PPSC General Knowledge

The place known as the Roof of the world is
Tibet
 The founder of the Chinese Republic was
San Yat Sen
  The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was
Abdul Salam
 The first woman Prime Minister of Britain was
Margaret Thatcher
 The first Secretary General of the UNO was
Trygve Lie
 The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was
Frederick Auguste Bartholdi
 The port of Baku is situated in
Azerbaijan
  John F Kennedy was assassinated by
Lee Harvey Oswald
The largest river in France is
Loire
 The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law was
Catherine of Aragon
 The first black person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was
Ralph Johnson Bunche
 The first British University to admit women for degree courses was
London University
 The principal export of Jamaica is
Sugar
 New York is popularly known as the city of
Skyscrapers
 Madagascar is popularly known as the
Island of Cloves
 The country known as the Land of White Elephant is
Thailand
 The country known as the Land of Morning Calm is
Korea
 The country known as the Land of Thunderbolts is
Bhutan
 The highest waterfalls in the world is the
Salto Angel Falls, Venezuela
 The largest library in the world is the
United States Library of Congress, Washington DC
 The author of Harry Potter Books is
JK Rowling
 Nickname of New York city is
Big Apple
 What do you call a group of sheep?
A Flock of Sheep
 In which sport do players take long and short corners?
Hockey
 Who was the youngest President of the USA?
Theodore Roosevelt
 How many legs do butterflies have?
6 Legs & 2 Pair of Wings
The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was
Mujibur Rehman
 The longest river in the world is the
Nile
 The longest highway in the world is the 
Trans Canada
 The longest highway in the world has a length of About
8000 km
 The highest mountain in the world is the
Everest
 The country that accounts for nearly one third of the total tea production of the world is
Myanmar
 The biggest desert in the world is the
Sahara desert
 The largest coffee growing country in the world is
Brazil
 The country also known as "country of Copper" is
Zambia
 The name given to the border which separates Pakistan and Afghanistan is
Durand line
 The river Volga flows out into the
Caspian sea
The coldest place on the earth is
Verkoyansk in Siberia
 The country which ranks second in terms of land area is
Canada
 The largest Island in the Mediterranean sea is
Sicily
 The river Jordan flows out into the
Dead sea
 The biggest delta in the world is the
Ganges Delta
The capital city that stands on the river Danube is
Belgrade
 The Japanese call their country as
Nippon
 The length of the English channel is
564 kilometers
 The world's oldest known city is
Damascus
The city which is also known as the City of Canals is
Venice
 The country in which river Wangchu flows is
Myanmar
 The biggest island of the world is
Greenland
 The city which is the biggest centre for manufacture of automobiles in the world is
Detroit, USA
 The country which is the largest producer of manganese in the world is
China & South Africa