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1. Current Affairs World 2021
2. Pakistan Affairs 2021
3. International organizations
4. Parliaments
5. News Agencies
6. Books and Authors
7. Sindh GK
8. Pakistan Global Index Ranking 2021
9. World Geography, Straits, Rivers, Deserts,
Mountains
10. Selected World GK
11. World Famous Places
12. Most Repeated Questions with GK Tricks
13. Old Names - New Names
Countries, Cities in the world.
14. What's Happening in the World 2021.
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15. Largest things of Nature in the world General
Knowledge

1 . WHO recognises M
edina as the healthiest city
in the world.
2. Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is the 46th current
president of the United States.
3. He is a member of t he Democratic Party.
4. Joe Biden is basically from Pennsylvania state.
5. Joe Biden takes the oath of office as the 46th
President.
Date January 20, 2021
6.Who is the vice president of the USA ?
Kamala Harris.
7.Kamala Harris becomes first female, first black ,
vice president in history of the United States.
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8.What political party is Kamala Harris a member
of. ?
Democratic Party
9.Barack Obama is a member of the Democratic
Party.
10.Donald Trump is a member of the Republican
party.
11.How many total votes of the Electoral College
are there for the US Presidential Election. ?
538
12. How many electoral votes are necessary to win
the presidential election?
270

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13. Biden made the USA victory over Trump,
306-232 electoral votes.
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14. Biden ends Trump’s travel ban on
majority-Muslim countries with a new executive
order.

15.He signed an executive order beginning the
process of rejoining the 2015 Paris climate
agreement, from which Mr Trump formally
withdrew the US last year.
16. On coronavirus, a series of measures will be
enacted to tackle the pandemic which has claimed
more than 400,000 lives in the US.
17. Currently Pakistan's GDP rate is 1%.
Circular Debt of Pakistan is Rs. 2400 Billion.
18. Pakistan appointed recently retired Army
General, Bilal Akbar, as its ambassador to Saudi
Arabia.
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19. A 10-member Nepali climbing team became
the first to scale K2 in the winter season.
20. Justice (R) Javed Iqbal is the present chairman
of NAB.
21. Who is the current chairman of FBR in
Pakistan.?
Javed Ghani

22. Who is the current Auditor General of
Pakistan. ?
Javaid Jehangir
23.Asad Majeed Khan is Pakistan's Ambassador to
the United States of America.
24. Mr. Moin ul Haque is Pakistani Ambassador to
China.

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25. Munir Akram is a Pakistani diplomat who is
appointed as the Permanent Representative of
Pakistan to the United Nations.

26. Nong Rong is a Chinese politician and
diplomat currently serving as Chinese Ambassador
to Pakistan.

27. Lieutenant General (Retired) Asim Saleem
Bajwa is a retired Pakistani general who is serving
as the Chairman of CPEC.
28. Current Chairman of Senate is Muhammad
Sadiq Sanjrani.

29. Current Deputy Chairman of the Senate is
Saleem Mandviwalla.

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30. How many members are in the Senate of
Pakistan?
Senate consists of 104 members

31. Who is the current Defence Minister of
Pakistan?
Pervez Khattak
32. Which social media platform permanently
banned President Trump's account on 8th
January, 2021?
Twitter

33. Who is the Current Opposition Leader of
Sindh Assembly?
Haleem Adil Sheikh
34. Which country’s plane crashed into the sea,
killing 62 passengers on 10the Jan, 2021 ?
Indonesia
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35. PM Imran Khan on 11th January, 2021
unveiled RAAST first instant payment system.

36. What is the new height of Mount Everest?
8848.86 m
37. Which country seized PIA Boeing 777 at their
airport over a $14 million lease dispute?
Malaysia

38. The Pakistan Democratic Movement, or PDM,
is a political movement of political parties in
Pakistan against the government of Imran Khan.

39. There are 27 members in European Union. 19
countries use Euro Currency

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40. Dinar and Dirham currencies were used during
the Holy Prophet's Era.

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41. The Group of Seven (G7) is an
intergovernmental organization consisting of
Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United
Kingdom and the United States.

42 . Canada - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
43. France - President Emmanuel Macron
44. Germany - Chancellor Angela Merkel
45. Italy - Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte

46. Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga

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47. United Kingdom- Prime Minister Boris
Johnson

48. United States - President Joe Biden.

49. Capital of K
azakhstan is N
ur Sultan.
50. Planet with the maximum number of moons is
Saturn.

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51. The current IG of Balochistan Police:
Muhammad Tahir Rai

52. The Current IG of Punjab Police : Inam Ghani

53. The Current IG of Sindh Police : Mushtaq
Mahar

54. The Current IG of KPK police: Sanaullah
Abbasi

55. The Current IG of Islamabad Police : Qazi
Jamilur Rehman
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56. The Current IG of Azad Kashmir AJK Police:
Salahuddin Khan

57. The Current IG of Gilgit
Baltistan : Mujeeb ur Rehman

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58. Sindh
Syed Murad Ali Shah
59. Balochistan
Jam Mir Kamal Khan
60. KPK
Mahmood Khan
61. Punjab
Usman Buzdar
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62. The Current Prime Minister of AJK is Raja
Farooq.
Governors
63. State Bank of Pakistan : Dr. Reza Baqir
64. Sindh : Imran Ismail
65. Balochistan : Aman Ullah Khan Yasinzai
66. KPK : Shah Farman
67. Punjab : Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar
68. GB : Raja Jalal Hussain
69. AJK President : Masood Khan

70. Foreign Minister of Pakistan : Makhdoom
Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
71. Minister of Finance and Revenue Affairs :
Abdul Hafeez Shaikh
72. Railway Minister :Azam Khan Swati
73. Federal Interior Minister : Sheikh Rasheed
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74. France hosted One Planet Summit 2021 aimed
at protecting global biodiversity.
75. Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), political and
economic alliance of six Middle Eastern
countries—Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab
Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, a
nd Oman.

