1. City of seven hills: Rome.
2. Dry ice: Carbon dioxide.
3. The planet nearest to Sun: Mercury.
4. The word “United nations” is first of all suggested by: Franklin D. Roosevelt.
5. The 191th country which has taken membership in U.N.O. is= East Timor. The 192nd country is= Monte Negros (which got itself separated from Serbia and formed as independent country).
6. The world famous emperor of France, Napoleon spent his last days in exile: in Elba Island situated in Mediterranean Sea.
7. The modern Olympic games were first held in the year 1896 and the number of countries participated were= 14.
8. Ring of fire is present in = Pacific Ocean.
9. The first person who reached the North Pole = Robert Pierre.
10. “Boston Tea Party” is related to the independence movement of America.
11. “World Ozone day” is celebrated on= 16th October.
12. Old name of Present Thailand country is= Siam.
13. “Venice of Japan” is = Hiroshima city.
14. The first woman who occupied the Delhi throne is= Rajia Sultana.
15. “Sitar”, a musical instrument (like violin) is invented by= Ameer Khusru.
16. “Laws of Heredity” were founded by= Gregory Mendel.
17. The old name of Istanbul is= Byzantine.
18. “East India Company” was established by= Lord Cole Bird of England. This company arrived in India in 1604 AD, to do business and later on occupied the whole country and ruled it up to 1947 and India became independent on- 15TH august 1947.
19. The language called “The Italian of the East” (beautiful for its style of speaking) is: “Telugu language” (one of the South Indian languages).
20. Land of thousand lakes: Finland.
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Answer to Q 11 ‘World Ozone Day’ is wrong. It is 16 September and not 16 October, because Montreal Protocol was signed on 16September’1987.