He was of of the Sultanate of Delhi.The first Sultan
Turkic descent from central Asia, the of Delhi to issue regular currency and
first Sultan of Delhi and founder of the declared Delhi as the capital of his
Slave dynasty (also known as the empir.The Chalisa or the Group of Forty
Ghulam dynasty) of India. He ruled for was the nick name of the forty leading
only four years, from 1206 to 1210 AD. slave officers of Iltumish.
He died while playing polo in Lahore.  ➢ The Sultan Balban called himself
 ➢ Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque is the Naib-e-Khuda or Deputy of the God.The
name of a Mosque built by Qutb-ud-Din Diwan-e-Arz or the department of
Aibak near Qutb Minar at Delhi.The military affairs was created by Balban.
“Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque” and “Qutab  ➢ The maximum number of Mongol
Minar” was completed by Iltumish. invasions took place during the reign of
 ➢ Panipat is famous is a famous town Ala-ud-Din Khilji.
near Delhi. Three important battles  ➢ The state promoted canal irrigation
were fought on this ground. system was initiated by Feroz shah
 First between Babur against Ibrahim Taghluq.
Lodi in 1526 A.D.  ➢ The Lodi Dynasty was founded by
 Second was between Bairam against Bahlol Lodhi.
Hemu in 1556 A.D.  ➢ The Syed Dynasty was founded by:
 The third was between Ahmad Shah Khizar Khan.
Abdali versus Marhata leaders in 1761  ➢ The Buland Darwaza is situated at
A.D. Fatehpur Sikri.
 ➢ Firdausi wrote Shahnama and was  ➢ Gulbaden Begum was the author of
also a court poet of Mahmud of Ghazni. “Hamayun Nama” and sister of Mughal
 ➢ Ibn-e-Batota was a famous Moraco King Hamayun.
Traveler who stayed in the court of  ➢ “Ain-e-Akbari” is the renowned work
Muhammad bin Taghluq for several of Abul Fazal about the government of
years. He traveled over the quarter part Akbar the Great. Abul al Fazl was a son
of the world from China to India. Ibn-e- of Sheikh Mubarak. He was one of the
 Nau Ratans of Akbar the Great. He  ➢ Mullah Do Piazza was a Akbar’s chief
wrote “Akbar-Nama”. advisor and one of Navratnas.
 ➢ Din-e-Elahi was a new religion  ➢ Buland Darwaza was built by Akbar
invented in 1582 by Akbar to create the Great at Fatehpur Sikri to
tolerance and love among people of commemorate his conquest of Gujrat.
India. Akbar prohibited the practice of  ➢ Sadr-us-Sadr is an officer of Mughal
Sati. Akbar the Great was born in Umar Administration. He served as a liaison
Kot. Lahore Fort was built in 1560 by officer between the emperor and the
Akbar. Infallibility Decree was a people.
document signed by Akbar in 1597,  ➢ Madrassa Rahimia was established
which authorized him to act as the by Shah Abdur Rahim at Delhi.
supreme arbitrator in civil and  ➢ Bairam Khan was a tutor of Hamayun
ecclesiastical affairs. and Akbar. He was chiefly instrumental
 ➢ Abu al-Fazal ibn Mubarak was the in the victory of Mughals over Hamu in
wazir of the great Mughal emperor 1556.
Akbar, and author of the Akbarnama,  ➢ Noor Jahan was beloved Queen of
the official history of Akbar's reign in Jahangir. She was an accomplished lady
three volumes, (the third volume is and assisted her husband in the affairs
known as the Ain-i-Akbari). He was also of state.
the brother of Faizi, the poet laureate  ➢ Fateh Ali was the Real name Tepu
of emperor Akbar. Sultan; he was defeated by the British
 ➢ The Din-i-Ilahi (‎"Divine Faith") was a in 1799.
syncretic religious doctrine propounded  ➢ Amir Khusro is called the “Parrot of
by the emperor Jalalu d-Din India”.
Muḥammad Akbar ("Akbar the Great")  ➢ Ghiyasuddin Tughluq was the first
in year 1582 A.D., who ruled the
sultan of Tughluq dynasty.
Mughal Empire from 1556 to 1605,
 ➢ Shahjahan real name was Khurram
intending to merge the best elements
Shihab-ud-din. Shalamar Bagh was built
of the religions of his empire, and
in 1642 by Shah Jahan. Jahan Ara
thereby reconcile the differences that
begum was the daughter of Shah Jahan.
divided his subjects. The elements were
Shah Jahan Constructed Jamia Masjid
primarily drawn from Islam and
Thatta. The Sheesh Mahal (The Palace
Hinduism, but some others were also
of Mirrors) is located within the Shah
taken from Christianity, Jainism and
Burj block in northern-western corner
Zoroastrianism.
of Lahore Fort. It was constructed under
 ➢ Tabaqat-e-Akbari was the name of
the reign of Mughal Emperor Shah
history written by ‘Nizam-ud-Din’ in
Jahan in 1631-32.
1593. It contains detailed account of
 ➢ Moti Masjid (one of the Pearl
Ghaznavids to the 36th year of Akbar’s
Mosques) is a 17th century religious
reign.
building located inside the Lahore Fort.
It is a small, white marble structure
 built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan,  ➢ The head of the Suhrawardia Silsila is
and is among his prominent extensions Shah Rukn-e-Alam.
(such as Sheesh Mahal and Naulakha  ➢ Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya’s Dargah is
pavilion) to the Lahore Fort Complex. located at Delhi.
 ➢ The Wazir Khan Mosque in Lahore is  ➢ Baba Farid Gang Shakar was the first
famous for its extensive faience tile Punjabi poet.
work. It was built by Hakim Shaikh Ilm-  ➢ Waris shah is called the
ud-din Ansari, a native of Chiniot, who ‘Shakespeare of Punjabi literature’.
rose to be the court physician to Shah  ➢ Tomb named Khawaja Moin ud Din
Jahan and a governor of Lahore. Chisti is in Ajmer.
 ➢ The Taj Mahal ("crown of palaces") is  ➢ Hazrat Bullay Shah was a famous Sufi
a white marble mausoleum located in poet of Punjabi language. His tomb is in
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was built the city of Kasur.
(1632-1653) by Mughal emperor Shah  ➢ Mohammad bin Tughlaq introduced
Jahan in memory of his third wife, tokens currency firstly.
Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj Mahal is widely  ➢ Mehmood set out on Somnath on17
recognized as "the jewel of Muslim art
October 1026 A.D.
in India and one of the universally
 ➢ 1st battle of Tarrin was fought
admired masterpieces of the world's
between Muhammad Ghouri & Rajput
heritage". Ustad Isa was the Chief
(1191), Ghori was defeated. In 1192
Architect of Taj Mahal Agra.
A.D, the 2nd battle of Tarrin, Ghori
 ➢ The biggest Mosque built by
wins.
Shahjehan in located at Delhi.Red Fort
 ➢ Ahmed Shah Abdali was the King of
of Delhi was built by Shahjehan.
Kabul.Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated
 ➢ Hazrat Baha-ud-Din Zakiriya was a
Marhatas in 1761 (the Third Battle of
great saint of Suhrwardi branch of
Panipat).
mysticism and flourished in Multan.
 ➢ Pan Islamism introduced by
 ➢ Hazrat Nizam-ud-Din Auliya was a
Jamaluddin Afghani.
Sufi of Chishtia Order.
 ➢ Nadir Shah of Iran invaded Delhi
 ➢ The earliest coming Chashtia order
during the period of Mohammad Shah
Saints to Indian was Khawja Moen-ud-
Rangila in 1739.
Din Chashti and after that Qutb-ud-Din
 ➢ The original name of Sultan Siraj
Bakhtiar Kaki.
Doullah (the Nawab of Bengal) was
 ➢ Hazrat Ali Hajveri (Popularly known
Mirza Mohammad.
as Hazrat Data Ganj Bux) belonged to
 ➢ Sindh was annexed by Birtish in 1843
Soharwardi order. Hazrat Data Gunj
and was separated from Bombay in
Baksh came in Lahore in 1039 A.D. from
1935 vide India Act 1935.
the city of Ghazni.Data Ganj Baksh is
 ➢ Sheikh Ahmed Sirhandi is known as
the author of Kashful Mahjoob.
Majaddid Alf Sani.Sheikh Ahmad
 ➢ Baba Farid Ganj Shakar was a saint of
Sirhandi was born in 1564 and died in
Chishtia order.
1626.
 ➢ Real name of Shah Waliullah was  ➢ In India the first gate of entrance of
Ahmed and his historical name was Europeans was Bengal.
Azimuddin. In Persian language Shah  ➢ Tomb of Hamayun is in Delhi.Tomb
Wali Ullah translated the Holy of Jahangir is at Lahore.
Quran.Shah Waliullah born in 1703. He  ➢ The real name of Noor Jehan was
was died in 1762. “Hujjat-al-Baligha” Mahr-un-Nisa.
was written by Shah Wali Ullah.  ➢ Haren Minar was built by Jehangir.
 ➢ Shah Alam II was an ally of Mir ‘Hiran Minar’ was a favourite hunting
Qasim in the Battle of Buxar in 1764. ground of Emperor Jehangir.
 ➢ During Jehangir’s reign Sir Thomas  ➢ Sher Shah built G.T. Road and Rohtas
Roe and Captain Hawkins visited fort. Imperial Highway is the old name
Moghul court to secure commercial of G.T. Road.
privileges.  ➢ Nasir-ud-Din Qubacha was a
 ➢ Haji Shariat Ullah was born in 1781. lieutenant of Muhammad Ghouri and
Haji Shareetullah of Bengal was the served as Governor of Multan.
founder of Farazi Tehrik in 1802. Farazi  ➢ The Temple of Somnath was situated
Tehrik meant to pay more attention on near the peninsula of Gujrat.
fundamental of Islam.  ➢ Arabic coinage was first introduced
 ➢ Syed Ahmed of Rai Brelli was the in Indian by Jalal-ud-Din Firuz.
founder of Jehad Tehrik against Sikhs.  ➢ Babur the founder of Muhgal
He was martyred at Balakot (NWF) in Dynasty in 1526 first battle of Paini pat,
1831. died in 1530 A.D at Delhi. The tomb of
 ➢ The main aim of Brahma Samaj was Babur is situated at Kabul. Bala Hisar
Reform in Hinduism.Raja Ram Mohan Fort is one of the most historic places of
Roy founded Brahma Samaj. Peshawar. The word Bala Hisar is from
 ➢ Arya Samaj was founded by Persian, meaning, “elevated or high
Dayanand Sirasoti. Arya Samaj was fort”. It was built by Zaheer-ud-Din
founded in1875. Baber.
 ➢ Wardha scheme written by Zakir  ➢ Mahmud Ghaznavi is described as
Hussain. “the first pioneer and path-finder for
 ➢ East India Company was formed in Islam in this country” by Lane Poole.
1600 in London. In India French East  ➢ Badshahi Mosque or the 'King's
India Company was established in 1664. Mosque' in Lahore, commissioned by
British East India Company was the sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in
established during the reign of Mughal 1671 and completed in 1673, is the
emperor Jehangir. second largest mosque in Pakistan and
 ➢ Sultan Abdul Majid was Khalifa of South Asia and the fifth largest mosque
Turkey.Non-cooperation Movement in the world.
was started during the days of Khilafat  ➢ Bhakti Movement is a socio-religious
Movement. movement started by the cooperation
of both Hindus and Muslims in the sub-
 continent to create harmony between 973. He spent his early life under the
Hinduism and Islam.Bhagat Kabir, patronage of Khwarizm Shah. He stayed
Ramanand Dadu and Guru Nank were for a while at the court of Qabus in
its major leaders. Tabaristan where he dedicated his
 ➢ Nishat Bagh: - A garden established monumental work, the Chronology of
by Mughal King Shah Jahan. It is in a the Ancient Nations, to Qabus. In 1017
Kashmir city Sirinagar. Mahmood took him to Ghazni. He spent
 ➢ Pani pat: - A place situated in East several years in the sub-continent and
Punjab. It has seen three historic battles probably died in 1048.
among the local rules of this area. It is  ➢ Balban was son of a Turkish noble of
also called gateway to Delhi. the Ilbari tribe. He was captured by the
 ➢ Razia Sultana: - A daughter of Mongols and sold in Baghdad to
Iltutmish succeeded him to the throne Khawaja Jamal-ud-din Basri. Later in
on the desire of her father. Her father 1232 he was taken to Dehli and sold to
preferred her as his successor over his Iltutmish.
twenty sons.  ➢ Tan Sen was a famous musician of
 ➢ Rohtas Fort: - A Fort located near Akbar’s time. He had introduced a
Jehlum River was constructed by Sher number of Rags in the Indian music
Shah Suri as a defence against Gakhars. industry.
Rohtas Fort was constructed by (on  ➢ Vasco-da Gama was a navigator. He
Sher Shah’s order) Todar Mal. was Portugees. He discovered first of all
 ➢ The Mohabbat Khan Mosque is a a direct route to India in 1498.
17th century Mosque in Peshawar,  ➢ Faizi was famous character of
Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa, Pakistan. It is Akbar’s Court. He was the brother of
named after the Mughal governor of Abul Fazl. He was one of the nobles of
Peshawar Nawab Mohabbat Khan who that era.
served under Emperors Shah Jehan and  ➢ Todal Mal was an advisor/wazir of
Aurangzeb. great Mughal King Akbar. He introduced
 ➢ Purana Qila (Old Fort) is the inner and implemented the Revenue system
citadel of the city of Dina-panah, in the subcontinent successfully.
founded by the second Mughal  ➢ Birbal was one of the Nobels of
Emperor, Humayun in 1533 and Akbar the great. He was one of the Nau
completed five years later.Purana Qila Ratan of Akbar.
and its environs flourished as the sixth  ➢ Gautama Buddha was the founder of
city of Delhi. Buddhism.His real name was Siddharta.
 ➢ The ruler of Sindh was Dahar, son of  ➢ Ashoka was the greatest ruler of
Chuch. Maurya dynasty. Chandragupta was the
 ➢ Abu Raihan Al-Biruni (a founder of Maurya dynasty.
mathematician, philosopher,  ➢ Subuktigin was the Father of
astronomer and a Sanskrit scholar) was Mahmood Ghazni.
born in Khwarizm (modern Khiva) in
 ➢ The foundation stone of the  ➢ From Peshawae to Landi Kotal there
Sikhism’s holiest place “Golden Tample” are 34 tunnels.
at Amritsar was laid by Hazrat Mian  ➢ Dera Adam Khel is called gun factory
Mir. of the tribal areas.
 ➢ “Harilal” is the son of Gandhi, who  ➢ “Kishan Ganga Dam” of India is
converted to Islam but later reverted building up on river Neelam in Kashmir.
back to Hinduism.  ➢ “Gomal Zam Dam” is a hydro-electric
 ➢ “WANA” is the main town of South power and irrigation project in
Wazaristan; “Miran Shah” is the main northwest Pakistan. It sits on the Gomal
town of North Waziristan and River in the South Waziristan Agency.
“Parachanar” is the main town of  ➢ “Makli Hill” is supposed to be the
Kuram Agency. burial place of some 125,000 local
 ➢ Muqtad-ul-Sadr organised the rulers, Sufi saints and others. It is
"Mehdi army". located on the outskirts of Thatta, the
 ➢ “Khar” is a main town in the Bajaur capital of lower Sind until the
Agency of the Federally Administered seventeenth century, in what is the
Tribal Areas of Pakistan. southeastern province of present-day
 ➢ Oldest Mosque of Sub-Continent is Pakistan.
situated in Bhambore.( Sindh in thatta )  ➢ Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of
 ➢ Al-Firdusi and Al-Beruni flourished in Engineering Sciences and Technology
the reign of Mehmood Ghaznvi. (also referred to as GIK Institute or GIKI,
 ➢ Badar-ur-Din tayyab Ji was the first pronounced JeeKee) is one of the top
Muslim President of Congress. ranking engineering institutes in
 ➢ “Badr satellite” program is the series Pakistan. The university is situated
of the robotic of spacecraft missions of beside the river Indus in the mountains
Pakistan. It is the name of Pakistani of Tarbela and Gadoon-Amazai, in the
robotic telecommunication and low Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa near the town of
Earth observatory satellites family. The Topi and in proximity to the lakes of
first of satellites, Badr-1, was launched Tarbela and Ghazi.
on 16 July, 1990.  ➢ . “Margalla Hills”—also called
 ➢ Area of Pakistan in Million (Square Margalla Mountain Range are the
Kilometer) in round figures is about 0.8 foothills of the Himalayas—are a series
Millions. of small-elevation hills located north of
 ➢ “Transit Trade Agreement” between Islamabad, Pakistan.
Pakistan and Afghanistan in 1965.  ➢ Moulvi Munishi Mahboob Alam
 ➢ “My Leader” a biography of Quaid-e- started Paisa Akhbar.
Azam was written by Z.A. Sulari.  ➢ UAE is the second largest buyer of
 ➢ British occupied Punjab in 1849; Pakistan’s exports after USA.
Sindh in 1843 and Balochistan in 1839.  ➢ “Sapta Sindhu” ---- In fact Word
 ➢ Privatization Programme began in Sindh is derived from Sapta Sindhu
Pakistan in 1991. which means seven rivers. They form
 delta for PakistanThese seven rivers  ➢ “Khanpur Dam” is a dam located on
were the source of irrigation of a very the Haro River near the town of
large area of Indian sub continent.As Khanpur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Sindh River gave a name to areas  ➢ Rajanpur district of Punjab has the
located beyond Indian Gujrat and least population density.
Punjab.It is an absolute reality that in  ➢ “Malakand Pass” connected
the old Indian History Hindh and Sindh Peshawar with Chitral.
were two separate countries which  ➢ “Lowari Pass” is a high mountain
were divided by natural boundries pass that connects Chitral with Dir in
created by SAPTA Sinhdu comprising Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
upon seven rivers.  ➢ “Tilla Jogian” is the highest peak in
 ➢ “Pasni” is a medium-sized town and the Eastern Salt Range in Punjab,
a fishing port in Gwadar, Balochistan. Pakistan. Rohtas, Pakistan Fort is
 ➢ Jiwani or Jwani is a town and located to the east of Tilla Jogian at a
commercial port that is located along distance of about 7 km from Dina, a
the Gulf of Oman in the Gwadar District rapidly expanding town on the Grand
of the Balochistan. Trunk Road.Tilla Jogian also finds
 ➢ “Majma’ ul Baharain” or The mention in the epic love poem Heer
Mingling of Two Oceans was authored Ranjha of Waris Shah. For the Sikh
by Muhammad Dara Shikuh. Punjabis there is also significance to
 ➢ Ameer Sadiq Muhammad-v was the Tilla Jogian as Guru Nanak Dev ji, the
last ruler of Bahawalpur State. founder of Sikhism is said to have spent
 ➢ Pakistan recognized People’s 40 days in quiet seclusion at Tilla Jogian.
Republic China in 1950. The Sikhs during the rule of Maharaja
 ➢ “Mullah Do-Piyaza”, according to Ranjit Singh made a stone pond here in
popular folk tales of northern India, was his memory.
among the Mughal emperor Akbar's  ➢ “Ramzay Maccdonald” was the man
chief advisors. who presided over the all round table
 ➢ “Moumin-i-Majmai-Mohammadi” conferences of 1930-32, these all
journal was started from Sindh conferences were held in London.
Madrasa-tul-Islam.  ➢ In 1946, Liaqat Ali Khan Presented
 ➢ The resting place of Imam Bukhari is poor mans budget.
in Uzbekistan.  ➢ Pakistan left Commonwealth in 1972
 ➢ The ‘Silver Fibre’ of Pakistan is when Bangladesh was recognised by
cotton. Commonwealth and Pakistan rejoin
 ➢ “Muslim Bagh" is a town of Qilla Commonwealth as 49th member in
Saifullah District in the Balochistan 1989.
province of Pakistan.It is famous for  Women Protection Bill was passed on
chromite. 15 Nov 2006.
 ➢ MAO College (or Muhammedan
Anglo-Oriental College) was founded by
 Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, the leader of 10.8 cm high and some 4,500 years old,
Muslim renaissance in Indian was found in Mohenjo-daro in 1926.
subcontinent, in 1877 at Aligarh. This  ➢ “Harappa” is an archaeological site in
later became Aligarh Muslim University Punjab, northeast Pakistan, about 35
in 1920. "An epoch in the social km (22 mi) west of Sahiwal. The site
progress of India" - with these words on takes its name from a modern village
his lips Lord Lytton laid the foundation located near the former course of the
stone of the Mohammadan Anglo Ravi River.
Oriental College on January 8, 1877. Sir  ➢ The Red Fort (usually transcribed
Ziauddin Ahmed was the first Indian into English as Lal Qil'ah or Lal Qila) is a
principle of MAO college, who later on 17th century fort complex constructed
become the most famous and longest by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in
serving Vice Chancellor of Aligarh the walled city of Old Delhi that served
Muslim University. as the residence of the Mughal
 ➢ Diamer-Bhasha Dam is constructing Emperors. It also served as the capital
on river Indus in Gilgit-Baltistan, It will of the Mughals until 1857.
produce 4,500 megawatts of electricity.  ➢ Blind Dolphins are found in river
 ➢ Maulana Zafar Ali Khan was the chief Sindh (Indus).
editor of "Zamindar”.  ➢ “Kilik Pass” is situated in karakuram
 ➢ Which Muslim newspaper supported range.
the Nehru Report? Zamindar.  ➢ The land which lies between river
 ➢ Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulak prepared Indus and river Jhelum is called Sindh
the points Simla Depotation. Sagar.
 ➢ ‘Marala’ Headworks has been  ➢ The historic site “Mehrgarh” was
constructed on River Chenab. discovered on the right bank of the
 ➢ District Swat belongs to Malakand Bolan River.
Division.  ➢ When water accord between
 ➢ The biggest market of Pakistan provinces? 1991
export and import is USA.  ➢ Where Rawal dam constructed on
 ➢ The system of ‘Separate Electorate’ river kurrang.
first introduced in Pakistan 1985.  ➢ Doab between river Ravi and Chenab
 ➢ “Mohenjo-daro” (Mound of the is called Rachna Doab.
Dead) is an archeological site situated in  ➢ Bala Hisar fort built by Babar.
the Larkana District of Sindh,  ➢ Who adminsitrated the oath of
Pakistan,on a Pleistocene ridge in the Prime minister to liaqat ali khan?
middle of the flood plain of the Indus Muhamad ali Jinnah.
River Valley, around 28 kilometres (17  ➢ Where copper deposits in? Chagi.
mi) from the town of Larkana. The ruins  ➢ Who supported Pakistan resolution
of the city were discovered in 1922 by from sindh province? Abdullah Haroon.
Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay. A bronze  ➢ Where is Chandka Medical College in
statuette dubbed the "Dancing Girl", Larkana.
 ➢ Where are artificial forest are bieng  ➢ Who is seceratry of state for India in
maintained in? Changa Manga, cabinet mission? Lord Pathetic
 ➢ Which is Pakistan's 2nd largest Lawerance
foreign exchange earner crop is? Rice.  ➢ Share of Punjab in Pakistan by area is
 ➢ Ch. Rehmat Ali coined word Pakistan 25.8%.
in “Now or Never” pamphlet in 1933.  ➢ Liaqar-Nehru Pact on April 8, 1950.
 ➢ C R formula prepared by  ➢ Mast Tawakli was poet of Balochi
Rajagopalachari. language
 ➢ When East Pakistan separated from  ➢ Kahuta Labortries established in
West Pakistan? 16th December 1971 1976.
 ➢ When the Simla Accord was signed?  ➢ Pakistan joined ILO on September
July 3, 1972 14, 1947.
 ➢ What is length of Pakistan-India  ➢ Nuclear power plant in Pakistan was
border? 1610 km established in 1972 with help of
 ➢ After how many years did Pakistan Canada.
get her first constitution? 9 years  ➢ Baba Farid is a 1st Punjabi poet.
 ➢ When first constitution of Pakistan  ➢ Durand line was demacrated in 1893
was enforced? 23rd March 1956 which lies between Pakistan and
 ➢ In which constitution Bicameral Afghanistan.
Legislature was provided for the first  ➢ Pakistan’s first missile is Hatf-I.
time? 1973  ➢ Decimal system introduced in
 ➢ When did Pakistan become member Pakistan on 1st January 1961.
of United Nations? 30th Sep 1947  ➢ Arya Samaaj was founded in1875 by
 ➢ Which country opposed Pakistan's Dayananda Sarasvati.
membership in United Nations?  ➢ Muhammadan Educational
Afghanistan Conference was established in 1886 by
 ➢ Neza e Sultan is an extinct volcano Sir Syed Ahmed Khan.
located in Chagai District, Baluchistan,  ➢ Pakistan lies of the tropic zone of
have deep resources of Sulfur. North.
 ➢ When zakat ordinance promulgated?  ➢ Sardar Atta ullah Mengal was the
20 June 1980 first Chief Minister of Balochistan from
 ➢ “Pathway to Pakistan” book was May 1972 to February 1973.
written by Ch khalique Zaman  ➢ Sir Francis Moody was the first
 ➢ Fatima Jinnah Joined AIML in 1937. Governor of Punjab from August 1947
 ➢ Who prepared Pirpur report? Raja to August 1949.
Syed Mehdi (1938)  ➢ The first Pakistani Postal stamp was
 ➢ When Qaid e Azam met M.K Gandhi issued in July 1948.
1st time in 1916 Lucknow.  ➢ Name of Governor General after
Nazim-ud-Din? Ghulam Muhammad.
 ➢ Real name of Tipu Sultan was Fateh  ➢ Census is made after once in a
Ali. decade.
 ➢ “Khaki Shadows” book was written  ➢ Another name of Hatf III missile is
by K.M. Arif. Gazdnavi.
 ➢ Buddhist emperor Ashoka belonged  ➢ General Ayub khan is the first
to Mauryan Dynasty. elected President and Z.A Bhutto is the
 ➢ State of Kashmir was purchased by first elected PM of Pakistan.
Ghulab Singh for Rs.7.5 million.  ➢ Chaghi is the biggest district and
 ➢ Kashf-al-Mahjoob was written by Kalaat is the largest Division of Pakistan.
Hazrat Ali Hajveri.  ➢ Hussain Shaheed Suharwardi was
 ➢ “Fort William College” was the first Pakistani Prime Minister, who
established at Calcutta (1600). visited in china.
 ➢ Kingdom of Khwarzim was destroyed  ➢ Mother tongue of Quaid-e-Azam was
in 1218-20 AD by Changaiz Khan. Gujrati and the professional
 ➢ Fourteen Points was presented by qualification of Quaid-e-Azam was Bar
Jinah on 28 March 1929 at Delhi. at Law.
 ➢ Pakistan’s first expedition land on  ➢ Allama Iqbal qualified as PhD scholar
Antarctica? On January 15, 1991. from Munich University, Germany.
 ➢ First Provincial elections after  ➢ “Jinnah of Pakistan” and “Zulfi of
establishment of Pakistan were held Pakistan” was written by Stanely
in1951. Wolpert.
 ➢ First edition of Asar-us-Sanadid  ➢ Islamabad was made capital in the
appeared in1846 by Sir Syed Ahmad year 1959.
Khan.  ➢ Radcliffe was a lawyer by profession.
 ➢ Sir Syed Ahmad Khan became Chief  ➢ Day of deliverance was observed on
Judge In1846. 22 Dec. 1939.
 ➢ Z.A.Bhutto wrote the book “Great  ➢ Sir Sikindar Hayat was Chief Minister
Tragedy”. of Punjab in 1937
 ➢ Third Afghan War, Afghanistan  ➢ Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan
gained its independence in 1921. presented ‘Chenab Formula’ to resolve
 ➢ Afghanistan gained its independence the Kashmir dispute.
in 1921 under the leadership of Aman ul  ➢ Dalhousie introduced the principle of
Allah. the Doctrine of Lapse.
 ➢ Afghanistan is separated from  ➢ Abdus Salam was a Pakistani
Central Asia by Oxus River. Physicist and Nobel Prize Winner in
 ➢ Ghulam Muhammad Barrage is also 1979 in physics. What is his
called Kotri Barrage; which is situated contribution to Physics? Interaction of
on river Indus. Elementary Particles and weak forces
 ➢ Cheif election commissioner office  ➢ Habib Bank provided 80 million loans
term for 3years. for making 1st budget of Pakistan.
 ➢ Sher Shah’s real name was Farid  ➢ “Baburnama” (alternatively known
Khan. as Tuzk-e Babri) is the name given to
 ➢ Nightingale Florence (belongs to the memoirs of Babur (1483-1530),
France) was a Nurse. (in creamin war) founder of the Mughal Empire and a
 ➢ Pakistan won gold medal for the first great-great-great-grandson of Timur. It
time in Olympics 1960. is an autobiographical work, originally
 ➢ Babusar Pass connects Abbotabad written in the Chagatai language.
and Gilgit.
 ➢ Pakistan’s first Constituent Assembly  ➢ The doctrine of “Wahdatul-Wajood”
constituted on July 20, 1947. was presented by Ibn-e- Arabi.
 ➢ Saddat Dynasty was founded by  ➢ Before Referendum Sylhet was the
Khizar Khan in 1414. part of Assam.
 ➢ Baglihar Dam is located in Doda  ➢ Banks were nationalized in Pakistan
district on river Chenab. 1974.
 ➢ The first airline of Pakistan is Orient  ➢ Where is Kallar Kahar situated?
Airline. Chakwal
 ➢ Senate of Pakistan is consisting of  ➢ When Pakistan introduced National
104 members after the 18th Identity cards (NIC)? 1974
amendment.  ➢ Which language is prominent in
 ➢ Dr. Zakir Hussain was the first Hazara division? Hindko
Muslim president of India  ➢ Anjuman-i-Hamayat-Islam was
 ➢ The last day of the Quaid-e-Azam established in subcontinent 1884 and
was written by:Col. Illahi Bukhsh Khalifa Hamid-ud-Din is the first
 ➢ The largest Agency of FATA president.
(Federally Administered Tribal Areas) by  ➢ The district of the country having
area is: South Waziristan lowest population density is Kharan
 ➢ Under “Vision 2025” WAPDA will (with a population density of only 4
construct SATPARA Dam on Indus river ppl/km2, Awaran and Chagai share the
in:Northern Areas same with Kharan).
 ➢ “Rohtas Fort” was constructed on  ➢ The first President of America who
the bank river of Jhelum by (on Sher made an official visit to Pakistan was
Shah’s order) Todar Mal. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
 ➢ Hazara division of Khyber  ➢ The Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline
Pakhtunkhwa province comprises five is also known as Peace Pipeline.
districtd including abbottabad,  ➢ Total cultivable Land of Pakistan is
Batagram, Kohistan, Mansehra and approximately 80 million hectares
Haripur. which is the 25% of total land area.
 ➢ The foundation stone of the  ➢ Salahuddin Ahmad is the first Chief
Sikhism’s holiest place “Golden Tample” Justice of Federal Shariat Court.
at Amritsar was laid by Hazrat Mian  ➢ Shahida Milk is the first woman
Mir. General in Pakistan.
 ➢ First Chaiman of SPARCO was Dr.  ➢ “Karez” or small coverd canals are
Abdul Salam. dug to avoid evaporation due to
 ➢ Which Indian religion was founded excessive heat.This method of irrigation
by Guru Nanak? Sikhism. is prevalent in Balochistan.
 ➢ The first Prime minister of  ➢ “Harnai” in Balochistan is famous for
Bangladesh was Mujibur Rehman woollen mills.
 ➢ The name given to the border which  ➢ The village life of Pakistan is the best
separates Pakistan and Afghanistan is depicted in the paintings of Ustad Allah
Durand line Bakhsh.
 ➢ The first Pakistani to receive the  ➢ Z.A. Bhutto government’s land
Nobel Prize was Abdul Salam in 1979 reforms prescribed the ceiling of land
(physics) holding as 150 acres of irrigated and
 ➢ The national flag of Pakistan was 300 acres of un-irrigated land.
designed by Amiruddin Kidwai.  ➢ Under the constitution of Pakistan,
 ➢ The River Indus originates from Lake Fedral Shariat Court shall consist of not
Mansower. more than Eight Judges.
 ➢ Miner - e - Pakistan was designed by  ➢ The Lahore Resolution 1940 was first
Haji Murad Khan (a Russian engineer) called “Pakistan Resolution” by Hindu
and its height is 196 feet) press and newspapers.
 ➢ Barani Dam in Pakistan was built on  ➢ After independence, the first
river Kurram. industrial unit inaugurated by Quaid-e-
 ➢ Hub Dam near Karachi was Azam was Valika Textile Mills.
constructed in 1983.  ➢ The first chairman of Senate after its
 ➢ Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan was creation was Khan Habibullah Khan.
the first lady of Pakistan.  ➢ ‘Khojak Pass’ connects Qila Abdullah
 ➢ Begum Shaista Ikram Ullah was a and Chaman.
first women federal minister of  ➢ Under 1973 constitution,
Pakistan. ‘Bicameralism’ was introduced in
 ➢ In the United Nations, Pitras Bukhari Pakistan.
was the first permanent representative  ➢ Under 1956 constitution, for the first
of Pakistan. time, the president was given the
 ➢ In Pakistan, Sialkot is famous for power to opiont the prime minister at
producing sports goods. his own discretion.
 ➢ Multan is called, the city of “Great  ➢ Under 1962 constitution, ‘Basic
Saints”. Democracy System’ served as an
 ➢ 19 april 2004 national security electoral college for the election of the
counsel eastablished president, central and provincial
 ➢ The first “Barani University” to study legislatures.
and reasearch in rain-fed agriculture  ➢ Senate, under 1973 constitution, is a
land was established at Rawalpindi. permanent chamber which cannot be
dissolved and its one-third members
 shall be replaced after every three  ➢ Pakistan joined OIC in 1969, NAM in
years. 1979, CTBT in 1978, SAARC in 1985.
 ➢ Proclamation of Emergency on  ➢ Hudood ordinance enforced on 10
account of war of internal disturbances February, 1979.
has been laid down in Article 232 of the  ➢ Dr. Abdul Salam awarded Nobel
constitution of 1973. Prize in Physics in 1979.
 ➢ South of the Kabul River up to  ➢ Faiz Ahmed Faiz got Lenin Prize
Kurram Pass lies the Koh-e-Safeid. in1962.
 ➢ The Geneva Pact was signed on  ➢ Gen.Zia imposed Martial Law on Jully
April14, 1988 between Pakistan and 5, 1977 and lifted Martial Law on 30th
Afghanistan. December, 1985.
 ➢ 78 % of Muslim population in  ➢ First satellite Badr-I launched on 16
Kashmir in 1947. July, 1990.
 ➢ Urdu made National Language in  ➢ On 28 May, 1998 five blasts made at
April 1954 it has 37 letters. Chagi, the day is known as Yum-e-
 ➢ Pakistan issued its first coin on 3rd Takbir.
January 1948. Quaid inaugurated State  ➢ Pakistan joined SEATO in 1954 and
Bank on 1st July’1948. Withdrew from SEATO in 1972.
 ➢ Karachi radio station is the first radio  ➢ Pakistan joined CENTO in 1955 left
station after independence of Pakistan. CENTO in March 1979.
It was inaugurated by Liaquat on 14th  ➢ Tashkent Declaration was signed on
August’1948. 10 Jan 1966.
 ➢ Pakistan recognized China in 1950.  ➢ Pakistan national flag was adopted
 ➢ Pakistan made boundary agreement on 11 August, 19477.
with Iran on 21st May 1960.  ➢ Jasmine adopted as a national flower
 ➢ Television started on 26 Nov 1964 at of Pakistan on July 5, 1961.
Lahore and PTV started its color  ➢ Under Indus WaterBasin Treaty
transmission on December 20th, 1976. Pakistan got Jehlum, Chenab and
 ➢ Boundary agreement with China was Indus.On the other side, India got Ravi,
signed in 1963. Sutlaj and Beas.
 ➢ LFO was promulgated on 30th  ➢ A bicameral legislature was
March, 1970 by Yahya Khan. proposed for the first time in 1973
 ➢ PNSC established on 1st March 1979. constitution.
 ➢ Simla Agreement signed between  ➢ Geneva Pact was signed on 14th
Z.A. Bhutto and Indra Gandhi on July 3, April, 1988.
1972.  ➢ Mountbatten came to India in March
 ➢ Nationalization of banks made in 1947.Mountbatten was an officer in
1974. British Navy.
 ➢ Steel Mill founded in 1973 with the  ➢ Plan for the Separation of Indo
aid of USSR in Bin Qasim. Pakistan was announced on 3rd June
1947.
 ➢ Election to the First Constituent had169 seats and Punjab had 85 seats
Assembly of Pakistan took place in in L.F.O.
1946.  ➢ In the 1971 elections out of total 162
 ➢ The Chief Minister of NWFP refused common seats in East Bengal Mujeeb
to salute the Pakistani flag in 1947. Ur Rehman won 160 seats. In the
 ➢ First census of Pakistan was held in elections of 1971 PPP got 62 seats out
1951. Population of West Pakistan in of total 82 common seats in Punjab.
1951 was 34 million.  ➢ Mother of Z.A.Bhutto was Hindu.
 ➢ Afghanistan only country to oppose Z.A. Bhutto studied in Southern
Pakistan's entrance into the UNO California University. Bhutto was
in1947. appointed Foreign Minister in
 ➢ Amir of Kuwait was the first head of 1963.Pakistan Peoples Party established
state to visit Pakistan in 1947. in 1967.
 ➢ Francis Moody was the first  ➢ East Pakistan became an
Governor of Punjab.Governor Moody independent entity in December 16,
imposed the Governor Rule in Punjab in 1971.
January 1949.  ➢ The Qadyanis were declared non
 ➢ Liaqat Nehru Pact announced at Muslims in Semptember 1974.
Delhi in April 8, 1950.  ➢ Friday was declared a weekly holiday
 ➢ Muhammad Ali Bigra formula was in January 1977 by Z.A. Bhutto.
put forward in October 1954.According  ➢ First nuclear reactor was setup at
to Bogra formula the Lower house Karachi 1972.
consisted of 300 seats.  ➢ Rahmat Ali suggested name of
 ➢ One unit bill was brought into effect Pakistan on 28th January 1933 in “Now
on 14 October, 1955. or Never” pamphlet in London.Rehmat
 ➢ Mushtaq Gormani became the first Ali was born in 1893 in a village Mohar
Governor of West Pakistan. district Hoshiyarpur (East Punjab).
 ➢ In the Basic Democratic System  ➢ Rahmat Ali died at the age of 58 in
introducedin 1959 by Ayub the number 1951 and was buried in Cambridge
of basic Democrats was 80,000. Ayub University London.
Khan lifted the Martial Law on June 8,  ➢ Ranjit Singh sold Kashmir for 75
1962. Lakhs. Poonch, a state of Kashmir,
 ➢ Presidential Elections between Ayub fought with Dogra by obtaining arms
Khan and Miss Fatima Jinnah held in from tribal areas.
January 1965.  ➢ Firdausi wrote “Shahnama” and was
 ➢ Ayub Khan handed over the reins of also a court poet of Mahmud of Ghazni.
Government to Yahya Khan on 25th  ➢ PARODA and EDBO were
March 1969. promulgated in 1949 and in 1958
 ➢ Total number of National Assembly respectively.
seats in the L.F.O. was 313.East Bengal  ➢ The “Zamindar” and “Comrade”
newspapers were edited by Maulana
 Zafar Ali Khan and Maulana  ➢ Who said that Cripps Mission was a
Muhammad Ali Jauhar respectively. post-dated cheque of a crashing bank?
 ➢ The First Constituent Assembly was Mahatma Gandhi
dissolved on 24th October 1954 by  ➢ Rakaposhi mountain peak is located
Ghulam Muhammad. near? Swat Valley
 States of Dir, Chitral and Swat were  ➢ Why did All India Muslim League
incorporated in NWFP in August 1969. boycott the first session of Constituent
 ➢ Who united all the Sikhs and Assembly? Because Congress wanted to
founded a kingdom in the Punjab? frame the constitution for
Ranjit Singh  ➢ The North Western areas are Muslim
 ➢ How many members were majority areas. We will not only keep
nominated by Muslim League for the these majorities but will turn them into
Interim-Government in 1946? 5 a Muslim state. Muslims should get rid
 ➢ One unit dissolved on 1st July 1970 of Indianism, it is better for Muslims
 ➢ Fraizi Movement was started by Haji and Islam" who said this
Shariat Ullah in Bangal in 1828 statement? Chaudhry Rehmat Ali
 ➢ When was the first agreement  ➢ Name the poet who had command
signed on Siachen glacier? 1949 over seven languages? Sachal Sarmast
 ➢ What were the key issues for  ➢ The reign of which of the following
discussion in the 2nd Round Table Sultans is said to mark the highest point
Conference? Issue of Federation and of territorial expansion of the Sultanate.
minorities in the Sub-Continent Muhammad bin Taghluq
 ➢ Which religious scholar tried to  ➢ What was the main reason behind
eradicate different innovations from Muslim League Failure in the Elections
the religion? Haji Shariat Ullah of 1937? The organizational problems
 ➢ When did the British Government and opposition by local
Issue White Paper on Constitutional  ➢ The first successful evening paper
Proposals? In March, 1933 from Lahore is Sahafat.
 ➢ When President Zia-ul-Haq enforced  ➢ Lord Harding was the author of ‘My
an interim constitution? 1981 India Years’.
 ➢ What is the old name of Pakpatan?  ➢ Treaty of Lausane was signed in
Ajudhan 1923.
 ➢ Who is the founder of Unionist  ➢ The book ‘verdict on India’ was
Party? Sir Fazal Hussain written by Beverlay Nickolas.
 ➢ On which river Merani Dam is built?  ➢ Ibn-e-Batuta was a Moorish.
Dasht River  ➢ The founder of Two Nations Theory
 ➢ When was the Qisas and Diyat is considered to be Sir Syed Ahmad
ordinance enforced in Pakistan? Khan.
October 13, 1990  ➢ During the Tashkent Agreement the
Foreign Minister of Pakistan was
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.
 ➢ Chachnama was originally written in  ➢ How many Mughal emperors ruled
Sindhi. over sub-continent? 17
 ➢ Friday was declared for the first time  ➢ Who constructed five canals to
as an official weekly holiday by: Zulfikar remove scarcity of water? Feroz Shah
Ali Bhutto Tughlaq
 ➢ Neelum River flows into Jehlum.  ➢ Who is the author of "Hunter par
 ➢ Gilgit Agency was set up in 1873. Hunter"? Maulana Zafar Ali khan
 ➢ Satpara Lake is located near Skardu.  ➢ The Indian forces occupy the state of
 ➢ Mahabat khan Mosque was Jammu and Kashmir on Oct. 27, 1947
destroyed by? fire  ➢ Defence Pact between USA and
 ➢ What is the ranking of Thar Desert in Pakistan? April, 1954
the world? 9  ➢ “A New History of Indo-Pakistan” is
 ➢ What was the main difficulty which written by K. Ali
delayed the constitution making in  ➢ Quaid-e-Azam became the
Pakistan? The distribution of powers permanent president of Muslim League
between Federal and Provincial 1934
Governments  ➢ The Cabinet Mission announced
 ➢ Identify the importance of the their plan on 16th May 1946
Lahore Resolution of the Muslim  ➢ India is constructing Kishanganda
League passed in 1940? It had the Dam in Baramula.
support of the entire Muslim Country  ➢ Which of the following regions of
 ➢ Area around the river is known as Balochistan will be irrigated through
Bela. Kachi Canal Nasirabad
 ➢ Cease-fire line case into existence in  ➢ India has constructed ‘Baglihar Dam’
1949. in occupied Kashmir’s district of oda
 ➢ Pakistan established its first Atomic  ➢ Mahbub-ul-Haq Human
Energy Institute on January, 1955. Development Center is located
 ➢ Pakistan was declared as great ally of at:Islamabad
Non NATO in 2003.  ➢ In the absence of President, who
 ➢ Shaikh ismail the saint, who first becomes the acting President of
came in Lahore. Pakistan:Chairman of the Senate
 ➢ When was the local govt.system  ➢ Nasir-ud-Din-Mahmud was the last
under the devolution of power plan, ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty of the
2001, inaugurated? aug 14,2001 Delhi Sultanate.
 ➢ When Pakistan got first loan from  ➢ Shams-ud-din Iltutmish Sultans of
USA? 1952 the slave Dynasty reigned for the
 ➢ In which year Quaid-e-Azam went longest period.
into self-exile in London? 1931  ➢ The change was effected by the
 ➢ Gandhi called Pakistan Resolution a Queen’s proclamation and the
Moral wrong. government of India Act 1858.By a
proclamation issued on 1st November
 1858, the Queen Victoria announced gave birth to a violent Hindu reaction to
the transfer of the empire of the foreign influences. He also began the
Company to the Crown. Shuddhi movement for conversion of
 ➢ During the War of Independence the non-Hindus, particularly Muslims of
Governor General was Lord Canning. He Hindu origin to Hinduism. In 1882
had assumed the charge of his office in Dayananda formed a Cow Protection
1856.Lord Canning was the first Viceroy Society to rouse Hindu feelings against
and the last Governor General of India Christians and Muslims for slaughtering
sub-continent. cows and oxen.
 ➢ Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (1817-1898)  ➢ A Hindu political organization known
wrote a treatise in 1858 namely Risalah as the Indian Association came into
Asbab-i-Baghawat-i-Hind (The Causes of being in Calcutta in 1876.The Indian
the Indian Revolt). Sir Syed commenced Association was established by a few
the publication of a series of pamphlets, educated Bengali Hindus led by Babu
The Loyal Mohammedans of India.He Surendranath Benerjea. It was
also wrote a commentary on Bible forerunner of the Indian National
know as Tabyin-ul-kalam, which Congress. Muslims had no role in Indian
developed into a scholarly work on Association.
comparative religion.  ➢ In December 1887 a Bombay Muslim
 ➢ Khutbat-e-Ahmadia was written in Badruddin Tyebji presided the 3rd
reply of "The life of Mohammad" session of the Indian National Congress.
(William Myor) by Sir Syed Ahmad George Yalle was first president of All
Khan. In 1868, he produced a India Congress.
documented pamphlet, Risalah Ahkam-  ➢ Sind Madrassat-ul-Islam was set up
i-Ta’am-i-Ahl-i-kitab. by Hassan Ali afandi on 1st 1885 and it
 ➢ Sir Syed founded a school in was inaugrated by Lord Duffern.
Ghazipur in 1863 that included English  ➢ Syed Ahmed Khan born on 17th
as a regular subject in its curriculum.In October, 1817 in Delhi & died March
1864 he founded a Translation Society 27, 1898 at Ali Gargh.Sir Syed is buried
in Ghazipur which later moved to beside Sir Syed Masjid in Aligarh Muslim
Aligarh and named as scientific University.
society.The chief object of this society  ➢ Bankim Chandra Catterjee started a
was to get Standard English books literary movement in Bengal and
translated into Urdu so as to make it identified nationalism with the Hindu
possible for the Muslims to get religion.Militant Hindu Nationalism was
acquainted with the latest started by B.G. Tilak.
developments of Western thought.  ➢ In 1892 Indian Council Act was
 ➢ Sir Syed became member of passed. It enlarged the legislative
Legislature Assembly in 1778. councils and extended their functions.
 ➢ In 1875 Dayananda Saraswati started In the Imperial Council the number of
a movement called Arya Samaj. This additional members was fixed between
 10 and 16, of whom not more than six  ➢ According to Govt of India Act of
were to be officials. 1919 only 3% of population can cast
 ➢ In 1835, English was made official vote.According to Govt of India Act of
language of India. 1935 only 14% of population can cast
 ➢ The original name of Mohsanu-ul- vote.
Mulk was Mehdi Ali Khan. Original  ➢ Counsel of secretary of state started
name of Waqaul Mulk was Molvi in 1858 & dissolved in 1935.
Mushtaq Ahmad.  ➢ Khaksar Movement was launched by
 ➢ Sir Agha Khan remained permanent Inayat Ullah Mashraqi in 1931.
president of ML till 1913. 2nd President  ➢ Independant Party was launched by
of AIML was Sir Ali Mohammad Khan Hasrat Mohani in 1932.
when Agha Khan III resigned in 1913.  ➢ Unity Conference was held in 1932
 ➢ Punjab branch of All India Muslim at Allabad.
League was established by Muhammad  ➢ Wardha Scheme of 1937 headed by
Shafi in 1907.Poona branch of All India Dr. Zakar Hussain.
Muslim League was established by  ➢ Peerpur Committee formed in 1938
Rafeeh Ahmad in 1907.Bengal branch of headed by Raja Muhammad Mehdi.
All India Muslim League was established Real name of Raja Sahb of
in 1909. Mehmoodabad was Amir Ahmah Khan.
 ➢ First Public session was held in Pirpur Report was prepared to
Pattna in 1938 headed by Quaid-e- investigate the tyrannies of Congress on
Azam. Muslims.
 ➢ Jamia Milia Islamia was established  ➢ Sharif Report submitted in 1939 by
in 1920 by Muhammad Ali Johar. Bihar Branch. Sharif Report was
 ➢ Tableegh & Tanzeem were launched prepared to investigate the cruelties on
by Hassan Nizami.Swarajia Party was Congress in Bihar.
formed by Moti Lal Nehru & Hakeem  ➢ Sikander-Jinnah Pact in 1937.
Ajmal Khan.Tehrik-e-Tanzi,-e-Nou was  ➢ "Pakistan was inevitable" by Syed
formed by Saif-ud-din Chakklo Hassan Riaz.
 ➢ Simon Commission submitted its  ➢ Manshor edited by Syed Riaz Hussain
report in 1930. in 1938 till 1947 under Muslim league.
 ➢ Majlas-e-Itehad-e-Milat was formed  ➢ Muslim League National Guards was
by Zafer Ali Khan. set up in 1939.
 ➢ Idea of Round Table Conferences  ➢ Muslim Political Party set up by
was given by Lord Irwin in 1929. Ghulam Hussain Hidyat Ullah.
 ➢ Govt of India Act of 1935  ➢ "Bright Future of Muslims" by Taveel
promulgated on 14 August Ahmad Mangori.
1935.According to Govt of India Act of  ➢ Majlas-e-Itehad-ul-Muslimeen set up
1935 Federal Assembly has 375 seats. by Nawab Bahadur Yar Jang.
According to Govt of India Act of 1935  ➢ Muslim League established it s
Counsel of state has 260 seats. ministries in Sindh in 1943.
 ➢ Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam set up by  ➢ Madressah Rahimiya was established
Shabeer Ahmad Usmani. by Shah Abdul Rahim.
 ➢ Sitara-e-Subho was launched by  ➢ Islamia High School Peshawar was
Zafer Ali Khan in 1917. founded in 1890.
 ➢ Pona Pact was signed on 25  ➢ Kashmir was sold to Gulab Singh in
September 1932.Ambidkar and Gandhi 1845.
were the signatories of Pona Pact.  ➢ Lord Minto came to India as viceroy
 ➢ Mahasabah was founded by Madan in 1905. Minto Morley reforms came
Mohan Maluir. into India in1909. In Minto Morley
 ➢ “Father and Daughter” was written reforms, Minto was Indian Viceroy and
by Begum Shah Nawaz. Morley was state secretary for India.
