Which of the following is not a kind of non-state actor?
- (A) NATO
- (B) International Red Crescent Society
- (C) Amnesty International
- (D) ISIS
Check Answer Explanation
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), is not a non-state actor because it is an Intergovernmental Organization. It is formed by a treaty of states, and its decisions rest entirely with its 32 member states. By definition, non-state actors are those that operate independently of any sovereign government.
International Red Crescent Society: This is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) and part of a humanitarian movement. While National Societies often act as auxiliaries to their governments, the movement itself is independent and operates outside of state control.
Amnesty International: This is a classic example of a transnational NGO. It is funded by individual members and is independent of any political ideology or government interest.
ISIS: This is classified as a Violent Non-State Actor (VNSA) or a terrorist group. While it may seek to control territory and act like a state, it lacks international legal recognition as a sovereign state and operates outside the framework of legitimate government authority.
Solve the equation: $$-\frac{8}{20}-(+\frac{9}{2})-\frac{1}{2}$$
- (A) − 3/20
- (B) − 27/5
- (C) − 23/9
- (D) 7/20
Check Answer Explanation
Wind blowing in a spiral form around a region of low atmospheric pressure is a ______.
- (A) Tornado
- (B) Hurricane
- (C) Cyclone
- (D) Tsunami
Check Answer Explanation
Cyclone is a large mass of air with strong winds that rotate around a powerful low-pressure area. The direction of the winds in the Northern Hemisphere is counter-clockwise, whereas in the Southern Hemisphere, the direction of the winds is clockwise. The word “cyclone” comes from the Greek word “kyklos,” which means “circle” or “coil.”
Tornado, hurricane, and tsunami—each is an interesting weather or ocean phenomenon, but they’re not the same thing. Tornado is a rotating column of air that comes out of a thunderstorm cloud and touches the ground, and it’s not about the large-scale low-pressure system.
Hurricane is an intense tropical cyclone that appears in the Atlantic or the Northeast Pacific, and while it’s the right general type of phenomenon, the more general, specific word for any rotating wind pattern with a low-pressure center is “cyclone.”
Tsunami, on the other hand, has nothing to do with wind—tsunami is the result of large ocean waves caused by the displacement of huge amounts of water, such as an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption.
India conducted nuclear bomb tests in May 1998 at:
- (A) Rajasthan
- (B) Uttar Pradesh
- (C) Pokhran
- (D) Eastern Ghats
Check Answer Explanation
- India’s second nuclear tests, code-named ‘Pokhran-II’ or ‘Operation Shakti,’ took place in May 1998 at the Indian Army’s test range in the Rajasthan desert.
- Five underground nuclear tests were carried out on May 11 and May 13, 1998, by the Indian Army and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
- Note: While Pokhran is in Rajasthan (making A technically true in a broader sense)“Pokhran” is the specific, precise location/site name used for both the 1974 and 1998 tests.
Which of the following American President didn’t visit Pakistan?
- (A) Dwight D. Eisenhower
- (B) Lyndon B. Johnson
- (C) William J. Clinton
- (D) Barack Obama
Check Answer Explanation
Barack Obama has never visited Pakistan officially during his two terms as president (2009-2017). Several U.S. presidents visited Pakistan before him. The relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan has always been crucial, especially when the war in Afghanistan was at its peak, though the government mostly communicated at the top diplomatic level either through talks in a different location or via communication.
Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first US President to ever set foot in Pakistan, when he visited Karachi in December 1959.
Lyndon B. Johnson had a brief stopover in Karachi in December 1967 to have a brief meeting with President Ayub Khan.
William J. Clinton had a brief stopover in Islamabad in March 2000, during which he delivered a televised speech to the Pakistani people.
President Sukarno belongs to which country?
- (A) Malaysia
- (B) Taiwan
- (C) Thailand
- (D) Indonesia
Check Answer Explanation
President Sukarno is the first president of Indonesia and has ruled the country since 1945 to 1967. He was very instrumental in the country’s independence struggle against the Dutch colonial government. He famously declared the independence of Indonesia in 1945.
Penicillium was discovered by:
- (A) Louis Pasteur
- (B) Alexander Fleming
- (C) John Salk
- (D) Edward Jenner
Check Answer Explanation
Sir Alexander Fleming, while studying the bacteria Staphylococcus at St. Mary’s Hospital in London, observed something incredible in 1928. A mold had infected his culture of the bacteria, which was preventing the bacteria from reproducing. He found that the mold was a species of Penicillium, or Penicillium notatum, which produced a very strong antibacterial agent that he named penicillin. For this discovery, Fleming was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945, which he shared with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain, who would go on to make penicillin useful to medicine.
In slide layout panel how many layouts are available for text layout by default:
- (A) 4
- (B) 7
- (C) 12
- (D) None of these
Check Answer Explanation
There are about 9-11 slide layouts by default that come with the latest version of PowerPoint, but they’re categorized by type. There are four slide layouts traditionally intended for text-centric presentations:
Title Slide: for the beginning of the slide show.
Title Only: header with blank space provided for the text.
Title and Content: the standard layout for headers and bulleted text.
Section Header: for dividing the presentation into sections.
The true discount on Rs. 1760 due after a certain time at 12% per annum is Rs. 160. The time after which it is due is:
- (A) 5 months
- (B) 10 months
- (C) 15 months
- (D) 20 months
Check Answer Explanation
Solution:
Amount (A) = 1760
True Discount (TD) = 160
Present Worth (PW):
PW = A – TD = 1760 – 160 = 1600
Using the simple interest formula:
TD = PW × R × T/100
Substituting the values:
160 = (1600 × 12 × T)/100
Solving the equation:
160 = 192T
⇒ T = 160/192 = 5/6 years = 10 months
Hence, the answer is 10 months.
Correct answer: B. 10 months
