GK Most Important NTS MCQs 2

  1. The Umayyad Dynasty (661-750 A.D) was the first Muslim dynasty.
  2. The earth is the densest planet of universe .It has density of 5.515 time that of water.
  3. The panch pokhri lake situated in the himalaya mountains is the highest lake in the world.
  4. Mahavira(founder of jainism)and gautama buddha (founder of buddism) were contemporaries and flourished in india in the 6th century B.C.
  5. The three pyramids of eqypt were built from 2700 to 2500 B.C.,these are tombs of khufu,khafra and menkaura.
  6. The great wall of china was completed in 214 B.C.it is 1500 miles long.Its average height is 25 feet and about 12 feet wide at the top.
  7. The city rome was founded in 753 B.C. by romolus.
  8. The muslim rule of spain lasted from 711 to 1492 A.D.
  9. The statue of liberty (newyork) was installed in 1886.It is 151 feet one inch high from the base to torch.
  10. The world is divided into 24 time zones,each 15` longtitude wide. the longitudinal meridian passing through greenwich,England is the starting point and is called the prime meridian.
  11. Christopher columbus discovered bahamas on 12 oct 1492 A.D.
  12. Russia invaded afghanistan on dec 27,1979.
  13. A billion contain 1000 million. It has 9 zeroes. similarly a trillion has 12 zeroes,a quadrillion 15 zeroes,a quintillion 18 zeroes and a decillion 33 zeroes.
  14. One inch is equal to 2.5400 cms and one mile is equal to 1.6093 kms.
  15. About half of the world population speaks indo-european languages. The Indo-European branch to which english belongs is germanic.
  16. Out of the 193 sovereign independent nations of the world 147 are republics and other 46 are under personal rules (14 kings,1 emperor,3 queens,7 hereditary sheikhs,1 grand duke,2 sultans,1 constitutional monarch etc).
  17. All india mulim league was formulated on december 30,1906 and first president was Sir Agha Khan.
  18. Afghanistan got independence on 19th aug 1919.
  19. Sunlight is composed of seven colours
  20. “Braille system” is used for the education of Blind.
  21. Lousis Braille of France made it possible for the blind to read and write.
  22. Blue color has shortest wavelength(Red-Largest) • Protein is a natural polymer • Redwood or Giant Sempervirens is the tallest tree in the world . It rises up to a height of 111 metres (366 feets).
  23. Pakistan-Afghanistan border ‘ Durand line ‘ was drawn in 1893 by Sir Mortimer Durand and Afghanistan`s ruler Abdur rehman khan.
  24. Asian Development Bank was established on 16th jan, 1966 (Headqurter in Manilia-Philipine).
  25. Radcliff was a lawyer by profession.
  26. In 1945, Hiroshima was the first city Atom bomb dropped.
  27. Leo Tolstoy was the political guru of Gandhi.
  28. South Africa is the country which has three capitals.
  29. A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides is known as ―peninsula “. • The literal meaning of Renaissance is Revival
  30. Julius Caesar was killed by Brutus
  31. Adolf Hitler was born in Austria
  32. Slavery in America was abolished by Abraham Lincoln
  33. The famous Island located at the mouth of the Hudson river is Manhattan
  34. The famous painting `Mona Lisa’is displayed at Louvre museum,Paris
  35. The earlier name for tomato was Love apple
  36. Archimedes was born in Sicily
  37. Togo is situated in Africa
  38. The first ruler who started war games for his soldiers was Genghis Khan
  39. The name of the large clock on the tower of the House of Parliament in London is called Big Ben
  40. `Man is a Tool Making Animal’ was said by Benjamin Franklin