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First, Biggest, Smallest, Oldest, Largest General Knowledge Exercise 02

First, Biggest, Smallest, Oldest, Largest   General Knowledge Exercise 02

First, Biggest, Smallest, Oldest, Largest  

General Knowledge Exercise 02

  • The lake Baikal of Russia has the maximum depth of 5315 feet.
  • Turkey is the country having its land in two continents
  • The world’s longest current reigning monarch is Queen of England.
  • Germany is the highest solar energy user in the world.
  • Inflation means that money falls in value.
  • The Cambodian Language is the language with most Alphabets. It has a total number of 74 alphabets
  • The Ostrich of North Africa is the biggest bird. Its height is up to 2.7 meters ( 9 feet ) and weight is up to kgs. While the humming bird is smallest bird. It is 5.5-20 cm in length and weight about 16 grams.
  • Glaciers are found on every continent except Africa. The Lambert Glacier enjoys the distinction of being largest glacier in the world. It is located in the Australia Antarctic Territory. Its length is 440 miles (700 km) was discovered in 1956-57.
  • The largest museum in the world is the American Museum of Natural History
  • The lowest mountain range in the world is the Bhieuna Bhaile
  • The country known as the Land of Cakes is Scotland
  • The place known as the Garden of England is Kent
  • The old name of Taiwan was Formosa
  • The largest bay in the world is Hudson Bay, Canada
  • The largest church in the world is Basilica of St.Peter,Vatican City,Rome
  • The tallest statue in the world is the Motherland,Volgagrad Russia
  • The world's loneliest island is the Tristan da cunda
  • The country whose National Anthem has only music but no words is Bahrain
  • The largest cinema in the world is the Fox theatre,Detroit,USA
  • The country where there are no Cinema theatres is Saudi arabia
  • The world's tallest office building is the Sears Tower,Chicago
  • The country where military service is compulsory for women is Israel
  • The country which has more than 10,000 golf courses is USA
  • The country which built the first powerful long range rockets is Germany
  • The largest temple in the world is Angkorwat in Kampuchea
  • The largest dome in the world is Louisiana Superdome,New Orleans,USA
  • The largest strait in the world is Tartar Strait
  • The largest city of Africa is Cairo
  • The founder of KODAK Company was Eastman
  • The Cape of Good Hope is located in South Africa
  • The last letter of the Greek alphabet is Omega
  • The place known as the land of Lincoln is Illinois
  • The Pentagonian desert is located in Argentina
  • The person known as the father of aeronautics is Sir George Cayley
  • The most densely populated Island in the world is Honshu
  • The two nations Haiti and the Dominion Republic together form the Island of Hisponiola
  • The largest auto producer in the USA is General Motors
  • The first actor to win an Oscar was Emil Jannings
  • The first animated colour cartoon of full feature length was Snow White and Seven Dwarfs
  • The first demonstration of a motion picture was held at Paris
  • The first country to issue stamps was Britain
  • The world's largest car manufacturing company is General Motors,USA
  • The world's biggest manufacturer of bicycles is Hero cycles,Ludhiana
  • The world's oldest underground railway is at London
  • The last French Monarch was Louis Napoleon III
  • The first man to reach Antarctica was Fabian Gotileb
  • Oldest surviving building in world is pyramids of Egypt.
  • K-2 is also known as Godwin Austin, first climbed by Ardito Desio 1956.
  • Mount Everest is the highest mountain located in Himalaya (Nepal).
  • Tensing and Hillary were the first human beings to set foot on the top of Mt. Everest. Tensing belonged India and Hillary is a native of New Zealand.
  • K2 is the second highest peak located in Korokoram (Pakistan).
  • Mount Everest was named after Sir George Everest.
  • Mozambique has the lowest GNP.
  • The biggest airport in the world is King Khalid situated in Saudi Arabia.
  • Nauru is the smallest republic of the world.