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1 The permanent secretariat of the SAARC is located at Kathmandu 2 The gateway to the Gulf of Iran is Strait of Hormuz 3 The first Industrial Revolution took place in England 4 World Environment Day is observed on 5th June 5 The first Republican President of America was Abraham Lincoln 6 The country famous for Samba dance is Brazil 7 The name of Alexander's horse was Beucephalus 8 Singapore was founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 9 The famous British one-eyed Admiral was Nelson 10 The earlier name of Sri Lanka was Ceylon 11 The UNO was formed in the year 1945 12 UNO stands for United Nations Organization 13 The independence day of South Korea is celebrated on 15th August 14 `Last Judgement' was the first painting of an Italian painter namedMichelangelo 15 Paradise Regained was written by John Milton 16 The first President of Egypt was Mohammed Nequib 17 The first man to reach North Pole was Rear Peary 18 The most famous painting of Pablo Picasso was Guermica 19 The primary producer of newsprint in the world is Canada 20 The first explorer to reach the South Pole was Cap. Ronald Amundson 21 The person who is called the father of modern Italy is G.Garibaldi 22 World literacy day is celebrated on 8th September 23 The founder of modern Germany is Bismarck 24 The country known as the land of the midnight sun is Norway 25 The place known as the Roof of the world is Tibet 26 The founder of the Chinese Republic was San Yat Sen 27 The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was Abdul Salam 28 The first woman Prime Minister of Britain was Margaret Thatcher 29 The first Secretary General of the UNO was Trygve Lie 30 The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was Frederick Auguste Bartholdi 31 The port of Banku is situated in Azerbaijan 32 John F Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harry Oswald 33 The largest river in France is Lore 34 The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law was Catherine of Aragon 35 The first negro to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was Ralph Johnson Bunche 36 The first British University to admit women for degree courses was London 37 The principal export of Jamaica is Sugar 38 New York is popularly known as the city of Skyscrapers 39 Madagascar is popularly known as the Island of Cloves 40 The country known as the Land of White Elephant is Thailand 41 The country known as the Land of Morning Calm is Korea 42 The country known as the Land of Thunderbolts is Bhutan 43 The highest waterfalls in the world is the Salto Angel Falls(Venezuela) 44 The largest library in the world is the United States Library of Congress Washington DC
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