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For PMS General Knowledge
GEographical Surnames
1-Bengal's Sorrow Damodar River 2-Blue Mountains Nilgiri Hills 3-City of Sky-scrapers New York 4-City of Seven Hills Rome 5-City of Dreaming Spires Oxford 6-City of Palaces Kolkata 7-City of Golden Gate San Francisco 8-City of Magnificent Buildings Washington D.C. 9-City of Eternal Springs Quito (S. America) 10-China's Sorrow Hwang Ho 11-Cockpit of Europe Belgium 12-Dark Continent Africa 13-Emerald Isle Ireland 14-Eternal City Rome 15-Empire City New York 16-Forbidden City Lhasa(Tibet) 17-Garden City Chicago 18-Gate of Tears Strait of Bab-el_Mandeb 19-Gate(gift) of the Nile Egypt 20-Granite City Aberdeen (Scotland) 21-Hermit Kingdom Korea 22-Key to the Mediterranean Gibralter 23-Land of Cakes Scotland 24-Land of Golden Fleece Australia 25-Land of Maple Leaf Canada 26-Land of Morning Calm Korea 27-Land of Midnight Sun Norway 28-Land of the Thousand Lakes Finland 29-Land of the Thunderbolt Bhutan 30-Land of White Elephant Thailand 31-Land of Five Years Punjab 32-Land of Thousand Elephants Laos 33-Land of Rising Sun Japan 34-Loneliest Island Tristan De Gunha (Mid-Atlantic) 35-Manchester of Japan Osaka 36-Pillars of Hercules Strait of Gibraltar 37-Pearl of the Antilles Cuba 38-Playground of Europe Switzerland 39-Quaker City Philadelphia 40-Queen of the Adriatic Venice 41-Roof of the World The Pamirs, Central Asia 42-Rose Pink City Jaipur 43-Sugar bowl of the world Cuba 44-Herring Pond Atlantic Ocean 45-Holy Land Jerusalem 46-Island Continent Australia 47-Island of Cloves Zanzibar 48-Isle of Pearls Bahrein (Persian Gulf) 49-Venice of the North Stockholm 50-Windy City Chicago 51-Whiteman's grave Guinea Coast of Africa 52-Yellow River Huang Ho (China) 53-Land of Golden Pagoda Burma
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Scientific studies of various fields
acarology-- study of mites accidence-- grammar book; science of inflections in grammar aceology-- therapeutics acology -- study of medical remedies acoustics -- science of sound adenology -- study of glands aedoeology -- science of generative organs aerobiology -- study of airborne organisms aerodonetics-- science or study of gliding aerodynamics -- dynamics of gases; science of movement in a flow of air or gas bacteriology -- study of bacteria balneology -- the science of the therapeutic use of baths barodynamics-- science of the support and mechanics of bridges barology-- study of gravitation batology-- the study of brambles bibliology-- study of books bibliotics-- study of documents to determine authenticity bioecology-- study of interaction of life in the environment biology -- study of life biometrics-- study of biological measurement bionomics-- study of organisms interacting in their environments botany-- study of plants bromatology -- study of food brontology -- scientific study of thunder campanology-- the art of bell ringing carcinology-- study of crabs and other crustaceans cardiology-- study of the heart caricology-- study of sedges carpology -- study of fruit cartography -- the science of making maps and globes cartophily-- the hobby of collecting cigarette cards castrametation -- the art of designing a camp catacoustics--science of echoes or reflected sounds catalactics-- science of commercial exchange catechectics -- the art of teaching by question and answer cetology -- study of whales and dolphins chalcography-- the art of engraving on copper or brass chalcotriptics-- art of taking rubbings from ornamental brasses chaology -- the study of chaos or chaos theory characterology -- study of development of character chemistry-- study of properties of substances chirocosmetics-- beautifying the hands; art of manicure diabology-- study of devils diagraphics-- art of making diagrams or drawings dialectology -- study of dialects dioptrics -- study of light refraction diplomatics -- science of deciphering ancient writings and texts diplomatology-- study of diplomats docimology-- the art of assaying dosiology-- the study of doses dramaturgy -- art of producing and staging dramatic works E to I Egyptology-- study of ancient Egypt ekistics-- study of human settlement electrochemistry-- study of relations between electricity and chemicals electrology -- study of electricity electrostatics-- study of static electricity embryology-- study of embryos emetology -- study of vomiting emmenology -- the study of menstruation endemiology-- study of local diseases endocrinology-- study of glands enigmatology-- study of enigmas entomology-- study of insects entozoology-- study of parasites that live inside larger organisms enzymology-- study of enzymes ephebiatrics-- branch of medicine dealing with adolescence epidemiology-- study of diseases; epidemics fluviology -- study of watercourses folkloristics-- study of folklore and fables futurology-- study of future garbology-- study of garbage gastroenterology -- study of stomach; intestines gastronomy-- study of fine dining gemmology-- study of gems and jewels genealogy-- study of descent of families genesiology-- study of reproduction and heredity genethlialogy-- the art of casting horoscopes geochemistry-- study of chemistry of the earth's crust geochronology--- study of measuring geological time geogeny-- science of the formation of the earth's crust geogony-- study of formation of the earth geography-- study of surface of the earth and its inhabitants geology -- study of earth's crust geomorphogeny-- study of the origins of land forms geoponics-- study