Facts about World

Total Surface Area 

510, 072,000 km²

Land Area

148,094,000 km²

Water Area

361,132,000 km²

Percentage of Land 

29.2%

Percentage of Water 

70.8%

Water Type

97% salt water, 3% fresh water

Circumference

40,066 km at Equator, 39,992 km at Poles

Continents

7 recognised

Countries

193 recognised

Oceans 

5

Population

6,446,131,714

Tallest Animal in the World

Giraffe

Largest Archipelago in the World

Indonesia

Fastest Bird in the World

Swift

Largest Bird in the World

Ostrich

Smallest Bird in the World

Humming Bird

Longest Railway Bridge in the World

Huey P.Long Bridge, Louisiana ( U.S.A. )

Tallest Building in the World

Taipei 101, Taiwan

Longest Irrigation Canal in the World

The Kalakumsky Canal

Longest Canal in the World

Suez Canal

Highest Capital in the World

La Paz ( Bolivia )

Biggest City in area in the World

Mount Isa ( Australia )

Largest City in population in the World

Tokyo

Costliest City in the World

Tokyo

Tallest Animal in the World

Giraffe

Highest City in the World

Van Chuan ( China )

Largest Continent in the World

Asia

Smallest Continent in the World

Australia

Biggest Country ( Area ) in the World

Russia

Largest Country ( Population ) in the World

China

Largest ( Country Electorate ) in the World

India

Largest Creature in the World

Blue Whale

Largest Delta in the World

Sunderban ( Bangladesh & India )

Largest Desert in the World

Sahara ( Africa )

Largest Desert ( Asia ) in the World

Gobi

Largest Dam in the World

Grand Coulee Dam ( U.S.A. )

Highest Dam in the World

Hoover Dam ( U.S.A. )

Largest Diamond in the World

The Cullinan

Largest Dome in the World

Astrodome, in Housten (U.S.A. )

Largest Epic in the World

Mahabharata

Largest Irrigation Scheme in the World

Lloyd Barrage, Sukkhur ( Pakistan )

Largest Island in the World

Greenland

Largest Sea in the World

Mediterranean Sea

Deepest Lake in the World

Baikal ( Siberia )

Largest Lake ( Artificial ) in the World

Lake Mead ( Boulder Dam )

Highest Lake in the World

Titicaca ( Bolivia )

Largest Lake ( Fresh Water ) in the World

Superior

Largest Lake ( Salt water ) in the World

Caspian

Largest Library in the World

United States Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

Highest Mountain Peak in the World

Everest ( Nepal )

Longest Mountain Range in the World

Andes ( S. America )

Largest Museum in the World

British Museum, London

Largest Ocean in the World

Pacific

Biggest Palace in the World

Vatican ( Italy )

Largest Park in the World

Yellow Stone National Park ( U.S.A. )

Largest Peninsula in the World

Arabia

Coldest Place ( Habitated) in the World

Verkhoyansk ( Siberia )

Driest Place in the World

Iqique (In Atacama Desert, Chile )

Hottest Place in the World

Azizia ( Libya, Africa )

Rainiest Place in the World

Mausinram (Meghalaya, India )

Biggest Planet in the World

Jupiter

Brightest Planet in the World

Venus

Smallest Planet in the World

Pluto

Highest Plateau in the World

Pamir ( Tibet )

Longest Platform in the World

Kharagpur ( India )

Longest Railway in the World

Trans – Siberian railway

Largest Railway Station in the World

Grand Central Terminal, Chicago ( U.S.A. )

Longest River in the World

Nile ( Africa )

Largest River in the World

Amazon ( S. America )

Largest Sea – bird in the World

Albatross

Brightest Star in the World

Sirius

Tallest Statue in the World

Statue of Motherland, Volgagrad ( Russia )

Largest Telescope Radio in the World

New Mexico ( U.S.A. )

World’s first Tramway in the World

New York

Longest Tunnel ( Railway ) in the World

Tanna ( Japan )