 ➢ “Transfer of Power in India” was Rowlatt Act was passed in 1919 by Sir
written by V.P.Menon. Sydney Rowlatt.
 ➢ Waris shah is called the  ➢ Montague-Chelmsford report was
‘Shakespeare of Punjabi published in 1918 & became law in
literature’.Hazrat Bullay Shah was a 1919.
famous Sufi poet of Punjabi language.  ➢ Muslim League demanded principle
His tomb is in the city of Kasur. of self rule for India in 1913.
 ➢ Pan Islamism introduced by  ➢ All India Central Khilafat Committee
Jamaludding Afghani. was formed on 23 Sep. 1919.Khilafat
 ➢ Sindh was annexed by Birtish in 1843 Delegation met Lord Chelmsford in
and was separated from Bombay in 1920 under Dr. Ahamad Insari.
1935 vide India Act 1935. Migration Movement (1920) 1800
 ➢ Sheikh Ahmed Sirhandi is known as Muslims migrated.
Majaddid Alf Sani.Sheikh Ahmad  ➢ Non-cooperation Movement was
Sirhandi was born in 1564 and died in started during the days of Khilafat
1626. Movement. Maulana Azad and Maulana
 ➢ Mausm Khan, soldier of Titu Mir was Abdul Bari issued the Fatwa in favour of
sentenced to death. Khilafat Movement.Gandhi announced
 ➢ “Hajatullah al-Balaghah” written by the end of Khilafat Movement.Tragedy
Shah Waliullah.Shah Waliullah born in of Chora Churi happen on 4 February
1703. Shah Waliullah died in 1762. 1922.
 ➢ Haji Shariat Ullah was born in 1781.  ➢ Shuddi and Sangathan movement
Haji Shareetullah of Bengal was the was started at the end of Tahreek
founder of Farazi Tehrik in 1802. Farazi Khilafat.Sangathan movement was
Tehrik meant to pay more attention on started by Pandit Malavia.Treaty of
fundamental of Islam. Lausanne was signed in 1923.
 ➢ Sir John Marshal ordered digging of  ➢ Lord Rippon is associated with the
Moen Jo Daro in 1922.. Hunter Commission. Lord Dalhousie is
 ➢ In Indai English education was first associated with Wood’s Dispatch. Lord
initiated in Bengal in 1835.
 Cornwalls is associated with permanent  ➢ Burma separated from India in 1937
settlement of Bengal. and was made independent in 1947.
 ➢ Moulana Shoukat Ali, the elder  ➢ Sindh asssembley passed the
brother of M. Ali was born in 1872 and resoluation for the creation of Pakistan
died on 28th Nov 1938 and buried at firstly on June 26, 1947.
Jamia Mosque Delhi.  ➢ “Divide and Quit” is wtitten by
 ➢ Jinnah got admission in at Gokal Das Penderel Moon.
Teg primary school Bombay at the age  ➢ Liaquat Desai pact was concluded in
of 10 he studied for 5 ½ months. Jinnah 1946.
went to London and got law degree at  ➢ On 18th July, 1947, British
the age of 18 forms LINCONINN. parliament passed Indian Independence
 ➢ Ratna embrassed Islam on 18th April Bill.
1918 and married Jinnah on 19th April  ➢ Inquilab Zindabad slogan was given
1918. Before that she was Parsi. She by Mohammd Iqbal.
died on 20th Febrary 1929 and was  ➢ Population of Pakistan at its birth
buried in Aram Bagh Bombay.Dinna; the was 34 million.
daughter of Jinnah was born on 14th  ➢ Jinnah Awami league is the first
August, 1919. Dinna married a Parsi boy opposition party of Pakistan. It was
named Navel Wadya. founded by Abudl hameed Bhashwani
 ➢ Jinnah left the lawyership after 23rd in 1950.
March, 1940.  ➢ Ayub khan laid down foundation
 ➢ Pakistan national movement was stone of Quaid’s Mosulem.
founded by Ch. Rahmat Ali.  ➢ On 27th August, 1947. Pakistan
 ➢ In 1945, Labour Party came to admitted as Member of the Food and
power. Agriculture Organization of UN.
 ➢ In 1945 elections Muslim League  ➢ U.S. embassy in Karachi was
won 428 out of 492 seats. established August 15, 1947.
 ➢ In 1946, Quaid decided to join  ➢ Last Governor of the undivided
Interim government in India.In interim Punjab was Sir Even Jenkins.
government Muslim League got  ➢ Hafiz Abdul Majeed was appointed
portfolis of Finance & Liaquat Ali was as Chief Secretary, West Punjab on 18th
Finance Minister. August, 1947.
 ➢ J.N.Mandal was the non-Muslim  ➢ Friday was declared as half working
member who became a minister in day on August 22, 1947.
interim government on ML behalf.  ➢ Iran&Pakistan established diplomatic
 ➢ Unionist’s Ministry was in Punjab. relations on 22nd August, 1947.
Founder of Unionist Party in Punjab was  ➢ AThe Secretary of the Indian
Sir Fazal Hussain.
Ministry of States? V.P. Menon
 ➢ Real name of Gandhi was Mohan Das
 ➢ Liaquat visited India in April 1950.
Karam Chand Gandhi.
 ➢ Quaid-e-Azam died on September  ➢ 22 points of Ulema put on 24th
11, 1948 due to Cardiac Arrest. Jinnah January 1951 by 31 Ulema.
passed away at 10:20 p.m in G.G House  ➢ BBC started its first Urdu service on
Karachi and buried on 12th September, 13th April, 1949.
1948 A.D.Funeral prayer of Quaid-e-  ➢ In 1950, Iftikhar Hussain Mamdot
Azam by Shabir Ahmed Usmani. founded Jinnah Muslim League party.
 ➢ Basic Principles Committee set up by  ➢ Pakistan got status of Test cricket in
the Constituent Assembly to frame a 1952.
draft Constitution. Basic Principles  ➢ Zafarullah Khan served as president
Committee presented its report in of UN General Assembly’s 7th session in
September, 1950. 1962.
 ➢ Planning Board turned into Planning  ➢ Agreement with Canada on first
Commission in 1951. nuclear power station in Karachi was
 ➢ Liaquat Ali Khan visited USA in 1951. signed in 1965.
Liaquat Ali Khan spends in USA three  ➢ Nationalization of educational
weeks. institutions & industries in 1972.
 ➢ Title of the published collection of  ➢ First biogas plant established in
Liaquat's speeches meant to introduce 1974.
Pakistan to the West was “Pakistan,  ➢ In December 1981, Ziaul Haq
Heart of Asia”. announced Majlis-e-Shoora with 350
 ➢ Conspiracy to overthrow Liaquat members.
Government come to light Rawalpendi  ➢ Wafaqui Mohtasib was created in
in March 1951. 1983.
 ➢ Jamilla was the first Muslim girl who  ➢ 8th amendment introduced in 1985.
hoisted Muslim League flag on the  ➢ Nuclear cooperation pact with China
Punjab Secreterat, Lahore (1946). was made on 15th September 1986.
 ➢ First commissioner of Sindh Charles  ➢ Ojri Camp Tragedy occurred on 10
Napier. April 1988.
 ➢ Sindh assembly proclaimed Sindhi as  ➢ The Junejo government was
official language of Sindh in 1972. dismissed on 29th May, 1988.
 ➢ Baluchistan got status of province on  ➢ Zia died on 17 August, 1988.US
1st July, 1970. ambassador who died with Zia was
 ➢ Pakistan standard time was adopted Arnold Raphael.
on October 1, 1951.  ➢ Pakistan’s re-entry in common
 ➢ Indian Forces occupied Kashmir the wealth in 1989.
state of Jammu and Kashmir on October  ➢ First test tube baby at Lahore in
27, 1947. 1989.
 ➢ Hari Singh was the Maharaja of  ➢ Wheat crisis occurred in 1952.
Kashmir in 1947.  ➢ KANNUP was established in 1971.
 ➢ Allama Iqbal’s tomb was built in
1951.
 ➢ Mr. Ghulam Muhammad was finance and star added in the flag February
minister before becoming governor 1949.
general of Pakistan.  ➢ Ayub Khoro ministry in Sindh was
 ➢ Baitul Maal established in 1992. dissolved by Quaid in April1948. Khoro
 ➢ General sales tax, under the is the only man to be prosecuted under
constitution 1973 is a Federal subject. PRODA. PRODA was replaced in
 ➢ Total area of Jammu and Kashmir in September 1954.
1947 was 84,471 sq. miles.  ➢ The Quaid delivered his last message
 ➢ India stopped the passage of water to the nation on 27th August, 1948.
from the rivers Ravi and Sutluj in April  ➢ Khan Qayyum Khan was called the
1948. iron man of NWFP.
 ➢ Quaid e Azam relief fund was set up  ➢ Peer Sahib Manki Shareef founded
in September 1947. the Awami Muslim League party in
 ➢ At the time of division the cash September 1949.
balances of undivided India stood at  ➢ In the East Bengal elections were
about Rs. 4,000 million. held in 1954.
 ➢ India and Pakistan mutually came to  ➢ Martial Law in Lahore was imposed
an agreement that Pakistan would get in March 1953.
Rs. 750 crore as her share.Only Rs. 200  ➢ Ghulam Muhammad dissolved the
crors had been paid as an interim Government of Nazi mud Din in April
installment. 1953.
 ➢ On 15th August 1947 the state of  ➢ Shortage of Salt took place in 1952 in
Junaghadh announced that it had East Bengal.
acceded to Pakistan.  ➢ The First Five Year Plan was
 ➢ Pakistan Fund was setup by Quaid in announced by Chaudhary Muhammad
June 1947. Ali on 18th May 1956.
 ➢ State Bank of Pakistan was  ➢ Principal of joint Electorate was
inaugurated by Quaid-e-Azam in July accepted by the Assembly on 10th
1948.The initial assets of SBP were October 1956 at Dacca.
equal to three Crore.  ➢ Suez Canal Crisis took place in the
 ➢ Karachi was declared Federal area by reign of Soharwardy.
the legislative Assembly in May 1948.  ➢ Muslim family Law Ordinance
 ➢ Mian Iftikhar –ud- din was the only contributed a great deal towards
Muslim to oppose the Objectives generating public resentment against
Resolution in the Assembly. Ayub regime.
 ➢ "The Myth of Independence" was  ➢ According to the agriculture Reforms
written by Z.A. Bhutto. announced in January 1959, maximum
 ➢ Pakistan's flag was designed by two limit of non irrigated lands was fixed at
brothers and name of one of them is 1000 acres. 902 land farm holders were
Altaf Hussain. White strip in the flag affected by the Ayub Reforms.
was added in August 1947 and moon
 ➢ Pakistan launched an operation in was called Hamood Ur Rehman
Kashmir in 1965 which was called commission.
operation Gibralter.  ➢ In his agricultural reforms Bhutto put
 ➢ India mounted upon a three pronged ceiling to land holding at 150 acres of
attack against Pakistan along Lahore on irrigated land. Bhutto announced
September 6, 1965. second package of agricultural reforms
 ➢ Sheikh Mujeeb Ur Rehman in 1977.
presented his 6 points for the first time  ➢ Mr. Bhutto announced to dissociate
in February 1966 at the house of Pakistan from the Commonwealth of
Former premier Ch. Muhaamad Ali in a Nations in 1972.
meeting of All Parties Conference.  ➢ Martial Law was imposed in
 ➢ In 1967 five parties formed an Balochistan in May 1973.
alliance against Ayub Khan which was  ➢ Elections to the National Assembly
called PDM. were held under Z.A. Bhutto in March
 ➢ The old name of Round Garden was 1977.
changed into Nasir Garden in 1966 after  ➢ NADRA was setup in February 16,
the visit of Egyptian President Nasir. 2000.
 ➢ Sardar Abdul Rab Nishtar died in  ➢ The master plan of Islamabad was
1958; I.I. Chandaraker died in1960; prepared in 1960 by MIS Constructinos
Soharwardy died in 1963 in Bairut, And Doxiades of Greek.
Muhammad Ali Bogra died in 1963.  ➢ National Institute of Oceanlogy
 ➢ Ayub Khan took oath as President of established in 1982 in Karachi.
Pakistan in February 1960.  ➢ Pakistan test fired Ghauri missile on
 ➢ Musa Khan was C-in-C before Yahya April 6, 1998.
khan. Yahya khan became C-in-C in  ➢ Jamrood Fort (Peshawar) was built
March 1966. by General Hari Singh Nalwa in 1836.
 ➢ In April 1969, Yahya regime  ➢ Nishta rHospital is the largest
announced Labour Reforms. hospital in Pakistan and was built in
 ➢ Elections could not be held on fixed 1953.
date and had to be postponed till 7th  ➢ Three radio stations were working at
December due to Floods in East the time of partition.
Pakistan.  ➢ 10 seats are reserved for non-
 ➢ Agartala conspiracy was about muslims in National Assembly.
Kidnap and murder of Ayub Khan.  ➢ National institute of silicon
 ➢ Kashmir Mujahideen hijacked an technology was established in 1991.
Indian plane "Ganga" in 1971.  ➢ Hazrat Nizam-ud-Din Auliya was a
 ➢ Army action was started in East Sufi of Chishtia Order.
Pakistan from March 1971.  ➢ Defense Council was formed on 1st
 ➢ A commission was appointed by April 1948.
Bhutto to probe into the 1971 crisis. It  ➢ Pakistan irrigation research council
was founded in 1964.
 ➢ Security Council was formed by  ➢ During the Mughal period,
federal government on October 17, Portuguese traders first came to India.
1999.  ➢ Quaid-e-Azam became the member
 ➢ National data base registration of Legislative Council from Bombay in
authority was set up on 16th February, 1906.
2000.  ➢ Bhutto stepped in as the president
 ➢ The official and national sport of and civilian CMLA of Pakistan on 20th
Pakistan is field hockey. Cricket, December 1971.
however, is the most popular sport. The  ➢ Land reforms announced by PPP
national side won the ICC World Cup in regime on 1st March 1972.
1992.  ➢ In which Constitution Islam was
 ➢ Pakistan qualified for the Golf World declared religion of the state?
Cup for the first time in 2009. Constitution of 1973
 ➢ One goal of the current government  ➢ Urdu declared as official language in
is to see the literacy rate reach at least 1832.
85% over the next few years.  ➢ Which was the first public airline of
 ➢ About 1.7 million refugees from Pakistan? Orient Airline
Afghanistan live in Pakistan.  ➢ Five members were nominated by
 ➢ When was the Constitution of 1973 Muslim League for the Interim-
enforced? 14th August 1973. Government in 1946.
 ➢ Who was the first Captain of  ➢ When the government of Zulfiqar Ali
Pakistan Cricket Team? Hafeez Kardar Bhutto was dismissed and third Martial
 ➢ Who united all the Sikhs and Law was enforced by General Zia-ul-
founded a kingdom in the Punjab? Haq? 5th July, 1977
Ranjit Singh  ➢ What happened to the Constitution
 ➢ Who was the first Chief Minister of of 1973 when Martial Law was imposed
Balochistan from May 1972 to February in 1977 by Zia-ul-Haq? It was partially
1973? Sardar Atta ullah Mengal suspended
 ➢ When Pakistan launched its first  ➢ President Zia-ul-Haq enforced an
space satellite Badr-1? July 16, 1990 Interim Constitution in 1981.
 ➢ Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar  ➢ President Zia-ul-Haq constituted
issued Comrade English newspaper Majlis-e-Shoora (National Assembly) in
from Culcata on 14th January 1911. December 1981.
 ➢ “Al-Halal” Urdu newspaper was  ➢ First Chairman of SPARCO was Dr.
issued by Maulana Abu-Kalam-Azad in Abdus Salam.
July 1912.  ➢ Pakistan set up the first uranium
 ➢ East Pakistan was separated from moving and processing plant in Lucki
rest of the country on 16th December Murwat.
1971.  ➢ First Provincial elections after
 ➢ The first Pakistani Postal stamp was establishment of Pakistan were held in
issued in July 1948. 1951.
 ➢ The system of Government  ➢ Sir Muhammad Shafi coined the
introduced by Constitution of 1956 was name of All India Muslim League.
Federal.  ➢ Nawab Saleem Ullah Khan was the
 ➢ NawabLiaquat Ali Khan was first founder of All India Muslim League.
Defence Minister of Pakistan.  ➢ Constitutional proposal, known as
 ➢ Who is authorized to impose the Bogra Formula, was presented
reasonable restrictions on fundamental before the Constituent Assembly of
rights? President Pakistan on October 7, 1953. The plan
 ➢ After Independence, the first proposed for a Bicameral Legislature
industrial unit inaugurated by Quaid-i- with equal representation for all the
Azam was Valika Textile Mills. five provinces of the country in the
 ➢ ‘The Sole Spokesman’ a book on Upper House. Constitutional Formula is
Quaid-i-Azam and Pakistan Movement the other name of Mohammad Ali
was written by Dr. Ayesha Jalal. Bogra Formula.
 ➢ Shahbzada Abdul Qayyum Khan  ➢ In 1973 constitution Bicameral
founded Islamia College — Peshawar Legislature was provided for the first
institution. time.
 ➢ MajidaRizvi has the credit to be the  ➢ Pakistan become member of United
first women High court Judge in Nations on 30th Sep 1947 and
Pakistan. Afghanistan country opposed Pakistan's
 ➢ In 1946, Liaqat Ali Khan Presented membership in United Nations.
poor man’s budget.  ➢ Sanghata Movement was started by
 ➢ The Quite India Movement started at Dr Moonje.
Bombay on Aug. 8, 1942.  ➢ The subjects were divided into
 ➢ Attlee was the Prime Minister of UK central and provincial by the Act of
at the time of creation of Pakistan. 1919.
 ➢ The Constitution of 1956 was  ➢ Martial law has been declared in
enforced on March 23, 1956; the Pakistan four times. On 7 October 1958,
constitution of 1962 was enforced on President Iskander Mirza staged a coup
June 8, 1962 and the Constitution of d'état. He abrogated the constitution,
1973 was enforced on August 14, 1973. imposed martial law and appointed
 ➢ Ch. Muhammad Ali is the name of General Muhammad Ayub Khan as the
first Secretary General of Pakistan. Chief Martial Law Administrator and
 ➢ First ambassador of Pakistan to UNO Aziz Ahmad as Secretary General and
was Ahmad Shah Patres Bukhari. Deputy Chief Martial Law
 ➢ First general elections under the LFO Administrator.
were held in 1970.  ➢ The second martial law was imposed
 ➢ Pakistan and Afghanistan have on 25 March 1969, when President
Ayub Khan abrogated the Constitution
“Transit Trade Agreement” signed in
of 1962 and handed over power to the
1965.
 Army Commander-in-Chief, General  ➢ The province of West Pakistan was
Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan. dissolved on 1 July 1970 by President
 ➢ The third martial law, politician General Yahya Khan.
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto took over in 1971 as  ➢ Dr. Khan Sahib was appointed as the
the first civilian martial law first Chief Minister of the One Unit,
administrator in recent history, while Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani was
imposing selective martial law in areas appointed as the first Governor of West
hostile to his rule, such as the country's Pakistan.
largest province, Balochistan.  ➢ The first water accord between the
 ➢ The fourth martal law, General provincial governments relating to the
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq overthrew water distribution from Indus River was
Bhutto and imposed martial law in its signed in 1991.
totality on July 5, 1977, in a bloodless  ➢ Nizam-e-Islam party was founded by
coup d'état. Chaudhry Muhammad Ali.
 ➢ One Unit was the title of a scheme  ➢ Yusuf Zulekha was written by
launched by the federal government of Ghulam Rasul.
Pakistan to merge the four provinces of  ➢ Justice Shahab–ud-din was the Head
West Pakistan into one unit, as a of the Constituent Committee formed
counterbalance against the numerical by Ayub Khan.
domination of the ethnic Bengalis of  ➢ Pakistan people’s party was founded
East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). The in 1967.
One Unit policy was announced by  ➢ Name of NWFP was changed as KPK
Prime Minister Muhammad Ali Bogra in 2010.
on 22 November 1954.  ➢ Kargil conflict was took place in
 ➢ The province of West Pakistan was 1999.
created in 14 October 1955 by the  ➢ Feroz khan noon was the PM at the
merger of the provinces, states, and
time of 1958 Martial law.
Tribal Areas of the western wing. The
 ➢ Pakistan has won the hockey world
province was composed of twelve
cup four times.
divisions and the provincial capital was
 ➢ NRO stands for National
established at Lahore. The province of
Reconciliation Order.
East Bengal (now Bangladesh) was
 ➢ Auditor General of Pakistan is
renamed East Pakistan with the
appointed by President.
provincial capital at Dacca. The federal
 ➢ Bahardur Shah Zafar buried in
government moved the country's
Rangoon.
capital in 1959 from Karachi to
Rawalpindi (serving as provisional  ➢ RCD formed by Pakistan, Iran and
capital until Islamabad was ready), Turkey.
whilst the federal legislature moved to  ➢ First SAARC summit was held in 1985
Dacca. at Dhaka.
 ➢ Quaid-e-Azam Address the
Constituent Assembly for the first time
 on 11 August 1947. He was the first  ➢ Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan was
President of the Constituent Assembly. the first Muslim woman ambassador
 ➢ Ghulam Muhammad dissolved the and Doyen of the Diplomatic Corps
Federal Assembly on 24 October, 1954. (while in the Netherlands), First Muslim
 ➢ In January 24, 1959, the first woman Governor (of Sindh province in
agriculture reforms were introduced in the mid–1970s), First Muslim woman
Pakistan. Chancellor of a university (all the
 ➢ Abdul Qadeer Khan Nuclear universities in Sindh) First Muslim
Research Laboratories was set up in woman delegate to the UN, and First
Kahuta in 1976. Muslim woman to win the United
 ➢ F. M. Khan was the first Chief Nations Human Rights Award, First
Election Commissioner of Pakistan. Muslim woman to receive the Woman
 ➢ Muhammad Ali Jinnah was awarded of Achievement Medal, (1950).
the title of the Quaid-i-Azam in1938.  ➢ The second nuclear power plant of
 ➢ The Unionist Party, a secular party, Pakistan is functioning in Chasma since
was formed to represent the interests 2001 by the help of China.
of Punjab's large feudal classes and  ➢ SAARC was formed in Dhaka on
gentry. Sir Sikandar Hyat Khan, Sir Fazli December 8, 1985. First Summit of
Husain and Sir Chhotu Ram were the SAARC was held in 1985 in Dhaka
co-founders of the party. (Bangladesh).
 ➢ Radcliffe Award was announced on  ➢ Sir Muhammad Zafarullah took part
17th August 1947. in the Round Table Conference of 1930-
 ➢ Uqba bin Nafah (R.A.) is called as 32 and was the first foreign minister of
“Alexander of Muslim World”. Pakistan.
 ➢ Abdur Rab Nishtar is the eminent  ➢ After independence the first radio
leader of Pakistan movement who in station was established at Karachi.
1949 took over as the first governor of  ➢ The Government of India Act 1935
Punjab and later on became the was fully enforced in April, 1937.
president of Pakistan Muslim League.  ➢ Rebindra Nath Tagor the first Asian
 ➢ Allama Shabir Ahmad Usmani who received literature Nobel Prize in
formed a party of Ulema called Jamiat 1913.
Ulema-e-Islam.  ➢ Muslims observed ‘Day of
 ➢ The Kargil War also known as the Deliverance’ on December 22, 1939
Kargil conflictwas an armed conflict (End of Congress ministries).
between India and Pakistan that took  ➢ Mulvi Abdl Haq is called “Baba-e-
place between May and July 1999 in the Urdu”.
Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere  ➢ The famous resolution, which came
along the Line of Control (LOC). to be known as Pakistan Resolution was
 ➢ Dr Shama Khalid is the first woman moved by Maulvi Fazal-ul-Haq and
assuming governorship in the country’s passed unanimously on 23rd March
history. 1940.
 ➢ The institution of Mohtasib was  ➢ Maulana Zafar Ali khan is the author
established by Presidential Order 1983. of "Hunter par Hunter".
 ➢ Objective Resolution was passed by  ➢ Faiz Ahmed Faiz was convicted in
the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan Rawalpindi Conspiray Case.
on March 12, 1949.  ➢ In Sept: 1958 Gawadar was bought
 ➢ The state bank inaugurated on 1st by Khan of Kalat at 40 lacs pounds from
July 1948 by Quaid-e-Azam and Zahid Oman.
Hussain is the first governor of State  ➢ Pakistan becomes ‘Republic’ in 1956.
Bank.  ➢ Vasco-da-Gama comes to India in
 ➢ Iskendar Mirza had the shortest 1498.
tenure as Governor - General of  ➢ Brahmo Samaj is a quasi-Protestant,
Pakistan. theistic movement within Hinduism,
 ➢ Liaquat - Nehru pact was announced founded in Calcutta in 1828 by Ram
at Delhi on April 18, 1950. Mohun Roy.
 ➢ Sir Syed Ahmad Khan advocated the  ➢ Arya Samaj is a Hindu reform
inclusion of Indians in Legislative movement founded by Swami
Council in his famous book, “Causes of Dayananda on 7 April 1875.
the Indian Revolt”, as early as 1860.  ➢ Prarthana Samaj is founded by Dr.
 ➢ Altaf Hussain Hali refers to Sir Syed Atmaram Pandurang in 1867 with an
as Father of Muslim India and Father of aim to make people believe in one God
Modern Muslim India. and worship only one God.
 ➢ In 1917 Kheiri Brothers suggested a  ➢ East India Company occupied Punjab
plan of partition of India in conference in 1849; Sindh in 1843 and Balochistan
of the Socialist International held in in 1839.
Stockholm.  ➢ The “Rashmi Roomal” Movement of
 ➢ The Regional Cooperation for 1905 was initiated by Maulana
Development (RCD) was established Mahmood Hassan.
among Pakistan, Iran and Turkey in  ➢ The “Asrar-us-Sanadeed” was
1964 and was annulled in 1979. compiled by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.
 ➢ Quaid-e-Azam called Islam "Our  ➢ Pirpur Committee was formed in
bedrock and sheet anchor" while 1938 and it was headed by Raja
addressing Muslim Students Peshawar. Muhammad Mehdi of Pirpur.
 ➢ Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime  ➢ “Reconstruction of Religious
Minister of Pakistan, while addressing a Thoughts in Islam” was written by
meeting at Rawalpindi was assassinated Allama Muhammad Iqbal.
on Oct 16, 1951.  ➢ Chief Justice of Lahore High Court,
 ➢ Anjuman-e-Islamia Punjab was Justice Abdur Rasheed administered the
founded for the renaissance of Islam in oath of M.A. Jinnah.
1859.  ➢ Muhammad Ali Jinnah administered
 ➢ Feroz Shah Tughlaq constructed five the oath of Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan as the
canals to remove scarcity of water. first Prime Minister of Pakistan.
 ➢ Qazi Issa was appointed Pakistan's • Name the founder of the Aligarh
ambassador to Iran. Movement? Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
 ➢ The last Nawab of Bahawalpur is Sir • Name of the books written by Shah
Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V. Waliullah? Hajjat-ul-Baligha, Fyuz-i-
 ➢ Mehrgarh is located near the Bolan Harmain Sharifan
Pass, to the west of the Indus River • In which year did Jinnah join the Muslim
valley and between the Pakistani cities League? In 1913 ( request of M.Ali
of Quetta, Kalat and Sibi. Johar)
 ➢ Ranikot Fort is the world's largest • In which year Jinnah left the Congress?
fort with a circumference of about 26 In 1920 ( left imperial legislative 1919)
km or 16 miles. Since 1993, it has been • Who was the Muslim League leader
on the list of tentative UNESCO World who opposed Jinnah's decision to
Heritage Sites. It is located in the Kirthar boycott the Simon Commission of
Range, about 30 km southwest of Sann, 1927? Sir Shafi.
in Jamshoro District, Sindh, Pakistan. It • For what period of time is the National
is approximately 90 km north of Assembly elected? For five years.
Hyderabad. • What is the period of time for the
 ➢ The Kot Diji Fort, formally known as election of the Senate? 6 years.
Fort Ahmadabad, dominates the town • What is the present literacy rate in
of Kot Diji in Khairpur District, Pakistan Pakistan? 57 percent.
about 25 miles east of the Indus River at • Which university in Pakistan was
the edge of the Nara-Rajisthan Desert. founded before independence? The
• Name the founder of the All India Punjab University ( oldest)
Muslim League? Sir Nawab Saleem • Name a famous Sufi poet of Sindh. Shah
Ullah Khan Abdul Latif Bhitai.
• The first country recognized Pakistan • In which year was the second Islamic
after independence was ?Iran Summit held? 1974 ( Lahore)
• The longest serving Chief Justice of • Name the treaty signed by India and
Pakistan was? Justice A.R. Cornelius Pakistan after the 1965 war? Tashkent
• The first Dry Port in Pakistan was Treaty (10 jan. 1966)
established in 1974 at? Lahore • Which is the place of highest rainfall?
• The oldest news agency of Pakistan is: ? Murree
Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) • Which is the largest park in Pakistan?
• Who was the father of Shah Abdul Aziz? National Park Islamabad.
Shah Waliullah. • Which is the largest seaport in
• What is the total area of Islamabad? Pakistan?Monora (Karachi).
906 Sq.Km • Which is the largest Library in Pakistan?
• Who first translated the Holy Quran Punjab Public Library.
into Persian? Shah Waliullah. • Which is the largest Museum in
• Who first translated the Holy Quran Pakistan? National museum karachi.
into Urdu? Shah Abul Qadir. • Which is the largest and oldest
university of Pakistan?
 Punjab University Lahore. • Largest dam and Hydel power station of
• Which is the largest Mosque in Pakistan Tarbela dam built in 1976
Pakistan? Faisal Mosque. • On which date the first session of
• Which is the largest and busiest railway National Assembly was held? 11 August,
station in Pakistan? Lahore. 1947
• Which is the largest platform in • What is the length of coastal line of
Pakistan? Platform of Rohri Station. Pakistan? 1046 Km
• Which is the longest road in Pakistan? • Islam was declared state religion of
Pakistan Highway. Pakistan? In 1973
• Which is the longest Railway line in • Which is the shortest river of Pakistan?
Pakistan? Karachi to Peshawar. Ravi
• Which is the highest road in Pakistan? • The constitution of Pakistan can be
Karakoram Highway. amended? With Two-Third majority in
• Which is the largest railway workshop Parliament
in Pakistan? Mughalpura Workshop • Who was the first Muslim Governor of
Lahore. Sindh? Ghulam Hussain Hadaiyatullah.
• Which is the largest industrial plant in • Who was the first Muslim C-N-C of Pak
Pakistan? Pakistan Steel Mills Karachi. Army? Gen Muhammad Ayub
• Which is the smallest province in • Which constitution of Pakistan state
respect of Area? NWFP. that President and Prime Minister must
• Which is the largest city with respect of be Muslims? 1973 Constitution
Area and population? Karachi. • Who was the first Governor of Khyber
• Which is the most modern city? Pakhtunkhwa? M. Khursheed.
Islamabad. • Who was the first C.N.C of Pakistan
• The minimum annual rainfall in Pakistan Navy? Admiral Muhammad Siddiq
was recorded at? Nokkundi • Identify the terminating point of
• “Pakistan inTwentieth Century A Pakistan Motorway M-8? Gwadar
Political History" is a book written by? • The proposed plan of M-4 of Pakistan
Lawrence Ziring Motorway shall be completed?
• The Federally Administrated Tribal Area Faisalabad to Multan
consists of? Seven political agencies and • Which year is celebrated in Pakistan as
six frontier regions. visit to Pakistan to promote Tourism
• P.O.N.M stand for? Pakistan Oppressed Industry? 2001.
Nations Movement. • To settle the water dispute between
• Kilik Pass is situated in? Karakoram Pakistan and India Sindh Tass
range. Agreement was signed in 1960 with the
• Among the world largest cotton help of? World Bank
growing countries Pakistan stands for? • What is the length of famous "Khyber
4th Pass"? 53 Km.
• Toot oil and natural gas field is located • The Population density in Punjab per
in? Punjab. square Kilometers is? 353 persons.
• Pakistan is separated from Tajikistan • The National Tree of Pakistan? Deodar.
by? Wakhan. • Which bird is national bird of Pakistan?
• Age of the retirement of Supreme Court Chakor.
Judge of Pakistan is? 65 years. • Which is the national animal of
• Anza Missile is? Surface to air missile. Pakistan? Markhor.
• Ranikot Fort is situated near the city of? • National game of Pakistan? Hockey.
Hyderabad. • National flower of Pakistan?
• Under the Indus Basin Treaty 1960, the Jasmine(chambali).
water of rivers awarded to Pakistan • Pakistan had joined Baghdad
are? Indus, Jehlum, Chenab. Pact/Central Treaty Organization in
• The standard time of Pakistan is? 5 1955 along with? Iran, Iraq and Turkey.
hours ahead of Greenwhich time. • Identify the longest glaciers of Pakistan?
• When did Pakistan win its first hockey Siachen.
gold medal in Asian Games? 1958 • "Warsak Dam" has been built on the
Tokyo. river Kabul in1960
• On which river Guddu, Sukkur and Kotri • Which Province of Afghanistan shows
barrage are situated? Indus Rivers. border with Pakistan? Paktya
• Who was first Muslim CNC of Pakistan • What is the length of border between
Air Force? Air Marshal Asghar Khan. Pakistan and Afghanistan? 2252 Km.
• When Pakistan Joined Anglo-American • The total length of 'Line of Control' in
Defence Pacts or SEATO in 1954. Kashmir is about? 720 Km. (Through
• 24th Parallel Line is the boundary line Simla agreement 1972)
which was declared between? Pakistan • The Atomic Energy Commission of
and India Pakistan was established in? 1956.
• Pakistan joined the Nuclear Club in? 28 • Karachi Nuclear Power plant was
May 1998 established in 1972 with the assistance
• The only Pakistan poet who has been of: Canada.
awarded the Lenin Prize was? Faiz • Chashma Nuclear plant was established
Ahmad Faiz (1961) with the assistance of:China.
• General Pervez Musharraf took over the • Which Prime Minister of Pakistan had
control of Pakistan on? 12 October, the shortest tenure? Gen. Ayub Khan.
1999 • The cultural centre of Gandhara
• According to the 1998 census the civilization was situated at? Taxila
population of Pakistan living in Rural • National Police Academy is situated in?
Areas was? 67.5 percent Islamabad
• Pakistan's first Agriculture University • After Siachen the second largest glacier
was established in? Faisalabad of Pakistan? Batura.
• Pakistan became full member of NAM • Which lake is considered to be Asia's
1979 (Hawana). greatest reserve of migratory birds?
• In the National Anthem of Pakistan Haleji lake.
"Jan-i-Tstaqlal" stands for? Inspiration • The largest desert of Pakistan? Thar in
of our future. Sindh
• Largest Agency of FATA in term of Area • Which is the highest railway station in
is? South Waziristan Pakistan? Khan Mehtar Zai
• Area of Balochistan is? 3,47,190 Sq. Km. • When the National Anthem was played
• Total area of Sindh is? 140,914 sq. Km. in Pakistan 1st time? 14th August 1954.
• Total Area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa? • When Pakistan became the member of
74521 Sq. Km. UNO? 30 September 1947.
• Gen Zia died in air accident on? 17th • Who is the first President of Pakistan
August, 1988. and last Governor-General of Pakistan?
• On 6th August 1990 caretaker Sikandar Mirza.
government was established under? • The first coin of Pakistan designed by?
Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi. Brandly.
• Total number of seats of NA reserved • Who took the oath of Governor-General
for women in the October 2002 of Pakistan from Quaid-eAzam.Justice
election? 60 seats. Abdul Rasheed.
• Total number of seats of Punjab • Which country opposed Pakistan to
Assembly are? 371 seats become the member of UNO?
• The total number of seats in Sindh Afghanistan
Assembly? 148 seats. • Who became the first president of
• Total number of seats in Khyber Pakistan Muslim League? Ch. Khaleeq-
Pakhtunkhwa Assembly? 124 seats uz-Zaman
• Total number of seats in Balochistan? • Which lake is the largest in Pakistan,
65 seats situated in Dadu? "Lake Mancher"
• Who was the first Chief Minister of • Pakistan’s highest mountain peak K-2 is
Punjab after independence? Iftikhar located in? Karakoram range.
Hussain Mamdot. • Who was the architect of Second
• Pakistan forest institution is located in? Constitution? Ayub Khan.
Peshawar. • The Soan and Haro are the two rivers
• The oldest Barrage on Indus is? Sukkur of? Potohar Plateau
Barrage(1932) • The area lying between river Beas and
• The first Pakistani who became the river Ravi is called? Bari Doab
Judge of International Court of Justice? • 'Kashmir Solidarity Day'. is observed in
Sir Zafarullah Khan. Pakistan each year on? 5 Feb.
• On March 23, 2000 Pakistan had • The Province of Pakistan which covers
manufactured a modern tank liaison the largest area 43% is? Balochistan
with China by name of? Al-Khalid. (Punjab 25.8 percent)
• On July 9, 1948 Pakistan issued its first? • The Second Prime Minister and
Postal stamp Governor of Pakistan? Nazimuddin
• When Pakistan recognized the People's • Who is the first woman Prime Minister
Republic of China? 4th January 1950. of Pakistan? Benazir Bhutto
• Who was the first Pakistan's • Who had the longest period of rule to
Ambassador to the People's Republic of his credit? Gen Zia-ul-Haq
China? N.A.M. Raza.
• Who had shortest tenure of President? • Z.A. Bhutto took oath as President
Z.A. Bhutto under the Provisional Constitution on?
• Who had shortest tenure as Governor- 21st April 1972.
General of Pakistan? Khawaja • The new capital of Pakistan was given
Nazimuddin the name of Islamabad on? 24th Feb
• Point out the name of first Governor of 1959.
State Bank? Zahid Hussain • Gen. Ayub Khan suspended Iskandar
• Who was the first Female Governor? Mirza on? 27th October 1958
Begum Rana Liaquat Ali • The Qadianis were declared as minority
• Who was the first Chief of Staff of the in the National Assembly on? 7th
Armed Forces? Gen. Tikka Khan. September 1974.
• Who was the first Chief Justice of • When Zakat and Ushr Ordinance was
Pakistan? Justice Abdul Rashid enforced? 20th June 1980
• Who was the first Chief of the Air • Muhammad Khan Junejo took oath as
Force? Air Marshal Zafar Ahmad Prime Minister of Pakistan on? 23rd
• Who was the First Chief of Staff of the March 1985.
Navy? Hafeez Ahmad • One Unit was formed in? 1955
• Who was the First Chairman Joint Chiefs • Gwadar became the part of Pakistan in?
of Staff Committee? General 1958
Muhammad Sharif • Balochistan was given status of
• Which is the highest Military award in Province? 1970
Pakistan? Nishan-e-Haider • West Pakistan was divided into four
• Which is the highest Civil award of provinces in? 1973
Pakistan? Nishan-e-Pakistan • The post of C.N.C was changed in Chief
• Which is the coldest place of Pakistan? of Staff? 1976.
Sakardo • Banks were nationalized in Pakistan in?
• The area of Pakistan is? 796,096 sq Km. 1974
• The first recipient of Nishan-e-Haider • Karakoram highway which was
was? Capt. Sarwar Shaheed completed In 15 years was formally
• Famous lake Saif ul Maluk is located in? opened in? 1978
Kaghan • River Indus enters in Pakistan near?
• The length of Indus River? 2896 Km. Chelas
• Who headed the commission formed by • Youm-e-Fazia is observed on? 7th
Ayub Khan for drafting the 1962 September
Constitution? Manzoor Qadir • Rawal Dam is near Islamabad on Kurang
• The number of seats of National river
Assembly won by Awami League in the • Chaman is famous for? Fruit
1970 election? 160 • Lal Suhanra Park is in? Bahawalpur
• Bangladesh came into existence on? • RCD agreement concluded between
16th December 1971. Turkey Iran and Pakistan on? 21st July
• The number of Articles included in the 1964
constitution of 1973? 280 • Where is Masjid Wazir Khan? Lahore.
• Federal Sharit Court was established in? with immediate effect on 16th
1979 December 2009
• Nationalization of industries was • What is the full name of Kerry-Lugar
started by? Z.A. Bhutto Bill? Enhanced Partnership with
• Qisa Khawani Bazar is in? Peshawar Pakistan Act of 2009
• Bolan Pass meets? Quetta with • Under ‘Enhanced Partnership with
Afghanistan Pakistan Act of 2009’ what will USA
• Boundary line between Azad Kashmir provide Pakistan? $ 1.5 billion annually
and Occupied Kashmir is called Control • For how long Pakistan would get the US
Line (720Km) aid under Kerry-Lugar bill? 5 years
• Boundary between India and Pakistan • How much total US aid will flow to
demarcated by Sir Cyril Radcliff is called Pakistan under Kerry-Lugar bill over the
Radcliff Line five years? US$ 7.5 billion
• In Rann of Kutch dispute in 1965, • Gilgit-Baltistan (empowerment and Self-
Pakistan declared frontier between Governance) Order, 2009 was approved
Pakistan and India is 24th Parallel Line on August 29, 2009
• Which city of Pakistan is known as the • 7th NFC award was signed by prime
‘City of Colleges’? Lahore minister and other chief ministers of all
• What is Pakistan's major export? Taxtile provinces on 30th December 2009.
industry (Cotton) (second rice) • Shahbaz Airbase is located in
• The Quaid-i-Azam was born in Wazir Jacobabad.
Mension Karachi • Shamsi Airbase is located in Quetta.
• Which is the first newspaper of Urdu • “In the line of Fire” is the autobiography
language? Jam-e-Jahan Numma (1st of General Pervez Musharraf
Pakistani __ Amroz) • Who wrote “Freedom Movement of
• When Radcliffe Award was announced? India”? I.H.Qureshi
17th August 1947 • “Reconstruction of Religious Thoughts
• Which of the following king has in Islam” is written by Allama Iqbal
introduced Land Revenue system in • “The Idea of Pakistan” is a famous book
subcontinent? Sher Shah Suri written by Stephen Philip Cohen
• Talbul project is disputed between • Pakistan, the Heart of Asia is written by
Pakistan and India. Liaquat Ali Khan.
• Mehdi Shah was elected first Chief • Who wrote India wins Freedom?
Minister of Gilgit Baltistan. Maulana Abu’al Kalam Azad
• Rah-e-Rasat Operation was started by • The writer of The Spirit of Islam is Amir
Army of Pakistan in Swat Ali
• Rah-e-Nijat Operation was started by • Struggle for Pakistan was written by I.H.
Army of Pakistan in South Waziristan Qureshi
• 17 Member bench of SC has declared • The author of Pathway to Pakistan is
NRO null & void and unconstitutional all Choudhry Khaliquzzaman
cases withdrawn under NRO reopen • The writer of Friends Not Masters is
Ayub Khan
• 'Daughter of the East' book is written by • Khushal Khan Khatak and Rehman Baba
Benazir Bhutto are two famous Pushto poets.
• Democracy and Authoritarianism in • The State Bank was inaugurated by
South Asia book is written by Ayesha Quaid-e-Azam on 1st July 1948.
Jalal • The first constitution of Pakistan came
• The State of Martial Rule book is into force on 23rd March 1956 and
written by Ayesha Jalal cancelled on 7 oct 1958.
• Self and Sovereignty book is written by • Pakistan's second Governer General
Ayesha Jalal and 2nd Prime Minister was Khawaja
• The Making of Pakistan book is written Nazimuddin.
by K. K. Aziz • Sui gas was found in the year 1952.
• The Emergence of Pakistan book is • The first meeting of the Muslim League
written by Ch. Mohammad Ali took place in 1907 at Karachi and
• Towards Pakistan book is written by presided by Adam je pir bhai.
Waheed-uz-Zaman • The Cripps Mission visited India in 1942
• A Passage to India book is written by • Songs of blood and swords book is
E.M. Forster written by Fatima Bhutto
• The old name of Dhaka is Jehangir • The old name of Lahore City is
Nagar Mahmoodpur.
• What is the old name of Jaccoabad? • What is the name of Hyderabad at the
Khan Garh time of Muhammad Bin Qasim? Neroon
• What is the new name of Salwan Kot? Kot
Sialkot • What is the old name of Attock?
• When the name of Lyallpur was Cambellpur
changed to Faisalabad? 1977 • What is the old name of Zhob? Fort
• Which city is known as Switzerland of Sandeman
Pakistan? Swat • Which of the following name is the old
• What is the old name of Quetta city? name of pakpattan? Ajodhan Pur (by
Shal Kot Akbar the Great)
• What is the old name of Sahiwal? • What is the new name of Hindu Bagh?
Montgomery Muslim Bagh
• Pakistan became the member of UNO • What is the old name of Bin Qasim (sea
on 30 September, 1947 port)? Pepri
• The last Governor General and first • Mount Batten announced his plan on
viceroy of united India was Lord 3rd June 1947.
Cunning. • The first independent ruler of Muslim
• The last viceroy of united India was Lord India was Qutub uddin Aibak.
Mount Batten • Partition of Bengal took place on 16th
• Sindh is known as Bab-ul-Islam. Oct, 1905 (Lord Curzin) and cancelled in
• The Objective Resolution was put 1911(Hoarding).
forwarded by Liaqat Ali Khan on 12 • All India Congress was founded by Allan
March,1949. O. Hume in1885.
• Badshahi Mosque was built by • The first Conferences of NAM was held
Aurangzeb Alamgir at Lahore in 1674. at Belgrade in 1961 and Pakistan joined
• Babur was the founder of Mughal the NAM in in the year 1979 at Havana.
Dynasty in1526 and the last Mughal • Hazrat Usman Marvandi is known as Lal
Emperor of India was Bahadur Shah Shahbaz Qalandar.
Zafar. • In 1945-1946 elections Muslim League
• Pakistan's largest steel mill is at pipri won all seats in central and 90% in
(Karachi) formed by the cooperation of provincial assembly.
Russia. • In 1945,Lord Wavell proposed the
• The Mosque built by Shah Jahan is at formation of a temporary government
Thatta. consisting of the political parties of
• The true name of Hazrat Mujaddid Alif United India.
Sani was Shaikh Ahmed. • According to 3rd June 1947 plan
• In the 1945 Muslim League won 30 plebiscite was held in N.W.F.P and
Muslims seats in the central Assembly. Silhyte.
• Sind Madarsa-ul-Islam was founded by • The five principles passed by the Non-
Hasan Ali Afandi. Aligned countries are called Punj Shilla.
• Syed Ameer Ali founded Muslim • Sir Syed brought out the digest "Tehzib-
League's branch at London in 1908. ul-Akhlaq" in 1870.
• The Mughal Emperor Akbar introduced • The first central office of Muslim League
the “Deen-e-Elahi” in 1582. was established at Aligarh.
• Shah Abdul Latif and Sachal Sarmast are • .The first constituent assembly of
two important Sindhi poets. Pakistan was dissolved on 24th Oct,
• Two places famous for wooden crafts 1954 and Mir Maulvi Tamizuddin was
are Hala and Kashmor in Pakistan. its speaker.
• Sindh Muslim League passed a • National Assembly consists of 342
resolution in 1938. Muslim members and the Senate
• Nizam-e-Mustafa movement was consists of 104 members.
carried in the year 1977. • Pakistan became the member of U.N on
• .The first Muslim League Government 30th September 1947 and Afghanistan
was formed in Sindh in 1943. Opposed it.
• Masjid Mahabat Khan is situated at • The second constitution of Pakistan was
Peshawar. promulgated on 8 June 1962.
• Masjid Wazir Khan is situated at Lahore. • Quaid-e-Azam remained member of
• Simla Delegation met Lord Wevell in both Muslim League and Congress for 7
1945. years (1913 to 1920)
• Pakistan exploded its first atomic bomb • The Swadeshi movement means
at Chaghi on 28th May 1998. Boycott of goods (British goods)
• The period of first five year plan was • Who delivered the Presidential address
1955-1960. in which the Muslim League was
established? Nawab Waqr ul Mulk
• “Humdard” and "Comarade" was • Nehru Report accepted the following
started by Moulana Muhammad Ali demand a separate province for North-
• Jinnah was the Principle architect of West Frontier and Sindh
Lucknow pact • Jinnah Fourteen points were offered in
• The most important change brought 1929(M.Ali Johar helped in 14points)
about by Minto Morley Reforms (in • Which member of Simon Commission
1909) was Separate Electorate resigned and replaced by another
• Shuddhi and Sangthan movements member Stephen Walsh
were started at the end of Tehrik e • Dyarchy was scrapped in 1919 Reforms
Khilafat • The first session of Round Table
• "Zamindar" was brought about by Zafar Conference was opened in London
Ali Khan • Which party was not present in First
• Report of Rowlatt Committee was Round Table Conference Congress
published in 1918 • Federal form of Government for India
• Jallianwala Bagh tragedy took place in: was approved by British in First Round
1919 Table Conference
• Jinnah resigned from congress during • Who was the Prime Minster of England
Nagpur session in 1920 during First Round Table
• Moplah rising in Malabar took place in Conference?Ramsay Macdonald
1921 • Second Round Table Conference was
• The Moplah rose against the British and held in 1931
Hindu Zamindar. • Communal award was published in
• Which movement was started by Sir 1932
Swami Shradhnand?Shuddhi • What was the reaction of Congress and
• Sangthan was started by Pandit Malavia Muslim League over Communal Award?
• Chauri Chaura incident took place in Both Disliked
1922 • The recommendation of Round Table
• Khilafat was abolished by Mustafa Conference was published in 1933.