of Agriculture hydrography-- study of investigating bodies of water hydrokinetics-- study of motion of fluids hydrology-- study of water resources hydrometeorology-- study of atmospheric moisture hydropathy -- study of treating diseases with water hyetology-- science of rainfall hygiastics -- science of health and hygiene hygienics-- study of sanitation; health hygiology-- hygienics; study of cleanliness hygrology-- study of humidity hygrometry -- science of humidity hymnography-- study of writing hymns hymnology -- study of hymns hypnology-- study of sleep; study of hypnosis hypsography-- science of measuring heights iamatology -- study of remedies iatrology-- treatise or text on medical topics; study of medicine iatromathematics-- archaic practice of medicine in conjunction with astrology ichnography-- art of drawing ground plans; a ground plan ichnology-- science of fossilized footprints ichthyology-- study of Fish iconography-- study of drawing symbols iconology-- study of icons; symbols ideogeny-- study of origins of ideas ideology -- science of ideas; system of ideas used to justify behaviour idiomology-- study of idiom, jargon or dialect idiopsychology-- psychology of one's own mind immunogenetics-- study of genetic characteristics of immunity immunology-- study of immunity immunopathology-- study of immunity to disease insectology -- study of insects irenology -- the study of peace K to O koniology -- study of atmospheric pollutants and dust ktenology -- science of putting people to death kymatology -- study of wave motion labeorphily-- collection and study of beer bottle labels larithmics-- study of population statistics laryngology -- study of larynx lepidopterology -- study of butterflies and moths leprology-- study of leprosy lexicology -- study of words and their meanings lexigraphy-- art of definition of words lichenology -- study of lichens limacology-- study of slugs limnobiology-- study of freshwater ecosystems limnology -- study of bodies of fresh water linguistics -- study of language lithology-- malariology study of malaria mammalogy-- study of mammals manège-- the art of horsemanship Mariology-- study of the Virgin Mary martyrology-- study of martyrs mastology-- study of mammals mathematics-- study of magnitude, number, and forms mazology-- mammalogy; study of mammals mechanics -- study of action of force on bodies meconology-- study of or treatise concerning opium melittology -- study of bees mereology-- study of part-whole relationships mesology -- ecology metallogeny-- study of the origin and distribution of metal deposits metallography-- study of the structure and constitution of metals metallurgy-- study of alloying and treating metals nidology -- study of nests nomology-- the science of the laws; especially of the mind noology-- science of the intellect nosology -- study of diseases nostology-- study of senility notaphily-- collecting of bank-notes and cheques numerology -- study of numbers numismatics-- study of coins nymphology-- study of nymphs obstetrics-- study of midwifery oceanography-- study of oceans oceanology -- study of oceans odology -- science of the hypothetical mystical force of od odontology-- study of teeth oenology-- study of wines oikology -- science of housekeeping olfactology-- study of the sense of smell ombrology -- study of rain oncology -- study of tumours oneirology -- study of dreams orthography-- study of spelling orthopterology-- study of cockroaches oryctology -- mineralogy or paleontology osmics-- scientific study of smells osmology-- study of smells and olfactory processes osphresiology-- study of the sense of smell osteology -- study of bones otology -- study of the ear otorhinolaryngology-- study of ear, nose and throat P to T paedology-- study of children paedotrophy-- art of rearing children paidonosology-- study of children's diseases; pediatrics palaeoanthropology-- study of early humans palaeobiology -- study of fossil plants and animals palaeoclimatology-- study of ancient climates palaeolimnology-- study of ancient Fish palaeolimnology-- study of ancient lakes palaeontology-- study of fossils philately-- study of postage stamps philematology -- the act or study of kissing phillumeny-- collecting of matchbox labels philology -- study of ancient texts; historical linguistics philosophy-- science of knowledge or wisdom phoniatrics -- study and correction of speech defects phonology -- study of speech sounds psychology-- study of mind psychopathology-- study of mental illness psychophysics-- study of link between mental and physical processes pteridology -- study of ferns pterylology -- study of distribution of feathers on birds pyretology -- study of fevers pyrgology -- study of towers pyroballogy-- study of artillery pyrography-- study of woodburning quinology -- study of quinine raciology-- study of racial differences radiology-- study of X-rays and their medical applications reflexology-- study of reflexes rhabdology -- knowledge or learning concerning divining rods rhabdology -- art of calculating using numbering rods rheology -- science of the deformation or flow of matter rheumatology-- study of rheumatism rhinology-- study of the nose rhochrematics-- science of inventory management and the movement of products runology -- study of runes sarcology-- study of fleshy parts of the body satanology -- study of the devil scatology-- study of excrement or obscene literature schematonics-- art of using gesture to express tones sciagraphy-- art of shading scripophily -- collection of bond