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International Organizations, Headquarters and Formations | World General Knowledge

International Organizations MCQs, Headquarters and Formations

International Organizations MCQs
Headquarters and Formations | World General Knowledge

United Nations Organizations

Organizations Name Abbreviation Headquarters Formation
United Nations UN New York City, USA 1945
Food and Agriculture Organization FAO Palazzo FAO, Rome, Italy 1945
International Labour Organization ILO Geneva, Switzerland 1919
International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1947
International Maritime Organization IMO London, United Kingdom 1959
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR Geneva, Switzerland 1950
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS UNAIDS Geneva, Switzerland 1996
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission UNAEC New York City, USA 1946
United Nations Capital Development Fund UNCDF New York City, USA
United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF New York City, USA 1946
United Nations Development Programme UNDP New York City, USA 1965
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO Paris, France 1946
United Nations Environment Programme UNEP Nairobi, Kenya 1972
United Nations Human Settlements Programme UN-Habitat Nairobi, Kenya 1978
United Nations Industrial Development Organization UNIDO Vienna, Austria 1985
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction UNISDR Geneva, Switzerland 2000
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UNODC Vienna, Austria 1997
Universal Postal Union UPU Bern, Switzerland 1874
World Health Organization WHO Geneva, Switzerland 1948
World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO Geneva, Switzerland 1967
World Food Programme WFP Rome, Italy 1961
World Meteorological Organization WMO Geneva, Switzerland 1950
World Tourism Organization UNWTO Madrid, Spain 1957
International Rescue Committee IRC New York City, United States 1933
International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA Vienna, Austria 1957
International Telecommunication Union ITU Geneva, Switzerland 1947
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights OHCHR Geneva, Switzerland 1993

Political and Economic Organizations

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World General Knowledge MCQs (Solved) Geographical Epithets (Countries & Cities)

World General Knowledge MCQs (Solved) Geographical Epithets (Countries & Cities)

World General Knowledge MCQs (Solved) Geographical Epithets

Geographical MCQs (Countries)

1. Which country is called the ‘Buffer state of Asia’?
(a) Afghanistan
(b) Pakistan
(c) India
(d) China
Answer: a

2. Which country is called ‘Land of fertile fields’?
(a) Algeria
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Pakistan
(d) England
Answer: a

3. Which country is called ‘Island continent’?
(a) Austria
(b) Australia
(c) US
(d) England
Answer: b

4. Which country is called ‘Land of golden fleece’?
(a) US
(b) England
(c) Australia
(d) Germany
Answer: c

5. Which country is called ‘Remnant of a mighty empire’?
(a) Australia
(b) Austria
(c) India
(d) Iraq
Answer: b

6. Which country is called ‘Isle of June’?
(a) Bahamas
(b) Bahrain
(c) Belgium
(d) Cuba
Answer: a

7. Which country is called ‘Isle of pearls’?
(a) Egypt
(b) Iraq
(c) Iran
(d) Bahrain
Answer: d

8. Which country is called the ‘Land of Golden Fibre’?
(a) Sri Lanka
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Iran
(d) Pakistan
Answer: b

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Capitals of the Countries MCQS (One Liner) for Competitive Exams

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Capitals of the Countries MCQS (One Liner) for Competitive Exams

Abu Dhabi is the capital of United Arab Emirates  in Asia

Abuja is the capital of  Nigeria in Africa

Accra is the capital of  Ghana in Africa

Adamstown is the capital of Pitcairn Islands  in Oceania

Addis Ababa is the capital of  Ethiopia  in Africa

Algiers is the capital of  Algeria  in Africa

Alofi is the capital of  Niue in Oceania

Amman is the capital of  Jordan  in Asia

Amsterdam is the capital of  Netherlands  in Europe

Andorra la Vella is the capital of  Andorra  in Europe

Ankara is the capital of Turkey  in Europe

Antananarivo is the capital of  Madagascar  in Africa

Apia is the capital of Samoa  in Oceania

Ashgabat is the capital of Turkmenistan  in Asia

Asmara is the capital of Eritrea  in Africa

Astana is the capital of Kazakhstan  in Asia

Asunción is the capital of Paraguay  in South America

Athens is the capital of Greece  in Europe

Avarua is the capital of  Cook Islands  in Oceania

Baghdad is the capital of Iraq  in Asia

Baku is the capital of  Azerbaijan  in Asia

Bamako is the capital of Mali  in Africa

Bandar Seri Begawan is the capital of  Brunei  in Asia

Bangkok is the capital of Thailand  in Asia

Bangui is the capital of Central African Republic  in Africa

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Everything You Need to Know About Landlocked Countries

