“Lowari Pass” connects:
- (A) Kaghan Valley with Chilas
- (B) Kalam with Gilgit
- (C) Goram Chashma with Nooristan
- (D) Dir with Chitral
- (D) Dir with Chitral
The Lowari Pass, located at an elevation of 10,230 feet (3,120 m) in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, connects the region of Chitral with Dir Upper
Circumference of the Earth is around:
- (A) 20,000 km
- (B) 30,000 km
- (C) 40,000 km
- (D) 50,000 km
- (C) 40,000 km
The Earth’s circumference is approximately 40,075 km (24,901 miles) around the equator, and 40,008 km (24,860 miles) when measured pole-to-pole.
The deepest point in the Pacific Ocean is:
- (A) Tonga Trench
- (B) Mariana Trench
- (C) Java Trench
- (D) Porto Rico Trench
- (B) Mariana Trench
The deepest place on Earth and the Pacific Ocean is the Challenger Deep, located inside the Mariana Trench, which is found on the western side of the Pacific Ocean, close to the island of Guam. The Challenger Deep reaches as deep as 10,911 to 10,994 meters below sea level. The depth of the Challenger Deep is actually greater than the height of Mount Everest.
“Mount Kilimanjaro” is located in:
- (A) Kenya
- (B) Tanzania
- (C) Uganda
- (D) South Africa
- (B) Tanzania
Mount Kilimanjaro is located in northeast Tanzania, near the boundary with neighboring Kenya in East Africa. Within the boundaries of Kilimanjaro National Park, the dormant volcano rises as the tallest mountain on the continent at 5,895 meters (19,341 feet) above sea level. The nearest urban center to the mountain is the town of Moshi, which serves as the primary departure point for climbs on the mountain.
Colosseum, an amphitheatre, was built in:
- (A) Athens
- (B) Milan
- (C) Rome
- (D) Naples
- (C) Rome
The Colosseum, originally named the Flavian Amphitheatre, stands smack in the heart of Rome, Italy. The construction of the Colosseum began around 70-72 AD under the rule of Emperor Vespasian, while it was completed by his son Titus in 80 AD. The construction of the Colosseum began on the site of Nero’s artificial lake, which was part of the Golden House, and it grew to become a massive venue for gladiator battles, hunting, and other performances, accommodating 80,000 people.
“Suez Canal” links the following seas:
- (A) Black Sea with Aegean Sea
- (B) Arabian Sea with Bosporus Sea
- (C) Red Sea with Mediterranean Sea
- (D) Mediterranean Sea with Arabian Sea
- (C) Red Sea with Mediterranean Sea
The Suez Canal is a man-made waterway in Egypt that links the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez. It opened in 1869 and provides the shortest maritime route between Europe and the areas around the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. This allows ships to travel between these regions without going around the southern tip of Africa.
Nearest part of atmosphere to earth is called:
- (A) Stratosphere
- (B) Troposphere
- (C) Ionosphere
- (D) Mesosphere
- (B) Troposphere
The troposphere is the lowest layer of Earth’s atmosphere. It starts at ground level and goes up to about 10 to 12 km (around 7.5 miles) on average. This layer is the densest, holding about 75% to 80% of the atmosphere’s total mass and 99% of its water vapor. Humans live in this layer, and almost all weather events, like clouds and rain, happen here.
“Khojak Pass” is located between:
- (A) Jamrud and Landi Kotal
- (B) Sibi and Machh
- (C) Quetta and Dera Ismael Khan
- (D) Quetta and Chaman
- (D) Quetta and Chaman
The Khojak Pass lies between Quetta and Chaman in Balochistan, close to the border with Afghanistan. This mountain pass is significant as it runs through the Toba Kakar Range.
Special theory of relativity was proposed by:
- (A) Isaac Newton
- (B) Albert Einstein
- (C) Galileo
- (D) Robert Hook
- (B) Albert Einstein
In his 1905 paper “On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies,” Albert Einstein put forth the Special Theory of Relativity. The theory radically altered how space and time were understood by proving that:
For every observer travelling at a constant speed, the laws of physics are the same.
Regardless of the source’s or observer’s motion, the speed of light in a vacuum is a universal constant.
The well-known equation states that mass and energy are equal. E=mc2
Insulin in the human body is produced by:
- (A) Liver
- (B) Stomach
- (C) Kidneys
- (D) Pancreas
- (D) Pancreas
The pancreatic beta cells, which are found in specialised cell clusters called the Islets of Langerhans, produce and secrete the peptide hormone insulin. The pancreas secretes digestive enzymes as an exocrine gland and releases hormones into the bloodstream as an endocrine gland. Insulin’s main function is to control blood sugar levels by making it easier for the body’s cells to absorb glucose for storage or energy.