Pakistan identified Gwadar as a port site in 1964. However,it was only in 2001 that Significant steps were taken with the help of _ assistance in the construction and development of the deep-sea port.
Plato, along with his pupil Aristotle, laid the groundwork for Greco-Roman philosophy in his writings. though we call him Plato (which means "broad-shouldered"), what was this 5th-4th century BC Greek philosopher's name at birth?
At the end of the thirty years war in 1648 sweden still had thousands of troops in her pay.in what year was the last of her soldiers withdrawn from non-swedish land in germany?
Martin Luther was a monk,priest,professor of theology and iconic figure of the Protestant Reformation.He Strongly disputed the claim that freedom from God's punishment for sin could be purchased with money.He hailed from which country?
The length of greater thal canal is 35 km (whole in phase-l).greater thal canal project is located in eastern part if thal doab within the boundaries of bhakkar, layyah, khushab and jhang districts in
This gulf is also called gulf os chihil.it is the morthwestern arm of the yellow sea,and is enclosed by the chinese provinces liaoning, hebei and shandong.
What is the name of the peninsula in northeastern australia which is positioned next to the great barrier reef, and is bordered by the gulf of carpentaria?
Name the longest river which would have been about 6000 miles (10000 km) long, it was present in the last lce age period.Now it is disappeared from the map of the world.
Manuel Quezon was a law student and revolutionary who later became the first President of his newly formed country.Of which country was he elected President in 1935?
In which Latin American country was president Hugo Chavez overthrown in a military coup only to be restored to power three days later after his successor dissolved the national assembly and the supreme court?
As recognition of Muslim soldiers from Pakistan,during Indonesia Golden jubilee celebration on August 17,1995 Indonesia grants Independence war Awards to the living ex Pakistani soldiers and awarded the highest honor to the founding father of Pakistan Mohammad Ali Jinnah and the government of Pakistan.Which award was awarded?
Two Roman brothers attempted to reform the roman re public a little over 100 years before its fall.What was the surname of these two brothers Tiberius Sepronius and Gaius Sempronius?
In 1887, the Famous Emile Berliner invented a system of recording which could be used over and over again and many copies of the original recording could be made.He hailed from which country?
There are two possibilities to the cause of Napoleon's death today stomach cancer and arsenic poisoning.which one was diagnosed by Napoleon's family's physician as the cause of death?
This gulf is a widemouthed inlet of the pacific ocean, south east mexico, bounded by the state of oaxaca and chiapas.it is named after a town in oaxaca state, in an oil producing area.
This man is sometimes known as the Father of History(though Herodotus gets the nod more often) for his work on chronicling the Peloponnesian War.Which of these ancient fellows an I describing?
Roosevelt received peace Nobel Prize for helping to broker the end of the Russo-Japanese war, while Woodrow Wilson won it for his 14-points and Promotion of the League of Nations.Jimmy Carter won it in 2002 for his endless promotions of world peace through various activities.Who is the fourth President of USA who won peace Nobel Prize?
Transformation of Britain from a mainly agricultural society to a minly industrial society took place in the period from 1760 to 1840.what is called this transformation?
In 1973 Benjamin Britten composed an opera entitled death in Venice.its title is the English translation of the Germany novel Der tod in Venedig published in 1911.who wrote the novel?
Which is an astronomical event that happens twice each year when the sun's apparent position in the sky reaches its northernmost or southernmost extremes?
Johannes Kepler is certainly one of the top five most important astronomers in human history.The set of there laws that bear his name are mostly concerned with which of these topics?
In 1942 this scientist let the team that succeeded in building the word's first nuclear reactor .What was the last name of this pioneer of nuclear technology?
Name the Islamic scholar who translated the Qur'an into English.His translation of the Qur'an is one of the most widely-known and most authentic in the English-speaking world
The largest landlocked county in the world is Kazakhstan in Asia, With Mongolia (also in Asia) being the second largest landlocked county. What is the largest landlocked country outside of Asia:
This inventor created an automated loom in 1801 that employed punch card technology,helping to revolutionize the textile industry in Europe,What was his surname?
The great lakes is one of only a handful of areas in the world that creates lake effect snow, which of the following towns surrounding the lakes does not regularly receive lake effect snowfall?
