GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS FOR PPSC, SPSC, FPSC TESTS AND OTHER COMPETITIVE EXAMS OF CSS, ISSB, PMS, PAF, ARMY, NAVY AND POLICE
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS
WORLD'S FAMOUS GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERIES
GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERIES
• Eric the Red discovered Greenland.
• Marco Polo (Italian) reached China through India.
• Vescoda gama (Portuguese) discovered sear route from Europe to India.
• Pedro Alvarez Cabral (Portuguese) discovered Brazil.
• George Lord Anson (English) sailed around the earth.
• Charles A.Lindberg (American) made first non-stop solo flight across the
Atlantic.
• Various (Portugese) discovered Sri Lanka.
• C.F. Blair (US) made the first solo flight over the Arctic. Sir Vivian Fuchs
and Edmund Hillary (US) first crossing of the Antarctic continent.
• G.H. Wilkins (Australian) flew over the South Pole.
• CIS are landlocked countries of Asia.
