1.

Nearest star to the Earth

Sirius
Pole Star
Sun
Proxima Centauri
Alpha Centauri
Answer: Sun
The Sun, which is at a distance of 92,955,900 miles from Earth is the nearest
star to Earth. The distance of the Sun from the Earth is termed as 1
Astronomical Unit. Light from the Sun takes nearly 8 minutes to reach the
Earth.

2. Nearest star to the Earth (other than the Sun)

Great Bear
Andromeda
Alpha Centauri
Dog Star
Proxima Centauri
Answer: Proxima Centauri
Proxima Centauri, which was discovered in the year 1915, is at a distance of
nearly 4.2 light years from Earth. One light year is equal to the distance light
travels in one year.

3. Brightest star as seen from the Earth

Rigel Kentaurus
Betelgeux
Eta Carinae
Orion
Dog Star (Sirius)
Answer: Dog Star (Sirius)
Sirius A (Alpha Canis Majoris), also known as the Dog Star, is the brightest
star visible from the surface of Earth. It has an apparent brightness magnitude
of -1.46. It is nearly 8.65 light years away from the Earth and has luminosity
26 times greater than that of the Sun. It is visible in the winter months of the
northern hemisphere.

4. Largest planet of our solar system

Uranus
Saturn
Neptune
Pluto
Jupiter
Answer: Jupiter
Jupiter, with an equatorial diameter of 88,080 miles is the largest of the nine
planets that revolve around the Sun. Its mass is approximately 320 times, and
volume 1300 times that of the Earth. In other words, Jupiter could contain
1300 Earths.

5. Smallest planet of our solar system

Mercury
Venus
Mars
Neptune
Pluto
Answer: Pluto
Contrary to popular opinion, Mercury is not the smallest planet. Pluto, the
outermost planet, with a diameter of 1430 miles is the smallest planet of our
solar system.

6. Coldest planet of our solar system

Neptune
Venus
Pluto
Saturn
Ganymede
Answer: Pluto
Pluto, discovered by William Tombaugh, is the planet which is farthest from
the Sun. It is the coldest planet of the solar system. It is so cold that when in
1992, scientists discovered nitrogen on Pluto, it was in SOLID form. It is the
only outer planet made of solid material.

7. Planet of our solar system with fastest orbiting speed

Mercury

 Venus
Pluto
Jupiter
Earth
Answer: Mercury
Mercury, at a speed of 107,030 mph, takes about 88 days to orbit the Sun
and is the fastest planet of our solar system.

8. Hottest planet of our solar system

Mercury
Mars
Jupiter
Earth
Venus
Answer: Venus
American and Russian space probes have found out the temperature on the
surface of Venus is 465 oC, making it the hottest planet of our solar system.

9. Planet closest to Earth

Moon
Mercury
Mars
Venus
Sun
Answer: Venus
Venus is at times about 25 million miles away from the Earth. Mars is at a
distance of 34 million miles.

10. Brightest planet as viewed from the Earth

Jupiter
Moon
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Answer: Venus
Venus, also known as the Evening star, is the brightest planet as seen from
the surface of the Earth. It has an apparent brightness magnitude of -4.4.

11. Densest planet of the solar system

Jupiter
Mars
Neptune
Pluto
Earth
Answer: Earth
Our planet Earth, with a density of nearly 5.5 times that of water, is the
densest planet of our solar system. Saturn, with a density about 0.69 times
that of water, is the one with the lowest density. If the planets were placed in a
huge ocean, then Saturn would be the only one to float on the water.

12. Largest satellite (natural) of our solar system

Moon
Ganymede
Phobos
Deimos
Sinope
Answer: Ganymede
Ganymede, the satellite of Jupiter, with a diameter of 3275 miles is the largest
satellite of our solar system.

13. Heaviest satellite (natural) of our solar system

Moon
Phobos
Ganymede
Deimos
Sinope
Answer: Ganymede
Ganymede is one of the 16 satellites of Jupiter. It has a mass nearly double
that of the moon.

14. Satellite closest to the parent planet

Moon
Titan
Phobos

 Charon
Enceladus
Answer: Phobos
Phobos is one of the 2 satellites of Mars. It is at a distance of nearly 5800
miles from the center of Mars making it the satellite that is closest to the
parent planet.