Kamal Pasha in 1924 • The whole of India Act of 1935 came
• Simon Commission was sent to India in into operation in provincial part in 1937
1927 • Anandhnath is a novel and Nagri is a
• On the arrival Simon Commission Script
Muslim League was Split into two • Pirpur Report was about Congress
groups one was led by Sir Muhammad ministries (By Mahadi 1n 1938)
Shafee and the other was led by Quaid • Shareef Pur report was about Bihar
e Azam. • Who wrote" Muslim Suffering under
• Which party was divided into pro Congress Rule"? Fazl ul Haq
changers and changers? Congress • Wardha scheme was about Education
• Nehru Report was an answer to the • The author of Wardha Scheme was
challenge given by Lord Birkenhead Zakir Hussain
• Day of Deliverance was celebrated on
22nd December 1939
• "Now or Never" pamphlet was written • The main emphasis in Cripps Mission
in 1933 byCh. Rehmat Ali was on Creation of new Dominion
• "Pakistan National Movement" was • Non accession clause was mentioned in
founded by Ch. Rehmat Ali Cripps mission
• "Outline of a Scheme of Indian • "Quit India" movement was started in
federation" was written by Sikandar 1942
Hayat Khan • In the Cabinet Mission provinces were
• Lahore resolution was introduced by divided into how many sections? Three
Fazl ul Haq in 1940 • Quaid e Azam, for the continuation of
• "Thoughts on Pakistan" was written by Cabinet mission, demanded how many
Ambedkar. portfolios? Five
• The British August offer was made in • In Cabinet Mission plan total portfolios
1940 were Sixteen
• What was the response of Muslim • Congress was awarded how many
League over British offer? Neither portfolios?Six
accepted nor rejected • How many portfolios were given to
• Which Congress leader thought after Muslim League?Five
Lahore Resolution that the partition • How many portfolios were reserved for
was unavoidable?Raja Gopal Acharia minorities?Three
• Sapru proposals were offered in 1945 • Lord Wavell was replace by Lord
• Liaquat – Desai Pact was concluded in Mountbatten
1945 • The only Indian on the Viceroy lord
• Wavell plan was made in 1945 (Parity Mountbatten staff was V.P. Menon
was the issue in Wavel Plan) • V.P. Menon prepared the final draft of
• In1945 elections, out of total 102 seats the transfer of Power
of Central Assembly,Congress won • Lady Mountbatten is said to be the
57and Muslim league won 30 seats close friend of Nehru
• In the provincial elections of 1946 • What was the name of the daughter of
Congress won 930 seats and Muslim Nehru?Indra
League won 428 seats • Who wanted to become the joint
• In Provincial elections of 1946 total Governor General of India and
seats of Muslim League were 492 Pakistan? Mountbatten
• In the Cabinet mission who many • Who decided, at the time of partition,
Cabinet Ministers were present 3 the fate of Baluchistan? Shahi Jirga
• The name of the Cripps Mission was • By which method fate of NWFP was
made after Sir Stafford Cripps who was decided? Referendum
The President of the Board of Trade • Jinnah was by origin a Khoja (Language
• The Cabinet Mission members were Gujarati)
parleyed with how many Muslim • "Dawn", the Muslim League newspaper
members 4 was started in 1942(founder M.Ali
• Cripps Mission Published its report on Jinnah)
30th March 1942
• Besides Jinnah who was the ex-officio • Harappa--------The Sahiwal distt (1921)
member of Muslim League Working • Area of Sind 140914 sq.km
Committee Liaquat Ali Khan • NWFP------74521
• Direct Action resolution was passed in • Balochistan—347190
July 1946 • Punjab----205345
• Jinnah's speeches were translated into • Pakistan’s first Embassy (Iran)
Urdu often by Nawab Bahadur Yar Jung. • Khyber Agency—2776 sq.km
• Who gave Fatwas in 1945 and forbade • Kurram Agency---3380 sq.km
to joining Muslim League? Maulana • Simla Agreement—July 03,1972
Hussain Ahmad Madni • Tashkent Declaration—January 10,1966
• Which party leader labeled Quaid e • First expedition landed on Antarctica:
Azam as "Kafre azam"? Jamiyat al January 15, 1991
Ulema-i- Hind • First day-night international one-day
• Which magazine criticized Jinnah's cricket match in Pak:March 17,1996
decision to become the Governor • First radio station: August 14,1948
General?Economist (Karachi)
• Whom Jinnah appointed the Governor • First TV---- November 26.1964 (Lahore)
of NWFP? Sir George Cunningham • PTV’s colour transmission---December
• Soon after the establishment of 20,1976
Pakistan which Prime minister had been • Radio Pak. Converted into
the Ambassador to Burma Pak.Broad.corp.in December 20.1972
also?Muhammad Ali Bogra • Warsak Dam-NWFP-------1960 on kabal
• Battle of Buxer: 1764 river
• First census in Sub-Continent: • Gawadar Port ---September 9,1958—
1881(Lord Rippon) buy by Feroz khan Noon—Oman
• Jamrud Fort: Gen Hari Singh Nalwa • Total area of Northern Agencies:27,000
• The Home Rule League: sep 3, 1916--- sq.km
Anne Besent & Bal Ganga Dhar Tilak • “Pakistan’’ is both a Persian and an
• Five mountain ranges of Pakistan: 1- Urdu word
Himalaya 2-karakoram 3-hindukash 4- • Congress ministries resigned on
Suleman 5-Salt range October 22,1939---and Deliverance Day
• Rabi season: January to May on December 22,1939
• Khareef season: June to September • One-Unit---October 14,1955 to July
• First private airline: The Hajveri Airline 01,1970
• Pak,afgh,CARS and China borders meet • Nationalization of vital industries by
at the Hindukash range Bhutto through an Ord.on January
• Nalter is famous for snow skiing 02,1972
• Highest peak in Chagai—the Malik Naru • Complete nationalization of banks:
peak January 01,1974
• Hamun-i-Mashkel----54 miles • Zia---president on September 16, 1978
• Mohanjo Daro-----The Larkana distt when tenure of Ch.Fazal Ilahi got
(1922) expired.
• 1984----Ban on student and union • Ameer e Kuwait was the first foreign
organizations head of the state who visited Pakistan.
• Zia referendum: December 19,1984 • Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar succeeded
• Zia regime—non-party elections— Moodi as Governor of Punjab.
February 1985 • Liaquat Nehru Pact: signed on April
• Tragedy of Ojri camp: April 10,1988 18,1950
• Geneva Convention---Junejo signs on • M.Ali Bogra Formula: October 1953
April 16,1988 • PNA(Pakistan National Alliance) against
• Iraqi Ambassador—persona non grata— Bhutto
expelled---February 1973 • MRD(Movement for Rehabilitation of
• Qisas and Diyat Ord. : October 13,1990 Democracy) against Zia
• First woman bank: December • First Constituent Assembly: first session
01,1989(Nusrat Bhutto-karachi) on August 10,1947----total
• First postal stamp: July 09,1948 members(69)
• First fed. ombudsman(Sardar M.Iqbal— • Justice Abdur Rasheed administer oath
February 25,1983—for 4 years) from Quaid as Gov.Gen
• President of UN Gen.Assemlby—Sir • Syed Akbar attacked Liaquat Ali Khan
Zafar ullah Khan—17th UN session • OIC Summit in Lahore: February 1974---
• Oldest cantonment: Kohat Bangladesh recognized
• First state that joined • Six points of Sheikh Mujeeb: February
Pakistan:Bahawalpur State 1966
• First SOS village: 1977-LAHORE • Baba Guru Nanak: born in 1469
• National Anthem: first broadcast on • Lowari Tunnel is in Chitral
radio on august 13,1954 • Before partition, there were only three
• First bio-gas plant: 1974(Karachi) dams in our country:
• Balochistan: status of province on July  1-Khushdil Khan(1890-Balochistan)
01,1970  2-Spinarez(1945-Balochistan)
• The designation of commander in chief  3-Namal Dam(1913-Mianwali)
changed into chief of staff on march • First atomic energy institute: January
02,1976 1955
• Rafiq Ahmed Bajwa used the term of • Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
Nizam e Mustafa during PNA movement (PAEC):1956—Dr.Nazir Ahmed-first
in 1977 chairman
• Zakat o Ushar Ordinance: June 20,1980 • Colombo Plan: 6 year development
• 22 points of 31 Ulema: January 24,1951 plan—1951—focused Pakistan
• 8th Amendment Ord.:March 02,1985 • NWFP Referendum: July 6-17, 1947
• Soviet Union dismembered on • Congress Ministies of NWFP(Dr.Khan
December 21,1991 Sahib) dismissed by Quaid on August
• Meenar e Pakistan: its model was 22,1947
prepared in 1963, completed on
October 31, 1968.
• 1947-48: per capita income was 311 Rs.
• Liaquat Ali Khan’s first foreign visit after  ➢ 58% area of Pakistan is covered by
partition was towards India in April Mountains and plateaus and 42% by
1950 plains and detests.
• Khawaja Nazimudin resigned on April  ➢ Pakistan is Land locked from three
19,1953 sides. It has following immediate
• Sindh was separated from Bombay neighbors.
presidency in the year 1935  ▪ East India, 1610 km (1000 miles)
• The first General elections of Pakistan border. Radchiff live and Run off Kuchh
were held in the year 1970 are two boundary lines between India
• Immediately after Independence from and Pakistan. Run off kuchh is also
the British India forcefully annexed called 24th parallel line, it was signed in
Kashmir. 1968. Two railway lines connect
• The first Saint to came South Asia Pakistan with India. One through
Sheikh ismail lahori 1005 A.D Wagah near Lahore connects Atari near
• Who is called the “Parrot of India”? Amritsar. Other exists between
Amir Khusro khokrapar (Sindh) and Munabao (India)
 MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS OF in 1949 leare-fire line came into
GEOGRAPHY OF PAKISTAN existence, but line of control (720 km)
 ➢ Total area of Pakistan is 769,096 sq was demarcated in 1972 (simla
km, and the total area of Azad Kashmir agreement).
is 13,297 km.  ▪ China lies in the North of Pakistan.
 ➢ Pakistan lies between 61E to 75.5 E Karakoram and Himalayas are two snow
longitrade and 24N to 37N Latitudes. capped mountain Ranges which make a
 ➢ The standard time of Pakistan is five border between the two
hours ahead of Greenwhich Mean time. countries.Boundary agreement
 ➢ The tropic of Cancer (23N 30N) does between china and Pakistan was ringed
and allow the sun rays to become very, in 1963. The border between Pakistan
therefore Pakistan records high and china is 585 km.
temperature in summer and the winter  ▪ Afghanistan is located of the North
are not very severe. Western border of Pakistan. Pakistan
 ➢ Pakistan is surrounded by land on had a longest border with Afghanistan
three sickles east, west and North and which is 2252 km. It is called Durand
Arabian Sea is on its South and makes line. It was established in 1893 by an
1046 km (650 miles) coast line. agreement between Afghanistan British
 ➢ Pakistan’s territory sea limit is 12 Rulers. There are two important Roads
nm; the Exclusive meantime economic that link Afghanistan with Pakistan. One
zone of Pakistan is 240 nm. links Peshawar with Kabul Via the
 ➢ Out of the total area of Pakistan 1% famous Khyber Pass. Another links
is levered by Islamabad (906 sq km). Quetta to Kandhar via the Khojak Pass.
 ➢ Out of total area of Pakistan, FATA  ▪ Iran lies to the South west of Pakistan.
covers 3% I, e. 27,220 sq km. There is 805 km long direct border
 between Pakistan and Iran.The common border with Punjab,
boundary line demarcated in 1960. Balochistan and Northern Area.
There is a railway link between Pakistan  ➢ Islamabad 906 sq km. 0.1% of total
and Iran. Koh-i-Taftan is border railway Area of Pakistan.
station in Pakistan and Zahedan in Iran.  ➢ Siachen is the highest battlefield in
Another road links sowthern world it is the largest glacier of Pakistan
Balochistan through turbot and Mand it is 45 miles long and 2000 feet high.
with Iran.  ➢ K-2 is the highest mountain in
 ▪ Wakkan, a narrow strip of Afghanistan Pakistan, it is located in Karakoram
separates Pakistan from Tajikistan one mountain range, and its height is 8611
of the Land locked central Asian states. meters. It was first conquered by Good
 ➢ The Strait of Hormuz is close to win Austin in 1954 that’s why it is also
Pakistan. Pakistan port Gawadar is very called Good win Austin. It is the second
strategically located. It can effectively highest peak in the world.
guard the Strait of Hormuz which is a  ➢ The youngest mountains of the
major route for oil and other traffic of world (Himalayas) are present in
the Gulf area. Pakistan but oldest mountains are in
 ➢ Baluchistan is the largest province India.Karakoram Range separates
according to area and least populous Pakistan from china and made a
province of Pakistan. It covers 44% total boundary between two countries.
area of Pakistan. It has common  ➢ Hindu Kush Range separates
borders with Iran and Afghanistan. It Pakistan from Afghanistan.
shares its border with the remaining  ➢ The Karakoram Mountains lie on
three provinces and the Arabian Sea North of the Indus River and extend
also. northward beyond the borders of
 ➢ Punjab is the second largest province Pakistan. They are nearly 200 km wide.
according to area and first largest in  ➢ The Karakoram Range is most
population. It covers 25.8% area of the extensively snow covered, eighteen
total area of Pakistan. In the east, it has glaciers ranging from 7 km to 72 km are
a common border with India and found here. The longest are the Siachen
internally Sindh lies to its south, KPK to 72 kms and the Biafo 625 kms.
the west and Jammu and Kashmir to  ➢ Total area covered by glaciers in
the North. Pakistan is 13% of total area of Pakistan
 ➢ Sindh is the third largest province it is 13680 sq km.
according to area and second largest in  ➢ Batura, Biafo Shispar chogo Lungma
population. It covers 17.7% of the total glaciers are also located in Karakoram
area of Pakistan. It has common border Mountain Range.
with India, Punjab, Balochistan and the  ➢ The world’s highest passes such as
Arabian Sea. Khunjrab, Lawari and Shandoor are
 ➢ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa covers 6% area siuated in Karakoram Mountain Range.
out of the total area of Pakistan. It has
 ➢ The highest Peak of Himalayas Range  ➢ Gomal pass located in Waziristan
in Pakistan is Naga Parbat. It is 8126m Hills connects Dera Ismail Khan with
high and second highest Peak in Ghazni a Province of Afghanistan.
Pakistan. It was first conquered in 1953.  ➢ Babusar pass located in great
 ➢ The highest Peak of Hindu Kush Himalaya is a link between Mansehra
range is Tirch Mir. It is 7670m high. It and Northern Areas of Pakistan. It is
starts from Pamir. 4173m high. It also connects Abbotabad
 ➢ In Pakistan five Peaks have more with Gilgit.
than 8000m height. Pakistan has 82  ➢ Khojak passes connects Cheman with
Peaks in her territory. Qila Abdullah (Afghanistan). It is 1312m
 ➢ Hindu Kush Mountain is mostly high in Toba Kakar Range.
located in Afghanistan. It guards the  ➢ Malakand pass connects Peshawar
northern border of Pakistan. Areas of with Chitral.
Chitral and Dir are in this Mountain  ➢ Baroghil pass connects Chitral with
Range. Wahkhan.
 ➢ Valley of Hunza is in between the  ➢ Muztagh pass connects Baltistan
Karakoram and Himalaya is located near with China. It is a gateway to Chinese
the Koh-e-Safed.it is on the South of area Yarkand.
River Kabul. It is 3000 m high.  ➢ The Baroghil pass connects Pakistan
 ➢ Khyber Pass is also located in Koh-e- with Wahkhan in Afghanistan.
Safed Mountain Range. Its average  ➢ The Dorah and Shera Shing passes
height is 3000m. also lie between Pakistan and
 ➢ The highest Peak of Koh-e-Sulaiman Afghanistan.
range is Takhat-e-Sulaiman. Its height is  ➢ Potwar Plateau and the salt ranges
3500m. are in between the River Indus and
 ➢ Siachen glacier is located in the River Jehlum.
region of Baltistan. It is the largest  ➢ Margalla Hills of Islamabad are
glacier of Pakistan it is 72km long. It is located in the Potwar Plateau. It is on
also the highest glacier of Pakistan. the River Soan.
 ➢ The highest pass in Pakistan is  ➢ The Passes Kurram, Tochi and
Karakoram pass, Khyber Pass is 54km Cromal are named after the rivers near
long pass; it connects Pakistan with which they are located.
Afghanistan through Peshawar.  ➢ River Swat is a tributary of River
 ➢ Dargai Pass connects Mardan with Kabul.
Malakand.  ➢ Lake Saiful Muluk in the upper
 ➢ Lawari Pass located in Dir is 3188m Kaghan Valley is located in Himalaya
high. It connects Dir with Chitral. Range.
 ➢ Bolan Pass located in Sulaiman  ➢ Satpara Lake near Skardu is located
Range is 989 meters high. It connects in the Himalaya Mountain Range of
Quetta with Sindh Plains. Pakistan.
 ➢ Beautiful Hill station of Pakistan live  ➢ Kharan it is located in North West of
Ghora Gali, Nathia Gali and Murree are Balochistan Province.
located in Himalaya Mountain Range.  ➢ River Chenab, Ravi, Sutluj and
 ➢ Sakesar 1527 meters high Peak is the Jhelum join the River Indus at Kot
highest Peak of Salt Range in Pakistan. Mithan. Cholistan or Rohi 75000 sq km
 ➢ Kallar Kahar, Uchali and Khabeki are Bahawalpur, Sukkur, Khair pur, Sanghar,
the beautiful laves of River Jehlum in Mir pur Khas, Tharparkar. Cholistan or
Salt Range. Rohi in Sindh is called patand Thar in
 ➢ Warsak Dam is built on Kabul River. Northern and Southern parts
 ➢ The Tanda Dam is the Kohat River, respectively.
which is a tributary of Kabul River.  ➢ The Source of Indus River is
 ➢ The chagai Hills, the northernmost Mansorawar Lake in Tibet.
range are located at Pakistan Afghan  ➢ The Indus plans from East to West.
border they are about 130km long. The Indus and its tributaries constitute
 ➢ Tala Jogian is a highest Peak of Salt the whole River system of Indus. It is
Range, it is 975 meters high. It is in 2900 kilometers Long River. It has a
between River Jehlum & River Sawan. catchment area of 970, 000 square kms.
 ➢ The Pakistan total Coastal area is  ➢ Jhelum and Chenab Rivers meet at
1046 Kilometers long, the Makran Coast Trimmu Headworks.
extending from Karachi in the east to  ➢ The longest river of Balochistan is
Jiwani in the west. Overall the Makran Hingol. Balochistan other rivers Porali
Coast is fairly straight with no marked and Dasht are major rivers.
indentions.  ➢ The Indus River risen from Tibet, it is
 ➢ The Makran Coast has a number of also called the Nile of Pakistan, it is the
uplift terraces which make an Island longest river of Pakistan and River Ravi
shape there are Cliften Hills, Manora, is the Smallest.
Cape Morze, Ormara, Gwadar and  ➢ 8 Rivers flow in the territory of
Jiwani.The largest Island of Pakistan is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Zhob, Mula,
Manora. Gomal, Sowat, Kunhar, Kuram, Parorj
 ➢ Sinking is a Chinese Provice with Kora).
which Pakistani boundry is connected.  ➢ The River Ravi Originates from Indian
 ➢ Zahidan is area of Iran with which state Himalaya Paradesh. It is 115km
Pakistani boundary is connected. long.
 ➢ Ghazni, Kandhar, Paktia and Wakhan  ➢ The Harappa a historical city is
are the areas of Afghanistan with which located on River Ravi near Sahiwal.
Pakistan shares her border which is  ➢ Chenab and Jehlum flow from
commonly called Durand Line. It is 2252 Kashmir.
kilometers long.  ➢ Length of Pak-India border is 1,610
 ➢ Thar desert lies in between River km. Length of Pak-Iran border is 805
Jhelum and River Indus. km.Length of Pak-China border is 595
 km. Length of Pak-Afghan border is  ➢ Takht-i-Suleman is the highest peak
2252 km. of Sulaiman Mountains.
 ➢ Warsak dam is on Kabul River.Rawal  ➢ Hispar Glacies is located in Hunza.
Dam is on Kurrang River. Khanpur dam  ➢ Katch and Gawadar are the districts
is on Haro River.Tanda dam is in of Makran Division.
Baluchistan. Tarbela deam was  ➢ Pakistan can be divided into six
completed in 1969. natural regions.
 ➢ Muztag pass connects Gilgit-Yarkand  ➢ The coldest place in Pakistan is
(China). Sakardu and hottest place is Jacababad.
 ➢ Khankum Pass connects Chitral-  ➢ Most of the Hosiery Industry is
Wakhan (Afghanistan) located in Karachi.
 ➢ The Shandur Pass connects Chitral  ➢ The Heavy Mechanical complex was
and Gilgit. established with the help of China at
 ➢ Khyber Pass connects Peshawar- Taxila.
Kabul  ➢ Kohat is the oldest cantonment of
 ➢ Kulk pass connects Gilgit-China. Pakistan.
 ➢ Bolan Pass connects Queta-  ➢ Sukkur barrage is the largest barrage
Afghanistan. of Pakistan completed in 1932.
 ➢ Tochi Pass connects Pakistan-China.  ➢ Baheshti Darwaza is located in
 ➢ Length of Silk Rourte (Korakorum Pakpattan.
Route) is 965 km.  ➢ Hazrat Data Gunj Baksh came in
 ➢ Madhupur Head works is located on Lahore in 1039 A.D. from the city of
the river Ravi.Ferozpur Head works is Ghazni.
located on river Sutluj.  ➢ Sher Shah built G.T. Road and Rohtas
 ➢ Pakistan bought Gwadar from King fort. Imperial Highway is the old name
of maskat at the cost of 40 lakh pounds of G.T. Road.
on 8th September 1958.  ➢ Nanga Parbat is located in Himalaya
 ➢ Six barrages are constructed on the Range. It is commonly known as Killer
River Indus. Barrages on Indus are Mountain.
Toonsa, Jinnah, Sukkur, Gudo, Kotri &  ➢ Karakoram highway was completed
Ghulam Mohammad. in 1978. Karakoram was completed in
 ➢ Three deserts are located in the total period of 20 years.
Pakistan, which are namely; Thar  ➢ Karakoram is a Turkish word.
(Sindh), Thal, Cholistan (Punjab). Karakoram highway passes through
 ➢ Hindu-kush range is also known as khunjrab pass.
Little Pamirs.  ➢ Punial is said to be the place where
 ➢ Sub-Himalya is also known as ‘heaven and earth meet’.
Siwaliks.  ➢ Siachin glacier is located near Astor.
 ➢ The Sindh Sagar Doab is also known  ➢ Hunza is called real Shangrilla.
as Thal Desert.  ➢ French Beach is located at Karachi.
 ➢ Ranikot Fort is the largest fort of  ➢ Largest district of Punjab by area is
Pakistan, which is located near Bahawalpur. Tropic of cancer crosses
Hyderabad. Pakistan.
 ➢ Meerani Dam is under construction  ➢ Pakistan has the second largest
near Turbat. Muslim population in the world. About
 ➢ Chashma barrage was built in 1971 one fifth of the population lives below
on river Indus. the international poverty line (US$1.25
 ➢ Warsak dam was built in 1960 on per day).
river Kabul.  ➢ More than 60 languages are spoken
 ➢ Rawal dam was built in 1965 on river in Pakistan. English is the official
Kurang. language of Pakistan and is used in
 ➢ Pakistan’s oldest archaeological site government.
is situated near Larkana.  ➢ 96% of the population is Muslims.
 ➢ Khewra is the main source of Just over 1.5% is Christians.
gypsum in Pakistan.  ➢ Pakistan has the sixth largest military
 ➢ Sainadak is famous for copper, silver force in the world.
and gold.  ➢ Pakistan has cold, dry winters and
 ➢ Peshawar means ‘city of flowers’. hot, wet summers.
 ➢ Lahore Fort was built in 1560.  ➢ Despite once being called the
 ➢ Mahbub-ul-Haq Human world’s most dangerous country in a
Development Center is locates at British magazine (The Economist), the
Islamabad. tourism industry is growing in Pakistan.
 ➢ Nasirabad region of Balochistan will  ➢ Muslim Bagh in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
be irrigated through Kachi cananl. is famous for the mineral of Chromite.
 ➢ Kharan district of the country having  ➢ Hazara division of Khyber
lowest population density. Pakhtunkhwa province comprises five
 ➢ In violation of lndus Basin Treaty districtd including abbottabad,
1960, India has constructed Wullar Batagram, Kohistan, Mansehra and
barrage on River Jhelum. Haripur.
 ➢ Water -flows of the river are  ➢ Hindko language is prominent in
diverted to Wuller Barrage through the Hazara division.
construction of Kishanganga Dam.  ➢ Kallar Kahar situated in salt range
 ➢ India is constructing Kishanganga near Chakwal.
Dam in Baramula.  ➢ Wullar Lake is a source of Jhelum.
 ➢ India has constructed “Baglihar  ➢ Warsak dam was constructed in
Dam” in occupied Kashmir`s district of 1960.It is located on River Kabul.
Doda.  ➢ Hina Lake is situated near Quetta.
 ➢ “AKHORI DAM” is located across  ➢ Which cities of Iran and Pakistan are
Nandnakas near Akhori village about 28 linked through railway line? Quetta-
KM east of Attock Punjab. Zedan
 ➢ Which is the biggest earth filled dam  ➢ The M8 will have 4-lanes and a total
of Pakistan? Tarbela length of 892 km. Initially, 2-lanes will
 ➢ Sui gas field is the biggest natural gas be constructed after the completion of
field in Pakistan. It is located near Sui in which another 2-lane will be added,
Balochistan. The gas field was thus making a total of 4-lanes.
discovered in the late 1952 and the  ➢ The M8 will start from Ratodero in
commercial exploitation of the field Sindh Province and enter Balochistan
began in 1955.Mari is the second Province passing near the towns of
biggest natural gas field of Pakistan Khuzdar, Awaran, Hoshab, Turbat
 ➢ Balloki Headworks was built on the before joining the Makran Coastal
river Ravi. Highway just east of the port city of
 ➢ Masjid Wazir Khan is located in Gwadar.
Lahore and Masjid Muhbat Khan is  ➢ The Siachen glacier is the highest
located in Peshawar. battleground on earth, where India and
 ➢ Hamun Maskhel Lake present in Pakistan have fought intermittently
Baluchistan plateau. It is Lake of Salt since April 13, and 1984.It is located in
water. Baltistan (Kashmir).
 ➢ Haleji Lake is situated in Sindh. Sat  ➢ Pakistan lies of the North tropic zone
Para Lake is situated in Baltistan of Cancer.
(Sakardu).  ➢ Soan and Haro are the famous rivers
 ➢ The greatest fort of Pakistan that is of Potwar platue.
Rani Kot Fort is situated near the city  ➢ Ghulam Muhammad Barrage is also
Hyderabad. called Kotri Barrage.
 ➢ Gandhara Art is related to Taxila.  ➢ The extinct volcano “Koh-i-Sultan” in
 ➢ ‘Marala’ Headworks has been Baluchistan contains the deposits of
constructed on River Chenab. Sulphur.
 ➢ “The place where heaven and earth  ➢ The first railway track was
meet” these words are said about established between Karachi and Kotri.
Punial place.  ➢ Jehlum and Chenab rivers meet at
 ➢ Kalabagh is a town and union council Trimmu.
of Mianwali District in the Punjab  ➢ The 80 percentage of Muslims in
province of Pakistan. It is located on the Jammu and Kashmir.
western bank of Indus River. It is the  ➢ Indus River is a major river which
site of the proposed Kalabagh Dam. It is flows through Pakistan. It also has
also famous for its red hills of the salt courses through western Tibet (in
range and scenic view of the Indus River China) and Northern India. Originating
traversing through the hills. It also in the Tibetan plateau in the vicinity of
produces handicrafts especially Lake Mansarovar, the river runs a
footwear, Makhadi Halwa and also course through the Ladakh region of
famous for minerals of Iron. Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit, Baltistan
and flows through Pakistan in a
 southerly direction along the entire Rawalpindi near Haripur District. It is a
length of Pakistan to merge into the major source of Pakistan's total
Arabian Sea near the port city of hydroelectric capacity. Tarbela Dam is
Karachi in Sindh. The total length of the part of the Indus Basin Project, which
river is 2900 km. It is Pakistan's longest resulted from a water treaty signed in
river and also called “the father of 1960 between India and Pakistan,
rivers”. guaranteeing Pakistan water supplies
 ➢ Ningrahar, Pakita and Ghazni independent of upstream control by
provinces of Afghanistan shares border India. Construction began in 1968, and
with Pakistan. was completed in 1976 at a cost of
 ➢ Khar is a famous town of Bajour. Rs.18.5 billion. It is the biggest hydel
 ➢ The Margalla Hills — also called the power station in Pakistan having a
Margalla Mountain Range, is a hill range capacity of generating 3,478 MW of
part of the lesser Himalayas located electricity.
north of Islamabad, Pakistan.  ➢ Mangla Dam was constructed on the
 r Pass is anarrow pass, about 53 km (33 river Jhelum in 1967.
mi) long, through mountains on the  ➢ Diamer-Bhasha Dam is the name of a
border between eastern Afghanistan dam that has been planned in the
and northern Pakistan. It has long been Northern Areas of Pakistan on the River
a strategic trade and invasion route. Indus. It is located about 314 km
 ➢ Hungol is the largest river of upstream of Tarbela Dam and about
Balochistan. 165 km downstream of Gilgit. The dam
 ➢ Simly Dam is an 80m high earthen is supposed to have a power generation
embankment dam on the Soan River, 30 capacity of 4500 megawatts and is
km east of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. expected to considerable ease up the
 ➢ Kalabagh iron deposits are largest in skewed hydro to thermal power
Pakistan with an estimated reserve of generation ratio in Pakistan.
309 m tons.  ➢ Mirani Dam multipurpose project is
 ➢ The Hasni tribe is settled in Western located on Dasht River, about 30 miles
Balochistan. west of Turbat in Makran Division of
 ➢ Rechna and Bari Doabs are Balochistan.
considered thickly populated region.  ➢ Hub Dam is a large water storage
 ➢ Excavations at moenjo daro have reservoir constructed in 1981 on the
revealed in earthen vessels Millet Hub River on the arid plains north of
grains. Karachi on provincial border between
Balochistan and Sindh, Pakistan.
 ➢ Kurram pass joins Parachinar with
 ➢ The Kalabagh dam is a mega water
Afghanistan.
reservoir that Government of Pakistan
 ➢ Tarbela Dam (or the National Dam),
planning to develop across the Indus
the world's largest earth-filled dam on
River, one of the world's largest rivers.
one of the world's most important
The proposed site for the dam is
rivers - the Indus-, is 103 km from
 situated at Kalabagh in Mianwali located 12 km southwest of Rawalpindi.
District of the northwest Punjab This small dam has an artificial lake with
province, bordering KP. boating and fishing facilities.
 ➢ Ghazi Barotha Dam is located on  ➢ Babusar Pass or Babusar Top is a
Indus River in Pakistan. Ghazi Barotha mountain pass at the north of the 150
Hydroelectric project is located around km. (93 miles) long Kaghan Valley
100 km from Islamabad. connecting it with the Astore Valley. It
 ➢ Gomal Dam is located on Gomal is the highest point in Kaghan Valley.
River in South Waziristan, KP.  ➢ Bolan Pass is a mountain pass
 ➢ Namal Lake is located in one corner through the Toba Kakar Range of
of the Namal valley in Mianwali, Punjab, mountains in western Pakistan, 120
Pakistan. This lake was created when kilometers from the Afghanistan
Namal Dam was constructed in 1913. border.
 ➢ Khanpur Dam is a dam located on  ➢ Broghol, also spelled Boroghil and
the Haro River near the town of several other ways, is a high mountain
Khanpur, about 25 miles from pass that crosses the Pamir Mountains
Islamabad, Pakistan. and connects the Wakhan Corridor of
 ➢ Tanda Dam is lcated in Kohat Afghanistan with Chitral in Pakistan.
District, North-West Frontier Province,  ➢ Khunjerab Pass is a high mountain
Pakistan. The site comprises a small pass on the northern border of Pakistan
water storage area in semi-arid hills in with the People's Republic of China.
the catchments of the Kohat Toi River.  ➢ Lowari Pass (or Lowari Top) is a high
 ➢ TANAZA DAM is a small dam located mountain pass that connects Chitral
at about 35 Km southwest of with Dir in Northern Areas, Pakistan.
Rawalpindi on Dhamial Road. Ideal for a  ➢ Shandur Top is a high mountain pass
day trip, the lake has a quiet that connects Chitral to Gilgit in
atmosphere. Pakistan.
 ➢ Karoonjhar Dam is a dam in  ➢ Lake Saiful Muluk is a lake located at
Tharparkar, Sindh, Pakistan. the northern end of the Kaghan Valley
 ➢ The Sukkur barrage is a barrage near Naran. It is in the north east of
across the Indus River near the city of Mansehra district of North West
Sukkur, Pakistan. It was built during the Frontier Province, Pakistan.
British Raj from 1923 to 1932 as the  ➢ Haleji Lake is located in Thatta
Lloyd Barrage to help alleviate famines District, Sindh; Pakistan.
caused by lack of rain.  ➢ Ansoo Lake is a high-altitude lake in
 ➢ Guddu Barrage is a barrage across the Kaghan Valley near Malika Parbat in
river Indus, near Sukkur in Pakistan. the Himalayan range.It can be reached
President Sikander Mirza laid by a difficult trek from Saiful Mulook
foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage Lake. The name comes from its tear-like
on February 2, 1957. The barrage was shape.
com MISRIOT DAM. Misriot dam is
 Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and
Northern Areas. Provinces of Pakistan
 BASIC FACTS ABOUT PAKISTAN are further divided into Districts.
 Official Name  Religion
 Islamic Republic of Pakistan  95% Muslims, 5% others.
 Father of the Nation  Annual per capita income
 Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah  US $1207
(25-12-1876 to 11-09-1948)  GDP
 National Poet  2.4%
 Allama Muhammad Iqbal (09-11-1877  Currency
to 21-04-1938)
 Pak. Rupee.
 Head of the State
 Imports
 Asif Ali Zardari, President
 Industrial equipment, chemicals,
 Head of Government
vehicles, steel, iron ore, petroleum,
 Raja pervaiz Ashraf, Prime Minister edible oil, pulses, tea.
 Capital  Exports
 Islamabad  Cotton, textile goods, rice, leather items
 Area carpets, sports goods, handi-crafts, fish
 Total: 796,096 Sq. km. and fish prep. and fruit
 Punjab: 205,344 Sq. km.  Languages
 Sindh: 140,914 Sq. km.  Urdu (National) and English (Official)
 Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa: 74,521 Sq. km.  Literacy rate
 Balochistan: 347,190 Sq. km.  57%
 Federally Administered Tribal Areas:  Government
27,220 Sq. km.  Parliamentary form of Government
 Islamabad (Capital): 906 Sq. km.  Parliament
 Population  Parliament consists of two Houses i.e.,
 180 million (estimated)-132 million the Senate (Upper House) and the
(1998 census) National Assembly (Lower House).
 Pakistan is divided into four provinces  The Senate is a permanent legislative
viz., Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa, Punjab, body and symbolises a process of
Sindh and Balochistan. The tribal belt continuity in the national affairs. It
adjoining Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa is consists of 100 members. The four
managed by the Federal Government Provincial Assemblies, Federally
and is named FATA i.e., Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Federal
Administered Tribal Areas. Azad Capital form its electoral college.
Kashmir and Northern Areas have their  The National Assembly has a total
own respective political and membership of 342 elected through
administrative machinery, yet certain of adult suffrage (272 general seats, 60
their subjects are taken care of by the women seats and 10 non-Muslim
Federal Government through the seats).
 Pakistan National Flag  Flora
 Dark green with a white vertical bar, a  Pine, Oak, Poplar, Deodar, Maple,
white crescent and a five-pointed star Mulberry
in the middle. The Flag symbolizes  Fauna
Pakistan's profound commitment to  The Pheasant, Leopard, Deer, Ibex,
Islam, the Islamic world and the rights Chinkara, Black buck, Neelgai, Markhor,
of religious minorities. Marco-Polo sheep, Green turtles, River
 National Anthem & Sea fish, Crocodile, Waterfowls
 Approved in August, 1954  Popular games
 Verses Composed by: Abdul Asar  Cricket, Hockey, Football, Squash.
Hafeez Jullundhri  Tourist's resorts
 Tune Composed by: Ahmed G. Chagla  Murree, Quetta, Hunza, Ziarat, Swat,
 Duration: 80 seconds Kaghan, Chitral and Gilgit
 State Emblem  Archaeological sites
 The State Emblem consists of:  Moenjo Daro, Harappa, Taxila, Kot Diji,
 The crescent and star which are Mehr Garh, Takht Bhai.
symbols of Islam  Major Cities
 The shield in the centre shows four  Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar,
major crops Quetta, Rawalpindi, Hyderabad,
 Wreath surrounding the shield Faisalabad, Multan and Sialkot
represents cultural heritage and  Major Crops
 Scroll contains Quaid's motto: Faith,  Cotton, Wheat, Rice and Sugarcane
Unity, Discipline  Total cropped area
 Pakistan's Official Map  25.01 million hectares
 Drawn by Mian Mahmood Alam  Industry
Suhrawardy (1920-1999)  Textiles, Cement, Fertiliser, Steel, Sugar,
 National Flower Electric Goods, Shipbuilding
 Jasmine.
 National Tree
 Deodar (Cedrus Deodara).  Mountain Of Pakistan
 National Animal  Peak
 Markhor.  Mountain Range
 National Bird  Height (m)
 Years of conquered
 K2
 Chakor (Red-legged partridge)  Karakoram
 8611
 1954
 National Game  Naga parbat
 Hockey  Himalaya
 8126  Established1 July 1970
 1953  Provincial CapitalQuetta
 Crasherburm I  Largest cityQuetta
 Karakoram  Area- Total347,190 km2 (134,050.8 sq
 8068 mi)
 1958  Provincial Assembly seats65
 Board Peak  Districts30
 Karakoram  2 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (NWFP)
 8047  Established July 1, 1970
 1957  CapitalPeshawar
 Crasherburm II  Largest cityPeshawar
 Karakoram  Area-Total74,521 km2 (28,772.7 sq mi)
 8035  Assembly seats124
 1956  Districts25
 sherburm III  3 Punjab
 Karakoram  Established 1 July 1970
 7952
 1975
 Crasherburm IV  Capital Lahore
 Karakoram  Largest city Lahore
 7925  Area Total 205,344 km2 (79,283.8 sq
 1958 mi)
 Pakaposhi
 Karakoram
 7788
 Assembly seats 371 (Including 66 for
 1958 women and 8 for minorities)
 Tirch Mir
 Hindu Kush
 7690
 Districts 36
 1950
 4 Sindh
 Noshaq
 Established 1 July 1970
 Hindu Kush
 7484
 1960
 Capital Karachi

 Largest city Karachi

 Provinces
 1 Balochistan
 Area- Total 140,914 km2 (54,407.2 sq  FIRST IN PAKISTAN
mi)  First Person who received Nishan-e-
Haider
 Captain Raja Sarwar
 Assembly seats 168  First Lady Major General in the Pakistan
Army
 Dr. Shahida Malik
 First Governor General of Pakistan
 Districts 23
 Quaid-e-Azam
 5 Islamabad Capital Territory
 First President of Pakistan
 Districts-------------------------1
 Iskandar Mirza
 Area(sq.km)-------------------906
 First Prime minister of Pakistan
 Population----------------------805,000
 Nawab Liaqat Ali Khan
 6 Federally Administered Tribal Areas
 First elected President of Pakistan
(FATA)
 Field Marshal Ayub Khan
 Districts-------------------------7 tribal
 First elected Prime Minister
agencies and 6 frontier regions
 Z. A. Bhutto
 Area(sq.km)-------------------27,220
 First Vice President of Pakistan
 Population----------------------3,176,000
 Nur-ul-Amin
 7 Azad Kashmir
 First Chief Justice of Pakistan (Federal
 Districts-------------------------10
court)
 Area(sq.km)-------------------13,297
 Justice Sardar A. Rashid
 Population----------------------2,972,500
 First Chief Justice Federal Shariat court
 8 Gilgit-Baltistan
of Pakistan
 Districts-------------------------7
 Justice Salahuddin Ahmad
 Area(sq.km)-------------------72,971
 First Chief Minister of Punjab
 Population----------------------1,800,000
 Iftikhar Hussain Memdoot
 Important Rivers Of Pakistan
 First Chief Minister of Sindh
 Punjab
 Ayub Khoro
 Indus , Jhelum , Chenab , Ravi , Sutlej
 First Chief Minister of Khyber
 Sindh
Pakhtunkhwa
 Hub , Mir Nadi , Arl Nadi
 Dr. Khan Sahib
 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
 First Chief Minister of Balochistan
 Kabul , Swat , Bara , Chitral , Zhob ,
 Sardar Atta ullah Mengal
Panjkora , Gomal , Kurram
 First Governor of Punjab
 Balochistan
 Sir Francis Moody
 Hangol , Nari , Bolan , Dasht , Mula ,
 First Muslim Governor of Punjab
Rakhshan , Pashin Lora
 Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar
 First Governor of Sindh
 Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah
 First Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa  Chief Election commissioner of Pakistan
(NWFP)  F.M. Khan
 Sir George Cunningham  First Chief Scout commissioner of
 First Muslim Governor of Khyber Pakistan
Pakhtunkhwa  Quaid-i-Azam
 Sahibzada Mohammad Khurshid  First SOS village of Pakistan
 First Governor of Balochistan  Lahore (1977)
 Lt Gen Riaz Hussain  Pakistan first private Channel
 First Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan  STN (1990)
 Shamma Khalid  First Pakistan Postal stamp issued
 First Joint chief of Staff committee  July 1948
 General Muhammad Sharif  First constructed Barrage of Pakistan
 First Commander-in-chief of Army  Sukkur Barrage (1932)
 Gen.Frank Meservy  First DNA Test laboratory
 First Muslim Commander-in-chief of  Islamabad (March, 2006)
Army  First Motorway of Pakistan constructed
 G.M. Ayub Khan in 1997
 First Commander-in-chief of Air Force  Islamabad Lahore Motorway
 Air vice Marshal Allan Perry Keene  First governor of State Bank of Pakistan
 First Muslim Commander-in-chief of Air  Zahid Hussein
force  First martial law was imposed in
 Air Marshal Asghar Khan Pakistan
 First Commander-in-chief of Navy  7 October 1958
 Rear Admiral James Wilfred Jefford  First captain of Pakistani cricket team
 First Muslim Commander-in-chief of  Hafeez Kardar
Navy  First female chancellor in the Pakistan
 Haji Muhammad Sadique Chaudhry  Begum Ra’na Liaqat Ali Khan
 First Cruise missile  First female vice chancellor in Pakistan
 Hatf VII (Babur) August 11, 2005  Najma Najam
 First constitution of Pakistan was  First female university of Pakistan
enforced  Fatima Jinnah Women University
 March 23, 1956  First female gold champion in Pakistan
 Second constitution of Pakistan was  Shehzadi Gulfam
enforced  First female representative of Pakistan
 8 June 1962 in the UN
 Third constitution of Pakistan was  Shaista Ikramullah
enforced  First Pakistan to win the prestigious
 14 August 1973 Pulitzer Prize
 First Foreign Minister of Pakistan  Adrees Latif
 Sir Zafarullah Khan
 First female governor State Bank of  Lahore
Pakistan  First Nuclear reactor of Pakistan
 Shamshad Akhtar  Karachi nuclear power plant 1972
 First women Pilot in Pakistan  First Woman Judge of High Court of
 Shukriya Khanam Pakistan
 First Secretary General of Pakistan  Majida Razvi
 Ch. Muhammad Ali  First Speaker of Constitution Assembly
 First Administrator of Karachi  Molvi Tameez ud Din
 Syed Hasham Raza  First Sports channel of Pakistan
 First Chairman of senate  Super Geo
 Habib ullah Khan  First Pakistani who received noble Prize
 President of first Constitution Assembly  Dr. Abdus Salam (1979 in Physics)
of Pakistan  First Pakistani who received Lenin Prize
 Quaid-e-Azam  Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1961)
 First female deputy speaker in Pakistan  First woman Prime Minister in Pakistan
 Begum Jahanara Shahnwaz  Benazir Bhutto
 First female member of Parliament  Youngest Prime Minister
 Begum Shaista Suhrawady Ikramullah  Benazir Bhutto
 First female minister of education  First female Speaker of National
 Begum Mahmooda Salim Khan Assembly
 First female minister of Population  Fahmeeda Mirza
 Dr. Attiya Inayatullah  First Finance Minister of Pakistan
 First Pakistan minister of information  Ghulam Muhammd
 Syeda Abida Hussain  First Census in Pakistan
 First female Pakistani minister of  1951
finance  First natural gas reserves were
 Benazir Bhutto discovered in Pakistan
 First female minister of law and human  Sui (1952)
rights  First time won the cricket world cup
 Shahida Jamil  1992
 First female “foreign ministry  Pakistan’s First cabinet sworn
spokesperson  August 15, 1947
 Tasleem Aslam  First news agency of Pakistan
 First private Airline of Pakistan  APP
 Hajvery Airline  First Pakistani female athlete who won
 First public airline of Pakistan gold medal in SAF Games
 Orient Airline  Naseem Hameed
 First capital of Pakistan  First state to join Pakistan
 Karachi  Bahawalpur
 First TV Station  First railway track
 Karachi and Kotri (1861)  M-8
 First Five year plan of Pakistan  Biggest Hockey Stadium of Pakistan
 1955-1960  National Hockey Stadium Lahore
 First Pakistani who climbed mount  Biggest industry of Pakistan
Everest  Textile
 Nazir Sabir (2000)  Biggest industrial unit in public sector
 First Pakistani who draw Pakistani flag  Pakistan Steel Mills
in North pole  Longest railway tunnel in Pakistan
 Numira Saleem  Khojak
 First emergency was declared in  Longest tunnel
Pakistan  Lawari Tunnel
 July 25, 1948  Province which have longest coastline
 First rocket launched by Pakistan  Baluchistan
 Rahbar  Largest language
 First missile launched by Pakistan  Punjabi (48)
 Hat 70  Pakistan’s largest museum
 First female Governor of Pakistan  Karachi museum
 Begum Ra’an Liaqat Ali  Biggest park in Pakistan
 First Chief of staff of the Armed Forces  Ayub National park
 Gen. Tikka Khan  Larges Dam in Pakistan
 First Chief of staff of the Air Force  Terbela Dam
 Air Marshal Zaffar Ahmed  Largest Earth filled Dam in Pakistan
 First Chief of staff of the Navy  Terbela Dam
 Hafeez Ahmed  Oldest Nuclear reactor of Pakistan
 Karachi nuclear power pant (1972)
 Biggest fort of Pakistan
 COLEST, HIGHEST, LOWEST, BIGGEST,  Rani Kot Fort (Haiderabad)
TALLEST, SMALLEST AND OLDEST IN  Oldest fort of Pakistan
PAKISATN  Daraward Fort
 Larges Oil refinery  Coldest place in Pakistan
 Pak-Arab Oil refinery  Skardu
 Biggest mosque in Pakistan  Highest dam in Pakistan
 Faisal Mosque Islamabad  Mangla Dam
 Tallest building of Pakistan  Highest glacier of Pakistan
 Muslim commercial Bank Building  Siachen
(Karachi)  Longest glacier of Pakistan
 Oldest forest of Pakistan  Siachen
 Janipur (Found between Loralai And  Largest Island of Pakistan
Ziarat  Manora
 Longest Motorway in Pakistan  Oldest Barrage of Pakistan
 Sukkur Barrage  Sukkur Barrage (1932)
 Highest mountain peak  Oldest airline of Pakistan
 K-2 (8611 meter or 28251)  Orient Airline
 Highest railway station of Pakistan  Oldest private Airline of Pakistan
 Khan Mehtarzai  Hajvery Airline
 Highest Road  Largest & longest river
 Sharah-e-Karakorm (Sharah Resham)  Indus (2896 Km) 1800 miles
 Oldest news agency of Pakistan  Biggest man-made lake found in
 APP (Associate Press of Pakistan) Pakistan
 Biggest cricket stadium of Pakistan  Keenjhar Lake (Thatha)
 National Stadium Karachi  Biggest natural lake in Pakistan
 Largest shipping company of Pakistan  Manchar Lake (Dadu)
 Pakistan national Shipping Corporation  Pakistan’s largest Stock Exchange
 Largest university of Pakistan  Karachi
 Punjab University  Highest pass
 Largest (biggest) province by area  Mustagh Pass (6000 meters)
 Balochistan  Biggest Gas field
 Biggest province by population  Sui Gas field
 Punjab  Biggest hydroelectric power station
 Biggest library found in Pakistan  Tarbela Dam
 Punjab Library  Largest jungle of Pakistan
 Biggest airline of Pakistan  Changa Manga
 PIA  Highest military award
 Biggest railway workshop in Pakistan  Nishan-e-Haider
 Mughalpura (Lahore)  Highest civil award
 Largest city of Pakistan  Nishan-e- Pakistan
 Karachi  The Longest Coastal area in Pakistan
 Largest District of Pakistan  Balochistan (771 kms long) (total 1046
 Chaghi km)
 Biggest desert found in Pakistan  The Longest Frontier
 Thar  Pakistan-Afghanistan border |(2252
 Highest battle field in Pakistan kms)
 Siachin Glacier  The Longest Railways Platform
 Hottest place in Pakistan  Rohri (Sindh) Length, 1,896 feet
 Jacobabad  The Longest Railway Track in Pakistan
 Biggest airport of Pakistan  Karachi to Landi Kotal
 Quaid-e-Azam Airport Karachi  The Longest Road in Pakistan
 Biggest Commercial Bank of Pakistan  Karachi to Peshawar
 Habib Bank Limited  The Longest Tunnel (Railway) in
 Biggest Barrage of Pakistan Pakistan
 Khojak Balochistan (Length 2.43 miles)  Murree
 The Longest Tunnel in Pakistan  Largest min excavated in Pakistan
 Lowari (Length 5 miles)  Salt mines Khewra
 The Longest (Water) in Pakistan  Largest stadium of athletics of Pakistan
 Warsak Dam Tunnel (Length 3.5 miles)  Islamabad
 The Tallest Tower in Pakistan  Highest population density rate in
 Minar-e-Pakistan (Hight 196 feet 8 Pakistan
inches)  Islamabad
 The Tallest Minaret in Pakistan  Lowest population density rate in
 Four minarets of Shah Faisal Mosque Pakistan
with a height of 286 feet each.  Chaghi district
 The Tallest Mountain Pass Pakistan  Largest seaport of Pakistan
 Muztagh Pass (Nothern Areas) height  Karachi
19,030 feet  Largest radio station in Pakistan
 The Tallest Mountain Peak Pakistan  Islamabad
 K-2 (Karakoram) height 28,269 feet  Highest radio station in Pakistan
 The Tallest Railway Station Pakistan  Gilgit
 Khan Mehtarzai (height 2,221 feet)  Longest road in Pakistan
 First Loin of Pakistan was designed by  Pakistan Highway
 Brandley  Largest Division of Pakistan
 The area lowest rainfall in Pakistan  Kalat
 Nokkundi  Smallest Division of Pakistan
 The oldest Pakistani TV Station in  Karachi
located in  Shortest river of Pakistan
 Lahore  Ravi River
 Largest mobile company in Pakistan  Largest Canal of Pakistan
 Mobil ink  Llovd Barrage Canal
 Largest sector of Pakistan’s economy  Largest Hospital in Pakistan
 Agriculture sector  Nishtar Hospital
 Largest Trade partner of Pakistan  Largest mausoleum in Pakistan
 USA  Quaid-e-Azam Tomb, Karachi
 Lowest point below the sea level in  Largest circulating Daily Newspaper of
Pakistan Pakistan
 Indian Ocean  Jang
 Biggest Thermal power station founded  Largest circulating English Daily
in Pakistan Newspaper of Pakistan
 Kot Addou  Daily News
 Biggest export item in Pakistan  Largest Nuclear power plant of Pakistan
 Textile (Cotton)  KANUPP
 Highest rainfall area of Pakistan
  DISTINCTIVE NAMES OF CITIES OF
PAKISTAN
 OLD AND NEW NAMES OF CITIES OF
 Land of Five River
PAKISTAN
 Punjab
 NEW Name
 City of Colleges
 OLD Name
 Lahore
 Hyderabad
 City of lightening
 Neroon Kot
 Karachi
 Quetta
 Manchester of Pakistan
 Shal Kot
 Faisalabad
 Jaccoabad
 Gateway of Pakistan
 Khan Garh
 Karachi
 Sialkot
 Brasilia of Pakistan
 Salwan Kot
 Islamabad
 Attock
 Valley or city of Flowers
 Cambell pur
 Peshawar
 Faisalabad
 City of Textiles
 Lyallpur
 Faisalabad
 Sahiwal
 Switzerland of Pakistan
 Montgomery
 Swat
 Bin Qasim
 Little Pakistan
 Pepri
 Bradford
 Muslim Bagh
 Gateway of Invaders
 Hindu Bagh
 Khyber Pass
 Pakpatten
 Pearl of the Himalaya
 Ajodhan pur
 Kaghan Valley
 Islamabad
 Killer Mountain of the world
 Raj Shahi
 Nanga Parbat
 Karachi
 Salt Home of the world
 Kalanchi
 Pakistan
 Lahore
 Land of pure people
 Mahmood pur
 Pakistan
 Gujranwala
 City of greeneries
 Khan Pur
 Islamabad
 Zhob
 Bread Basket of Pakistan
 Fort Sanemars
 Punjab
 Peshawar
 Queen of crops
 Persha pur
 Punjab
 Swat
 Rowdayana
  260 BC
 AshokaandKing ofKalinga (Orissa)
 Ashoka
 Vast destruction andbloodshed
changedthe attitude of Ashoka
andheembraced Buddhism
 3
 First Battle of or Thaneswar
 1191AD
 Prithviraj Chauhan and Mohd Ghori
 Prithviraj Chauhan

 4
 Second Battle of Paipat
 1192
 -do-
 Mohd.