Longest Tunnel ( road ) in the World

Mont Blanc Tunnel between France and Italy

Highest Volcano in the World

Ojos del Salado ( Andes, Ecuador )

Most Active Volcano in the World

Maunaloa ( Hawaii – U.S.A. )

Longest Wall in the World

Great Wall of China

Highest Waterfall in the World

Angel ( Venezuela )

Lowest Water Body in the World

Dead Sea

Largest Zoo in the World

Kruger National Park, South Africa

The first person to reach Mount Everest

Sherpa Tenzing, Edmund Hillary

The first person to reach North Pole

Robert Peary

The first person to reach South Pole

Amundsen

The first religion of the world

Hinduism

The first country to print book

China

The first country to issue paper currency

China

The first country to commence competitive

examination in civil services

China

The first President of the U.S.A

George Washington

The first Prime Minister of Britain

Robert Walpole

The first Governor General of the United Nations

Trigveli (Norway )

The first country to win football World cup

Uruguay

The first country to prepare a constitution

U.S.A

The first Governor General of Pakistan

Mohd. Ali Jinnah

The first country to host NAM summit

Belgrade ( Yugoslavia )

The first European to attack India

Alexander, The Great

The first European to reach China

Marco Polo

The first person to fly aeroplane

Wright Brothers

The first person to sail round the world

Magellan

The first country to send man to the moon

U.S.A

The first country to launch Artificial satellite in the space

Russia

The first country to host the modern Olympics

Greece

The first city on which the atom bomb was dropped

Hiroshima ( Japan )

The first person to land on the moon

Neil Armstrong followed by Edwin E. Aldrin

The first shuttle to go in space

Columbia

The first spacecraft to reach on Mars

Viking – I

The first woman Prime Minister of England

Margaret Thatcher

The first Muslim Prime Minister of a country

Benazir Bhutto( Pakistan )

The first woman Prime Minister of a country

Mrs. S. Bandamaike ( Sri Lanka )

The first woman to climb Mount Everest

Mrs. Junko Tabei ( Japan )

The first woman cosmonaut of the world

Velentina Tereshkova (Russia)

The first woman President of the U.N. General Assembly

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

The first man to fly into space

Yuri Gagarin ( Russia )

The first batsman to score three test century

in three successive tests

Mohd. Azharuddin

The first man to have climbed Mount Everest twice

Nawang Gombu

The first U.S. President to resign Presidency

Richard Nixon

Country

Capital

Currency

Afghanistan

Kabul

Afghani

Bahrain

Manama

Bahraini Dinar

Bangladesh

Dhaka

Taka

Bhutan

Thimpu

Ngultrum

Brunei

Bandar Seri Begawan

Ringgit

China

Beijing

Yuan

Cyprus

Nicosia

Cyprus Pound

India

New Delhi

Indian Rupee

Indonesia

Djakarta

Rupiah

Iran

Tehran

Riyal

Iraq

Baghdad

Iraqi Dinar

Israel

Tel Aviv

Shekel

Japan

Tokyo

Yen

Jordan

Amman

Jordan Dinar

Cambodia

Phnom Penh

Riel

Kazakhstan

Akmola

Tenge

Korea (North)

Pyongyang

Won (KPW)

Korea (South)

Seoul

Won (KRW)

Kuwait

Kuwait City

Kuwaiti Dinar

Kyrgystan

Bishkek

Som (KGS)

Laos

Vientiane

Kip

Lebanon

Beirut

Lebnanese Pound

Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysian Ringgit

Maldives

Male

Rufiyaa

Mongolia

Ulan-Bator

Tugrik

Myanmar

Yangoon

Kyat

Nepal

Kathmandu

Nepalese Rupee

Oman

Muscat

Omani Rial

Pakistan

Islamabad

Pakistani Rupee

Philippines

Manila

Piso

Qatar

Doha

QatariRiyal

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh

Riyal (SAR)

Singapore

Singapore

Singapore Dollar

Sri Lanka

Colombo

Sri Lankan Rupee

Syria

Damascus

Syrian Pound

Taiwan

Taipei

New Taiwan Dollar

Tajikistan

Dushambe

Tajik Rouble

Thailand

Bangkok

Baht

Turkey

Ankara

Turkish Lira

Turkemenistan

Ashkabad

Manat (TMM)

