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    General Knowledge, World’s Longest, Largest and Smallest

    ● Largest Airport : King Abdul Khalid International Airport (Saudi Arabia)
    ● Highest Airport : Lhasa Airport, Tibet
    ● Tallest Animal : Giraffe
    ● Largest Animal : Blue Bottom whale
    ● Largest Bay : Hudson Bay, Canada.
    ● Largest Bird : Ostrich
    ● Smallest Bird : Humming bird
    ● Longest Bridge : Huey P. Long Bridge (USA)
    ● Tallest Building : Dubai Burj (Dubai)
    ● Longest Canal : Baltic sea White Canal
    ● Largest Cathedral : Cathedral Church of New York
    ● Largest Cemetry : Ohlsdorf Cemetry (Hamburg, Germany)
    ● Largest Church : Balisca of St. Peter in the Vatican City, Rome.
    ● Largest Continent : Asia
    ● Smallest Continent : Australia
    ● Largest Country (Area) : Russia
    ● Smallest Country (Area) : Vatican City
    ● Biggest Cinema House : Roxy, New York
    ● Highest City : Wenchuan, China
    ● Most Populous City : Tokyo
    ● Longest Day : June 21
    ● Shortest Day : December 22
    ● Largest Delta : Sunderban (India)
    ● Largest Desert : Sahara, North Africa

    ● Biggest Dome : Gol Gumbaz (Bijapur), India
    ● Largest Dams : Grand Coulee Dam, USA
    ● Tallest Fountain : Fountain Hills, Arizona
    ● Largest Gulf : Gulf of Mexico
    ● Largest Hotel : Excalibur Hotel (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)
    ● Largest Island : Greenland
    ● Largest Lake : Caspian Sea.
    ● Deepest Lake : Baikal (Siberia)
    ● Highest Lake : Titicaca (Bolivia)
    ● Largest Library : United States Library of Congress, Washington
    ● Largest Mosque : Jama Masjid, Delhi (India)
    ● Highest Mountain Peak : Mount Everest (Nepal)
    ● Highest Mountain Range : Himalayas, Asia.
    ● Largest Mountain Range : Andes (South America)
    ● Biggest Museum : American Museum of Natural History (New York).
    ● Largest Minaret : Sultan Hassan Mosque (Egypt)
    ● Tallest Minaret : Qutub Minar, Delhi (India)
    ● Biggest Oceans : Pacific Ocean
    ● Deepest Oceans : Pacific Ocean
    ● Biggest Palace : Vatican (Rome)
    ● Largest Palace : Imperial Palace (China)
    ● Largest Park : National Park of North-Eastern (Greenland)
    ● Largest Peninsula : Arabia
    ● Highest Plateau : Pamir (Tibet)
    ● Longest Platform : Kharagpur, W. Bengal (India)
    ● Largest Platform : Grand Central Terminal, (Rly. Station), New York (USA)
    ● Biggest Planet : Jupiter
    ● Smallest Planet : Mercury
    ● Brightest Planet : Venus
    ● Coldest Planet : Neptune
    ● Nearest Planet (to the Sun) : Mercury
    ● Farthest Planet (from the Sun) : Neptune
    ● Longest River : Nile, Africa
    ● Longest River Dam : Hirakud Dam, India
    ● Largest Sea : South China Sea
    ● Largest Stadium : Starhove Stadium, Prague (Czech Republic)
    ● Brightest Star : Sirius A
    ● Tallest Statue : Motherland (Russia)
    ● Largest Sea-bird : Albatross
    ● Biggest Telescope : Mt. Palomar (USA)
    ● Longest Train : Flying Scotsman
    ● Largest Temple : Angkorwat in Combodia.
    ● Oldest Theatre : Teatro Olimpico (Itlay)
    ● Tallest Tower : C. N. Tower, Toronto (Canada)
    ● Longest Wall : Great Wall of China
    ● Highest Waterfall : Angel (Venezuela)
    ● Widest Waterfall : Khone Falls (Laos)
    ● Lowest Water Level : Dead Sea
    ● Longest Epic : Mahabharata
    ● Hottest Place : Azizia (Libya)
    ● Rainiest Place : Mosinram, near Cherrapunji (India)
    ● Highest Road : Leh-Nobra, Ladakh division India.
    ● Highest Village : Andean (Chile)
    ● Highest Volcano : Ojos del Salado, (Argentina) Chile
    ● Largest Volcano : Manuna Lea (Hawai)
    ● Lightest Gas : Hydrogen
    ● Fastest Animal : Cheetah
    ● Biggest Flower : Rafflesia (Java)
    ● Longest Corridor : Rameshwaram Temple (India)
    ● Largest Democracy : India
    ● Highest Cable Car Project : Gulmarg (Jammu-Kashmir)
    ● Biggest Airbus : Double Decker A-380
    ● Highest Rail Track : Kwinghai- Tibbet Railway (China)

