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  • A. Nudity
  • B. Exercise
  • C. Crowd
  • D. War

Explanation: Gymnophobia is the fear of nudity, derived from Greek roots referring to being naked. It is distinct from fear of exercise, crowds or war.

Correct answer: Nudity
  • A. Saif Ali Khan
  • B. Sanjay dutt
  • C. Salman Khan
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Salman Khan received a five-year prison sentence in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case, although the sentence was later suspended on appeal.

Correct answer: Salman Khan
  • A. Akkadian
  • B. Sumerian
  • C. Egyptian Hieroglyphics
  • D. Eblaite
  • E. Elamite

Explanation: Sumerian is conventionally regarded as the oldest clearly attested written language, recorded in cuneiform in ancient Mesopotamia.

Correct answer: Sumerian
  • A. Bolivia
  • B. China
  • C. Spain
  • D. Taiwan

Explanation: Bolivia passed the 2014 law, controversially allowing some children to work from age 10 under specified conditions.

Correct answer: Bolivia
  • A. 2 March
  • B. 2 April
  • C. 19 June
  • D. second Tuesday of October

Explanation: World Autism Awareness Day is observed annually on 2 April, following its designation by the United Nations.

Correct answer: 2 April
  • A. Sparking Light
  • B. Path to salvation
  • C. Right Path
  • D. Sun rays

Explanation: Riviresa is commonly translated as “Sun Rays” or “Sunrise,” giving the Sri Lankan operation its association with advancing light.

Correct answer: Sun rays
  • A. 1995
  • B. 1996
  • C. 1997
  • D. 1998

Explanation: Sri Lanka launched Operation Sure Victory in 1997 as part of its campaign against the LTTE, also known as the Tamil Tigers.

Correct answer: 1997
  • A. Pakistan
  • B. India
  • C. Sri Lanka
  • D. Myanmar

Explanation: Operation Black Tornado was India's counter-terror operation during the November 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Correct answer: India
  • A. NATO operation in Vietnam
  • B. UN military peaceful operations
  • C. The US military operations
  • D. The U.S and U.K airstrikes in Syria

Explanation: Noble Eagle is a United States military operation for homeland air and missile defence, initiated after the attacks of 11 September 2001.

Correct answer: The US military operations
  • A. U.S
  • B. Italy
  • C. Russia
  • D. Sri Lanka

Explanation: Operation Pluto was a US-backed CIA plan connected with the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.

Correct answer: U.S
  • A. Saudi Arab
  • B. U.S
  • C. India
  • D. Pakistan

Explanation: Operation Evening Light was the US attempt to rescue American hostages from Iran in 1980, better known as Operation Eagle Claw.

Correct answer: U.S
  • A. 1959
  • B. 1969
  • C. 1979
  • D. 1989Educational Resources

Explanation: Kiribati gained independence from the United Kingdom on 12 July 1979. The year 1969 marks an earlier stage in its constitutional…

Correct answer: 1979
  • A. Parliament
  • B. prime minister
  • C. chief justice
  • D. President

Explanation: India's Chief Election Commissioner is formally appointed by the President under Article 324 of the Constitution.

Correct answer: President
  • A. Beucephalus
  • B. Alexcephalus
  • C. Macodophalus
  • D. Grekophalus

Explanation: Alexander the Great's famous warhorse was Bucephalus, whose name is derived from Greek.

Correct answer: Beucephalus
  • A. Fear of rats
  • B. Fear of cats
  • C. Fear of cockroaches
  • D. Fear of height

Explanation: Ailurophobia is the fear of cats, from the Greek word ailouros meaning cat.

Correct answer: Fear of cats
  • A. 5
  • B. 13Standardized & Admissions Tests
  • C. 11
  • D. 7

Explanation: In Italian tradition, 13 is considered a lucky number, especially in expressions such as fare tredici, meaning to achieve a major success.

Correct answer: 13Standardized & Admissions Tests
  • A. Flute
  • B. Tabla
  • C. Shehnai
  • D. Sarod

Explanation: Ustad Bismillah Khan made the shehnai prominent as a classical concert instrument, especially through his performances in India.

Correct answer: Shehnai
  • A. Yellow Line
  • B. 11 parallel line
  • C. Maginot Line
  • D. Green Line

Explanation: The Green Line is the UN-patrolled buffer zone separating the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot areas of Cyprus.

Correct answer: Green Line
  • A. Doctor
  • B. Nurse
  • C. Teacher
  • D. House wife

Explanation: Florence Nightingale was the pioneering British nurse who helped professionalise nursing and founded a nursing school.

Correct answer: Nurse
  • A. University of bologna
  • B. University of Nalanda
  • C. University of Karueein
  • D. University of Karachi

Explanation: Al-Qarawiyyin, founded in Fez in 859 CE, is widely regarded by UNESCO and many reference works as the oldest existing and continually…

Correct answer: University of Karueein