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi

Dirham

Uzbekistan

Tashkent

Som (UKS)

Vietnam

Hanoi

Dong

Yemen

Sana

Riyal (YER)

Albania

Tirana

Lek

Andorra

Andorra-la-vella

Euro

Armenia

Yerevan

Dram

Austria

Vienna

Euro

Azerbaijan

Baku

Manat

Belarus

Minsk

Russian Rouble

Belgium

Brussels

Euro

Bosnia-Herjegovina

Sarajevo

Dinar

Bulgaria

Sofia

Lev

Croatia

Zagreb

Kuna

Cyprus

Nicosia

Euro

Czech Republic

Prague

Koruna

Denmark

Copenhagen

Danish Krone

Estonia

Tallinn

Kroon

Finland

Helsinki

Euro

France

Paris

Euro

Georgia

Tbilisi

Lari

Germany

Berlin

Euro

Greece

Athens

Euro

Hungary

Budapest

Forint

Iceland

Reykavik

Krona

Ireland

Dublin

Euro

Italy

Rome

Euro

Latvia

Riga

Lats

Leichtenstem

Vaduz

Swiss Franc

Lithuania

Vilnius

Litas

Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Euro

Macedonia

Skopje

Dinar

Malta

Valletta

Euro

Moldova

Chisinau

Leu

Monaco

Monaco

Euro

Montenegro

Podogorica

Euro

Netherlands

The Hague

Euro

Norway

Oslo

Norwegian Krone

Poland

Warsaw

Zloty

Portugal

Lisbon

Euro

Romania

Bucharest

Lei

Russia

Moscow

Rouble

San Marino

San Marino

Euro

Slovakia

Bratislava

Slovak Koruna

Slovenia

Ljubljana

Euro

Spain

Madrid

Euro

Sweden

Stockholm

Krona (SEK)

Switzerland

Berne

Swiss Franc

Ukraine

Kiev

Karbovanets

United Kingdom

London

Pound Sterling

Vatican City State

Vatican City

Euro

Yugoslavia

Belgrade

New Dinar

Popular

Name

Personality

Lady with the lamp

Florence Nightingale

Grand Old man

Dadabhai Naoroji of India

Iron Duke

Duke of Wellington

Guru Ji

M.S. Golwalkar

John Bull

England and the English people

CR

Chakravarti Rajagopalacnari

King Maker

Earl of Warwick

JP

Jayaprakash Narayan

Little Corporal

Napoleon

Mahamanya

Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya

Gurudev

Rabindranath Tagore

Maid of Orleans

Joan of Arc

Desh Bandhu

C.R. Das

Deen Bandhu

C.F. Andrews

Yankee

Inhabitants of U.S.A

Lion of the Punjab  (Sher–i-Punjab)

