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Chief food of mosquito larva is micro organism found in water.
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Chief food of butterfly larva is leaves of plants.
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Corn adds more oxygen to the atmosphere than it removes.
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Euspongia is known as natural bath sponge.
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Live Fluke, biologically called Fasciola, is found in
liver of sheep.
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Earthworm is a bi-sexual.
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Eyes of insects are
compound.
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Silk is obtained from cocoon of silk worm.
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Clinical thermometer usually measures in Fahrenheit.
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Tube light emits radiation even after it is
disconnected. It is due to Fluorescence.
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The conversion of gases into liquid under high pressure
and low temperature is called regulation.
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If a green leaf is seen in a red light its color will
be black.
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Emerge of VIBGYOR from one side of the prism is due to
refraction and dispersion of light.
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Skin does not excrete
oil.
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Plants growing in extremely dry condition are called Xerophytes.
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Roots absorb water from soil which is Hygroscopic.
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Legumes increase the fertility of the soil by adding
nitrogen to the soil.
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New varieties of organisms can be brought about by hybridization.
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Male child is born if xy chromosomes are united.
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Fertilization is fusion of two game tics of different strains.
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Fruit developed from single ovary is called simple fruit.
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Seeds are developed from Ovule.
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Parthenocarpic fruits are seedless fruits.
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Grains swell in water due to imbibitions.
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Chlorophyll contains
magnesium.
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Mahalanobis model laid great emphasis on development of
heavy industries.
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Oxidation is the process in which electron is lost.
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The rate of transpiration depends upon frequency of Stomata.
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Light is necessary for photosynthesis because it
produce ATP and reducing substance.
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Oxygen liberated from photosynthesis comes from water.
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Red light is most suitable for photosynthesis.
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Respiration means food oxidation and evolution of energy.
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Chemical preservation of dead organisms in liquid is
called Cryo-Bilogy.
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The organisms which are the only living membrane of
their group and link two major groups are called
Living Fossil.
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Mammals cannot be cold
blooded.
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Trypanosome a parasite causing sleeping sickness.
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Half-time is a time of radioactive substance taken by
that substance to decompose radioactivity to
half of its weight.
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Structure of DNA was given by Watson and Crick.
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In Nuclear DNA is concentrated in chromatin.
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Proteins are synthesized by golgi bodies.
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Cellulose respiration is done by Mitochondrion.
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Light energy is stored in the form of chemical energy
due to the activity of Chloroplast.
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Protoplasm is a colloidal solution.
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Voltammeter is an electrolytic cell for conducting
electrolytic dissociation of electrolyte.
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In cryptograms, the sex organs are primitive and hidden.
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Thallophytia include algae, fungi, and lichens.
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Carl Linneus is famous for binomial system of nomenclature.
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Angiosperm includes the plants which have covered
flowers and covered seed.
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Plant cells resembles animal cell because having a cell
membrane made up of protoplasm.
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Snake have been evolved from lizard.
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Plants in which seed are outside the fruit are called Gymnosperms.
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0.200 grams are equal to one carat.
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One million cycles per second is called Megahertz.
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Linseed oil is used while oil painting.
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Smell is the weakest sense in Birds.
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Owl can rotate his head to 180 degrees on either sides.
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Ostrich eat pebbles for helping digestion by grinding
up the ingested food.
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The cuckoo sneaks its eggs into other birds’ nest to hatch.
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Dyne is a unit of Force.
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Birds are warm blooded
animals.
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Birds bones are hollow.
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Oven birds build strong nests.
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Weaver birds are called to the birds who build their nests.
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Male birds are more colorful than females.
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Birds do not fly are penguins, emus, kiwis, ostriches.
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Breitling orbiter 3 was the first balloon to fly
non-stop around the world.
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Aircraft designers test their model of aircraft in with tunnel.
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Flaps are used as air
brakes.
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Amphibians were the first vertebrate.
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There are three stages of frog. Egg-tadpole-adult frog.
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Metamorphosis - > a series of changes.
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Konrad Lorenz (1903-1989) was one of the first to study
animal behavior.
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Survive very cold weather or very dry weather by going
into a deep sleep. Surviving cold condition
like this is called hibernation. Sleeping through hot, dry condition is
called aestivation.
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A.D means in the year of our Lord.
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Amal is radical Lebanese Shi’ite military force
established in 1970 by Musa Sadr.
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Balfour Declaration was issued in 2 Nov: 1917.
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Yugoslavian city Skopije was destroyed by earthquake in 1963.
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Bootlegging is a form of smuggling.
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Religion of Chinese people is Confucianism.
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Frescois a method of painting on plaster (usually a
wall) meaning fresh.
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Kleptomania is an irrational urge to steal.
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Intifada is Palestinian uprising.
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Long March was 9600 km journey organized by Mao Tse
Tang in the year of 1931-1934.
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Vnukovo Airport is located at Moscow.
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Mercury Project first manned space programme of USA,
carry the first American into space lauched
on 5th May, 1961.
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Pan-Islam originated in 1880 in Ottomon Empire was a
movement for uniting the Islamic Nations.
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Paper was invented in 3500 BC by Chinese.
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Printing was invented by Chinese.
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Unity, faith & discipline was used by Quaid on Dec:
28, 1947.
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Philately is the hobby of stamp collection.
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Oscar Award was introduced by Louis B Mayer of Metro
Goldwin-Mayer Academy Award in 1927.
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First black president of South Africa was Nelson
Mandela his party was banned in 1961 and he was imprisioned.
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Feminism is the belief that women subordination to men
should end.
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Balfour Declaratoin issued in 2 Nov: 1917.
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Yougoslavian city Skopije was destroyed by earthquake
in 1963.
