Basic General Knowledge P-2

• Khan Mehtarzai is the highest railway station in Asia.
• Maximum quantities of diamonds are found in Africa.
• The highest rainfall for one month was recorded at Indian town of Cherapoonje. 366,14 inches rain fell there during the month of july 1861.
• Light is the fastest thing in the universe.It travels at a phenomenal speed of 187,000 miles per second.
• The largest tides of the world occur in Bay of Fundy (canada).
• Takla Makan is in China is the driest desert in Asia.
• Largest earthquake fatalities occurred in Izmir, Turkey in 1999.
• Breitling orbiter 3 was the first balloon to fly non-stop around the world.
• King of Malaysia is the only king in the world who is elected for 5 years term.
• Largest oil company belong to USA is The Ecxon Corporation.
• The busiest shopping centre of London is
Oxford Street
• The panch Pokhri Lake situated in the Himalaya Mountains is the highest lake in the world.
• Sierra Leone has the lowest GDP per capita of 510 US dollars and Luxembourg has the highest GDP per capita of 36,400 US dollars.
• People`s republic of china has the largest army of the world.
• The Royal Majesty ship Queen Elizabeth (UK) is the largest passenger ship in the world. It is 314 metres long and 36 metres wide.
• The Cambodian language is a language which has a total number of 74 alphabets.
• The Sumerian civilization is considered to be the oldest civilization of the world.
• Jericho, situated in the Jorden valley is the oldest town of the world.
• The maximum ever temperature of 136.4 F was recorded on september 13,1922 in the city Azizia (Libya) and The minimum temperature of -129.6 F was recorded in the town of Vostok near Antarctica on 24th august , 1960.
• Worldwide most capitol cities begin with which letter- B
• Who built the worlds first film studio- Thomas Alva Edison
• Where is the worlds largest mine-Carletonville South Africa
• What is the biggest tourist attraction in Zambia-Victoria falls
• What country consumes the most coffee per capita 25 Lb-Finland
• Oil is the most traded product in the world what is the second-Coffee
• Which country makes the most films per year- India
• What’s the worlds longest rail journey made no train change Moscow Peking
• What was the first sport to be filmed -Boxing by Thomas Edison 1894
• Name the first film to have its sequel released in the same year-King Kong – Son of Kong
• What cities underground has the most stations-New York
• first man to set foot on all five continents- Captain Cook
• Who was the pilot in the first fatal air crash-Orville Wright
• Where was the worlds first oil well drilled-Pennsylvania
• What country drink the most milk per capita-Iceland
• What country consumes the most fish per capita-Japan
• What was the first country to recognise the US as independent-Morocco
• On what are the worlds smallest paintings painted- Pin Heads
• Who was the first person to wear a wristwatch- Queen Elizabeth 1s

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Basic General Knowledge P-1

 Most Subways in the country.. USA
• What city has the longest metro system: London
• USA has most roads what country has second most: India
• China started Civil Service Examination first of all in 6 A.D.
• Which of the following is the largest sugar producing country in the world? Brazil
• World’s oldest regligionis Hinduism.
• World’s largest religion is Christianity.
• World’s second most populous city is Mexico city.
• First to sail around the world was Ferdinand Magallan
• Largest number of Palestinian refuges are in Jordan.
• Kazakistan is the largest country in Central Asia.
• Largest landlocked country in world is Mangolia.
• Biggest oil refinery is at Abadan (Iran).
• Detroit (USA) is famous for car manufacturing.
• Glasgow is biggest ship building centre.
• Havana is famous for cigar manufacturing.
• Europe’s only Islamic state is Albania.
• Newzealand is close to Int: Date Line.
• In which city there is the largest stock exchange of the world? New York.
• Oldest Search Engine is … Yahoo
• Bird largest in size… Ostrich
• Oldest parliament in the world— Althing (Iceland)
• The last King of Afghanistan… Zahir Shah
• First person to walk across the Antarctic continent alone was Borge Ousland.
• Aqualine is the world’s longest under-sea tunnel (15.1 km long) bridge and tunnel express-way for motor vehicles across Tokyo Bay.
• Arabia is the larges peninsula.
• Only Hindu kingdom in World is Nepal.
• Who was the first man to fly across the channel: Louis Bleriot
• What is the largest state in the USA: Alaska
• Which of the following countries of South-West Asia leads in the production of oil? Saudi Arabia
• Which country grows the most potatoes: Russia
• What language has the most words: English
• What is the smallest state of Australia-Tasmania
• Paris and What other capital had the worlds first telephone link-Brussels
• What is the largest country in Africa -Sudan
• What was the worlds first passenger jet aircraft-Comet
• In what city was the worlds first blood bank opened 1940-New York – Richard Charles Drew
• What county first used pepper-China
• What is the oldest known science- Astronomy
• What is the last element – Alphabetically-Zirconium
• What is the worlds most popular first name-Mohammed
• What is the fastest swimming ocean fish over 60 mph-Sailfish – Marlin
• People`s republic of china has the largest army of the world.
• The largest tides of the world occur in Bay of fundy (canada).
• Sudan is the largest country in Africa.
• Mumbai is the most populous city.

