Kerala PSC GK Questions: Facts about the world
- Largest Forest - Coniferous Forests of Northern Russia
- Largest Temple - Angkor Wat (Cambodia)
- Largest Buddha Temple - Borobudur (Indonesia)
- Largest Church - St. Peter's Basilica (Rome)
- Largest Masjid - Masjid al-Haram (Saudi Arabia)
- Largest Embassy - US Embassy in Baghdad
- Largest Port - Shanghai (China)
- Largest Dam - Three Gorges Dam (China)
- Largest Palace - Imperial Palace (Beijing)
- Largest Women's University - Princess Nora Bint Abdulrahman University (Saudi Arabia)
- Largest Bank - World Bank (Washington)
- Highest Lake - Titicaca (Bolivia)
- Biggest Car Manufacturer - Toyota
- Longest Road - Pan American Highway
- Largest riverine island - Bananal Island (Brazil)
- Largest archipelago - Indonesia
- Largest Hot Desert - Sahara (Africa)
- Largest Cold Desert - Gobi (Mongolia)
- Largest Mountain Range - Himalayas
- Largest Active Volcano - Mauna Loa
- Largest Volcano - Tamu Massif (Pacific)
- Largest Landmass - The Eurasian Landmass
- Largest City (population) - Tokyo (Japan)
- Largest Democracy - India
- Largest Electorate - India
- Largest Parliament - The National People's Congress (China)
- Largest National Park - Greenland National Park (Green land)
- Largest Animal - Blue While
- Largest Land Animal - African Bush Elephant
- Largest Carnivorous Mammal - Elephant Seal (Polar Bear is the second)
- Largest Bird - Ostrich
- Largest Sea-Bird - Albatross
- Largest Continent - Asia
- Largest Ocean - Pacific Ocean
- Largest Sea - South China Sea
- Largest inland sea - Mediterranean Sea
- Longest River - Nile
- Largest River - Amazon
- Largest river basin - Amazon
- Largest Saltwater Lake - Caspian Sea
- Largest freshwater lake - Lake Baikal (by volume), Lake Superior (by area)
- Largest artificial lake - Lake Volta
- Largest Bay - Hudson Bay
- Largest Gulf - Gulf of Mexico
- Largest Gorge - Grand Canyon (USA)
- Largest Delta - Sunderbans (India & Bangladesh)
- Largest Reef - Great Barrier Reef (Australia)
- Largest Peninsula - Arabia
- Largest Island - Greenland
- Smallest continent - Australia
- Smallest Ocean - Arctic
- Smallest Republic - Nauru
- Smallest Colony - Gibraltar
- Smallest Country - Vatican
- Smallest landmass - The Australian Mainland
- Smallest bird - Hummingbird
- Smallest flowering plant - Wolfia
- Smallest and coldest planet - Pluto
- The biggest airport - King Khalid International Airport (Saudi Arabia)
- The biggest bank - The World Bank (Washington)
- The biggest statue - The Statue of Liberty
- The biggest church - St.Peters Basilica (Vatican)
- The biggest Buddha temple - Borobudar ( Indonesia)
- The biggest palace - The Imperial Palace
- The biggest railway station - Grand Central Terminal (New York)
- The biggest airlines - Aerofloat (Russia)
- The biggest stadium - Strahov Stadium (Czechoslovakia)
- The least populous country - Vatican
- The most populous country - China
- The lengthiest day - June 21
- The shortest day - December 22
- To which country does Hamid Karzai belong? Afganistan
- The year of American war of Independence? - 1775
- The only one Roman Catholic country in Asia? - Philipines
- A country owns the same name for it and its currency.Name that currency? - Zaire
- Which number does the Roman letter D stand for? - 500
- Name the educational institution established by Plato? - Academy.
