The “Chachnama” was originally written in:
- (A) Persian
- (B) Arabic
- (C) Turkish
- (D) Sindhi
- (B) Arabic
The Chachnama, or Fatehnama-i-Sindh, had its origins in Arabic. It is the oldest surviving account of the Arab conquest of Sindh, describing the campaigns of Muhammad bin Qasim and the reign of Raja Chach. Although the original Arabic manuscript is now lost, the text survived in a Persian translation dated 1216 CE (613 AH) by Muhammad Ali bin Abu Bakr Kufi.
Name the first man who successfully climbed the Mount Everest in 1953?
- (A) Edmund Hillary
- (B) James Present
- (C) Fran Fipps
- (D) Jacques Charles
- (A) Edmund Hillary
On May 29, 1953, at 11:30 a.m., Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa from Nepal, became the first recorded climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
“Kashmir Black Day” is observed annually on:
- (A) 5 February
- (B) 13 July
- (C) 24 September
- (D) 27 October
- (D) 27 October
The “Kashmir Black Day” is observed annually on 27 October. This day is remembered as the time when Indian forces landed in Srinagar in 1947 to take control of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. This day is observed by the people of Kashmir and Pakistanis all over the world as a protest against the occupation of Kashmir.
Who was the first man to sail round the world?
- (A) Milton Friedman
- (B) John Maynard
- (C) Ferdinand Magellan
- (D) Ernst Schumaher
- (C) Ferdinand Magellan
The Spanish expedition to the East Indies took place from 1519 to 1522. It was organized by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. Even though Magellan died in the Philippines in 1521, the expedition led by Juan Sebastián Elcano completed the first recorded journey around the world. Magellan is generally recognized as the driving force behind the expedition.
What is the third largest mountain peak in the world?
- (A) Godwin Austin
- (B) Cho Oyo
- (C) Kanchenjunga
- (D) Mt. Fujiyama
- (C) Kanchenjunga
Kanchenjunga is the third tallest mountain in the world, standing at 8,586 meters (28,169 feet). It is located on the border of Nepal and India and is the highest mountain in India, coming third after Mount Everest and K2.
“Necrophobia” is a fear of:
- (A) Everything
- (B) Flood
- (C) Wealth
- (D) Death
- (D) Death
- Necrophobia is a strong, intense fear of death and things associated with it, such as dead bodies, graves, cemeteries, and funerals. The origin of the term is Greek: nekros, or corpse, and phobos, or fear. It is more than a fear of dead bodies, of course, but a fear of anything associated with death, including coffins, headstones, and burial grounds.
- Panophobia / Pantophobia: Fear of everything
- Antlophobia: Fear of floods or Potamophobia: (fear of rivers/running water).
- Plutophobia: Clinical term used for fear of wealth
What those laws are called that Allah gave to Prophet Moses (Musa)?
- (A) Ten Commandments
- (B) Commandments
- (C) Ten Scared Commandments
- (D) Sacred Commandments
- (A) Ten Commandments
The body of laws that Allah revealed to Prophet Moses on Mount Sinai, inscribed on tablets, is what people commonly refer to as the Ten Commandments. In the Qur’an, this guidance is referred to as being inscribed on the tablets “with admonition and instruction concerning all things” (Surah Al-A’raf 7:145) and as “the Scripture and the Criterion” (Al-Furqan) (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:53). These commandments comprise the essence of the Torah (Taurat).
What is the height of Mount Everest in meters?
- (A) 8,000 meters
- (B) 8,291 meters
- (C) 8,848 meters
- (D) 8,926 meters
- (C) 8,848 meters
The height of Mount Everest is officially 8,848.86 meters above sea level, which was jointly announced by Nepal and China in December 2020. Located in the Himalayas, along the Nepal-Tibet border, this height takes into account the snow-capped portion, while the height of the rocky portion is a slight notch lower at 8,844 meters.
Which of the following is NOT a cash crop?
- (A) Cotton
- (B) Wheat
- (C) Tea
- (D) Sugarcane
- (B) Wheat
Name the youngest elected President of USA?
- (A) Abraham Lincoln
- (B) Henry Truman
- (C) John F. Kennedy
- (D) Andrew Jackson
- (C) John F. Kennedy