part 2

[Audio] ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) ➢ Formed 8th August 1967 ➢ Headquarters Jakarta (Indonesia) ➢ Members 10 ➢ Observers 2 IMF ➢ Formed 27th December 1945 ➢ Headquarters.

[Audio] Arab League ➢ Formed 22nd March 1945 ➢ Headquarters Cairo (Egypt) ➢ Members 22 World Trade Organization (WTO) ➢ Formed 1st January 1995 ➢ Headquarters.

[Audio] Common Wealth of Nations ➢ Established 11th December 1931 (British Common Wealth of Nations) ➢ Formally constituted 28th April 1949 (Common Wealth of Nations) ➢ Headquarters London (UK) ➢ Members 54 ➢ Maldives rejoined on 1st February 2020 Pakistan Joined ➢ FAO 7th September 1947 ➢ UNO 30th September 1947 (56th Member) ➢ ILO 31st October 1947 ➢ Universal Postal Union 10th November 1947 ➢ World Bank and IMF.

[Audio] Headquarters ➢ ILO Geneva (Switzerland) ➢ Red Cross Geneva (Switzerland) ➢ WHO Geneva (Switzerland) ➢ WTO.

[Audio] Official Residences ➢ Buckingham Palace (London) British Monarch (Named after Duke of Buckingham) ➢ Ten Downing Street (London) P.M. of U.K. ➢ White House (Washington) President of USA ➢ Rashtrapati Bhawan (New Delhi) Indian President ➢ Temple Trees (Colombo) P.M. of Sri Lanka ➢ Queen's House (Colombo) President of Sri Lanka ➢ Cankaya Mansion Vice President of Turkey ➢ Apostolic Palace (Papal Palace) Pope (Vatican City) ➢ Blue House President of South Korea ➢ Seraglio (Istanbul).

[Audio] Revolutions ➢ American 4 July 1776 (Philadelphia) ➢ America Granted Independence 1783 ➢ French 14 July 1789 (Fall of Bastille Fort) ➢ France became Republic on 22 September 1792 ➢ Bolshevik Revolution first stage February 1917 (Russia) ➢ Bolshevik Revolution 2nd Stage October 1917 (Russia) ➢ Red Revolution (China) 1949 ➢ Revolution in Iran (1979 Revolution) 7th January 1978 to 11th February 1979 Famous Treaties, Pacts, Accords etc ➢ Treaty of Westphalia.

[Audio] Important and Famous Places ➢ Golden Temple Amritsar (Founded by Hazrat Mian Mir) Most Sacred Place of Sikh Religion ➢ Somnat Temple Gujrat (India) ➢ Sri Dalada Maligawa Buddhist Temple (Kandy--- Sri Lanka) ➢ Sri Dalada Maligawa also called Temple of the Tooth ➢ The Vatican Seat of Papacy (Catholicism) ➢ The Sulemaniyah Mosque Istanbul (Turkey) ➢ The Blue Mosque (Only mosque with 6 minarets).

[Audio] Places Famous For ➢ Fleet Street Newspapers and Press Offices ➢ Broadway Street Cinema Halls ➢ Hyde Park Public Meetings and Assemblage ➢ Red Square Venue of Annual Ceremonial Parades ➢ Dalal Street.

[Audio] Famous Paintings ➢ Night Watch Rembrandt Van Riin ➢ The Last Supper Leonardo Da Vinci ➢ Mona Lisa Leonardo Da Vinci ➢ View of Tinherier Winston Churchill ➢ The Last Judgment Michel Angelo ➢ Cornfield and Cypress Trees Vincent Van Gogh ➢ The Potato Eaters.

[Audio] Highest Military Awards ➢ China Order of Cloud and Banner (also called Order of the Resplendent Banner) ➢ USA Medal of Honor ➢ Britain Victoria Cross ➢ France.

[Audio] ➢ LED Light Emitting Diode ➢ LCD Liquid Crystal Display ➢ AMU Atomic Mass Unit ➢ EMF Electro Motive Force ➢ {CRT.

[Audio] Discoveries and Inventions ➢ Alpha Rays Rutherford ➢ Beta Rays Rutherford ➢ Gamma Rays Paul Villard (French) ➢ Electron.

[Audio] ➢ Telephone Graham Bell ➢ Radio Marconi ➢ AK-47 Mikhail Klashnikov ➢ Thermometer Sir Thomas Allbut (1867) ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ Measurement Instruments ➢ Sphygmomanoometer Blood Pressure ➢ {Anemometer.