Karl Marx is considered to be one of the most Important modern figures in both philosophy and the social sciences.Born in Germany in 1818,he died 65 years later in which capital city?
This 17th century genius made a contribution in a number of different scientific and philosophic areas, including geometry, probability and hydrostatics and invented perhaps the first mechanical calculator in 1642. Name him
After fighting at the naval battle of lepanto against the Turks, on his way back home this Spanish writer was captured by Algerian pirates and was slave in Algiers for five years
One of the most important figures of science in the medieval Islamic world was this doctor,Philosopher and chemist who lived from 864 to 930A.D. What was his Latin name?
Lying at the northern end of the Adriatic Sea, a present-day city was once the leading seaport of medieval Europe and the continent's link to Asia.Name this city.
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat finally was released on may 1st after five months of confinement in his headquarters by Israeli troops.in which west bank town was Arafat confined?
Which pass (5575 m.) shares the name with the range it is situated in. the pass is situated in jammu and kashmir,in a region under pakistani control,it is the chieg route over the himalayas between jammu and kashmir and china?
What are the first and middle names of early 20th century British Economist Keynes,upon whose theories many a modern government now operates its fiscal and tax policies?
Which canal project is located in muzaffargarh,D.G. khan & rajanpur districts of punjab and dera bugti, naseerabab,bolan and jhal magsi districts of balochistan.
Which pass through the carpathian mountains in ukraine is also called the tatar pass. it was used by the mongols (tatars) in their invasion of hungary in 1241?
Which pas (1070 m.) is aituated on the border between afghanistan and pakistan. it was the scene of sharp fighting in the afghan wars 1839-42 and 1878-80?
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), was the physician, neurologist, and founder of psychoanalysis.He is called father of modern psychology.To which country he Belonged?
This Maoist group has its origins in the Bengail region of India.Originally known as the Majumdar-Sanyal group this Organization has been active since the 1960's.by what name are they generally known?
The Kogod Courtyard with its elegant glass canopy designed by world renowned architect Norman Foster,Opened to the public on November 23,it is located in which country?
The English channel often referred to simply as the channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that joins the North sea to the Atlantic and Separates southern England from
skylab program was developed by NASA building on the success of its heavy-lift rocket,the saturn,which had boosted the apollo rockets and helped place the first human being on the moon.skyiab was launched on
This waterfall is actually comprised of three separate waterfalls and the three falls are separated by two island. goat island and luna island. do you know its name?
The united states continued to be criticized for its capital punishment policies.when ray krone was released from an Arizona prison in April he became the _person since 1973 to be sentenced to death in the U.S. and later exonerated?
In 1815, before news of the treaty of ghent reached america a battle was fought between a hodgepodge army of 4000 men led by andrew jackson and 8,000 british soldiers.in what city was this battle fought?
The three Great Pyramids were built about 4500 years ago. Khufu's (the most famous) is one of the Ancient Seven Wonders. It is located in which country?
The first notable dynasty in Russia's long history was named after this man who was probably of Swedish origin but could just as well have been Danish. We are, of course, speaking about...?
One of the greats of Arab science,he was an early adherent of the practice of alchemy Alongside this he was an advisor to Haroun-ul-Rashid,the greatest Abbasid Caliph, and is sometimes described as the Father of Chemistry.To whom do I refer?
Bagan Temple is an immense religious complex built in the 11th to 13th centuries. It once had over 10,000 Buddhist structures, It is located in which country?
As a result of the work of Edward Jenner we have the complex system of inoculations that every child painfully experience during his/her early years.in 1796,he made his first vaccination him from which disease?
Mangol Empire was organized into four Khanates, in Persia Southern Tukestan and china. Kublai khan ruled over china from 1260 which dynasty was founded by Kublai khan?
The most populated metropolitan area in the world this city's name means eastern captial,but it used to be a village called Gate of the Inlet.which is it?
The International Red Cross was founded by Jean Henri Dunant, a Swiss philanthropist,in 1864 during the Geneva Convention.He had tanded to the wounded during the Battle of Solverino in 1859,leading to the founding of this wonderful International body.Who was the founder of the American Red Cross?