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INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND
HEADQUARTERS : MADE EASY IN ORDERLY
FORM
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76. UNO : New York
77. UNICEF: New York
78. NAM : New York
79. UNFPA: New York
80. FAO : Rome
81. Red Cross : Geneva
82. ILO : Geneva
83. WHO : Geneva
84. UNHCR : Geneva
85. WTO : Geneva
86. WMO : Geneva
87.World Economic Forum :
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Geneva
88 .UNCTAD : Geneva
89. OECD : Paris
90.UNESCO : Paris
91.UNIDO : Vienna
92. OPEC : Vienna
93.IAEA : Vienna
94. EU : Brussels
95.APEC: Singapore
96.ASEAN : Jakarta
97.OIC : Jeddah
98.SAARC : Kathmandu
99.SCO : Beijing
100.BRICS : Shanghai
101.ADB : Manila
102. Twitter: San Francisco
103.Facebook : California
104. Google: California
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105.IMF : Washington D.C
106.World Bank : Washington D.C
107.ECO: Tehran
108.SEATO : Bangkok
109.CENTO :Ankara
110. FIFA : Zurich, Switzerland
111.NATO : Brussels, Belgium
112.Commonwealth of Nations: London
113.International Maritime Organisation:
London
114. Amnesty International : London,
115. INTERPOL: Lyon, France


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UNO AGENCIES :

116. ILO : Geneva
117. WMO : Geneva
118. WIPO: Geneva
119. UNHCR :Geneva
120.ITU : Geneva
121. IAEA : Vienna
122. FAO : Rome
123. IFAD: Rome
124. UNESCO : Paris
125. World Bank : Washington DC
126. IDA : Washington DC
127. IFC: Washington DC
128. IMF : Washington DC
129.IMO : London
130. UNICEF : New York
131. UNDP: New York
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132. UNFPA : New York
133. UPU: Bern
134. ESCAP: Bangkok

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ORGANISATIONS : FOUNDATION YEARS IN
ORDERLY FORM.

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reviewed, revised and updated it by verified official
sources . GK Books are also outdated.

135.Red Cross :1863✔✔
136.FIFA : 1904✔✔
137. ILO : 1919 ✔
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138. WORLD BANK : 1944✔✔ officially
139. IMF:1945✔
140. UNO -24 October, 1945 ✔
141. FAO : 1945✔
142. Arab League :1945✔
143. UNESCO :1945✔ officially
144. WHO : 1948✔ officially
145. NATO :1949✔
146.SEATO: created in 1954 , dissolved in 1977 ✔
147. CENTO : created in 1955, dissolved in 1979✔
148.IAEA :1957✔
149. OPEC : 1960✔
150. ADB : 1966✔
151.ASEAN :1967✔
152. OIC :1969✔
153. SAARC :1985✔
154. ECO: 1985✔
155.EU: 1993✔
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The EU was created by the Maastricht Treaty,
which entered into force on November 1, 1993.
Date founded: November 1, 1993

156. SCO: 1996, set up again in 2001✔
157. BRICS :2006✔

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158. Pakistan joined UNO on 30 September, 1947.
159.Pakistan joined ILO in 1947.
160.Pakistan joined FAO in 1947.
161.Pakistan joined UNESCO in 1949.
162.Pakistan joined the World Bank in 1950.
163.Pakistan joined the IMF in 1950.
164. Pakistan joined SEATO in 1
954
165.Pakistan left SEATO in 1
973.
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166.Pakistan joined CENTO in 1955.
167. Pakistan left CENTO in 1
979.
168. Pakistan joined OIC in 1969.
169. Pakistan joined NAM in 1979.
170. Pakistan joined SAARC in 1985.
1 71. Pakistan joined WTO in 1995.
172. Pakistan joined SCO in 2017.

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173. The GCC is headquartered in Riyadh, the
capital of Saudi Arabia.

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174. Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), political and
economic alliance of s ix Middle Eastern
countries—Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab
Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman.
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Headquarter : Riyadh

175. SAARC members 8.
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Maldives, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka,
Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Nepal.


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176. Interview Question :
Who gave the idea of SAARC?
The idea of SAARC was proposed by Bangladeshi
ruler, Zia ul Rehman.

177. Capital of Tanzania is Dodoma.
178. Capital of Switzerland is Bern

179. Capital of Australia is C
anberra. Don't
confuse it with Sydney, that's the largest city of
Australia, not the capital.

180. Manchar Lake is situated in District
Jamshoro officially . Don't confuse it with Dadu.

181. Sindh separated from Bombay in 1
936
officially . Don't confuse it with 1935.

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182. Shakoor Lake is located on the border
between the Indian state of Gujarat and Sindh,
Pakistan.

183. T
he biggest importer of arms from the United
States from 2015 to 2019 was S
audi Arabia.

184. Pakistan is the 5
th most populous country in
the world.

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185. T
he 5th most populous country in the world
is Pakistan. Pakistan has the w
orld's 2nd Muslim
population. It is the 33rd-largest country by area.