15. Satellite farthest from the parent planet

Sinope
Hyperion
Titan
Ganymede
Charon
Answer: Sinope
Sinope is the outermost of the 16 satellites of Jupiter. It is at a staggering
distance of 14 million miles from Jupiter.

16. Largest ocean in the world

Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Arctic Ocean
South China Sea
Pacific Ocean
Answer: Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean represents nearly half of all the world's oceans. Oceans
represent 94% of the Earth's water.

17. Deepest part of the ocean

Marianas Trench
Sea of Tranquility
Raasay Point
Bermuda Triangle
Java Trench
Answer: Marianas Trench
Marianas Trench, pinpointed by HM Survey Ship Challenger, is located in the
Pacific Ocean. The bathyscape Trieste descended to its bottom at 35,813 ft.

18. Largest sea

South China Sea
Dead Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
Black Sea
Answer: South China Sea
19. Largest bay (in terms of shoreline length)
Bay of Bengal
Cardigan Bay
Cape of Good Hope
Hudson Bay
San Diego Bay
Answer: Hudson Bay
20. Largest bay (in terms of area)
Hudson Bay
Cardigan Bay
Bay of Bengal
Cape of Good Hope
San Diego Bay
Answer: Bay of Bengal
21. Largest continent
Europe
Asia
America
Africa
Australia
Answer: Asia
Asia is the largest continent accounting for about 29.5% of all the land on the
Earth.

22. Smallest continent

Asia
Europe
America
Australia

 Africa
Answer: Australia
The Australian continent consists of Australia along with New Zealand,
Tasmania, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands. It is also sometimes
referred to as the Oceania.

23. Largest peninsula

India
China
Russia
Arabia
France
Answer: Arabia
24. Largest island
Honshu
Indonesia
Greenland
New Zealand
Borneo
Answer: Greenland
Greenland was discovered by Eric the Red. Australia, which is larger that
Greenland, is considered a continent. Greenland is 3 times as large as
Borneo, the second largest island in the world, and 9 times as big as Honshu,
the largest island of Japan.

25. Highest mountain

Mount Everest
Mount Rushmore
Andes
K2
Kanchenjunga
Answer: Mount Everest
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first people to reach the top of
Mount Everest. The 10 highest peaks are all found in the Himalayan mountain
range north of India. The 3 highest peaks are Mount Everest (29,030 ft), K2
(28,250 ft) and Kanchenjunga (28,210 ft).

26. Highest waterfall

Khne Falls
Niagara Falls
Angel Falls
Tugela Falls
Yosemite Falls
Answer: Angel Falls
Angel Falls with a total drop of 3210 ft and the longest single drop of 2610 ft
are located in Venezuela on the river Carrao. They are named after the
American Pilot Jimmy Angel who recorded them in his log book while flying
over them in 1935. The Tugela Falls in South Africa with a drop of 3110 ft are
the second highest waterfall.

27. Greatest waterfall (in terms of flow rate)

Khne Falls
Niagara Falls
Grande Falls
Boyoma (formerly Stanley) Falls
Yosemite Falls
Answer: Boyoma (formerly Stanley) Falls
The greatest waterfalls are Boyoma Falls in Zaire (17,000 m3/s), Khne Falls
in Laos (11,600 m3/s) and Niagara Falls on the Canada / US border (5,830
m3/s).

28. Widest waterfall

Khne Falls
Boyoma Falls
Niagara Falls
Grande Falls
Yosemite Falls
Answer: Khne Falls
Khne Falls are in Laos.

29. Longest river

Ob Irtysh
Amazon
Mississippi-Missouri
Yangtze

 Hwang Ho
Answer: Amazon
The total length of the Amazon in South America is 4195 miles. Its navigable
length of 3750 miles is the greatest of any river. River Nile had been regarded
as the longest but its present estimated length is about 4145 miles.

30. Largest lake

Caspian Sea
Lake Superior
Aral Sea
Lake Huron
Lake Victoria
Answer: Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea is located in Azerbaijan (Asia) and has a total area of 143,240
square miles.

31. Deepest lake

Lake Huron
Lake Baikal
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Erie
Lake Superior
Answer: Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal is located in Siberia and is the deepest lake in the world at 5315
ft.

32. Highest lake

Lake Titicaca
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Loch Ness
Lake Baikal
Answer: Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca is located at the border of Peru and Bolivia.