- Pentagon refers to - The defense department of USA
- In which country is Jafna situated - Sri Lanka
- Industrial Revolution began in - England
- 'Diet' is a parliament of - Japan
- The consumer rights were first enumerated in the year 1962 in - USA
- The father of Alexander? - Philip
- The province of Alexander? - Macedonia
- In which place did Alexander die? - Babylonia
- In which year did Alexander capture Kabul? - B.C.327
- Who introduced the Subsidiary Alliance? - Lord Vellesly
- The first president of Philippines - Ramon Magsaysay
- The first president of Indonesia - Dr. Sukarno
- Name of the country which attacked India in 1962 - China
- The headquarters of the U.N - Genoa.
- Name of the countries unitedly known as G-3 - The U.S.A, European Union and Japan
- Who discovered America - Christopher Columbus
- Which country is called the Land of Smile - Thailand
- The country which owns the most established newspaper in the world - Japan
- Who become the king of Iraq at the age of 3 after his father's death - Faisal
- In which country did the Industrial Revolution first take place - England
- The name of the Russian Parliament - Dumas
- Name the book written by Adolf Hitler - Mein Keif
- How many passengers were on board when the Titanic Sunk - 2224
- The first countries to emerge in Europe - Britain, France
- The holy franc is the currency of - Switzerland
- Who made the historical Gettysburg speech - Abraham Lincoln
- The present name of unified Germany - Federal Republic of Germany.
- Who was the engineer behind the building of Suez Canal - Ferdinand de Lessps
- Yercaud is known as - Hill statin
- There are number of schedules in Indian Constitution? 12
- Sayonara is the expression for farewell in - Japanese
- When was the first Atom Bomb exploded? - 1945
- Centre of origin of Rubber - Brazil
- Largest democracy in the world - India
- The first democracy in the world - Greece
- Which country called as the cradle of democracy - Greece
- Longest surviving democracy in the world - Britain
- Land of Modern democracy - Britain
- Bible of Modern democracy - Social Contract (Rousseau)
- Home of 'Direct Democracy' - Switzerland
- The first man to set foot on the moon was Neil Armstrong on July 20, 1969. He and Edwin Aldrin landed on the moon from Apollo II.
- The first man to go in to space was Yuri Gagarin (1961) and first woman to go in to space was Valentina Tereskova (1963). Both them were from Russia. Sally Ride was the first American woman in space.
- First Asian and Indian woman go to space was Kalpana Chawla (1997).
- The first artificial satellite in orbit was Sputnik I, launched in 1957 by USSR.
- Rabindranath Tagore was the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize. He won it in 1913 for his book "Gitanjali"
- The first man to walk in space was Alexi Leonov of Russia (1965).
- The first men to climb Mount Everest were Tensing Norgay of India and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand in 1953.
- The president of the Chinese Republic was Sun Yat Sen (1921-1925).
- The first President of USA was George Washington (1789-1797)
- The first secretary-General of the U.N. was Trygve Lie of Norway (1946-1953).
- The first woman judge of the International Court of Justice was Rosalyn Higgins of Britain (1955).
- The first woman Prime Minister of a country Sririmavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka (1960).
- The first woman President of a country was Maria Estela Peron of Argentina.
- The first woman climb Mount Everest was Junko Tabi of Japan.
- The first woman to reach the North Pole was Ann Bancroft (1986) and the first man to reach the North Pole was Robert Peary (1906).
- Copper was the first metal discovered by man.
- The first man to reach the south pole was Roald Amundsen in 1911.
- The first heart transplant was done by Christian Bernard. The first heart transplant in India was done by Dr. Venugopal.
- The first test tube was Louise Brown (1978) of England.
- The first country to issue postage stamp was Britain in 1840.
- Theodore Roosevelt was the first American President to receive a Nobel Prize (1906).
- China was the first country to start Family Planning Programme (1952).
- First Asian woman to cross the English Channel : Arati Saha (India-1959).
- First pope to visit India : Pope Paul VI (1964).
- The first woman President of U.N General Assembly : Vijayalakshmi Pandit (India; 1953).