186. Pakistan was ranked 1
54th among 189
countries on UN's Human Development Index
(HDI) 2020 rankings.
187. Pakistan ranks 8
th on the global climate risk
index.

188 Pakistan is the 11th largest arms importer in
the world.

189. Pakistan ranked 124 out of 180 countries on
Corruption Perceptions Index.

190. Current policy rate of SBP is 7%.
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191. There are 30 districts in Sindh.

192. 88th is the rank of Pakistan in Global Hunger
Index 2020.

193. 66th /156 the Rank of Pakistan in World
Happiness Report 2020.

194. Pakistan Ranking for Ease of Doing Business
Index is 108/190.

195. According to the Pakistan Forest Institute,
the country only has 5.01% forest cover.


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196. The League of Nations was founded in1920.
Founder: Woodrow Wilson Headquarters: Geneva
Ceased operations: 1946

197. GCC was founded in 1981.

198. T
he Financial Action Task Force :
President: Marcus Pleyer
Headquarters: Paris
Founded: 1989
Purpose: Combat money laundering and terrorism
financing
Membership: 3
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199. The current F
ATF blacklist includes two
countries:
North Korea and Iran

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200. The FATF placed Pakistan on the grey list i n
June 2018.

201. Pakistan is the 33rd largest country by area.

202. Pakistan is 5th most populous in the world.
203. K2 is the second highest peak in the world.
Height : 28251 feet.
204. Pakistan Ranking for Ease of Doing Business
Index is 108/190.

205. Pakistan for Surgical instrument
manufacturing is the 1st in the World.
206. Pakistan’s Hand-sewn footballs production
is the 1st in the World.

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207. Pakistan Ranking in Democracy Index is
108/167.

208. Pakistan Army ranks 10th most powerful in
the world out of 133 countries on the Global Fire
power index 2021.

209. T
he largest island in the world is G
reenland.

210. T
he IMF was conceived at a UN conference
in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States,
in July 1944. Its formation took place on
December 27, 1
945.

211. Arab Spring started from T
unisia in 2010.

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213. Babar Iftikhar is the Current DG ISPR of
Pakistan Army.

214. The current Chief Election Commissioner is
Sikandar Sultan Raja.


215. What does CERN stand for?
CSS Interview
The name CERN is derived from the acronym for
the French "Conseil Européen pour la Recherche
Nucléaire".

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216. T
he Regional Comprehensive Economic
Partnership is a f ree trade agreement between the
Asia-Pacific nations of Australia, Brunei,
Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos,
Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, the
Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand,
and Vietnam.
The Regional Comprehensive Economic
Partnership (RCEP) is made up of S
outheast Asian
countries, as well as South Korea, China, Japan,
Australia and New Zealand.

217. India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru,
took oath on 15 August 1947.

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218. The first president of India was Rajendra
Prasad.

219. A
ntonio Guterres is the current secretary
general of the United Nations.

220. There are currently six barrages on the Indus
River. Guddu Barrage, Sukkur Barrage, Kotri
Barrage, Taunsa Barrage, Chashma Barrage and
Jinnah Barrage. Another new barrage called
"Sindh Barrage" is planned.

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221. Pakistan ranks 1
24 out of 180 countries on
the Corruption Perceptions Index 2020

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222. Mozambique is the top country in the Global
Climate Risk Index 2021, for being the worst-hit
country by climate change.
223. The WHO has collaborated with Pfizer
Company to distribute Covid vaccines under the
Covax alliance.

224. Pakistan has dropped to 8th place from 5th
on the Long-Term Global Climate Risk Index
(GCRI) 2021

225. MI5, Military Intelligence Section 5, is
responsible for protecting the UK, its citizens and
interests, at home and overseas, against threats to
national security.

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226. MI 6 (SIS) the Secret Intelligence Service) MI6
(Military Intelligence, Section 6), is responsible for
gathering intelligence o
utside the UK in support
of the government's security, defence, foreign and
economic policies.
227. Which country has the longest coastline in
the world?
Canada

228. RAW, T
he Research and Analysis Wing is the
foreign intelligence agency of India.

229. Mossad is the national intelligence agency of
Israel.

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230. ISI, The Inter-Services Intelligence is the
intelligence agency of Pakistan.

231. CIA, T
he Central Intelligence Agency is a
civilian foreign intelligence service of the United
States.

232. FIR stands for First Information Report
233. NC stands for Non cognizable offence.

234. Muhammad Ayub Khuhro was the the first
Chief Minister of Sindh after independence of
Pakistan.
235. Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah was t he first
Governor of Sindh after the creation of Pakistan.

236. The headquarters of UNESCO is in Paris.

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237.The office of the UN General Assembly is
inNew York.
238. Which of the following countries is not a
member of SAARC?
A. Nepal
B. Bangladesh
C. Afghanistan
D. Myanmar ✔

239. W
AFA, is the news agency of Palestine.

240. ( SANA) is the national official news agency in
Syria.

241. SABA is the news agency of Yemen.

242. ANTARA is the news agency of Indonesia.
243. APP is the news agency of Pakistan.
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244. A
FP is the news agency of F
rance. PTI is the
news agency of India. Reuters is the news agency
of the United Kingdom.

