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