  • General Knowledge about Cities Famous Second Names

    • Brasilia of Pakistan is called to *Islamabad.*
    • City of angles is called to *Bangkok.*
    • City of bazaars is called to *Cairo.*
    • City of colleges is called to *Lahore.*
    • City of conference is called to *Geneva.*
    • City of cosmonauts is called to *Moscow.*
    • City of eternal spring is called to *Quito.*
    • City of golden temple is called to *Amritsar.*
    • City of Golden Gate is called to *San Francisco.*
    • City of mosques is called to *Dhaka.*
    • City of parks is called to *Kiev.*
    • City of pope is called to *Rome.*
    • City of space flights is called to *Cape Kennedy.*
    • Forbidden City is called to *Lahaska.*
    • Gateway to the east is called to *Beirut.*
    • Gateway to the gulf is called to *Abu Dhabi.*
    • Gateway to India is called to *Bombay.*
    • Gateway to Pakistan is called to *Karachi.*
    • Little Pakistan is called to *Bradford.*
    • *Manchester of Pakistan is called to *Faisalabad.*
    • Rose pink city is called to *Jaipur.*
    • Windy city is called to *Chicago.*
    • Lusitanian is the alternative name of *Portugal.*
    • Emerald Island is called to *Ireland.*
    • Land of Prophets is called to *Palestine.*
    • *Yellow River* is known as China’s Sorrow because of devastating floods.
    • Gibraltar of the west is said to *Quebec.*
    • Zambia is known as *”country of Copper”*
    • Albania means *the “Land of Eagles”.*
    • Argentian means *“Like Silver”.*
    • Bahrain means *two seas*.
    • Brazil means
    *“Red wood”.*
    • Costa Rica means
    *“Rich coast”.*
    • Cyprus means
    *“Land of copper”.*
    • Guuatnemala mean
    *“Land of Eagles”.*
    • Jamaica means
    *“Good water”.*
    • Kuwait means
    *“Fort”.*
    • Liberia means
    *“Land of free people”.*
    • Netherlands means
    *“low land”.*
    • Nigeria means
    *“A great river”.*
    • Sierra Leone means
    *“Lion Mountains”.*
    • Singapore means
    *”city of lions”.*
    • Sudan means
    *“Land of black people”.*
    • Which country is popularly called ‘The Land of the Maple Leaf’?
    *Canada*
    • Mistress of the Eastern Seas is epithet referred to *Sri Lanka.*
    • Hong Kong is called as *Pearl

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    Major Airlines of the World – Top 100 Airlines with Numbers of Flights Per DAy