Lala Lajpat Rai

Bard of Avon

Shakespeare

Panditji

Jawaharlal Nehru

Man of Blood

Bismark

Andhra Kesri

T. Prakasam

Lokmanya

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Bapu

Mahatma Gandhi

Apostle of Free Trade

Richard Cobden

Netaji

Subhash Chandra Bose

Desert Fox

Gen. Rommel

Nightingle of India

SarojiniNaidu

Lal, Bal, Pal

Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal

Father of English Poetry

Geoffery Chaucer

Feuhrer

Hitler

Iron man

Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

Ike

Gen. Eisenhower

Tomy Atkins

English soldier

Jawan

Indian soldier

Poolu

French soldier

Vizzy

Maharaja Kumar of Vizianagara

G.I

American soldier

Wizard of the North

Sir Walter Scot

Samuel Clemens

Mark Twain

Sparrow

Major Gen. Rajender Singh

Shastriji

Lal Bahadur Shastri

Babuji

Jagjiwan Ram

Nick

Names

Personality

Father of Greek Tragedy

Aeschylus

Father of Comedy

Aristophanes

Father of the Telephone

Alexander Graham Bell

Father of Sunday Newspapers

John Bell

Father of Chemistry

Robert Boyle

Father of Canada

Jacques Cartier

Father of English Poetry

Geoffery Chaucer

Father of Aviation

Sir George Cayley

Father of Immunology

Edward Jenner

Father of Modern Chemistry

Antoine Lavoisier

Father of Atom Bomb

Dr. Robert Oppenheimer

Father of Nuclear Physics

Ernest Rutherford

Father of Economics

Adam Smith

Father of Railways

George Stephenson

Name of Towns

Name of Rivers

Akyab

Kaladan

Antwerp

Scheldt

Baghdad

Tigris

Bangkok

Chao Praya

Basra

Shatt – al- arab

Belgrade

Danube

Berlin

Spree

Bonn

Rhine

Bristol

Avon

Brussels

Seine

Budapest

Danube

Buenos Aires

La Plater

Cairo

Nile

Canton

Chu – Kiang

Chittagong

Karnafuli

Chungking

Yangtz -Kiang

Cologne

Rhine

Dublin

Liffey

Dresden

Elbe

Dundee

Tay

Gdansk

Vistula

Glasgow

Clyde

Hamburg

Elbe

Hankow

Yangtze

Kabul

Kabul

Karachi

Sindh

Khartoum

Nile

Alexandria

Nile

Madrid

Manzaneres

Lahore

Ravi

Leh

Indus

Lisbon

Tagus

Liverpool

Mersey

London

Thames

Intelligence Agency

Country

Australian Security and Intelligence Organization (ASIO)

Australia

Central External Langa Department (CELD)

China

Mukhbirat

Egypt

Mosad

Israel

Sawac

Iran

Almukhbirat

Iraq

Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Intelligence Bureau (IB), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

India

NIACHO

Japan

Inter Services Intelligence (ISI)

Pakistan

KGB / G.R.U

Russia

Bureau of State Security

South Africa

Ml (Military intelligence) – 5 & 6, Special Branch (SB), Joint Intelligence Organization (JIO)

United Kingdom

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),  Federal Bureau of

Investigation (FBI)

United States of America

Durand Line 

Pakistan & Afghanistan

MacMohan Line 

India & China

Radcliffe Line 

India & Pakistan

Maginot Line 

France & Germany

Oder Niesse Line

Germany & Poland

Hindenberg Line 

Poland & Germany (at the time of First World War)

38th Parallel 

North & South Korea

49th Parallel 

USA & Canada

Monument

Country

Emperial Palace (Tokyo)

Japan

Eiffel Tower (Paris)

France

Great Wall of China

China

Kremlin (Moscow)

Russia

Kinder Disk

Denmark

Pyramid (Giza)

Egypt

Opera House (Sidney)

Australia

Statue of Liberty (New York)

USA

Taj Mahal (Agra)

India

Leaning Tower of Pisa

Italy

Country

Emblem

Australia

Kangaroo

Bangladesh

Water Lily

Belgium

Lion

Canada

White Lily

Denmark

Beach

France

Lily

Germany

Corn Flower

India

Lioned Capital

Iran

Rose

Ireland

Shamrock

Ivory Coast

Elephant

Italy

White Lily

Japan

Chrysanthemum

Hong Kong

Bauhinia (Orchid Tree)

Lebanon

Cedar Tree

Luxembourg

Lion with Crown

Mongolia

The Soyombo

Netherlands

Lion

New Zealand

Southern Cross, Kiwi, Fern

Norway

Lion

Pakistan

Crescent

Papua New Guinea

Bird of Paradise

Spain

Eagle

Sri Lanka

Lion

Sudan

Secretary Bird

Syria

Eagle

Russia

Sickle & Hammer

United Kingdom

Rose

U.S.A

Golden Rod

Turkey

Crescent and Star

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Bird

Flower Emblems

Bangladesh

Water Lily

Canada

Maple ( White Lily )

