General Knowledge

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1 The length of Khyber pass 53km.
2 The most populous city of the world is Shanghai.
3 Coca-Cola would be green if coloring weren’t added to it.
4 Human brain has estimated storage capacity of 256 Exabyte’s (256 Billion GB).
5 The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razor blades.
6 An ostrich’s (Shatar-Murgh) eye is bigger than its brain.
7 The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia Britannica.
8 Ants don’t sleep.
9 Paris, France has more dogs than people.
10 New Zealand is home to 70 million sheep and only 40 million people.
11 A Snail can sleep for 3 years.
12 Canada is an Indian word meaning Big Village.
13 259200 people die every day.
14 11% of the world is left-handed.
15 Edhi is running the world’s largest Ambulance Network.
16 Fourth largest broadband internet system of world is in Pakistan.
17 About 50% of the world’s footballs are made in Pakistan.
18 There was once an undersea post office in the Bahamas.
19 Owls are the only birds that can see the blue color.
20 After the death of Albert Einstein his brain was removed by a pathologist and put in a jar for future study
21 Some warms will eat themselves if they can’t find any food.
22 The elephant is the only mammal that can’t jump.
23 Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.
24 Woman blink eyes nearly twice as much as men.
25 Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
26 Venus is nicknamed the “Jewel of the Sky” Because of the greenhouse effect; it is hotter than Mercury, even
though it’s not as close to the sun.
27 Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different.
28 Fish scales are an ingredient in most lipsticks.
29 Mars is nicknamed the “Red planet” because it looks reddish in the night sky. Mars has two Moons.
30 Earth is the only planet not named after a God.
31 Ti is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
32 Abraham Lincoln’s mother died when she drank the milk of a cow that grazed on poisonous snakeroot.
33 In world more people are allergic to cow’s milk than any other food.
34 Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
35 Gold we use is not pure gold since there is a small amount of copper in it. Pure gold is so soft that it can be
molded with the hands.
36 Man is the only animal who can eat with his own enemy.
37 Antarctica is COLDEST continent, averaging minus 76 degrees in the winter.
38 The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start.
39 It is not possible to tickle yourself. The cerebellum, a part of the brain, warns the rest of the brain that you
are about to tickle yourself. Since your brain knows this, it ignores the resulting sensation.
40 The number one cause of blindness in adults in the United States is diabetes.
41 People that suffer from gum disease are twice as likely to have a stroke or heart attack.

3. 42 New York is popularly known as the city of Skyscrapers (tall buildings).
43 Eric Schmidt is the CEO of search company Google.
44 Eating chocolate 3 times a month can help you live longer as opposed to overeating chocolate, or not eating
it at all.
45 The name given to the border which separates Pakistan and Afghanistan is Durand line.
46 World Environment Day is observed on 5th
June.
47 The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was Abdul Salam.
48 85 Percent of people have experienced a dream so real that they were not sure if it happened in real life or
not.
49 When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone back in 1876, only six phones were sold in the first
month.
50 The eye of a human can distinguish 500 shades of the gray.
51 People generally read 25% slower from a computer screen compared to paper.
52 The human eye has around 576 megapixels, compared to iPhone 5 that has only an 8 megapixel camera.
53 People who stay up later are more likely to experience nightmares.
54 People who laugh a lot are healthier than those who don’t.
55 The Japanese call their country as Nippon.
56 The length of the English channel is 564 kilometers.
57 The city which is the biggest center for manufacture of automobiles in the world is Detroit, USA.
58 The biggest desert in the world is the Sahara.
59 The country which ranks second in terms of land area is Canada.
60 Google generates $691.27 revenue per second.
61 The average Canadian is richer than the average American.
62 Earth is the only planet from the solar system which has water in all the matter states: gas (as clouds), liquid
(rain, sea, etc.) and solid (ice).
