General Knowledge For PMS Geographical Surnames
Bengal’s Sorrow ……………………. Damodar River
Blue Mountains …………………….. Nilgiri Hills
City of Palaces …………………….. Calcutta
China’s Sorrow ……………………… Hwang Ho
City of Eternal Springs …………….. Quito (South America)
City of Severn Hills ………………… Rome
Eternal City …………………………..Rome
City of Skyscrapers ………………… New York
Emrald Isle …………………………… Ireland
Forbidden City ………………………..Lhasa
Gift of the Nile ………………………. Egypt
Gateway of India ……………………. Mumbai
Gateway of Tears …………………….Strait of Bab-el-Manded (Jerusalem, Palestine)
George Cross Island ………………… Malta
Granite City …………………………… Aberdeen
Holy Land …………………………….. Jerusalem
Hermit Kingdom ………………………. Korea
Island of Cloves ……………………… Zanzibar
Key to Mediterranean ……………….. Gibraltar
Pillars of Hercules ……………………. Straits of Gibraltar
Manchester of the Orient …………… Osaka (Japan)
Playground of Europe ……………….. Switzerland
Queen of Adriatic ……………………. Venice
Rose – Pink City ……………………… Jaipur
Roof of the World ……………………. Pamirs in Central Asia
Sickman of the Europe ……………… Turkey
Venice of North ……………………… Stockholm
Windy City ……………………………. Chicago
Whiteman’s Grace ……………………. Guinea (West Coast of Africa)
World’s Lonliest Island ………………. Tristan De Cunha (Mid – Atlantic)
Land of midnight Sun ………………… Norway
Land of rising Sun ……………………. Japan
Land of Thousand Lakes …………….. Finland
Land of Golden Fleece ……………….. Austrailia
Land of Morning Calm ………………… Korea
Land of Maple Leaf …………………… Canada
Land of White Elephants …………….. Siam (Thialand)
Land of Thunderbolts …………………. Bhutan
Land of fiver rivers …………………… Punjab