France

Lily

Germany

Cornflower

India

Lotus

Iran

Rose

Ireland

Shamrock

Italy

White Lily

Japan

Chrysanthemum

Scotland

Thistle

Spain

Pomegranate

United Kingdom

Rose

U.N.O

Olive Branch

Country

Name of the Parliament

Afghanistan

Hal-o-Aqad ( National Assembly )

Argentina

National Congress

Australia

Federal Parliament ( House of Representatives and Senate )

Bhutan

Tshogdu ( National Assembly )

Brazil

National Congress

Canada

Parliament ( House of Commons and Senate )

China, Mainland

National People’s Congress

China, National

Yuan ( National Assembly )

Denmark

Folketing

Egypt

People’s Assembly

France

National Assembly

Germany

Bundestag ( Lower House ) and Bundesrat ( Upper House )

Hungary

National Assembly

Iceland

Althing

India

Parliament ( Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha )

Indonesia

People’s Consultative Assembly

Japan

Diet

Jordan

National Assembly

Kenya

National Assembly

Kuwait

National Assembly

Laos

People’s Supreme Assembly

Liberia

National Assembly

Libya

General People’s Congress

Madagascar

National People’s Assembly

Malaysia

Parliament ( Dewan

Rakyat and Dewan Negara )

Maldives

Majlis

Mongolia

Great People’s Khural

Mozambique

People’s Assembly

Myanmar ( Burma )

Pyithu Hluttaw ( People’s Assembly )

Nepal

National Panchayat

The Netherlands

State General

New Zealand

Parliament ( House of Representatives )

Norway

Storting

Poland

Sejm

Romania

Grand National Assembly

Russia

Supreme Soviet

Seychelles

People’s Assembly

Somalia

People’s Assembly

South Africa

House of Assembly

Spain

Cortes

Sudan

National Assembly

Sweden

Riksdag

Switzerland

Federal Assembly ( Nationairat

and Standerat )

Syria

People’s Council

Tunisia

National Assembly

Turkey

Grand National Assembly

U.S.A.

Congress ( House of Representatives and Senate)

Venezuela

National Congress

Vietnam

National Assembly

Zaire ( Democratic Republic of Congo )

National Legislative Council

Zambia

National Assembly

Signs

Symbols

A blind folder woman

holding a balanced scale

Justice

Black arm – band

Sign of Protest or Mourning

Black flag

Protest

Dove

Peace

Flag flown at half

mart

National mourning

Flag flown upside

down

Distress

Green Light

Line clear signal

Hammer and Sickle

National Flag (Russia)

Lotus

Culture and Civilization

Olive Branch

Peace

Red Flag

Sign of danger, revolution

Red Cross

Hospital or medical aid

Red Light

Sign of stop

Red Triangle

Family Planning

Stars and Stripes

National Flag (USA)

Maharaja

Air India

Tricolour

National Flag (India)

Two bones crossing

each other diagonally

with a skull in the upper quadrant

Danger (Electricity)

Union Jack

National Flag (U.K.)

Wheel

Progress

White flag

Truce

Official Books

Country

Blue Book

An official report of the Government of United

Kingdom

Green Book

Official Publications of Italy and Iran

Grey Book

Official reports of the Japanese and Belgian

governments

Orange Book

Official Publication of Netherlands

Red Book

Book banished in a country

White Book

Official Publication of Germany, China and Portugal White Paper

Short pamphlet giving authoritative recital of facts issued by the India

government stating its views on particular issue for the knowledge general

public

Yellow Book

Official publication of France

Ancient

Medieval

Hanging Gardens of

Babylon

Colosseum of Rome

Temple of Diana al

Ephesus (Rome)

Great Wall of China

Statue of Jupiter at

Olympia

Porcelain Tower of Nanking

Mausoleum of Mausolus (Ruler of Halicarnassus)

Stonehange of England

Pyramids of Egypt

Mosque at St. Sophia (Constantinople)

Light House at

Alexandria

Catacombs of Alexandria

Colossus of Rhodes

Leaning Tower of Pisa

Taj Mahal (India)

