18th
June 2020 Syllabus
My Twenty Fifth Day Preparation According to My Schedule
General
Knowledge
Topic: Five
Countries
Nepal:
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Nepal
is a landlocked country in South Asia that is bordered by China and India. It
is separated from Bhutan by a strip of Indian State Sikkim
·
Kathmandu
is its capital. Nepali is its official language. Nepalese Rupee is its official
currency
·
Bidhya
Devi Bhandari is current President of Nepal. Monarchism ended in Nepal in 2008.
Nepal was declared as SECULAR state in 2006
·
Mount
Everest, the highest peak in the world is located in Nepal. Nepal is covered by
Himalayan.
·
Lord
Budha and Sita were born in Nepal. They are also called “The Himalayan Nation.”
·
SAARC
headquarter is located in Kathmandu, Nepal
·
Border
between India and Nepal is Kali Nadi (A river). Lepo Lekh is disputed between
Nepal and India.
Netherlands:
·
Netherlands
is a small country in Northern Europe that shares borders with Belgium and
Germany. It shares maritime border with UK
·
Amsterdam
is its capital. Dutch is its official language. Euro is its official currency.
Netherlands is known as The Land of Flowers
·
Kingdom
of Netherlands includes mainly Netherlands, and three islands in Caribbean
Region
·
It
got independence from Spain in 1581. Formerly Netherlands was known as Holland
·
The
Hague is a city in Netherlands where ICJ (International court of Justice) is
located.
·
Willem-Alexander
is the current monarch of Netherlands while Mark Rutte is prime minister
New Zealand:
·
New
Zealand is an island country in Pacific Ocean. Wellington is its capital city
while Auckland (The city of sails) is its largest city.
·
English
and Maori are official languages. New Zealand Dollar is its official currency.
·
New
Zealand got independence from UK. Currently Elizabeth II is the Queen of New
Zealand and Jacinda Ardern is the Prime minister.
·
Aotearoa
is the former name of New Zealand which means land of long white cloud. Then a
Dutch explorer named it as New Zeeland after the name of Zeeland (a province in
Netherlands).
·
New
Zealand is one of the regions which are recently inhabited by human
·
New
Zealand was the first country which gave right of voting to women in 1887.
·
First
Rugby world cup was won by New Zealand in 1987.
·
Silver
Fern in their national symbol and Kiwi is their national animal.
·
New
Zealanders are also often called as Kiwis.
·
Ernest
Rutherford (A nuclear Noble Laureate Scientist) belongs to New Zealand but New
Zealand is strictly against nuclear empowering of the world
·
It
is the most peaceful country in the world after Iceland and Denmark
·
NZSIS
is its intelligence agency.
·
Flag
of New Zealand is same like as that of Australia but a star less than
Australian flag
Niger:
·
Niger
is a landlocked country in Africa which is named after Niger river.
·
It
got independence from France in 1960. Mahamadou Issoufu is the current
president of Niger.
·
Niamey
is its capital while French is its official language. Western Africa CFA Franc
is its official currency.
·
Niger
is the third largest river in Africa after Nile and Congo rivers. It floods
every year from September to May
·
80%
Population of Niger is Muslim even country is a secular state
·
It
is the largest country in West Africa. It was the part of Mali empire formally
Nigeria:
·
Nigeria
is a Muslim country in Western Africa named after Niger river
·
It got
independence from UK and Muhammadu Buhari is the current President of Nigeria.
·
Its
capital is Abuja while largest city is Lagos. Its official language is English and
currency is Naira.
·
Nigeria
is the 7th most populous country in the world and the third largest Muslim
country by population.
·
Royal
Niger Company Territories was former name of Nigeria
·
NIA
(National Intelligence agency) is its secret agency and NAN (Nigerian News
Agency).
·
It
is the most populous country in Africa and the country with highest gdp in
Africa
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