 Estabishment of an Islamic empire in
India Onset of the Mughal Tarain
empire in India
 5
 Important Battles in Indian History  First Battle of Panipat
 r. No.  1526AD
 Name of the Battle  Ibrahim Lodhi and Babur
 Period  Babur
 Battle between  Onset of the Mughal Empire in India
 Won by  6
 Significance  Battle of Kannauj
 1  1527AD
 Battle Hydaspes  Babur and Rana Sangha
 326 BC  Babur
 Alexander and Porus
 Alexander
 Fought on the banks of the Jhelum,  7
which is called ‘Hydaspes’ in Greek;  Battle of Kannauj
opened relations between India and the  1540 AD
West  Sher Shah and Humayun
 2  Sher Shah
 Kalinga War  Sher Shah became emperor of India
 8  1761
 Second Battle of Panipat  Ahmed Shah Abdali and Marathas
 1556 AD  Ahmed Shah Abdali
 Akbar and Hemu  Gave a setback to Marathas in the
 Akabr north; sealed destiny of Mughal empire
 Ended Afghan rule, strengthened and made British entry easier
mughal rule  14
 9  Battle of Buxar
 Battle of Talikota  1764 AD
 1564-65 AD  Joint forces of Muslims and English
 Combined forces of 4 Muslim rulers of  English forces
Deccan and Ramraja of Vijaynagar  Led to English occupation of India
 Muslim forces  15
 Destroyed HinduKingdom of the  Third Mysore War
Deccan; sealed the fortunes of  1790-92 AD
Vijaynagar empire  English forces and Tipu Sultan
 10  English forces
 Battle of Haldighati  Tipu Sultan had to sign treaty of the
 1576 AD Seringapattam
 Rana Pratap and Akbar  16
 Akbar  Fourth Mysore War
 Rana Pratap fought gallantly and took  1799 AD
refuge in a remote fortress  English forces and Tipu Sultan
 11  English forces
 Battle of Samugarh  Fought at Malavali and brought the
 1659 AD Mohammedan dynasty of Mysore to
 Aurangzeb and Imperial forces led by end
Dara  17
 Aurangzeb  First Sikh War
 Aurangzeb captured the Mughal throne  1854 AD
 12  English forces and Sikhs
 Battle of Plassey  English forces
 1757 AD  Sikh kingdom came under the British
 Siraj-ud-daula and English forces under  18
Clive  Indo-Pak War
 English forces  1948
 Fought at Plassey. The English became  India and Pakistan
masters of British rule  -
 13  Fought in Kashmir, ceasfire agreed to
 Third Battle of Panipat on actual line of occupation
 19  Indian Legislative Council Act
 Sino-India War  1861
 1962  Lord Canning
 China and India  Envisaged association of Indians with
 - the administration at higher level.
 China invaded India on the north  Elbert Bill
eastern front. Ceasefire was agreed to  1883
on the intervention of other countries  Lord Ripon
 20  To bring Indian and European
 Indo-Pak War magistracy on equal footing
 1965  Indian Council Act
 India and Pakistan  1892
 -  Lord Lansdown
 Fought in the western sector, led to  Membership of the central legislative
Tashkent Pact between India and councils was enlarged
Pakistan; described as the heaviest tank  6.Minto-Morley Reforms
battle since World War II  1909
 21  Lord Minto II
 Indo-Pak War  Separate electorates to widen the gulf
 1971 between Hindus and Muslims
 India and Pakistan  Indian Councils Act
 -  1909
 On Dec. 3. 1971 Pakistan attacked; India  Lord Minto II
helped Mukti Bahini on the eastern  (See Morley-Minto reforms)
front and East Pakistan was liberated:  8.Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
the state of Bangladesh was formed. (Dyarchy)
 1919
 Lord Chelmsford
 Reforms/Acts during British Period  Meaning dual system of Government
 Prohibition of Sati and Female (See Rowlatt act)
infanticide  9. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
 1829  1919
 Lord William Bentinck  Lord Chelmsford
 Supported by Raja Ramous Roy  Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh in
 Doctrine of Lapse Amritsar by General Dyer
 1848  Rowlatt Act
 Lord Dalhousie  1919
 Adoption of sons by rulers in the  Lord Chelmsford
absence of their natural heirs was  Extraordinary powers were given to
banned government to suppress the freedom
 struggle with General Dyer as the representation to all major
Commandant communities in India
 11.Simon Commission  18.Cabinet Mission Plan
 1927  1946
 Lord Irwin  Lord Wavell
 To report working of the reforms;  Envisaged establishment of Constituent
recommended diarchy in provinces Assembly to frame the Constitution
India to be constituted as a federation  Indian Independence Act
and Indianization of armed forces  1947
 Gandhi-Irwin Pact  Lord Mountbatten
 1931  India partitioned and attained
 Lord Irwin independence
 Congress called off the agitation and
agreed to participate in the Second
Round Table Conference
 Communal Award
 1932
 Lord Wellingdon
 Envisaged communal representation for
depressed classes besides Hindus,
Muslims and Sikhs
 Government of India Act
 1935
 Lord Wellingdon
 Provided for a federal type constitution
 Cripps Mission
 1942
 Lord Linlithgow
 Proposed Dominion status for India
after the Second World War  IMPORTANT BOOKS OF INDO-PAK
 INA Trial HISTORY
 1945  Jinnah the creator of PakistanHector
Bolitho
 Lord Wavell
 Thoughts on PakistanDr. Ambedkar
 INA prisoners of war were tried at Red
Fort Delhi and Jawaharlal Nehru  Myth of independence & Great
defended them TragedyZ. A. Bhutto
 Wavell Plan  Foreign Policy of PakistanZ. A. Bhutto
 1945  Evolution of PakistanSharif-Ud-Din
Pirzada
 Lord Wavell
 Foundation of PakistanSharif-Ud-Din
 Envisaged constitution of executive
Pirzada
council in such a way as to give
 Quaid –e-Azam Jinnah. The story of a  Now or NeverCh. Rehmat Ali
NationG. Allana  Pakistan the Heart of AsiaLiaquat Ali
 Our Freedom FightersG. Allana Khan
 Emergence of PakistanM. A. Choudhry  Incomplete PartitionAlastair Lamb
 India wins FreedomMaulana Abul  My Last day with QuaidIlahi Bux
Kalam Azad  The Sole SpokesmanAysha Jalal
 Mission with MountbattonCambell  A New History of PakistanK. Ali
Johnson  Modern Muslim India and the birth of
 The Making of PakistanK.K. Aziz PakistanS. M. Ikram
 The Transfer of Power in IndiaV. P.  History of Muslim Civilization in India
Menon and PakistanS. M. Ikram
 Jinnah: India-Pakistan-  My Experiments with Truth Mahtma
IndependenceJaswant Singh (17 August Gandhi
2009)  Constitutional Development of
 The great Divide H. V. Hudson PakistanG. W. Chaudhry
 In the Line of FirePervez Musharraf  The Idea of PakistanStephen Philip
 The Daughter of EastBenzir Bhutto Cohen
 Reconstruction of Religious Thought in  India as I Knew itM.F.O Dwyer
Islam Allam Iqbal  History of Saracens , Spirit of IslamSyed
 Freedom Moment of IndiaI. H. Qureshi Ameer Ali
 Jinnah of PakistanStanlay Walport  My Life a FragmentM. Ali Johar
 Zulfi of PakistanStanlay Walport  A Nation in MakingSerandere Nath
 Muslim India and the Birth of PakistanS. Benerji
M Ikram  Pakistan or Partition of IndiaDr.
 Friends not MastersAyub Khan Ambedkar
 Struggle for PakistanI. H. Qureshi
 Pakistan formative PhaseK. B. Saeed
 Political System of PakistanK. B. Saeed  MOST IMPORTANT GK QUESTIONS
 Politics in PakistanK. B. Saeed • “Jatiya Sangsad” is the Parliament of
 Jinnah as I know himAbdul Hassan Bangladesh; Sejm is the Parliament of
Isphahani Belarus; Loya Jirga is the Parliament of
 Pathway to PakistanCh. Khaliq-uz- Afghanistan; Folketing is the Parliament
zaman of Denmark; Knesset is the Parliament
 Ulema in PolictcsI. H. Qureshi of Israel; Diet is the Parliament of
 Our Indian MuslimsW. W. Hunter Japan; “Duma” is the parliament of
 Medieval India Lane Poole Russia; Storting is the Parliament of
 Divide and QuitMoon, Penderal Norway; Cortes is the Parliament of
 Five Thousand Years of PakistanR. E. M. Spain; Rksdag is the Parliament of
Wheeler Sweden; Bundesrat is the Parliament of
 Towards PakistanWaheed-ur—Zaman Germany; Advisory Council is the
Parliament of Qatar; Chamber of
 Deputies is the Parliament of • “Sharm-ul-Sheikh” is the Egyptian
Luxembourg and People’s Great Hural is seaport on Red Sea.
the parliament of Mangolia. • “Asiana” is an airline of South Korea.
• The International Criminal Police • “Teges” is the currency and Astana is
Organization’s known as Interpol was the capital of Kazakhstan.
established in 1923 and Current • ‘NIKKEI’ is a stock exchange index of
Interpol’s headquarter is situated in Tokyo.
Lyon (France). • “Wheel” is a symbol of progress.
• Scotland Yard is the investigation police • The “Stonehenge” is among the Seven
of England and it was formed on Sept. Wonders of the World, situated in
29, 1829. England.
• Gestapo was the secret police • The majority of ‘Kurd Population’ is
organization and BND is the secret living in Iraq and Turkey.
agency of Germany. • “Ramallah” is the headquarters of
• Mossad and Aman is the secret Palestinian Authority situated at West
agencies of Israel. Bank.
• Khad and NDS are the secret agencies • ‘Senior Citizen Day’ is observed every
of Afganistan. year throughout the world on The first
• RAW and CBI are the secret agencies of October.
India. • “Shekle” is the currency of Israel.
• KGB is the secret agency of Russia. • “Sub Judice” means under
• BIN is the secret agency of Indonesia. consideration.
• VEVAK and SAVAK are the secret • Euclid (300 BC), also known as Euclid of
agencies of Iran. Alexandria, was a Greek mathematician,
• ISI,IB,MI and FIA are the secret agencies often referred to as the "Father of
of Pakistan. Geometry". His Elements is one of the
• CIA and FBI are the secret agencies of most influential works in the history of
USA. mathematics, serving as the main
• MI6 , MI5 are the secret agencies of UK. textbook for teaching mathematics
• GSD -- Iraq, KDS -- Bulgaria, DRM -- (especially geometry) from the time of
France, its publication until the late 19th or
 DND -- Canad, G2 -- Ireland are the early 20th century.
secret agencies • Robert Baden-Powell founded the Boy
• “History of God" was written by Karen Scouts as an organization in 1908, a few
Armstrong. months after the first scout
• The Peking news was the first encampment at Brownsea Island Scout
newspaper of the world (china). camp in 1907.
• “Queen’s House” is the official • Brief History of Time (subtitled "From
residency of Sirilankan President and the Big Bang to Black Holes") is a
“Temple tree” is the official residency of popular-science book written by British
Srilankan Prime Minister. physicist Stephen Hawking.
• ‘Seatle’ is the seaport and ‘Delta is the • “Thomas Cup” is given in the game of
air line of USA. Badminton.
• ‘Aral Sea’ is bounded by Uzbekistan and • Rotterdam is the seaport of Netherland.
Kazakhistan. • “Victoria Fall” is in Rhodesia.
• “Hague” is the headquarters of • “Das-Man-Palace” is the official
International Court of Justice. residence of Amir-e-Kuwait.
• The world’s famous bridge “Golden • “No dynasty lasts more than three
Gate” is located in San Francisco(USA). generations “ is the theory of Ibn
• “WAFA” is a news agency of Palestine. Khaldun.
• “Cathay Pacific” is an airline of Hong • Greece is a World’s oldest democratic
Kong. country.
• The General Assembly meets every year • After Sui, Mari is the second largest gas
in regular sessions which begin on third field in Pakistan.
Tuesday in September every year • Holy Prophet (PBUH) appointed
• “Reuters” is the famous news agency of governer of yeman for collection zakat?
Britain. Hazrat Muaz Bin Jabal
• When the stock market is rising, it is • Australia is the largest wool produceing
called Bullish and when down, it is country.
called Bearish. • “Baku” is the seaport on Black Sea.
• “Bristol” is a famous seaport of UK. • Karakum desert located
• “Ariana” is an airline of Afghanistan. inTurkmenistan.
• “From Plassey to Pakistan” is • Minsk is the capital of? Belarus
abiography of Feroz Khan Noon. • Baht is the currency of? Thailand
• “Five Thousand Years of Pakistan” • Fleet Street is famous for newspapers.
anoted book on Pakistan’s cultural • Sikandry Azam belongs to which
heritage is written by R.E.M. Wheeler. country? Macedonia
• KLM is the oldest national airline of • Smallest country of the world is Vatican
Netherland. City.
• Who is said to be the father of Modern • The lowest rainfall area in Pakistan is?
Olympics? Pierre de Coubertin Nokhundi
• Who was the founder of Republican • Interfax is the news agency of? Russia
Party of USA? Alexander Hamilton • Heathrow is the seaport of? London
• “Davis Cup” is associated with Lawn • Largest producer of uranium is? Canada
Tenis. • Which country is situated below the sea
• “Skhalin Island” enriched with oil level? Netherlands
reserves are claimed by Russia and • Who was the painter of Mona Lisa?
Japan. Leonardo Davinci
• “OXUS River” is flowing between • Neza e Sultan is an extinct volcano
Afghanistan and Tajikistan. located in Chagai District, Baluchistan,
• “Sine die” means without fixing date. have deep resources of Sulfur.
• “Dead Sea” is lying between Israel and • Yellow sea is situated between? China
Jordan. and Korea
• Longest land boundary between two • “Bakhtar” is a news agency of
countries? USA and Canada Afghanistan.
• When the Simla Accord was signed? • “ITAR-TASS” is a news agency of Russia.
July 3, 1972 • Arya Samaaj was founded in1875 by
• When did Pakistan become member of Dayananda Sarasvati.
United Nations? 30th Sep 1947 • “Old man and the Sea” was written by
• Which country opposed Pakistan's Heming way.
membership in United Nations? • “Burma” is the old name of Myanmar.
Afghanistan • Muhammadan Educational Conference
• Author of “Paradise Lost & Paradise was established in 1886 by Sir Syed
Regained” was John Milton. Ahmed Khan.
• Asgheri aur Akbari kis novel k do • Pakistan lies of the tropic zone of North.
mash'hoor kirdar hain? Mira-Tul-Aroos • Vience is called “city of canals”.
• “Shikwa aur Jawab-e-Shikwa” Iqbal k • Real name of Tipu Sultan was Fateh Ali.
konsay kalam main hain? Bang-e-Dara • ‘Lufthansa’ is the name of airline of
• Waqa-e-Karbala kis hijri main howa?61 Germany.
hijri • Monaco has the shortest and Canada
• What is length of Pakistan-India border? has the largest coastline country in the
1610 km world.
• “Pathway to Pakistan” book was written • ‘Land of Maple Leaf’ is the nickname of
by Ch khalique Zaman Canada.
• When Qaid e Azam met M.K Gandhi 1st • ‘Sick Man of Europe’ is called Turkey.
time in 1916 Lucknow. • “Yangtze Kiang” is the largest river of
• Who is seceratry of state for India in Asia (china).
cabinet mission? Lord Pathetic • Share of Punjab in Pakistan by area is
Lawerance 25.8%.
• Green peace” headquarter is located in • Ibne Batuta came in India from
Amsterdam. Morroco.
• Doab between river Ravi and Chenab is • Liaqar-Nehru Pact on April 8, 1950.
called Rachna Doab. • Pedagogy is the study of teaching.
• Who supported Pakistan resolution • After USA arms exporter, Russia is the
from sindh province by Abdullah second largest exporter of arms.
Haroon. • Kahuta Labortries established in 1976.
• Ch. Rehmat Ali coined word Pakistan in • Nuclear power plant in Pakistan was
“Now or Never” pamphlet in 1933. established in 1972 with help of
• Largest Muslim country in Africa by Canada.
population is Nigeria and Aligeria is • Durand line was demacrated in 1893
largest Muslim country by area. which lies between Pakistan and
• Sirilanka is the highest literacy rate and Afghanistan.
highest per capita income among • Pakistan’s first missile is Hatf-I.
SAARC countries. • Oldest monarchy is in Japan.
• The Great Bear lake is situated in • Another name of Hatf III missile is
Canada. Gazdnavi.
• “Edmund Hillary” is the first man who • ILO headquarter is situated at Geneva
successfully climbed Mt. Everest in (Switzerland).
1953. • Most Hafiz- e- quran were martyrd in
• “Ferdinand Magellan” was the first man ghazwa Yamamah
to sail round the world. • The oldest Airport of the world is
• “Origin of Species” was written by located in Netherlands.
Charles Darwin. • 1st constitution in the world is Misaq e
• Sir Francis Moody was the first Madina.
Governor of Punjab from August 1947 • Ghzwa furqan is another name of
to August 1949. Ghzwa Badar.
• Thomas Jefferson was the founder of • The writer of awaz dost is Mukhtar
Democratic Party of USA. Masood.
• Alexander the Great was the king of • Elysee palace is the residence of French
Macedonia. President.
• Britain parliament is called mother of • Naypyitaw is the current capital city of
parliaments. the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.
• Seweden was the first country who had • Chaghi is the biggest district and Kalaat
issued currency notes in the world. is the largest Division of Pakistan.
• Kremlin is a fortress where there are • The headquarters of International
government offices, palaces and Olympic Committee is located at
churches is in Russia. Lausanne (Switzerland).
• “Hawang Ho River” is also called yellow • Trygve Lie is the first and the only
river (china). Secretary General of UNO who resigned
• During the Mughal period, Portuguese from his post.
traders first came to India. • Kuwait is a tax free country.
• “Maputo” is the capital and largest city • Who is the founder of Wikileaks? Julian
of Mozambique. Assange (Australian)
• State of Kashmir was purchased by • Allama Iqbal qualified as PhD scholar
Ghulab Singh for Rs.7.5 million. from Munich University, Germany.
• Canada is called “Land of Lilies”. • “Jinnah of Pakistan” and “Zulfi of
• Niagara Falls is situated inUSA&Canada. Pakistan” was written by Stanely
• SAARC was formed in Dhaka on Wolpert.
December 8, 1985. • Islamabad was made capital in the year
• Afghanistan is separated from Central 1959.
Asia by Oxus River. • Radcliffe was a lawyer by profession.
• Ghulam Muhammad Barrage is also • Day of deliverance was observed on 22
called Kotri Barrage; which is situated Dec. 1939.
on river Indus. • Baku is the seaport on Caspian Sea
• Cheif election commissioner office term (Caspian sea makes his boundries with
for 3years.
 Iran, Russia, Kazakhstan and • The largest Agency of FATA (Federally
Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan). Administered Tribal Areas) by area is:
• Urinium resources found in Pakistan? D South Waziristan
G khan • Biman is the Airline of:Bangladesh
• “Taklamakan desert” found in xinjaning • In the absence of President, who
(China) becomes the acting President of
• Napoleon is known as “Man of Destiny” Pakistan:Chairman of the Senate
and “Little Corporal”. Prince Bismarck is • Largest continent of the world is "Asia"
called the Man of “Iron and Blood”. and smallest is "Australia”. Largest
• After independence the first radio ocean of the world is "pacific ocean”
station was established at Karachi. and smallest ocean is Arctic ocean”. The
• Abdus Salam was a Pakistani Physicist Sahara is the largest desert of the
and Nobel Prize Winner in 1979 in world.
physics. What is his contribution to • Kazakhstan is the largest Muslim
Physics? Interaction of Elementary country in land area in the world. It has
Particles and weak forces an area of 1,049,000 sq.miles. Maldives
• Nightingale Florence (belongs to is the smallest Muslim country in land
France) was a Nurse. (in creamin war) area of 115 sq. miles.
• Paris is the capital of France situated on • Indonesia is the most populous Muslim
the bank of Seine. country and Maldives is less populous
• Babusar Pass connects Abbotabad and Muslim country.
Gilgit. • The Ostrich of North Africa is the
• Ural Mountains separate Asia from biggest bird. Its height is up to 2.7
Europe. meters ( 9 feet ) and weight is up to 160
• Baglihar Dam is located in Doda district kgs. While the humming bird is smallest
on river Chenab. bird. It is 5.5-20 cm in length and weight
• The first airline of Pakistan is Orient about 16 grams.
Airline. • The largest museum in the world is the
• Don is river of Russia and Darlinng is American Museum of Natural History.
river of Australia. • Biggest Library is Congress Library in
• Grand Central Terminal, Park Avenue, USA.
New York is the world's largest railway • Country with largest coast line is
station Canada.
• Transparency International is based • Feroz Shah Tughlaq constructed five
in:Berlin canals to remove scarcity of water.
• May 3, each year is internationally • “Decline of the West” book was written
observed as Press Freedom Day. by German Philosopher Spengler
• The last day of the Quaid-e-Azam was • “Tripoli” is the capital of Libya.
written by:Col. Illahi Bukhsh • Brazil is the world’s largest producer of
• One unit dissolved on 1st July 1970 coffee.
• The Palk Strait separates which two
countries? India and Sri Lanka.
• Althing (oldest parliament of world) is • The word "Tsunami" belongs to which
the parliament of Iceland. of the following languages? Japanese
• After ‘Pushtuns’, the largest ethnic • The highest mountain in the world is
group in Afghanistan is Tajiks. the Mount Everest in Nepal (Tibet)
• The capital of Argentina is Buenos Aires. • The biggest desert in the world is the
• “Rupiyah” is the currency of Sri Lanka. Sahara desert.
• “ANTARA” is the news agency of • The name given to the border which
Indonesia. separates Pakistan and Afghanistan is
• “Helmand” is the largest opium Durand line
producer province in Afghanistan. • The river Jordan flows out into the Dead
• “SANA” is the name of Syria’s news sea
Agency. • The biggest delta in the world is the
• Qantas is an airlines of:Australia Ganges Delta
• The first Muslim Nobel Laureate was • The world's oldest known capital is
Anwar Sadaat of Egypt. Damascus
• Asian Development Bank (ADB) was • The city which is also known as the City
established in1966 and it’s headquarter of Canals is Venice
is located at Manila in Philippine. • Paris is the capital of France situated on
• The permanent Secretariat of SAARC is the bank of river Seine
established at Kathmandu in Nepal • English channel separates England from
(1987). France
• The term of office of a judge of the • Great victoria desert is present in
International Court of Justice is nine Australia
years. • Largest sea in the world? South china
• The Strait of Malacca is the main sea
shipping channel between the India • One of the Asian country through which
Ocean and The North Pacific Ocean. equator passes is? Malaysia
• “Congo river” crosses the equator • The deepest point in the ocean is?
twice. Mariana trench (deapest ocean---pacific
• Strait of Bosporous connects? Black sea ocean) near philpine
and sea of marmara.It separates Italy • Longest mountain range in the world?
from Sicily? Messina Andes (in south America)
• Strait of Malacca is the largest strait of • Which of the following towns is situated
the world and it separates --- Malaysia at the highest altitude? Lhasa
and Indonesia • What are the two seas linked by suez
• Straits separate Malaysia from canal? The mediterranean and red sea
Singapore? Johor Strait • The biggest island of the world is
• The Kalahari Desert, which stretches Greenland
over 1,40,000 miles is in? South Africa • The city which was once called the
• The panama canal links? North America `Forbidden City' was Lahsa
with south America • The "Roof of the world" is? The pamir
plateau .
• The country called the Land of Rising • The river which carries maximum
Sun is Japan quantity of water into the sea is the
• The country known as the Sugar Bowl of Amazon River (also called father of
the world is Cuba water)
• The lowest point on earth is The coastal • The Gurkhas are the original inhabitants
area of Dead sea of Nepal
• The country which has the greatest • The largest bell in the world is the Tsar
population density is Monaco. Kolkol at Kremlin, Moscow.
• The Red Cross was founded by Jean • The biggest stadium in the world is the
Henri Durant in 1964 Strahov Stadium, Prague
• “Paradise Regained and Paradise Last” • The world's largest diamond producing
written by John Milton country is South Africa
• The primary producer of newsprint in • Australia was discovered by Willium
the world is Canada Janszoon
• The first explorer to reach the South • Miner - e - Pakistan was designed by
Pole was Cap. Ronald Amundson Haji Murad Khan (a Russian engineer)
• World literacy day is celebrated on 8th and its height is 196 feet)
September • The cloth required for covering The
• The founder of modern Germany is Holy Kabba is 1,000 meters.
Bismarck • The longest rivers in the world are first
• The country known as the land of the Nile - Eygpt, second Amazon - Brazail
midnight sun is Norway (but it is a largest river) and third
• The founder of the Chinese Republic Mississippi - USA.
was San Yat Sen • Geneva is also known as City of
• The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Conventions.
Prize was Abdul Salam in 1979 (physics) • The language with most letters is
• The first Secretary General of the UNO Khmer(Cambodian) with 74 Alphabets.
was Trygve Lie • Scandinavian Countries are Sweden,
• The highest waterfalls in the world is Denmark, Norway.
the Salto Angel Falls, Venezuela • The Blue Whales are not only the
• The largest library in the world is the largest animal but also the loudest
United States Library of Congress, animal. They have been recorded
Washington DC making noises at 188 decibels.
• Nickname of New York city is Big Apple. • The largest silver producer country is
(New York`s old name Amesterdam --- Mexico.
oldest stock exchange market) • American President is elected for 4
• FORMOSA is the old name of Taiwan. years and Senator elected for 6 Years
• Italy is also called the Boot of Europe. • The longest frontier is the frontier
• The largest flag is of Brazil; the oldest between Canada and the United States
flag in the World is of Denmark ; oldest of America (USA).
&longest anthem – Japan ; oldest • The first woman prime minister is Mrs.
parliament – Althing – Iceland. Srimao Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka.
• The most abundant mineral in the • Under the constitution of Pakistan,
human body is calcium and most Fedral Shariat Court shall consist of not
abundant element is Oxygen more than Eight Judges.
• Largest earth filled dam in the world is • Under 1973 constitution, ‘Bicameralism’
Terbella Dam constructed on Indus river was introduced in Pakistan.
in 1976. • Behman and Bismillah Airlines belong to
• There are 64 boxes (houses) both in Bangladesh.
chess and draft. • Awaz-e-dost is written by Mukhtar
• The distance covered in marathan race masood
is 26 miles (43 km). • Fasana-e-azad is written by rattan nath
• The oldest national anthem is Kimigayo sarshar
of Japan. • The longest canal in the world is beloye-
• Sunderbans (West Bengal) is the largest more Baltic
delta in the world. • world longest road is pan-am highway
• The Headquarters of the ‘International • In the muslim world Kuwait has the
Monetary Fund’ and World Bank is at highest per capita income
Washington. • Highest military award of UK is Victoria
• The International Court of Justice Cross and USA is Medal of Honor.
consists of 15 Judges (for the term of • Columbus discovered America in 1492
office 9 year). • NPT was signed in 1st July 1968 by 62
• Hungary is a Land-locked country in nations
Europe. • UN General assembly approved CTBT in
• In the United Nations, Pitras Bukhari 10 sep 1960
was the first permanent representative • Haya Rashid Al Khalifa the first muslim
of Pakistan. women as president UN General
• Multan is called, the city of “Great Assembly belongs to Bahrain
Saints”. • Brazil has the largest area of forest land
• Qarn-ul-manazil is Meeqat for the • OIC (organization of Islamic conference)
citizens of Najd and the whole East was established May 1969 has 57
pilgrims: the citizens of the Gulf, Iraq, members and it’s headquarter is
Iran and other who pass by it. situated in Jedah.
• Europe only muslim country is Albania • Arab League was established on March
• Myanmar is new name of burma 22, 1945 with headquarters in cairo
• Indonesia is new name of Guyana • WTO established January 01, 1995
• Siam is old name of Thailand (total 187 members)
• Beijing is new name of peking • North Atlantic treaty organization
• Hinduism is world’s oldest religion (NATO) was established in 1949 ( head
• Golden temple is the sacred place of office in Brussels ) (28 memer
Sikhism (Amritsar) countries)
• The first “Barani University” to study • Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty signed
and reasearch in rain-fed agriculture by UK,USA,RUSSIA July 01, 1968
land was established at Rawalpindi.
• ILO was established 1919 and has head • Which water body is the saltiest water
office in Geneva body (lake) in the world (mostly people
• IAEA was established 1957 and has considered Dead Sea as the saltiest lake
head office in Vienna but it is incorrect)?Assal lake
• UNESCO was established in1946 and • A place where government records are
has head office in Paris kept is called Archives
• WHO was established 1948 and has • The deepest lake of the world is Baikal
head office in Geneva Lake in Russia.
• IMF was established 1945 and has head • The largest Continent of the world is
office in Washington( World Bank was Asia and Smallest Australia
established in 1944) • The longest wall of the world is Great
• Headquarter of UNICEF is in New York Wall of China
• 2001-2010 is the SAARC decade of the • The highest peak of the world is Mount
rights of the child. Everest (Nepal)
• ASEAN was established August 09, 1967 • The largest democracy of the world is
and has head office in Jakarta India
• OPEC (organization of petroleum • The World largest Islamic country by
exporting countries) has head office in area is Kazakhstan
Viana (Austria). • The highest waterfall of the world is
• Which famous actor became the Angel Falls (height 3212 feet )
president of the United States? - Ronald • The highest dam of the world is Nurak
Reagan Dam
• Have you any idea when the Berlin wall • Abyssinia is the old name of Ethiopia
came down? - 1989 • Ceylon is the old name of Sri Lanka
• What was the first James Bond book ---- • Nippon is the old name of Japan
- Casino Royal • Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem
• What is the currency of Austria ----- (Juruslam)
Schilling • Winston Churchill was Prime Minister of
• Which sea on Earth has no beaches ----- England during 2nd World War
Sargasso sea • Lord Buddha was born in Lumbini (566
• On which national flag is there an eagle B.C , died 486 B.C)
and a snake ----- Mexico • KLM is international airline of
• “Ikebana” is the art of beautifully Netherland
arranging cut stems, leaves, and flowers • Lufthansa is international airline of
in vases and other containers that Germany
evolved in Japan over seven centuries. • Sabena is international airline of
• What Wall Street in USA is known for? Belgium
Stock Exchange (New York) • SIA is international airline of Singapore
• What is the height of Mount Everest • Transworld Airline (TWA) is
according to new map survey (it international airline is in USA
previous height was 29028 feet (8848 • Palm and Dum Dum are airports of
metre)?29035 feet (8850 metre) India
• Senta Cruz is airport of India (Mumbai ) • Abu Musa” Area is disputed between
• Kennedy is airport of New York Iran and UAE
• Gatwick is airport of UK • Rah-e-Rasat Operation was started by
• Halim Pardana Kushmah is airport of Army of Pakistan in Swat
Indonesia • Rah-e-Nijat Operation was started by
• Subang is airport of Malaysia Army of Pakistan in South Waziristan
• The number of players in Baseball from • 17 Member bench of SC has declared
each team is 9 NRO null & void and unconstitutional all
• The number of players in Basketball cases withdrawn under NRO reopen
from each side is 5 with immediate effect on 16th
• The brightest planet and nearest to December 2009
Earth in the solar system is Venus • What is the full name of Kerry-Lugar
• The nearest planet to the sun is Bill? Enhanced Partnership with
Mercury Pakistan Act of 2009
• There are no volcanoes in Australia • Under ‘Enhanced Partnership with
• The intensity of the energy released by Pakistan Act of 2009’ what will USA
an Earthquake is measured by the provide Pakistan? $ 1.5 billion annually
Richter scale • For how long Pakistan would get the US
• Dasht-e-Lut Desert is located in Eastern aid under Kerry-Lugar bill? 5 years
Iran • How much total US aid will flow to
• Which river is mentioned most often in Pakistan under Kerry-Lugar bill over the
Bible? Jordan five years? US$ 7.5 billion
• Which river is called Yellow River due to • Gilgit-Baltistan (empowerment and Self-
large amount of Yellow silt deposits? Governance) Order, 2009 was approved
Haung He in china on August 29, 2009
• Largest in Asia and China's longest and • Novel H1N1 (often referred to as "swine
world's third longest river is? Yangtze flu") is a new influenza: Virus (H1N1
• Only strait between Atlantic and Pacific virus sometimes called Swine flu).
ocean is Magellan • Influenza A virus subtype H5N1, also
• Tugela waterfall is in South Africa known as Bird flu
• Sutherland waterfall is in New Zealand • A spratly island is disputed between
• ‘Broadway Street’ is famous for Cinema China and Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines,
Halls. Malaysia and Brunei.
• ‘Fleet Street’ is famous for Newspapers • Gibraltar colony is disputed between UK
and press agencies offices, it is situated and Spain
in London. • Mont Blank is disputed between France
• Eagle is the national emblem of Spain and Italy.
• Which is the first newspaper of Urdu • The Muslims of Chinese province
language? Jam-e-Jahan Numma (1st Xinjiang are called Uighurs
Pakistani __ Amroz) • Clash of Civilization book is written by
• When Radcliffe Award was announced? Sumeil Hintington
17th August 1947
• “Origin of Species” was written by • Partition of Bengal took place on 16th
Charles Darwin Oct, 1905 (Lord Curzin) and cancelled in
• War and Peace book is written by Leo 1911(Hoarding).
Tolstoy • All India Congress was founded by Allan
• The Sun Also Rises book is written by O. Hume in1885.
Ernest Hemingway • Badshahi Mosque was built by
• Pride and Prejudice book is written by Aurangzeb Alamgir at Lahore in 1674.
Jane Austen • Babur was the founder of Mughal
• What is the total number of NATO Dynasty in1526 and the last Mughal
members after the membership of Emperor of India was Bahadur Shah
Croatia, Albania and Macedonia? 28 Zafar.
• Name the tallest building in the world? • Pakistan's largest steel mill is at pipri
Khalifa Burj (Karachi) formed by the cooperation of
• Who is the highest wicket taker in test Russia.
as well as one day cricket? Muralitharan • The first Conferences of NAM was held
• Which of the following female mosquito at Belgrade in 1961 and Pakistan joined
is the cause of Dengue Fever? Aedes the NAM in in the year 1979 at Havana.
Aegypteis • The Secretariat of O.I.C is at Jeddah
• Which of the following country has (Saudi Arabia) and ECO at Tehran (Iran).
broken the 100 year record of South • According to 3rd June 1947 plan
Africa as a largest Gold producer plebiscite was held in N.W.F.P and
country in the world? China Silhyte.
• Which River is known as “father of • The first constituent assembly of
waters”? Amazon Pakistan was dissolved on 24th Oct,
• Which river is known as “father of 1954 and Mir Maulvi Tamizuddin was
rivers”? Indus its speaker.
• Who is called Father of International • National Assembly consists of 342
law? Hugo Grotius Muslim members and the Senate
• Who among the following is regarded consists of 104 members.
as the “Founder of Soviet Union”? Lenin • Pakistan became the member of U.N on
• Who is known as the Father of 30th September 1947 and Afghanistan
Chemistry? Jabir bin hayan Opposed it.
• Songs of blood and swords book is • “Humdard” and "Comarade" was
written by Fatima Bhutto started by Moulana Muhammad Ali
• The last Governor General and first • "Zamindar" was brought about by Zafar
viceroy of united India was Lord Ali Khan
Cunning. • Day of Deliverance was celebrated on
• The last viceroy of united India was Lord 22nd December 1939
Mount Batten • "Now or Never" pamphlet was written
• The State Bank was inaugurated by in 1933 byCh. Rehmat Ali
Quaid-e-Azam on 1st July 1948. • Where was Albert Einstein born?
Germany
• Who known as ‘Nightingale of India? • Seweden is the first neutral state in
Sarojinin Naidu 1814 and Switzerland is the second
• Which of the following states of USA is neutral state in 1815.
called “mother of states”? Virginia (It • The Paris Pacts are four international
also called mother of President) agreements signed in Paris on 23
• Who is known as the ‘Father of October, 1954.
Geometry’? Euclid • “Freedom Air” was air Newzealand
• Who among the following is known as group’s low-cost aireline.
‘Fuehrer’? Hitler • “Ngultrum” has been the currency of
• Largest delta is in Bengal created by the Bhutan.In 1974, the Ngultrum was
river Bharamputra and the Ganges.( introduced, and replacing the rupee at
Sundrbans ) par.The Ngultrum is equal in value to
• Hottest place is Aziziyah, Libya. the Indian rupee.
• Driest place is Atacama Desert in Chile. • “Lusaka” is the capital and largest city
• Most spoken language is Mandarin of Zambia.
Chinese. • “AFP” is the world oldest news agency
• Oldest civilization is Sumerian of France.
civilization (Mesopotamia). Oldest town • Switzerland is a neutral state (1815) and
is Jericho (Jordan). neutrality is one of the most important
• Largest land mammal is African principles of Swiss foreign policy.
Elephant. • Harward is the oldest university of USA.
• Longest strait is the Strait of Malacca • “Nairta” is the International Airport of
which seperat Malaysia and Indonesia. Japan.
• Busiest airport is O’Hare International • “Shirin Ebadi” is an Iranian lawyer, a
Airport at Chichago (USA). former judge and human rights activist
• Oldest capital city is Damascus (Syria). and founder of Defenders of Human
• Largest metropolitan is Mexico City. Rights Center in Iran. On 10 October
• Longest day 21 June and shortest day 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel
December 22. Peace Prize for her significant and
• Largest peninsula is Arabian Peninsula. pioneering efforts for democracy and
• The American astronaut Neil Armstrong human rights, especially women's,
was the first man to steps on the children's, and refugee rights. She is the
surface of moon on 21 July 1969. first Muslim woman who won the noble
• South China Sea is the largest sea. prize.
• “Dallal Street” is the stock exchange of • “From the Shadows” book written by
Bombay, India. the former defence Minister of USA
• “Bond Street” is situated in London and Robert Gates.
it is famous for tailoring and jewellery. • The Black Sea is bounded by Europe,
• “Eros” in Greek mythology, was the Anatolia and the Caucasus and is
Greek god of love. ultimately connected to the Atlantic
• “Salisbury University” is a Maryland Ocean via the Mediterranean and the
university of national distinction. Aegean seas and various straits. The
 Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea an exclave of Oman. The 40% of world
of Marmara, and the strait of the oil pass through this strait.
Dardanelles connects that sea to the • “Madame Tussauds” is a wax museum
Aegean Sea region of the in London with branches in a number of
Mediterranean. These waters separate major cities. It was founded by wax
Eastern Europe and western Asia. The sculptor Marie Tussaud and was
Black Sea is also connected to the Sea formerly known as "Madame
of Azov by the Strait of Kerch. Tussaud's".
• The Ivy League (An association of eight • “Aramco” officially the Saudi Arabian
universities and colleges) is an athletic Oil Company, is the state-owned
conference comprising eight private national oil company of Saudi Arabia.
institutions of higher education in the • The Paracel Islands, also called Xisha
Northeastern United States. Islands in Chinese and Hoàng Sa Islands
• “Deng Xiaoping” is considered as the in Vietnamese, is a group of islands
Leader of modern Chinese economy. under the administration of Hainan
• “Kirkuk” is the largest oil field of Iraq. Province, The People's Republic of
• Track 2 diplomacy occurs between China. Vietnam and the Republic of
private citizens rather than government China (Taiwan) also claim sovereignty of
officials. these islands.
• “Kremlin” is the Russian word for • “Road to Mecca” book written by
"fortress", "citadel", or "castle" and Muhammad Asad.
refers to any major fortified central • Human Rights Watch is an international
complex found in historical Russian non-governmental organization that
cities. This word is often used to refer conducts research and advocacy on
to the best known one, the Moscow human rights. Its headquarters are in
Kremlin, or the government that is New York City.
based there. • “Madras” is the old name of Chennai.
• Vishnu (Saviour of mankind) is regarded • Zahir Shah is the last king of
as a major god in Hinduism and Indian Afghanistan.
mythology. • “Order of Honor and Banner”is the
• The Khmer Rouge literally translated as military award of USSR.
Red Khmers was the name given to the • “A Handbook of Public Relations” was
followers of the Communist Party of issued by UN’s.
Kampuchea, who were the ruling party • The Glorious Revolution started in 1688
in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. (England).
• The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow, • “Kam Chatka” is a peninsula situated in
strategically important strait between Russia.
the Gulf of Oman in the southeast and • Declaration of Human Rights was
the Persian Gulf. On the north coast is adopted on Dec 10, 1948.
Iran and on the south coast is the • “Alma Mater” The school, college, or
United Arab Emirates and Musandam, university that one has attended.
• Pearl Harbour” is situated in the Hawaii following the teachings of Mahatma
State of USA. Gandhi. King has become a national
• “Port Hercourt” is the second largest icon in the history of modern American
port of Nigeria. liberalism.
• “Dongda Mosque” is a famous mosque • Winter rains in Pakistan come from
in Beijing (China). Mediterranean Sea.
• “Nairobi” is the largest city in East • “Assal Lake” is the saltiest water body
Africa. in the world, which is located in central-
• “Alaska” is a state of the United States eastern Djibouti.
of America, located in the extreme • First Africa-Asian Conference held on
northwest portion of the North April, 1955.
American continent. It is the largest U.S. • “Zenda Avesta” is a holy book of Parsis.
state in terms of area (by a substantial • “Augustus Caeser” is the First Emperor
margin), along with being one of the of Rome.
wealthiest and most racially diverse. • “Boris Yeltsin” is the first President of
• “Capital goods” are goods used for Russian Federation.
further production and to generate • The Muslim tribes of Malabar living in
economic activity. Kerala are called Moplas.
• “Panda” is the national animal of China. • Agricultural Revolutionary War was
• Alphabet "S" from which most words fought in China during 1927-37.
are formed. • Longest serving President of the world
• “Mudarabah” is a form of partnership Mr.Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
where one party provides the funds of Ghana.(since August 1979)
while the other party provides • Tsar or Czar is the title used by the
expertise. The people who bring in rulers of Russia.
money are called "Rab-ul-Maal" while • “First Camp David Accord” was signed
the management and work is an in 1967 between Israel and Egypt.
exclusive responsibility of the • General Secretariat of European
"Mudarib". The profit sharing ratio is Parliament is located in Luxembourg.
determined at the time of entering into • The Organization of the Islamic
the Mudarabah agreement whereas in Cooperation is the new name of the
case of loss it is borne by the Rab-ul- OIC.
Mal only. In case of Islamic banks, the • “Balev Line” connects Israel with Egypt.
depositors are called Rabb-ul-Maal and • “Dalai Lama” is a spiritual leader of
the bank is called Mudarib. Budhism in Tibet.
• “Martin Luther King” was an American • The first war foughted between Arab
clergyman, activist, and prominent and Israel in1948.
leader in the African-American Civil • “Taliban—Islam, Oil and the new Great
Rights Movement.He is best known for Game in Central Asia” is the world‘s
his role in the advancement of civil best selling book in 2001, was written
rights in the United States and around by Ahmad Rashid.
the world, using nonviolent methods
• “Likud and Kaldima” parties belong to • “Head Over Heels” means completely.
Israel. • “Surah Baqra” of Quran has the most
• “Ad-Dammam” is an important seaport orders.
of Saudi Arabia and is the largest • Hazrat Abi Bin Kab (RA) was the last
seaport on the Persian Gulf. writer of Wahi.
• “Salang Pass” is in Parwan Afghanistan • First Nimaz-e-Juma was offered in Banu
on the road between Kabul and Mazar- Salim.
e-Sharif. • “Israel” is the title of Hazrat Yaqoob.
• “Magnum opus” meaning a great work, • “Queer’ meaning strange.
especially a literary or artistic • Amsterdam is called “Venice of the
masterpiece. North”.
• “Yellow Journalism” involved • Lake Kineret, also known as the “Sea of
sensationalism, distorted stories, and Galilee”, is Israel's largest fresh water
misleading images for the sole purpose reservoir and a tourist site offering an
of boosting newspaper sales and exciting vacation or a holy experience.
exciting public opinion. • “Hawaiian Islands” are an archipelago
• “Archive” is a collection of historical of eight major islands, several atolls,
documents or records. numerous smaller islets, and undersea
• “Evangelical means the teaching of the seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean.
gospel or the Christian religion. • “Franklin Roosevelt” remained 12 years
• “Amicus” is an impartial adviser to a president of USA.
court of law in a particular case. • Mir Hassan (poet) was famous for
• “Subway” is an underground passage or Masnavi.
tunnel enabling pedestrians to cross a • Umpire Aleem Dar of Pakistan awarded
road, railway, etc. 3 times ICC award.
• “Ombudsman” was first of all created in • “Surah Al-Nasar” was the last surah to
Sweden. be revealed.
• “Brinksmanship” the technique or • Headquarter of World Young President
practice in foreign policy of Organization is in Irving (USA).
manipulating a dangerous situation to • United Nation University is located at
the limits of tolerance or safety in order Tokyo in Japan.
to secure advantage, especially by • `Siachen` ironically means `the place of
creating diplomatic crises. wild roses’.
• The Lombok Strait is a strait connecting • “Roh Moo-hyun” was the president of
the Java Sea to the Indian Ocean, North Korea at the time of nuclear
located between the islands of Bali and explosion on 9 Oct 2006.
Lombok in Indonesia. The Gili Islands • “Statute” means Laws by Parliament.
are on the Lombok side. • The world largest undersea railway
• Samuel Johnson compiled the first tunnel is is proposed to be constructed
comprehensive English dictionary. between France and England.
• The famous poem “Twinkle Twinkle • ‘ZIANA’ is the news agency of
Little Star” is written by Jane Taylor. Zimbabwe.
• ‘Mauritius’ is island state in the Indian • Grammy Awards are given in the field of
Ocean. Music.
• The world freest economy, with lowest • USA, Russia and China have succeeded
taxes and lack of trade barriers is that in manned space mission so far.
of Singapore. • In which Country can you find more
• The headquarters of United Nations sheep than human? Australia
Environment Programme (established • Toby Maguire acted in the title role of
in 1972) is situated at Nairobi (Kenya). the film, 'Spider Man'.
• “Yeti” or Abominable Snowman is an • Discovery is the most re-used space
ape-like cryptid said to inhabit the shuttle in the world.
Himalayan region of Nepal, and Tibet. • How long is a marathon? 42.2
• The Headquarter of “Universal Postal kilometres
Union” is in Berne. • Chile is the Southernmost Country from
• Sea of Marmara lies between two part s the equator.
of Turkey. • Dodi Fayed died with Princess Diana in
• The Headquarters of Food and the car accident.
Agriculture organization (FAO) is • What was Red Rum? Race Horse
located in Rome (Italy). • Which is the saltiest Ocean? Pacific
• “Corbillion Cup” is given in the game of Ocean
Table Tenis. • Genesis is a last book of Bible.
• The Russian Nuclear Submarine “Kursk” • Rubber Tree is known as Crying Tree.
was submerged under water in Barent • Amazon River Originates in Peru.
Sea. • India House is situated in London.
• “Diego Garcia is a United States military • Pufferfish poisonous fish is a favourite
base in the Indian Ocean. food in Japan.
• California is the most populous state in • Dennis Tito is the first tourist in space.
the USA. • Of the various agencies related to the
• Alaska is the largest area wise state in United Nations, the one that has the
the USA. longest period is Universal Postal Union
• Archaeologists in Israel have discovered • The chief administrative office of the
20000 years old village under the mud UNO, which co-ordinates and
of Dead Sea. supervises the activities of the UNO, is
• Apartheid is a policy of racial the secretariat
discrimination. • French line of fortification built in 1934,
• The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred along the German border from
in1962. Switzerland to Belgium was called
• Journalism and literature is the Pulitzer Maginot Line
Prize awarded. • What is ORBIS? Mobile Eye Hospital
• Aung San Suukye is the author of the • Muslim Students Federation (MSF) was
book ‘Freedom Fear’. established in 1937 by Raja Sahib of
• Buddha delivered his first sermon at Mehmud Abad.
Sarnath.
• Burkina Faso is the new name of Upper • Great Wall of China was built in the
Volta reign of Shih Huang-ti.
• The iron and steel industries of which of • Istana Merdeke is the official residence
the following countries are almost fully of President of Indonesia.
dependent on imported raw materials? • Cuba’s leader does not have an official
Japan residence.
• Mount Blanc Mountain is present in: • Drowning Street No. 10 is located at
France Westminster (England). It is famous for
• Tasmania separated from Australia by: the official residence of the British
Bass Strait Prime Minister. It was named after Sir
• The wonder of the world ‘Taj Mahal’ is George Drowning, a diplomat under
situated in the Indian state of:- Uttar Cromwell and King Charles II.
Pradesh • Elgin Street is located in Scotland. It is
• International Anti Corruption day is the world’s shortest street.
observed on 9th December • Young Street is located in Toronto
• International Day of Solidarity with the (Canada). It is the longest street in the
Palestinian People is observed every world.
year on 29th November • Broadway (USA) is famous for various
• Burj Khalifa is the Tallest Building in the theaters and cinema halls. It is regarded
World has 162 stories, 828 meters or as biggest street in the world.
2,717 feet in height and was • The busiest shopping centre of London
constructed by Skidmore, Owings & is Oxford Street.
Merrill, inaugurated on 4th Jan: 2010. • Orange is the name of river of South
• NRO was promulgated on oct 5 2007 Africa
and has 7 sections. • Churchill water fall is present in: Canada
• Tapaimukh Dam issue is between India • Sigmund Freud is a psychiatrist, who
& Bangladesh. belonged to Austria
• Mao movement is connected with • George Washington was succeeded by
Naxalites (India). John Adams
• Black Widow is a rebellious gang in • Le Harve is the seaport of France
Assam. • Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan did his Ph.D.