This pass in caucasus mts.(2828 m.) is situated on the border between alania rep.(north ossetia), russia and south ossetia, georgia. the ossetian military road (buillt 1889) passes through it.
The most recent geological epoch of the Quaternary period covering the 10000 years or so from the end of the pleistocene epoch to the present day is known as
An Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei was one of the founders of modern science,Born in 1564,he first came to public attention with the invention of which device in 1586?
A prominent French revolutionary, he summoned the mob to arms on july 12th, 1789, precipitating the revolt that led to the storming of the Bastille, Who was he?
In july 1958,which president of usa signed the national aeronautics and space act of 1958 establishing the national aeronautics and space administration NASA?
This man single-handedly ensured the development of the Germany empire in the late 19th century by Promoting an aggressive expansionist policy, including wars against Denmark,Austria and France.Name this iron man
Despite his being a failed and corrupt politician, he gained international fame for his writings on philosophy and he scientific method, namely The Advancement of Learning and 'Novum Organum'. What is this great thinker's name?
Several years before Galileo made his famed experiments involving falling bodies,this Dutch philosopher performed similar experiments disproving Aristotle's assertion that heavier bodies fall faster than light ones.Who was this fellow,relatively unknown to us today?
Which ethnic group sued the city of Chicago for diluting its political influence by dividing its people up over several districts as a result of redestricting?
The inhabitants of these islands are mainly farmers and are descendents of the current administering power. Ownership of the islands is disputed by a neighboring power which staged an invasion leading to war in 1982?
Robert the bruce led the scots to victory against the english under edward II in 1314 securing a fully independent Scotland for nearly 300 years.what is the name of this battle?
Teotihuacan, an ancient religious, complex is best known for its Pyramid of the sun, which soars as high a 27 story building, it is located in which country?
17th century Englishman John Locke may perhaps be the most important political Philosopher in human history.Which of the Following was not an important Philosophical work written by Locke?
This gulf called sinus gallicus under roman times.it is an inlet of the mediterranean sea on the south coast of france extending from the peninsula of giens(east of marseille) to creus in north eastern spain.the gulf of_?
Four freedoms are freedom of speech and worship and freedom from want and fear.Who presented it first as a basis for world peace after world war II,in 1941?
This gulf is named after the current name of a famous international port city designated after world war i.the city, formerly called danzig,is presently in polish territory.what is the current name of the city (and the gulf)?
The Reign of queen Victoria saw the british engaged in numerous little wars as well as a few larger conflicts.Of the following,which happened earliest in that long reign?
This Maoist group has its origins in the Bengali region if India. Originally known as the Majumdar-sanyal group,this organization has been active since the 1060's.By what name are they generally known?
He was the second emperor of the Qing (Manchu) Dynasty, and longest reigning in Chinese history,Born Xuan-Ye, by what reign title did ruler China from 1661-1722?
Known as the founder of the pro-choice movement in the United States,Margaret Sanger also pioneered the introduction of birth control methods,especially for poor women.what was Sanger's profession?
The Ramon Magsaysay Award was established in April 1957 by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.Every year the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation gives away prizes to Asian individuals and organizations.Name the first Pakistani who got Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1963?
John C. Adams composed in 1987 an opera named after the first official visit of a US president to the People's Republic of china who was this president?
Which scientist first identified the ring-like structure of the basic organic compound known as benzene in 1865 and hence is sometimes referred to as the father of organic chemistry?
Trajan was one of the greatest of the Roman emperors, and under reign,the empire reached its greatest extent territorially. He was also the first emperor born in the Provinces.In which modern country was he born?
Physical environment offers opportunities for a range of possible directions of development and it depends on human initiatives in particular directions of progress, This basic premise in geography is known as
Austerlitz is often called the battle of the three emperors because napoleon the emperor of the french Francis emperor of Austria and the Russian emperor were all present on the field of battle who was the Russian czar that nominally led the allied forces at Austerlitz?
One of the Most eclectic and enthusiastic thinkers in American history,Benjamin Franklin was also responsible for a number of unique inventions.Which of these was not an original Franklin creation?
Scottish physicist Lord Kelvin was a key contributor in several fields of physics including thermodynamics and electromagnetism.Kelvin,however was not his surname,but rather his aristocratic title.what was his given name?