and share certificates sedimentology -- study of sediment seismology -- study of earthquakes selenodesy-- study of the shape and features of the moon selenology-- study of the moon semantics -- study of meaning semantology-- science of meanings of words semasiology-- study of meaning; semantics topology-- study of places and their natural features toponymics-- study of place-names toreutics -- study of artistic work in metal toxicology -- study of poisons toxophily -- love of archery; archery; study of archery traumatology-- study of wounds and their effects tribology -- study of friction and wear between surfaces trichology-- study of hair and its disorders trophology-- study of nutrition tsiganology-- study of gypsies turnery-- art of turning in a lathe typhlology-- study of blindness and the blind typography-- art of printing or using type typology-- study of types of things U to Z ufology-- study of alien spacecraft uranography-- descriptive astronomy and mapping uranology-- study of the heavens; astronomy urbanology-- study of cities urenology-- study of rust molds urology -- study of urine; urinary tract venereology-- study of venereal disease vermeology-- study of worms vexillology-- study of flags victimology-- study of victims vinology -- scientific study of vines and winemaking virology-- study of viruses vitrics-- glassy materials; glassware; study of glassware volcanology -- study of volcanoes vulcanology-- study of volcanoes xylography-- art of engraving on wood xylology -- study of wood zenography-- study of the planet Jupiter zoiatrics-- veterinary surgery zooarchaeology-- study of animal remains of archaeological sites zoochemistry-- chemistry of animals zoogeography-- study of geographic distribution of animals zoogeology -- study of fossil animal remains zoology-- study of animals zoonomy-- animal physiology zoonosology-- study of animal diseases zoopathology-- study of animal diseases zoophysics-- physics of animal bodies zoophysiology -- study of physiology of animals zoophytology-- study of plant-like animals zoosemiotics-- study of animal communication zootaxy-- science of classifying animals zootechnics-- science of breeding animals zygology -- science of joining and fastening zymology -- science of fermentation zymurgy-- branch of chemistry dealing with brewing and distilling
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VITAMINS
Vitamin A (Fat-soluble) Deficiency Symptoms night blindness loss of smell appetite loss Natural Sources Carrots, Fish liver oils, liver, green leafy vegetables . -------------------------------------------------- Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) water-soluble Deficiency Symptoms beriberi shortness of breath numb hands/feet Natural Sources Whole grains, brewers yeast, wheat germ, rice, seeds and milk. --------------------------------------------------------- Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) water-soluble Deficiency Symptoms cataracts corner of mouth cracks and sores poor digestion Natural Sources Liver, cheese, fish, eggs, seeds, and cooked leafy vegetables. ------------------------------------------------------------ Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) Deficiency Symptoms dental cavities anemia Natural Sources Rose hips, citrus fruits, black currants, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, and green bell peppers. --------------------------------------------------------------- Vitamin D (Fat-soluble) Deficiency Symptoms tooth decay diarrhea Natural Sources Fortified milk, egg yolks, butter, fish liver oils, sardines, salmon, mushrooms, and sunflower seeds. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Vitamin E (Fat-soluble) Deficiency Symptoms impotency enlarged prostrate gland Natural Sources Wheat germ, brussel sprouts, leafy greens, vegetable oils, and eggs. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Vitamin K (Menadione) (Fat-soluble) Deficiency Symptoms nose bleeds Natural Sources Kelp, alfalfa, yogurt, safflower oil, fish liver oil, and leafy green vegetables. -------------------------------------------------------------------
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Deserts
SAHARA The Sahara is technically the world’s second largest desert after Antarctica. At over 9,000,000 square kilometres (3,500,000 sq mi), it covers most parts of northern Africa; an area stretching from the Red sea, including parts of the Mediterranean coasts, to the outskirts of the Atlantic ocean. It is almost as large as the United States, and is larger than Australia. Its name derives from an Arabic word meaning “desert”: “ṣaḥrā´” (صحراء); to refer to the Sahara as the ‘Sahara Desert’ is therefore a pleonasm. The Sahara desert covers huge parts of Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, Sudan and Tunisia. The Sahara includes many landforms such as rivers (Nile River, Sénégal River), mountain ranges (Aïr Mountains, Ahaggar Mountains, Saharan Atlas, Tibesti Mountains), smaller deserts and ergs (Libyan Desert, Ténéré, Egyptian Sand Sea, Qattara Depression, Erg of Bilma, Erg Chebbi), lakes (Lake Chad) and oases (Bahariya, Ghardaïa, Timimoun). According to a botanical criteria of Cap-Rey, the Sahara is comprised between the following: * at north: limits of the maturity of Phoenix dactylifera (date palm trees) * at south: southern limit of Cornucala monacantha (a Chenopodiaceae) or northern limit of the Cencrus biflorus (a Poaceae of the Sahel region). The Sahara has one of the harshest climates in the