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Admission In Military Collage Sui 2014

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ISSB Psychology Test

 In ISSB Psychological test one question in about writing a story for which a sentence is appear on screen for 30 second 3-1/2 minutes are given for writing on that sentence 


Example


Alina was alone in home in a stormy noght and all of sudden…… 

As she finish her prayer she once again speak loudly her speech which she will speak in a contest which will held on Independence day at convention center and chaired by Prime Minister of Pakistan. The title of contest is “Pakistan Background and its present”. 
14 of August she come in convention center with her teacher and parents. Program start on time with recitation of Holy Qur’an and Naat, after it debater come and share their views. When her turn come announcer announce as the youngest debater of this contest. When she began and describe the creation of Pakistan tears are visible in every one present on dice. 
At the end when her name is announce for Winner of contest tears are now in her own eyes. Prime Minister give her 5000/- from his own Pocket to her.

Now do the above story is able to write in ISSB tests
You are invited to share your precious comments and give golden suggestions.
If any other give me good story then it is appreciated 


Other such like Sentences which appear in ISSB Test may be

1 She was going on the lonely/busy road in country side/city and all of sudden…..
2 Nasreen was alone in a jungle/forest and all of sudden…..
3 She was alone in a jungle/forest in a dark/windy/stormy night and all of sudden…..
4 Ali saw a beautiful girl laid on the lonely road and ……..
5 Hussain saw a beautiful girl in a jungle and all of sudden…….

I hope my respected co-members will also make some positive thinking short stories which show the nobility, courage, respect etc. (stories will not exceed from 12 lines of normal A4 size paper)

You need to work on your essay writing skills.

For example you are supposed to make a causal chain of sentences and start with a strong opening sentence.

Alina was alone in home in a stormy night and all of sudden… "As she finish her prayer she once again speak loudly her speech".

Make better sentences than that. "She recited her speech aloud". But even if you made that correction it makes no sense. This the meat of your opening sentence:

She was alone at home, all of a sudden she recited her speech aloud. What is so sudden about that? It kills the strength of the opening sentence.

Home alone on a stormy night I'd go for something dangerous to be the "sudden" event.

Other mistakes are your past/present tenses of words for e.g. "come" should be "came", "start" should be "started" and "announce" should be "announced". Remember its not the big mistakes that make you lose marks in English its the little ones.

1. Make good sentences: Express one idea per sentence, idea should be good, break them down to subject/Object/verb (SOV Rule). E.g. Raja(S) baked(V) a cake(O).

2. The end of one sentence should chain up with the beginning of the next sentence. Meaning the idea expressed in the first sentence should cause the idea of the 2nd sentences.

3. The ending sentence of one paragraph (oh and use one line spacing between paragraphs), should chain up with the starting sentence of the next one.

Causal (note not casual) chains between sentences and paragraphs make the essay more interesting for the reader.

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My ISSB Experiance

As salaamu 'alaikum.

Although I might be a bit late with this but here goes nothing.

2 or 3 years back, if anyone asked me what I wanted to be, I would answer without any hesitation that I wanted to be in the armed forces. And so to make my dream a reality. I went for the initial test at AS&RC RWP. I completed my written tests, no problem (par form bharnay ki bari khawaari thi). There I met 3 of my school fellows. Now you have to understand although my father wasn't that rich but he paid every price necessary to get me good education. So he sent me to the best school in town. And almost all my friends had some backing. So I won't name these friends but let's call them X, Y and Z. Now this X person I really didn't know in school but you know when people from your school show in these kinds of situations you have to stick together. Now this guy had some kind of railways running from his family's area which was really big. And the army used that area.