The Pyramid at Chichen Itza

Mexico

Christ Redeemer

Brazil

Colosseum

Rome

Great Wall

China

Machu Picchu

Peru

Petra

Jordan

Taj Mahal

India

Old Name

Changed Name

Abyssinia

Ethiopia

Angora

Ankara

Basutoland

Lesotho

Batavia

Djakarta

Burma

Myanmar

Bechuanaland

Botswana

British Guiana

Guyana

Combodia

Kampuchea

Cape Canaveral

Cape Kennedy

Ceylon

Sri Lanka

Christina

Oslo

Congo

Zaire

Constantinople

Istanbul

Dacca

Dhaka

Dutch East Indies

Indonesia

Dutch Guiana

Surinam

Formosa

Taiwan

Gold Coast

Ghana

Holland

The Netherlands

Japan

Nippon

Malaya

Malaysia

Manchukuo

Manchuri

Mesopotamia

Iraq

Northern Rhodesia

Zambia

Nyasaland

Malawi

Peking (China)

Beijing

Persia

Iran

Rangoon

Yongon

Rhodesia

Zimbabwe

Salisbury

Harare

Sam

Thailand

South-West Africa

Namibia

Thanganyika Zanzibar

Tanzania

Geographical Epithets

Location

Blue Mountains

Nilgiri Hills

Britain of the South

New Zealand

City of the Golden

Gate

San Francisco (USA)

City of Dreaming

Spires

Oxford (UK)

City of Magnificent

Distance

Washington, DC, USA

City of Sky –

Scrapers

New York

City of Seven Hills

Rome

City of Palaces

Kolkata

China’s Sorrow

Huang – Ho

Cockpit of Europe

Belgium

Dark Continent

Africa

Eternal City

Rome

Land of Midnight Sun

Norway

Emerald Island

Ireland

Land of Thousand

Lakes

Finland

Empire City

New York, U.S.A.

Land of Maples

Canada

Forbidden City

Lhasa, Tibet

Land of White

Elephant

Thailand

Garden of England

Kent, England

Mysore Tiger

Tippu Sultan

Gate of Tears

Bab – el – mandeb,

Jerusalem

Manchester of India

Mumbai

Garden City

Chicago

Manchester of Tamil

Nadu

Coimbatore

Gateway of India

Mumbai

Never Never Land

Prairies of N. Australia

Gateway of Tamilnadu

Tuticorin

Paradise on Earth

Kashmir Valley ( India )

Gift of the Nile

Egypt

Pearl of the Pacific

Guayaquil Port of Ecuador

Granite City

Aberdeen, Scotland

Playground of Europe

Switzerland

Great Broadway

New York

Playground of India

Kashmir

Great Whiteway

Broadway, New York

Pearl of the Antilles

Cuba

Granary of South

India

Tanjore

Pillar of Hercules

Gibraltar

Hearing Pond

Atlantic Ocean

Pink City

Jaipur

Hermit Kingdom

Korea

Quaker City

Philadelphia, U.S.A.

Holy Land

Palestine

Queen of the Adriatic

Venice, Italy

Island Continent

Australia

Queen of the Arabian

Sea

Kochi

Island of Cloves

Zanzibar

Roof of the World

Pamirs, Central Asia

Island of Pearls

Bahrain

Key to Mediterranean

Gibraltar

Sickman of Europe

Turkey

Spice Garden of India

Kerala

Land of Lakes

Scotland

Sugar Bowl of the

World

Cuba

Land of the Golden

Fleece

Australia

Venice of the East

Alappuzha, India

Land of the Golden

Pagoda

Myanmar

Venice of the North

Stockholm, Sweden

Land of Kangaroo

Australia

White City

Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Land of Lilies

Canada

Windy City

Chicago, U.S.A.

Land of Morning Calm

Korea

White Man’s Grave

Guinea Coast

Land of Thunderbolt

Bhutan

World’s Bread Basket

Prairies of N. America

Land of Five Rivers

Punjab, India

World’s Loneliest

Island

Tristanda Cuntra

Land of Rising Sun

Japan

Yellow River

Huang – Ho