world. It has many strong winds that blow from the north-east. Sometimes on the border zones of the north and south, the desert will receive about 25 cm (10 in.) of rain a year. The rainfall happens GOBI The Gobi is a large desert region in China and southern Mongolia. The desert basins of the Gobi are bounded by the Altay Mountains and the grasslands and steppes of Mongolia on the north, by the Tibetan Plateau to the southwest, and by the North China Plain to the southeast. The Gobi is made up of several distinct ecological and geographic regions, based on variations in climate and topography. This desert is both Asia’s largest and the fourth largest in the world. The Gobi is most notable in history as part of the great Mongol Empire, and as the location of several important cities along the Silk Road. The Gobi is a rain shadow desert formed by the Himalaya range blocking rain-carrying clouds from reaching the Gobi. The Gobi measures over 1500 kilometers from southwest to northeast and 800 km from north to south. The desert is widest in the west, along the line joining the Baghrash Kol and the Lop Nor (87°-89° east). It occupies an arc of land 1,295,000 square kilometers (500,000 mi²) in area, making it fourth largest in the world and Asia’s largest. Much of the Gobi is not sandy but is covered with bare rock. The Gobi desert is a cold desert, and it is not uncommon to see frost and occasionally snow on its dunes. Besides being quite far north, it is also roughly 900 meters (2,953 ft) above sea level, which further contributes to its low temperatures. An average of approximately 194 millimeters (7.6 in) of rain falls per year in the Gobi. Additional moisture reaches parts of the Gobi in winter as snow is blown by the wind from the Siberian Steppes. These winds cause the Gobi to reach extremes of temperature like no other, ranging from –40°C in Winter to +50°C in Summe ARABIAN DESERT The Arabian Desert is a vast desert wilderness stretching from Yemen to the Persian Gulf and Oman to Jordan and Iraq. It occupies most of the Arabian Peninsula with an area of 2,330,000 square kilometers (900,000 mi²). At its center is the Rub’al-Khali, one of the largest continuous bodies of sand in the world. Gazelles, oryx, sand cats, and spiny-tailed lizards are just some of the desert-adapted species that survive in this extreme environment, which features everything from red dunes to deadly quicksand. The climate is extremely dry, and temperatures oscillate between extreme heat and seasonal nighttime freezes. It is part of the Deserts and xeric shrublands biome and the Palearctic ecozone. This ecoregion holds little biodiversity, although a few endemic plants grow here. Many species, such as the striped hyena, jackal and honey badger have become extinct in this area due to hunting, human encroachment and habitat destruction. Other species have been successfully re-introduced, such as the endangered white oryx and the TAKLAMAKAN The Taklamakan Desert (also Taklimakan) is a desert of Central Asia, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China. It is known as one of the largest sandy deserts in the world. It covers an area of 270,000 km² of the Tarim Basin, 1,000 km long and 400 km wide. It is crossed at its northern and at its southern edge by two branches of the Silk Road as travellers sought to avoid the arid wasteland. There is no water on the desert and it was hazardous to cross. Merchant caravans on the Silk Road would stop for relief at the thriving oasis towns. The key oasis towns, watered by rainfall from the mountains, were Kashgar, Marin, Niya, Yarkand, and Khotan (Hetian) to the south, Kuqa and Turfan in the north, and Loulan and Dunhuang in the east. Now some, such as Marin, are ruined cities in a sparsely inhabited dusty spot with poor roads and minimal transportation in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China. The White Jade River flows into the Taklamakan, as do the Yarkant He originating in the Kunlun Mountains and the river from the Tien Shan range. Mummies, some 4000 years old, have been found in the region. They show the wide range of peoples who have passed through. Some of the mummies appear European. Later, the Taklamakan was inhabited by Turkic peoples. Starting with the Tang Dynasty, the Chinese periodically extended their control to the oasis cities of the Taklamakan in order to control the important silk route trade across Central Asia. Periods of Chinese rule were interspersed with rule by Turkic and Mongol and Tibetan peoples. The present population consists largely of Turkic Uyghur and Kazakh people in the countryside, while the population of the larger cities is predominantly Han Chinese. KALAHARI The Kalahari Desert is a large arid to semi-arid sandy area in southern Kgalagadi Africa extending 900,000 km² (362,500 sq. mi.), covering much of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa, as semi-desert, with huge tracts of excellent grazing after good rains. The Kalahari Desert is in Africa at the southern part and the desert is a portion of desert and a plateau. The Kalahari supports some animals and plants because most of it is not true desert. There are small amounts of rainfall and the summer temperature is very high. It usually receives 5-10 inches of rain per year. The surrounding Kalahari Basin covers over 2.5 million km² extending farther into Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, and encroaching into parts of Angola, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The only