| S.No | General Knowledge – Old and New Name in World |
| 1 | The Ethiopia (East Africa) old name was Abyssinia |
| 2 | The Ankara (Turkey) old name was Angora |
| 3 | The Lesotho (South Africa) old name was Basutoland |
| 4 | The Jakarta (Indonesia) old name was Batavia |
| 5 | The Myanmar (Asia) old name was Burma |
| 6 | The Sri Lanka (South Asia) old name was Ceylon |
| 7 | The Oslo (Norway) old name was Christina |
| 8 | The Zaire (Central Africa) old name was Congo |
| 9 | The Istanbul (Turkey) old name was Constantinople |
| 10 | The Dhaka (Bangladesh) old name was Dacca |
| 11 | The Indonesia (South-East Asia) old name was Dutch East Indies |
| 12 | The Surinam (South America) old name was Dutch Guyana |
| 13 | The Tokyo old name was Edo |
| 14 | The Tuvalu (South Pacific Ocean) old name was Ellice Islands |
| 15 | The Taiwan (East Asia) old name was Formosa |
| 16 | The Ghana (West Africa) old name was Gold Coast |
| 17 | The Kalaallit Nunaat old name was Greenland |
| 18 | The The Netherlands (West Europe) old name was Holland |
| 19 | The Cambodia (Asia) old name was Kampuchea |
| 20 | The Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo) old name was Leopoldville |
| 21 | The Iraq (South-West Asia) old name was Mesopotamia |
| 22 | The Lahore (Pakistan) old name was Mahmoodpur |
| 23 | The Vanuatu (South Pacific Ocean) old name was New Hebrides |
| 24 | The Japan (East Asia) old name was Nippon |
| 25 | The Zambia (South-Central Africa) old name was Northern Rhodesia |
| 26 | The Malawi (South-Central Africa) old name was Nyasaland |
| 27 | The Tripoli (North Africa) old name was Oea |
| 28 | The Beijing (China) old name was Peking |
| 29 | The Iran (South-West Asia) old name was Persia |
| 30 | The Yangon (Myanmar) old name was Rangoon |
| 31 | The Islamabad (Pakistan) old name was Raj Shahi |
| 32 | The Zimbabwe (South-Central Africa) old name was Rhodesia |
| 33 | The Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) old name was Saigon |
| 34 | The Harare (Zimbabwe) old name was Salisbury |
| 35 | The Hawaiian Islands (The United States) old name was Sandwich Wands |
| 36 | The Thailand (Asia) old name was Siam |
| 37 | The Namibia (South-West) old name was South West Africa |
| 38 | The Equatorial Guinea (West Africa) old name was Spanish Guinea |
| 39 | The Volgograd (Russia) old name was Stalingrad |
| 40 | The Tanzania (South-East Africa) old name was Tanganyika & Zanzibar |
| 41 | The Zürich (Switzerland) old name was Turicum |
