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1. Pan American Highway The Pan American Highway, is the world's longest highway covering a length of approximately 48,000km.The Pan American Highway is the world's longest ‘motorable road,’ according to the Guinness Book of World Records. 2. Highway-1, Australia Highway 1 in Australia is the world's second longest highway and the longest national highway. Highway 1 is a network of highways that leads round the Australian continent, joining all mainland state capitals. 3.Trans-Siberian Highway The 11,000km long Trans-Siberian Highway is the world's third longest highway. It stretches from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok in Russia. The part of the route crossing the Asian Highway Network is called the AH6. 4. Trans-Canada Highway The Trans-Canada Highway, with a present overall length of approximately 7,821km, is the fourth longest highway in the planet and the second longest national highway. 5. Golden Quadrilater

1.          Nile,    Outflow from Mediterranean Sea, its length 6,690 miles.    2 .    Amazon    Outflow from Atlantic Ocean, its length 6,296 miles.       3.        Mississippi Missouri-Red Rock    Outflow from Gulf of Mexico, its length 6,020 miles.    4.        Yangtze-Kiang    Outflow from China Sea, its length 5,797 miles.    5.        Ob    Outflow from Gulf of Ob, its length 5,567 miles.

1. Mandarin language – China, – Number of speakers:1 billion plus. 2. English. 3. Hindustani. – Number of speakers: 497 million. 4. Spanish.

--> 1 The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was - Shek Mujibur Rehman. 2 The longest river in the world is- The Nile. 3 The longest highway in the world is- The Trans-Canada. 4 The longest highway in the world- Has a length of about 8000 km 5 The highest mountain in the world is- The Mount Everest. 6 The country that accounts for nearly one third of the total teak production of the world is- Myanmar. 7 The biggest desert in the world is- The Sahara desert. 8 The largest coffee growing country in the world is- Brazil 9 The country also known as "country of copper" is- Zambia. 10 The name given to the border which separates Pakistan and Afghanistan is- Durand line. 11 The river Volga flows out into the- Caspian Sea 12 The coldest place on the earth is- Verkoyansk in Siberia.

--> 1. In which sport do players take long and short corners?  ----Hockey. 2. Who won the Football World Cup in 2006? ----Italy. 3. Which country hosted the Football World Cup in 2006? ----Germany. 4. Who won the Men's Singles title in French Open 2010? ----Rafael Nadal (Spain). 5. Who won Women's Singles title in French Open 2010? ----Francesca Schiavone (Italy). 6. Who won the Men's Doubles title in French Open 2010? ----Daniel Nestor (Canada) & Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia). 7. Who won the Women's Doubles title in French Open 2010? ----Serena & Venus Williams (USA) . 8. Which is the country hosting the 2008 Olympic Games? ----China 9. Which indoor sport is the most popular in the US? ----Basketball 10. Which golf player's mother is from Thailand? ----Tiger Woods 11.What is the s