Countries and Currencies – Test Focused General Knowledge Notes with Tricks

Countries and Their Currencies

Test-Focused General Knowledge Notes with Tricks & Practice

---

1. Importance for Tests

Countries and currencies is a high-scoring General Knowledge topic. Questions are direct and mostly memory-based. With proper tricks, this topic becomes very easy and reliable for tests.

2. What is Currency?

Currency is the official money of a country used for buying, selling, and daily transactions. Each country has one official currency.

3. South Asian Countries

• Pakistan → Rupee
• India → Rupee
• Sri Lanka → Rupee
• Nepal → Rupee
• Bangladesh → Taka

TRICK: South Asian countries mostly use “RUPEE”

4. Middle East Countries

• Saudi Arabia → Riyal
• Qatar → Riyal
• UAE → Dirham
• Kuwait → Dinar
• Oman → Rial

TRICK: Arab countries mostly use Riyal or Dinar

5. European Countries

• Germany → Euro
• France → Euro
• Italy → Euro
• Spain → Euro

Important Exceptions:
UK → Pound Sterling
Switzerland → Franc

6. Asian & Other Important Countries

• China → Yuan
• Japan → Yen
• Russia → Ruble
• Turkey → Lira
• Iran → Rial

7. Dollar Using Countries

• USA → Dollar
• Canada → Dollar
• Australia → Dollar
• New Zealand → Dollar

TRICK: Developed English-speaking countries mostly use “DOLLAR”

8. Confusing Currencies (High Priority)

Riyal vs Rial
Riyal → Saudi Arabia, Qatar
Rial → Iran, Oman

Memory Tip: Iran has “I” → Rial

Yen vs Yuan
Japan → Yen
China → Yuan

9. One-Look Test Table

Country	Currency
Pakistan	Rupee
USA	Dollar
UK	Pound
China	Yuan
Japan	Yen
Saudi Arabia	Riyal
UAE	Dirham
Kuwait	Dinar
Turkey	Lira
Switzerland	Franc

10. Practice / Test Exercise

Exercise 1: Fill in the Blanks

1. Currency of Pakistan is ________.
2. Currency of Japan is ________.
3. Currency of China is ________.
4. Currency of Saudi Arabia is ________.
5. Currency of Switzerland is ________.

Exercise 2: Choose the Correct Option

1. Dirham is the currency of:
   a) Saudi Arabia   b) UAE   c) Iran   d) Turkey
2. Which country uses Lira?
   a) Iran   b) Turkey   c) Russia   d) China
3. Which country does NOT use Dollar?
   a) USA   b) Canada   c) Japan   d) Australia

Exercise 3: One-Word Answers

1. Currency of Iran = ________
2. Currency of Kuwait = ________
3. Currency of UK = ________

Teacher’s Note: Revise this topic regularly. Countries and currencies questions are quick and scoring in tests when prepared with proper tricks.