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  • A. 1859
  • B. 1869
  • C. 1879
  • D. 1889

Explanation: Construction of the modern Suez Canal began in 1859 and it opened to navigation in 1869.

Correct answer: 1869
  • A. October 1208
  • B. December 1210
  • C. November 1209
  • D. July 1206

Explanation: Qutb-ud-din Aibak died in December 1210 after falling from a horse while playing polo at Lahore.

Correct answer: December 1210
  • A. Warren Hastings
  • B. Shahjahan
  • C. Abraham Lincoln
  • D. Dalhouse

Explanation: The saying “Ballot is stronger than the bullet” is commonly attributed to Abraham Lincoln and expresses the principle that elections can…

Correct answer: Abraham Lincoln
  • A. Bonar Law
  • B. Ramsay MacDonald
  • C. Stanley Baldwin
  • D. Lloyd George

Explanation: David Lloyd George was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1918, serving from 1916 to 1922.

Correct answer: Lloyd George
  • A. 14 February 1483
  • B. 12 January 1483
  • C. 17 March 1484
  • D. 22 September 1485Science

Explanation: Babur was born on 14 February 1483 at Andijan in present-day Uzbekistan.

Correct answer: 14 February 1483
  • A. 25 November 1526
  • B. 17 September 1540
  • C. 26 December 1530
  • D. 9 January 1555

Explanation: Babur died on 26 December 1530 at Agra. His son Humayun succeeded him as Mughal emperor.

Correct answer: 26 December 1530
  • A. 55
  • B. 60
  • C. 64
  • D. 65

Explanation: Under Pakistan’s Constitution, a Supreme Court judge normally retires at 65.

Correct answer: 65
  • A. 60 years
  • B. 55 years
  • C. 65 years
  • D. 50 years

Explanation: The normal retirement age for Pakistan’s federal civil servants is 60 years under the applicable service rules.

Correct answer: 60 years
  • A. Saudi Arabia
  • B. UAE
  • C. Canada
  • D. Finland

Explanation: The UAE created the position of Minister of State for Happiness in February 2016, with the role initially associated with promoting social…

Correct answer: UAE
  • A. 1940
  • B. 1943
  • C. None of these
  • D. 1945

Explanation: Korea was divided along the 38th parallel after Japan’s defeat in 1945, creating separate Soviet and American occupation zones.

Correct answer: 1945
  • A. fire
  • B. Stone
  • C. Wood
  • D. Air

Explanation: Zoroastrians do not regard fire as a god, but they revere it as a symbol of purity and divine light in their worship.

Correct answer: fire
  • A. 1935
  • B. 1937
  • C. 1936
  • D. 1938Islamic Studies Quiz

Explanation: Burma was separated administratively from British India in 1937 under the Government of India Act 1935.

Correct answer: 1937
  • A. Ismet Inonu
  • B. Fevzi Cakmak
  • C. Mustafa Kamal Ataturk
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk founded the modern Republic of Turkey in 1923 and served as its first president.

Correct answer: Mustafa Kamal Ataturk
  • A. Afghanistan
  • B. Russia
  • C. Albania
  • D. Iran

Explanation: KHAD was Afghanistan’s state intelligence service, while RAMA is also identified in general-knowledge sources as an Afghan intelligence…

Correct answer: Afghanistan
  • A. Mother Goddess
  • B. Sarada
  • C. Laxmi
  • D. Shakti

Explanation: Indus people commonly represented a Mother Goddess, probably connected with fertility and the reproductive power of nature.

Correct answer: Mother Goddess
  • A. 1226
  • B. 1227
  • C. 1229
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Genghis Khan died in 1227 during his campaign against the Western Xia, although the precise cause is debated and the phrase “in battle” is…

Correct answer: 1227
  • A. October 22
  • B. October 23
  • C. October 24
  • D. None of these

Explanation: World Polio Day is observed on 24 October, commemorating Jonas Salk's birth. Salk developed the first successful inactivated polio vaccine.

Correct answer: October 24
  • A. 1900
  • B. 1908
  • C. 1916
  • D. 1920Science

Explanation: The FBI traces its establishment to 1908, when Attorney General Charles Bonaparte created a group of special investigators that became the…

Correct answer: 1908
  • A. Savar Upazila
  • B. Tungipara Upazila
  • C. Uttra Thana
  • D. Pabna District

Explanation: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding leader of Bangladesh, was born in Tungipara, now an upazila of Gopalganj District.

Correct answer: Tungipara Upazila