General Knowledge Quiz Questions with Answers

1.	The river Volga flows out into the	Capsian sea
2.	The coldest place on the earth is	Verkoyansk in Siberia
3.	The country which ranks second in terms of land area is	Canada
4.	The largest Island in the Mediterranean sea is	Sicily
5.	The river Jordan flows out into the	Dead sea
6.	The biggest delta in the world is the	Sunderbans
7.	The capital city that stands on the river Danube is	Belgrade
8.	The Japanese call their country as	Nippon
9.	The length of the English channel is	564 kilometres
10.	The world's oldest known city is	Damascus
11.	The city which is also known as the City of Canals is	Venice
12.	The country in which river Wangchu flows is	Myanmar
13.	The biggest island of the world is	Greenland
14.	The city which is the biggest centre for manufacture of automobiles in the world is	Detroit, USA
15.	The country which is the largest producer of manganese in the world is	USA
16.	The country which is the largest producer of rubber in the world is	Malaysia
17.	The country which is the largest producer of tin in the world is	Malaysia
18.	The river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea is the	Mississippi
19.	The city which was once called the `Forbidden City' was	Peking
20.	The country called the Land of Rising Sun is	Japan
21.	Mount Everest was named after	Sir George Everest
22.	The volcano Vesuvius is located in	Italy
23.	The country known as the Sugar Bowl of the world is	Cuba
24.	The length of the Suez Canal is	162.5 kilometers
25.	The lowest point on earth is	The coastal area of Dead sea
26.	The Gurkhas are the original inhabitants of	Nepal
27.	The largest ocean of the world is the	Pacific ocean
28.	The largest bell in the world is the	Tsar Kolkol at Kremlin, Moscow
29.	The biggest stadium in the world is the	Strahov Stadium, Prague
30.	The world's largest diamond producing country is	South Africa
31.	Australia was discovered by	James Cook
32.	The first Governor General of Pakistan is	Mohammed Ali Jinnah
33.	Dublin is situated at the mouth of river	Liffey
34.	The earlier name of New York city was	New Amsterdam
35.	The Eifel tower was built by	Alexander Eiffel
36.	The Red Cross was founded by	Jean Henri Durant
37.	The country which has the greatest population density is	Monaco
38.	The national flower of Britain is	Rose
39.	Niagara Falls was discovered by	Louis Hennepin
40.	The national flower of Italy is	Lily
41.	The national flower of China is	Narcissus
42.	The permanent secretariat of the SAARC is located at	Kathmandu
43.	The gateway to the Gulf of Iran is	Strait of Hormuz
44.	The first Industrial Revolution took place in	England
45.	World Environment Day is observed on	5th June
46.	The first Republican President of America was	Abraham Lincoln
47.	The country famous for Samba dance is	Brazil
48.	The name of Alexander's horse was	Beucephalus
49.	Singapore was founded by	Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
50.	The famous British one-eyed Admiral was	Nelson
51.	The earlier name of Sri Lanka was	Ceylon
52.	The UNO was formed in the year	1945
53.	UNO stands for	United Nations Organization
54.	The independence day of South Korea is celebrated on	15th August
55.	`Last Judgement' was the first painting of an Italian painter named	Michelangelo
56.	Paradise Regained was written by	John Milton
57.	The first President of Egypt was	Mohammed Nequib
58.	The first man to reach North Pole was	Rear Peary
59.	The most famous painting of Pablo Picasso was	Guermica
60.	The primary producer of newsprint in the world is	Canada
61.	The first explorer to reach the South Pole was	Cap. Ronald Amundson
62.	The person who is called the father of modern Italy is	G.Garibaldi
63.	World literacy day is celebrated on	8th September
64.	The founder of modern Germany is	Bismarck
65.	The country known as the land of the midnight sun is	Norway
66.	The place known as the Roof of the world is	Tibet
67.	The founder of the Chinese Republic was	San Yat Sen
68.	The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was	Abdul Salam
69.	The first woman Prime Minister of Britain was	Margaret Thatcher
70.	The first Secretary General of the UNO was	Trygve Lie
71.	The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was	Frederick Auguste Bartholdi
72.	The port of Banku is situated in	Azerbaijan
73.	John F Kennedy was assassinated by	Lee Harry Oswald
74.	The largest river in France is	Lore
75.	The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law was	Catherine of AragonA
76.	The first negro to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was	Ralph Johnson Bunche
77.	The first British University to admit women for degree courses was	London University
78.	The principal export of Jamaica is	Sugar
79.	New York is popularly known as the city of	Skyscrapers
80.	Madagascar is popularly known as the Island of	Cloves
81.	The country known as the Land of White Elephant is	Thailand
82.	The country known as the Land of Morning Calm is	Korea
83.	The country known as the Land of Thunderbolts is	Bhutan
84.	The highest waterfalls in the world is the	Salto Angel Falls, Venezuela
85.	The largest library in the world is the	United States Library of Congress, Washington DC