245. The Parliament of I ran is M
ajles-e Showrā-ye
Eslāmī.
246. The Parliament of A
fghanistan is Shura-e
Milli.
247. The Parliament of B
angladesh is T
he Jatiya
Sangsad.
248. The Parliament of I ndia is B
hāratīya Sansad.
249. The Parliament of P
akistan is
Majlis-e-Shoora.
250. The Parliament of the United States is
Congress.
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Parliament.
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252. The Parliament of J apan is the Diet.
253. The Parliament of Russia is Duma.
254. The Parliament of S
weden is R
iksdag.
255. The Parliament of I srael is Knesset.
256. The Parliament of I celand is Althing.

257. The Parliament of D
enmark is F
olketing.
Parliament of Spain is The Cortes Generales. The
Parliament of Germany is Bundestag. Qantas is
the airline of Australia.


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258. Biman is the airline of Bangladesh.

259. Cathay Pacific is the airline of Hong Kong.

260. The Highest military award of Bangladesh is:
Bir Sreshtho.

261. The Highest military award of Russia is:
Order of the Patriotic War.

262. The US highest military award is: Medal of
Honour.

263. The Highest military award of Italy is : Medal
for Valour.

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264. Pakistan’s highest military award is :
Nishan-i-Haider.
265. The highest civil award of Pakistan is
Nishan-e-Pakistan.

266. Japan’s highest military award is: Order of
the Rising Sun.

267. India’s highest military award is: Param Vir
Chakra.

268. Britain’s highest military award is: Victoria
Cross

269. The Bay of Bengal is the largest bay in the
world in the terms of area.

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270. The Gulf of Mexico is the world's largest
gulf.

271. Maoris is the term used for the
aboriginal people of New Zealand.

272. The largest population Uyghurs live in
China’s autonomous Xinjiang region. There has
also been a marked rise of Islamophobia across
China.

273. Kurds live in Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria.
Kurds are fighting for the establishment of their
own homeland.

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274. The Mongols are an East Asian ethnic group
native to Mongolia and to China's Inner Mongolia
Autonomous Region. They also live as minorities
in other regions of China, as well as in Russia.

275. Mongols invaded Baghdad in 1258 AD.

276. The term Moor used by Christian Europeans
to designate the Muslim inhabitants of the
Maghreb, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily, and Malta
during the Middle Ages. The Moors initially were
the indigenous Maghrebine Berbers.

277. Berbers are an ethnic group native to North
Africa and West Africa, specifically Morocco,
Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Mauritania, northern
Mali, northern Niger, and the Canary Islands.

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278. Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines reached
Pakistan on February 1,2021 gifted by China.

279. Russia is the largest country of the world in
the terms of area.

280. China is the most populous country in the
world.

281. The smallest country in the world is Vatican
City.

282. Moen Jo Daro was discovered in 1922.

283. The Mariana Trench, in the Pacific Ocean, is
the deepest location on Earth.

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284. The Strait of Hormuz connects Persian Gulf
with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea.

285. Pakistan purchased Gwadar from Oman.

286.The British government sold Kashmir for a
sum of 7.5 million Nanakshahi rupees to Gulab
Singh in 1846.

287. The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans

288. The Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul connects
Europe and Asia.

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289. McMahon Line is the border between: India
and China

290. Bishkek is the capital of:
Kyrgyzstan

291. Songs of Blood and Sword is written by
Fatima Bhutto.

292. Writer, Fatima Bhutto was born in Kabul,
Afghanistan.

293. In Pakistan, on February 5 every year,
Kashmir Day is observed to convey a message of
solidarity and support to Kashmiris.

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294. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an
intergovernmental military alliance based on the
North Atlantic Treaty. In the treaty, NATO
members agreed on a system of collective defence,
that is, an armed attack against any member state
would be considered an attack against them all.
This treaty was signed on April 04, 1949 in
Washington D.C. United States.

NATO headquarters

The headquarters of NATO is located in Brussels,
Belgium.

NATO members
Currently NATO has 30 members.

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295. NATO is an Alliance that consists of 30
independent member countries.

296. European Union (EU)

The European Union (EU) is an economic and
political union of European countries. The EU’s
working capital is Brussels, Belgium.

European Union Capital : Brussels, Belgium

Members: 27
Eurozone: 19

EU members
Currently the European Union has 27 member
states, and the Euro currency is used by 19 out of
27 EU members. The motto of the union is “In
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Varietate Concordia” which means “United in
Diversity”.
In a referendum held on 23 June 2016 in the
United Kingdom (UK), 52% of the votes casted
were in favour of leaving the European Union.
Finally, the UK left the European Union on 31
January 2020.

297. United Nations Organization (UNO)

After the end of World War I (WWI) which lasted
from 1914 to 1918, The League of Nations (LN)
was formed on January 10, 1920.
Its mission was to maintain world peace. But the
League of Nations failed in preventing World War
II (WWII) which lasted from 1939 to 1945. After
the end of World War II the United Nations
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Organization (UNO) was founded on October 24,
1945 to replace the flawed League of Nations. Its
principal mission is to maintain world peace, and
to provide a platform for dialogue.

Secretary General: Antonio Guterres, Portugal

Founded on: 24 October 1945

Motto: It's your world!

Headquarter: New York, USA

Members: 193

United Nations principal organs
The United Nations have five principal organs:
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1 General Assembly
2 Security Council
3 Secretariat
4 Economic and Social Council
5 International Court of Justice

The 6th organ, “Trusteeship Council” suspended
operation.

United Nations Languages:

UNO has 6 official languages: Arabic, Chinese,
English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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298. UNO has 6 official languages.
UN Members

There are 193 member states of the United
Nations.

