PAST PAPER-II
151. ‘Mauritius’ is an island state in the Indian Ocean
152. The theory of ‘Clash of Civilizations’ was presented by Samuel P. Huntington.
153. The world’s highest waterfall Angel is located in Venezuela.
154. The largest island in the world is Greenland
155. Photophobia is a fear of Light.
156. Texas, US state, is called “The Lone Star Republic”
157. The US purchased Alaska from Russia on March 30, 1867
158. POTA stands for Prevention of Terrorist Act.
159. Camcorder is a word used for Video camera.
160. John Napier invented logarithms in 1614.
161. Harvard University is the oldest university of USA.
162. Dr Ahmad Sukarno was the first President of Indonesia.
163. U Thant, the third Secretary-General of United Nations from 1961-71, belonged to
164. Burma.
165. Hundred-Year War was fought from 1337 to 1453 between France and England.
166. Kyoto Protocol, the UN Convention on Climate Change was enforced in February 2005.
167. Amazon is the longest river of South America.
168. Liverpool is situated on the bank of Mersey River.
169. Nile is the longest river in the world.
170. Michelangelo was a famous Painter (Italian).
171. The Sea of Galilee is located in Israel.
172. The first Muslim scientist who presented the law of reflection and refraction was
173. lbn al-Haitham.
174. The world's largest Wool producer country is Australia.
175. Senkaku Island is disputed between China and Japan.
176. Paris is situated on the bank of Seine River.
177. The foreign phrase De Facto means in fact
178. Mount Ararat is the longest peak of Turkey.
179. Dublin is situated on the bank of river Liffey River
180. Abyssinia is the old name of Ethiopia.
181. Bhutan is known as the Land of Thunderbolt.
182. UK is known as 'Mistress of Seas'
183. Pakistan has won first World Cup hockey in 1971
184. Carbon dioxide gas is the major cause of global warming.
185. Anaemia is a deficiency in the number or quality of red blood cells in human body.
186. "Petra" is the news agency of Jordan.
187. Britain's secret intelligence service is called MI6.
188. Israel snatched 'Golan Heights' in 1967 from Syria.
189. "Alexandria" is the seaport of Egypt.
190. Freetown is the capital of Sierra Leone.
191. The world's first international airline KLM (Netherlands
192. Operated its first flight on May 17, 1920.
193. Among the SAARC countries, the smallest by area and population is Maldives.
194. May 31 is observed throughout the world as No Smoking Day.
195. Sun Yat-sen was the First President of the Chinese Republic.
196. News agency AIP belongs to Afghanistan.
197. Headquarters of United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (established in
198. 1946) is located in New York.
199. Southern Rhodesia's new name is Zimbabwe.
200. Belize was formerly known as British Honduras.
201. The Tripitaka is sacred book of Buddhism.
202. Red Cross was established in 1863 by Jean Henry Dunant
203. The celebrated novel The Godfather was authored by Mario Puzo.
204. Nobel Peace Prize winner M. Younas was born in 1940 at Chittagong.
205. Flag of Red Cross is the reverse of the flag of Switzerland.
206. Margaret Thatcher has written the famous book The Downing Street Years.
207. Karl Marx wrote 'Das Kapital'
208. 1st Asian Amartya Sen got Nobel Prize in economics in 1998.
209. The highest peak of salt Range is Sakesar.
210. Mumbai is the new name of Bombay.
211. International Scout Day is observed on 22nd February.
212. Rio de Janerio' is the seaport of Brazil.
213. Danube is the second longest river of Europe.
214. In the Line of Fire' was first published from London.
215. Mississippi is the longest river of North America.
216. ASEAN was established in 1967.
217. Chenab River of Punjab is associated with Sohni Mahiwal legend.
218. Jansher Khan is associated with Squash.
219. Tarbela is the world's largest Earth-filled dam.
220. The first Captain of Pakistan Nation Cricket Team was Abdul Hafeez Kardar.
221. MOSSAD is the intelligence agency of Israel.
222. Julian Assange is the founder of WikiLeaks.
223. Capital of Turkey is Ankara.
224. Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina.
225. Emmanuel Macron is the president of France.
226. The Olympic Games are held after every four years
227. Amnesty International is an organization for Human rights.
228. Scotland Yard is the police force of UK
229. Tiger Woods is a famous player of Golf.
230. Julia Gillard was the Prime Minister of Australia.
231. Mr. Muhammad Younas of Bangladesh got Nobel Prize for his contribution in the field
232. of Economics
233. Guantanamo Bay is in Cuba.
234. White Flag is known as a symbol of Peace.
235. Davis Cup is associated with sports Tennis.
236. The currency of China is called Yuan.
237. Father of the nation of Indonesia is Sukarno.
238. The first Prime Minister of Bangladesh was Tajuddin Ahmad.
239. Vladimir Putin is the President of Russia.
240. Khyber Pass connects Peshawar with Afghanistan.
241. Malika-e-Taranum was the tit given to Noor Jahan,
242. Copper element is named after the country Cyprus.
243. Mahathir Muhammad was the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
244. River Amu Darya flows through Central Asia and Afghanistan.
245. The Muslim Andalus was located in Spain.
246. SAARC secretariat is located in Kathmandu.
247. Sarajevo is a capital of Bosnia,
248. Sir Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of United Kingdom.
249. The Second World War was fought between the years 1939-1945.
250. European Union has 27 member states.