63 The first Republican President of America was Abraham Lincoln.
64 If an object gives off its own light, it is said to be Luminous.
65 Ruby is an oxide of Aluminum.
66 Cheapest source of production electricity is water.
67 The national flower of Italy is Lily.
68 The national flower of china is Narcissus (Nargis).
69 Solar eclipse occurs in full moon.
70 The world largest diamond producing country is South Africa.
71 Australia was discovered by James Cook.
72 The earlier name of New York city was New Amsterdam.
73 The city which is also known as the city of Canals is Venice.
74 Cube (The largest island in the Caribbean) is called Sugar Bowl of the world because one of their main
products is the sugar cane which is used to produce sugar.
75 Twenty first of June is the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere.
76 One of the countries through which equator passes is Kenya.
77 The speed of light is nearly 300,0000 km/sec.
78 Chemically finger nails are made up of protein.
79 Yuri Gagarin is the first space man.
80 The distance between the earth and the sun is called Astronomical unit.
81 The first computer virus invented by two Pakistani brothers is called the brain virus.
82 The most abundant element present in the sun is Hydrogen.
83 A disease which is more common in men than in women and is hereditary in character is Color Blindness.
84 Snow Leopard is an endangered animal species of Pakistan.

4. 85 Speed of the wind is measured by Anemometer.
86 Neptune is the coldest planet of the solar system.
87 Computer works on the principle introduced by the Muslim scientist Musa al-Khwarizmi.
88 The temp of dead human body on Celsius scale is 25C.
89 Blue flame is hotter than red flame.
90 Normally steel is more elastic than rubber.
91 Telephone was invented by Dr. Graham Bell.
92 Total number of bones in human face is 14.
93 Skin is the largest organ of the body.
94 Alexander invaded India in 326 BC.
95 The first Mughal Emperor of India was Babur.
96 Battle of Panipat was fought in 1761 AD.
97 The world’s oldest person lived to be 122-years-old. Her diet was olive oil, port wine, and 1 kg of chocolate a
week.
98 65% of people say they use the Internet to escape their problems.
99 Heart pumps 5 liter blood per minute in a normal human adult.
100 The Japanese word “Karate” means literally “open hand”.
101 Christopher Columbus’s nationality was Italian.
102 A male ant is called A Dron.
103 A baby rabbit is called Bunny.
104 The longest river in the world is Nile.
105 Philately is the art of stamp collection.
106 The sea of Tranquility is located on the Moon.
107 The boundary between Russia and Poland called The Curzon Line.
108 Light takes 8 minutes and 20 seconds to reach from sun to Earth.
109 Basic metals can be converted into gold by artificial nuclear radioactivity.
110 The electrical device which converts sound energy into electrical energy is Microphone.
111 Kangaroo rat is the desert mammal which does not drink water.
112 The number of the spinal nerves in the man is 31 pairs.
113 Human being belongs to species called Sapiens.
114 The temperature of the dead human body on Celsius scale is 25C.
115 Water was discovered by Henry Cavendish.
116 Diamond is the purest naturally occurring crystalline form of carbon.
117 The falling of yellow leaves during autumn is the seasonal time for planets to get rid of accumulated wastes.
118 Neil Armstrong was the first astronaut who first landed on the surface of the moon.
119 Pitch of the cat sound is greater than the dog sound.
120 A guava contains more vitamin C than an orange.
121 Biogas is the common name of Natural Gas.
122 In Brazil alcohol is used as fuel for vehicles.
123 Studies have shown that by putting on slow background music it can make a person eat food at a slower
rate.
134 Persons with AB+ blood are considered to be universal recipient.
125 Monsoon is caused by Revolution of earth.
126 It is possible to recognize a person in the dark by simply hearing hiss unique voice. It is because of
its pitch.
127 Relative density of milk is measured by an instrument known as Lactometer.
128 Bicycle was invented by Macmillan.
129 Margalla Hills is a branch of Himalaya Range.

5. 130 Japan is called Land of rising sun.