Currently there are only two observer states:

1. Holy See 2. Palestine

299. Haleji Lake of Sindh, is known as Paradise
of Birds.

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300. First Muslim Nobel Laureate was: A
nwar
Sadat

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301. The total coal resources of Pakistan are
approximately 185 Billion tonnes and Thar desert
in Sindh province contains 175 Billion tonnes o
f
lignite coal.
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302. Norway is known as the land of the midnight
sun.

303. Finland's nickname is “The Land of the
Thousand Lakes ”.

304. Which city is called “The City of Conferences
”?
Geneva.
305. The largest landlocked country in the world is
Kazakhstan.

306 . In which country FIFA 2022 will be held?
Qatar.

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307. Pakistan is set to begin its COVID- 19
vaccination campaign, as it has received the first
batch of "Sinopharm", a novel coronavirus vaccine
developed by China on 01 February 2021.

308. Myanmar's military seized power on February
1,2021 in a coup against the democratically elected
government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

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301. The Quran was translated into Sindhi
language in South Asia for the first time.

302. The earliest mosque in Sub-continent is
situated in Banbhore

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303. Finland's nickname is “The Land of the
Thousand Lakes ”.
304. Which city is called “The City of Conferences
”?

Geneva.

305. The largest landlocked country in the world is
Kazakhstan.

306 . In which country FIFA 2022 will be held?

Qatar.

307. Shah Jahan mosque is in Thatta, Sindh.

308. Aror was the capital of Sindh during Raja
Dahir's rule.
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309. Matiari is the cultural capital of Sindh.

310. Moen Jo Daro is located in Taluka Dokri.

311. The largest natural lake of Pakistan is
Manchar lake in Jamshoro district.

312. The largest man made lake of Pakistan is
Keenjhar in Thatta.

313. Cairo city of Egypt is called the city of 1000
minarets.

314. Zahid Husain was the first governor of State
Bank of Pakistan

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315. Chotiari Dam is located in Sanghar.

316. Darawat Dam is in Jamshoro.

317. Hub Dam is on Sindh - Balochistan border
near Karachi.

318. Moen Jo Daro and Makli are internationally
world heritage sites recognized by UNESCO.

319. Ranikot is in Sann, Jamshoro, Faiz Mahal in
Khairpur, Kotdiji is also in Khairpur.

320. The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum complex in
Agra, Uttar Pradesh state, India

321. France has maximum(12) time zones in the
world.
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322. Pakistan is set to begin its COVID- 19
vaccination campaign, as it has received the first
batch of "Sinopharm", a novel coronavirus vaccine
developed by China on 01 February 2021.

323. Myanmar's military seized power on February
1,2021 in a coup against the democratically elected
government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

324. Malakhra is a traditional game of Sindh.

325. Which city of Sindh is popular for the
woodwork industry?

Hala

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326. Moen Jo Daro is located at the bank of the
Indus in the:

Upper Sindh, on the West Bank and the right
bank of the Indus River ✔

327. The Thar desert is called :
Friendly Desert

328. Ghulam Muhammad Barrage is also called :
Kotri Barrage
329. The largest Fort of Pakistan is :
Ranikot

330. Which mountain peak is called Killer
Mountain?

Nanga Parbat
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331. Which mountain range is located in Sindh?

Kirthar Range.

332. First Commissioner of Sindh : Charles Napier

333. Author of Jinnah of Pakistan : Stanley
Wolpert

334. Daughter of East : Benazir Bhutto

335. Great tragedy : Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto

336. Myth of independence : Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto

337.Friends not masters : Ayub Khan

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338. My Brother : Fatima Jinnah

339. Songs of Blood and Sword : Fatima Bhutto

340. With the Quaid-i-Azam During His Last Days
: by Ilahi Bakhsh.

341. The first Foreign Minister of Pakistan was
Zafarullah Khan.

342. First Martial Law was imposed in October,
1958.

343. First natural gas reserves were discovered in
1952 at Sui.

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344. First Muslim Nobel Laureate was Anwar
Sadat, President of Egypt received Peace Nobel
Prize in 1978 because of peace treaty with Israel.

The First Pakistani who received the Nobel Prize
in Physics in 1979 was Abdus Salam.

345. Name of the first Chief Justice of Pakistan is :
Abdul Rasheed

346. The first Vice President of Pakistan : Nurul
Amin

347. Who was the first Captain of Pakistan Cricket
Team :Abdul Hafeez Kardar

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348. The first Chairman of Senate :Habibullah
Khan

349. The first Muslim Chief of Air Force of
Pakistan : Air Marshal Asghar Khan

350. Who is the first Muslim woman to win a
Nobel Prize?

Dr Shirin Ebadi

351. In October 2014, Malala, along with Indian
children's rights activist Kailash Satyarthi, was
named a Nobel Peace Prize winner. At age 17, she
became the youngest person to receive this prize.
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352. Foundation of Muslim League at Dhaka :
30th December, 1906

353. Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfiqar Ali was
executed : 4th April, 1979

354. The bodyguard of the Earth is Jupiter which
saves the Earth from many Comets and Asteroids.

355. The Biggest moon in the Solar system is
Ganymede.

356. Saturn has the maximum number of moons in
the Solar system.

357. Muhammad Iqbal
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Born: November 9, 1877, Sialkot
Died: April 21, 1938, Lahore

358. Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Former Governor-General of Pakistan
Born: December 25, 1876, Karachi
Died: September 11, 1948, Karachi

359. Country became the last
member of SAARC: Afghanistan

360. Three century old heritage site
(Mosque) KHUDABAD is present in
city of Sindh: Dadu

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361. Al Jazeera TV channel belongs to
country : Qatar

362. Silicon Valley is famous for
reason : Computer Business

363. The world's famous bridge, Golden Gate, is
located in : San Francisco

364. The Wazir Khan Mosque is a 17th century
mosque located in the city of Lahore.

365. Sultan Ahmed Mosque, also known as the
Blue Mosque, is an Ottoman-era mosque located
in Istanbul, Turkey.

366. Through which strait around 40 percent
world oil is transported : Strait of Hormuz
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367. London is located on the bank of the Thames
River.