A glacier is a large, flowing mass if ice. glaciers form only under specific climate conditions and only over land masses. which of the following words does NOT relate to the life cycle of a glacier?
The arrangements os planets with smalls on either ands and big plantes in the middle supports which one of the following theories of origin of the solar ayatem?
camels are very useful desert animals for many reasons, such as the ability to go for long periods without water, how long can they live without a drink?
Mangol empire was organized into four Khanates in Persia Southern Tukestan and china.Kublia han ruled over china from 1260 which dynasty was founded by him?
Karl Benz was the inventor and mechanical engineer who designed and built the word's first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine in 1885.He hailed from which country?
Which European discoverer of the Mississippi river had to be buried in secret when he died so that the natives of the region would not realize that he was not immortal?
Many countries have different local names compared with the English names by which we know them. Which country is called 'Shqiperia' by the residents there?
Tar sands containing large molecular hydrocarbons like crude oil are found in limited quantities in several parts of the world but the most important known occurrence is in
Who one of the earliest Personalities considered father of Europe _ he is a 6th century Italian saint and the most important architect of Western monasticism?
A specific kind of informal diplomacy,in which non-officials (academic scholars retired civil and military officials,public figures, and social activists) engage in dialogue,with the aim of conflict resolution, or confidence-building is called
Two years after the death of Genghis Khan, his second son was elected Great Khan leader of the Mongols.Who was his son that carried on his father's goal pf conquering the known world?
Though typically when people think back on ancient medicine the name Hippocrates comes to mind,another ancient Greek was equally,if not more,important.this was Galen,who served for a time as the court physician to which of these ancient Roman emperors?
Which decisive victory for the vietminh over the french signaled the beginning of the end of french colonial rule in vietnam, and in indo- china as a whole in 1954?
Berubari was a big mouza of India's Jalpaiguri district.According to Radcliff award-map,it was included in the then East Pakistan.But according to the boundary description in the award it was not to be so included.Pakistan got the area of Berubari from India under the agreement of?
One of the great political philosophers of the modern are was Henry David Thoreau,the famed American author of the 19th century. What was the subtitle of his most famous work,Walden ,published in 1854?
Born a Jew, he is considered the savior of Christianity and the second most important prophet of Islam.Of course we are refering to Jesus Christ Speaking of the Muslims,by what name do they Jesus?
The spratly island are a widely scattered collection of reefs and low lying island in the south china sea.their ownership is disputed by which of these neighboring countries?
Austrian Physicist won a Nobel prize for Physics in 1933 because of his very significant contribution to quantum mechanics.what was the name of physicist?
Sabeer Bhatia is the name of India-born computer expert.He sold his innovation to Bill Gates for $400 million.This idea of his spawned a communication revolution what did he sell to Bill Gates?
The ancient Greek philosopher Thales is sometimes called the Father of Western Philosophy.In which ancient city was this 7th/6th century B.C. philosopher active?
The Heliopolis palace is one of the Egyptian presidential palaces and residences for the executive office of president of Egypt.it is currently widely known as
Who was the 19th century British physicist whose key contribution to science was his formulation of four differential equations that enumerate the basic laws of electricity and magnetism?
Umer bin Abdul Aziz apart from the Holy Prophet's first four successors, is acknowledged as a caliph in the true sense of the world was a ruler of whoch dynasty?
In 2007,the government of Pakistan handed over Gwadar port operations to _ for years,and gave it the status of a Tax Free port for the following 40 years.
The Arab geographer who authored the book Amusement for him desires to Travel Around the World also called the book of Roger and who is famous for his silver Map' was
Which country became only the third country on earth to send a human into space independently on october 15,2003 when yang liwei piloted the shenzhou V mission?
KLM was set up on _ KLM is now a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group after being bought by air France in 2004,however it is still operating under its own name.
Three of these cities lie on the mediterranean sea. one is located on the northern coast of spain looking out onto the bay of biscay. which city is this?
Muhammad Ali Jinnah encouraged Muslim soldiers serving in British Indian army and sent six hundred soldiers who fought for freedom of which Muslim country in 1945?
