1.

first-ever Chinese-language weekly newspaper launched in Pakistan is: Huashang

2. The Olympics were born in: 776 BC

3. The temple where the torch for the Olympic Games is lit is: Temple of Hera

4. World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated on: April 26

5. World Earth Day, also known as International Mother Earth Day, is celebrated annually on:
April 22

6. The process by which chemicals are implanted into clouds to increase rainfall is called: Cloud
seeding

7. Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah visited Egypt in: 1946

8. The number of the member states of the African Union is: 54

9. The largest terrestrial biome on Earth is: The Talga

10. The World Health Organisation is based in: Geneva

11. The first dry port in Lahore was inaugurated in: 1974

12. The person often called the architect of the Indian Constitution is: Bhim Rao (BR) Ambedkar

13. The indelible ink used to mark voters was invented by: Salim-uz-

14. The first general election in post- partition India was held in: 1951

15. The founding chairman of the National Science Council of Pakistan was: Salim-uz-Zaman
Siddiqui

16. Air Marshal Nur Khan was appointed the Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Air Force in:
July 1965

17. The first Pakistani Commander- in-Chief of Pak Army was: Field Marshal Ayub Khan

18. Field Marshal Ayub Khan, the former President of Pakistan, died in: 1974

19. Pakistan's first law minister was: Jogedra Nath Mandal

20. Israel captured the West Bank in the Middle East war of: 1967
21. The current head of the Intelli- gence Bureau is: Fawad Asadullah

22. The stars born from the explosive collapse of massive stars are called: Neutron Stars

23. The Himalayan mountain range spans approximately: 2,400 kms

24. The English Channel, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean, separates England from: France

25. Plato, a prominent philosopher

from Classical Greece, was Socra- tes's: Student

26. The Academy was founded by Plato in Athens in: 387 BCE

27. The driest non-polar desert in the world, the Atacama Desert, is located in: South America

28. Salt Lake City is the capital and largest city of the US state of: Utah

29. The National Assembly passed the first Constitution Amendment Bill on: April 23, 1974

30. The first Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan was: M. Ali Nasr

31. Banjul is the capital of: Gambia

32. The famous pirate who was nicknamed "My Pirate" by Queen Elizabeth I was: Sir Francis
Drake

33. The International Day of Human Space Flight is observed on: April 12

34. Shahrisabz, the Economic Cooperation Organization's Tourism Capital for 2024, is a city in:
Uzbekistan

35. The Quetta Radio Station was opened in: 1974

36. The transmitter for Quetta Radio Station was provided by: Russia

37. The mosquitoes that cause malaria in humans are: Anopheles

38. Faisal Mosque, Islamabad, was

designed by Turkish architect: Vedat Dalokay

39. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was appointed deputy prime minister of Pakistan on: December 7, 1971

40. The only woman to remain the deputy prime minister of Pakistan was: Nusrat Bhutto
41. The farthest human-made object in the universe is: NASA's Voyager 1 42. Voyager 1 was
launched on: Sept. 5, 1977

43. The chemical process that uses an electric current to drive a non- spontaneous chemical
reaction is known as: Electrolysis

44. The number of European countries that are part of the Schengen area is: 29

45. The Schengen Agreement was signed in: 1985

46. The full implementation of the Schengen Agreement occurred on: March 26, 1995

47. The last General Officer Commanding of the Eastern Command in 1971 Pak-India war was:
Lt-Gen Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi

48. The capital and largest city of

Mexico is: Mexico City

49. The country that has long been known as the "land of football" is: Brazil

50. Jashn-i-Kaghlasht is a famous spring festival celebrated in: Upper Chitral

51. Brazil national football team is commonly known as: Selecao

52. The national animal of Pakistan is: Markhor

53. The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act was enacted in: 2016

54. The last Tughlaq ruler was: Feroz Shah Tughlaq

55. The study of the general princi- ples of scientific classification is called: Taxonomy

56. Accra is the capital of: Ghana

57. The world's third-largest reservoir by volume is: Lake Volta

58. Catatumbo lightning is a unique natural phenomenon that appears in: Venezuela

59. The first poet who composed the immortal legend of Heer in Punjabi language was:
Damodar Das Gulati

60. Tropical cyclones develop in the region between the Tropics of Capricorn and: Cancer

61. Hudhud, Titli, Phethai, Fani, Vayu

and Amphan are among the names of cyclones in the: Indian Ocean

62. The UN Convention on the Rights of Child was adopted on: 20 Novem- ber 1989

63. The Antarctic Treaty that established Antarctica as a region dedicated to peaceful purposes,
scientific cooperation and environ- mental protection was signed in: 1959

64. Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (the Madrid Protocol) was
adopted in: 1991

65. The World Press Freedom Index is released by the global media watchdog: Reporters
Without Borders (RSF)

66. The World Intellectual Property Organisation (a UN agency that deals with IP and
innovation) is headquartered in: Geneva

67. AG Chagla's tune of the national anthem of Pakistan was officially adopted on: August 21,
1950

68. In WWII, Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender came into force on: May 8, 1945

69. The UK signed a deal with

Rwanda to address undocumented migration issues in: April 2022

70. The capital city of Rwanda is: Kigali

71. The hottest planet in our solar system is: Venus

72. The planets that rotate on their axes in a clockwise direction, also known as retrograde
rotation, are: Venus and Uranus

73. The two planets that do not have any moons are Venus and: Mercury

74. Tbilisi is the capital and largest city of: Georgia

75. Israel was admitted to the United Nations on: May 11, 1949

76. Thalassemia is a genetic disorder of: Blood

77. The world's top producer of solar
power is: China

78. Siberia is a vast and geographi- cally diverse region located in:
Russia

70. The Euxine Sea is commonly known as: The Black Sea
80. The Pyrenees mountain range in the southwestern Europe forms a natural boundary
between France and: Spain

81. Brahmo Samaj was founded by:

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

82. The 55-member African Union was founded on 26 May 2001 in: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

83. Chabahar Port is located in southeastern Iran, on the Gulf of: Oman

84. The distance between Iran's Chahbahar Port and Pakistan's Gwadar port is about: 170
kilometres

85. The kawasaki disease causes the inflammation of: Blood vessels 86. The Cook Islands
operates under self-governance but is in free association with: New Zealand

87. The Darién Gap, an impenetrable forest, serves as a natural barrier between Panama and:
Colombia

88. The United Nations Forum on Forests was founded on: 18 October 2000

89. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in: 1896

90. Established in 1946, the Cannes Film Festival is a prestigious annual event held in: France

91. Primary nutrients for plants are Nitrogen, Phosphorus and: Potas- sium
wireless signals use to travel, allowing users to make calls and use social media are called:
Spectrum
93. Avian Influenza is commonly known as: Bird flu
92. The radio frequencies that

94. When one celestial body passes in front of another, obscuring it from view, the phenomenon
is called: Occultation

95. The study and mapping of the underwater topography of water bodies is called: Bathymetry

96. Carbon stored in coastal and marine ecosystems is refered to as: Blue carbon

97. The 11-year solar cycle is known as: Solar maximum

98. The world's highest-level decision-making body on the environment is: United Nations
Environment Assembly
99. The United Nations Environment Assembly was created in: June 2012

100. The woman who is celebrated for founding the world's oldest existing, continually operating
degree-granting university, the University of Al Quaraoulyine, is: Fatima al-Fihri