368. Paris is located on the Bank of Seine River.

369. The Irrawaddy River flows in Myanmar.

370. The Lut Desert, widely referred to as Dasht-e
Lut, is a large salt desert located in Iran.

371. The Taklamakan Desert is in China.

372. The Statue of Liberty was given to the United
States by France, as a symbol of the two countries'
friendship.

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373. The Eiffel Tower is in Paris, France. It is
named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose
company designed and built the tower.

374. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a building in
Pisa, Italy.

375. KFC stands for Kentucky Fried Chicken.

376. The COVID-19 disease is caused by the virus
SARS-CoV-2.

377. The World Health Organization(WHO) on
March 11, 2020 declared COVID-19 a pandemic.

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378. First human heart transplant operation
conducted by Dr. Christiaan Barnard on Louis
Washkansky, was conducted in :1967

379. Epsom (England) is the place associated with -
Horse racing

380. Wimbledon” known for tennis, is in: London

381. “Bethlehem” is associated with:Jesus Christ

382 “Tiananmen Square” is located in: China.

383. The Élysée Palace is the official residence of
the President of the French Republic.

384. “Golan Heights” belongs to:Syria

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385. International Committee of the Red Cross;
received the prize three times. Nobel Peace Prize
(1917, 1944, 1963)

386. Marie Curie; received the prize twice. Nobel
Prize in Physics (1903) and Nobel Prize in
Chemistry (1911)

387. The Wall Street in New York, US associated
with activities : Banking and Finance.

388. The official residence of the Pope is in:
Vatican City.

389. The Hagia Sophia is an enormous
architectural marvel in Istanbul, Turkey.

390. The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901.
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391. Jean-Paul Sartre, awarded the 1964 Nobel
Prize in Literature, declined the prize because he
had consistently declined all official honours.

392. First Awards Nobel Prize 1901 :

The Peace Prize for that year was shared between
the Frenchman Frédéric Passy and the Swiss Jean
Henry Dunant.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1901 was awarded to
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen for discovery of X-RAY.

393. Oldest person to receive a Nobel Prize:

John B. Goodenough; at the age of 97, received
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2019).

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394.Youngest person to receive a Nobel Prize:

Malala Yousafzai; at the age of 17, received the
Nobel Peace Prize (2014).

395. National anthems of Bangladesh and India
were written by Rabindranath Tagore.

396. Rabindranath Tagore, was the first Asian
Nobel Laureate in Literature in 1913.

397. Gitanjali is a book of poems written by
Rabindranath Tagore.

398.The Shahnameh is a long epic poem written
by the Persian poet Ferdowsi.
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399. SUPARCO: The Space & Upper Atmosphere
Research Commission is the national space agency
of Pakistan.
400. What is the space agency of Japan?
JAXA : Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

401.What is the name of Indian space agency?

Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO)

402.What is the Chinese space agency called?

China National Space Administration (CNSA)

403. The National Aeronautics and Space
Administration(NASA) is an independent agency
of the U.S. federal government responsible for the
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civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and
space research.

404. The Richest Person in the world (2021) is
Elon Musk.

405. On Venus Planet, day is longer than year.

406. Norway is known as " The Land of the
Midnight Sun".

407. Big Ben is a tower clock known for its
accuracy and for its massive hour bell in London.

408. Mount Kilimanjaro is located in Tanzania.

409. Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai : 1689-1752
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410. The area of Sindh is :
140,914sq.km

411. The D-8 Organization for Economic
Cooperation, is also known as organization of
Developing-8, : Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia,
Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkey.
Headquarters: İstanbul, Turkey

412. The Last Battle joined by the Holy Prophet
was Tabuk.

413. Indus Waters Treaty was signed on
September 19, 1960, between India and Pakistan
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and brokered by the World Bank - Jawaharlal
Nehru and Ayub Khan signed.

414. With the Indus Water Treaty, the World
Bank divided the whole reservoirs into two parts.
Beas, Ravi and Sutlej rivers were assigned to India
while the rivers Chenab Jhelum and Indus were
granted to Pakistan.

415. First Sindhi translation of the Quran was by
Aakhund Azizullah.

416. Pakistan launched its first satellite Badr-A
(Urdu: ١-‫ﺑﺪر‬, meaning Full Moon-A) was the first
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artificial and the first digital communications
satellite launched by Pakistan's supreme national
space authority — the SUPARCO — in 1990 was
Badr-I.

417. First secretary General of the UN was Trygve
Lie (Norway).

418. What was the old name of Sri Lanka?
Ceylon

419. Nelson Mandela International Day: 18 July
420. The Headquarters of the International Court
of Justice is in Hague, Netherlands.