Well this guy was bragging all about how he doesn't need to do anything in this test and how his paternal uncle was very close with a lot of Brigadiers and Colonels. Obviously I was naive and didn't believe him. I believed in the sanctity of the army physical test and how every person had to do them as a stepping stone. So we all gathered in front of the Race Course Park. We were around 200 guys I think. We were taken out in groups for the physical tests. I and my friend were in the last group. The moment we stood in front of the Major, the Major called out X's id number and X moved forward of the group, a big grin on his face. The Major and he talked for a few seconds and then X stood behind the Major, while the Major made all the necessary announcements, X stood back grinning and giving us the thumbs up. So when we started doing our physical tests, X was nowhere to be seen.

Naturally, all of us remaining were frustrated at this injustice. But as the physical tests went like a breeze we forgot about all that. Now Mr. Y was the son of a retired Brigadier in the technical branch. I liked him. He was just like me and him on the other hand I had been friends with for a while. We even had our ISSB center Kohat together at the same time but our residence houses were different. He and I were very much alike in our passion for Pakistan Army and other kids’ stuff like watching cartoon (Japanese anime to be specific ). Now he and I were very very worried about the GTO task as we had no ******** idea what to do. And thus our worst fears were recognized after the initial tasks. Well we both had that one guy in our group that was hell bent on making our groups fail in every respective field. So as you can guess we didn't finish even one GTO task, except my single command task test. I was the only one to complete any kind of task. Mr. Y and me, both could manage to do only 6 of the individual obstacles.

The group discussion I ended up rounding up the debate and everyone was happy. In the case scenario the a**hole again did a blunderous job and we failed that too. Same was the case with Mr. Y too. He also had that kind of a vermin in his group. But his group didn't even finish a single task. 

Now the Deputy President’s interview and the psychologist's interview were on consecutive days. So my group had the Psychologist’s interview first and Mr. Y had the Deputy's first. After the first day of interviews he and I spent an hour at most discussing the answers that we gave and admiring each other's wit. We both thought that we should do the same kind of answers as they were good and applicable. I might have misled the psychologist when she asked "Kiya aap koi aisa kaam kartay hain jis sey aap bohat sharminda hain? “ Obviously she was talking about masturbation but I answered (like I had answered in my form) "Mam main namaz regularly nahi parhta.” She was all smiling and stuff through the whole interview and didn’t ask any explicit questions. Confidence was never a problem. So the Deputy's interview came the next day after much wait I was called in. The interview went very good by my standards. I knew all the general knowledge and science questions. What I was told I lacked in was the questions relating to Islam. I did lie to him that I had represented my school at college level for volleyball, in reality I was the best guy for volleyball but we didn’t have any tournaments in our A-level years. But he was very happy. He asked me "Agar Pak fauj main tumhain accept kar lein toh bhaag toh nai jao gey? “I answered "Never, sir". And the he shook my hand and said good luck. When I came out and told the others what the Deputy had asked they were all impressed because he hadn’t asked any of them this question.

The wait on the last day was the most hurtful moment in my entire life. There I was standing in my best suit in the blazing sun as the committee decided who to be called for on the last day for reinterview. I waited for 5 hours and then when a person was called and my roll number was skipped I felt like dying. My dream had been "skipped" by the committee. But then Mr. Y's roll number was announced. The first moment I felt very jealous. But then I understood. I never stood a chance. Not alone.

How could I compete with someone who had a military background like Mr. Y? Although their might not have been any "sifarish" but I have found out having a father in the forces is like you passing half of the ISSB. Today Mr. Y is "enjoying" life at the PMA in his first semester (I hope they rag the hell out of that A hole ) I am literally happy for my friend I don’t know where X is.
Now Mr. Z was my friend from the 5th class. His passion had been to become a mechanical engineer and work for Ferrari while mine was to work as a commissioned officer and work for my country. Now Mr. Z and I had been very close from the beginning. After I came back from ISSB he contacted me to help him out with his ISSB which was due next week. So I hauled myself to Skype and we discussed how best he could tackle the different obstacles and interviews. He too like me had no military background like me. But he had a trick up his sleeve. He had been going to a coaching academy, I don't know for how long but he had quite a practice because he wasn't interested in the GTO tasks only the different scenarios so he can work accordingly. He was mainly interested in the interviews. And surely as he predicted he got a recommendation letter and then he went for joining on 15th May. He is together with Mr. Y.