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Bootleggin is a form of smuggling.
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River boat Gondola is used in Italy’s city Venice.
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Hydaspes River is now called the Jhelum River.
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Dinosaur means “Terrible” lizard.
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The name of heaviest dinosaur was Branchiosaurus.
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Fresco is a method of painting on plaster it means fresh.
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Kleptomania is an irrational urge to steal.
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Ikhwan as Safa, a secret Arab organization was founded
in Basra, Iraq.
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Intifada is Palestinian uprising.
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Long March, a 9600-km journey in 1934 was undertook by
Chinese Communists under Mao De Tong.
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Vnukovo airport is in
Moscow.
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Pan-Islam, a movement for uniting the Islamic Nations
was started in 1880 in Ottoman Empire.
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Paper was invented in 3500 B.C by Chinese.
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Great Pyramid at Giza is the largest Pyramid built in Egypt.
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St. Vitus’s Dance is a
disease.
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Resin is sticky liquid that emits from plants.
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Pyramids of Egypt are the oldest and only survived wonder.
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Guru (teacher) Nanak was the founder of Sikhism.
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Silk was made firstly in China.
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Skylab was space laboratory launched in 1973 by USA.
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The first tanks were used in 1916 during WW-I by British.
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Harward University is in USA, Cambridge is in UK
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Titanic sank on 14 April, 1912 on voyage from
Southampton to New York City in North Atlantic.
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Tour De France is French cycle race.
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First women in space Valentine Tereshkove went into
space in Vostoc 6 on 16 June 1963.
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Watergate scandal involved President Richard Nixon in 1972.
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Parses follow Zoroastrianism.
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Seatle is the seaport of USA.
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Dickson is the seaport of Malaysia.
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At Hyde Park London public meetings are assembled.
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Red Square is in Moscow.
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Eskimos live in Igloo.
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Blitzkrieg means sudden attack.
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Dragon is the symbol of China.
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Bear is the symbol of Russia.
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Christopher Coloumbus belonged to Italy.
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Caspian Sea water is shared by Iran, Russia & Azerbaijan.
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Magna Carta is known as the Bible of English Constitution.
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Russian equivalent of Pentagon is Kremlin.
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East Timore, the Colony of Portugal, was captured by
Indonesia in 1975.
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Tiwan separated from China in 1949.
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American Naval Base “Diego Garcia” is in Indian Ocean.
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Ulster Unionists wanted to retain British rule in
Northern Ireland.
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Anti-Semitism means animosity towards Jews.
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Lens at the end of the compound microscope is called objective.
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Protoza was first observed in compound microscope.
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Francisco Fernandez introduced Tobacco in Europe.
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Mobile phones started in 1977.
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Penology is the study, theory and practice of prison
management & criminal rehabilitation.
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Length of India-China border is 3,380 km.
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Cyprus gained independence from Britain in 1960.
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Cyprus was divided into Turkish Repbublic of Northern
Cyprus and Greek Cyprus in 1974.
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Al-Azhar University I located in Cairo, Egypt.
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Fortress of Grenada, known as Alhamra is in Spain.
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Capital of ancient Babylonia was Babylon.
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Hanging gardens were in Babylon.
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Babylon was on the bank of Euphrates.
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Alma-Ata (Father of Apples) is the capital of Kazakhstan.
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Turkey and Russia are both in Europe & Asia.
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Ireland is also called
Eire.
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Largest earthquake fatalities occurred in Izmir, Turkey
in 1999.
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Pentagon is in Arlington, Virginai state.
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Pentagon was designed by George Burgstrom.
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Takla Makan is in China is the driest desert in Asia.
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Cathy Pacific is an island.
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Among the Seven Wonders, Church of Saint Sophia is
located in Istanbul.
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Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized Suez Canal in 1956.
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Qutub Minar is in New
Delhi.
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Shah Jahan built Taj Mehl for Mumtaz Mehal is located
in Agra.
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Capital of Tebet is Lhasa.
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White House is in Washington DC.
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Frigid Zone is the area withing the polar circle area
around the South Pole.
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Guantanamo Bay is in
Cuba.
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Tartus is the seaport of Syria.
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Statue of Liberty was gifted to US by France in 1884
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Voctoria falls are on the border b/w Zimbabwe &
South Africa.
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House of U.S Congress in Washington D.C is on Capitol Hill.
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Saddam Hussain executed on 30 Dec: 2006.
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The idea of SAARC originated in the mind of Zia ur Rehman.
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Pakistan left Commonwealth in 1972 and rejoined in 1989.
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Mustafa Kamal Pasha gave 6 Principles of Kemalism.
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Dayton Accord was signed to solve the problem of Bosnia.
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MI-5 is the secret agency of UK.
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The Chinese communist party was founded in 1921.
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After 27 years of imprisonment, Mr. Nelson Mandela was
released in 1990.
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Scandinavia constitutes 3 states.
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Karl Mark and Engels presented the Communist Manifesto
in 1848.
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Soviet Union was replaced by Russian federation in
December, 1991.
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Anti-governmental protests in China by students,
workers and some government officials took place:
Tiananmen Square, in 1989
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The British Secretary of Foreign Affairs A. Balfour
announced British support to establish Jewish state in Palestine in November 2, 1917.
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LAIA stands for Latin American Integration Association.
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World population was one billion in 1803.
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Mani was the Judge of world court.
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The Batista regime in Cuba was overthrown by Fidel
Castro in January 1959.
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Rasko mountain is situated in Baluchistan
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Singapore became independent in 1965
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The ‘Aid to Pakistan Consortium’ meets every year in: Paris
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One US barrel is equal to: 159 litres