Nancy Pelosi, Democrat from California, was elected first woman Speaker of U.S. House in 2007
First woman to summit Mount Everest (1975)? Junko Tabei
First woman to fly solo around the world? Jerrie Mock
World’s largest apparel producing country? China
World Health Organization established? April 7, 1948
Longest recorded Blue Whale length? 111 feet
Amir Khusro was disciple of? Nizamuddin Auliya
Abbasids defeated Umayyads in? 750 AD
Baghdad built by? Al-Mansur
Gobi Desert located in? Mongolia (also partly in China)
Founder of Democratic Party of USA? Andrew Jackson
National emblem of Spain? Eagle (historically; now replaced by the Pillars of Hercules in modern coat of arms)
Optic fibers mainly used for? Communication
Turkish tribe that created Ottoman Empire? Kayi tribe (not “Anatolia” — Anatolia is a region)
Epigraphy means? Study of inscriptions
World Hemophilia Day observed? April 17
Real name of comedian “Lehri”? Safirullah Siddiqui
Ship on which Charles Darwin traveled? HMS Beagle
World Tuna Day? 2 May
Second largest city of Pakistan? Lahore
CARICOM established on? 1 August 1973
Gambit is associated with? Chess
Dribbling is a term in all except? Baseball
Arena is the special name for playground of? Wrestling
Winners of World War I? USA, UK, and France (Allies)
Countries whose citizens have walked on the moon? 1 (Only USA — 12 astronauts, all American)
Muslims who have been to space (up to now)? 11
First Chinese woman in space? Liu Yang
First American woman in space? Sally Ride
Nuclear weapons in world (2019, SIPRI)? 13,865
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons introduced? 2017
Author of Shehron Mein Shehr Karachi? Nasreen Aslam Shah
First Muslim Sultan to introduce guerrilla warfare in Islamic wars? Salahuddin Ayyubi
President of Indian National Congress in 1946? Jawaharlal Nehru
Trygve Lie, first UN Secretary-General, belonged to? Norway
Roscosmos is space agency of? Russia
OPEC member countries in 2020? 13
Official currency of OPEC? US Dollar
Africa Day observed? 25 May
George Campbell? Governor of Bengal
Name of Shah Waliullah’s father? Shah Abdur Rahim
Author of My Indian Years? Lord Hardinge
First Amendment to Constitution of Pakistan related to? Demarcation of Pakistan’s borders
Area of Thar Desert? 77,000 sq. miles