permanent river, the Okavango, flows into a delta in the northwest, forming marshes that are rich in wildlife. Ancient dry riverbeds—called omuramba—traverse the Central Northern reaches of the Kalahari and provide standing pools of water during the rainy season. Previously havens for wild animals from elephant to giraffe, and for predators such as lion and cheetah, the riverbeds are now mostly grazing spots, though leopard or cheetah can still be found. THAR The Thar Desert (Hindi: थार मरुस्थल) , also known as the Great Indian Desert, is a desert located in western India and southeastern Pakistan. It lies mostly in the Indian state of Rajasthan, and extends into the southern portion of Haryana and Punjab states and into northern Gujarat state. In Pakistan, the desert covers eastern Sind province and the southeastern portion of Pakistan’s Punjab province. In Pakistan’s Punjab province it is known as the Cholistan Desert. Tharparker District of province Sindh Pakistan is also a part of Thar desert. The Thar Desert is bounded on the northwest by the Sutlej River, on the east by the Aravalli Range, on the south by the salt marsh known as the Rann of Kutch (parts of which are sometimes included in the Thar), and on the west by the Indus River. Its boundary to the large thorny steppe to the north is ill-defined. Depending on what areas are included or excluded, the nominal size of the Thar can vary significantly. According to the WWF definition, the desert proper has 92,200 square miles (238,700 km²). Another source gives the area of the Thar Desert as 446,000 km² extending 805 km (about 500 mi) long and about 485 km (about 300 mi) wide, with 208,110 square kilometres in India. Of the Indian portion, 61% falls in Rajasthan, 20% in Gujarat and 9% in Punjab and Haryana combined. The greater portion lies in Rajasthan, covering about three-fifths of the total geographical area. The origin of the Thar Desert is a controversial subject. Some consider it to be 4000 to 10,000 years old, whereas others state that aridity started in this region much earlier. Another theory states that area turned to desert relatively recently: perhaps around 2000 - 1500 BCE. Around this time the Ghaggar ceased to be a major river. It now terminates in the desert. It has been observed through remote sensing techniques that Late Quaternary climatic changes and neotectonics have played a significant role in modifying the drainage courses in this part and a large number of palaeochannels exist. Most of the studies share the opinion that the palaeochannels of the Sarasvati coincide with the bed of present day Ghaggar and believe that the Sutlej along with the Yamuna once flowed into the present Ghaggar riverbed. It has been postulated that the Sutlej was the main tributary of the Ghaggar and that subsequently the tectonic movements might have forced the Sutlej westwards, the Yamuna eastwards and thus dried up the Ghaggar. ATACAMA The Atacama Desert is a virtually rainless plateau in South America, extending 966 km (600 mi) between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean. It is created by the rain shadow of the Andes east of the desert. Its area is 181,300 square kilometers (70,000 mi²), mostly in Chile, but parts in Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. It is made up of salt basins (salares), sand and lava flows, and is 15 million years old and 100 times more arid than California’s Death Valley. The Atacama Desert is the driest place on Earth, and is virtually sterile because it is blocked from moisture on both sides by the Andes mountains and by coastal mountains. The average rainfall in the Chilean region of Antofagasta is just 1 mm per year, and at one time no rain fell in the entire desert for 400 years. Some weather stations in the Atacama have never received rain. Evidence suggests that the Atacama may not have had any significant rainfall from 1570 to 1971. It is so arid that mountains that reach as high as 6,885 metres (22,590 feet) are completely free of glaciers and, in the southern part from 25°S to 27°S, may have been glacier-free throughout the Quaternary — though permafrost extends down to an altitude of 4,400 metres and is continuous above 5,600 metres. Studies by a group of British scientists have suggested that some river beds have been dry for 120,000 years. Some locations in the Atacama do receive a marine fog known locally as the Camanchaca, providing sufficient moisture for hypolithic algae, lichens and even some cacti. But in the region that is in the “fog shadow” of the high coastal crest-line, which averages 3,000 m height for about 100 km south of Antofagasta, the soil has been compared to that of Mars. Due to its otherworldly appearance, the Atacama has been used as a location for filming Mars scenes, most notably in the television series Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets. In 2003, a team of researchers published a report in Science magazine titled “Mars-like Soils in the Atacama Desert, Chile, and the Dry Limit of Microbial Life” in which they duplicated the tests used by the Viking 1 and Viking 2 Mars landers to detect life, and were unable to detect any signs in Atacama Desert soil. The region may be unique on Earth in this regard and is being used by NASA to test instruments for future Mars missions. Alonso de Ercilla characterized it in La Araucana, published in 1569: “Towards Atacama, near the deserted coast, you see a land without men, where there is not a bird, not a beast, nor a tree, nor any vegetation”.
