General Knowledge Quiz-14

Smallpox was declared eradicated globally in 1980; Pakistan also eliminated it successfully.

The phrase “dressed in black” is grammatically and idiomatically correct.

Taekwondo was developed in Korea and is one of the country’s most famous cultural exports.

Article 9 of Pakistan’s 1973 Constitution guarantees the right to life and liberty, subject to due legal process.

Taipei, Shanghai, and San Francisco face the Pacific; New York is on the Atlantic coast.

“Flexing one’s muscles” figuratively means demonstrating power or authority.

Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the first US patent for the invention of the telephone in 1876.

UNCTAD promotes international trade, especially for developing countries, under that name.

Aung San Suu Kyi is Burmese and led Myanmar’s pro‑democracy movement; she won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.

European explorers called Taiwan “Ilha Formosa” (beautiful island).