A truck covers the distance of 360 kilometers in 6 hours. What will be the speed of truck in kilometers per hour:
- (A) 60
- (B) 73
- (C) 74
- (D) 75
- (A) 60
The name of Norway’s parliament is:
- (A) Storting
- (B) Congress
- (C) National Assembly
- (D) Senate
- (A) Storting
The parliament of Norway is referred to as the Storting. Storting is the Norwegian word for “the great assembly.” It is a unicameral parliament in Oslo, consisting of 169 elected members who make laws, approve the government budget, and keep the government under check.
Rachna Doab is located between two rivets which are:
- (A) Indus & Chenab
- (B) Jhelum & Chenab
- (C) Ravi & Chenab
- (D) Sutlej & Ravi
- (C) Ravi & Chenab
Rachna Doab is a tract of land located in the Punjab region, specifically in the area between Pakistan and India. It is located between the Ravi River and the Chenab River, from the Jammu Division to the confluence of the two rivers near Ahmadpur Sial. It is part of the greater area known as the Bari Doab.
British Parliament is:
- (A) Bi-Cameral
- (B) Unicameral
- (C) Tri-Cameral
- (D) Multi-Cameral
- (A) Bi-Cameral
The British Parliament is a bicameral legislature with two houses. It has an elected house called the House of Commons, which is the lower house, and the upper house called the House of Lords, which is made up of appointed members and some hereditary members. Both houses make laws.
Anti-Corruption Department is a part of:
- (A) Police Department
- (B) S&GAD
- (C) FIA
- (D) NAB
- (B) S&GAD
ACE Punjab or the Anti-Corruption Establishment of Punjab is an attached department of the Services and General Administration Department (S&GAD) of the Government of Punjab. It is under the administrative control of the Chief Secretary of the province of Punjab. ACE Punjab is not part of the police force of the province.
Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed in London in:
- (A) 1930
- (B) 1931
- (C) 1933
- (D) 1934
- (B) 1931
It is worth noting that the Gandhi-Irwin Pact was not signed in London, as some people may think, but in New Delhi on March 5, 1931. It was a political pact between Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Irwin, who was then the Viceroy of India. It marked a pause in the Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930-31 and paved the way for Gandhi’s participation in the Second Round Table Conference in London.
Which of the following is the largest wool producing country in the world?
- (A) Holland
- (B) Australia
- (C) India
- (D) Sri Lanka
- (B) Australia
Australia is considered the best and largest exporter of wool products and supplies a quarter to a third of the world’s output. It is especially known for Merino wool, considered to be among the best and finest types of wool in the world.
The Second Summit conference of the OIC was held in the year:
- (A) 1970
- (B) 1971
- (C) 1973
- (D) 1974
- (D) 1974
The second Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit occurred in 1974. The meeting in Pakistan took place in Lahore from February 22 to 24. The agenda of the meeting was to discuss the aftermath of the 1973 Arab-Israel war.
“Mount Hira” is in:
- (A) Madina
- (B) Muscat
- (C) Taif
- (D) Makkah
- (D) Makkah
Mount Hira (Jabal Hira), where the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) received his first revelation, is located near the city of Makkah in Saudi Arabia.
Who among the following were popularly known as Red Shirts?
- (A) Congress
- (B) Khudai Khidmatgar
- (C) Socialists
- (D) Democrats
- (B) Khudai Khidmatgar
The Red Shirts, also known as the Surkh Posh, were the Khudai Khidmatgar. They were formed in 1929 by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, also known as Bacha Khan or the Frontier Gandhi. The name Red Shirts comes from the red uniforms they wear, which were originally white shirts dyed in a tannery. At the heart of the Red Shirts are the non-violent and anti-colonial resistance movement, based in the North-West Frontier Province of British India.