Everything You Need to Know About Landlocked Countries

Approximately one-fifth of the world’s countries are landlocked, meaning they have no access to the oceans. There are 44 landlocked countries that do not have direct access to an ocean or ocean-accessible sea (such as the Mediterranean Sea).

What Continents Have No Landlocked-Countries?

North America has no landlocked countries, and Australia is rather obviously not landlocked. Within the United States, over half of the 50 states are landlocked with no direct access to the world’s oceans. Many states, however, do have water access to the oceans via the Hudson Bay, Chesapeake Bay, or Mississippi River.

Landlocked Countries in South America:

South America has just two landlocked countries: Bolivia and Paraguay.

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Countries That No Longer Exist | World General Knowledge

Countries That No Longer Exist | World General Knowledge

As countries merge, split, or just decide to change their name, the list of “missing” countries that no longer exist grows.

1) Abyssinia
The name of Ethiopia until the early 20th century.

2) Austria-Hungary
A monarchy (also known as the Austro-Hungarian Empire) that was established in 1867 and included not just Austria and Hungary, but also parts of the Czech Republic, Poland, Italy, Romania, and the Balkans. The empire collapsed at the end of World War I.

3) Basutoland
Lesotho’s name prior to 1966.

4) Bengal
An independent kingdom from 1338-1539, now part of Bangladesh and India.

5) Burma
Burma officially changed its name to Myanmar in 1989 but many countries still aren’t recognizing the change, such as the United States.

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Countries of the World (Capitals, Currencies and Area)

Countries of the World (Capitals, Currencies and Area)

Countries of the World (Capitals, Currencies and Area)

AFRICAN COUNTRIES, CAPITALS, CURRENCIES AND AREA

Country Capital Currency Area

Sq. Km
Algeria Algiers Dinar 2,381,741
Angola Luanda Kwanza 1,246,700
Botswana Gaborone Pula 581,730
Benign Port Novo CFA Franc 112,622
Burundi Bujumbura Franc 27,834
Cameroon Yeaounde CFA Franc 475,442
Cape Verde Islands Praia Escudo 4,033
Comoros Islands Moroni Franc 1,862
Central African Republic Bangui Franc 622,436
Chad N’Djamena Franc 1,284,000
Congo Brazzavile Franc 2,344,885
Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa Congolese Franc 2,345,095
Djibouti Djibouti Djibouti Franc 23,200
Egypt Cairo Egyptian Pound 997,739
Ethiopia Add is Ababa Birr 1,133,380
Gabon Libreville CFA Franc 267,667
Gambia Banjul Dalasi 11,295
Ghana Accra Cedi 238,500
Guinea Equatorial Conakry Franc 28,051
Guinea Bissau Malabo GB Peso 36,125
Ivory Coast Abidjan CFA Franc 322,462
Kenya Nairobi Shilling 582,646
Lesotho Maseru Loti 30,355
Liberia Monrovia Dollar 99,067
Libya Tripoli Dinar 1,757,000
Malagasy (Madagascar) Antananarivo Franc 587,041
Malawi Lilongwe Kwacha 118,484
Mali Barnako Malien Franc 1,240,192
Mauritania Nouakchott Ouguiya 1,031,000
Mauritius Port Louis Mauritius rupee 2,040
Morocco Rabat Dirham 453,730
Mozambique Maputo Metical 799,380
Niger Niamey CFA Franc 1,267,000
Nigeria Abuja Nyere 923,768
Rwanda Kigali Franc 26,338
Senegal Dakar CFA Franc 196,722
Sierra Leone Freetown Leone 71,740
Somalia Mogadishu Shilling 637,700
South Africa Pretoria and Cape Town Rand 1,219,090
South Sudan Juba South Sudanese pound 619,745 km
Seychelles Victoria Rupee
Sudan Khartoum Dinar 1,886,068 km
Namibia (S.W. Africa) Windhock Rand 824,269
South Sudan Juba Dollar 619,745
Swaziland Mbabane Lilangeni 17,363
Upper Volta (Burikina Faso) Ouagadougou AFC Franc 274,200
Tanzania Dodoma Shilling 945,100
Togo Lome CFA Franc 56,785
Tunisia Tunis Dinar 164,418
Uganda Kampala Shilling 241,038
Zaire Kinshasa Zaire
Zambia Lusaka Kwacha 752,614
Zimbabwe Harare Dollar 390,759

