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Moderate
  • A. India
  • B. Iran
  • C. Israel
  • D. Afghanistan

Explanation: KHAD was Afghanistan's state security and intelligence service during the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

Correct answer: Afghanistan
Moderate
  • A. Mossad
  • B. Shin Bet:
  • C. Aman
  • D. MI6

Explanation: Aman is the Israeli Defense Forces' Military Intelligence Directorate and its senior military intelligence branch.

Correct answer: Aman
Easy
  • A. America
  • B. Britain
  • C. Japan
  • D. Russia

Explanation: MI6 is the informal name for Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, which gathers intelligence overseas.

Correct answer: Britain
Fairly easy
  • A. 256 different characters
  • B. 512 different characters
  • C. 1024 different characters
  • D. 128 different characters

Explanation: Extended ASCII uses 8 bits, giving 2^8, or 256, possible character codes.

Correct answer: 256 different characters
Moderate
  • A. Steve Weissman
  • B. Herbert Krosney
  • C. Both are Authors
  • D. None of These

Explanation: The Islamic Bomb was jointly written by Steve Weissman and Herbert Krosney.

Correct answer: Both are Authors
Easy
  • A. J.R.R. Tolkien
  • B. George R.R. Martin
  • C. J.K. Rowling
  • D. C.S. Lewis

Explanation: J.K. Rowling wrote the seven-book Harry Potter series, beginning with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

Correct answer: J.K. Rowling
Very hard
  • A. G.W. Chaudhry
  • B. Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry
  • C. Shuja Nawaz
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Diplomatic Footprints was written by Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, a former Pakistani foreign secretary and diplomat. G.W.

Correct answer: Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry
Very hard
  • A. Hassan Askari
  • B. Ilhan Niaz
  • C. Mahboob Ahmad
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Hassan Askari Rizvi wrote Pakistan: Political and Constitutional Engineering, which discusses the country's constitutional development and…

Correct answer: Hassan Askari
Fairly easy
  • A. Barack Obama
  • B. Hillary Clinton
  • C. Bill Clinton
  • D. Al Gore

Explanation: Hard Choices is Hillary Rodham Clinton’s memoir about her tenure as US Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013.

Correct answer: Hillary Clinton
Moderate
  • A. Sher Zaman Tayezi
  • B. Syed Rasool Rasa
  • C. Rahat Zakheli
  • D. Hafiiz Idreed

Explanation: Rahat Zakheli wrote the first Pashto novel, often identified as Mah Rukh.

Correct answer: Rahat Zakheli
Hard
  • A. Shuja Nawaz
  • B. Abdul Sattar
  • C. Brigadier(R) Feroz Hassan Khan
  • D. Bob Woodward

Explanation: Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb was written by Brigadier (Retd.) Feroz Hassan Khan, a Pakistani defence and nuclear-affairs…

Correct answer: Brigadier(R) Feroz Hassan Khan
Fairly easy
  • A. Bob Woodward
  • B. David Page
  • C. Richard Carlson
  • D. James Clear

Explanation: Richard Carlson wrote Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff and It’s All Small Stuff, a self-help book about managing everyday stress.

Correct answer: Richard Carlson
Fairly easy
  • A. Karl Marx
  • B. Henry Kissinger
  • C. Francis Fukuyama
  • D. Bertrand Russell

Explanation: World Order was written by Henry Kissinger, the former US secretary of state and diplomat.

Correct answer: Henry Kissinger
Fairly easy
  • A. Gen S. Patton
  • B. Gen Parvez Musharraf
  • C. Leo Tolstoy
  • D. Jimmy Carter

Explanation: War as I Knew It is the memoir of US General George S. Patton, usually listed as Gen. S. Patton.

Correct answer: Gen S. Patton
Hard
  • A. Herbert Ernest Bates
  • B. David Page
  • C. Alastair Lamb
  • D. Patrick Balfour

Explanation: The Scarlet Sword was written by the English novelist Herbert Ernest Bates, better known as H. E. Bates.

Correct answer: Herbert Ernest Bates
Hard
  • A. Dr. David Page
  • B. Shuja Nawaz
  • C. Alastair Lamb
  • D. William Crawley

Explanation: Prelude to Partition: The Indian Muslims and the Imperial System of Control was written by David Page.

Correct answer: Dr. David Page
Hard
  • A. Alastair Lamb
  • B. Shuja Nawaz
  • C. Mathew Hull
  • D. Khursheed Kamal Aziz

Explanation: Alastair Lamb wrote Incomplete Partition: The Genesis of the Kashmir Dispute.

Correct answer: Alastair Lamb
Very hard
  • A. Shuja Nawaz
  • B. Mathew Hull
  • C. Tariq Ali
  • D. Kenneth M. Pollack

Explanation: Government of Paper: The Materiality of Bureaucracy in Urban Pakistan was written by Matthew Hull, an anthropologist who studied paperwork…

Correct answer: Mathew Hull
Moderate
  • A. Meredith Townsend
  • B. Shuja Nawaz
  • C. Tariq Ali
  • D. Steve Spencer

Explanation: Asia and Europe was written by Meredith Townsend, a British journalist and political commentator.

Correct answer: Meredith Townsend
Moderate
  • A. John J. Mearsheimer
  • B. Stephen Walt
  • C. George Packer
  • D. Fatima Bhutto

Explanation: George Packer wrote The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq, a critical account of the Iraq War and its political background.

Correct answer: George Packer