• Dal Lake is in occupied Kashmir. from Leaven University of Belgium
• Mother Tressa belonged to Albania and • Kafir Fort is located in the province
came to India in 1951. She died on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Sep:5, 19997 and is burried at Kolkata. • The largest gold producing country in
• Sunda strait separates Sumatra from the world is China
Java Island. • The foreign phrase Coup d’dessai
• Buckingham palace is the residence of means A first attempt
British king and Queen is in London. • In which Indian state is the Sun Temple
• The foundation stone of the sikhism’s of Konark located? Orissa
holiest place “Golden Tample” at • Which is the longest Shipping canal of
Amritsar was laid by Hazrat Mian Mir the world? Beloye-More
• What day is observed internationally on • “Bullet Vote” is a ballet in which
5 October? Teachers day electors confine their interest to a
• The Japanese Prime Minister at the single issue or candidate.
time of World War II was: Hideki Tojo • The range of Hatf-1 missile is 100
• Which Sea has no coastline? Sargasso kilometers.
Sea • “Asia Watch” is a Human rights
• What is a Stripka? Mountain Pass of organization.
Bulgaria • Abul Qasim Al Zahrawi was the greatest
• Which city is called “City of Parks”? Kiev Muslim surgeon.
• ‘Island of Cloves’ is the nickname of: • “NASDA” is a space agency of USA.
Madagascar • “Taiwan” was separate from China in
• Synagogue is place of worship of which 1949.
religion? Judaism • “Pristina” is the capital of Kossovo.
• The Himalayan mountain system  “Akmola” is the capital of Kazakhistan.
belongs to which of the following? Fold • “Nagorno karabakh” is a disputed
mountains territory between Armenia and
• Pakistan mainly import edible oil from Azerbaijan.
Malaysia • “Grand Prix” means a great work.
• The first Winter Olympic Games were • “Hung Parliament” is a parliament in
held at Chamonix (France) which no one party has overall majority.
• Bangladesh is the first Asian country • “Guided Democracy” convey the
who has ratified Comprehensive Test meaning of a democracy at the
Ban Treaty (CTBT). grassroots level.
• “Chechnya” is located in South • “San Tiago” is the capital of Chile.
Caucasus. • The total area of Azad Kashmir is 13,297
• “Contraband” means all smuggled Sq km.
material. • “Black Gold” is also name for Oil.
• During the period of one unit, Mushtaq • “Free Town” is the capital of Sierra
Ahmad Gormani was the first Governor Leone.
of West Pakistan and Amiruddin Ahmad • Ghauri-1 is a medium range missile.
was the first Governor of East Pakistan. • “Gota canal” is the ship canal situated
• At the time of partition of India, the in Sweden.
biggest princely state by area was • “Tugela water fall” is present in South
Hyderabad (Daccan). Africa.
• “Feminism” is a belief that women’s • What name is given to inflammation of
subordination to men should end. one or more joints, causing pain,
• The Eastern Mediterranean Island swelling and restriction of movement?
“Cyprus” is divided between Turkey and Arthritis
Greece. • In which country is the volcano Mount
• “Apartheid” means racial segregation. Aso? Japan
• Which international environmental • Who adminsitrated the oath of Prime
pressure group was founded in 1971? minister to liaqat ali khan Muhamad ali
Greenpeace Jinnah.
• Official religion of Japan is Shintoism. • Where copper deposits in Chagi.
• When East Pakistan separated from • Where is Chandka Medical College in
West Pakistan? 16th December 1971 Larkana.
• After how many years did Pakistan get • Where are artificial forest are bieng
her first constitution? 9 years maintained in Changa Manga,
• When first constitution of Pakistan was • Which is Pakistan's 2nd largest foreign
enforced? 23rd March 1956 exchange earner crop is Rice.
• In which constitution Bicameral • C R formula prepared by
Legislature was provided for the first Rajagopalachari.
time? 1973 • IPP stang for Independent Power
• Drama kis zaban ka lafaz hai?Lateeni producer.
• Hazrat Sulaiman (A.S) ki hum asar • Mast Tawakli was poet of Balochi
Malkah Sa'ba ka asal naam kia tha? language
Balqees • Pakistan joined ILO on September 14,
• Agro based industry is? poultry, fishery, 1947.
livestock • “Mogadishu” is the capital of Somalia.
• In which sea Cyprus present? • Baba Farid is a 1st Punjabi poet.
Mediterranean Sea • “Ringitt” is the currency of Malaysia.
• Where Darwin port is located Australia. • Decimal system introduced in Pakistan
• “Ping pong” is the name of which on 1st January 1961.
game? Table Tennis • Turkmanistan is the largest natural gas
• In which sura the orders of zakat producer among Muslim countries.
described? Sura Tuba • Pentagon is a defence head office of
• Who is the writer of kitabul khiraj? USA.
Imam Abu Yusuf • Gorbachev was the president of USSR.
• When zakat ordinance promulgated? 20 • “Tahirah” khatab was given to Khadija
June 1980 (RA).
• What meant of D-Day? Day upon which • “Lionel Messi” is a famous football
some significant event will occur or has player of Argentina.
occurred • Who was called Sword of Allah? Khalid
• Fatima Jinnah Joined AIML in 1937. bin Walid
• Who prepared Pirpur report? Raja Syed • Obama was awarded with Noble Prize
Mehdi (1938) for peace in 2009.
• When water accord between • Fourteen Points was presented by Jinah
provinces? 1991 on 28 March 1929.
• Where Rawal dam constructed on river • Hiyat-e-Javeed was written by Altaf
kurrang. Hussain Hali.
 “Bala Hisar fort built by Babar. • Hazrat Adam (AS) built the Khana kaaba
for the first time.
• Name of Governor General after Nazim- • Buddhist emperor Ashoka belonged to
ud-Din? Ghulam Muhammad. Mauryan Dynasty.
• Istanmbol city lies in two continents. • “Crimean peninsula” lies between the
• Vatican City and Lesotho are the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
countries that are located inside a • Liverpool is situated on bank of river
country. Mersey.
• Boxing Day in Austrailia 26 December. • Hamburg is situated on bank of river
• In which surah mention that "Islam is Elbe.
the Complete Releigion"? Al-Maeda • Helvetia is the old name of Switzerland.
• After Nile, Amazon is the second • Kashf-al-Mahjoob was written by Hazrat
longest river of the world. Ali Hajveri.
• “Pyrenees” is a range of mountains in • Roman Empire was established in 27
southwest Europe that forms a natural B.C. by Octavian.
border between France and Spain. It • The temperate grasslands of Asia and
separates the Iberian Peninsula from Europe are known as Steppes.
the rest of continental Europe. • “Ex-officio” means In virtue of one’s
• “Three Gorges Dam” is name of world’s office.
largest dam constructed in China? • In 1954 USA launched her first Atomic
• “Khaki Shadows” book was written by Submarine Nautilus.
K.M. Arif. • Pakistan’s first expedition land on
• “Fort William College” was established Antarctica? On January 15, 1991.
at Calcutta (1600). • First Provincial elections after
• Kingdom of Khwarzim was destroyed in establishment of Pakistan were held
1218-20 AD by Changaiz Khan. in1951.
• “Junko Taibei” was the first woman to • First edition of Asar-us-Sanadid
climb Everest. appeared in1846 by Sir Syed Ahmad
• Sardar Atta ullah Mengal was the first Khan.
Chief Minister of Balochistan from May • Sir Syed Ahmad Khan became Chief
1972 to February 1973. Judge In1846.
• The Magna Carta was signed by King • Headquarters of World Economic
John on 15th June 1215. Forum is situated in Davos.
• The first Pakistani Postal stamp was • The largest number of women
issued in July 1948. representatives is in the parliament of
• The European Union was established Denmark.
with its headquarters at Brussels • Z.A.Bhutto wrote the book “Great
in1957. Tragedy”.
• “Ormara” is a port city (fishing harbor) • Third Afghan War, Afghanistan gained
located in the Makran or coastal region its independence in 1921.
of Balochistan Province in Pakistan. • Afghanistan gained its independence in
• “Truancy” means One who is absent 1921 under the leadership of Aman ul
without permission, especially from Allah.
school.
• The foreign phrase Coup d’etat means absolute monarchy that had ruled
Illegal. France for centuries collapsed in three
• Central Asia became the part of Muslim years.
Empire during the reign of Waleed I. • “Rabita al-Alam al-Islami‎” Muslim
• Census is made after once in a decade. organization was founded in 1962.
• IAEA and OPEC hearquarter is situated • The University of Al-Karaouine is the
at Viena. oldest university of the world located in
• Al-Azhar University is situated in Egypt. Morocco.
• Third world countries are called • General Ayub khan is the first elected
backward countires. President and Z.A Bhutto is the first
• “Alumni” means a male graduate or elected PM of Pakistan.
former student of a school, college, or • Hussain Shaheed Suharwardi was the
university. first Pakistani Prime Minister, who
• Who was called the brain of Arab visited in china.
Hazrat Amr bin-al-Ass(RA). • ‘Ottawa convention 1997’ is related to
• Last Khutba was dilivered by Prophet Environment protection.
(PBUH) on mountain of Safa. • The Leaning Tower (Pisa Tower) is
• Blue and White Nile met at Khartum located in Rome (Italy).
(Sudan). • Richard Nixon was only President of
• Lisbon is the capital of Portugal. USA who resigned from his post
• Approximatly 7000 languages are because of “Watergate” scandal on 9
spoken in the world. August, 1974.
• Six billion species of living things are • Next Football World Cup will be played
discovered up to date. in 2014 in Brazil.
• ILO came into existence under the • Noble Prize was first awarded? 1901
treaty of Versailles after World War 1 in • ‘Tsunami’ means ‘Harbour Waves’; the
1919. word is derived from Japanese.
• 1st May is observed all over the world • Which country’s flag is known as Union
as labour day in honor of working Jack?UK
people of Chicago. • The term ‘16 yards hit’ is associated
• Mother tongue of Quaid-e-Azam was with Hockey.
Gujrati and the professional • Who is the founder of Wikipedia?Jimmy
qualification of Quaid-e-Azam was Bar Wales
at Law. • Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan presented
• Sir Sikindar Hayat was Chief Minister of ‘Chenab Formula’ to resolve the
Punjab in 1937 Kashmir dispute.
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau is the father of • Dalhousie introduced the principle of
the French Revolution.The French the Doctrine of Lapse.
Revolution (1789–1799), was a period • Dome of Rock is located in Jerusalem.
of radical social and political upheaval • Greenwich Mean Time was established
in France that had a major impact on at London in 1884.
France and indeed all of Europe. The
• The Bolshevik Revolution is associated immediately for the goods ordered by
with Russia. him, is known as Letter of Credit (L/C)
• “Garuda” airline is the name of airline • First Afghan War took place in 1839.
of Indonesia. • Gulf cooperation council was originally
• Habib Bank provided 80 million loans formed by Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman,
for making 1st budget of Pakistan. Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab
• Headquarters of the Amnesty Emirates
International is located in London. • Dumping is -- selling of goods abroad at
• The 2012 Olympic Games are scheduled a price well below the production cost
to be held at London. at the home market price ; the process
• Sher Shah’s real name was Farid Khan. by which the supply of a manufacture's
• Pakistan won gold medal for the first product remains low in the domestic
time in Olympics 1960. market, which batches him better price
• ‘Latakia’ is the seaport of Syria. ; prohibited by regulations of GATT
• The Declaration of Independence of the • Habeas Corpus Act 1679 -- states that
American Colonies was adopted by the no one was to be imprisoned without a
Constitutional Congress on July 4, 1776 writ or warrant stating the charge
at Philadelphia. against him ; provided facilities to a
• Mahan Airline belongs to Iran. prisoner to obtain either speedy trial or
• Which American industrialist was release in bail ; safeguarded the
praised by Adlof Hitler in his personal liberties of the people against
autobiography, Mein Kampf? In fact, he arbitrary imprisonment by the king's
was the only American to be praised by orders
Hitler? Henry Ford • Each year World Red Cross and Red
• Pakistan’s first Constituent Assembly Crescent Day is celebrated on May 8
constituted on July 20, 1947. • Fire temple is the place of worship of
• Saddat Dynasty was founded by Khizar Zoroastrianism (Parsi Religion).
Khan in 1414. • Durand Cup is associated moon is a
• Who advocated the theory of laissez velocity to get rid of the Earth's
faire? Adam Smith gravitational pull For safety with the
• Senate of Pakistan is consisting of 104 game of Football
members after the 18th amendment. • First International Peace Congress was
• ‘TRIPITIKA’ is a sacred book of held in London in 1843 AD
Buddhists. • Dr. Zakir Hussain was the first Muslim
• Which is the longest river of America? president of India
Mississippi • Hockey was introduced in the Asian
• Hitler party which came into power in Games in1958 in Tokyo
1933 is known as Nazi Party. • ESCAP stands for Economic and Social
• Epsom (England) is the place associated Commission for Asia and Pacific
with Horse racing • During the first crusade, crusaders
• Guarantee to an exporter that the reached Jerusalem and captured it in
importer of his goods will pay 1099 AD
• Dr. Linus Carl Pauling is the only person • Which of the following regions of
to have won two Nobel prizes Balochistan will be irrigated through
individually for Chemistry in 1954, Kachi Canal Nasirabad
Peace Prize in 1962 • India is constructing Kishanganda Dam
• Free market is market where the price in Baramula.
of a commodity is determined by free • Who united all the Sikhs and founded a
play of the forces of supply and demand kingdom in the Punjab? Ranjit Singh
• ICAO stands for International Civil • How many members were nominated
Aviation Organization by Muslim League for the Interim-
• Which country makes the Entac Government in 1946? 5
Missiles: France • Fraizi Movement was started by Haji
• The ‘Great Leap Forward’ was:Chinese Shariat Ullah in Bangal in 1828
Economic Programme • When was the first agreement signed
• What is the actual name of F- on Siachen glacier? 1949
16:Fighting Falcon • What were the key issues for discussion
• The constitution of European Union has in the 2nd Round Table Conference?
not been ratified by:France Issue of Federation and minorities in
• In which month does the U.N. General the Sub-Continent
Assembly usually meet every year of? • Which religious scholar tried to
Third Tuesday of September. eradicate different innovations from
• Which of the following Internet Search the religion? Haji Shariat Ullah
Engines will introduce the World’s • When did the British Government Issue
biggest digital Library? Google(head White Paper on Constitutional
office in Newyork) Proposals? In March, 1933
• Under “Vision 2025” WAPDA will • When President Zia-ul-Haq enforced an
construct SATPARA Dam on Indus river interim constitution? 1981
in:Northern Areas • What is the old name of Pakpatan?
• The Headquarters of the UN Security Ajudhan
Council is located at:New York • Who is the founder of Unionist Party?
• Petronas towers are located in Kuala Sir Fazal Hussain
Lumpur. • On which river Merani Dam is built?
• The number of players in each team of Dasht River
basketball game is:5 • When was the Qisas and Diyat
• Mahbub-ul-Haq Human Development ordinance enforced in Pakistan?
Center is located at:Islamabad October 13, 1990
• Maple leaf is the National emblem • Who said that Cripps Mission was a
of:Canada post-dated cheque of a crashing bank?
• India has constructed ‘Baglihar Dam’ in Mahatma Gandhi
occupied Kashmir’s district of oda • Rakaposhi mountain peak is located
• ‘Hamas’ was founded in 1987 by:it was near? Swat Valley
founded by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Abdel • Why did All India Muslim League
Aziz al-Rantissiand Mohammad Taha boycott the first session of Constituent
 Assembly? Because Congress wanted to • What is the ranking of Thar Desert in
frame the constitution for the world? 9
• The North Western areas are Muslim • What was the main difficulty which
majority areas. We will not only keep delayed the constitution making in
these majorities but will turn them into Pakistan? The distribution of powers
a Muslim state. Muslims should get rid between Federal and Provincial
of Indianism, it is better for Muslims Governments
and Islam" who said this • Identify the importance of the Lahore
statement? Chaudhry Rehmat Ali Resolution of the Muslim League
• Name the poet who had command over passed in 1940? It had the support of
seven languages? Sachal Sarmast the entire Muslim Country
• The reign of which of the following • Liaquat - Nehru pact was announced at
Sultans is said to mark the highest point Delhi in April 1950.
of territorial expansion of the Sultanate. • Muhammad Ali Bogra formula was put
Muhammad bin Taghluq forward in October 1953.
• What was the main reason behind • Area around the river is known as Bela.
Muslim League Failure in the Elections • Cease-fire line case into existence in
of 1937? The organizational problems 1949.
and opposition by local • Pakistan established its first Atomic
• The first successful evening paper from Energy Institute on January, 1955.
Lahore is Sahafat. • Pakistan was declared as great ally of
• Lord Harding was the author of ‘My Non NATO in 2003.
India Years’. • Shaikh ismail the saint, who first came
• Treaty of Lausane was signed in 1923. in Lahore.
• The book ‘verdict on India’ was written • When was the local govt.system under
by Beverlay Nickolas. the devolution of power plan, 2001,
• The founder of Two Nations Theory is inaugurated? aug 14,2001
considered to be Sir Syed Ahmad Khan. • When Pakistan got first loan from USA?
• During the Tashkent Agreement the 1952
Foreign Minister of Pakistan was • In which year Quaid-e-Azam went into
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. self-exile in London? 1931
• Chachnama was originally written in • Gandhi called Pakistan Resolution a
Sindhi. Moral wrong.
• Friday was declared for the first time as • How many Mughal emperors ruled over
an official weekly holiday by: Zulfikar Ali sub-continent? 17
Bhutto • Who is the author of "Hunter par
• Neelum River flows into Jehlum. Hunter"? Maulana Zafar Ali khan
• Gilgit Agency was set up in 1873. • The Indian forces occupy the state of
• Satpara Lake is located near Skardu. Jammu and Kashmir on Oct. 27, 1947
• Mahabat khan Mosque was destroyed • Defence Pact between USA and
by? fire Pakistan? April, 1954
• “A New History of Indo-Pakistan” is • The northern part of which country is
written by K. Ali called Oesling? Luxembourg.
• Quaid-e-Azam became the permanent • Napier is a city in which country? New
president of Muslim League 1934 Zealand.
• The Cabinet Mission announced their • What is the Hook of Holland? A port in
plan on 16th May 1946 the southeast Netherlands,
• Dutch East Indies is the old name of • The river Douro forms part of the
Indonesia. border between which two countries?
• Which US state has the sugar maple as Spain and Portugal.
its state tree and is the leading US • In which country is the Great Slave
producer of maple sugar? Vermont. Lake? Canada.
• Apart from French, German and • “Brussels” is the headquarters of
Romansch, what is the fourth official European Economic Community.
language of the Switzerland? Italian. • Anjuman-i-Hamayat-Islam was
• In which city was the world’s first established in subcontinent 1884 and
underground train was service opened Khalifa Hamid-ud-Din is the first
in 1863? London. president.
• How many pairs of ribs are there in the • Colorado river forms the Grand Canyon
human body? 12. in the United States.
• What is the main port of Italy? Genoa. • England’s greatest poet and dramatist
• In which state is Harvard University? whose 450th birth anniversary will be
New Jersey. celebrated throughout the world in
• Which city was the first capital of the 2014 is William Shakespeare.
Kingdom of Italy until 1865? Turin. • Woodrow Wilson was the President of
• Which country is separated form USA during World War I.
Ethiopia (Abyssinia is it’s old name) by • Hahn Otto is the German scientist who
the Red Sea? Yemen. invented the atom bomb.
• “Mount Logan” is the highest peak in • Qutubuddin Aibak laid the foundation
Canada. of the first independent Turkish
• What is measured by an ammeter? kingdom in India in 1206.
Electric current. • “Rohtas Fort” was constructed on the
• The doctrine of “Wahdatul-Wajood” bank river of Jhelum by (on Sher Shah’s
was presented by Ibn-e- Arabi. order) Todar Mal.
• Before Referendum Sylhet was the part • Hazara division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
of Assam. province comprises five districtd
• Banks were nationalized in Pakistan including abbottabad, Batagram,
1974. Kohistan, Mansehra and Haripur.
• Where is Kallar Kahar situated? Chakwal • The foundation stone of the sikhism’s
• When Pakistan introduced National holiest place “Golden Tample” at
Identity cards (NIC)? 1974 Amritsar was laid by Hazrat Mian Mir.
• Which language is prominent in Hazara • “Baburnama” (alternatively known as
division? Hindko Tuzk-e Babri) is the name given to the
 memoirs of Babur (1483-1530), founder • Who were the three statesmen who
of the Mughal Empire and a great- formulated Non-Aligned Movement
great-great-grandson of Timur. It is an (NAM)? Nehru, Nasser, and Tito
autobiographical work, originally • Six official working languages are
written in the Chagatai language. recognized by UNO.
• Alliance among India, Germany, Japan
• Which of the following countries is the and Brazil to support each other’s bid
world's largest emitter of Carbon for permanent seat on UN Security
Dioxide in the atmosphere? China Council is called G 4.
• Syed Abul Ala Maududi is the first • The Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline is
Editor-in-Chief of the magazine also known as Peace Pipeline.
‘Tarjuman-ul-Quran’. • “Silk Air” is an airline of Singapore.
• The Winter Olympic Games came into  •
being in 1924. • Which of the following categories of
• Road safety day is observed on 3rd Nobel Prise was established in 1968?
June. Economics
• Monsoon season in Pakistan starts in • Total cultivable Land of Pakistan is
July and end in September. approximately 80 million hectares
• Headquarter of United Nations Fund for which is the 25% of total land area.
Population Activities (established • Madagascar is the largest island in
in1967) is located in New York. Indian Ocean.
• The river Danube rises in which • 2016 Summer Olympics will be held at
country? Germany. Rio de Janerio
• The UK is the world’s largest tea • “Kyat” is the currency of Myanmar.
importer country. (Pakistan is the • Environment Treaty Kyoto Protocol will
second largest; Sri Lanka is the largest be expired in 2012 .
tea exporter and India is the largest tea • Sudan established diplomatic
producer country in the world). relationship with China in 1959.
• The district of the country having • Salahuddin Ahmad is the first Chief
lowest population density is Kharan Justice of Federal Shariat Court.
(with a population density of only 4 • Shahida Milk is the first woman General
ppl/km2, Awaran and Chagai share the in Pakistan.
same with Kharan). • Spleen is called the graveyard of Red
• Darfur conflict is in Sudan. Blood Cells.
• The first President of America who • Which country is nicknamed ‘The
made an official visit to Pakistan was Cockpit of Europe’ because of the
Dwight D. Eisenhower. number of battles throughout history
• The ‘Aid to Pakistan Consortium’ meets fought on its soil? Belgium.
every year in Paris. • First Chaiman of SPARCO was Dr. Abdul
• Which of the following International Salam.
Organizations has no formal structure • “Hutu” is the majority ethnic group of
and secretariat? G-8 both Burundi and Rwanda.
• “Ikhwan as Safa, is a secret Arab Sweden, Finland, Poland and Germany?
organization, was founded in Basra The Baltic Sea
(Iraq). • A road tunnel runs from Pelerins in
• “Long March” was the Chinese France to Entreves in Italy under which
Communists historic 9600 km journey in mountain? Mont Blanc.
1934. • The Barents Sea is part of which ocean?
• “Pan Islam” is the movement for uniting Arctic Ocean.
the Islamic nations, was originated in • Which two countries are either side of
1880 in Ottoman Empire. the mouth of the River Plate? Argentina
• “Falkland Island” (also called Islas and Uruguay.
Malvinas) belongs to Britain. • What is the longest river solely in
• Telstar” was world’s first England? Thames.
communicayion satellite (1962). • Of where is Amman the capital? Jordan.
• The Gobi desert extends over which • How many innings are there for each
two countries? China and Mongolia. team in a game of baseball? Nine.
• The Great Barrier Reef is off coast of • What is the longest river in India?
which Australian state? Queensland. Ganges.
• Which three countries, apart from the • Which month of the year obtains its
former Yugoslavia, share borders with name from the Latin verb for ‘to open’?
Greece? Albania, Bulgaria, Turkey. April.
• In the Greek alphabet, what is the name • On what river does Rome stand? Tiber
for the letter O? Omicron. • What in Scotland is the meaning of the
• What, in the 16th and 17th century, prefix ‘Inver’? River mouth.
was a pavana? A dance. • Which US state has the lowest
• In which country is the ancient city of population? Alaska.
Tarsus? Turkey. • Which county is nicknamed the Garden
• Which six countries border the Black of England? Kent.
Sea? • Which African country was formerly
 Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, called French Sudan? Mali.
Turkey and Ukraine. • Which sport was originally called
• AOL are an internet service provider. ‘soccer-in-water’? Water polo.
What does AOL stand for? America • Which unit of measurement is derived
Online. from the Arabic quirrat, meaning seed?
• Which English queen had an extra Carat.
finger on her hand? Anne Boleyn. • Which Italian city was originally built on
• Apart from America, which is the only seven hills? Rome.
country in the world to which alligators • What does the acronym NAAFI stand
are native? China. for? Navy, Army and Air Force
• After World War I, Transylvania became Institutes.
part of which country? Romania. • Manama is the capital of which
• Which sea in Northern Europe is country? Bahrain.
bounded by several countries including
• On which river does Berlin stand? River • What in printing do the letters ‘u.c.’
Spree. stand for? Upper case.
• What type of clock was invented in • What, politically, does UDI stand for?
1656 by Christian Huygens? The Unilateral declaration of independence.
pendulum clock. • Donnerstag is German for which day of
• In which desert is the world's driest the week? Thursday.
place? Atacama (Chile). • Which Asian capital city was known as
• Which is the world's saltiest sea? The Batavia until 1949? Jakarta.
Red Sea. • The ancient city of Carthage is now in
• Which is the least salty? The Baltic Sea. which country? Tunisia.
• Which nun won the Nobel Prize for • What in Russia is Izvestia? A newspaper.
peace in 1979? Mother Teresa. • Which is the world's windiest
• How many points in the pink ball worth continent? Antarctica.
in snooker? Six. • In which part of the body are the
• Which scientist was named 'Person of deltoid muscles? Shoulder.
the Century' by Time Magazine? Albert • E is the international car registration
Einstein letter for which country? Spain.
• Who sailed in Santa Maria? Christopher • Vienna stands on which river? Danube.
Columbus. • Which French city is a meeting place for
• Which country was formerly known as the European Parliament? Strasbourg.
Malagasy Republic? Madagascar. • Annapurna is a mountain in which
• Addis Ababa is the capital of which mountain range? Himalayas.
country? Ethiopia. • How is October 24, 1929 remembered?
• The name of which North African city Black Thursday.
literally means ‘white house’? • The River Danube flows into which sea?
Casablanca. The Black Sea.
• Of what sort of fish is the dogfish a • Which strait separates the North and
small variety? Shark. South islands of New Zealand? Cook
• Which Asian country was divided at the Strait.
38th parallel after World War II? Korea • Who wrote Black Beauty? Anna Sewell.
(north korea and south korea). • What is the capital of Poland? Warsaw.
• What is the name of the Winter • Ice-cream was first produced in which
Olympics event that combines cross- country in the 17th century? Italy.
country skiing and shooting? Biathlon. • In medicine, what does the acronym
• Which American science-fiction writer SARS stand for? Severe Acute
wrote Fahrenheit 451? Ray Bradbury. Respiratory System.
• Which African animal’s name means • Which Shakepeare play was set in
‘river horse’? Hippopotamus. Elsinore Castle, Denmark? Hamlet.
• Which Indian religion was founded by • The Kyukyu Island chain lies between
Guru Nanak? Sikhism. which two countries? Japan & Taiwan.
• What is the capital of Austria? Vienna. • Which explorer discovered Victoria Falls
in Africa? David Livingstone.
• Who was the last king of Egypt? Farouk. • The Brabanconne is the national
• Which war lasted 16 years longer than anthem of which country? Belgium.
its name implies? The Hundred Year's • In which country is the River Spey?
War. Switzerland.
• What is the national sport of Malaysia • What is the capital of Morocco? Rabat.
and Indonesia? Badminton. • How many balls are on the table at the
• Which is the shallowest of the Great start of a game of pool? Sixteen.
Lakes? Lake Erie. • What is the national airline of Russia,
• Which country was originally named code name SU? Aeroflot.
Cathay? China. • What would be kept in a
• Sinhalese is a language spoken in which quiver?Arrows.
country? Sri Lanka. • What is the modern name of the rocky
• The Sao Francisco River flows through fortress which the Moors named Gabel-
which country? Brazil. al-Tarik (the Rock of Tarik)? Gibraltar.
• In which sport do teams compete for • Who was the last Bristish king to appear
the Dunhill Cup? Golf. in battle? George II.
• Which Shakespeare character's last • San Juan is the capital of which island in
words are: 'The rest is silence'? Hamlet. the West Indies? Puerto Rico.
• In economics, whose law states that: • Which profession gets its name from
'bad money drives out good money'? the Latin word for lead? Plumbing.
Gresham's. • What is the highest mountain in the
• Who made the first navigation of the Alps? Mont Blanc.
globe in the vessel Victoria? Magellan. • Of which Caribbean country is Port-au-
• Which mountaineer on being asked why Prince the capital? Haiti.
he wanted to climb Everest said: • What is the first book of the New
'Because it's there'? George Mallory. Testament? The Gospel according to
• What was the former name for Sri Saint Matthew.
Lanka? Ceylon. • “Haiti” had a police force called the
• Of which Middle east, country is Tonton Macoutes.
Baghdad the capital? Iraq. • Who was the first British sovereign to
• How many arms does a squid have? make regular use of Buckingham Palace
Ten. when in residence in London? Queen
• Which indoor game is played with a Victoria.
shuttlecock? Badminton. • Of where is Sofia the capital? Bulgaria.
• Do stalactites grow upwards or • What is meant by the musical term
downwards? Downwards. andante? At a moderate tempo.
• Which German city and port is at the • Which team has a soccer team called
confluence of the rivers Neckar and Ajax? Amsterdam.
Rhine? Mannheim. • Which Dutch explorer discovered New
• Where in Europe are the only wild apes Zealand? Abel Tasman.
to be found? Gibraltar. • Viti Levu is the largest island of which
country?Fiji.
• Which country fought on both sides km (about 1.4 million sq mi) about half
during World War II? Italy. of the total global rain forests cover.
• In the game of chess, which piece is • What is SCHIZOPHRENIA?
called springer in Germany? Knight. Schizophrenia, severe mental illness
• What is the meaning of the Russian characterized by a variety of symptoms,
word 'mir'? Peace. including loss of contact with reality,
• What is the longest river in France? bizarre behavior, disorganized thinking
Loire and speech, decreased emotional
• What nationality was the explorer expressiveness, and social withdrawal.
Ferdinand Magellan? Portuguese. • What is bloodless revolution? Called
• Which Italian city is called Firenze in also the Glorius Revolution in England,
Italian? Florence. it marked the end of the despotic rule
• What is Autralia's largest city? Sydney. of the Stuarts and gave way to
• Which term meaning 'lightning war' was parliamentary rule there in 1688.
used to describe military tactics used by • Which language is written from top to
Germany in World War II? Blitzkrieg. bottom and from left to right?
• Where is the deepest ocean and how Japanese.
deep? Pacific Ocean, largest and • What is drindle? A kind of dress.
deepest of the world's four oceans, • What is a concordance? An index of
covering more than a third of the words or topics in a book.
earth's surface and containing more • What is the significance of the Corsica
than half of its free water. Apart from Island in history? Birthplace of
the marginal seas along its irregular Napoleon Bonaparte.
western rim, it has an area of 166 • Some important terms :
million sq km (64 million sq mi),  Blockade: Blockade, naval operation
substantially larger than the entire land conducted by a country at war, with the
surface of the globe. object of closing to foreign commerce
• What is a tornado? Tornado, violently the vital ports of an enemy country and
rotating column of air extending from thereby aiding in the military defeat of
within a thundercloud (see Cloud) down that country by denying it access to
to ground level. The strongest supplies and communications from
tornadoes may sweep houses from without.
their foundations, destroy brick  Bourgeoisie: The term was first applied
buildings, toss cars and school buses to those inhabitants of medieval towns
through the air, and even lift railroad in France who occupied a position
cars from their tracks. somewhere between the peasants and
• Where are the World’s Rains Forests? In the landowning nobility; soon it was
South America, a vast, forested area of extended to the middle class of other
the Amazon River basin in Brazil and nations.
neighboring countries is by far the
largest rain forest in the world. It
encompasses more than 3.5 million sq
 Buffer state: Small State between two scientific disguise of objects through
larger ones, regarded as reducing imitation of natural surroundings.
friction.  Palliative: Aiming to make the patient
 Détente: Détente, policy toward a rival as comfortable as possible for as long as
nation or bloc of nations characterized possible.
by increased diplomatic, commercial,  Caucus: Caucus, meeting of members of
and cultural contact and a desire to a political party at which the party
reduce tensions, as through conducts its business, discusses policies,
negotiations or talks. and begins the process of nominating
 Gentelman’s agreement: Agreement candidates for public office. The caucus
binding in honour but not enforceable. method of choosing candidates is
 Fillbustering: Filibuster, in legislative usually contrasted with the primary
procedure, term denoting the means election. In most primary elections,
employed by members of a legislative voters select the party’s candidates
assembly to delay or prevent action on directly at polling places.
a measure to which they are opposed.  Amnesia: Amnesia, loss or impairment
Such means may include the of memory. Amnesia is usually
introduction of dilatory motions, associated with some form of brain
intentional absence from the assembly damage, but it may also be caused by
in order to prevent the existence of a severe psychological trauma.
quorum, or the presentation of  Lynching: Lynching, hanging or other
abnormally long, often meaningless types of executions, in punishment of a
speeches. presumed criminal offense, carried out
 Deflation: Deflation involves a sustained by self-appointed commissions or
decline in the aggregate level of prices, mobs, without due process of law. The
such as occurred during the Great term lynching is generally believed to
Depression of the 1930s; it is usually be derived from the name of a Virginia
associated with a prolonged erosion of justice of the peace, Charles Lynch, who
economic activity and high ordered extralegal punishment for Tory
unemployment. Widespread price acts during the American Revolution
declines have become rare, however, (1775-1783).
and inflation is now the dominant  Lgnition point: Ignition, process or
variable affecting public and private means of igniting a combustible
economic planning. substance. Ignition occurs when the
 8.Tout: Spy out the movements and temperature of a substance is raised to
conditions of racehorses in training. the point at which its molecules will
 Camouflage: Camouflage (military) react spontaneously with oxygen, and
(French camoufler, ”to disguise”), word the substance begins to burn. This
introduced by the French at the temperature is called the ignition
beginning of World War I to designate temperature or ignition point.
• Houston and Delware canals are • The country that accounts for nearly
present in the country? France one third of the total teak production of
• “Grand Canal” is the oldest man made the world is Myanmar.
canal for shiping purpose situated in? • The country also known as "country of
China Copper" is Zambia
• Hudson Bay is the largest bay of the • The coldest place on the earth is
world situated in Northern Canada Verkoyansk in Siberia
• Budapest is the capital of Hungary • The country which ranks second in
situated on the bank of River Danube. terms of land area is Canada
• Sea of Marmara and Aegean sea are • The largest Island in the Mediterranean
connected by the strait Dardanelles sea is Sicily
• Cook strait separates south New-  The capital city that stands on the river
Zealand from North New-Zealand Danube is Belgrade
• River volga pours it's water into the • The Japanese call their country as
Caspian sea Nippon
• The important country close to • The length of the English channel is 564
international date line is? New zealand kilometres
• Longest day in the Northern  The country in which river Wangchu
Hemisphere? 21st june flows is Myanmar
• The shortest day is? 22 December • The city which is the biggest centre for
• Continent in the world has the least manufacture of automobiles in the
rainfall? Africa world is Detroit, USA
• South pole is located in the continent of • The country which is the largest
?Antarctica producer of rubber in the world is
• Which is the largest country in the Malaysia
Arabian penunsula? Saudi Arabia • The earlier name of New York city was
• Which is the least populated continent New Amsterdam
in the world? antarctica • The first Industrial Revolution took
• Which of the following countries leads place in England
the world in the export of oil? Saudi • World Environment Day is observed on
Arabia 5th June
• Which island was epicenter of Tsunami • The first Republican President of
of 26, december 2004? Smatra America was Abraham Lincoln
• Which continent is without glaciers? • The country famous for Samba dance is
Australia Brazil
• The first Prime minister of Bangladesh • The name of Alexander's horse was
was Mujibur Rehman Beucephalus
• The longest highway in the world is the • Singapore was founded by Sir Thomas
Trans Canada (length of About 8000 Stamford Raffles
km) • The famous British one-eyed Admiral
was Nelson
• The UNO was formed on oct. 24,1945
• The independence day of South Korea is • Milan (Italy) is the fashion world of
celebrated on 15th August Capital.
• 'Last Judgement' was the first painting • FORTUNE is the only Magazine which is
of an Italian painter named issued for Top 100 Richest Persons in
Michelangelo world.
• The first President of Egypt was • The largest circulated magazine in the
Mohammed Nequib world is Reader’s Digest.
• The person who is called the father of • Leaning Tower of Pisa is located in Italy.
modern Italy is G.Garibaldi • The largest capital is Lapaz, Bolivia
• The first woman Prime Minister of (South America).
Britain was Margaret Thatcher • Piccaso and Pablo are the Persons who
• What do you call a group of sheep?A Started Cubism movement.
Flock of Sheep • The largest City area wise is New York
• On the banks of which river is the city of and Population wise is Tokyo.
London located? Thames • The largest artificial lake is lake Mead (
• Which among the following trees is manmade)
considered the tallest in the world? • The largest active volcano is Mauna-lao
Eucalyptus Hawaii Island.
• Which of the following is a Kharif Crop? • The deepest cave is Reseau Jean
Rice,cotton Bernard in France.
• Humidity in the river is maximum in • The largest tomb is the Mount Li Tomb
?Monsoon belonging to Zheng the first Emperor of
• Simpson Desert is present in? Australia China.
• The national flag of Pakistan was • Technologically the most advanced
designed by Amiruddin Kidwai. Asian Country is Japan.
• The most sunshine place is Arizona, • The largest forest is The Vast Coniferous
U.S.A. Forest of the Northern Russia.
• Money is not made out of paper. It is • The country with the highest rate of
made out of Cotton. suicide is Sri Lanka.
• Norway is the only European Country • The smallest Islamic country is Maldives
which is the member of OPAC. (in South Asia).
• The oldest army in the world is that of • Volga baltic canal system is the world’s
the Swiss Guard in the Vatican City largest canal system.
(Rome,Italy) • The country with the highest annual
• A.D. is the abbreviation of Anno Domini. population growth rate is Oman, Asia.
• Someone who collects Teddy bear is • The largest cinema is The Radio City
known as Arctophile Music Hall, in New York, USA.
• Solar Calendar is also Known as • The country without cinema is Saudia
Gregorian calendar. Arabia.
• Squash is not included in Olympics. • The largest complex of film studio is at
• Five rings in Olympic Flag represent Five Universal City, Los Angeles, California,
Continents. USA.
• The largest oil field is the Ghawar Field • The name of Hazrat Nooh’s (A.S.) son
in Saudi Arabia. who was drowned in the Nooh’s Deluge
 Banana Tree having no wood. (Storm) was Kan’aan.
• Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and • Namrood was a king during the days of
Iceland are known as Nordic Countries. Hazrat Ibrahim.
• The largest car manufacturing company • Barani Dam in Pakistan was built on
of the world is general motors’ of U.S.A. river Kurram.
• The weight of a cricket ball is 5 ½ oz • Hub Dam near Karachi was constructed
(ounces). The length of a wicket is 27 in 1983.
inches. • Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan was the
• A hockey ground is 100 yards long and first lady of Pakistan.
80 yards wide. • Begum Shaista Ikram Ullah was a first
• Sunbeams are the symbol of Olympics. women federal minister of Pakistan.
• The national game of Greece is boxing. • In Pakistan, Sialkot is famous for
• Football is the national game of Russia producing sports goods.
and Brazil. • Protein is present in the highest amount
• The height of volley ball net is seven in a human body.
feet. • Book which is "collection of laws" of
• Judo and Karate are Japan’s national Hinduism? DHARMA
games. • East India company established in 1600.
• Bull fighting is Spain’s national game. (Era Of Akbar)
• There are four player in a polo team. • 19 april 2004 national security counsel
• Jerusalem is known as the ‘ETERNAL eastablished
CITY’. • Russia withdraw from Afghanistan in
• Sea water is the chief source of water. 1989 ( invasion 1979)
• The silicon valley is situated in PaloAlto • Palestine liberation organization was
(California) U.S.A. established in 1964
• The most expensive car is Rolls Royce. • Capital of Cyprus is Nicosia; Cyprus
• The largest Airline is Aeroflot (USSR). freed 16 august 1960
 • • Dutch is the language of Belgium
 Cupid was the Roman god of love.  “Karez” or small coverd canals are dug
• 01000 is a positive binary number. to avoid evaporation due to excessive
• George Eastman invented the KODAK heat.This method of irrigation is
camera and photographic film. prevalent in Balochistan.
• The longest skating ‘rink’ in the world is • “Harnai” in Balochistan is famous for
Ottawa. woollen mills.
• France is known as the perfume capital • The village life of Pakistan is the best
of the world. depicted in the paintings of Ustad Allah
• Hazrat Muhammad (S.A.W.S.) liked to Bakhsh.
wear White Colour. • Z.A. Bhutto government’s land reforms
prescribed the ceiling of land holding as
 150 acres of irrigated and 300 acres of • The Geneva Pact was signed on April14,
un-irrigated land. 1988 between Pakistan and
• Laws passed by the legislature of a Afghanistan.
country are called Statutes. • ‘Hiran Minar’ was a favourite hunting
• “Abdin Palace” is the official residence ground of Emperor Jehangir.
of the president of Eygpt. • Bay of Biscay is situated between
• “Hellenic Republic” has the official France and Spain.
name of Greece. • Mohammad bin Tughlaq ruler is
• The Lahore Resolution 1940 was first referred to as the 'Mad Monarch'.
called “Pakistan Resolution” by Hindu • Austin said these words “Law is a
press and newspapers. Command of Sovereign, enforceable
• After independence, the first industrial with sanction”.
unit inaugurated by Quaid-e-Azam was • Nasir-ud-Din-Mahmud was the last
Valika Textile Mills. ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty of the
• The first chairman of Senate after its Delhi Sultanate.
creation was Khan Habibullah Khan. • Shams-ud-din Iltutmish Sultans of the
• ‘Khojak Pass’ connects Qila Abdullah slave Dynasty reigned for the longest
and Chaman. period.
• Johnson is the first president of America • Battle of tarain was fought between
who faced an impeachment trial in the Muhammad ghauri and raja pirthavi in
constitutional history of USA. 1192 AD
• Under 1956 constitution, for the first • China’s parliament has the largest
time, the president was given the membership
power to opiont the prime minister at • February will have 30 days after 400
his own discretion. years
• Under 1962 constitution, ‘Basic  Prince suleman al masood was first
Democracy System’ served as an muslim who traveled in space
electoral college for the election of the • Exxon is largest oil company in the
president, central and provincial world
legislatures. • Rahbar was first rocket launched by
• Senate, under 1973 constitution, is a Pakistan
permanent chamber which cannot be • The country with minimum birth rate is
dissolved and its one-third members Sweden
shall be replaced after every three • Highest life expectancy in Japan
years. • First pc made in 1970 called Altair
• Proclamation of Emergency on account • China joined UN in 1946 and
of war of internal disturbances has Afghanistan in 1946
been laid down in Article 232 of the • Under water frogs breathe through
constitution of 1973. their skin (cutenious).
• South of the Kabul River up to Kurram • Which famous author penned the
Pass lies the Koh-e-Safeid. words, "To be or not to be..."? - William
Shakespeare
• Why do birds migrate? - To reach food • Talpatty Island is disputed between
and breeding grounds India and Bangladesh
• Which language has the most words? - • Hermon area is disputed between the
English countries Syria, Israel and Lebanon
• What do deciduous trees do ----- Lose • Isfara velley is disputed between
their leaves in winter Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
• Which country grows the most fruit ----- • Parang Island is disputed between
China China and South Korea.
• What is a baby rabbit called ----- Kit or • Kurial islands are disputed between
Kitten Japan and Russia.
• Hardest substance is diamond, what's • In Which countries of Europe, United
the softest? --- Talc States is planning to set up a missile
• What is 6 inches bigger in Summer ----- defense base? Czech Republic and
Eiffel tower Poland
• De Witt Wallace founded what ----- • Hans Island is disputed between
Readers Digest Denmark and Canada.
• Which country was the first to • Banana Island is disputed between
introduce old age pensions ---Germany Kiribati and Fiji.
• From what language does the word • 7th NFC award was signed by prime
alphabet come ----- Greek -alpha beta minister and other chief ministers of all
• What colour is the bull on an archery provinces on 30th December 2009.
target? ---- Gold • Halaib Triangle is disputed between
• Pirates remain a problem off the coast Sudan and Egypt.
of which African country? Somalia • Canary Islands is disputed between
• Name of author/authoress of novel Spain and Morocco.
series “Harry Potter ?J.K. Rolling • Shahbaz Airbase is located in
• A group of zebras is called a Herd Jacobabad.
• The Quaid-i-Azam was born in Wazir • Shamsi Airbase is located in Quetta.
Mension Karachi • NATO expelled Russian diplomats from
• BOAC is international airline of Britain NATO headquarters in Brussels over a
• Emirate is international airline of UAE spy scandal in Estonia
• USA used veto power most of the times • Who won maximum number of Grand
in UNO Security Council. Slam in the history of world tennis?
• Current total of SAARC members are Roger Federer
eight. Which last country joined the • How many Grand Slam titles Roger
SAARC in its 13th conference at Dhaka? Federer has won till 2009? 16
Afghanistan • In 1991 Madras was also changed to a
• Talbul project is disputed between new name of Chennai
Pakistan and India. • “In the line of Fire” is the autobiography
• Mehdi Shah was elected first Chief of General Pervez Musharraf
Minister of Gilgit Baltistan.
• Democracy and Authoritarianism in  ▪ Taloo e islam was written by Allama
South Asia book is written by Ayesha Iqbal
Jalal • Man who ruled India was written by
• The State of Martial Rule book is Philip Woodruff.
written by Ayesha Jalal • The book confession was written by
• Self and Sovereignty book is written by Rousseau.
Ayesha Jalal • Quaid –e-Azam Jinnah. The story of a
• The Lord of the Rings book is written by Nation is written by G.Allana.
JRR Tolkien • Foundation of Pakistan was written by
• Books written by Barack Obama are: 1. Sharif ud din Pirzada.
Dreams from My Father 2. The Audacity • Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam was written
of Hope by Edward Fitzgeranld.
• Who is called “The Father of Comedy”? • Gitanjali was written by Rabindranath
Aristophanes Tagore.
• The name United Nations was coined by • Asrar-e-khudi is written by Allama Iqbal
Roosevelt • Bal-e-Jibril is written by Allama Iqbal
• Which one of the following king of • Bang-e-dara is written by Allma Iqbal
France is called “Citizen King”? Louis • Bostan is written by Sheikh Saadi
Philip • Darbar-i-Akbari is written by Azad,
• Who is called the Shakespeare of Muhammad Hussain
Punjabi language? Peer Waris Shah • Gulistan is written by Sheikh Saadi
• Who is called the father of Academy • Javaid Nama is written by Allama Iqbal
Award (Oscar Award)? Louis B Mayer • Jawab-e-Shikwah is written by Allama
• Who is known as the founder of USA? Iqbal
John Adams • Ktab al Shifa is written by Ibn Sina
• Who is called “Father of Economic”? • Mirat ul Aroos is written by Nazir
Adam Smith Ahmed
• Who is known as the founder of • Muqaddamah is written by Ibn Khaldun
Modern Turkey? Kemal Ataturk • Shaer o Shaeri is written by Altaf
• Who is called “lion of the Punjab”? Hussain Hali
Ranjit Singh • Mussaddas-i-Hali is written by Altaf
• Otto Von Bismarck is called the? Man of Hussain Hali
Blood and Iron • Naqsh-e-Faryadi is written by Faiz
• Who is known as the ‘Iron Man of Ahmed Faiz
India’? Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel • Payam-e-Mashriq is written by Allama
Iqbal
• Shahnama is written by Firdausi
 IMPORTANT BOOKS & THEIR AUTHORS • Tehzeeb al Ikhlaq is written by Sir Syed
 ▪ Shahnama-i-Islam was written by Ahmed Khan
Hafeez Jalandri. • Tafhim ul quran is written by Syed
Abdul ala Maudoodi.
• Yadgar-i-Galib is written by Hali
• Zabur-e-Anjam is written by Dr. Allama • A Tale of Two Cities is written by
Iqbal Charles Dickens
• Zarb-e-Kaleem is written by Dr. Allama • Vanity of Human Wishes is written by
Iqbal Samuel Johnson
• Anthony Cleopatra is written by W. • Wealth of Nation is written by Adam
Shakespeare Simith
• As you like it is written by W. • Zulfi Bhutto of Pakistan is written by
Shakespeare Stanley Wolpert
• Caesar and Cleopatra is written by G.B • Faust is written by Goethe
Shaw • Mein Kampf is written by Hitler
• Comedy of Errors is written by W. • Divine Comedy is written by Dante
Shakespeare • Odyssey (Greek) is written by Homer
• Daughter of the East is written by • Utopia is written by Thomas Mooore
Benazir Bhuto • War and Peace is written by Leo Tolstoy
• Decline and Fall of Roman Empire is • Crime and Punishment is written by F.M
written by Edward Gibbon Dostovsky
• Great Expectations is written by Charles • Communist Manifesto is written by Karl
Dickens Marx and Eagles
• Hamlet is written by W.Shakespeare • Das Capital is written by Karl Marx
• Ibn Battuta Travels in Asia and Africa is • The Prince is written by Machiavelli
written by Ibn Battuta • Constitutional Development of Pakistan
• Jinnah of Pakistan is written by Stanley is written by G.W Choudhry
Wolpert • Five Thousand Years of Pakistan is
• Myth of independence is written by Z. A written by Wheeler R.E.M
Bhutto • Foreign Policy of Pakistan is written by
• World War is written by W. Churchill Zulifkar Ali Bhutto
• Muhammad Ali Jinnah is written by M.H • Jinnah, Creator of Pakistan is written by
Saiyid Hecor Bolitho
• Nineteen Eighty Four is written by • Muslim Separatism in India and
George Orwell Pakistan is written by Abdul Hamid
• Old man and the Sea is written by • Political Syetem in Pakistan is written by
Ernest Hamingway Khalid B. Saeed
• Oliver Twist is written by Charles • Politics in Pakistan is written by Khalid
Dickens B. Saeed
• Origin Of species is written by Charles • Quaid-i-Azam and Pakistan is written by
Darwin Ahmad Hasan Dani
• Paradise Lost is written by John Milton • Struggle for Pakistan is written by I.H
• Pride and Prejudice is written by Jane Qureshi
Austen • The Emergence of Pakistan is written by
• Social Contact is written by Rousseau Mohammad Ali Choudhry
• Twelfth Night is written by W. • The Making of Pakistan is written by K.K
Shakespeare Aziz
• Towards Pakistan is written by Whaeed- • The name of the book which Al-Farabi
uz-Zaman wrote is ‘Ara Madinatul Fazila’.