P.S The overall experience was memorable and worth going for.

Allah Hafiz.

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GENERAL INFORMATION

Arrival / Reception

In order to determine your suitability for commission in Pakistan Army, Pakistan Navy and Pakistan Air Force , your tests and interviews will be held at ISSB Kohat / Gujranwala / Malir / Quetta Cantonments. You will be tested and interviewed for four days, following the day of your arrival. You will be free to go home in the afternoon of the fourth day. However the screened out candidates will be allowed to move back on next day of their arrival at about 1100 hours. You will report to ISSB on date and time as mentioned in the call status menu of this website. The ISSB buses will be available at respective railway stations/ general bus stands. You can travel in the ISSB buses free of cost. The information about the schedule and the locations where ISSB buses would be available is as under: 
ISSB KOHAT

Due to prevailing security situation, no pick and drop is available at ISSB Kohat, the candidates are required to reach ISSB Kohat on their own.

ISSB GUJRANWALA

ISSB Gujranwala is about 7 kms away from Rahwali Check Post on GT Road and 4 kms from Garrison Check Post(MP Check Post 2) . Our buses will be available at Garrison MP Check Post. Private wagons also pass near the ISSB Gujranwala.
◦ First bus leaves at 1.00 PM
◦ Last bus leaves at 1.45 PM

ISSB MALIR

It is 5 kms away from Malir Halt Railway Station/Bus Stand and about 15 kms from Karachi Cantt Station.

◦Karachi Cantt Railway Station
◦ First bus leaves at 1.00 PM
◦ Last Bus leaves at 1.45 PM
◦ This facility is only for out station candidates. The candidates coming from within Karachi may report directly to ISSB Malir Cantt.

Normally, candidates who fail to report before 3 PM on the specified date are not allowed to join the tests. However, those reporting an hour or so late due to circumstances beyond their control may be accepted. Such candidates will reach ISSB under their own arrangements.

If you report late and are not allowed to appear before the Board, then the Board is not bound to test you on a subsequent date. Likewise, if you fail to report on the specified time and date, ISSB is not be bound to call you again. 

Boarding and Lodging 
You will be provided free messing and lodging at the ISSB. Therefore you need not to bring any bedding. However you can have your clothes washed and pressed on payment. Barber’s services are also available. On arrival day you will report at given time after having your lunch.
It has been observed that while coming to ISSB many candidates do not take precautionary measures regarding their food and consume eatable from unhygienic places; This carelessness makes them sick and can result into various stomach diseases, which affect their performance at ISSB.You are advised to be more careful regarding your food while traveling to ISSB and refrain eating from low standard sources. 
WHAT TO BRING WITH YOU ? 
You are advised to bring your clothing according to the prevalent weather. 

MALE CANDIDATES
Shorts white = 1 Pair
Canvas Shoes/Joggers = 1 Pair
Socks White = 1 Pair
Vest or sports shirt white = 1 Pair
Track Suit/Pull-over or Jersey (in winter) = 1 Pair

FEMALE CANDIDATES
Track Suit = 1 Pair
Canvas Shoes/Joggers =1 Pair
Socks White = 1 Pair
Vest or sports shirt white = 1 Pair
Pull-over or Jersey(in winter) =1 Pair

Note: Above items are also available with ISSB gift shop and canteen, which can be purchased on cash payment Candidates are expected to appear before the Selection Board with a clean and smart posture. In this regard, following dress may be worn during Group Discussion, Group Planning and Interview with proper hair cut and shave.

Summer: Shalwar Qameez /Shirt and Trousers

Winter: Shalwar Qameez / Lounge Suit / Combination or shirt, Trousers and Pull over /Jersey.

