1. A.D.B.P:-Asian Development Bank of Pakistan.
2.A.D.P:- ANNUAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
3.A.E.A= ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORTIY.
4.A.E.C= Atomic energy commission.
5.A.E.U.C:- Arab Economic Unity Council;-
6.A.F.P:- Agence France Press.
7.A.G.P.R:- Accountant-General of Pakistan Revenue.
8.A.I.D.S:- Acquired Immune Defeciancy syndrome.
9.A.I.R.D:- asian Institue of Rural Development.
10.A.J.K:- Azad Jhamuu Kashmir.

11.A.L:- Arab League.
12. A.L.E.S.C.O:- Arab League Educational scientific and cultural Orginisation.

13. A.M.C= Army Medical Corps.

14.A.M.U= Asian Monetry Unit.

15. A.N.N:- Asian News Network.

16.A.N.P= Awami National Party.

17. A.N.F= Anti Narcotics Force.

18.A.P= Associated Press.

19. A.P.C= All parties conference.

20. A.P.E.C= Asia Pacific Economic cooperation.

21. A.P.N.E.C= All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation.

22. A.P.N.S= All pakistan Newspaper society.

23. A.P.P= Associate Press of Pakistan.

24. A.P.T.E.C= All pakistan Technology engineering Council.

25. A.P.T.M.A= All pakistan Textile Mills Association.

26. A.P.W.A= All Pakistan Women Association.

27. A.R.E.C= Applied Research Economic Centre.

28.A.S.E.A.N= Associaion of south east Asian Nations.

29. A.S.F= Airport Security Force.

30. A.S.I =[B Assistant Sub- Inspector.

31. A.S.P.A.C= Asian and Pacific Council.

32. A.S.W= Anti-submarine Warfare.

33. A.T.B.A= All-Pakistan Tax Bar Association.

34. A.V.S.C= Army Veterinary Service Corps.

35. A.W.A.C.S= Airborne Warning and Control System.

36. A.W.O.L= Absent wihout Leave.

Agha Sahab you are doing fine but I must appreciate all other people to take part in the activity.

Donotworry dear you started this thread alone now I think we two are active members of this thread just wait and watch soon this thread will be usefull for aspirants and more will joine hands with us in this effort.

"main Akela he chala tha janib-e-manzil magar log miltay gaye karwan banta gaya.

April 6 has just been designated as International day of sport for Development and Peace by UN

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1. Which metal is heavier,?
Silver or gold (gold)
2. How many legs do butterflies have?
Six
3. 1988 noble peace prize has been awarded to?
United Nation
4 the first prime minister of Bangladesh was?
MujiburRehman
5. The longest river in the world is ?
Nile
6.the length of English canal is?
564km
7.the biggest island of the world is?
Greenland
8. the Japanese call their country ?
Nippon
9. the world oldest known city is ?
Damascus
10. world environment day observed on?
5thjune
11. the national flower of Britain is ?
Rose
12. Adolf Hitler was born in?
Austria
13. the largest peninsula in the world is?
Arabia
14. the white house was painted white to?
Hide fire damage
15.the lightest known metal is?
lithium

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Pakistan became member of UNO on 27th Sep 1947 not on 30th AUG1947.

plz make correction.
it is requested that post MCQs and other important information which authentic and genuine as it will create embarrassment and confusion for the candidates.

Ohh thankx God, this thread achieve its objective. Pakistan became member of UN on 30 September 1947.

http://www.pakun.org/

Yes we all must be very careful when comes to dates. In fact I made several changes to the MCQ's before posting but some times it happens and we all must point out the mistakes made in objectives of short notes. I will post more about regional organizations by tomorrow.

Common Wealth of Nations:
Establishment:
Statute of Westminster 1931
London Declaration (April 1949)
HQ: Marlborough House (London - UK)
Head: Queen Elizbeth II (Since 1952)
Secretary General: Kamalesh Sharma (India), since 2008. 2012 – Second term.
Chairperson in office: Julia Gillard (PM of Australia)
Members: 54 Independent States.
Common wealth games: 2010 (New Delhi), 2014 (Glasgow-Scotland)

Developing 8: D8
Establishment: Founded by Necmettin Erbakan, former Turkish Prime Minister (June 1997)
Members: (8) Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Turkey.
Last Summit: 21 November 2012.
Expert Meeting on Joint Investment Fund: 21-22 January 2013, Tehran.
Water Cooperation meeting: 21-23 February 2013, Istanbul.

BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa):
South Africa included in 2010
Last 4th Summit: March 2012, India, New delhi
Next 5th summit: March 2013, South Africa, Durban

Common Wealth of Independent States (CIS)
Established: December 1991
Membership: 9 (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Russia, Uzbekistan) 2 Unofficial Member (Ukraine and Turkmenistan)
Administrative Centre: Minsk
Executive Secretary: Sergei Lebedev
Presidency: Belarus

Group of Eight G8:
Establishment: 1975
Members: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, UK, USA and also EU.
Last Summit (38th): May 2012, Camp David, USA
Next Summit (39th): June 2013, UK (Lough Erne, County Fermanagh)

G20:
Establishment: 1999
Chair: Russia
Last Summit (7th): Mexico – June 2012
Next Summit (8th): September 2013 in Russia.