421. Pakistan’s National Anthem was composed by
Ahmad G. Chagla.

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422. India is the largest democracy in the world.

423. The Reconstruction of Religious Thought was
written byAllama Muhammad Iqbal. Pakistan’s
national anthem is written in the Persian language
and it has only a single word “ka” in its national
language Urdu.

424. The National Anthem of Pakistan was
approved by the Government in August 1954.

425. Pakistan's national anthem is three-stanza
and 15 lines.

Old Names : New Names
426. Yathrib : Medina
427. Bakkah : Makkah
428. Siam : Thailand
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429. East Pakistan :Bangladesh
430. Ceylon : Sri Lanka
431. Burma : Myanmar
432. Kampuchea : Cambodia
433. Peking : Beijing
434. Constantinople: Istanbul
435. Saigon: Ho Chi Minh City
436. Kristania: Oslo
437. Formosa : Taiwan
438. Nippon : Japan
439.Zambia: Northern Rhodesia
440. Zimbabwe : Southern Rhodesia
441. Mesopotamia: Iraq
442. Persia: Iran
443. Abyssinia: Ethiopia
444. Khangarh : Jacobabad
445. Neronkot : Hyderabad
446. Pepri : Bin Qasim
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447. Aror : Rohri
448. Lo- e-Sahiban : Ghotki
449. Lyallpur: Faisalabad
450. Montgomery : Sahiwal
451. Bakhar : Sukkur
452. NawabShah : Benazirabad
453. Salisbury : Harare
454. Harare is the capital of Zimbabwe.
455. Pushkalavati → Charsadda
456. Rowdayana → Swat
457. Ajodhan → Pakpattan
458. Campbellpur → Attock
459. Fort Sandeman → Zhob
460. Raj Shahi → Islamabad
461. Kalachi → Karachi
462. Shalkot → Quetta
463. Mahmudpur → Lahore
464. Bombay → Mumbai
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465. Amarkot : Umerkot
466. Mughul Emperor Akbar was born in
Umerkot, Sindh.

467. Mount Everest is a peak in the Himalaya
mountain range. Mount Everest is located between
Nepal and Tibet, an autonomous region of China.

468. Mount Everest was named after George
Everest, a former Surveyor General of India.

469. The first ever recorded people to climb
Everest were Edmund Hillary (a mountaineer from
New Zealand) and his Tibetan guide Tenzing
Norgay in 1953.

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470. Lino Lacedelli an Italian mountaineer and
Achille Compagnoni, on 31 July 1954 were the
first men to reach the summit of K2.

471. The new agreed height of Mount Everest is
8,848.86 meters (29,031.69 feet)

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472. Nazir Sabir was the first Pakistani who
climbed Mount Everest in 2000.

473. Samina Baig became the first Pakistani
woman to climb Mount Everest on 19 May 2013.

474. K2, also called Mount Godwin Austen,
Chogori, is the world’s second highest peak 28,251
84
feet [8,611 metres] . K2 is located in the
Karakoram Range.

475. K2 was given the symbol K2 because it was
the second peak measured in the Karakoram
Range. The name Mount Godwin Austen is for the
peak's first surveyor, Col. H.H. Godwin Austen, a
19th-century English geographer.

476. Ashraf Aman became the first Pakistani to
reach the summit of K2 in 1977.

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477. Tallest Animal in the World — Giraffe
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478. Tallest Building in the world—Burj Dubai,
UAE
479. The Indus river is known as Mehran.

480. Largest archipelago in the World—Indonesia
481. Largest Peninsula in the world : Arabian
Peninsula
482. Largest gulf in the world - Gulf of Mexico
483. Largest Strait in the world : Strait of Malacca
484. Largest City in Population in the World :
Tokyo
485. Largest Creature in the World
Blue whale
486. Largest Delta in the World
Sunderban (Bangladesh & India)
487. Largest Desert in the World
Sahara (Aftica)
488. Largest Desert in Asia
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Gobi
489. Largest river in Asia : Yangtze River
490 . Largest Irrigation Scheme in the World
Lloyd Barrage, Sukkur (Pakistan)

491. Largest Island in the World
Greenland

492. Largest lake in the world : Caspian
Caspian is Salt Water lake.

493. Largest Lake (Fresh water) in the World :
Superior

494. Deepest lake in the world - Lake Baikal
495. Highest Lake in the world - Lake Titicaca
496. Largest waterfall in the world - Angel Falls
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497. Largest Glacier in the world - Lambert-Fisher
Glacier
498. Deepest place in the world : Mariana Trench
499. Largest Fort in the world : Ranikot Sindh .
500. Fastest Bird in the World : Swift
501. Smallest bird in the world : The bee
hummingbird or zunzuncito is the world's
smallest bird. It is native to Cuba.

502. India got her name from Indus.

503. ‘The Indus Valley Civilization’ was born
around the Indus River.

504. There are 6 barrages on the Indus River. 7th
Sindh Barrage is planned.

505. Which river is called the Nile of Pakistan?
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Indus River

506. Which river is called Father of Rivers?
Indus Sindhu

507. The Indus River originates near the
Mansarovar Lake in Tibet.

508. Five rivers of Punjab join the Indus at:
Mithankot

509. The Indus river is the longest river in
Pakistan, originating from the Himalayan region.

510. The first mosque constructed on the earth
was Masjid al-Haram and the second Masjid Aqsa.
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511. The first mosque constructed during Era of
Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is Quba.