- First Asian to win Wimbledon Trophy : Arthur Ashe
- First athlete who won eight gold medals in individual events in one Olympic Games : - Michael Phelps
- First blind man to scale Mt. Everest:- Erik Weihenmayaer
- First city to be attacked with Atom bomb: Heroshima (Japan)
- First country to host the modern Olympic Games: Greece
- First country to issue paper currency : China
- First space vehicle to land on the moon - Lunar Exploration Module (LEM) nicknamed 'Eagle'
- First space ship which carried three American Astronauts to land two of them to moon - Apollo-11
- First country to send nuclear powered space craft to explore Jupiter - USA
- First country to launch satellite into space : Russia (former USSR)
- First country to make a constitution: United States of America
- First country to send human to Moon:United States of America
- First man to set foot on the Moon: Nell Armstrong (U.S.A)
- First men to climb Mt. Everest: Sherpa Tenzing Norgay & Sir Edmund Hillary (29th May ,1953)
- First men to fly an aeroplane: Wright Brothers
- First Person in Space : Yuri Gagarin
- First religion of the world : Santosh Dharma
- First secretary general of United Nations : Trigve Li
- First University of the world :Taxila University
- First woman of the world to climb Mt.Everest: Lakpa Sherpa
- Group of Eight (G-8) - The world's most industrialized nations from G-8. They are U.S.A, U.K, France, Japan, Italy, Canada, Germany and Russia.
- Asian Development Bank has its headquarters at - Tokyo
- The Governor-General of India, who was impeached by the British Parliament was - Hastings
- A country whose currency is not the Euro? - Switzerland
Nicknames of famous Personalities
- Light of the world - Jesus
- African Gandhi - Dr. Kenneth Kaunda
- Fuehrer / Fuhrer - Hitler
- Iron Lady - Margaret Thatcher
- Bard of Avon - William Shakespeare
- Maiden Queen - Queen Elizabeth I
- Banga Bandhu - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- The wizard of Menlopark - Edison
National Trees
- Australia - Acacia
- Germany - Oak
- America - Oak
- England - Oak
- Albania - Olive
- Pakistan - Devadaru
- Bhutan - Cypress
- Canada - Maple
- Bangladesh - Mango Tree
- Russia - Birch
- Finland - Birch
- China - Ginkgo
- Saudi Arabia - Date Palm
- Japan - Cherry Blossom
- Maldives - Coconut
- India - Banyan
Leaders Behind the Independence
- Gandhiji - India
- Shaik Mujeebur Rahman - Bangladesh
- Mao Zedong - China
- Fidel Castro - Cuba
- Arch Bishop Makarios - cypress
- Charles de Gaulle - France
- Kwame Nkrumah - Ghana
- Sukarno - Indonesia
- Garibaldi - Italy
- Jomo Kenyatta - Kenya
- Nelson Mandela - South Africa
- V.I Lenin - Russia (Soviet Union)
- Julius Nyerere - Tanzania
- Kemal Ataturk - Turkey
- George Washington - USA
- Marshal Tito - Yugoslavia
- Patrice Lumumba - Congo (Zaire)
- Kenneth Kaunda - Zambia
World Vehicle Manufactures
- General Motors - USA
- Ford Motors - USA
- Toyota Motors - Japan
- Honda Motors - Japan
- Nissan Motors - Japan
- Mitsubishi Motors - Japan
- Daimler-Benz - Germany
- Daewoo - South Korea
- Hyundai - South Korea
- Fiat - Italy
- Peugeot - France
National Flowers
- Australia - Golden Wattle
- Bangladesh - Water Lilly
- Canada - Maple Leaf
- France - Iris
- Germany - Cornflowers
- Japan - Chrysanthemum
- Pakistan - Jasmine
- Russia - Chamomile
- Spain - Carnation
- USA - Golden Rose
- Egypt - Lotus
- South Korea - Hibiscus
- Malaysia - Hibiscus
- Rose - is the national flower of Iraq, America, Romania, Bulgaria and Maldives
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