• Khusboo is written by Parveen Shakir • Plato wrote ‘the laws’.
• Laila Majnoo is written by Amir Khusro • Aristotle founded ‘the lyceum’.
• Akbar nama is written by Abu Fazal • Mao wrote ‘On contradictions’.
• Al Qanoon fil Tib is written by Ibne Sina • J.S. Mill wrote ‘On liberty’.
• Green Book is written by Presisdent • A short history of Pak:=I.H.Qureshi.
Moamoor Gadafi • Discovery of Pak:= A.Aziz.
• Republic is written by Plato • History of Freedom
• Revolution and Independence is written Movement=I.H.Qureshi.
by Words Worth • Jinnah as I know him= Abdul Hassan
• Road to Freedom is written by Bertrand Isphahani.
Russel • Jinnah:Creator of Pak:=Hector Bolithio.
• Romeo and Juliet is written by • India wins Freedom= Abdul Kalam Azad.
Shakespeare • Emergence of Pak:=Ch: Rahmat Ali.
• The spirit of Islam was written by Syed • Transfer of Power in India=V.P.Memon.
Ameer Ali. • Pakistan Nagozeer Tha= Syed Hasan
• The poem Shikwah and Jawab-e-Sikwah Raza.
was written by Allama Iqbal. • Quaid-i-Azam & Pakistan=Ahmed
• Five Thousand Years of Pakistan was Hassan Dani.
written by REM Wheeler. • Friends not Masters=Ayub Khan.
• White Papers are policy statements • The Pakistan Issue= Nazir Yar Jung.
published by the British parliament on • Quid wrote the preface of “My
the subject of tremendous public Leader”=Ziauddin Ahmed.
importance. • Muslim Nationalism in India= Malik
• Blue Books are the official reports of Hafeez.
the British Government. • Pathway to Pak: = Ch: Khaiquzzaman.
• White Books are the official • The Indian Musalimans= W.W.Hunter.
publications of the countries like • Our Struggle=Mohd: Noman.
Portugal, China, and Germany. • Evolution of Pakistan: Sharifuddin
• Yellow Books are the official records of Pirzada.
France. • Birth of Pak: =Dr. Sachin.
• Grey Books are the official policy as well • Pakistan the Heart of Asia= Liaquat Ali
as reports of the Japanese government. Khan.
• Green Books are the official reports of • Incomplete Partition = Alastair Lamb.
the Italian government. • My Last day with Quaid=Ilahi Bux
• Orange Books are the official • Outline of a scheme of Indian
publication of the Netherlands. Federation=Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan.
• Lenin wrote ‘the state and revolution’. • The Forgotten Years is an
• Ibn-e-Khaldun retired as a judge. autobiography of from Foreign Minister
• Al Ghazali is known as Hujatul Islam. Sir Zafarullah Khan.
• Mission with Mountabatten=Alan • Davis Strait separates Greenland from
Campbell Johnson. Baffin Island.The Davis Strait lies
• Religious Thought of Sayyid Ahmed between Canada and Greenland
Khan==Bahir Ahmad Dar. • Messina strait separates Italy from
• The Cambridge History of the British Sicily.
Empire=H.H.Dodwell. • Johor strait separates Malaysia from
• The book “party politics in Pakistan’ Singapore.
(1947-58) is written by K.K.AZIZ. • Bass Strait separates Australia from
• Higher than Hopes is biography of Tasmania.
Nelson Mandela. • Florida Strait separates Cuba from
• Who wrote "History of God"? Karen Florida. It joins Atlantic Ocean with Gulf
Armstrong of Mexico.
• Hayat-e-Jawaid, written by Altaf • Dover strait separates England from
Hussain Hali, is on the life of Sir Syed France.
Ahmed Khan. • Gibraltar Strait separates Spain and
• “The Sun also Rises” is written by Africa and joins Mediterranean Sea with
Earnest Hemingway. Atlantic Ocean.
• Khadija Mastoor wrote Angan. • Torres Strait separates Australia and
• Imam Ghazali is the author of Ihya-ul- Papua New Guinea
Uloom. • Bosporus Strait connects Black Sea with
• Montesquieu wrote ‘the spirit of laws’. the Sea of Marmora.
• Who is the author of “Preparing for the • Dardanelles strait (Turkey) joins
Twenty First Century”? Paul Kennedy Marmora sea with Aegean Sea.
• Who wrote “Supreme Court and Human • Malacca strait separates Sumatra from
Rights”? Tamizuddin Malay Peninsula. It is longest strait in
• The author of famous book, “Nuclear the world.
Weapons and Foreign Policy” is Henry • Mozambique strait is the broadest strait
Kissinger. in the world. It is b/w Mozambique and
• ‘Rise and Fall of Great Powers’ is the Madagascar.
work of Paul Kennedy. • Sunda strait separates Sumatra from
• “My Experiments with Truth” is Java Island.
autobiography of Mahtma Gandhi.

 IMPORTANT BATTLES
 FAMOUS STRAITS • Battle of Jhelum was fought b/w
• Palk Strait separates India from Sri Alexandar the Great and Raja Porus in
Lanaka. 326 B.C. The latter was defeated.
• Babul Mandab strait separates Arabia • Mahumud Ghaznavi invaded on
from Africa.Babel-Mandab strait leads Somnath in 1025 A.D.
into the Red Sea.
• Red sea is b/w Arabia and Africa.
• Battle of Tarain was fought b/w Mohd: • The place named Normandy became
Ghouri and Prithvi Raj in 1192 A.D. The worlds famous due to the D.Day landing
former won the battle. during the Second World War on 6th
• First battle of Panipat was fought b/w June 1944. Normandy is located in
Ibrahim Lodhi and Babur in 1526. Babur France.
won the battle. • Pearl Harbor incident took place on 7th
• Second battle of Panipat was fought in Dec 1941.
1556. Akbar won the battle. • In 1982 the Falklands war was fought
• Third battle of Panipat was fought b/w between Britain and Argentina.
Ahmad Shah Abdali and Marahttas in • Civil War of USA lasted from 1861-1865.
1760. Ahmed Shah defeated the latter. • The famous British Naval commander,
• West Bank was occupied in 1967. who defected the French Naval Fleet at
• Japan attacked Pearl Harbour located in Nile in 1788 and at Trafalgar in 1805
Hawaii on 7 Dec: 1941. was Horatio Nelson.
• Israel occupied Golan Heights from • Doer war fought between South Africa
Syria. and British.
• West Bank is located b/w Isreal & • Fighting broke out between Greeks and
Jordan. the Turks in July 1974.
• West Bank was occupied in 1967. • At the end of Second World War in
• Iran & UAE dispute over Persian Gulf 1945, Germany was divided among 4
islands, Greater & lesser Tunbs. major powers.
• Sakhalin Island is dispute b/w Russia & • In Opium war Britain fought against
Japan. China.
• Iran & UAE dispute over Persian Gulf • Gulf war Jan 1991 stopped in Feb 28,
islands, Greater & lesser Tunbs. 1991.
• Sakhalin island is dispute b/w Russia & • Iran-Iraq was started in Sep 1980 and
Japan. ended in Aug1988.
• In Battle of Sabroan, English defeated • Lloyd George of Great Britain
Sikhs and captured Lahore. represented in treaty of Versailles.
• Nickname of Atomic Bomb dropped on • Germany remained in grip of allied
Hiroshima in 1945 was Little Boy and on occupation from 1994 to 1952.
Nagasaki=Fat Man. • The American general who acted as the
• The hundred year war actually lasted supreme commander of Allied forces in
for 114 years. Europe during the second world war
• Sir William Howard Russell was the first was D.D Eisenhower.
Great War correspondent. • The criminals of the Second World War
• Hundred years war fought between were trailed in the city of Nuremburg.
France and Britain during 1338-1453. • Break up of Germany occurred on 1945
• Cease fire between Iran and Iraq took and merger on Oct 3, 1990.
place in 1988, by the intervention of • Iraq occupied Kuwait on 2nd Aug 1990.
U.N. • USA dropped an atom bomb on
Hiroshima on 6th August 1945.
• First World War begun on 1914 A.D. • Blue House is the official residence in ..
and Second World War started in 1939 South Korea
when Germany attacked on Poland, it is • Istana Merdeke is the official residence
also considered as greatest war. of President of Indonesia.
• Germans call a WW1 sea fight Battle of • Elysee palace is the name of the
Skagerrak what in UK: Battle of Jutland residence of Franch President.
• Operation Thunderbolt was the • What country’s leader does not have an
nickname given to which raid Israeli raid official residence: Cuba
on Entebbe
• In WW2 the Germans launched
operation Bernhard - what Counterfeit  IMPORTANT STREETS
British Notes • Bond Street is located in London. It is
• In WW2 what was the German famous for tailoring and jewelry.
codename for invasion of Russia- • Dalal Street is located in Mumbai
Barberossa (India). It is the stock exchange market
• Operation Dracula in WWII freed what of Mumbai.
city- Rangoon Burma • Drowning Street No. 10 is located at
• Which 19th century battle UK / USA Westminster (England). It is famous for
fought after peace signed- Battle of the official residence of the British
New Orleans Prime Minister. It was named after Sir
• Waterloo is now in... Belgium George Drowning, a diplomat under
• The Duke of Wellington defeated Cromwell and King Charles II.
Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in • Elgin Street is located in Scotland. It is
1815. the world’s shortest street.
• In Battle of Sabroan, English defeated • Young Street is located in Toronto
Sikhs and captured Lahore. (Canada). It is the longest street in the
• Iraq occupied Kuwait in August 1990. world.
• North Korea invaded South Korea in • Vicolo della virilita is the world’s
1950. narrowest street.
• Darfur conflict is in Sudan. • Canal Street is the widest street in USA.
• Broadway (USA) is famous for various
theaters and cinema halls. It is regarded
 WORLD COUNTRIES as biggest street in the world.
• Buckingham palace is the residence of • Fleet Street is in London where
British king and Queen is in London. newspaper offices and press agencies
• 10 Downing Street is the residence of are located.
British PM. • The busiest shopping centre of London
• Queen’s house is the official residence is Oxford Street
of Sri Lankan president. • Lombart Street is located in San
• Great Wall of China was built in the Francisco. This street is also called the
reign of Shih Huang-ti
 Crookedest Street. It is the financial • Highest mountain system in the world is
centre in San Francisco. Himalayas.
• Wall Street is located in New York. It • Sefid Koh is mountain range in
was built in 1653. It is famous for Afghanistan.
banking, finance and stock exchange • Blue Mountains are in Australia.
market. • Mauna Kea volcano is in Hawaii.
• In which London Street is the US • What is the name of the second highest
embassy- Grosvener Square. mountain in Africa-Mount Kenya
 MOUNTAINS • In what modern country is mount
• Mount Olympus is in Greece. Ararat-Turkey
• The mountain range in Russia that is • Most active volcano Italiana is situated
regarded as the boundary b/w Europe in Hawaii.
& Asia is Urals. • Mount Everest is in Himalaya range
• Margalla Hills of Islamabad are with height 29,028 feet first ascent
extension of Himaliya range. made on May 29, 1953.
• Ural mountains separate Asia from • K2 named Goodwin Austin or Chagori is
Europe. in Karakoram Range with 28,250 ft
• Ordovician are oldest rocks. height. First ascent made on July 31,
• Oldest mountain system are Araveli. 1954.
• Youngest mountain system are • Nanga Parbat is in Himalaya range is
Himaliyas. known as Killer Mountain with height
• Andes Mountains are in South America. 26,660 ft. First ascent was made on July
• Ring of Fire are volcanoes in Circum- 3, 1953.
Pacific Seismic belt. • Broad Peak I is in Karakoram range with
• Alps are Europe’s largest mountain height 26,470.
system. • Tirich Mir is in Hindu Kush mountain.
• Atlas are North Africa’s mountain • Prince Charles is mountain range in
range. Atlas Mountains are in Morocco. Antarctica.
• The Himalaya mountain range (Asia) is • Zardak is the highest peak of Kirthar
the greatest mountain range in the range.
world. • Where are the glasshouse mountains-
• Ayers Rock is the largest single rock in Queensland Australia
the world.
• Mauna kea volcano is in Hawaii
• What is the worlds longest mountain  IMPORTANT MOUNTAIN PASSES
range-The Andes • Namni Pass is in Myanmar.
• Black forest is a mountain in Germany. • Khunjerab Pass is highest pas in
• Rocky or Rockies Mountains is the Pakistan.
largest mountain system of North • Alpine Pass is in USA.
America. • Lowari Pass is in Pakistan.
• Koh-i-Sultan is in Pakistan. • Khojak tunnel is in Balouchistan.
• Bolan (Sulaiman range) pass is in  OCEANS
Baluchistan. • Largest ocean is pacific, then Atlantic,
• Kolpur pass is in Baluchistan. Indian and then Arctic.
• Shandur Pass is in Pakistan. • Largest sea is South China Sea, then
• Donner pass is in California (USA) Caribbean Sea, then Mediterranean
• Hispar & Biafo glacier is in Pakistan. sea, Behring Sea Gulf of Mexico, Sea of
• Siachen glacier is in Karakoram Range. Japan, Hudson Bay, East China Sea,
• Baltoro gracier is in Karakoram Range. Andaman Sea, then Black sea then Red
• Chogo Lugma is in Karakoram range. sea and in the last Baltic sea.
• Hispar glacier is in Hunza. • Sea of Japan is famous for fishing area.
• Malaspina glacier is in Alaska (US), • Total seas are 12.
• Tasman glacier is in New Zealand. • Bermuda Triange is located in Atlantic
• Alpine is the highest mountain pass in Ocean.
the world. • Diego Garcia is in Indian Ocean.
• Siachen, batoro and chogo lugma • The deepest place in the Indian Ocean
glaciers are in Karakorum. is Sunda Trench.
• April 1984, India conducted an • Caspian Sea is located in Iraq-
Operation known as 'Operation Azerbaijan, Turkmensitan, Kazakhstan &
Meghdoot’ to capture Siachen. Russia.
• Siachen Glacier is the Worlds Biggest • Caspian Sea is the largest salt water
Glacier outside the two Poles. It is also lake in the world.
the world's Highest Glacier that is why it • Caspian Sea water is shared by Iran,
is refered to as "The Third Pole." It is Russia & Azerbaijan.
also the World's Highest Battle Ground • Which sea is sometimes called the
Ever Euxine Sea- Black Sea
• Africa is without glaciers. • What sea is directly north of Poland-
• Highest point of Asia is Mount Everest Baltic sea
(Nepal-Tibet). • Arctic Ocean is the smallest ocean.
• Mount Aconcagua, highest peak in the • Cyprus is an island in the
western hemisphere, located in the Mediterranean Sea.
Andes Mountains of western Argentina, • The waters of Caspian Sea are shared by
near the border with Chile. Russia, Iran & Azerbaijan.
• Bodpo La pass is highest pass in Tibet • What is the worlds largest sea (in area):
(China) with height 19,412. South China
• Vesuvius is a volcano in Italy. • Aral Sea is in Central Asia (Kazakhstan).
• Swat valley is in the mountain range Aral is an inland sea.
of... hindukash • What is the world's warmest sea- The
• Saddle peak is highest peak in Red Sea
Anandaman & Nicobar islands. • Aegean Sea is located in Atlantic Ocean.
• Karoko tao is a volcano in Indonesia. • Sargasso Sea is without a coastline.
• Approximately the south west monsoon • Which of the following cause ocean
begins in Pakistan in late July. currents? Permanent winds
• Nether land’s land is below sea level. • Oxus River (also called Amu Darya) is
• Atlantic Ocean is called the “Herring flowing between Afghanistan and
Pond”. Tajikistan. It is the largest river of
 WORLD RIVERS central Asia.
• Third world comprises of 70% of world • Bari Doab is the area lying between
population. River Ravi and River Beas.
• Hamun Mashkel Lake (Baluchistan) is • SURMA is the name of a river.
salt water lake. • Windermere Lake is the largest lake of
• Most important crop of Nile delta is UK.
Cotton. • What is France’s longest river: Loire
• Pak: is 4th among world’s largest cotton • Hundroo (Hundrubagh) Water Falls are
producers. in India.
• A famous natural bridge is located in • An iceberg floating in sea will have one-
Virginia. tenth of its mass above the surface of
• Eskimos live in North America. water.
• Iberian Peninsula is a part of Europe. • Jog Falls are the highest waterfalls in
• The number of CARS is five. India.
• Height of Islamabad is 2000 ft: above • Which river is in Lebanon? River Latani
sea level. • Highest salinity is found in the Great
• The Devil Tower present in US is a Salt Lake in USA.
volcano. • Niagara Falls was discovered by Louis
• Hudson Bay is largest bay and is in Hennepin
Northern Canada. • Madagascar is popularly known as the
• Largest gulf is Gulf of Mexico. Island of Cloves
• Grand Canal is oldest man made canal • Niagara Falls was discovered by Louis
for shipping purpose in China. Hennepin
• Shark bay is in Western Australia. • Gateway of Pacific is Panama Canal.
• English Channel separates England from • Panama Canal links Pacific Ocean with
France. Atlantic Ocean.
• Gulf of Sidra is in Libya. • Panama Canal was opened in 1914.
• Red river is in USA. • Panama Canal links North America with
• Gulf of lion is in France. South America.
• Churchill water fall is in Canada. • The Amazon river rises in which
• Danube River is in Romania (Europe). It country-Peru
pours into Black sea. • Amazon River is largest river in terms of
• The Volga is Europe longest river what volume. It is in Brazil. It pours into
is the second longest Danube Atlantic Ocean.
• Volga River is in Russia. • The longest and largest river in Asia is
• What is the only river that flows both Yangtze.
north and south of equator - The Congo • The largest river in China is The Yangtze
• New Zealand is situated in the region of River.
Oceania.
• The Soan and the Haro are the two • Missouri river flows in USA
rivers of Potohar Plateau. • Hudson River flows in USA.
• Aswan dam is constructed on river Nile. • Golden River flows in Alaska, Canada.
• World’s largest earth filled dam is • In what country are the Painted Lakes-
Tarbela. Indonesia
• Voctoria falls are on the border b/w • Name the river that flows through
Zimbabwe & South Africa. Baghdad- Tigris
• Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in • What city has the most canals-
world extending from Peru to Bolivia. Birmingham
• Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the • Suez Canal was acquired by Britain in
world. It is located in Siberia. 1875 and nationalized by Egypt in 1956.
• Indus River pours into Arabian Sea. It remains closed 1967-75 after Arab
• After Indus, the longest river is Sutlaj in Israel War.
Pakistan. • Thames River is in England.
• The longest river in South Asia is the • Seine River is in France.
Brahmputra. • Hang He river is in China.
• Nile River pours its water into • Victoria Lake forms boundary line b/w
Mediterranean Sea. Tanzania and Uganda.
• Don River pours its water into Sea of • Source River Jehlum is Verinag.
Azov. • Lake Superior is the largest fresh water
• Tigris River pours its water into Caspian lake in the world. It is located in North
Sea. America (USA-Canada).
• Suez Canal is 170 Km long constructed • Lake Victoria is located in Kenya-
in 1869. Tanzania and Uganda.
• The Suez Canal was constructed in • Great Bear Lake is located in Canada.
1869. • In which country would you find Lake
• The Suez Canal link the Mediterranean Disappointment Australia
Sea with the Red Sea. The Canal was • The Amazon river dolphins are what
constructed by a French Engineer, colour- Pink
Ferdinand De Lesseps. • Which of the following rivers rises in
• The Suez Canal was nationalized by Col. lake Lan-Ka Tso in Tibet? Sutlej
Nasser on 26th July, 1956. • Volga river pours its water into Caspian
• Mariana trench is the deepest part in Sea it is longest river of Europe.
the ocean and it lies in Pacific Ocean. It • Don is a river of Russia.
is also called the deepest seafloor • Lake Erie (N.America) is most polluted
depression in the world. lake in the world.
• River Zambezi flows in Southeast Africa. • Lake Mead on the Arizona-Nevada is
• Euphrates flows in Syria and Iraq. largest man-made lake in USA.
• Mesopotamia is the region b/w Tigris & • Baikal Lake is in Siberian desert.
Euphrates. • Palk Bay lies b/w Gulf of Mannar and
• Mississippi river flows in USA. Bay of Bengal.
Mississippi is longest river of America.
• Panama Canal connects Atlantic Ocean • Dead sea lying b/w Israel and Jordan.
with Pacific Ocean. • Asia Minor is a geographical expression,
• 3- Gorges Dam is in .. China a part to Turkey.
• Indus originates from Tibet near • The world’s longest river, the Nile is
Mansorowar Lake. located in Africa.
• The Victoria Falls in Africa is located on • Africa is also known as Dark Continent.
river Zambezi. It is the highest fall of • Highest point of South America is
Africa. Mount Aconcagua (Argentina) and
• Mt Merapi is located on Java. lowest point is Valdes Peninsula
• What is the longest river in Australia- (Argentina).
Murray-Darling • Highest Point of North America is
• Gulf Stream is an ocean current named Mount Mckinley and the lowest point is
after the Gulf of Mexico. Death Valley (California, USA).
• The panch Pokhri Lake situated in the • Highest point of Africa is Kibo, a peak of
Himalaya Mountains is the highest lake Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) and lowest point
in the world. is Lake Assal (Djibouti).
• Aswan dam is in Egypt. • Highest point of Europe is Mount
• Word Tsunami is of Japanese language. El’brus and the lowest point is Caspian
• Largest coral reef is in Australia. Sea.
• Colorado River forms Grand Canyon. • Highest point in Antarctica is Vinson
• River Rhine is in Western Europe. Massif.
• The Victoria Falls is located in • Highest point in Australia is Mount
Zimbabwe. Kosciusko (New South Wales) and the
• Highest fall of world Angel Falls is on lowest point is Lake Eyre (South
river Carrao Venezuela. Australia).
• Niagara fall is in North America b/w • The lowest point of the North America
America & Canada. is the Death Valley located in California.
• Ribbon fall is in North America. • Danube River flows in Austria.
• Silver Strand fall is in North America. • Victoria River is the chief source of
• Grand Canal is located in People’s River Nile.
Republic of china. • Dardanelles connects black Sea and
• After Australia, Europe is the smallest Mediterranean.
continent. • Black sea is so called because a dense
• ‘Victoria falls’ is located in Rhodesia. fog prevails there in winter.
• Deccan Plateau is in Asia. • The river Jordan flows out into the Dead
• Asia is the largest continent and covers sea
about 1/3 of the world’s total land area. • River Mekong flows in Vietnam.
• Both the highest and lowest points on • River Thames flows in Southern
the earth are found in Asia. England.
• The lowest point of Asia is Dead Sea • River boat Gondola is used in Italy’s city
which is about 397 meter below sea Venice.
level.
• Hydespes River is now called the Jhelum • Sumatra is an island in Indonesia.
River. • The largest island in the world
• The length of Panama Canal is 50072 Greenland is located in North America.
miles. (chk)
• At the equator, the equation of the day • Greenland is geographically in America
is 12 hours. but politically in Europe.
• Meridan means mid-day. • Kalaalit Nunaat (Greenland) Island
• Shale is not a metamorphic rock (Denmark), the largest island is in North
 FAMOUS DESERTS Atlantic
• Thar desert is located in Northwest • New Guinea is world’s second largest
India and East Pakistan island.
• Dsht-i-Lut desert is in Iran. • Virgin Island is a group of 100 Island in
• The world’s largest desert Sahara is W.Indies.
located in Africa. • Canary Island is in Spain.
• Kalhari desert is in South Africa. • The largest Island in the Mediterranean
• Gobi desert is in Mongolia & China. Sea is Sicily.
• The Atacama Desert is located in North • Malaqasv (Madagascar) is in Indian
Chile, South America. Ocean.
• What is the worlds oldest desert - • Baffin is in North Atlantic Ocean
country named after it-Namib (Canadian).
• Namib Desert is in South-West Africa. • Sumatra is in Northest Indian Ocean
• Simpson Desert is in Australia. (Indonesia).
• Great Victoria Desert is in Australia. • • Neaw Zealand is in South Pacific Ocean.
Arabian Desert is in Egypt. • Borneo Island is in Pacific Ocean.
• Death Valley desert is in California. • Honshu Island is in North West Pacific.
• Gibson Desert is in Australia. • Great Britain Island is in North Atlantic.
• Great Sandy Desert is in Australia. • Victoria Island is in Arctic Ocean.
• Karakum desert is in Turkmenistan. • Baffin Island is in Atlantic Ocean.
• Kavir Dasht Davir desert is in Iran. • Ellesmere Island is in Arctic Ocean.
• Nafud desert is in Saudi Arabia. • Galapagos Islands are in Pacific Ocean.
• Rub-el-Khali desert is in South Arabian • Indonesia consists of 1300 islands.
peninsula. • World’s largest Delta is Sunderlands
• Sonoran desert is in Arizona to Mexico. (India).
• Deserts in Asia are: Gobi, Karakum, • Paracel Islands are of.... china vs
Rub-al-Khali, Takla makan. Vietnam
• Takla Makan desert is in Xinjing (China). • Which country owns the Hen and
• Deserts in Africa are: Kalhari, Namib, Chicken islands: North island New
and Sahara. Zealand
 FAMOUS ISLANDS • Indian city Mumbai consists of seven
• St. Helena is in Atlantic Ocean. islands.
• Largest island in Indian Ocean is • The famous Island located at the mouth
Madagascar. of the Hudson river is Manhattan
• Sugar Island is the located at the • Dead line is the line or boundary of a
confluence of Ganga and the Bay of military prison, which prisoners are not
Bengal. allowed to cross.
• Cathy Pacific is an island. • Green Line is a demarcation line
 INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES between the Greek and Turkish Cypriot
• Aero float is the airline of Russia. communities.
• Al-Italia is the Italian international • Hindenburg line separates Germany
airlines. from Poland.
• Royal Nepal’s Airline is the name of • Pak-Iran border line was demarcated on
Nepal’s airline. 24th Sep: 1872.
• Transworld Airway (TWA) belongs to • Line of control is b/w Azad Kashmir &
USA. Occupied Kashmir.
• Scandinavian airlines operate in the • Mc Mohan line is the boundary line
countries Norway, Sweden, and between India and China. It was
Denmark. demarcated in 1914.
• KLM is the oldest national airline of • Radcliff line is the boundary between
netherland. Pakistan and India. It was demarcated
• JAL is an airline of Japan. in 1947 by Sir Cyril Radcliff.
• BOAC airline is of Great Britain. • 17th parallel line is the boundary line
• Garada is the airline of Indonesia. between North Vietnam and the South
• Qantas is an airline of Australia. Vietnam.
• The famous airport Dum Dum is located • 24th parallel Line lies in Rann of Kutch.
in Mombai (India). It is frontier between Pakistan and
• Chaklala airport is situated in India.
Rawalpindi. • 38th Parallel line is the boundary
• Orly airport is located in Paris. between North and South Korea.
• Santa Cruz airport is in Mumbai. • 49th Parallel Line is the boundary line
• LOT is the national airline of what between Canada and the USA.
country-Poland • Durand line is 1300 mile long frontier
• TABSO is the national airline of which b/w Pakistan & Afghanistan
country-Bulgaria demarcated in 1893-95. it has over 200
• Lufthansa is an airlines from Germany passes.
• Cathy Pacific is an airline of Hong Kong. • Maginot line is French line of
• What is Belgium's national Airline- fortification built in WWII along the
Sebina German border form Switzerland to
• Biman is the airline of Bangladesh. Belgium. It divides France from
• Asiana is the airline of ... South Korea Germany.
 IMPORTANT GEOGRAPHICAL LINES • Maginot line divides France from
• A Curzon line is the polish-Russian Germany.
frontier setup in 1945. • Mannerheim line was defensive
fortification line on the Karelian Isthmus
 built by Finland against the Soviet • Warsaw Pact 14th May 1955. Dissolved
Union. in 1991
• Oder-neisse Line was boundary b/w • Term of non-permanent members of
Germany & Poland during WWII. the Security Council is 2 years.
• General Assembly and Security Council
appoints the judges of International
Court of Justice.
• RCD was changed to ECO in Jan 1985.
• G-8 was established on 22 September
1985. G-8 was originally the G-5 but
was expanded when Canada, Italy and
Russia jointed in June 1997.
• European Union came in to being on
 MPORTANT ORGANISATIONS & PACTS January 1, 2000, EU adopted Euro
 Name Founded Member Headquarter currency in 2001. Its head quarter is in
• ADB- 1966- Headqarter at Brussels (Belgium).
Philippines(Manila) and total 187 • International Energy Agency was
member countries founded in 1974; its head quarter is in
• Arab League- 1945- 22- Cairo(Eygpt) Paris (France).
• ASEAN- Aug 8, 1967- 10 member • International Olympic Committee was
countries -Hq Jakarta, founded at formed in 1984; its head quarter is in
Bangkok. Lausanne (Switzerland).
• Colombo Plan- 1st July 1951- Colombo • The head quarter of international Red
(Srilanka) Cross and Red Crescent is in Geneva
• Common Wealth- 1931 HQ London. (Switzerland).
Total members 54 • Organization of Petroleum and
• D8- 15 June 1997- Founded at Turkey, Exporting Countries was founded in
HQ Turkey. Baghdad in 1960; its head quarter is in
• ECO- Jan 1985- 8- Tehran.Total Vienna (Austria).
members 10 • The organization of Economic
• ICJ- 1951- Hq in Hauge. Cooperation and Development was
• ICRC- 1883- Geneva. founded in 1961; its head quarter is in
• NAM 1961 Paris (France).
• OIC 22 to 25 Sep 1969- 57 member • The world council of churches was
countries – Hq in Jeddah established in established in 1948 in Amsterdam
Rabat (Morocco). (Netherlands), its headquarter is in
• SAARC 8, 1985- 7- 8 Katmandu- Geneva (Switzerland).
established at Dhaka. • North American Free Trade Agreement,
• NATO- 1949 Brussels. its origin lies in the free trade
• SEATO Sep 8, 1954 founder at Manila, agreement signed by the USA and
ended in 1972 Canada in 1989.
• UNO 24 Oct 1945 New York.
• The organization of African Unity was • CENTO was signed on 24th Feb, 1955 in
founded in 1963; its head quarter is in Baghdad.
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). • Balkan Pact was signed on 9th Feb,
• The organization of Arab Petroleum 1934.
Exporting Countries was founded in • Eisenhower Doctrine was announced in
1968, its headquarter is in Cairo (Egypt). 1957.
• Organization of American State was • Entente Cordiale was formed in April
founded in 1948; its heat quarter is in 1904, the agreement was signed
Washington DC (USA). between England and France.
• China became the member of the • Dawes Plan was introduced in 1924.
World Trade Organization on 11 • CTBT opened for signature from Sep 24,
December 2001 1996.
• OPANAL stands for Agency for the • KELLOGG-Briand pact was signed by 15
Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin states on 27th August, 1928, it was
America.It was formed on 2nd signed in Paris.
December, 1969, its headquarter is in • Rio Summit was held in Rio-de-Janero
Mexico City. on 14th 1992.
• OECS stands of Organization of Eastern • Amnesty International is an
Caribbean States, established on 18th international organization which works
June, 1981. for the release of the political prisoners.
• The head quarter of OECS is in Casries It was established by peter Bomenson
(St. Lucia). in the year of 1961.
• UN has 6 principle organ • In 1941 the Atlantic Charter was signed
• Security Council has 5 permanent by Churchill and Roosevelt.
members. • Truman Doctrine-------announced on 12
• The Economic and Social Council acts as March 1947 about the security of
coordinating body for the numerous Greece and Turkey.
specialized agencies created by the UN. • USSR and its allies signed Warsaw pact
The council has 54 members elected for in the year 1955.
the term of 3 years. • The famous Dumbarton Oaks
• The international court of justice conference, which formulated
comprises 15 judges. proposals about UN charter, was held in
• The IBRD was established in 27th Dec Dec 1944.
1945. • On 14th August 1941, US president F.D
• Steel Pact was signed between Italy and Roosevelt and British Premier W.
Germany on 22nd May 1939 at Berlin. Churchill signed the Atlantic Charter on
• Camp David Accord made between a battle ship.
Egypt and Israel on 17 Sep 1978. • Veraillies Treaty was signed in 1919.
• Locarno pact signed on 16th October, • Bostan Tea party tool place in 1773.
1925, signed at Locarno. • The civil right act which was passed in
• Four Power Pact was signed on 16th USA in 1964 was the result of the March
July, 1933 at Paris.
 of 250000 people organized by Martin • The permanent Secretariat of SAARC is
Luther king in 1963. established at: Khatmandu
• The famous XYZ affair tool place when • How many official working languages
an American delegation visited England. are recognized by UNO:6
• Potsdam conference was held in 1945. • Who was the first Asian Secretary
• Mamoon Abdul Gavvum (PM of General of the United Nations? U. Thant
Maldives) said SAARC is a brain child. • Baden Powel was the founder of Boy
• Napolean I, first person to call English a Scout and Civil Guides Movement.
nation of shopkeepers. • CIS are 11 independent states of the
• Genius is one percent inspiration and former Soviet Union known as
99 percent perspiration; these words Commonwealth of Independent States
are said by Thomas A. Edison. • Head quarters of WWF are in Vienna,
• Hippocrates said that extreme remedies Austria.
are most appropriate for extreme • SAARC was formed in December, 1985.
disease. • SAARC Human Resource Development
• Archimedes said that give me but one Centre is located at Islamabad.
firm spot on which to stand, and I will • HQ of Universal Postal Union is in
move the earth. Berne.
• The Asian development bank • New Zealand’s Don McKinnon is the
established in 1966 with headquarter first secretary general of
located at MANILA (philipines). commonwealth.
• Eqypt , Iraq , jorden , Lebanon , Saudi • First Islamic Summit was held at Rabat
Arab , Syria and Yemen are the founder in 1969.
nations of the arab league. • Second Islamic Summit was held at
• Asian development bank was Lahore in 1974.
established in 1966 with headquarter • 1n 1948 the UN drawn up a charter of
located at manila(philipine) civil and political rights.
• The International court of Justice is • First Secretary General of UN was
located in Hague,Holland Tregav Lee of Norway.
• WHO is not the principal organ of the • Kofi Anan got noble peace price in
United Nations. 2001.
• Declaration of Human Rights was • UNO world was coined by F.D
adopted on Dec: 10, 1948. Roosevelt.
• Green Peace has no formal structure • Kofi Anan is the 7th Secretary General
and Secretariat. of UNO.
• Who were the three statesmen who • What was the first country to leave the
formulated Non-Aligned Movement United Nations-Indonesia
(NAM): Nehru, Nasser, Tito • The term of the judges of the
• international headquarter of international court of justice is 9 years.
Transparency International (TI} is • ILO is not an organ of the UN.
located in Berlin, Germany. The founder • First city to be placed under UN was
of the organisation is Peter Eigen Sarajevo.
• The UN observed 1998 as the human • Initially, Arab league has seven
rights year with the theme “ All Human countries.
Rights for All”. • Headquarter of Arab League is located
• ICJ has 15 judges, any two of whom in Cairo. Arab League was established
cannot be of the same nationality. on 22nd March 1945.
• UN Charter was signed on June 26, • Amnesty International was established
1945 and came into force on October in London by the British Lawyer, Peter
24, 1945. Benenson in 1961
• Olive Branch is the emblem of the U.N. • The International court of justice was
• Five permanent members of U.N constituted on 26th June 1945
Security Council are China, France, • The Charter of United Nations consists
Russia, UK and US. of 111 articles.
• UN Security Council has five permanent • The Common Wealth of Australia came
and 10 non-permanent members. into existence in 1901.
• Bangladesh is not a member of ASEAN. • Article 55 of the UN Charter promotes
• As per SAFTA agreement, India, international Human Rights.
Pakistan & Sri Lanka have to decrease • Territorial waters traditionally are
their custom duties to 0-5% by 2013. recognized to extend how far from a
• Estonia is not a member of CIS. state’s coastline? 12 miles.
• Portuguese is not an official language of • A state’s executive economic zone (EEZ)
UN. is recognized to extend how far from
• ICJ has issued the arrest warrant of ... the coastline? 12 miles
Omar al Basher of Sudan • ECOSOC has been established under
• The United States of America has used chapter 10 of the UN charter
its veto power more than any other • United Arab Emirates is a federation of
permanent member 7 Emirates.
• G-7 is the group of seven rich • Switzerland joined the UN during 2002.
industralial nations- Britain, Canada, • African Development Bank was
France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the established in 1964.
US. • The principal organs of United Nations
• The UNO originated during the second are Six.
world war.Its charter was drawn up • United Nations spends a lion’s share of
from 25th April to 26th June, 1945 at its budget on Refugees rehabilitations
San Francisco which was signed by 51 • The UNO originated during the Second
countries. World War. Its charter was drawn up
• In 1971 the people republic of china from 25th April to 26th June, 1945 at
was given membership of UNO by San Francisco which was signed by 51
expelling Taiwan. countries.
• The UN Industrial Development • Transparency International is based in
Organization has its headquarters at Berlin.
Vienna. • Where is the headquarter of the
Amnesty International located: London
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights • Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm,
was adopted in 1948. Sweden, more than 150 years ago. In
• Human Right Watch dog headquarter is what year was he born? Alfred Nobel
in.. New York was born in 1833
• In which city World Economic forum • What did Alfred's father, Immanuel, do
usually holds its meetings? The World for a living? Alfred's father was an
Economic Forum (WEF) is a Geneva- engineer and inventor.
based non-profit foundation best • Alfred Nobel never married.
known for its annual meeting in Davos, • A future Nobel Laureate worked for a
Switzerland short period of time as Alfred Nobel's
 NOBLE PRIZE secretary. Who? Bertha von Suttner
• Astronomers cannot be nominated for • Alfred Nobel died on 10 December
noble prize 1896, but not in Sweden, his home
• Marie curie twice won Noble Prize. country. Where did he die? Alfred
• First Nobel Prizes were awarded on 10 Nobel died in San Remo, Italy.
Dec: 1901. • Why did Alfred Nobel establish a prize
• What country awards the Nobel peace in his will? Alfred Nobel wanted to
prize- Norway award the greatest benefits to mankind.
• Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in • Which Nobel category does not yet
1972-Nobody have a single female laureate?
• Who was the first American to receive Economics
the Nobel Literature prize Sinclair Lewis • Who won the first Nobel Prize in
• Which Nobel Prize is not awarded Physics? Roentgen.
annually in Stockholm Peace • Which single winner won the most
• Mother Teresa was awarded Nobel number of Nobel Prizes? International
Prize in the field of peace. Committee of the Red Cross.
• The New York Times received five • Who was the first non-European to win
Pulitzer prizes of 2009 for investigative, the Nobel Prize in Literature?
breaking news and international Rabindranath Tagore
reporting, feature photography and • Mathematicsis not a valid Nobel Prize
criticism. category.
• Four persons have been awarded Nobel • In what year did the most people
Prize twice. decline their Nobel Prize? 1939
• Van’t Hoff was the first Nobel Laureate • Who was the only person to win the
in Chemistry. Nobel Prize twice -- in Peace and
• Wole Soyinka is a Nobel Prize winner Chemistry? Linus Pauling
for literature. He is from Nigeria. • Who was the only person to win the
• Which field was not included by Alfred Nobel Prize twice -- in both Physics and
Nobel originally... Economics Chemistry? Marie Curie
• Person getting the nobel peace prize in • Name the six categories for which the
2008 was of the country. Finland prizes are awarded. Physics, Chemistry,
 Physiology or Medicine, Literature, • The world’s longest current reigning
Peace and Economics. monarch is Queen of England.
• For which category was a Nobel Prize • The Cambodian Language is the
given starting 1969? Economics. language with most Alphabets. It has a
• Who awards the Peace Prize? The total number of 74 alphabets.
Norwegian Nobel Committee. • Glaciers are found on every continent
• Max Planck received the noble prize in except Australia. The Lambert Glacier
Physics in 1918 for his discovery of: enjoys the distinction of being the
energy quanta largest glacier in the world. It is located
• Climate change campaigner Al Gore and in the Australia Antarctic Territory. Its
the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on length is 440 miles (700 km) and was
Climate Change have been jointly discovered in 1956-57.
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. • • The lowest mountain range in the
• Rabindra Nath Tagore was the first world is the Bhieuna Bhaile
Indian/South Asian to win Nobel Prize. • The country known as the Land of Cakes
(Literature in 1931). is Scotland
• Former US Vice-President Al Gore has • The place known as the Garden of
won Noble Peace Prize 2007 for his England is Kent
campaign against Global Warming. • The largest bay in the world is Hudson
• Mr Gore won an Oscar for his climate Bay, Canada
change film An Inconvenient Truth • The largest church in the world is
• The first negro to be awarded the Nobel Basilica of St.Peter,Vatican City,Rome
Peace Prize was Ralph Johnson Bunche • The country whose National Anthem
• Rabindarnath Tagore won first Nobel has only music but no words is Bahrain
Prize from South Asia. • The largest cinema in the world is the
• The first Muslim Nobel Laureate was: Fox theatre,Detroit,USA
Anwar Sadaat of Egypt • The country where there are no Cinema
• Nobel Prize holder UN theatres is Saudi arabia
institutions.....UNHCR, UAEA • The country where military service is
• Who known as ‘Nightingale of India? compulsory for women is Israel
Sarojinin Naidu • The largest city of Africa is Cairo
• Who is called as the “Herodotus of • The most densely populated Island in
Arabs”? Abul Hassan Ali AI-Masudi the world is Honshu
• Where was Albert Einstein born? • The first man to reach Antarctica was
Germany Fabian Gotileb
• Heavy Mechanical Complex, Taxila was • Oldest surviving building in world is
set up with the aid of China. pyramids of Egypt.
• Antarctica is the uninhabited continent • K-2 is also known as Godwin Austin,
of the world which is without any first climbed by Ardito Desio
regular population. 1956.(Karakram range in Pakistan)
• Turkey is the country having its land in • Mount Everest is the highest mountain
two continents located in Himalaya (Nepal --- Tibet).
• Mount Everest was named after Sir • Longest strait is the Strait of Malacca
George Everest. which seperat Malaysia and Indonesia.
• Mozambique has the lowest GNP. • Tallest animal is Giraffe.
• The biggest airport in the world is King • First Muslim dynasty in India is slave
Khalid situated in Saudi Arabia. dynasty.
• Largest palace is in Brunei. • Lowest birth rate and highest death
• Longest underground railway Tunnel is rate is of Peru.
in Moscow. • A richest woman is Queen Elizabeth.
• • • The largest of oil consumer is USA.
• • Country with largest budget is USA. • Busiest airport is O’Hare International
• The highest birth rate is of Malawi. Airport at Chichago (USA).
• Peru with lowest birth rate. • Oldest capital city is Damascus (Syria).
• Country with most billionaires is USA. • Largest metropolitan is Mexico City.
• Monaco has the shortest coast line. • Longest canal is Volga Batlic canal.
• The biggest Square the Tiananmen • Longest day 21 June and shortest day
Square is in China. December 22.
• Largest Tomb the mount li tomb is in • Largest diamond is Cullinan.
China. • Longest big ship canal is Eurasia Ship
• The longest cricket match between Canal with length 700 km, which
England and South Africa in 1939 connects Caspian Sea and Black sea.
abandoned after 10 days. • The Bamboo has the fastest growth rate
• Largest number of school is in China. ever green grass. It grows up to 3 feet in
• Largest fort, Fort George situated in UK. 24 hours.
• • Largest exhibition centre is in • Largest peninsula is Arabian Peninsula.
Germany. • The river which carries maximum
• Lake Victoria is the largest lake of quantity of water into the sea is the
Africa. Mississippi
• The film Ben Hur won the most (11) • Volentina Treshkova (USSR) was the
Oscur Awards in 1959. first woman astronaut who orbited the
• Largest capital is Ottawa. earth in the year 1983.
• Largest delta is in Bengal created by the • The American astronaut Neil Armstrong
river Bharamputra and the Ganges.( was the first man to steps on the
Sundrbans ) surface of moon on 21 July 1969.
• Hottest place is Aziziyah, Libya. • The largest producer of cotton is USA.
• Driest place is Atacama Desert in Chile. • The largest producer of Jute is
• Most spoken language is Mandarin Bangladesh.
Chinese. • The largest producer of Rice , Silk ,
• Oldest civilization is Sumerian wheat, tin , gold , grows the most fruit ,
civilization (Mesopotamia). Largest country by population , country
• Oldest town is Jericho (Jordan). grew the first Orange , most tobacco ,
• Largest land mammal is African where Ice Cream invented and county
Elephant. first used pepper is China.
• The largest producer of Steel and • The first President of Egypt was
aluminium is USA. Mohammed Nequib
• The largest producer of Sugar and Tea is • The primary producer of newsprint in
India. the world is Canada
• The largest producer of Wool is • The first explorer to reach the South
Australia. Pole was Cap.Ronald Amundson
• The largest producer of oil is Saudi • The airplane was used in war for the
Arabia. first time by Italians(14 Oct.1911)
• The largest producer of coffee is Brazial • United State has most TV stations in the
• The world’s leading banking center is world.
Zurich. • China has most land frontiers with16
• World’s largest fish catching country is neighboring countries.
China. • The first man to circumnavigate the
• Muhammad Fathullah Khan Kandahari's world was Magellan.
translation: Printed in 1861, Bhopal, • The world’s poorest country with a
India, It is the first known translation of lowest per capita income is Burundi
the holy Qur'an in Pashto after that congo.
• First translation of the Quran into a • First test tube baby Louise Brown
Western language was made into Latin. (England) was born in 1978.
It was carried out by Robertus • USA is the largest nuclear electric
Rotenesis and Hermannus Dalmata in power producing country in the world.
1143 It produces 98,784 MW electricity
• South China Sea is the largest sea. which is about 30% of the total nuclear
• What animal has the best hearing-Bats electricity generated in the world.
• What country had the first banknotes- • Robert E. Perry (1856-1920) an
Sweden China paper not banknotes American explorer reached North Pole
• Which country grows the most sugar- on 6th April, 1909 for the first time in
Brazil human history.
• Name the largest Mediterranean island- • Highest % of land under cultivation is in
Sicily India.
• In 1901 who first transmitted radio • Canal Street is the widest street in USA.
signals across Atlantic: Marconi • Fastest animal is cheetah.
• What is the worlds oldest monotheistic • Slowest animal is Snail 2 to 3 feet per
religion: Judaism minute.
• Where was the first Miss World contest • Fastest bird is Peregrine Falcon.
held in 1951-London • Bird that never makes its nest is
• The largest bell in the world is the Tsar Cuckoo.
Kolkol at Kremlin,Moscow • Wingless bird is Kiwi.
• The biggest stadium in the world is the • Highest capital is La Paz (Bolivia).
Strahov Stadium,Prague • Biggest city (by population) is Tokyo.
• The country which has the greatest • Largest coral formation is The Great
population density is Monaco Barrier Reef (Australia).
• Highest country is China (Tibet region). • Largest temple is Angkor Vat
• Highest dam is Rogunsky in Tajkistan. (Cambodia).
• Largest concrete dam is The Grand • Highest town is Wenchuan, Tibet
Coulee, USA. (China).
• Largest diamond mine is Kimberley • Tallest tower is Tokyo Sky Tree (Japan).
(South Africa). • Highest volcano is Cotapaxi (Ecuador).
• Lightest gas is hydrogen. • Longest wall is Great Wall of China 1550
• Largest gorge is Grand Canyon. miles(6700km) long, which is built in
• Largest Island is Greenland. 214 BC.
• Largest man-made lake is Lake Mead • Highest waterfall is Angel (Venezuela)
Arizona. • Lowest body of water is Dead Sea.
• Longest lifespan of animal is of Giant • Biggest zoo is Etosha National Park,
tortoise. Namibia.
• Largest mammal is Blue whale. • In 776 First Olympic Games were played
• Highest melting point is of Tungsten, in Greece.
3410° C. • Alexander invaded India in battle of
• Tallest mountain range is The Himalaya Hydaspes.
range with 96 of world’s 109 tallest • Emperor Theodesius banned the
peaks. Olympic Games.
• Longest mountain range is Andes • Sun and Moon pyramids are in Mexico.
(South America). • Rainfall related to mountains is
• Largest Commercial Ocean is Atlantic Orographic rainfall.
Ocean. • Bangladesh has a dispute over the
• Mediterrian Sea means ‘sea in the construction of a dam on Naaf River
middle of land’. with Myanmar.
• Ocean shrinking and growing is Atlantic • The thinnest earth layer is Crust.
Ocean. • Name of the second largest river of
• Fastest ocean swimmer is Sailfish (68 Africa is The Congo.
mph). • Khunjra Pass connects Pakistan with
• Longest poisonous snake is King Cobra. China.
• Largest port is Rotterdam • Chile is the largest copper producing
(Netherlands). country in the world.
• Largest river basin and volume is • The country where death rate is lowest
Amazon (Brazil). in the world is Japan.
• Largest sea bird is Albatross. • Lithuania was the first Soviet Republic
• Tallest statue is Spring Temple Buddha of the former Soviet Union which
(china). declared itself independent.
• Largest suspension bridge is Verazano- • Madagaskar is the largest island in the
Narrows, NY. Indian Ocean.
• Longest swimming course is English • Ferdinand Magellan commanded the
Channel, UK. first expedition in 1590 to sail round the
• Broadest strait is Mozambique. world and discovered passage to the
 Pacific from the Atlantic. He proved that • People`s republic of china has the
the shape of the earth is round. largest army of the world.
• Suez Canal is the largest ship canal in • Khan Mehtarzai is the highest railway
the world. It joins Red Sea with station in Asia.
Mediterranean Sea. The plan of the • Maximum quantities of diamonds are
Suez Canal was conceived by Ferdinand found in Africa.
de Lesseps. • The highest rainfall for one month was
• Largest sugar producing country is India recorded at Indian town of
second is Brazil. Cherapoonje. 366.14 inches rain fell
• The North Atlantic Route is the largest there during the month of july 1861.
and busiest of the ocean trade routes. • Light is the fastest thing in the
• World’s oldest regligion is Hinduism and universe.It travels at a phenomenal
largest religion is Christianity. speed of 186,000 miles per second.
• World’s second most populous city is • Takla Makan is in China is the driest
Mexico City. desert in Asia.
• Largest number of Palestinian refuges is • King of Malaysia is the only king in the
in Jordan. world who is elected for 5 years term.
• Kazakistan is the largest country in • Largest oil company belong to USA is
Central Asia. The Exxon Corporation.
• Largest landlocked country in world is • The busiest shopping centre of London
Kazakistan and 2nd Mongolia. is Oxford Street
• Biggest oil refinery is at Abadan • “Panch pokhari trekking” (highest lake)
(Iran).(Reliance _ India) is non touristy trekking trail in Nepal.
• Glasgow is biggest ship building centre. Panch Pokhari is named after 5 holy
• Havana is famous for cigar ponds and Hindus religiously respect
manufacturing. the place. Panch Pokhari Lake is just
• Oldest Search Engine is ... Yahoo northeast of Kathmandu toward snow
• Only Hindu kingdom in World is Nepal. wall.