[Audio] Units of Measurement ➢ Newton Force ➢ Dyne Force ➢ Kelvin.

[Audio] International Symbols ➢ Wheel Progress ➢ Black Flag Protest ➢ White Flag Truce ➢ Red Flag Revolution/Danger ➢ {Lotus.

[Audio] National Animals ➢ China Giant Panda , Chinese Dragon (Mythical) ➢ Finland Brown Bear ➢ Australia Kangaroo ➢ England Lion ➢ Pakistan Markhor ➢ {Bangladesh Royal Bengal.

[Audio] National Games ➢ USA Baseball ➢ England Cricket ➢ France Football ➢ {Italy.

[Audio] ➢ KGB Russia ➢ Khad Afghanistan AIRLINES ➢ Aeroflot Russia ➢ Air France France ➢ Alitalia.

[Audio] Airports ➢ Kai Tak Hong Kong ➢ Bandaranaike (Katunayake) Colombo (Sri Lanka) ➢ Dum Dum Calcutta ➢ Gatwick International Airport UK ➢ {Heathrow.

[Audio] ➢ Gothenburg Sweden ➢ Hammerfest Norway ➢ Lisbon Portugal ➢ Hamburg.

[Audio] ➢ Malaysia Dewan Rakyat ➢ Germany Bundesrat ➢ Oldest Parliament Althing of Iceland (Founded 930 A.D.) ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ News Agencies ➢ AFP France (Agence France Presse) ➢ Agerpres.

[Audio] ➢ JANA Libya ➢ Montasame Mongolia ➢ UPI + AP USA ➢ {WAFA.

[Audio] ➢ Sweden Stockholm ➢ Poland Warsaw ➢ Venezuela Caracas ➢ {Kyrgyzstan.

[Audio] ➢ Oman Muscat ➢ Netherlands Amsterdam ➢ Canada Ottawa ➢ {Poland.

[Audio] ➢ Zambia Lusaka ➢ Zimbabwe Harare ➢ Libya Tripoli ➢ Panama Panama City ➢ Brunei Bander Seri Begawan ➢ Nauru (Smallest Republic) Yaren (De facto) ➢ Madagascar.

[Audio] Currencies ➢ Egypt Egyptian Pound ➢ Libya Dinar ➢ Sudan Dinar ➢ {Iran.

[Audio] Old and New Names ➢ Abyssinia Ethiopia ➢ Angora Ankara ➢ Bombay Mumbai ➢ Ceylone Sri Lanka (22nd May 1972) ➢ {Constantinople.

[Audio] International Days ➢ Int. Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 21st March ➢ Day for Water 22nd March ➢ World Health Day 7th April ➢ Earth Day 22nd April ➢ Labour Day 1st May ➢ Press Freedom Day 3rd May ➢ Int. Nurses Day.

[Audio] Important Lines and Boundaries ➢ Durand Line Pak- Afghan (12th November 1893) Sir Mortimer Durand & Abdul Rehman Khan ➢ Hindenburg Line Germany- Poland ➢ Marginal Line France- Germany (320km) WW-II ➢ McMahon Line India- China (Sir Henry McMahon) ➢ Redcliffe Line Pak-India ➢ 17th {Parallel Line.

[Audio] Straits, Canals and Important links Name Between Links Bab el Mandeb KSA and Africa Red Sea and Arabian Sea Bering Alaska (USA) and Siberia Pacific and Arctic Ocean Sea of Marmora and Aegean Sea Dardanelles Asian Turkey and European Turkey Dover England and Europe North Sea and Atlantic Ocean Florida Florida and Cuba Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Gibraltar Spain and Morocco Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean Malacca Malaysia and Sumatra Indian Ocean and South China Sea Palk India and Sri Lanka Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea Hormuz Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf Persian Gulf and Oman Sea Bass Australia and Tasmania Southern Ocean and Pacific Ocean Black Sea and Sea of Marmara Bosphorus Asian Turkey and European Turkey Singapore and Peninsular Strait of Malacca and Singapore Strait Johor Malaysia ➢ Gate of Tears Bab el Mandeb ➢ Key to Mediterranean Strait of Gibraltar ➢ Strait between Russia- USA.

[Audio] Deserts ➢ Sahara (Largest) North Africa ➢ Arabian Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia and Syria) ➢ Gobi Mongolia; China ➢ Kalahari South Africa ➢ Great Sandy.