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01. The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was
Mujibur Rehman 02. The longest river in the world is the Nile 03. The longest highway in the world is the Trans-Canada 04. The longest highway in the world has a length of About 8000 km 05. The highest mountain in the world is the Everest 06. The country that accounts for nearly one third of the total teak production of the world is Myan mar 07. The biggest desert in the world is the Sahara desert 08. The largest coffee growing country in the world is Brazil 09. The country also known as "country of Copper" is Zambia 10. The name given to the border which separates Pakistan and Afghanistan is Durand line 11. The river Volga flows out into the Capsian sea 12. The coldest place on the earth is Verkoyansk in Siberia 13. The country which ranks second in terms of land area is Canada 14. The largest Island in the Mediterranean sea is Sicily 15. The river Jordan flows out into the Dead sea 16. The biggest delta in the world is the Sunderbans 17. The capital city that stands on the river Danube is Belgrade 18. The Japanese call their country as Nippon 19. The length of the English channel is 564 kilometres 20. The world's oldest known city is Damascus 21. The city which is also known as the City of Canals is Venice 22. The country in which river Wangchu flows is Myanmar 23. The biggest island of the world is Greenland 24. The city which is the biggest centre for manufacture of automobiles in the world is Detroit, USA 25. The country which is the largest producer of manganese in the world is USA 26. The country which is the largest producer of rubber in the world is Malaysia 27. The country which is the largest producer of tin in the world is Malaysia 28. The river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea is the Mississippi 29. The city which was once called the `Forbidden City' was Peking 30. The country called the Land of Rising Sun is Japan 31. Mount Everest was named after Sir George Everest 32. The volcano Vesuvius is located in Italy 33. The country known as the Sugar Bowl of the world is Cuba 34. The length of the Suez Canal is 162.5 kilometers 35. The lowest point on earth is The coastal area of Dead sea 36. The Gurkhas are the original inhabitants of Nepal 37. The largest ocean of the world is the Pacific ocean 38. The largest bell in the world is the Tsar Kolkol at Kremlin, Moscow 39. The biggest stadium in the world is the Strahov Stadium, Prague 40. The world's largest diamond producing country is South Africa 41. Australia was discovered by James Cook 42. The first Governor General of Pakistan is Mohammed Ali Jinnah 43. Dublin is situated at the mouth of river Liffey 44. The earlier name of New York city was New Amsterdam 45. The Eifel tower was built by Alexander Eiffel 46. The Red Cross was founded by Jean Henri Durant 47. The country which has the greatest population density is Monaco 48. The national flower of Britain is Rose 49. Niagara Falls was discovered by Louis Hennepin 50. The national flower of Italy is Lily 51. The national flower of China is Narcissus 52. The permanent secretariat of the SAARC is located at Kathmandu 53. The gateway to the Gulf of Iran is Strait of Hormuz 54. The first Industrial Revolution took place in England 55. World Environment Day is observed on 5th June 56. The first Republican President of America was Abraham Lincoln 57. The country famous for Samba dance is Brazil 58. The name of Alexander's horse was Beucephalus 59. Singapore was founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 60. The famous British one-eyed Admiral was Nelson 61. The earlier name of Sri Lanka was Ceylon 62. The UNO was formed in the year 1945 63. UNO stands for United Nations Organization 64. The independence day of South Korea is celebrated on 15th August 65. `Last Judgement' was the first painting of an Italian painter named Michelangelo 66. Paradise Regained