131 The diameter of the earth is 12742 km.
132 Speed of light is 300000 km/sec.
133 Study of life in outer space is known as Exobiology.
134 Chemical name of vinegar is Dilute Acetic.
135 The deepest place on earth is Mariana trench.
136 Twinkling of stars is caused by Refraction of light.
137 The name of the common mineral salt present in sweat is sodium Chloride.
138 Sensitive layer of the eye is Retina.
139 Laughing gas as the composition of Nitrogen and Oxygen.
140 The science which deals with study of manners and customs of people is Ethics.
141 Sometimes the eye lens become cloudy, this defect is called Cataract.
142 Australia was discovered by James Cook.
143 Detergents when dissolved in water reduce the surface tension of water that’s why helps in cleaning clothes.
144 The property by virtue of which metals can be beaten into thin sheets is known as Malleability.
145 Biogas is the common name of Natural Gas.
146 World’s largest flower auction is held in Aalsmeer, Netherlands.
147 Wheat, rice, corn and maize are the best sources of carbohydrates.
148 The human blood is divided into four groups. Head, Neck, Trunk, Legs.
149 Chronometer is used to measure Time.
150 Pure gold is 24 carat (200 milligrams)
151 The average life of a red blood cell in the body is about 120 days.
152 DNA finger printing is the latest technology used in forensic science. Forensic science (often known as
forensics) is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences and technologies to investigate and establish
facts of interest in relation to criminal or civil law.
153 The most important stimulant (energizing) in tea leaves is Caffeine.
154 In eye donation Cornea part of eye is used.
155 Three dimensional image formed by laser is called Photograph.
156 Optical fibers are the fine strands of glass.
157 Fiber optics cable carries data in the form of light.
158 Paper is an insulator.
159 The rear view mirror of a motor vehicle is Convex.
160 Dolly was the name of a female domestic sheep, which was the first mammal to be cloned from an adult
somatic cell, using the process of nuclear transfer.
161 Whale has the largest egg.
162 Human population has become double during the last 45 years.
163 The major component of honey is Glucose.
164 A hotline is a point to point communications link in which a call is automatically directed to the preselected
destination when receiver is picked up without any further user action, an example would be a phone that
automatically connects to emergency services. There are also hotlines between states with nuclear weapons,
e.g. Moscow-Washington hotline. A hotline can called an automatic signaling, ring down, or off-hook service.
165 Pakistan has the sixth largest military force in the world that is reactive and not proactive.
166 Pakistan's national anthem tune ranks first in the top three tunes of the world.
167 Fourth largest broadband internet system of world is in Pakistan.
168 Pakistan is the first Islamic country to attain nuclear power.
169 World's youngest certified Microsoft Experts Arfa Kareem and Babar Iqbal are from Pakistan.
170 Pakistan is notable for having the best trained air-force pilots in the world and foreign fighter pilots come to
our land to be trained.

6. 171 World's largest deep sea port is Gwadar.
172 About 50% of the world's footballs are made in Pakistan.
173 The highest railway station of Asia is in Pakistan.
174 First PC virus was created by two Pakistani brothers.
175 Dr.Abdus Salam – was the 1st Nobel prize winner in the world for Physics 1979.
176 LUMS (Lahore University of Management Sciences) & GIKI attracts students from Middle East, the Far East,
Central Asia, and other parts of South Asia.
177 Ustaad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan hailed as the most important Qawwali singer of the 20th
century and received
many awards around the globe such as the “Legends” award at the UK Asian Music Awards (2005).
178 Charles Babbage live between 26 December1791 to 18 October 1871 was an English polymath. He was a
mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer. He originated the idea of programmable
computer & is considered FATHER OF COMPUTER.
179 Pakistan is still the world’s largest producer of fabric (cotton and linen).
180 Pakistani medical professionals are known to be amongst the best in the world (experience wise and have
the best bedside manners).