• Who was the first man to fly across the • Oil is the most traded product in the
channel: Louis Bleriot world what is the second-Coffee
• The largest state in the USA is Alaska. • Which country makes the most films
• Which of the following countries of per year- India
South-West Asia leads in the production • first man to set foot on all five
of oil? Saudi Arabia continents- Captain Cook
• What is the smallest state of Australia- • What country drink the most milk per
Tasmania capita-Iceland
• Paris and What other capital had the • What country consumes the most fish
worlds first telephone link-Brussels per capita-Japan
• What is the oldest known science- • What was the first country to recognise
Astronomy the US as independent-Morocco
• What is the worlds most popular first • Who was the first person to wear a
name-Mohammed wristwatch- Queen Elizabeth.
• Ambedkar, B.R is known as the architect • Mother Teresa was born in Albania in
of the Indian Constitution. 1910.
• Apsra is the first nuclear reactor of • New Moore Island is situated in the Bay
India. of Bengal.
• Aquaculture refers to fish-farming or • Parliament of Switzerland is known as
fish culture. Federal Assembly.
• Baku is famous for the production of • Pasumpatinath temple is in Nepal.G.J.
petroleum. Mendel is known as founder of
• Blue revolution relates to fish genetics.Pulitzer Prizes are awarded to
farming.The readings of a Fahrenheit Americans for excellence in journalism.
and a Centigrade temperature is the Red Cross Movement was launched by
same at -40°. J.H. Dunant in 1864.
• Gregory Mendel is called the Father of • A team of men in opposition to take
Genetics. over the different portfolios in case the
• Fenugreek seeds can benefit a patient party is able to wrest power is known as
of diabetes mellitus by normalizing his Shadow Cabinet.
blood sugar level. • Shahtoosh is the finest, warmest and
• It is the President and not the PM who lightest wool in the world produced in
presides over the cabinet meetings in Uzbekistan.
France. • The Road Ahead is written by Bill Gates.
• Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower • United Kingdom consists of England,
arrangement. Northern Island, Scotland & Wales.
• Inflation means an increase in the • Qutub Minar made by Iltutmish, Gol
amount of paper money which tends to Gumbaz made by Mohammad Adil
raise general price level of Shah, Buland Darwaza made by Akbar
commodities. It is a comparative figure and Moti Masjid made by Aurangzeb.
showing cost of living, production • The agreement between India and
prices, etc as compared with a base China, by which both accepted
year. Debtors are likely to benefit by Panchsheel as the basis of their
Inflation. relations, was signed in 1954
• James Bond is a character in the novels • In which city was the famous black hole:
written by Ian Fleming. Calcutta
• Jana-gana-mana is India’s National • Whose autobiography was the long
Anthem. walk to Freedom: Nelson Mandela
• Thomas Jefferson authored American • Which American state is nicknamed The
Declaration of Independence. Diamond State: Delaware
• Laos is the only land-locked country in • Zambia and Zimbabwe used to be called
South-East Asia. what: Rhodesia
• Last Supper is a famous Renaissance • Oil seed rape belongs to which plant
painting by Leonardo da Vinci.• family: Mustard
Montesquieu gave the theory of • What is the staple food of one third of
separation of power. the worlds population: Rice
• What digit does not exist in Roman • Who said Politics is the art of the
Numerals: Zero possible 11 Aug 1867: Otto Von
• Who was nicknames The desert Fox Bismarck
(both Names): Erwin Rommel • In which country did Turkeys originate:
• Which European country is divided into USA
areas called Cantons: Switzerland • What colour is worn for funerals in
• Who created Tarzan (all names) in Egypt: Yellow
1914: Edgar Rice Burroughs • In what country did red onions
• Who is the only American president originate: Italy
elected unopposed: George • What job did Ernest Hemmingway do in
Washington WW1: Ambulance Driver
• Which countries men use the most • What was the name of the Roman God
deodorant: Japan of sleep-Somnos
• From what language does the word • What does the name Ghengis Khan
alphabet come: Greek -alpha beta mean-Very Mighty Ruler
• On what is the Mona Lisa painted: • What is the most common disease in
Wood the world-Dental Caries
• Who rode a horse called Bucephalus: • The name of which countries capital
Alexander the Great means good air-Argentina – Buenos
• The Koh-i-Nor is a famous diamond - Aires
what does the name mean: Mountain • The USA president lives in the White
of Light House - Who Blue House-President of
• Who was the Goddess of the rainbow: South Korea
Iris • What does an aronophobe fear -
• Which animals can live longest without Internet
water: Rats • What county has its map on its flag-
• Which fruit contains the most protein: Cyprus
Avocado • Lucknow is a city in India - and what
• A muster is a group of which birds: other country-Canada
Peacocks • Which animal has legs but cant walk-
• Gossima was the original name of what Hummingbird
game: Table Tennis • What is the sacred animal of Thailand-
• Minerva is the Goddess of what: White Elephant
Wisdom • What animal is the symbol of long life in
• USA has most airports which country Korea-Deer
has second most: Australia • What animal was the symbol of
• In 1829 Walter Hunt invented what freedom in ancient Rome-Cat
common item: Safety Pin • Time Magazine named what as the Man
• What is the oldest known infectious of the Year 1982-The Computer
disease: Leprosy • The United Nations in New York were
• In which city is the worlds oldest tennis originally where-San Francisco
court from 1496: Paris
• In what country is the northernmost • What is Canada's oldest city founded in
point of Africa-Tunisia 1608-Quebec
• Napoleon had a fear of what - • 72% of what country is covered by
Aelurophobia-Cats forest- Finland
• In the Bible who built the ancient city of • The Red Rose City has what more
Babylon-Nimrod common name in Jordan-Petra
• In what country did stamp collecting • What flower is the symbol of culture-
start -France The Lotus
• Where do the White and Blue Niles • In what prison did Nelson Mandela
join-Khartoum - in Sudan spend 19 of 27 years in jail-Robben
• What plant has flowers but no leaves- Island
Cactus • Monology is the study of what-
• Who was the Roman Goddess of peace- Stupidity
Pax • What country is the worlds oldest
• What country has a Bible on its flag- functioning democracy-Iceland
Dominican Republic • Where was volleyball invented-France
• The Invisible Empire is better known as • What gives onions their distinctive
what-Klu Klux Klan smell- Sulphur - taken in when growing
• What European countries flag is square- • Where are the glasshouse mountains-
Switzerland Queensland Australia
• What bird has the most feathers per • What animals name translate from
square inch-Penguin Arabic as He who walks fast Giraffe –
• A dog is canine - what animal is ovine- from Xirapha
Sheep • What place is nicknamed "The City of
• A cat is feline - what animal is murine- Lilies"- Florence
Mouse or Rat • What place was nicknamed "The Pearl
• What countries nation anthem is Land of the Orient"-Manilla - Philippines
of Two Rivers-Iraq • What countries name translates as lion
• Queen Alexandria's is the worlds largest mountains- Sierra Leone
what-Butterfly 1 foot wing • In WW2 what was the German
• Who said "The child is the father of the codename for invasion of Russia-
man"-Wordsworth Barberossa
• There are over 130000 species of what • First American state to enter the union
on earth-Butterflies 7 Dec 1787- Delaware Pennsylvania
• There are more telephones than people second
in what city-Washington USA • old man in The Old Man and the Sea
• If you landed at Arlanda airport where named Santiago
would you be-Stockholm Sweden • unit of sound named after- Alexander
• What country declared itself first Graham Bell - Decibel
atheist state in 1967-Albania – banned • first space probe to land on the moon
religion 13 Sept 1959 Luna 2
• What city was known as Christiana until • What is measured on the Torro scale -
1925- Oslo – Sweden Tornados
• Countries on 2 continents Russia and • Sicily is the traditional source of which
Turkey (Asia Europe) and Egypt - Africa element- Sulphur
and Asia • Who was the first person to wear a
• In WW2 the Germans launched wristwatch- Queen Elizabeth 1st
operation Bernhard - what Counterfeit • What city is at the mouth of the Menam
British Notes river- Bangkok
• What country had three presidents - in • Ireland and New Zealand are the only
the same day-Mexico countries that lack what Native Snakes
• There are 300 distinct different types of • In Hindu philosophy what does Yoga
what food-Honey literally mean- Union
• What country has three capital cities • Which sea is sometimes called the
Admin Legislate Judicial-South Africa Euxine Sea- Black Sea
• Countries name means Place where one • The Wright brothers made aircraft but
struggles with God-Israel what was their other job: Bicycle
• Ecuador was named after who / what- manufacturers
The Equator • What is the official language of Cuba-
• The Davis Strait lies between Canada Spanish
and where-Greenland / Baffin • Who was the last Emperor of France-
• Children take SATs what does SAT stand Napoleon III
for-Standard assessment tasks • What country does China have its
• A lion and a sword appear on what longest land border with: Mongolia
countries flag-Sri Lanka • In which country did the study of
• What is sometimes nicknamed Adams geometry originate -Egypt
Profession-Gardener • What was the capitol of Russia before
• What is the word Taxi short for- Moscow-Saint Petersburg And who
Taximeter designed it-Michelangelo
• Name the Hong Kong stock exchange- • What was Ghandi's profession- Lawyer
Hang Seng • What does Magna Carta literally mean-
• What is a bandy bandy-A Snake Great Charter
• The New Testament originally written in • What country is coffee originally from-
what language-Greek Ethiopia
• The Black Death came to England from • What is the currency of Turkey- Lira
what port-Calais • Which worlds city is known as The
• What is the currency of Egypt-The Golden City: Prague Czech
Pound • Which country contains every type of
• After English what's the most widely climate in the world:New Zealand
used language on the net-German • The Afghan Taliban use which colour of
• The word Angel derives from the Greek flag- White
meaning what-Messenger • What was Queen Victoria's first name-
Alexandria
• In Sanskrit it means House of Snow - were contemporaries and flourished in
what does-Himalayas india in the 6th century B.C.
• What was the White House formerly • The three pyramids of eqypt were built
known as - Executive Mansion from 2700 to 2500 B.C.,these are tombs
• Which country consumes the most of khufu,khafra and menkaura.
chicken per capita: Saudi Arabia • The great wall of china was completed
• What does Honolulu mean in Hawaiian- in 214 B.C.it is 1500 miles long.Its
Sheltered Harbour average height is 25 feet and about 12
• Which fruit is the symbol of hospitality- feet wide at the top.
Pineapple • The city rome was founded in 753 B.C.
• Which city is built on 118 islands- by romolus.
Venice • The muslim rule of spain lasted from
• In WW1 what warning device was on 711 to 1492 A.D.
the top of Eiffel Tower: Parrots • The statue of liberty (newyork) was
• What is sometimes referred to as Zulu installed in 1886.It is 151 feet one inch
time- Greenwich mean time high from the base to torch.
• Which vegetable is 91% water - • The world is divided into 24 time
Cabbage zones,each 15` longtitude wide. the
• Edible part of tomato is whole fruit. longitudinal meridian passing through
• One micron is equal to One-thousandth greenwich,England is the starting point
of a millimeter. and is called the prime meridian.
• First world war was began on 1914 A.D. • Christopher columbus discovered
and second world war started in 1939 bahamas on 12 oct 1492 A.D.
when germany attacked on poland, it is • Russia invaded afghanistan on dec
also considered as Greatest war. 27,1979.
• The maximum ever temperature of • A billion contain 1000 million. It has 9
136.4 F was recorded on september zeroes. similarly a trillion has 12
13,1922 in the city Azizia (Libya) and zeroes,a quadrillion 15 zeroes,a
The minimum temperature of -129.6 F quintillion 18 zeroes and a decillion 33
was recorded in the town of Vostok zeroes.
near Antarctica on 24th august , 1960. • One inch is equal to 2.5400 cms and
• The Umayyad Dynasty (661-750 A.D) one mile is equal to 1.6093 kms.
was the first Muslim dynasty. • About half of the world population
• The earth is the densest planet of speaks indo-european languages. The
universe .It has density of 5.515 time Indo-European branch to which english
that of water. belongs is germanic.
• The panch pokhri lake situated in the • Out of the 193 sovereign independent
himalaya mountains is the highest lake nations of the world 147 are republics
in the world. and other 46 are under personal rules
• Mahavira(founder of jainism)and (14 kings,1 emperor,3 queens,7
gautama buddha (founder of buddism) hereditary sheikhs,1 grand duke,2
sultans,1 constitutional monarch etc).
• All india mulim league was formulated • The earlier name for tomato was Love
on december 30,1906 and first apple
president was Sir Agha Khan. • Archimedes was born in Sicily
• Afghanistan got independence on 19th • Togo is situated in Africa
aug 1919. • The first ruler who started war games
• Sunlight is composed of seven colours for his soldiers was Genghis Khan
• "Braille system" is used for the • The name of the large clock on the
education of Blind. tower of the House of Parliament in
• Lousis Braille of France made it possible London is called Big Ben
for the blind to read and write. • `Man is a Tool Making Animal' was said
• Blue color has shortest by Benjamin Franklin
wavelength(Red-Largest) • Blue Mosque is in Istanbul.
• Protein is a natural polymer • Camp David is famous for Camp David
• Redwood or Giant Sempervirens is the Accord, which took place between
tallest tree in the world . It rises up to a Egypt and Israel. It is located in USA.
height of 111 metres (366 feets). • Jaffna is the headquarters of LTTE
• Pakistan-Afghanistan border ' Durand guerillas in Sri Lanka.
line ' was drawn in 1893 by Sir • Akal Takht is a place of confession of
Mortimer Durand and Afghanistan`s Penance in the Golden Temple
ruler Abdur rehman khan. complex, it has been the spiritual and
• Asian Development Bank was temporal seat of authority of Sikh since
established on 16th jan, 1966 1906.
(Headqurter in Manilia- Philipine). • Hanging garden of Babylon is situated in
• Radcliff was a lawyer by profession. Baghdad and was planted in 603 B.C;
• In 1945, Hiroshima was the first city this is included in seven wonder of the
Atom bomb dropped. world.
• Leo Tolstoy was the political guru of • Leaning tower of Pisa, it was built in
Gandhi. 12th Century, it is located in Italy.
• South Africa is the country which has • The famous Empire State Building in
three capitals. located in New York.
• A piece of land surrounded by water on • Bermuda Triangle is in Caribbean
three sides is known as “peninsula ". region.
• The literal meaning of Renaissance is • Bermuda is the colony of UK.
Revival • Lumbin is the birthplace of Gautam
• Julius Caesar was killed by Brutus Budh, it is in Nepal.
• Adolf Hitler was born in Austria • Dehro Dun is located in UP (India), it is
• Slavery in America was abolished by famous for its military academy.
Abraham Lincoln • Yellow Stone National Park is in USA.
• The famous Island located at the mouth • The Indonesian island Bali is famous for
of the Hudson river is Manhattan Temples.
• The famous painting `Mona Lisa'is • Great Wall of China can be seen from
displayed at Louvre museum,Paris the moon, the total length of the wall is
 1684 miles or 6000 kms, it was built in • Manchester is the city of Great Britain
the reign of Shih Huang-ti (246-210) BC. famous for textile industry.
• Abu Simbal is the famous temple in • The criminals of the Second World War
Egypt. were trailed in the city of Nuremburg.
• Adam’s bridge is 17 miles long line of • Mauna Loa (USA) is the largest active
rock and sand bank between India and volcano of the world.
Sri Lanka. • Robert Mugabe is the personality of
• Mermaid Statue is in Copenhagen. Zimbabwe.
• Temple mount is located in Jerusalem. • Newton was English and Goethe was
• Buland Darwaza is situated near Agra its German in origin.
height is 176 feet. • Hazrat Bullay Shah was a famous Sufi
• Jordan is an Islamic country which has poet of Punjabi language. His tomb is in
boundary with many countries. the city of Kasur.
• Break up of Germany occurred on 1945 • Haroon ur Rashid belonged to Abbasid
and merger on Oct 3, 1990. dynasty.
• Iraq occupied Kuwait on 2nd Aug 1990. • Firdusi was a Persian poet.
• Indonesia has 13000 islands. • President Roosevelt of USA delivered
• Japan is an archipelago. his famous Four Freedoms speech in
• Namibia is administrated by South 1941.
Africa. • Duke of Wellington was of England.
• UAE is the federation of 7 Emirates. • F.D Roosevelt was elected as president
• Bosnia Herzegovina became for three times.
independent on Jan 17, 1996. • Pablo Picasso was born in Spain and
• Kosovo mostly consists of Albanian settled in Paris.
Muslims. • Ajmeer is fomous for a sufi saint’s tomb
• Baltic States is the name given to the named Khawaja Moin ud Din Chisti.
European countries like Lithuania, • Lloyd George of Great Britain
Latvia and Estonia. represented in treaty of Versailles.
• Spanish is the official language of • British rules over India about 90 years.
Argentina. • Shogun period (1603-1867) is related to
• The majority of Japan’s Population is by Japan.
religion Shinto. • There are 5 lending religions in the
• The term Boxer Rebellion is associated world.
with China. • In Opium war Britain fought against
• Philippines comprises of 7000 tropical China.
islands. • At the end of Second World War in
• Aukland and Christ Church are the 1945, Germany was divided among 4
major cities of New Zealand. major powers.
• Melbourne is the capital city of • Akbar the great ruled the India from
Australian city Victoria. 1556-1605 A.D.
• Berlin was approved as a capital on • Before Independence East Timor was
20th June 1991. being ruled by Indonesia.
• Imam Ayatullah Khumani Brought about Mumtaz Mahal in 1529. It was designed
an Islamic revolution in Iran by ousting by Shiraz (Iranian Architect) over
Shah Reza Shah in the year 1979. twenty years.
• Doer war fought between South Africa • Taxilla is the ancient city of the province
and British. of Punjab. It is the site of ancient
• People’s Republic of chine gained its archeological excavation.
independence in 1949 under the • Industrial Revolution first started in
leadership of Mao-Zedong. In China the Britain(1917).
Cultural Revolution lasted from 1966- • The Marshal Plan was announced on
1969. 5th June 1947 at Harvard.
• Sumerian Civilization were settled in • Statue of liberty is 151 feet tall. It is
Euphrates and Tigris regions. made of copper, located in the Liberty
• Civil War of USA lasted from 1861-1865. Island in New York. It was presented by
• Hong Kong was returned to china on 1 France to US. It unveiled in 1886.
July 1997. • The original residents of India before
• A French economist named Francois the arrival of the Aryan were Dravidi
Quesnay proposed the concept of • Buddhism is non-theistic religion.
Laissez-Faire in the 18th Century. • Majority of the population of Vietnam
• The name of Mesopotamia was changes comprise of Buddhist.
to Iraq in the year 1935. • A group of Nightingales is called a
• American war of Independence started Watch.
in 1776 and came to an end in 1783. • Northern Europe is known with
• In 1982 the Falklands war was fought Scandinavian Region and Nordic Region.
between Britain and Argentina. • Countries Area wise-Russia-Canada-
• Sadam Hussain Became President in China-USA-Brazil-Pakistan-Bangladash.
1979. • Virtue party belongs to Turkey.
• After breakup Grobachev became • The Gurkhas are the original inhabitants
president of USSR. of Nepal.
• Pearl Harbor incident took place on 7th • The term “In Camera” is used for the
Dec 1941. trial of case when case is heard without
• The currency Euro was launched on 1 reporting to public.
Jan 1999. • Latin term De Jure means by Law.
• Alexander died in Babylon in 322 B.C. • The word Iron Curtain was used by
• Mohen jo Daro was founded by Sir John Winston Churchill.
Marshall, also know as mound of dead. • Reconciliation means when third party
The people residing there were traders investigates and suggests a solution to a
by profession. There is found of statue dispute.
of bull, which denotes that people were • Tax on import and Export is called
worshippers of it. Tariff.
• Taj Mahal is locted in Agra, the white • Stone Age is also known as Paleolithic
marble mausoleum built by shah Jahan period.
in the memory of his beloved wife
• Sugar Island is the located at the • Hitler’s theory of the state is known as
confluence of Ganga and the Bay of National Socialism.
Bengal. • John Locke advocated basic human
• Agraphia means inability to write. rights.
• King Faisal is called “The Islamic • Montesquieu was a political sociologist.
Coordinator”. • Mao joined communist party in 1921.
• The creator of “Mona Lisa” belonged to • Cease fire between Iran and Iraq took
Italy. place in 1988, by the intervention of
• The Labor party believes in Socialism. U.N.
• The US Senate comprises 100 members. • 8 furlongs make one mile.
• “The Sun also Rises” is written by • Balloki barrage is located on Ravi.
Earnest Hemingway. • Loan to a corporation is ‘debt funding’.
• Black Death reaches England in 1348. • Khadija Mastoor wrote Angan.
• Intifada denotes Palestinian uprising. • Imam Ghazali is the author of Ihya-ul-
• Caucasus is situated between Caspian Uloom.
and Black Sea. • Boxing is called ‘noble art of self
• Kabul in the largest city of Afghanistan. defence’.
• In 1783 Britain acknowledged the • 50 nations are there in Africa.
independence of USA in Treaty of Paris. • Fort Monroe is located at Suleiman hills.
• Term the belief in the “rightness” of • Derawar fort is located in Cholistan
rule is legitimacy. Desert.
• Tyranny is the form of government in • Relli is the name of a game.
which one person rules arbitrarily. • Al Beruni discovered that light travels
• Barbers invaded North Africa before faster than sound.
Arabs. • Due to buffer system, human blood has
• Popular name of Canada is Land of a ph of 7.4.
Maple. • General secretariat of the European
• Indian city, Ahmedabad, is associated to parliament is in Luxemburg.
textile industry. • On 2nd August, 1990, Iraq occupied
• ‘National People’s Assembly’ belongs to Kuwait.
Algeria. • The city of Jerusalem is known as ‘Al
• Aeroflot is Russia’s airline. Quran’.
• Bakhtar is the news agency of • Headquarter of PLO is in Ramallah; it is
Afghanistan. founded in 1964.
• Croix de Guerre is the highest military • In East Jerusalem ‘wailing wall’ is a
award of France. sacred place of Jews.
• Som is the currency of Uzbekistan. • Hindenburg line is a boundary line
• Machiavelli was born in Florence. between Poland and Germany.
• Montesquieu wrote ‘the spirit of laws’. • Changa Manga, part of Punjab, is
• Rousseau was born in Geneva. famous for Sheesham Timber forest.
• Bentham is the father of utilitarianism. • Karl Marx belonged to Germany.
• Lenin was a Bolshevik leader. • ‘Bear’ is a symbol of Russia.
• King Faisal was shot dead by his • ‘Blue mosque’, also known as the
nephew in 1975, in the city of Riyadh. mosque of ‘Sultan Ahmad’, is the only
• Samudar Gupta is called ‘Napoleon of mosque in the world that has six
India’. minarets, and it is situated in Istanbul.
• The theme of the famous play ‘Caesar • Omar bin Abdul Aziz was a caliph of
and Cleopatra’ by G.B. Shah is a History. Umayyad dynasty.
• The reign of Razia Sultana lasted for 4 • Mizzini was known as the ‘the prophet
years. of Italian Unification’.
• ‘Gita or Vedas’ are the holy books of • Baba Farid Gang Shakar was the first
Hindus. Punjabi poet.
• Khalid bin Waleed had been titled as • National game of Switzerland is skiing.
‘saif-ullah’. • UAE consists of seven independent
• Uqba-bin-Nafah is called ‘Muslim states. Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Fujaira are
Alexander’. three of the seven states.
• ‘Lords’ is famous a cricket ground in • Safety stock of the grains hold by the
England. government is ‘overhead stock’.
• During the civil war the supporter of the • General sales tax, under the
parliament came to be called constitution 1973 is a Federal subject.
Roundheads- supporters of OLIVER • House of lord is the final court of appeal
CROMWELL and the parliamentarians in England.
against KING CHARLES 1 during the • Two terms tenure of US parliament was
ENGLISH CIVIL WAR. fixed in 1951.
• The queen can do no wrong means the • The federalists later on assumed new
queen is immune from the jurisdiction name, Republic
of law. • The lower house of France consists of
• The federal government of the USA National assembly.
came into existence on 30th April, • All light waves have same frequency.
1787. • Buddhism accounts for 100% total
• In America the residuary powers are population in Bhutan.
vested in the sates. • Mauritius is the part of the world that is
• Virginia, one of US states, is called the known as ‘star and key of the Indian
MOTHER OF PRESIDENTS. ocean’.
• The anti federalists later on assumed • Tower of silence is Place where dead
new name ‘CAVALIERS’. remains of followers of Zoroastrian are
• The American declaration of placed after funeral rituals.
independence was issued in 1783. • Shah Jehan is called the ‘master
• ‘The pharos of Alexandria ‘, an ancient builder’.
wonder, was situated in an Island near • Pristine is the capital of Kosovo.
Alexandria was a light house. • To show the distribution of people of
• PM Indira Gandhi was assassinated by Pakistan we should use ‘Do method’.
Sikhs in 1984. • Hieroglyphics is the script of Nile
Civilization.
• General Sherman is a living old tree in • What are Capital goods? Goods used for
California State of U.S. further production
• After persistent decay, radium would be • Horse is the Chinese name given to the
finally changed into Lead. year 2000.
• Grand Canyon National Park in U.S.A. is • Pollen is produced in a part of the
located in the State of Arizona. flower called the Calyx.
• Marseilles is the seaport of France. • After drinking contaminated water you
• Who wrote 'Muslim Sufferings under would be most apt to develop
Congress Rule':Maulvi Fazlul Haq. symptoms of ‘typhoid fever’.
• Sindh Sagar is between the rivers of: • Panini was a great scholar of Sanskrit
Indus and Jhelum. language.
• Nanga Parbat is commonly known as: • Hundred years war fought between
Killer mountain. France and Britain during 1338-1453.
• Who invented CD. (Compact Disc: • Wenceslas square is in Prague.
James T. Russell. • The first Afro-Asian conference held in
• Videotape used in camcorders to record April 1955.
audio and video signal employee Fine • Hot money is said for money which
grains of Iron oxide. moves from one place to another to
• The real brother of Hazrat Yousuf A.S seek profit or high rate of interest.
was Bin-Yamin. • Liver receives blood from the
• Taliban movement in Afghanistan alimentary canal through hepatic portal
emerged from Kandhar. vein.
• Largest coal deposits have been • At the equator, the equation of the day
discovered in which Taluka of Sindh is 12 hours.
Province: Diplo. • Singapore city is known as ‘lion city’.
• Nubian Monuments are located in • The chemical name of baking soda is
Egypt. sodium bicarbonate.
• Shaheed Benazir Bhutto became first • Pharaoh is the title of the king of
woman Prime Minister of Pakistan on ancient Egypt.
December 2, 1988. • The largest city of South Africa is Cape
• How many planets are is solar system? Town.
8 • After joining congress, Muslim League
• Which cell does not have a nucleus? joined the interim government in
RBC October 1946.
• Abusive Drug Which Cells Of Body Most • The Bofors scandal occurred in India.
Effected? Brain • Czar is the title used by the ruler of
• Who killed Abu-Jahal? Maaz & Mauz Russia from 1547 to 1721.
• Pakistan Falls in? Golden Triangle • Gorgon is a terrible monster of Greek
• On US map Alaska State is on? Away mythology.
from mainland • The reduction or elimination of inflation
• In English Dictionary Which Word Has is called creeping inflation.
Largest Words? S
• Indira Gandhi was the famous PM who • Cox orange pippen is a biological name
first used the popular slogan ‘gharibi of an apple.
hatao’. • Afghanistan was known as Ariana.
• A pair of scissors is an example of a • The first European scientist, who
lever. refuted the belief that the earth was
• Pair of doors belongs to the second the centre of the universe, was
class of lever. Copernicus.
• During the winter months 90% of fallen • Prior to independence, Ghana was
leaves are taken underground by earth called ‘Gold Coast’.
worm. • Tanzania was formed by the unification
• Dick Turpin was a highway man. of two countries, Tanganyika and
• Four US presidents are so far Zanzibar.
assassinated. • Drinker’s apparatus is for measuring the
• Incident ‘Boston Tea Party’ took place amount of Alcohol in the blood.
in America. • Dewar’s flask is called as thermos.
• Initially, Arab league has seven • Chief food of mosquito larva is micro
countries. organism found in water.
• Timbola is a kind of lottery. • Chief food of butterfly larva is leaves of
• Sir William Howard Russell was the first plants.
Great War correspondent. • Clinical thermometer usually measures
• A meteorological term for a high in Fahrenheit.
pressure is called anticyclone. • If a green leaf is seen in a red light its
• Zenda vesta is a holy book of parsis. color will be black.
• Islamic summit Minar is erected in • Roots absorb water from soil which is
Lahore. Hygroscopic.
• Privatization program began in Pakistan • Legumes increase the fertility of the soil
is 1991. by adding nitrogen to the soil.
• Spirograph is an apparatus used for • New varieties of organisms can be
recording the movement of the lungs. brought about by hybridization.
• Chomas festival is held in Kalash valley • Male child is born if xy chromosomes
near Chitral. are united.
• Defense day is celebrated in Pakistan • Seeds are developed from Ovule.
since 1966. • Parthenocarpic fruits are seedless fruits.
• Name of a famous mosque in Beijing is • Chlorophyll contains magnesium.
Niujie Mosque. • Oxidation is the process in which
• Flag flown at half mast means national electron is lost.
mourning. • Light is necessary for photosynthesis
• Maginot line divides France from because it produce ATP and reducing
Germany. substance.
• Declaration of human rights was • Oxygen liberated from photosynthesis
adopted on 10th December, 1948. comes from water.
• Olive branch is a sign of peace.
• Red light is most suitable for • Birds bones are hollow.
photosynthesis. • Male birds are more colorful than
• Respiration means food oxidation and females.
evolution of energy. • Birds do not fly are penguins, emus,
• Chemical preservation of dead kiwis, ostriches.
organisms in liquid is called Cryo-Bilogy. • Aircraft designers test their model of
• Trypanosome a parasite causing aircraft in with tunnel.
sleeping sickness. • Amphibians were the first vertebrate.
• Half-time is a time of radioactive • There are three stages of frog. Egg-
substance taken by that substance to tadpole-adult frog.
decompose radioactivity to half of its • Metamorphosis - > a series of changes.
weight. • Konrad Lorenz (1903-1989) was one of
• In Nuclear DNA is concentrated in the first to study animal behavior.
chromatin. • Amal is radical Lebanese Shi’ite military
• Cellulose respiration is done by force established in 1970 by Musa Sadr.
Mitochondrion. • Balfour Declaration was issued in 2 Nov:
• Light energy is stored in the form of 1917.
chemical energy due to the activity of • Bootlegging is a form of smuggling.
Chloroplast. • Religion of Chinese people is
• Protoplasm is a colloidal solution. Confucianism.
• In cryptograms, the sex organs are • Long March was 9600 km journey
primitive and hidden. organized by Mao Tse Tang in the year
• Thallophytia include algae, fungi, and of 1931-1934.
lichens. • Pan-Islam originated in 1880 in
• Angiosperm includes the plants which Ottomon Empire was a movement for
have covered flowers and covered seed. uniting the Islamic Nations.
• Plant cells resembles animal cell • Paper was invented in 3500 BC by
because having a cell membrane made Chinese.
up of protoplasm. • Printing was invented by Chinese and
• Snake have been evolved from lizard. Printing Press introduced by the
• Plants in which seed are outside the German, Gutan Burg.
fruit are called Gymnosperms. • Unity, faith & discipline was used by
• 0.200 grams are equal to one carat. Quaid on Dec: 28, 1947.
• One million cycles per second is called • Philately is the hobby of stamp
Megahertz. collection.
• Owl can rotate his head to 180 degrees • Oscar Award was introduced by Louis B
on either sides. Mayer of Metro Goldwin-Mayer
• Ostrich eat pebbles for helping Academy Award in 1927.
digestion by grinding up the ingested • First black president of South Africa was
food. Nelson Mandela his party was banned
• Dyne is a unit of Force. in 1961 and he was imprisioned.
• Birds are warm blooded animals.
• Feminism is the belief that women • East Timore, the Colony of Portugal,
subordination to men should end. was captured by Indonesia in 1975.
• River boat Gondola is used in Italy’s city • Tiwan separated from China in 1949.
Venice. • Ulster Unionists wanted to retain British
• Hydaspes River is now called the Jhelum rule in Northern Ireland.
River. • Anti Semitism means animosity towards
• Dinosaur means “Terrible” lizard. Jews.
• The name of heaviest dinosaur was • Lens at the end of the compound
Branchiosaurus. microscope is called objective.
• Ikhwan as Safa, a secret Arab • Protoza was first observed in compound
organization was founded in Basra, Iraq. microscope.
• St. Vitus’s Dance is a disease. • Francisco Fernandez introduced
• Pyramids of Egypt are the oldest and Tobacco in Europe.
only survived wonder. • Mobile phones started in 1973 by
• The first tanks were used in 1916 during Martin Cooper.
WW-I by British. • Penology is the study, theory and
• Harward University is in USA, practice of prison management &
Cambridge is in UK criminal rehabilitation.
• Titanic sank on 14 April, 1912 on voyage • Length of India-China border is 3,380
from Southampton to New York City in km.
North Atlantic. • Cyprus gained independence from
• Tour De France is French cycle race. Britain in 1960.
• First women in space Valentine • Cyprus was divided into Turkish
Tereshkove went into space in Vostoc 6 Repbublic of Northern Cyprus and
on 16 June 1963. Greek Cyprus in 1974.
• Watergate scandal involved President • Al-Azhar University I located in Cairo,
Richard Nixon in 1972. Egypt.
• Parses follow Zoroastrianism. • Fortress of Grenada, known as Alhamra
• Seatle is the seaport of USA. is in Spain.
• Dickson is the seaport of Malaysia. • Capital of ancient Babylonia was
• At Hyde Park London public meetings Babylon.
are assembled. • Babylon was on the bank of Euphrates.
• Eskimos live in Igloo. • Alma-Ata (Father of Apples) is the
• Blitzkrieg means sudden attack. capital of Kazakhstan.
• Dragon is the symbol of China. • Ireland is also called Eire.
• Caspian Sea water is shared by Iran, • Largest earthquake fatalities occurred
Russia & Azerbaijan. in Izmir, Turkey in 1999.
• Magna Carta is known as the Bible of • Pentagon is in Arlington, Virginai state.
English Constitution. • Pentagon was designed by George
• Russian equivalent of Pentagon is Burgstrom.
Kremlin. • Takla Makan in China is the driest
desert in Asia.
• Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized Suez • Greatest snow fall is recorded at
Canal in 1956. Tamarack California (USA)
• Capital of Tebet is Lhasa. • Planetary winds consist of doldrums,
• White House is in Washington DC. trace winds and westerlies.
• Frigid Zone is the area withing the polar • Rainfall is recorded on maps by
circle area around the South Pole. Isohyets.
• Guantanamo Bay is in Cuba. • The country which provides free
• Tartus is the seaport of Syria. education at university level is Sri
• Voctoria falls are on the border b/w Lanka.
Zimbabwe & South Africa. • The country to adopt gold standard for
• House of U.S Congress in Washington the first time was UK.
D.C is on Capitol Hill. • First system of English short hand was
• The idea of SAARC originated in the devised in 1602.
mind of Zia ur Rehman. • China is situated in Eastern part of Asia.
• Pakistan left Commonwealth in 1972 • Bosnia-Herzegovina joined the UN on
and rejoined in 1989. May 22, 1992.
• Mustafa Kamal Pasha gave 6 Principles • Costa Rica is a Central American
of Kemalism. country.
• Dayton Accord was signed to solve the • Equator passes through Brazil.
problem of Bosnia. • After Australia, Europe is the smallest
• The Chinese communist party was continent.
founded in 1921. • Sakhalin Islands enriched with oil
• Karl Marx and Engels presented the reserves are claimed by Russia & Japan.
Communist Manifesto in 1848. • The total length of railways in Pakistan
• The Batista regime in Cuba was is 8875 km.
overthrown by Fidel Castro in January • The largest district of Punjab by area is
1959. Bahawalpur.
• Rasko mountain is situated in • Pakistan Environmental Protection
Baluchistan Ordinance was enforced in 1984.
• Singapore became independent in 1965 • Frost shattering kind of weather takes
• The ‘Aid to Pakistan Consortium’ meets place on the valley side above the
every year in: Paris surface of a glacier.
• One US barrel is equal to: 159 litres • Monsoon wind reverses seasonlally.
• Second smallest by area is Monaco • Bermuda triangle extends up to South
• Gibraltar is the smallest colony. Florida & Puerto Rico.
• Monaco has a shortest coastline of 3.49 • The longest river in South Asia is
miles. Brahmputra.
• Most sparsely populated territory is • The oldest Hydro-electric Project in
Antarctica. Pakistan is in Malakand.
• Afghanistan, Bhutan, Mongolia, Nepal • Europe has no desert.& Australia has no
are landlocked countries of Asia. glacier
• Arabia, Scandinavia & Alaska are called • Gold Harp bridge of Istanbul connects
Peninsula. Asia with Europe.
• The richest fishing ground in the world • Land occupied by Asia 29.7 %.
is North Eastern Asia. • Thickness of earth crust 20 miles.
• When one place on the earth is on a • 45 Countries are there in Asia, 18 in
bigger eastern longitude then its time Latin America.
will be ahead. • A meteorological term for a high
• Arakan Yoma: is the exten¬sion of the pressure is called anticyclone. * ATP is a
Himalayas located in Myanmar. molecule containing high energy bonds.
• Climograph: is a graphical  The primary producers of organic
representation of the differentia-tion matter in nature are Green plants.
between various types of climate.  The primary plant body consist of 3
• Cosmic year: One cosmic year is equal tissue systems.
to the time taken by the sun to  A tissue is a group of cells having similar
complete one orbit around the galactic structure and function.
centre.  The edible portion of mango is
• Date Line, International: International Mesocarp.
Date Line is an internationally agreed  The rice grain is a seed.
line drawn parallel to the 180°  Ethylene is a hormone concerned with
meridian. It divides the Pacific Ocean Ripening of fruits.
into two equal parts. A crossing of the  The biotic relationship between insects
International Date Line entails and plants with reference to pollination
repeating one day when travelling is called Mutualism.
westwards.  Opium is obtained from seed capsule of
• Aberdeen in Scotland is known for opium poppy.
Britain’s largest granite-exporitng  Carbon dioxide is required during
industry. It is knwn as Granite City. photosynthesis process in addition to
• Alexander (ship) is the name of the ship sunlight and water.
in which Charles Darwin toured for five
 The cavity of Ascaris is known as
years.
Coelom.
• Mediterranean climate has the
 The membranous labyrinth of the ear is
characteristic of ‘dry summers with
filled with Endolymph.
great sunshine and rainy winters’
 Crura-cerebri is found in Mid-brain.
• Precipitation takes place
 The compound eye of insect produces
whentemperature of moisture in air
Mosaic vision.
sharply decreases
 The post embryoniv stages in the life
• Which of the following processes is
history of cockroach is known as
related to the formation of Himalayas?
Nymphs.
Folding
 Ptyalin is present in the saliva.
• The term ‘Eye’ in a cyclone refers to
 Central nervous system control the
circular region of relatively light Winds
reflex action in the body.
 The terminal part of vertebral column in  The highest earth quake severity on
man is called Coceyx. richter scale has been recorded at
 Beingn tertain malaria is caused by southern chile in 1960 which was 9.5.
plasmodium vivax.  Hally's comet will return in the year
 The life history of human malarial 2062.
parasite in Anopheles was first  Our solar system has about 140 Natural
described by Sir Ronald Ross. satellites.
 The mouth parts of anopheles are  Bacteria ,fungi,virus are Non-green
adapted to piercing and sucking type plants.
feeding.  LASER stands for "light amplification by
 The "Urinary system" of the body stimulated emission of radiation".
consists of 3 organ.  Brazil covers nearly half of south
 Haryersion canals are present in Bone. america
 The heart bear is initiated and regulated  The constitution of 1973 was enforced
by nodal tissue made of specialized on 14th aug,1973.It is comprises of
cardiac muscles called Purkinje tusse. twelve parts consisting of 280 articles. *
 The gestation period of human being is WAPDA (water and power development
Nine months. authority) is responsible for the
 The first heart sound is produced when generation and distribution of
Diastole begins. electricity.
 Kari Landsteiner discovered the blood  The govt of pakistan convened a
groups of man. convention of Ulema from 21-24th jan
 Prothrombin which helps in clotting of 1951 at karachi. The convention was
blood is released by Blood platelets. attended by 31 muslim religious
 Glycogen is mainly stored in Liver and scholars belonging to all sects of
muscles. Islam.The Ulema agreed on 22 points.
 Pepsin converts protein into peptides in  The miracle of a pregnant female camel
acid media. was sent to the nation of samood.
 The most important function of  The soap was made by Hazrat Salih (AS)
perspiration is to regulate the body first of all.
temperature.  The nation of Hazrat Loot (AS) was
 The main function of white blood cells destroyed by a rain of stones.
in the body is to protect the body  In six days (Surah Yunus,Verse no three)
against diseases. Allah had created the earth and the
 One micron is equal to One-thousandth heaven.
of a millimeter. * Solar eclipse occurs at  32 times along with namaz ,Zakat has
the new moon and not on the full moon been mentioned in the Holy Quran.
and atleast one & seven is maximum no  Hajj made compulsory In the year 9 A.H.
of solar eclipse in a year  Hazrat Hamza (RA)was the first
commander of Islamic Army.
 There are 114 surahs , 30 Paras and  Ducts are small tubes which transfer
6666 Ayats in the holy Quran.Surah-e- the secretion of glands.
Fatiha is the first surah and Surah-e-Nas  Borneo, sumatra , kenya ,uganda, brazil
is the last Surah of the holy Quran. , colombia and equadore are some
 Seven stages are there in the Holy countries through which the equator
Quran. passes.
 A shooting star is a meteor that comes  Computer virus has created from
from space,burning out in the earth`s pakistan
upper atmosphere.  The dead sea is the world lowest sea.Its
 The total number of star visible with the surface is 400 metres below the
naked eye can not be more than 6000. mediterranean.
 Star twinkle for two main reasons, The  MegaWatt is a unit of power equal to
intensity of the stars decreases and 1000 kiloWatts.
increases because of line-of-sight effect  There are 15 main tectonic plates which
and there are disturbance in the gases makes the dynamic crust of the earth.
of the atmosphere.  Northern edge of the Atacama desert in
 The earth is about three million miles Chile is richest with the desposits of
closer to the sun in january. copper.
 The essential parts of radio are:  Dry ice is solid carbon dioxide at a
Vacuum tubes, transistors , Amplifier temperature of -80 C.
and Oscillator.  Hydro-electric power means production
 If you look at sky from the moon,It of electricity by making Dams.
appears completely black because the  Chronic disease usually begins slowly
moon has no atmosphere. and persists over a longer time.
 FM stands for Frequency modulation.  Abu Dhabi to Set-up Oil Refinery in
 THere is no colour of the sky but it is Gawadar, Pakistan (2012).
the blue part of the white light of the  *The only fish that can blink with both
sun which gets scattered by the dust eyes is a shark.
particles hanging in the atmosphere.  *The Niagara falls froze solid as it was
 Kilowatt hour (kWh) is a bigger unit of so cold in winter of 1932.
energy used in addition to SI unit.  *Compared to men, women blink nearly
 Mitosis and meiosis are two types of twice.
cell division.  *Its not possible to keep your eyes
 Light travels at a speed of 186,000 miles open and sneeze.
per sec.  *56% of the average typing work is
 The volcanoes of HAWAII are the most done with the left hand.
common and thoroughly studied in the  *In every two weeks if the stomach
world does not produce a new layer of mucus
 There is about 340 million cubic miles of it will digest itself.
liquid water on the surface of the earth
 *The words read left to right or right to • The sports man Kasparvo is associated
left in the words racecar kayak and level with Chess.
are the same. • Modern summer Olympic were held in
 *When a chocolate bar melted in the Greece in 1896.
pocket after a researcher walked by a • Olympic held every 4 years.
radar tube, he invented the microwave. • Hockey became Olympic event in 1908.
 *The brain of the Ostrich is smaller than Pakistan took part in 1948 in London.
its eyes. • 1st world cup hockey 1971 at Barcelona
 *In each ear of the cat there are 32 (Spain).
muscles. • Hockey world cup held every 4 year.
 *Life span of a dragonfly is 24 hours • First world cup cricket 1975, won by
• What has 32 panels and 642 stitches-A West Indies.
football (soccer) • India won world cup cricket in 1983 by
• First British open squash championship beating West Indies. • 10 countries
played in 1922. have test status.
• First world squash championship 1976. • First test mach was played in 1877
• Jhangir khan has won world open 6 between Australia and England.
times. • First One day match between Australia
• Wimbledon open tennis was instituted and England in Jan 5, 1971.
in 1877. • First word cup football 1930, Uruguay,
• A winner of four competitions and won by Uruguay.
(Wimbledon, French open, us open, and • 1942 world cup football cup did not
Australia open) is called Grand Slam. • hold due to Second World War.
Most Wimbledon single (Men) title are • Spain is the current Olympic footfall
won by Pete Sampras (USA). • Most champion.
Wimbledon single (woman) title won by • In cricket batsman can be out by 10
Martina Navratilova (USA). ways.
• Common Wealth game are held every 4 • First three world cup crickets were
years, they were started in 1931. played with 60 over.
• First Asia games were played at New • Rocky Morciono only heavy weight
Delhi in 1951. boxer remained unbeaten throughout
• Current World cup holder of hockey is his career.
Australia. • Lowest test match inning is 26 by New
• FIFA established in Paris on May 21, Zealand.
1904. • Highest no of one-days are played at
• Grand slam is the title associated with Sharjah Cricket Ground.
Pete Sampras. • The champion trophy hockey
• Michael Chang (USA) is the youngest to tournament was introduced by Pakistan
win the title of grand slam. in year 1978.
• The title “Oval Hero” is with Fazal • Davis cup is for tennis.
Muhammad. • Thomas cup badminton is for men only.
• Each team in volleyball consists of 6 • Baron Pierre de Coubertin was founder
players. of the modern Olympic Games.
• Modern Olympic Games were first held • Bunting is a term in the game of
in Athens. Baseball.
• ICC has 10 test members and it was • Grand Master is a term in Chess.
founded in 1965 with Headquarter at • Grand Slam is a term in sports
Dubai.It’s former name was Imperial associated with Bridge as well as Lawn
Cricket Conference; established in Tennis.
1909.Pakistan played first test in 1952 • Martina Hingis (born 30 September
with India. 1980) is a retired Swiss professional
• Lowest total in one day cricket is 36 by tennis player who spent a total of 209
Canada. weeks as World No. 1. She won five
• Tennis player steffi graf belongs to Grand Slam singles titles (three
Germany. Australian Opens, one Wimbledon, and
• First modern Olympic games were held one US Open). She also won nine Grand
in 1896 in Athens. Slam women's doubles titles, winning a
• First women competed in Olympic calendar year doubles Grand Slam in
games in 1912. 1998, and one Grand Slam mixed
• The number of countries which doubles title.
participated in the first Olympic Games • Olympic Games were held twice in Paris
held at Athens was Nine and London.
• Who owns The Oval cricket ground- • The term “Stalemate” is related to the
Prince Charles game of Chess.
• Who among the following batsmen • Term ‘butterfly’ associated with ?
achieved the feat of hitting six 6s in one Swimming
over for the first time in international • How many rings on the Olympic flag:
cricket during the World Cup 2007 Five
Herschelle Gibbs • Who ran the first marathon: Phidipedes
• The Honourable Usain St. Leo Bolt, born • How is the Olympic torch lit- By the sun
21 August 1986), is a Jamaican sprinter in Greece
and a five-time World and three-time • Tour De France is French cycle race.
Olympic gold medalist. He is the world • Footballer Zaidane originally belongs to
record and Olympic record holder in the which country? Marseille, France
100 metres, the 200 metres and (along
with his teammates) the 4×100 metres
relay. He is the reigning Olympic
champion in these three events.
• First cricket cup was played in England
in 1974.
 QUESTIONS FOR EVERYDAY SCIENCE
• First Asian Games were held in New
Delhi in 1951. From 1954 they were  ▪ Spleen is called the graveyard of Red
held every four years. Blood Cells.
 ▪ Oxgen Gas was discovered by Priestly.  ▪ A CPU( cache) is a cache used by the
 ▪ Dr. James Waston discovered the central processing unit of a computer to
structure of DNA in 1953. reduce the average time to access
 ▪ Cell for the first time was discovered memory. The cache is a smaller, faster
by Robert Hook. memory which stores copies of the data
 ▪ “Debugging” is the process of locating from the most frequently used main
and fixing or bypassing bug s (errors) in memory locations.
computer program code or the  ▪ “Dry ice” is a Solid Carbon Dioxide.
engineering of a hardware device.  ▪ Chemically diamond is a Pure Carbon.
 ▪ ‘Claustrophobia” is defined as the fear  ▪ Gas is use in Fire Cylinders CO2.(CO2 is
of enclosed spaces. use for extinguishing fire)
 ▪ “Brass” is an alloy of copper and zinc;  ▪ Sulphuric Acid is use in the car
the proportions of zinc and copper can batteries.
be varied to create a range of brasses  ▪ ‘Parkinson’ is adisease of Brain.
with varying properties.  ▪ The normal pulse beat of a human
 ▪ “Bronze” is a metal alloy consisting body is between 72—80.
primarily of copper, usually with tin as  ▪ An instrument designed for testing the
the main additive. purity of milk is called Lactometer.
 ▪ Vitamin C (also callead Ascorbic Acid)  ▪ “Autopsy” is the Post-Mortem
is a powerful antioxidant, and aids in examination of a body.
the production of collagen, and  ▪ “Lexicography” is the branch of
stimulates the immune system. Vitamin science which deals with the process of
C is essential for appetite. writing dictionaries.
 ▪ “Soda Water” serves as a primary  ▪ Speed of Sound in Air 331 m/s.
remedy for upset stomach.  ▪ Red Colour has largest and Blue colour
 ▪ Normal arterial blood pH is 7.40, with has shortest Wavelength.
a range of about 7.36-7.44. Blood pH  ▪ “Pomology” is the study and
depends on carbon dioxide (CO2) cultivation of fruit.
concentration and bicarbonate (HCO3)  ▪ Logarithm tables were invented by
concentration. John Napier
 ▪ The main constituent of Sui Gas is  ▪ Fish is the Best source of protein.
Methane.  ▪ Most commonly used bleaching agent
 ▪ Agoraphobia is the fear of open or is chlorine
public places. “Agraphia” is the inability  ▪ The chief constituent of gobar gas is
to write. Acrophobia is the fear of methane.
heights. Aerophobia is a fear of flying,  ▪ The frequency of which of the
Apiphobia is a fear of what? Bees. following is the highest? Radio waves
Cyberphobia is the fear of computers or  ▪ “Charles Drew” was the first
working on a computer. pioneered the idea of a blood bank.
 ▪ and acrophobia a fear of Heights.  ▪ Kidneys organ of the body purifies the
blood.
 ▪ Skin is highly affected by the nuclear  ▪ “Digital Computer” was invented by
radiation first. Howard Alken.
 ▪ Radio waves travel with almost the  ▪ Wood is the least conducter of
velocity of Light. electricity.
 ▪ Diamond is the hardest mineral.  ▪ “Cryptography” deals with the study
 ▪ Life history of human malaria parasite of secret writing.
in Anopheles was first described by  ▪ What is laughing gas? Nitrous Oxide
Ronald Ross  ▪ The element common to all acids is
 ▪ The distance between the earth and Hydrogen.
the sun is smallest in the month of  ▪ Diamond is an allotropic form of
January. Carbon.