was written by John Milton 67. The first President of Egypt was Mohammed Nequib 68. The first man to reach North Pole was Rear Peary 69. The most famous painting of Pablo Picasso was Guermica 70. The primary producer of newsprint in the world is Canada 71. The first explorer to reach the South Pole was Cap. Ronald Amundson 72. The person who is called the father of modern Italy is G.Garibaldi 73. World literacy day is celebrated on 8th September 74. The founder of modern Germany is Bismarck 75. The country known as the land of the midnight sun is Norway 76. The place known as the Roof of the world is Tibet 77. The founder of the Chinese Republic was San Yat Sen 78. The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was Abdul Salam 79. The first woman Prime Minister of Britain was Margaret Thatcher 80. The first Secretary General of the UNO was Trygve Lie 81. The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was Frederick Auguste Bartholdi 82. The port of Banku is situated in Azerbaijan 83. John F Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harry Oswald 84. The largest river in France is Lore 85. The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law was Catherine of Aragon 86. The first negro to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was Ralph Johnson Bunche 87. The first British University to admit women for degree courses was London University 88. The principal export of Jamaica is Sugar 89. New York is popularly known as the city of Skyscrapers 90. Madagascar is popularly known as the Island of Cloves 91. The highest waterfalls in the world is the Salto Angel Falls, Venezuela
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Errors and mistaks will be welcome and i wiould request to mods please adjust the errors if any Districts In Punjab 1-Attock 2-Bahawalnagar 3-Bahawalpur 4-Chakwal 5-Bhakkar 6-Dera Ghazi Khan 7-Faisalabad 8-Gujranwala 9-Gujrat 10-Hafizabad 11-Jhang 12-Jhelum 13-Kasur 14-Khanewal 15-Khushab 16-Lahore 17-Layyah 18-Lodhran 19-Mandi Bahauddin 20-Mianwali 21-Multan 22-Muzaffargarh 23-Narowal 24-Nankana Sahib 25-Okara 26-Pakpattan 27-Rahim Yar Khan 28-Rajanpur 29-Rawalpindi 30-Sahiwal 31-Sargodha 32-Sheikhupura 33-Sialkot 34-Toba Tek Singh 35-Vehari 36-Chiniot Districts of Sindh 1-Badin 2-Dadu 3-Ghotki 4-Hyderabad 5-Jacobabad 6-Jamshoro 7-Karachi 8-Kashmore 9-Khairpur 10-Larkana 11-Matiari 12-Mirpurkhas 13-Naushahro Firoz 14-Nawabshah 15-Kamber and Shahdad Kot 16-Sanghar 17-Shikarpur 18-Sukkur 19-Tando Allahyar 20-Tando Muhammad Khan 21-Tharparkar 22-Thatta 23-Umerkot Districts of Balochistan 1-Awaran 2-Barkhan 3-Bolan 4-Chagai[3] 5-Dera Bugti 6-Gwadar 7-Jafarabad 8-Jhal Magsi 9-Kalat 10-Kech (Turbat) 11-Kharan 12-Khuzdar 13-Kohlu 14-Lasbela 15-Loralai 16-Mastung 17-Musakhel 18-Naseerabad 19-Nushki[3] 20-Panjgur 21-Pishin 22-Qilla Abdullah 23-Qilla Saifullah 24-Quetta 25-Sibi 26-Zhob 27-Ziarat Districts of the North West Frontier Province 1-Abbottabad 2-Bannu 3-Batagram 4-Buner 5-Charsadda 6-Chitral 7-Dera Ismail Khan 8-Hangu 9-Haripur 10-Karak 11-Kohat 12-Kohistan 13-Lakki Marwat 14-Lower Dir 15-Malakand 16-Mansehra 17-Mardan 18-Nowshera 19-Peshawar 20-Shangla 21-Swabi 22-Swat 23-Tank 24-Upper Dir
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ASEAN
(Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Founded on 8 August 1967 Total memebers 10 Brunei Darussalam Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar (Burma) Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietna ASEAN observer states Papua New Guinea (since 1976) ASEAN SEcreatary General Dr. Surin Pitsuwan Biodata(Nakorn Sri Thammarat, Southern Thailand) Headquarters Jakarta Annual Summit The venue of the 14th ASEAN Summit had been changed from Bangkok to Chiang Mai and postponed to March 2009 by the Somchai Wongsawat Government due to the political turmoil in Bangkok. It was later changed back to Bangkok by the Abhisit Vejjajiva Government and rescheduled to February next year.