181 The world’s largest private housing project is based out of Pakistan (Bahria Town).
182 Pakistan’s city Islamabad was amongst the first 5 cities in the world in2005 to have been able to provide
FTTH (Fiber To The Home) Internet services to its residents.
183 In the world’s most hospitable people Pakistanis are considered to be in the top 5 category.
184 Pakistanis Intelligence Agency ISI is considered to be the most respected intelligence agency because it is the
only agency in the world that has the least amount of funding and resources yet is extremely effective and
accurate due to the fact that it is the “Most” professional institution in the world.
185 World’s 7th
largest pool of Scientists and Engineers hail from Pakistan.
186 The Shah Faisal Mosque in Islamabad can accommodate almost 100000 worshipers, completed in 1976; it
could at that time probably hold the city’s entire population.
187 Air commodore MM ALAM has a world record of shooting down 5 planes in less than a Minute.
188 The crew of PIA is responsible for the creation and formation of the world best airlines (namely – Saudi
Airlines, Emirates Airlines, Etihad Airlines, Malaysian Airlines, etc…).
189 Karakoram Highway runs through the northern areas connecting Pakistan with china’s Xingjiang province is
often described as “Eighth wonder of the world” due to the marvel of civil engineering as it has taken 15
years to complete by the Pakistan army Engineers in collaboration with china. It’s been labeled as “world’s
highest paved international road” under world’s toughest terrain.
190 In china you can hire a person to stand for you in queue for just $3/hour.
191 Tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world after water.
192 The time interval between two beats of a normal human heart is 1 second.
193 Hemoglobin makes the blood look red.
194 BMW had to recall their GPS system because male German drivers refused to take instruction from female
voice.
195 In German there are parking spaces just for women.
196 The number of Chinese killed in World War 2 by Japanese is greater than the number of Jews killed in
Holocaust.
197 Coca-Cola was originally only marketed to white people, toward Pepsi was marketed to black people.
198 Eating healthy amounts of chocolate can make you live longer.
199 In experiments, a group of mice were forced to listen heavy metal music for 24 hours, in the end they all
started killing each other.
200 Your subconscious mind is 30,000 times more powerful than your conscious mind.
201 There is a common belief in South Korea that leaving a fan on in a closed room at night can cause death.
202 A woman jumped off the Eiffel tower to commit suicide, survived then later married the owner of the car she

7. fell on.
203 In one of the fights in 1962 Bruce Lee landed 15 punches and a kick and knocked out his opponent in a fight
that lasted exactly 11 seconds.
204 If you are willing to sit in bed for 87 days, for a research on the effects of zero gravity on your body, NASA
will pay you $15000.
205 A woman once murdered her baby son because he interrupted her while she was playing Farmville
(Computer Game).
206 Archaeologists found skeletal remains of a Roman-era couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
207 2 out of 5 women suffer from Anuptaphobia, the fear of staying single or being “forever alone”.
208 Mickey Mouse was the first non-human to ever win an Oscar.
209 In Arizona, there is a town named “Nothing” and the town literally has nothing but a gas station and a
population of 4 people.
210 Sleep walk is a sort of disorder of sleep in which a person starts walking during his sleep, The sleeper walks
and performs complex activities automatically without regaining consciousness.
211 Nights are cooler in the deserts than in the plants because sand absorbs heat more quickly than the earth.
212 The animals eating flesh and meat are known as Carnivores.
213 Plastics that can be melted again and again are known as thermoplastics.
214 For reproduction of sound, a CD (Compact Device) audio player uses a Laser Beam.
215 On the planets Uranus and Neptune, it regularly rains diamonds.
216 Chocolate can kill dogs, as it contains Theo bromine, which affects their heart and nervous system.
217 The big school of the world is in India.
218 Temperature falling below -100 C in Antarctica.
219 The first pillar of Islam is KALMA.
220 The last pillar of Islam is Hajj.