ASIAN COUNTRIES, CAPITALS, CURRENCIES AND AREA

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List of International Boundary Lines | GK Notes in PDF

List of International Boundary Lines

List of International Boundary Lines | GK Notes in PDF

Radcliffe Line

Radcliffe Line was drawn by Sir Radcliffe. It marked the boundary between India and Pakistan. The Radcliffe Line was officially announced on August 17, 1947, a few days after the independence of India and Pakistan. The newly demarcated borders resulted into one of the biggest human migrations in modern history, with roughly 14 million people displaced. More than one million people were killed.

The Maginot Line

The Maginot Line named after the French Minister of War André Maginot, was a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles, and weapon installations built by France in the 1930s to deter invasion by Germany.

The Mannerheim Line

The Mannerheim Line was a defensive fortification line on the Karelian Isthmus built by Finland against the Soviet Union. The line was constructed in two phases: 1920–1924 and 1932–1939. By November 1939, when the Winter War began, the line was by no means complete

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Important Discoveries and Inventions by Scientists of World (For All Competitive Exams)

Important Discoveries and Inventions by Scientists of World (For Competitive Exams)

Important Discoveries and Inventions by Scientists of World (For All Competitive Exams)

The following list commemorates some of the greatest scientists we’ve ever seen who changed the today’s world

Galileo was first to discover rotation of earth

Kohler and Milstein discovered monoclonal antibodies.

Photography was invented by Mathew Barry

Albert Sabin invented Polio vaccine (oral)

Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev (Russian) published his first version of periodic table in 1869.

X-ray machine was invented by James Clark

Arthur Campton discovered x-rays and Cosmic rays.

Chadwick discovered Neutron

Telescope was invented by Galileo

Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming

Noble gases discovered by Cavendish

Gun powder was first invented in China

Velocity of light was measured by Michelson

Archimedes gave laws about Floatation of Bodies

Balloon fly up in air according to Archimedes’s principle

Dr. Christian Bernard was first to perform heart transplant in 1967 in cape town(SA)

First man to receive artificial heart was Dr. Barney B. Clark

Barometer was invented by Pascal

Robert Hook discovered Cell in 1665

Aspirin discovered by Dresser

Atomic theory given by Dalton

Atomic number given by Mosley

Bacteria by Leeunhock

Blood circulation by William Harvey

Calculus by Newton

Co2 by Fishcer

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National Colors of Countries | World General Knowledge for CSS, PMS, PCS

National Colors of Countries | World General Knowledge

National Colors of Countries | World General Knowledge for CSS, PMS, PCS

The world’s 196 countries stick to a surprisingly small palette when it comes to picking their flags. The colors with the most number of appearances on these flags was:

  • Red (148)
  • White (140)
  • Blue (102)
  • Yellow/Gold (89)
  • Green (87)
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Muslim World | Countries’ Currencies, Religions & Languages | General Knowledge

Muslim world Countries Currencies, Religions & Languages | Muslim Countries

The names of the Muslim Countries nations are given below:

Indonesia

  • Population: 255,993,674
  • Muslim %: 86.1%
  • Religion and state: None

Pakistan

  • Population: 199,085,847
  • Muslim %: 97%
  • Religion and state: Islamic state

Nigeria

  • Population: 181,562,056
  • Muslim %: 4%
  • Religion and state: Secular

Bangladesh

  • Population: 168,957,745
  • Muslim %: 89%
  • Religion and state: State religion

Egypt

  • Population: 88,487,396
  • Muslim %: 90%
  • Religion and state: State religion
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