 ▪ Green vegetables are a good source of  ▪ Earth revolves around the sun from?
Minerals and Vitamins. West to east
 ▪ One metric ton is equal to 1000 kg, or  ▪ Philately is the science of stamp
2204 pounds. collection.
 ▪ One square foot is equal to144 sq  ▪ Hydrometer is used for specific gravity
inches and 1 meter is equal to 3.28 of liquid.
foot.One nautical mile is equal to 6080.  ▪ Which vitamin easily prepared in
 ▪ “Monometer” is an instrument for body? vitamin D
measuring Gaseous Pressure.  ▪ Which gas is commonly used in
 ▪ Atmospheric pressure at sea level is balloons? Helium
760 mm  ▪ The most abundant element in earth
 ▪ The acceleration caused by gravity per curst is Oxygen (O) 46.6% and silican is
second is 32 feet. the second abudent element of earth
 ▪ 1 Inch is equal to 2.54 centimeters. and silican is called earth maker.
 ▪ Silicon is called the “Earth maker”.  ▪ One horse power is equal to 746 watt.
 ▪ When a disease occurs over a large  ▪ Which colour phosphorus used in
area of earth’s surface at one time, it is matches? Red
called Epidemic disease.  ▪ Oldest known element? Copper
 ▪ The area between the Tropic of  ▪ Which shape of carbon is used in lead
Cancer and the Trpic of Capricorn, pencils? Graphite
where the sun is vertically overhead at  ▪ Artificial silk is called rayon.
some point of the year is called The  ▪ Basic component of paper is wood.
Torrid zone.  ▪ The bar is a unit of pressure equal to
 ▪ Deficiency of Vitamin C causes Scurvy. 100 kilopascals and roughly equal to the
 ▪ What does Angstrom measure? Speed atmospheric pressure on Earth at sea
of ships level.
 ▪ The scientist who first discovered that  ▪ Light year is the unit of distance.It is
the earth revolves round the sun was the distance that light can travel in one
Copernicus. year. A light year is equal to 9.46 trillion
kilometers.
 ▪ Largest organ of the body is Skin and  ▪ We are saved from ultraviolet rays of
largest gland is Liver. sun through? Ozone Layer
 ▪ Kidney disease due to overdose of  ▪ Vitamin K helps in blood clotting.
vitamin c.  ▪ Iron metabolism in the human body is
 ▪ CPU is an abbreviation of Central helpful for Haemoglobin and blood is
Processing Unit. red due to hemoglobin.
 ▪ Cusec is unit of water flow.  ▪ In how many groups the living
 ▪ ATM stands for Automated Teller organisms that have back bone, are
Machine. divided? 5 groups
 ▪ Mirage is an example of refraction of  ▪ Vitamins C not stored in human body
Light. and lack of vitamin c create skin
 ▪ Sound travels fastest in Glass. disease.
 ▪ The gravitational force on the body is  ▪ Art and science of growing flowers,
called as Weight. fruit and vegetables is called
 ▪ Most astronomers believe that origin Horticulture.
of the Universe is Big Bang Theory.  ▪ What did Sir Isaac Pitman invent? A
 ▪ Hepatitis and jaundice are the form of shorthand
diseases of Liver.  ▪ “Dactyliography” is the study of finger
 ▪ Neon gas is used in decoration prints.
lighting.  ▪ “Etymology” is the study of origin and
 ▪ Creature having both male and female history of words.
organs is known as Hermaphrodite.  ▪ “Plague” is a disease, which spreads
 ▪ A low area storm with high winds by rat.
rotating about a center of low  ▪ “Choreography” is the art of designing
atmospheric pressure is called Cyclone. sequences of movements in which
 ▪ The first Muslim scientist who motion, form, or both are specified.
presented the law of reflection and Choreography may also refer to the
refraction isIbn-ul-Haitham. design itself, which is sometimes
 ▪ The difference in the duration of day expressed by means of dance notation.
and night increases as one move from  ▪ Newton discovered that every applied
Equator to poles. force has an equal reaction.
 ▪ Solar system was discovered by  ▪ When heavy unstable elements split
Nicolaus Copernicus. into relatively smaller elements along
 ▪ RAM stands for Random Access with the release of energy is called
Memory. fission.
 ▪ Richest source of Vitamin D is cod liver  ▪ Protein is present in the highest
oil. amount in a human body.
 ▪ 1sq cm is equal to how many square  ▪ ‘Bicycle’ was invented by Macmillan
mm? 100  ▪ “Amino Acid” is the smallest unit of
 ▪ 1 milligram gold is equal to how many Protein.
milligrams? 1000
 ▪ How many pairs of ribs are there in  ▪ The tiny air sacs in the lungs tissues
the human body? 12. are called Aliveoli.
 ▪ A cataract is a clouding that develops  ▪ The quantity of charge that is stored in
in the crystalline lens of the eye or in its a condenser is measured in Coulombs
envelope (lens capsule), varying in and SI unit of pressure is Pascal.
degree from slight to complete opacity  ▪ The deficiency of Viamin E causes
and obstructing the passage of light. sterility in men and women.
 ▪ Ice melting at poles is because of  ▪ A xerophyte or xerophytic organism is
Ozone depletion. Afforestation stands a plant that has adapted to survive in an
for planting of new Trees. environment that lacks water, such as a
 ▪ “Marie Curie” was a physicist and desert.
chemist famous for her pioneering  ▪ A halophyte is a plant that grows
research on radioactivity. She was the where it is affected by salinity in the
first person honored with two Nobel root area or by salt spray, such as in
Prizes—in physics and chemistry. saline semi-deserts, mangrove swamps,
 ▪ On boiling egg hardens which marshes and sloughs, and seashores.
indicates the presence of Protein.  ▪ An epiphyte is a plant that normally
 ▪ Abusive drugs damage cells of Brain. grows on another plant for support. It is
 ▪ In modern television Cathode Ray not parasitic, but uses the host plant for
Tube is replaced with Transistor. support only.
 ▪ Acupuncture is a type of alternative  ▪ Anthophobia is the fear of flower.
medicine that treats patients by Xenophobia is the dislike or fear of
insertion and manipulation of solid, people from other countries.
generally thin needles in the body.this  ▪ Photophobia is the extreme sensitivity
medical treatment was found in China. to light.
 ▪ “Stainless Steel” contains chromium,  ▪ “Herpes” is a disease caused by a
Iron and corban. herpes virus, affecting the skin or the
 ▪ Red blood cells have no nucleus nervous system.
 ▪ Pain in ears when aeroplane goes  ▪ “Erythrocyte” is a red blood cell (
down because of High Air pressure. typically a biconcave disc without a
 ▪ The maximum limit of sound beyond nucleus) that contains the pigment
which a person can become deaf is 129 hemoglobin and transports oxygen and
db. carbindioxide to and from the tissues.
 ▪ Natural gas effect on our lungs  ▪ “Leucocyte” is a colourless cell which
because, it is harmful for human being. circulates in the blood and body fluids
When ever we inhale carbon monoxide and is involved in counter acting foreign
its poisonous and human body feeling substances and disease ; a white blood
illness. Its very dangrous when ever cell.
natural gas leak some where repair or  ▪ “Isobar” a line on a map connecting
block this leakage its very harmfull for points having the same atmospheric
human body and childrens as well. pressure.
 ▪ “Pneumonia” is a lung infection in  ▪ Vibrio cholerae is a Gram-negative,
which the air-sacs fill with pus. comma-shaped bacterium. Some strains
 ▪ “Leprosy” is a contagious bacterial of V. cholerae cause the disease
disease that affects the skin, mucous cholera.
membranes and nerves, causing  ▪ “Thanatophobia” is an extreme and
discoloration and humps on the skin irrational fear of death.
and, in severe cases, disfigurement and  ▪ “Psoriasis” is a common skin condition
deformities. that causes skin redness and irritation.
 ▪ “Lithophytes” are a type of plant that  ▪ “Hippocratic Oath” is an oath
grows in or on rocks. Lithophytes feed historically taken by physicians and
off moss, nutrients in rain water, litter, other healthcare professionals swearing
and even their own dead tissue. to practise medicine ethically. It is
 ▪ Gunpowder is a mixture of sulphur, widely believed to have been written by
charcoal and potassium nitrate (nitre). Hippocrates, often regarded as the
When water is added to the mixture father of western medicine, or by one
potassium nitrate dissolves. of his students.
 ▪ A black hole is a region of spacetime  ▪ Microphone is used to convert sound
from which nothing, not even light, can waves into electrical energy.
escape.  ▪ Penicillin is widely used as an
 ▪ Rabies (Hydrophobia) is a disease antibiotic
recognized by Insane Dog biting. It  ▪ The air we inhale is mixture of gases.
effect on the Central Nervous system. Which of the following gases in the
 ▪ Pneumonia affects the respiratory mixture is highest in percentage?
system. Nitrogen
 ▪ “Cooking gas” is a mixture of Butane  ▪ The average thickness of the earth's
and Propane. crust is 32km.
 ▪ Iron articles rust because of the  ▪ The substances human body produces
formation of a mixture of ferrous and to fight against disease germs are called
ferric hydroxide. Antibodies.
 ▪ “Chlorination” is the process of adding  ▪ The distance of place south or north of
the element chlorine to water as a Equator is called Latitude.
method of water purification to make it  ▪ “Aboriculture” is a science of the
fit for human consumption as drinking cultivation, management, and study of
water. individual trees, shrubs, vines, and
 ▪ Sulphur is mixed with the rubber to other perennial woody plants.
make it more flexible.  ▪ “Vitamin E” is present in egg.
 ▪ Dysentery is an intestinal  ▪ “Y2K” is a computer problem.
inflammation, especially in the colon,  ▪ Which of the following animals can
that can lead to severe diarrhea with hear ultrasonic sound? Bat
mucus or blood in the feces.  ▪ SIM stands for Subscriber identity
Module.
 ▪ The energy generation in stars is due  ▪ Quicklime is an alkaline powder
to Fusion of light nuclei. obtained by strongly heating which
 ▪ Martin Cooper is known for his other material? Chalk.
invention of Mobile Phone.  ▪ What is the name of the milky fluid
 ▪ The law of floating bodies was obtained from trees which is used to
discovered by greek scientist produce rubber? Latex.
Archimedes.  ▪ Which is the only mammal with the
 ▪ First human heart transplant power of active flight? Bat.
operation conducted by Dr. Christian  ▪ Which lower level of clouds are
Bernard on Louis Washkansky, was commonly called ‘rain clouds’? Nimbus.
conducted in 1967  ▪ Which medical specialty is concerned
 ▪ Exposure to sunlight helps a person with the problems and illnesses of
improve his health because the children? Pediatrics.
ultraviolet rays convert skin oil into  ▪ What name is given to the stiffening of
Vitamin D the body after death? Rigor mortis.
 ▪ The ozone layer restricts Ultraviolet  ▪ The name of which Roman god means
radiation 'shining father' in Latin? Jupiter.
 ▪ Eugenics is the study of altering  ▪ What is the central colour of a
human beings by changing their genetic rainbow? Green.
components  ▪ What part of the body consists of the
 ▪ Ecology deals with Relation between duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum?
organisms and their environment. Small intestine.
 ▪ Filaria is caused by Mosquito.  ▪ What, in internet terminology, does
 ▪ If speed of rotation of the earth SMTP stand for? Simple Mail Transfer
increases, weight of the body decreases Protocol.
 ▪ Fathometer is used to measure Ocean  ▪ What, in internet terminology, does
depth FTP stand for? File Transfer Protocol.
 ▪ Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit was a  ▪ What is the art of preparing, stuffing
German Physicist ; developed the and mounting the skins of animals to
mercury thermometer in 1714 ; devised make lifelike models called? Taxidermy.
temperature scale  ▪ What is the technical name for
 ▪ Who discovered penicillin? Alexander abnormally high blood presure?
Fleming. Hypertension.
 ▪ “Entymology” is the study of Insects.  ▪ What part of eye is responsible for its
 ▪ In Algebra and mathematics who is color? The iris.
credited with the originating the  ▪ What is the second planet from the
Binomial Theorem by Omar-i-Khayyam. sun? Venus.
 ▪ Nitrogen gas is used in electric bulb.  ▪ Which gas used in advertising signs
 ▪ One US barrel is equal to 159 litres. has the symbol Ne? Neon.
 ▪ In medicine, which is the most
widespread parasitic infection? Malaria.
 ▪ What causes earthquakes? • The dates on which day and night is
Earthquakes occur when energy stored equal are? 21st march and 23rd
within the Earth, usually in the form of september
strain in rocks, suddenly releases. This • Haematite is an ore of iron.
energy is transmitted to the surface of • Earth completes one rotation on its axis
the Earth by earthquake waves. in? 23 hours 56 mints and 4.9 sec
 ▪ What is Galaxy? Galaxy, a massive • Which of the following gases is most
ensemble of hundreds of millions of predominant in the sun? Hydrogen
stars, all gravitationally interacting, and • The coldest planet is Neptune.
orbiting about a common center. • The Cornea of the eyes is the only part
Astronomers estimate that there are of body without blood supply.
about 125 billion galaxies in the • The Average weight of man’s brain is
universe. All the stars visible to the 4.8 ounces.
unaided eye from Earth belong to • The Average weight of woman’s brain is
Earth’s galaxy, the Milky Way. 4.4 ounces.
 ▪ What is an anemometer? • The most common element in the
Anemometer (Greek anemos, “wind”; atmosphere is Nitrogen (N), which is
metron, “measure”), an instrument that present at 78.08 percent by volume and
measures wind speed. 75.52 percent by mass.
 ▪ What is paleontology? Paleontology, • The most common element in the
study of prehistoric animal and plant universe is Hydrogen (H), according for
life through the analysis of fossil 90 percent of all known matter in the
remains. universe, and68 percent by mass in the
 ▪ How far is the sun from earth? the Solar System.
average distance from Earth is 150 • Radium was discovered by Mario Curie
million km (93 million miles). Pierre Curie.
 ▪ What was the first creature to travel in • Railway Engine was invented by
space? The Soviet Union also launched Stephenson.
the first living creature, a dog named • The largest bone of human body is
Laika, into space on November 3, 1957. Thigh Bone.
 ▪ What is dry ice? Solid carbon dioxide, • The proportion of water in human body
known as dry ice, is widely used as a is about 85%. (Blood in Human Body 5-6
refrigerant. Its cooling effect is almost Liter 10 % of total volume )
twice that of water ice; its special • Cockroach is considered as the ancient
advantages are that it does not melt as insect of the world.
a liquid but turns into gas, and that it • “Rickets” is a disease of the bones ( due
produces an inert atmosphere that to deficiency of Vitamin D ).
reduces bacterial growth. • Sound will travel fastest in Solids.
• The origin of earth dates back to • Lack of oxygen at high altitude produces
approximately? 4.6 billion year bleeding.
• Chronometer is used to measure time
while on ship.
• Dental enamel is the hardest thing • ‘Law of gravitation’ was introduced by
present in a human body. Sir Isaac Newton
• The density of a liquid is measured by • ‘Vaccination for smallpox’ was
Hydrometer. discovered by Jenner
• ‘Fathom’ is the unit of measurement of • Who discovered ‘Oxygen’? Priestley
depth. Joseph
• Iron is the most widely used metal. • What is the scientific name of man?
• A human body has 236 joints. (206 Homo sapiens
bones , new baby contains 300). There • Polio, AIDS and Measles are caused by
are 24 ribs in a human body. Virus
• A colour blind person cannot distinguish • T.B., leprosy , whooping cough and
between Red and Green. diphtheria are caused by Bacteria
• Hippocrates is considered as the father • Lack of vitamin B can cause Beri Beri
of Medicine. • Goiter is caused by Deficiency of Iodine
• Platinum is the costliest metal in the • Man eat both plants and animals so
world. called Omnivore
• The main component of a TV is a • Pepsin produced in stomach digests the
cathode ray tube. Proteins
• A man breathes 17 to18 times in a • Bile is secreted by Liver
minute. • Blood sugar level is controlled by
• The breathing rate is controlled by the hormone called Insulin
medulla. • DNA double helix model was given by
• The only metal which is liquid at Watson and Crick
ordinary temperature is Aluminium. • Who gave the theory of evolution?
• In the normal composition of human Darwin
body oxygen is 64 percent. • Pituitary glands are located on Brain
• The use of fingerprints for identification • Tears are produced by Lachrymal glands
purposes was first proposed by the • In human eye image is formed at Retina
British scientist Sir Francis Galton. • Lemon contains vitamin C vitamin
• Who invented ‘Printing Press’? • What is diploid number of man’s
Gutenberg chromosome? 46
• Who invented ‘Television’? John L. • A patient is put to Dialysis, when he or
Baird she suffers from Kidney ailment
• Who was the inventor of ‘mercury • Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
thermometer’? Fahrenheit (AIDS) is infected by Virus
• Albert Einstein presented ‘theory of • A universal donor has blood group is O
relativity’. (reciepter A&B)
• Insulin was invented by F. Banting. • Kangaroo is native animal of Australia
• Who discovered ‘X-rays’? Roentgen • Helium, neon and argon are called
• Dr. Alfred Bernhard Nobel discovered Noble Gases
Dynamite • Water is made of which two gases?
Hydrogen and Oxygen
• Copper is used in making brass, bronze • Dyne is unit of which quantity? Force
and German silver. • Angstrom is unit of which quantity?
• Which atom does not have a neutron? Length
Hydrogen • Becquerel is unit of which quantity?
• The charge present on an electron is Radioactivity
Negative • Who invented printing press? John
• The charge present on a proton is Guttenberg
Positive • A beam of white light passing through a
• Water was discovered by Cavendish prism scatters in Seven colours
• Most abundant element in human body • How much time does the sun light take
is Oxygen to reach the Earth? 8.5 minutes
• Which of the following is the lightest • The Sun is made of gases mainly
element of the periodic table? Hydrogen and Helium
Hydrogen • The outer surface temperature of the
• An instrument used for measuring Sun is 6000 0C
atmospheric pressure is called • In the core of the Sun Nuclear Fusion
Barometer process is occurring all the times.
• Natural radioactivity was discovered by • Which is the hottest planet of our solar
Becquerel in 1896 system? Venus
• Neutron was discovered by Chadwick • Which planet is closest to the Earth?
• The circumference of the earth was Venus
determined by Al-Beruni • Which planet is biggest from the Sun?
• Telephone was invented by Graham Bell Jupiter
• SI unit of length is Metre, SI unit of • Which is the closest planet to the Sun?
force is Newton, Unit of work in SI units Mercury
is Joule and Unit of Power in SI unit is • During Solar eclipse the moon comes
Watt. between the Earth and the Sun.
• Energy possessed by a body due to its • During Lunar eclipse the Earth comes
motion is called Kinetic Energy between the moon and the Sun.
• Lens which is thinner at the centre and • The greenish planet of solar system is
thicker at the edge is called Concave Uranus
Lens . • Which planet of solar system is red in
• A lens which is thicker at the centre and colour? Mars
thinner at the edges is called Convex • Name the blue coloured planet.
Lens Neptune
• The diameter of a lens is called • Formation and change of one season to
Aperture another is due to Earth Revolution
• Energy in sun produced by hydrogen • The Sun appears to rise from the East
nuclei is the result of Fusion and set into the West due to Rotation
• Ohm is unit of which quantity? of Earth
Resistance • ROM stands for Read Only Memory
• Calorie is unit of which quantity? Heat • A byte is a group of 8 bits
• SIMM stands for Single Inline Memory  ▪ Blotting paper absorbs ink because
Module The action of capillary
• Four nibbles are equal to Two Bytes  ▪ Name the vaccine that protects
• Smallest unit of memory is Bit against tuberculosis? BCG
• 1 Megabyte is equal to 1024 Kilobytes  bacillus Calmette-Guérin
• 1 Kilobyte is equal to 1024 Bytes  ▪ Name the disease of the liver that
• A condition in which memory lost is causes a patient to turn yellow?
called Amnesia. Jaundice
• Which planet is known as “Earth’s near  ▪ Equinox is the time when the sun
twin planet”? Venus appears vertically overhead at noon at
• Which is the brightest planet in the the equator.
Solar System? Venus  ▪ In the human body, blood-clotting
• The smallest, fastest and smallest factor is produced by the liver
diameter planet is Mercury.  ▪ Human blood is able to carry large
• Which one of the following planets has amounts of oxygen because of the
the maximum number of satellites? chemical hemoglobin
Jupiter  ▪ The living part of a plant cell is
• To measure electric current: Ammeter composed of a nucleus and cytoplasm
is used  ▪ The front of the eye is covered with a
• Which instrument is used to measure tough transparent material called
blood pressure? Sphygmomanometer CORNEA
• Which instrument is used to measure
 ▪ The smallest branches of an artery
minute electrical currents?
lead into tiny blood vessels called
Galvanometer
CAPPILARIES
• Hydrometer is the device that
 ▪ Insulin is produced in the human body
measures: The specific gravity of a
by the Pancreas
liquid
 ▪ In an animal cell protein is synthesized
• Hygrometer is used to measure:
in the Ribosome
humidity
 ▪ Chemically finger nails are made up of
• What is used for detecting and measure
Protein
earthquakes? Seismograph
 ▪ Muscle stiffness is a symptom caused
• What splits light into its spectrum?
by the disease Tetanus
Spectroscope
 ▪ The fat in our food is digested by the
• Thermometer is used to measure:
enzymes lipase
Temperature.
 ▪ Sound is a form of energy
 ▪ The science of study of old age is
 ▪ A fraction of sunlight is refracted as it
called Gerontology
enters the earth’s atmosphere.
 ▪ The function of the thermostat in a
 ▪ Electric current is measured by an
refrigerator is To maintain the
Ammeter.
temperature
 ▪ Light with larger wavelength than that
of the red colour is called infrared
 ▪ Medulla Oblongata connects the small  ▪ Centigrade & Fahrenheit scales give
brainwith the spinal chord. same reading at - 400o
 ▪ Spinach is a good source of vitamin A,  ▪ Who described protoplasm as the
B2 (Riboflavin) and Iron. physical basis of life? T. H. Huxley
 ▪ Femur is a bone of the leg.  ▪ The scientist who first discovered that
 ▪ Excessive burning of fossil fuels cause the earth revolves round the sun was
acid rain. Copernicus
 ▪ Planet Mars has two moons.  ▪ Who invented the steam engine?
 ▪ Bauxite is an ore of aluminium James Watt
 ▪ Mica is a nonconductor of electricity  ▪ Who discovered circulation of blood in
 ▪ Sun is the biggest star in the universe. human body? William Harvey
 ▪ The capacity to do work is called  ▪ The credit of inventing the television
energy. goes to Baird
 ▪ The energy possessed by a body die to  ▪ The credit of developing the polio
its position is called potential energy. vaccine goes to Jonas Salk
 ▪ Nucleus usually lies in the centre of an  ▪ The unit of energy in MKS system is
animal cell Joule
 ▪ Calcium and phosphorus are the  ▪ The telephone was invented by
essential elements of bones. Alexander Graham Bell
 (vi) Proteins are formed by combination  ▪ What is the body temperature of a
of amino acids. normal man? 36.9oC
 (vii) Rainwater dissolves sulphur dioxide  ▪ The pancreas secretes Insulin
to form sulphuric acid.  ▪ Tibia is a bone found in the Leg
 ▪ The set of instructions given to a  ▪ The largest part of the human brain is
computer is called software. the Cerebrum
 ▪ In a heat engine, heat energy is  ▪ Red blood corpuscles are formed in
changed into mechanical energy the Bone marrow
 ▪ The smallest unit of measurement of  ▪ What is the main component of bones
wavelength is angstrom and teeth? Calcium sulphate
 ▪ The chemical generally used in  ▪ The main constituent of hemoglobin is
refrigerators is ethylene Iron
 ▪ Period of famous Muslim scientists is  ▪ The function of hemoglobin is
7th – 13th century A.D. Prevention of anemia
 ▪ Heat radiation travels at a speed equal  ▪ Malaria is a disease which effects the
to speed of light Spleen
 ▪ Amoeba is a unicellular animal.  ▪ A person of which of the following
 ▪ Leprosy is a disorder of the nervous blood groups is called a universal
system. donor? O
 ▪ Quartz is chemically a Silicate.  ▪ A person with which of the following
 ▪ Solar eclipse occurs in New moon. blood groups can receive blood of any
group? AB
 ▪ Which gland in the human body is  ▪ The ozone layer is present about
called the master gland? Pituitary 30miles (50km) in atmosphere above
 ▪ How many bones are there in a newly earth. The stratum (layer) of
born infant? 300 atmosphere in which ozone layer lies is
 ▪ Which of the following diseases is called as Stratosphere
caused by virus? Small pox  ▪ Which rocks are formed by the
 ▪ Medulla oblongata is a part of human alteration of pre-existing rocks by great
Brain heat or pressure
 ▪ Myopia is a disease connected with  Metamorphic rocks
Eyes  ▪ The most abundant natural Iron
 ▪ Leukemia is a disease of the Blood oxides are Hematite and Magnetite
 ▪ Short-sightedness can be corrected by  ▪ The most abundant elements in sea
using Concave lens water Sodium and Chlorine
 ▪ Trachoma is a disease of the Eyes  ▪ The unit of home electricity energy
 ▪ Typhoid and cholera are typical consumption is Kilowatt hour
examples of Water-borne disease  ▪ The speed of sound in dry air at 20 C is
 ▪ Pyorrhea is a disease of the Gums about (343 m/s)
 ▪ Lack of what causes diabetes. Insulin  ▪ The time light takes from Sun to reach
 ▪ Appendix is appendix is a part of Large Earth is 8 minutes
intestine  ▪ Light from Sun travels a distance
 ▪ ECG is used for the diagnosis of before it reaches Earth 150 Million Km
aliments of Heart  ▪ The most suitable thermometer for
 ▪ Biopsy is done on Tissues taken form a measuring the boiling point of water is
living body Mercury thermometer
 ▪ Dialysis is used for the treatment of  ▪ The density of water is greatest at 4°C
Kidney failure  ▪ A vacuum can not conduct heat
 ▪ Insulin is injected into the intestines  ▪ The building blocks of elements are
by Pancreas called Molecules
 ▪ Lock Jaw, i.e., difficulty in opening the  ▪ Boiling of an egg is a change which is
mouth is a symptom of Tetanus Chemical
 ▪ Lungs are situated in the Thoracic  ▪ The usual raw material for ceramics,
cavity generally found beneath the top soil is?
 ▪ Enzymes help in Digestion of food. Clay
Food is normally digested in the Small  ▪ Polyamides are synthetic polymers
intestines. commonly known as Nylon
 ▪ The planet of the solar system which  ▪ Telephone was invented in 1876 in
has maximum numbers of Moon is America by Graham Bell.
Jupiter (as of 2011)  ▪ Man belongs to the family Hominidae
 ▪ A unit of length equal to the average  ▪ To measure the specific gravity of
distance between the earth and sun is milk, the instrument used is Lactometer
called Astronomical unit
 ▪ one of the fundamental characteristics  Size of the earth in relation to that of
of living organisms is Metabolism moon
 ▪ Water is heated in a kettle. The inside  ▪ Which one of the following is a non-
water is heated by convection. A person metallic mineral? Gypsum
sitting near the fire receives heat by  ▪ Yeast is used in making bread because
Radiation it produces Carbon dioxide
 ▪ Three elements needed for the  ▪ Oasis is associated with Desert
healthy growth of plants are N,P,K  ▪ Name the famous book of Ibn-Sina in
 ▪ Parsec is a unit of Distance which he discussed human physiology
 ▪ Twinkling of stars is caused by and medicine? Al-Qanoon
refraction of light  ▪ Animal which captures and readily kills
 ▪ In humans , most nutrient molecules living animals for its food is called
are absorbed by the small intestine Predator
 ▪ Laughing gas has chemical • An alimeter is used for measuring
composition of the following two Altitude
elements which are Nitrogen + oxygen • Oology is the study of Birds eggs
 ▪ Hepatitis A is transmitted to different • Radioactivity was discovered by Henry
individuals by Water Bacquerel
 ▪ The unit that coordinates different • The metal used in storage batteries is
devices of the computer system is Lead
Control unit • Barometer was invented by Torricelli
 ▪ Cancer can be treated by • Dynamo was invented by Michael
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy Faraday
 ▪ The name of the common mineral salt • Galileo’s first scientific discovery was
present in sea is Sodium Chloride Pendulum
 ▪ Founder of modern astronomy was • Microscope was invented by Aaton Van
Nicolas Copernicus Leewen Hock
 ▪ The instrument which measures very • The scientist who is known as father of
high temperature is Pyrometer modern biology is Aristotle
 ▪ Chemical used to kill rats and mice are • The first person to see a cell under
Rodenticides microscope was Robert Hooke
 ▪ The position of earth in its orbit, when • The smallest flowering plant is Worffia
it is at its greatest distance from the sun • The four blood groups were discovered
causing northern summer is called by Karl Landsteiner
Aphelion • The atomic number of oxygen is Eight
• The basic building blocks of proteins are
 ▪ Which of the following layers make
Amino acids
radio transmission possible?Ionosphere
• The unit of loudness is Phon
 ▪ Which of the following explains the
• An ammeter is used to measure Electric
reason why there is no total eclipse of
current
the sun?
• Plant that eat insects are called • The fear of women is known as
Insectivorous plants Gynophobia
• Fruits that are formed without • The fear of men is known as
fertilization are called Parthenocarpic Androphobia
• Plants that flower only once in their • The scientist who developed the
lifetime are called Mono carpic Quantum theory was Max Plonck
• Penicillin is obtained from Mould • The acid used in a car battery is
• Herpetology is the study of Reptiles Sulphuric acid
• Osteology is the study of Bones • The system for writing by blind people
• The botanical name for onion is Allium was invented by Louis Braille
Cepa • The parachute was used for the first
• The study of heavenly bodies is called time by J.P.Blanchard
Astronomy • The German physicit who first
• Electric Lamp was invented by Thomas demonstrated the existence of Radio
alva Edison waves was Henrich Hertz
• The fear of crowd is called Ochlophobia • Fountain pen was invented by
• The fear of books is called Bibliophobia L.E.Waterman
• The fear of going to bed is called • The role of heredity was demonstrated
Clinophobia by Mendel
• Calcium sulphate is commonly called • The instrument used to measure the
Plaster of Paris concentration of salt water is the
• Sodium carbonate is commonly called Salinometer
Washing Soda • Safety matches was invented by
• Sodium chloride is commonly known as J.E.Lundstrom
Common Salt • Dynamics is the study of Movements of
• The chemical name of Chloroform is bodies
Trichloromethane • Statics is the study of Forces acting on
• The chemical name of baking powder is bodies at rest
Sodium bicarbonate • Mechanics is the study of Forces acting
• The chemical name of bleaching on bodies
powder is Calcium hypochlorite • The electro-cardiograph was invented
• A fungus which can only survive on by William Einthoven
other living organisms is called Obligate • Chronometer was invented by John
Parasite Harrison
• A plant which lives in the dark is called • The study of antiquities is known as
Scotophyte Archaeology
• Laser was invented by Dr.Charles • The study of the duration of life is
H.Townes known as Chronobiology
• Thermostat is an instrument used for  Calcium oxide is commonly known as
regulating Constant temperature Quick lime
• The science of organic forms and
structures is known as Morphology
• A deviation of light passing from one • Deficiency of Vitamin A causes Night
medium to another is known as blindness.
Refraction • Too much presence of the Potassium
• An apparatus for generation of atomic salt in human blood increase the risk of
energy is called a Reactor heart attack.
• The lack of calcium in the diet causes
what condition-Rickets
 MORE INFORMATION ABOUT VITAMINS • Celluloses are carbohydrates.
• Vitamin C is also called Ascorbic Acid it • Milk contains lactose.
prevents scurvy • Vitamin C is a preventor of infectious
• Vitamin C is also necessary for disease
utilization of iron • Vitamin C is also called Skin food
• The food which contains largest amount • Vitamin C can easily be lost in cooking
of Vitamin C is tomato and food storage
• Cod liver oil contains Vitamin D • Vitamin D is essential for calcium
• Collagen is the substance that gives metabolism.
elasticity to skin • Vitamin C hastens healing of wounds
• Vitamin E promotes oxygenation and • Vitamin capable of formation of blood
acts as anti aging is B12
• Carbon dioxide we release comes from • Riches source of Vitamin D is code liver
food we eat oil
• Vitamin B2 has what other name • Riches source of Vitamin A is eggs
Riboflavin • Deficiency of Calcium leads to rickets
• Fats are made of carbon, hydrogen and • Vitamin B1 is available is yeast.
oxygen • Scury, arising due to deficiency of
• Vitamin E is called anti-aging agent vitamin C, it is related to Gastro-
• Vitamin E helps in fertility process intestinal disorder.
• Vitamin B helps maintain normal • Sodium is necessary of nervous system.
appetite and good digestion • Vitamin D is essential for calcium
• Water soluble vitamin are B and C and metabolism.
all other are fat soluble • Cheese contains vitamin D.
• Vitamin A is stored as Ester in liver • Vitamin C can not be stored in human
• Vitamin A is found in carotene bearing body.
plants • Scurvy, arising due to deficiency of
• Vitamin K helps to form prothrobin vitamin C, it is related to Gastro-
(fibro gin) one of the enzymes helpful in intestinal disorder.
blood clotting • Sodium is necessary of nervous system.
• Vitamin E is necessary for iron • Ground nut has maximum protein
utilization; normal reproductive • Digestion of fat in intestine is aided by
function. Vitamin E is for reproduction. Emulsification
• Vitamin A is found in Dairy products • Hair, finger nails, hoofs, etc are all make
of protein
• Deficiency of sodium and potassium • Philology is the science of languages
causes muscular cramps, headache and • Oncology is the study of cancer
diahrae • Exobiology is the study of life in outer
• Milk (contains 80% water) is a complete space
food. • Numismatics is the study of coins
• Cheese contains vitamin D. • Eugenics is the study of altering humans
• Vitamin E is for reproduction. by changing their genes or it refers to
• Glucose is the source of energy for Improvement of human race
human brain. • Ethology is the study of animal behavior
• Major component of honey is Glucose • Anthropology is the study of origin and
• Three main food nutrients are physical and cultural development of
carbohydrates, protein and fats. Other mankind
are vitamins and minerals • Carpology is the study of fruits and
• Meat is rich in iron we need to make seeds.
blood cells • Pathology deals with diseases
• Eating of coconut increases man’s • Histology deals with organic tissues
mental faculties • Pedology is the study of soil
• Food poisoning can result from the • Cryogenics deals with the production,
eating of too much toadstools. control and application of low
• Vitamin c is also known as Ascorbic temperatures
Acid. • Seismology is study of movements
• Celluloses are carbohydrates. inside earth’s crust
• Milk contains lactose • Ambidextrous is one who can write
• Ascorbic acid is essential for the with both hands.
formation of bones and teeth. • Astrophysics is a branch of astronomy
• Citric acid is a good substitution for which deals with the physical and
ascorbic acid in our nutrition. chemical nature of heavenly bodies.
• A guava contains more vitamin C than • A etiology is the study of causes of
an orange disease.
• Vitamin not stored in human body.....C • Cryptology is the study of codes.
 VARIOUS SCIENCES • Dendrology is the study of trees.
• Taxidermy means stuffing dead animals • Ergonomics is the study of relationships
• Stenography means short hand writing between people and their working
• Psoriasis is a learning disability environment.
• Paleontology is study of fossils. • Graphology is the study of handwriting.
• Hematology is the study of blood. • Psychological study of life in artificial
• Geology is the study of earth. environment is called biopsy.
• Acoustics is the science of sound • Phycology is the study of Algae.
• Cytology is the study of cell • Mycology is the study of fungi.
• Entomology is the study of insects. • The art of compiling dictionary is called
• Apiculture is science of bee keeping Lexicography.
• Ornithology is the science of birds
• Cartography is the art of making maps • Agronomy is the science of soil
and charts. management
• Philately is hobby of stamp collecting. • The process by which plants take food is
• An onomastician studies what - Names photosynthesis
• Thanatology is the study of what Death • Reduction is the removal of oxygen
• The study of human population is called atoms
Demography. • Oxidation is the combination of oxygen
• What does an otologist study-The ear or removal of hydrogen
and its diseases • Horticulture is the cultivation of
• Noologists study what-The Mind flowers, fruits and vegetable
• Semiology is the study of what-Signals • Pastevurization is the protection of
• What is silviculture- Forestry food by heating
• What is Xylography- Wood Engraving • If temperature rises gradually up to 40
• Paleontology is the science of history of deg: C, the rate of photosynthesis may
life. stop altogether
• Meteorology is the study of study of  SCIENTISTS
weather. • Ibn baitar was a Botanist
• Cryptography is the study which deals • Kitab al Manazar on optical works was
with the secret writing. written by Ibn al Haitham
• Hydroponics means cultivation of the • Mamoon observatory was established
plants without use of soil. during the reign of Caliph Mamoon
• Hyetology is the study of rainfall. • Circulation of blood was described by a
• Mycology is the study of fungus and muslim scientist name Nafis Abdul al-
fungi diseases. Hasan.
• Petrology is the study of rocks in the • Al-Khwarizimi was first person who
earth’s crust. used zero.
• Amniocentesis is a method for • Muslim scientist Ali al Tabari is famous
determination of foetal sex. for his work on ___ (medical sciences)
• What is Steganography: Invisible ink • Al Beruni discovered that light travels
writing faster than sound.
• Ichthyologists study what Fish  Knowledge about COMPUTER
• What does a psephologist study: Voting • Half byte = 1nibble = 4 bits
– Elections • Bit means Binary Digit
• What is studied in Aerology-Planet Mars • 1 byte = 8 bits
• Orthoepy is the study of what-Word • 1 mega byte = 1048576 bytes
pronunciation • 1 kilo byte = 1024 bytes
• A philomath has a love of what- • A combination of 16 bits are called
Learning word.
• What is a nidologist interested in-Birds • A terabyte = 1 trillion bytes
nests • Our PC belongs to 4th generation
• What is philography- Autograph • Fred Cohen coined the word computer
collecting virus
• First computer virus was created in • PROM is the abbreviation of
1970 at Bell laboratories programmable read only memory
• WORM means Write Once Read Many • What was the world’s first high level
• Power of a super computer is measured programming language 1957: IBM
in FLOPS (Floating Point Operations per FORTRAN
Second) • A JPEG is a picture file format - what
• WWW/http: (hypertext transfer does JPEG stand for: Joint Photographic
protocol) was created by Tim Burner Experts Group
Lee in 1992 • During World War II, IBM built the
• Intel means Integrated Electronics computers the Nazis used to manage
• 1 worksheet contains 256 columns their death/concentration camps
• G.W.Basic G.W stands for Gate Way • Registers are temporary storage areas
• Super Computer was created by J.H.Van within the CPU.
Tassel • First apple computer was built in
• CORBA is Common Object Request garage.
Broker Architecture • The language of small talk is object
• URL is Uniform or Universal Resource oriented.
Locator • Shell is an operating environment.
• Intel invented RAM chip • Virtual memory is also known as virtual
• Information stored on disk as series of page.
bumps on its shiny side. • NOS refer to operating systems for a
• DVDs hold more information than CDs. network.
They use smaller bumps and have two • In EBCDIC each character is denoted by
reflective layers 8 bits.
• Recordable CDs do not have bumps. • Diodes are used in analog computer
There are patches of color on disk to circuits as limiter.
change the reflected laser light • Wetware stands for any organic
• In 1951 Univac – 1, the world’s first intelligence.
commercial computer was designed by • GIGO stands for garbage in garbage out.
John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert. • Application of flip-flap are counters,
They built ENIAC, the first electronic shift register and transfer register.
computer in 1946 • Bootstrap is associated with computer.
• In 1968 mainframe was built. • FORTRAN stands for formula translator.
• In 1976 first supercomputer the Cray-1 • A group of character that is termed as a
was developed single entity is called word.
• In 1981 IBM produce the IBM PC. • Clip art is a computer prepared art.
• In 1998 IBM made quantum computer • Mark sensing is another term for OMR.
• Super computers uses parallel • Authorization to make multiple
processing software copies is called site licensing.
• In 1974, computer games were • Antivirus is also known as vaccines.
introduced. • Free software is also known as public
domain software.
• In computer DFD stands for Data Flow • Father of the Computer.. Charles
Diagram. Babbage
• Cyber Space is called to Virtual world of • First artificial satellite was Sputnik-I sent
the computer. by Soviet Union on October 4, 1957
• What does the sun in SUN • What country launched its first space
Microsystems stand for Stanford rocket January 1961-Italy
University Network • First human in space is Yuri Gagrin 1961
• What does Intel stand for- Integrated on USSR • First space scientist was
Electronics Henry Quendish
• All PCs have a BIOS what does bios • First woman in space was Valentine
stand for-Basic Input Output System Khurachoof in 14 June, 1963
• What is the common name for an • Apollo XI enabled man to step on moon
integrated circuit A Chip  ▪ Generators convert mechanical energy
• In WWW terms what does i.e. mean on into electricity.
a domain name-Ireland  Nuclear energy is a cheap source of
• What company introduced the first abundant electricity.
commercial minicomputer 65 DEC  Why is one’s breath visible in cold but
• Name the first web browser publicly not in hot weather? Because the water
available NCSA Mosaic vapours present in breath condenses
• The world’s most powerful super while breathing incold weather and
computer is called ASCI white. therefore are visible.
• World Wide Web was invented in 1993  ▪ Epiphytes is a plant that grows upon
by Tim Bareness Lee. another plant.
• The B-programming language was  ▪ Joseph Aspdin is the inventor of
developed by Ken Thompson. cement.
• The 1st commercially produced and  ▪ Neurology is the science of nervous
sold computer (1951) was UNIVAC. system.
• The transformation from heavy  ▪ Biochemistry is the application of
computers to PCs was made possible statistics in the study of Biology.
using microprocessors.  ▪ A sheet of muscles called diaphragm
• The first microprocessor was developed separates the chest from the abdomen.
in 1971 by Intel.  ▪ The pattern for building protein
• A pentium 4 (P-4) employs roughly 40 molecules is stored in the messenger
million transistors. RNA
• Mark-1, Apple-1, and collossus were
 ▪ Anvil and stirrup are names of bones
initial desktop computers.
present in the EAR
• Binary digits are briefed as bit.
 ▪ The young plant inside a grain of
• A collection of bits is called byte.
wheat is called the embryo plant
• The first home computer (1977), which
 ▪ In born behaviour that involve only
was sold in millions of units was Apple
one part of the body are called REFLEX
II.
ACTION
• ‘PARAM’ is a supercomputer.
 ▪ Animals which obtain their food from  ▪ Visible light energy has the
dead organisms are called Scavengers wavelength range of 400 to 700
 ▪ Riboflavin is not affected by cooking. Nanometer.
 ▪ The number of chromosomes in the  ▪ The particles with positive charge but
spermatozoa is twenty-three having mass equal to that of electron is
 ▪ The energy possessed by a water fall is called Proton.
kinetic energy.  ▪ Iron corrodes due to the formation of
 ▪ Rainbows are produced by the Iron Oxide.
reflection of light through raindrops.  ▪ Transistors do not need a warm up
 ▪ Light switches in our homes are period because they have no Filament.
connected in parallel series.  ▪ The type of radiation hat is unaffected
 ▪ Oil bulbs cleaner and is less damaging by magnetic field is called Alpha.
to the environment than coal as a fuel.  ▪ The Kelven scale of temperature is
 ▪ Enzymes are biological catalysts which called the absolute scale.
have multiple function in the body.  ▪ If we know the mass of an object and
 ▪ The difference between electrical the force applied on it, it is possible to
charges at the two ends of a conductor calculate acceleration of the object.
is called Potential difference.  ▪ Arteries become hard due to
 ▪ The branch of zoology which deals deposition of Fats in them.
with the study of insects is called  ▪ What is the source of energy for the
Entomology human brain? Phosphorous
 ▪ Fuels formed from animal and plant  ▪ How many Ergs are these in 1 Joule?
matter that lived thousands of years 107
ago are known as fossil fuels  ▪ The unit of current is Ampere
 ▪ Cryptograms is a coded message; a  ▪ Who invented typewriter? Sholes
text or message that is in code or cipher  ▪ The first attempt in printing was made
 ▪ Reserve food material is usually stored in England by William Caxton
as starch in plants.Reserve food  ▪ Who was the surgeon who pioneered
material is usually stored as glycogen in antiseptic surgery in 1865? Joseph
liver and muscles of animals. Lister
 ▪ Purest form of iron is wrought iron  ▪ Who proposed the chemical evolution
 ▪ Hypo is a solution of sodium of life? Haechel .
thiosulphate  ▪ Who among the following evolved the
 ▪ Aorta is an organ of the circulatory concept of relationship between mass
system and energy? Einstein
 ▪ Circular aperture which appears as a  ▪ Who discovered Uranus? Herschel
dark spot in the eye is called pupil  ▪ Which of the following helps in
 ▪ Bacteria are parasites clotting of blood? Vitamin K (Blood do
 ▪ Ruby is an Oxide of Aluminum not clotting due to heparin)
 ▪ Total volume of blood in a normal
adult human being is 5-6 liters
 ▪ Which of the following have maximum  ▪ In a DNA molecules, the rulefor base
calorific value? Carbohydrates pairing is Adenine always bound with
 ▪ Which of the following vitamins thymine and cytosine with guanine
promote healthy functioning of eyes in  ▪ As per eating habit, squirrels are
human beings? Vitamin A Frugivorous
 ▪ Bronchitis is a disease of which of the  ▪ Water loss from leaves through
following organs? Respiratory tract stomata is called as Transpiration
 ▪ Barium is used for X-ray of alimentary  ▪ Nervous system in human consists of:
canal  Brain, spinal cord and nerves. (central
 ▪ Which of the following pairs is and peripheral)
incorrect? Poliomyelitis-monkey  ▪ In human eye, the light sensitive layer
 ▪ Which of the following statements is made of specializes nerve cells, rods
correct Pulmonary artery carries impure and cones is called as The retina.
blood  ▪ Copper can be converted into gold by
 ▪ When sound is reflected from floor, Artificial Radioactivity
ceiling or a wall , it mixes with the  ▪ In winter an iron pipe feel colder than
original sound and change its a wooden window . This is because
complexion, it is called as Reverberation wood is non-Conductor
 ▪ The of light in vacuum is about 300  ▪ The echo (reflected sound) will be
Million kilometers per second distinctly heard only at ordinary
 ▪ Ice can be changed to water by temperatures if the distance of the
Changing the motion of the water reflecting surfaces from the source of
molecules sound is at least 56fft
 ▪ The temperature of liquid nitrogen is -  ▪ It is possible to recognize a person in
196°C the dark by simply hearing his unique
 ▪ Information can be sent over long voice . It is because of the pitch
distances in the form of Light signals  ▪ When a ray of sunlight enters a dark
through optical fibres room , its straight path become visible
 ▪ Computers can Add and subtract because of dust particles hanging in the
information only. air. It is because light is Visible
 ▪ IBM stands for International Business  ▪ A six feet tall lady wants to see her full
Machines image in a plane mirror . The minimum
 ▪ Chemicals used to kill weeds are called length of the mirror will be 3 feet
as Herbicides  ▪ The principle used in radar is the same
 ▪ The cytoplasm consists of several as that of Sonar. In radar we use radio
types of structures, which are called waves ; whereas in sonar we use
Organelles Ultrasonic
 ▪ The structure of DNA was elaborated  ▪ In a fission nuclear reaction , a heavy
by Watson and Crick in 1953 nucleus breaks up into smaller nuclei
whereas in another nuclear reaction
two or more than two possibly nuclei
 are fused to form a heavy nucleus This  ▪ The planet Mercury completes one
nuclear reaction is called Fusion nuclear rotation around the sun is 88 days
reaction  ▪ Fossils found in the lowest geological
 ▪ German silver is an alloy of strata are generally most Primitive
approximately 60% copper, 20% nickle  ▪ Evolution can be described as A
and 20% zinc continuing process
 ▪ The Continent Antarctica lies at the  ▪ What is the only source of new
South pole alleles? Mutation
 ▪ The temperature of the dead body is  ▪ Polygenic characteristic are controlled
temperature of the place where it is by Multiple genes
kept  ▪ Which of the following , lists the four
 Cusec is a volumetric unit for measuring stages of food processing in
the flow of liquids, equal to one cubic order?ingestion , digestion , absorption
foot per second , elimination
 ▪ Magnifying power of a simple  ▪ The energy needed to fuel essential
microscope can be increased by body processes is called recommended
increasing focal length of the lens daily allowance
 ▪ A very important practical application  ▪ Inhaled air passes through which of
of properties of matter is hoeing or the following in the last? Bronchiole
"godi" practiced by the farmers. This  ▪ Cobalt is a material which is Strongly
property of matter is called Capillarity attracted by a magnet
 ▪ It is observed that the total pressure  ▪ What is the chance of diabetic baby
exerted by air on the man of average siz born to parents both heterozygous
is around 14.7 lb wt. per square inch. normal ?¼
But the man feels quite comfortable,. It  ▪ Role of biotechnology in the
is becausemof gravity production of food based on
 ▪ A nuclear reactor is a device used to Fermentation
carry out controlled nuclear reaction  ▪ Which form of drug abuse involves
whereas GM counter is a device used to most risk of infection with the HIV
detect nuclear Radiation (AIDS) virus? Injection of heroine
 ▪ A body can escape the gravitational  ▪ Chemical name of vinegar is Dilute
pull of the earth if it is thrown up with a acetic acid
velocity of 7 miles per sec  ▪ Defeciency of following vitamin
 ▪ Night vision is possible with the help decreases hemoglobin production
of Infrared Rays Thiamine
 ▪ Myopia is a defect of human eye. it  ▪ The most splendid and the most
can be corrected by using a lens called magnificient constellation on the sky is
Concave lens Orion
 ▪ Walnuts can be broken in the hand by  ▪ Diamond is a very expensive
squeezing two together but not one. It ornament. It is composed of a single
is because of Work done element Carbon
 ▪ Television signals are converted into
light signals by Photo diode
 ▪ Where do most of Asteroids lie?
 In asteroid belt between the orbits of
Mars and Jupiter
 ▪ The number of spark plugs needed in
a diesel engine is 0
 ▪ The half life of a radioactive element is
8-days. How long it take to reduce it
from 10 mg to 5 mg? 8 days
 ▪ The term ‘Blue Shift’ is used to
indicate Doppler Effect in which an
object appears bluer when it is moving
towards the observer or observer is
moving towards the object.
 ▪ Kilowatt-hour is a unit of Electric
Current
 ▪ Fuel used in a Fast Breeder Reactor is
Uranium Plutonium Oxide
 ▪ Monsoon is caused by Seasonal
reversal of winds
 ▪ Which of the following atmospheric
layers help in radio communication?
Ionosphere
 ▪ A moderator is used in nuclear reactor
in order to Slow down the speed of the
neutrons
 ▪ Sedimentary rocks are Porous
 ▪ Quartz crystal in quartz watches work
on the principle called Piezo-electric
effect
 ▪ The fruits without seed, like banana,
are called parthenocarpic fruits