512. The highest waterfall in the world is Angel

Falls in Venezuela.
513. Ariana is the airline of Afghanistan.
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514. Cathay Pacific Airways is the national airline
of Hong Kong.
515. Maple leaf is the National emblem of:

Canada
516. The number of OIC member states is: 57
517. The number of players in each team of

basketball game is: 5
518. “Spirit of Islam" book is written by Syed

Ameer Ali.
519. The Headquarters of the UN Security

Council is located at: New York
520. Xinhua is the news agency of China.
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521. 12 February, 2021. 6.4-magnitude
earthquake rocks several cities in Pakistan, India
and Tajikistan.
The earthquake, which struck at a depth of 80

kilometres originated at 10:02pm, with the
epicentre in Tajikistan.
In Pakistan, the tremors were felt in Islamabad,

Lahore and other areas of Punjab, besides
several areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa including
Malakand and Hazara divisions.
522. CGPA stands for Cumulative Grade Point

Average.
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523.China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC),
the project was launched on April 20, 2015,
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pakistani
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif signed $46 billion.
The goal of CPEC is both to transform Pakistan’s
economy—by modernizing its road, rail, air, and
energy transportation systems—and to connect
the deep-sea Pakistani ports of Gwadar and
Karachi to China’s Xinjiang province and
beyond.
524. Based on the April 2015 Iran nuclear deal

framework, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of
Action (JCPOA) between Iran and the P5+1 and
EU was announced on July 14, 2015 in Vienna.
The P5+1 (the permanent members of the United

Nations Security Council—the United States, the
United Kingdom, Russia, France, and China),
Plus Germany and the European Union.
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525. CGPA stands for Cumulative Grade Point
Average. I repeat it because it is the most
important for your viva voce.
526. Chabahar Port is a seaport in Chabahar

located in Iran.
527. Baltic countries are Three sovereign states

on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea: Estonia,
Latvia, and Lithuania.
528. Karoonjhar Mountain located: Tharparkar,

Sindh
529. Who Invented World Wide Web: Tim

Berner-Lee
530. The first case of Covid-19 was reported in

Pakistan on: February 26, 2020
531. W.H.O declared Coronavirus a pandemic on

: March 11,2020
532. LASER stands for: Light Amplification by

Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
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533. Wuhan City is located in Province : Hubei
534. Mohammad Bin Qasim invaded Sindh in 712

AD.
535. Suez Canal (official source Suez Canal

Authority).
The Suez Canal is actually the first canal that

directly links the Mediterranean Sea to the Red
Sea.
536. Current Length of the Suez Canal is 193.30

Km.
537. Its history is as old as Egypt . Suez Canal

was opened for navigation on the 17 th of
November 1869.
95
538. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser
nationalized the canal on the 26 th of July 1956.
Current Affairs Encyclopedia 2021
539. The Panama Canal was officially opened for

traffic in 1914.
540. The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic

Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.
541. What is the length of the waterway?
The length of the Panama Canal is 80 kilometers

from the deep waters of the Atlantic to the deep
waters of the Pacific.
Official Panama Canal Authority
542. Sanna Marin is the current Prime Minister of

Finland.
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543. Jacinda Ardern is the current prime minister
of New Zealand.
544. Paris is located on the Bank of the Seine

River.
545. London is located on the Bank of the

Thames River.
546. The Maldives, is an island nation in South

Asia, located in the Arabian Sea of the Indian
Ocean.
547. Sri Lanka, formerly called "Ceylon", is an

island nation in the Indian Ocean.
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548. United Arab Emirates — The United Arab
Emirates has made history as the first Arab
country's Successful mission to Mars. The
Emirates Mars mission, named the Hope probe,
reached the red planet.
549. Mars is known as the Red Planet. It is red

because the soil looks like rusty iron.
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512. The highest waterfall in the world is Angel

513. Ariana is the airline of Afghanistan.

515. Maple leaf is the National emblem of:

516. The number of OIC member states is: 57

517. The number of players in each team of

518. “Spirit of Islam" book is written by Syed

519. The Headquarters of the UN Security

520. Xinhua is the news agency of China.

The earthquake, which struck at a depth of 80

In Pakistan, the tremors were felt in Islamabad,

522. CGPA stands for Cumulative Grade Point

524. Based on the April 2015 Iran nuclear deal

The P5+1 (the permanent members of the United

526. Chabahar Port is a seaport in Chabahar

527. Baltic countries are Three sovereign states

528. Karoonjhar Mountain located: Tharparkar,

529. Who Invented World Wide Web: Tim

530. The first case of Covid-19 was reported in

531. W.H.O declared Coronavirus a pandemic on

532. LASER stands for: Light Amplification by

534. Mohammad Bin Qasim invaded Sindh in 712

535. Suez Canal (official source Suez Canal

The Suez Canal is actually the first canal that

536. Current Length of the Suez Canal is ​193.30

537. Its history is as old as Egypt . Suez Canal

Current Affairs Encyclopedia 2021

539. The Panama Canal was officially opened for

540. The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic

541. What is the length of the waterway?

The length of the Panama Canal is 80 kilometers

Official Panama Canal Authority

542. Sanna Marin is the current Prime Minister of

544. Paris is located on the Bank of the Seine

545. London is located on the Bank of the

546. The Maldives, is an island nation in South

547. Sri Lanka, formerly called "Ceylon", is an

549. Mars is known as the Red Planet. It is red

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536. Current Length of the Suez Canal is 193.30