The UN spends the largest amount, almost $ 8 billion, annually on:
- (A) Healthcare
- (B) Poverty alleviation
- (C) Peacekeeping missions
- (D) Literacy and Education
- (C) Peacekeeping missions
The U.N. spends the largest portion of its annual budget, estimated at $8 billion, on peacekeeping operations, which deploy personnel to conflict areas to maintain international peace and security.
Which is the oldest search engine of the internet?
- (A) Hot Bot
- (B) Ask.com
- (C) Yahoo
- (D) Google
- (C) Yahoo
The American Declaration of Independence was written by:
- (A) George Washington
- (B) Thomas Jefferson
- (C) James Madison
- (D) John Adams
- (B) Thomas Jefferson
The primary draft of the Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson in June 1776. Although Jefferson is credited with writing the first draft, it was heavily edited by the Committee of Five, consisting of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston, and later by the Second Continental Congress.
In which country did the industrial revolution first occur?
- (A) France
- (B) USA
- (C) Germany
- (D) England
- (D) England
The Industrial Revolution began in England, approximately the middle of the 1700s, or around 1760. This marked a revolution that drew society from agriculture and craftsmanship to a new world of machine-based manufacturing and the factory system. England had everything it took to ignite this revolution: abundant coal and iron resources, a stable government, an established banking system eager to finance new projects, and extensive colonial territories that provided natural resources and markets for manufactured goods. Some of the first catalysts for this revolution included the steam engine and textile machines such as the spinning jenny.
Which country assisted Pakistan in building Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP)?
- (A) France
- (B) USA
- (C) China
- (D) Canada
- (D) Canada
The Karachi Nuclear Power Plant, called KANUPP-1, was built with the assistance of Canada. Constructed by Canadian General Electric, it started operations in 1971 with a CANDU-type reactor of 125/137 MW capacity. Although assistance for the subsequent reactors at the same location (K-2 and K-3) came from China, the first KANUPP was a joint Canadian-Pakistani venture.
“Philately” is a:
- (A) Science of drugs
- (B) Stamp collection
- (C) The study of written record
- (D) The study of animal behaviour
- (B) Stamp collection
Hamburg is the chief seaport of:
- (A) Germany
- (B) Canada
- (C) Belgium
- (D) England
- (A) Germany
The Port of Hamburg is Germany’s foremost seaport. Located on the River Elbe in Hamburg, it is commonly referred to as the “Gateway to the World.” It is Germany’s largest port and the third-largest in Europe, after Rotterdam and Antwerp.
Which of the following categories of Nobel Prizes was not created by Swedish Scientist Alfred Nobel?
- (A) Literature
- (B) Peace
- (C) Economics
- (D) Medicine
- (C) Economics
The prizes are currently awarded in six categories, but according to Nobel’s will in 1895, only five prizes could be established. These five prizes were first awarded in 1901. The Economics Prize is not one of Nobel’s prizes. It was established in 1968 by Sweden’s central bank, Sveriges Riksbank, to commemorate its 300th anniversary. The full name of the prize is the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
Which country is ahead in coffee production in the world?
- (A) Brazil
- (B) England
- (C) India
- (D) Kenya
- (A) Brazil
Brazil has always been the world’s number one coffee producer, a position it has maintained for over a hundred and fifty years. It represents a third of the world’s total coffee production. Brazil is famous for its Arabica coffee, and some coffee plantations are so large that they use machines to harvest the coffee, which is not possible in other coffee-producing areas due to the terrain. Brazil’s coffee production was so important to its economy that it was nicknamed “green gold”.
Which of the following provinces of Afghanistan share border with Pakistan?
- (A) Nangarhar, Paktika, Helmand
- (B) Bamiyan, Farah, Herat
- (C) Balkh, Samangan, Kunduz
- (D) Takhar, Uruzgan, Ghur
- (A) Nangarhar, Paktika, Helmand
Twelve Afghan provinces share the approximate 2,640-kilometer border with Pakistan, known as the Durand Line, as of February 2026. The Afghan provinces that share borders with Pakistan are Nimroz, Helmand, Kandahar, Zabul, Paktika, Khost, Paktia, Logar, Nangarhar, Kunar, Nuristan and Badakhshan.
Itar-Tass is the news agency of:
- (A) Iran
- (B) Italy
- (C) France
- (D) Russia
- (D) Russia
ITAR-TASS is the acronym for Information Telegraph Agency of Russia, formerly known as the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union. ITAR-TASS is Russia’s national news agency. ITAR-TASS was founded as the news agency of the Soviet Union and is currently one of the leading news agencies in Russia.