Specific to Female Candidate

* You may wear any respectable dress according to norms of our society.
* Also bring along Set of Hair band/safety pins.
* Nails Should be finely trimmed.
* Hair Should be Neatly tied.
* No jewelry item is to be worn during obstacles/Tasks.
* For outdoor task you will be required to wear Tracksuit.

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED 
You are required to bring along the following ORIGINAL documents-
● Original Matric certificate issued by board. Only result card/ mark sheet will not be accepted.

● Detailed marks sheet or Result card of matric

● Those candidates who have not been issued with Matric Certificate by their concerned board should furnish a certificate in this regard signed only by the Secretary Board. Any such certificate issued by school/college will no be accepted.

● The candidates who appear with a “Duplicate” or “Revised” matric certificate or if they have amendments in their names or date of births, should provide certificate explaining the circumstances under which they were issued with “Duplicate” or “Revised” or Amended matric Certificate, signed only by the Secretary Board.

● The original certificate and marks sheet/result card of Intermediate (FA/FSc, DAE/D.Com/DBA/ICS) is mandatory.

● Appearing candidates who have completed FA/FSc part-I will bring original part-I marks sheet along with surety/hope certificate of college.

● In case of “O”, “A” level, equivalence certificate and birth certificate are compulsory. PHOTOCOPY OF ANY CERTIFICATE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTABLE.

● Those candidates who have applied for the courses demanding qualifications higher than intermediate are also required to bring their superior degree/ certificates as mentioned in the concerned course advertisement

● Domicile is a must for all those candidates of remote areas, who are eligible to apply on 45% marks in FA/FSc.

● No plastic coating is allowed on degrees/certificates except those which are already coated and cannot be removed.

● In case of non-possession of above-mentioned documents you will not be allowed to appear in the test and will be reverted back without paying traveling allowance

● Before your arrival, you may contact GSO-2 (Selection) of your concerned ISSB on telephone number mentioned at the end or GSO-2(Selection) ISSB Kohat to clarify any doubt about educational certificates.

MEDICAL FACILITIES 
The Government of Pakistan will not be responsible to pay any compensation for any injuries sustained during the tests. Every possible medical assistance will, however, be provided free of charge. Seriously ill or injured candidates are treated at military hospitals. 
RECREATIONAL FACILITES 
TV, newspapers and facilities for indoor games like Badminton and Table Tennis are available to the candidates. 
TRAVELING ALLOWANCE 
Traveling allowance will be paid to you before departure from ISSB. This is equal to the fare between the place of your residence and ISSB. For this purpose your place of residence will be considered the one, which has been mentioned in your application. For journey performed by road, the allowance will be calculated on the basis of bus fare. If the road journey is shorter than the rail journey the allowance will be paid on the basis of bus fare. In case you are serving in the armed forces, you should obtain a railway warrant from your unit, as you are not entitled to traveling allowance. The candidate is allowed to change his residential address, after written once on TA form by him. 
PROHIBITED ITEMS 
Candidates must not bring following items in ISSB:
● Camera (all types)
● Audio – visual items
● Knife / Sharp weapon
● Mobile Phone
● Pets
● Liquors/ Drugs
● Fire Arms
● Government banned items
● Any valuable items
● Large sum of money 
MISCELLENEOUS 
● Any attempt by you or by anyone on your behalf in the shape of “SIFARISH”, use of unfair means in Selection Board’s tests or non compliance of Board instructions will debar you for consideration for commission.
● You are advised not to approach ISSB directly or indirectly, for any favor regarding your selection before or during your tests. Any violation of this may result in your withdrawal.
● Candidates are not allowed to leave ISSB premises during their stay.
● Every effort is made to ensure the safety of your belongings. However ISSB will not be responsible for any losses.
● Mobile phones may be brought along however; these will be collected on your arrival at the Reception as mobile phones are not allowed in the premises of ISSB. The same will be returned to you before your departure.
● You will be photographed on your arrival. Its expenses plus various other expenses, which are not payable by the government, are charged from candidates on arrival day at the rate of Rs.50/- per head. An extra amount of Rs.10/- will be charged from recalled candidates.
● Candidates will bring their own utility items like towel and essential toiletries.
● You should bring your own writing material (blue ball point/ink).
● All required items are also available at ISSB Canteen on payment.
● Female candidates should not bring along Jewelry.

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