The cash balance of which company is more than the cash balance of USA?
- (A) Apple
- (B) Microsoft
- (C) Bechtel
- (D) DuPont
- (A) Apple
Apple has managed to maintain a cash reserve greater in size than the U.S. government’s own operating funds. In the years following 2011, it has been reported that Apple’s cash reserves, which exceeded $70 to $100 billion in cash and marketable securities, surpassed the Treasury’s daily operating cash balance.
Blind Dolphins are found in:
- (A) Ganges
- (B) Nile
- (C) Amazon
- (D) Yangtze
- (A) Ganges
The Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica) indeed lives up to its nickname: functionally blind. Its environment—the well-mixed, murky waters of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system—makes its vision almost useless. A close relative of this dolphin, the Indus River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor), suffers the same fate and also bears the same nickname: the “blind dolphin.”
The Captain of Pakistan cricket team which defeated England at the Oval in 1954 was:
- (A) Fazal Muhammad
- (B) Hanif Muhammad
- (C) Abdul Hafeez Kardar
- (D) Khan Muhammad
- (C) Abdul Hafeez Kardar
On August 25, 1954, at The Oval, Abdul Hafeez Kardar, popularly known as “The Skipper”, led Pakistan to a 24-run win over England in the fourth Test. This was Pakistan’s inaugural tour of England, and they drew level in the series, with Kardar leading Pakistan in their first 23 Tests.
The celebrated scientist Sir Isaac Newton was:
- (A) British
- (B) Dutch
- (C) Italian
- (D) French
- (A) British
One of the most famous scientists of all time was Sir Isaac Newton. Born in 1642 and passing away in 1727, Newton was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and polymath. Newton is best known for his laws of motion and universal gravitation. He also developed calculus and made important contributions to the field of optics. Newton was the first to prove that white light is composed of a a spectrum of colours (or a mixture of seven distinct colours: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet).
First Satellite “Sputnik 1” was launched in October 1957. Indicate the date?
- (A) 2 October 1957
- (B) 4 October 1957
- (C) 6 October 1957
- (D) 8 October 1957
- (B) 4 October 1957
The first artificial satellite from the USSR, Sputnik 1, was blasted into space on October 4, 1957. From the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Sputnik entered a low Earth orbit and immediately marked the beginning of the space age and the space race.
The “Father of Modern Science Fiction” is:
- (A) Bertrand Russell
- (B) H.G. Wells
- (C) Aldous Huxley
- (D) Maupassant
- (B) H.G. Wells
H. G. Wells, whose full name is Herbert George Wells, is referred to as the father of modern science fiction. Born in the year 1866, the renowned British author is best recognized for the pioneering work he did in the genre of science fiction through the production of engaging stories like “The Time Machine”, “The War of the Worlds”, and The Invisible Man.
When Ayub Khan took over power in 1958, the Prime Minister of Pakistan was:
- (A) Muhammad Ali Bogra
- (B) Hussain Shaheed Suharwardy
- (C) Malik Feroz Khan Noon
- (D) Chaudhary Muhammad Ali
- (C) Malik Feroz Khan Noon
When Ayub Khan took over power in 1958, the Prime Minister of Pakistan was Sir Feroz Khan Noon. He was the Prime Minister from December 16, 1957, to October 7, 1958, until President Iskander Mirza imposed martial law, dissolved the government, and appointed Ayub Khan as the Chief Martial Law Administrator.
Which city served as the old capital of America during the early years of the nation’s history?
- (A) Philadelphia
- (B) Boston
- (C) New York City
- (D) Jamestown
- (A) Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the hub of the United States in the early years, being the principal capital where the Continental Congress met and the Constitutional Convention was held. While many consider Philadelphia to be the first capital because it was the site where the Continental Congress met as early as 1774, the capital was moved several times during and after the Revolutionary War.
President of Syria Bashar-ul-Assad is by faith a/an:
- (A) Druze
- (B) Alawi
- (C) Shia
- (D) Sunni
- (B) Alawi
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria is an adherent of the Alawite faith. Like his father Hafez al-Assad, Bashar al-Assad is an Alawite (also spelled Alawi), a minority in Syrian society that is related to Shia Islam.
The poetry first written by Allama Iqbal in Persian and then translated in Urdu on popular demand:
- (A) Bal-e-Jibraeel
- (B) Bang-e-Dara
- (C) Zarb-e-Kaleem
- (D) Armaghan-e-Hijaz
- (B) Bang-e-Dara
Bang-e-Dara, written by Allama Iqbal, was initially written in Persian but then translated into Urdu on popular demand. It is a collection of his poetry written over two decades (approx. 20 years), reflecting his early nationalistic fervor and his mature philosophical and reformative thoughts.