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SAARC
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Established on December 8, 1985 Total Members 08 Afghanistan (In April 2007, at the Association's 14th summit, Afghanistan became its eighth member) Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka Observers Australia China European Union Iran Japan Mauritius Myanmar (Burma) South Korea United States Secretary General Sheel Kant Sharma(India) Annual Summit 15 August 1-3 2008 (Colombo, Sri Lanka) Next Summit Male , Maldives Secretariat Kathmandu
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SCO
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Founded in 2001 Total members 06 China Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Russia Tajikistan Uzbekistan Observers India Iran Mongolia Pakistan Secretariate Bejing Annual Summit 2001 People's Republic of China ----------Shanghai 2002 Russia -----------------------------Saint Petersburg 2003 Russia -----------------------------Moscow 2004 Uzbekistan -------------------------Tashkent 2005 Kazakhstan ------------------------Astana 2006 People's Republic of China ----------Shanghai 2007 Kyrgyzstan ------------------------Bishkek 2008 Tajikistan --------------------------Dushanbe 2009 Russia -----------------------------Yekaterinburg Secretary General Bolat Nurgaliyev
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OIC
Organisation of the Islamic Conference Formed on 25 September 1969 official languages Arabic, English and French. Secretary Generals Tunku Abdul Rahman (Malaysia): (1971-1973) Hassan Al-Touhami (Egypt): (1974-1975) Dr. Amadou Karim Gaye (Senegal): (1975-1979) Habib Chatty (Tunisia): (1979-1984) Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada (Pakistan): (1985-1988) Dr. Hamid Algabid (Niger): (1989-1996) Dr. Azeddine Laraki (Morocco): (1997-2000) Dr. Abdelouahed Belkeziz (Morocco): (2001-2004) Prof.Dr. Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu (Turkey): (2005 to present) Members 57 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of ---------1969 Suspended 1980 - March 1989 Algeria, People's Democratic Republic of --1969 Chad, Republic of -----------------------1969 Egypt, Arab Republic of ------------1969 Suspended May 1979 - March 1984 Guinea, Republic of ---------------------1969 Indonesia, Republic of ------------------1969 Iran, Islamic Republic of ----------------1969 Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of ----------1969 Kuwait, State of -----------------------1969 Lebanon, Republic of --------------------1969 Libya, Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya -----1969 Malaysia -----------------------------1969 Mali, Republic of ----------------------1969 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of ----------1969 Morocco, Kingdom of -------------------1969 Niger, Republic of --------------------1969 Pakistan, Islamic Republic of -------------1969 Palestine, represented by the Palestine Liberation Organization -----1969 Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of --------------------1969 Senegal, Republic of ------------------------1969 Sudan, Republic of the ---------------------1969 Somalia ---------------------------------1969 Tunisia, Republic of -------------------------1969 Turkey, Republic of ------------------------------1969 Yemen Arab Republic -----------------------1969 From 1990 as Republic of Yemen united with People's Democratic Republic of Yemen Bahrain, State of ------------------1970 From 2003 as Kingdom of Bahrain Oman, Sultanate of ----------------------1970 Qatar, State of ---------------------1970 Syrian Arab Republic 1----------------------970 United Arab Emirates, State of ------------------------1970 Sierra Leone, Republic of ------------------------1972 Bangladesh, People's Republic of --------------------1974 Gabon, Republic of ----------------------1974 Gambia, Republic of the ------------------------1974 Guinea-Bissau, Republic of ---------------------1974 Uganda, Republic of ----------------------1974 Burkina Faso ---------------------------1975 Cameroon, Republic of ---------------------------1975 Comoros, Federal Islamic Republic of the ------------------1976 Iraq, Republic of -------------------------1976 Maldives, Republic of ----------------------1976 Djibouti, Republic of --------------------------1978 Benin, Republic of ----------------------------1982 Brunei Darussalam, Sultanate of ------------------------1984 Nigeria, Federal Republic of ------------------1986 Azerbaijan, Republic of ------------------------1991 Albania, Republic of------------------------- 1992 Kyrgyzstan, Republic of --------------------------1992 Tajikistan, Republic of ----------------------1992 Turkmenistan, Republic of ---------------------1992 Mozambique, Republic of ------------------1994 Kazakhstan, Republic of ------------------------1995 Uzbekistan, Republic of ----------------------1995 Suriname, Republic of 1---------------------996 Togo, Republic of --------------------1997 Guyana, Republic of -------------------1998 Côte d'Ivoire, Republic of------------------------------ 2001 Suspended or Withdrawn Zanzibar ---------Jan 1993 Withdrew August 1993 Observer States Bosnia and Herzegovina Central African Republic Northern Cyprus, Turkish Republic of (as Turkish Cypriot State) 1979 Official 2004 Thailand, Kingdom of Russian Federation Annual summit 14th (2008) Senegal , Dakar (11th March 13 - March 14, 2008 ) Next Summit Headquarters Jeddha, Suadiarabia
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