The third president of the United States and the man who larely brought the magnificent American Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson.What position did he serve for the nascent American republic from 1785 to 1789?
Napoleon's last battle ended in his disastrous defeat.the duke of wellington the allied victor,famously said it was a damn close run thing.named after a small village in belgium, where was this battle?
Which American industrialist & president was praised by Adolf Hitler in his autobiography Mein Kampf in fact he was the only american to be praised by hitler
The french imperial guard was one of the most famous organizations in military history.how many imperial guardsmen were with napoleon at the battle of austerlitz?
Relatively unknown to us today this Italian architect was commissioned by Pope Julius II to draw up design plans for the great St.Peter's in Rome, after the old basilica had been dismantled.who was this architect?
Simon Bolivar was named The Great Liberator' as he led the revolution that freed many South American countries from Spanish control.Venezuela, Bolivia,Peru, and Ecuador were liberated along with:
This island is within sight of the chinese mainland province of Fujian, is heavily fortified and was the focus of international tension in the 1950s and 60s.
Joan of Arc was a peasant girl who believed she had a divine mission to save france.in 1429, after persuading charles VII to let her lead a force to relieve orleans, she won a decisive victory that allowed france to gain permanent advantage over:
Largely through the actions of the Spanish explorer and adventurer Francisco Pizarro in the 1530s, which empire was brought under the dominion of Spain?
This man's name means lion in Arabic he was born Zahir ud-din Muhammad, and is best known for founding the Mughal Dynasty in India. By what name do we know him today?
This bay is an inlet of the south pacific ocean on the south border of the city of syaney arstralia.it eas the scene of the first landing on australian soil by english james cook in 1770.
In the early 1993s, which landlocked country,whose economic growth has traditionally been hindered by a lack of ocean ports,signed an agreement with peru to have access to the port of llo?
Kiev is the capital of Ukraine with a port on the Dnieper River, The largest city of Ukraine, Kiev is the industrial commercial and cultural center,What is given by Russians to Kiev:
This former capital of the Byzantine Empire straddles the continents of Europe and Asia and was renamed by a Roman emperor in the 4th century AD and was renamed again in the early 20th century,which is it?
Nikola Tesla was one of the key scientists of the 19th and 20th centuries.for his many contributions to the field of electricity,Tesla was awarded by the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures with his own Sl unit.The tesla is the Sl unit for which of the following?
One of the greatest conquerors in history was Tamerlane,who claimed direct descent from Genghis Khan.From which city,which he established as his capital sis Tamerlane make his great conquests?
Perhaps the founder of the Greco-Roman tradition of thought was Socrates,a 5th century luminary of ancient Athens.Which of the following is not true about Socrates?
Google is an American Multinational corporation which provides internet-related products and service,including internet search cloud computing,software and advertising technologies.who is the founded father of Google?
The Port of Rotterdam is the largest in Europe and was the world's busiest port from 1962 to 2004, until it was overtaken by Shanghai.it is located in which country?
In 1933 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt sought to counteract the damage wrought by the great Depression in the United states by introducing a set of federal programs regulations and subsidies known as
I gained independence in 1776.I have 50 states and i'm the most technologically powerful economy in the world.I don't have an official language.Who i am?
Umar Khayyam was a great researcher of Physics, Mathematics, Engineering, Astronomy and Medicine. In which field he wrote a book which earned a world-wild fame for him?
10 Downing Street, colloquially known in the United Kingdom as Number 10'is the headquarters of her majesty's Government and the official residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury, an office now invariably held by the
Napoleon's decisive victory at austerlitz effectively brought an end to which european coalition which was united to bring about the downfall of france?
Much attention revolves around the involvement of Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and Emperor Hirohito in the Japanese war effort in the 1940s, but which of these individuals was the the Japanese army chief of staff during the latter years of world war II?
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) was a Baptist minister.He advocated black emancipation by non-violent means.He delivered his speech i have a dream in:
There are literally milions os known galaxies in the universe.we live in the milky way galaxy, on the end of one of the arms.waht is the shape of milky way galaxy?
In 1492, columbus' dreams of sea exploration finally came to light.he was granted use of three ships.the nina,the pinta and the santa maria.on which data did columbus set sail?