33. Largest freshwater lake

Lake Erie

 Loch Ness
Lake Baikal
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Answer: Lake Superior
Lake Superior is one of the Great Lakes. About 65% of Lake Superior is
located in the United States and the rest is in Canada.

34. Largest desert

Gobi Desert
Sahara Desert
Kalahari Desert
Chihuahuan Desert
Atacama Desert
Answer: Sahara Desert
The Sahara Desert in Africa covers a surface area of 3.5 million square miles.

35. River with the greatest water flow

Nile
Mississippi-Missouri
Zambezi
Hwang Ho
Amazon
Answer: Amazon
The Amazon flows into the ocean at a rate of 18,000 m3/s.

36. Smallest ocean in the world

Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
South China Sea
Answer: Arctic Ocean
37. Hottest place on the Earth (for extended periods of time)
Dallol
Sahara Desert
Death Valley, California

 Marble Bar
Al Aziziyah
Answer: Death Valley, California
38. Place where the hottest temperature was recorded
Dallol
Sahara Desert
Al Aziziyah
Marble Bar
Death Valley, California
Answer: Al Aziziyah
39. Place where lowest temperature was recorded
Siberia
Siachen
Iceland
Helsinki
Vostok
Answer: Vostok
40. Place with highest annual rainfall
Cumbria, Britain
Sri Lanka
Congo
Meghalaya, India
Zambia
Answer: Meghalaya, India
41. Largest active volcano
Mount St Helens, US
Mt Cameroon, Cameroon
Etna, Sicily
Mauna Loa, Hawaii
Stromboli, Italy
Answer: Mauna Loa, Hawaii
Mauna Loa, Hawaii last erupted in 1984.

42. Place which has had the longest drought

Sahara Desert
Gobi Desert

 Grand Canyon
Great Sandy Desert
Atacama Desert
Answer: Atacama Desert
43. Largest star
Sun
Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis)
Sirius
Pole Star
Orion
Answer: Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis)

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Tunisia : Capital - Tunis; President - Moncef Marzouki; Prime Minister - Mehdi Jomaa
Turkey : Capital - Ankara; President - Recep Tayyip Erdoan; Prime Minister - Ahmet
Davutolu
Turkmenistan : Capital - Ashgabat; President - Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Tuvalu : Capital - Funafuti; Governor General-Iakopa Italeli Taeia; Prime Minister Willy Telavi
Uganda : Capital - Kampala; President -Yoweri Kaguta Museveni; Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi
Ukraine : Capital - Kiev; President - Petro Poroshenko; Prime Minister - Arseniy
Yatsenyuk
United Arab Emirates : Capital - Abu Dhabi; President - Khalifa Bin Zayid Al
Nuhayyan; Prime Minister - Muhammad Bin Rashid Al Maktum
United States of America : Capital - Washington, D.C., President - Barack Obama
United Kingdom : Capital - London; Queen-Elizabeth II; Prime Minister - David
William Donald Cameron
Uruguay : Capital - Montevideo; President - Jose "Pepe" Mujica Cordano
Uzbekistan : Capital - Tashkent; President - Islom Karimov; Prime Minister - Shavkat

Mirziyoyev
Vanuatu : Capital - Port Vila; President - Lolu Johnson Abbil; Prime Minister - Moana
Carcasses Kalosil
Venezuela : Capital - Caracas; President - Nicolas Maduro Moros
Vietnam : Capital - Hanoi; President - Truong Tan Sang; Prime Minister - Nguyen
Tan Dung
Yemen : Capital - Sana'a; President - Fd. Mar. Abd Rabuh Mansur Hadi; Prime
Minister - Muhammad Salim Ba Sindwah
Zambia : Capital - Lusaka; President - Michael Chilufya Sata
Zimbabwe : Capital - Harare; President - Robert Gabriel Mugabe

Pakistan cricket Board

Test status acquired

1952

First Test match

India at Delhi, October

16, 1952.

Captain

Misbah-ul-Haq (Test and

ODI)
Shahid Afridi (T20)[1]

Coach

Waqar Younis

Official

3rd (Test)

ICC Test, ODIand T20I ranking

6th (ODI)
3rd (T20) [2]

Test matches

386

This year

Last Test match

Australia at Dubai,

November 3. 2014

Wins/losses

121/109

This year

4/3

As of 23 November 2014