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  • A. Doctor
  • B. Lawyer
  • C. Writer
  • D. Engineer

Explanation: Cyril Radcliffe was a British lawyer and chaired the boundary commissions that drew the borders between India and Pakistan in 1947.

Correct answer: Lawyer
  • A. Phrygia civilization
  • B. Urartu civilization
  • C. Elam civilization
  • D. Sumerian civilization

Explanation: The Sumerian civilization developed in southern Mesopotamia and is generally regarded as the earliest known urban civilization.

Correct answer: Sumerian civilization
  • A. Canada
  • B. Germany
  • C. France
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Kim Campbell became Canada’s first, and so far only, female prime minister in 1993. She served for less than five months.

Correct answer: Canada
  • A. Venezuela
  • B. Hong Kong
  • C. Sri Lanka
  • D. Taiwan

Explanation: Hong Kong saw mass protests in 2019 against a proposed extradition bill that could have allowed transfers of suspects to mainland China.

Correct answer: Hong Kong
  • A. Usa
  • B. Japan
  • C. China
  • D. Uk

Explanation: China is credited with the earliest newspaper-like publication through its imperial court news sheets, known as dibao.

Correct answer: China
  • A. First Sunday
  • B. First Saturday
  • C. Last Saturday
  • D. Last Sunday

Explanation: World Leprosy Day is observed on the last Sunday of January. Its timing is linked to the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, who worked…

Correct answer: Last Sunday
  • A. Alexel Leonov
  • B. Neil Armstrong
  • C. Tereskova
  • D. Yuri Gagarin

Explanation: Alexei Leonov of the Soviet Union became the first person to walk in space during the Voskhod 2 mission in March 1965.

Correct answer: Alexel Leonov
  • A. US remained neutral
  • B. USSR backed North Korea
  • C. War was initiated by South Korea
  • D. All of these

Explanation: The Soviet Union supported North Korea with military, economic and political assistance during the Korean War.

Correct answer: USSR backed North Korea
  • A. 2
  • B. 4
  • C. 12
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Twelve astronauts had walked on the Moon by the end of the Apollo missions, with the last being Harrison Schmitt in 1972.

Correct answer: 12
  • A. Morarji Desai
  • B. Manmohan Singh
  • C. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Morarji Desai, India’s prime minister from 1977 to 1979, received Pakistan’s Nishan-e-Pakistan in 1990 for his role in improving…

Correct answer: Morarji Desai
  • A. 2
  • B. 1
  • C. 3
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Morarji Desai is generally counted as the sole Indian recipient of Nishan-e-Pakistan, Pakistan’s highest civilian award.

Correct answer: 1
  • A. Lodi dynasty
  • B. Mongol Empire
  • C. Mughal empire
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Genghis Khan united the Mongol tribes and founded the Mongol Empire in the early thirteenth century.

Correct answer: Mongol Empire
  • A. 5 Dec , 2000
  • B. 5 Nov, 2001
  • C. 5 Dec, 2001
  • D. 11 Sept , 2011

Explanation: The Bonn Agreement was signed on 5 December 2001 to establish an interim political framework for Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban…

Correct answer: 5 Dec, 2001
  • A. Majlis
  • B. The Islamic consultative assembly
  • C. Majlis e Shoora
  • D. Both A and B

Explanation: Iran's parliament is officially the Islamic Consultative Assembly, commonly called the Majlis.

Correct answer: Both A and B
  • A. National Assembly
  • B. Both B and C
  • C. Grand National Assembly
  • D. Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi

Explanation: Turkey's legislature is called the Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi, translated as the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

Correct answer: Both B and C
  • A. January 2nd
  • B. January 3rd
  • C. January 4th
  • D. None of these

Explanation: World Braille Day is observed on 4 January, the birth date of Louis Braille, who developed the raised-dot reading system.

Correct answer: January 4th
  • A. 2008Navigating Government Agency Resources
  • B. 2004
  • C. 2006
  • D. 2002

Explanation: Government College Lahore was granted university status in 2002 and became Government College University Lahore.

Correct answer: 2002
  • A. Anaximander
  • B. phythagoras
  • C. Heraclitus
  • D. Thales

Explanation: Anaximander of Miletus is traditionally credited with creating one of the earliest known maps of the inhabited world.

Correct answer: Anaximander
  • A. 14 may
  • B. 14 June
  • C. 14 July
  • D. 16 July

Explanation: France celebrates Bastille Day on 14 July, commemorating the storming of the Bastille prison in Paris in 1789. It is France’s national day.

Correct answer: 14 July
  • A. Maxwell
  • B. All of these
  • C. Aristotle
  • D. Horace Mann

Explanation: Horace Mann is called the father of American public education because he promoted universal, free, state-supported schooling in the…

Correct answer: Horace Mann