GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERIES
• Eric the Red discovered Greenland.
• Marco Polo (Italian) reached China through India.
• Vescoda gama (Portuguese) discovered sear route from Europe to India.
• Pedro Alvarez Cabral (Portuguese) discovered Brazil.
• George Lord Anson (English) sailed around the earth.
• Charles A.Lindberg (American) made first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic.
• Various (Portugese) discovered Sri Lanka.
• C.F. Blair (US) made the first solo flight over the Arctic. Sir Vivian Fuchs and Edmund Hillary (US) first crossing of the Antarctic continent.
• G.H. Wilkins (Australian) flew over the South Pole.
• CIS are landlocked countries of Asia.
WORLD COUNTRIES
• Buckingham palace is the residence of British king and Queen is in London.
• 10 Downing Street is the residence of British PM.
• Queen’s house is the official residence of Sri Lankan president.
• Great Wall of China was built in the reign of Shih Huang-ti
• Blue House is the official residence in .. South Korea
• Istana Merdeke is the official residence of President of Indonesia.
• Elysee palace is the name of the residence of Franch President.
• What country’s leader does not have an official residence: cuba
GENERAL
• The country which provides free education at university level is Sri Lanka.
• The country to adopt gold standard for the first time was UK.
• Roman general Mark Anthony was a poor fisherman.
• 6 people lost lives in the Great Fire of London in 1666.
• Bofors scandal occurred in India.
• First system of English short hand was devised in 1602.
• China is situated in Eastern part of Asia.
• Afghanistan is a landlocked country Central Asia (Chk)
• Bosnia-Herzegovina joined the UN on May 22, 1992.
• Capital of Micronesia is Palikir.
• Costa Rica is a Central American country.
• Equator passes through Brazil.
• After Australia, Europe is the smallest continent.
• Sakhalin Islands enriched with oil reserves are claimed by Russia & Japan.
• Changa Manga is famous for sisham Timber forests.
• The total length of railways in Pakistan is 8875 km.
• Sialkot has the highest annual rainfall.
• The largest district of Punjab by area is Bahawalpurj.
• Pakistan Environmental Protection Ordinance was enforced in 1984.
• Frost shattering kind of weather takes place on the valley side above the surface of a glacier.