African Union
Member States: 54 (only state that is excluded is morocco)
Establishment: 26th May 2001 in Addis Ababa: launched July 2002 in RSA
HQ: Addis Ababa and Midrand
Chairperson: Yayi Boni (President of Benin)
Commission chairperson: Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Pan African Parliament: March 2004.

International Monetary Fund
Headquarters: Washington, D.C. (U S)
Managing director: Christine Lagarde
Official languages: English, French, and Spanish
Formation:
Charter Adopted: July 22, 1944
Entered into force: December 27, 1945.
Membership: 188 Nations
Dominique Strauss Kahn (France) Former director who resigned after rape charges

World Bank
Headquarters: Washington, D.C. (U S)
President: Jim Yong Kim
Founded in: 1944
Membership: 188 countries (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development)
172 countries (International Development Association)

World Trade Organization
Formation: January 1, 1995 (Marrakech Declaration)
successor organization General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), commenced in 1948
Headquarters: Centre William Rappard, Geneva, Switzerland
Membership: 157 member states (China enter in Dec 2001)
Official languages: English, French, Spanish
Director-General: Pascal Lamy

International Atomic Energy Agency
Establishment: 29 July 1957
Secretary-General: Yukiya Amano (Japan)
Headquarters: Vienna, Austria
Membership: 151 member states
Signature and ratification of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (1968) are not preconditions for membership in the IAEA.

Asian Development Bank:
Establishment: 22 August 1966
Members: 67 Countries
Secretariat: Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines
President: Haruhiko Kuroda


United Nations:
Establishment: 24 October 1945.
Main organs:
6 main organs (General Assembly, UNSC, Secretariat, UN economic and social council & UN trusteeship council)
General Assembly: President: John William Ashe (68). Zafarullah Khan became president in 1962.
United Nation Security Council: 5+10 members (China, USA, UK, France & Russia + Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Rwanda, Luxemburg, South Korea, Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan, Togo)
ICJ: Hague (15 judges elect on basis of 9 yrs) President: Peter Tomka (Slovakia)
ECOSOC (Economic and social Council): 54 members, President: Miloš Koterec (Slovakia)
UN trusteeship Council: Inactive from 1994
Secretary General (8th): Ban Ki-moon (South Korea) since January 2007.
Deputy Secretary General: Jan Eliasson (Sweden)
Security Council President: Masood Khan (Permanent representative of Pakistan in UN)
Member states: 193
Official Languages: 6 (English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish)
HQ: NY, USA

1. In 1960 capital shifted from karach to Islamabad
2. 11th may is birthday of Budha
3. India tested ist neuclear device in may 11 1974
4. W.H.O was the first organization who had given membership to Pakistan
5. Tiwan is only country who has not membership of U.N.O
6. China shares his border with 14 countries
7. International cort of Justice is situated in Netherland
8. Kazakhstan is the biggest Muslim country
9. Indoneshia is the biggest Muslim country with refernce of population
10. Denmark shares his teratory in with two continents
11. 52% men and 42% women are living in pakistan
12. In 1948 pakistan participated first time in Olympics
13. The largest river of France is Lore
14. W.H.O is located at Geneva
15. W.M.O is located at Geneva
16. In april 1969 Yahya regime announced Labour reforms
17. Largest Museum of Pakistan is national museum Karachi
18. The first postal stamp of Pakistan issued on 9th July, 1948
19. Ppp was founded by Z.A bhutto on 30th nov ,1967
20. The coldest place of Pakistan is Sakardu

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Dear PCS aspirants, If not all but any 3 or 4 members keep continuing the information in current affairs and EDS then I am sure in the end we must have good knowledge of G.K. And try to post some general knowledge (geography, history, current affairs, personalities) related to Sindh.


Old Name New Name

Pipri - Bin Qasim.
Lyallapur - Faisalabad.
Abyssinia - Ethiopia.
Burma - Myanmar.
Ceylon- Srilanka.
Duch-East-Indies - Indonesia.
French Sudan - Mali.
Helvetia - Switzerland.
Mogyarzaq - Hungry.
Mesopotamia - Iraq (The name of Mesopotamia was changes to Iraq in the year 1935)
Najd and Hejaz - Saudi Arabia.
South Rhodesia - Zimbabwe.
South West Africa - Namibia.
Constantinople - Istanbul.
Christiana - Oslo.
Formosa - Taiwan.
Leningard - St. Petersburg.
Montgomery- Sahiwal.
Burma - Myanmar.
Peiking- Beijing.
Persia - Iran.
Rhodesia - Zimbabwe.
Salisbury - Harare.
Tripoli - Libya.
Madras - Chennai.
Temasek - Singapore.
Stalinabad - Dushanbe.
Ray- Isfahan
Sankiang - Xinjiang