    • Lufthansa German Airlines Germany
    • Aero-flot Airline – Russia
    • Pan American World Airways System – S.A.
    • Trans-world Airways – S.A.
    • Delta Airlines – S.A.
    • Thai Airways International – Thailand
    • Swissair – Switzerland
    • Emirates – A.E
    • Air-Ceylon – Sri Lanka
    • Iberia – Spain
    • Pakistan International Airlines – Pakistan
    • Braathens – Norway
    • Scandinavian Airlines System – Norway
    • KLM Royal Dutch – Netherlands
    • Royal Nepal Airlines – Nepal
    • Japan Airlines – Japan
    • All Nippon Airways – Japan
    • Alitalia – Italy
    • Ryanair – Ireland
    • Garuda Airways – Indonesia
    • Air-India – India
    • Cathay Pacific – Hong Kong
    • Air France – France
    • Finnair – Finland
    • Easy Jet – England
    • O.A.C. – England
    • Sabena – Belgium Qantas
    • Empire Airways – Australia
    • Araina Afghan Airlines – Afghanistan

     

    Here is a list (as on 2020-04-03) of the 100 biggest airlines based on the number of departures (and not the number of passengers). The number of flights is the daily average for one week.

    1 – American Airlines – 5961 flights every day
    2 – Delta Air Lines – 4290 flights every day
    3 – United Airlines – 4048 flights every day
    4 – Southwest Airlines – 3795 flights every day
    5 – Ryanair – 2151 flights every day
    6 – easyJet – 1785 flights every day
    7 – China Southern Airlines – 1781 flights every day
    8 – China Eastern Airlines – 1716 flights every day
    9 – IndiGo – 1665 flights every day
    10 – Turkish Airlines – 1379 flights every day
    11 – Air Canada – 1325 flights every day
    12 – Air China – 1244 flights every day
    13 – ANA – 1224 flights every day
    14 – Alaska Airlines – 1119 flights every day
    15 – LATAM Airlines – 1111 flights every day
    16 – Air France – 1010 flights every day
    17 – Aeroflot – 938 flights every day
    18 – JetBlue Airways – 921 flights every day
    19 – JAL – 825 flights every day
    20 – British Airways – 782 flights every day
    21 – Lufthansa – 720 flights every day
    22 – KLM – 675 flights every day
    23 – Qantas – 668 flights every day
    24 – Shenzhen Airlines – 664 flights every day
    25 – Gol – 660 flights every day
    26 – Spirit Airlines – 646 flights every day
    27 – Lion Air – 639 flights every day
    28 – Wizz Air – 636 flights every day
    29 – Vueling – 627 flights every day
    30 – Azul – 620 flights every day
    31 – Xiamen Airlines – 589 flights every day
    32 – SpiceJet – 583 flights every day
    33 – AirAsia – 583 flights every day
    34 – WestJet – 575 flights every day
    35 – AVIANCA – 575 flights every day
    36 – Hainan Airlines – 568 flights every day
    37 – Sichuan Airlines – 523 flights every day
    38 – Shandong Airlines – 485 flights every day
    39 – Saudia – 478 flights every day
    40 – Emirates – 463 flights every day
    41 – Air India – 457 flights every day
    42 – Pegasus – 446 flights every day
    43 – Garuda Indonesia – 439 flights every day
    44 – Qatar Airways – 429 flights every day
    45 – Wings Air – 426 flights every day
    46 – Volaris – 398 flights every day
    47 – Alitalia – 393 flights every day
    48 – Aeromexico – 390 flights every day
    49 – S7 Airlines – 389 flights every day
    50 – Air New Zealand – 383 flights every day
    51 – Thai AirAsia – 370 flights every day
    52 – Frontier Airlines – 362 flights every day
    53 – Malaysia Airlines – 361 flights every day
    54 – Iberia – 356 flights every day
    55 – Virgin Australia – 355 flights every day
    56 – Vietnam Airlines – 353 flights every day
    57 – Batik Air – 352 flights every day
    58 – Ethiopian Airlines – 350 flights every day
    59 – Jetstar – 350 flights every day
    60 – Spring Airlines – 348 flights every day
    61 – VietJet Air – 347 flights every day
    62 – Philippine Airlines – 343 flights every day
    63 – SAS – 335 flights every day
    64 – Ravn Alaska – 334 flights every day
    65 – Juneyao Airlines – 323 flights every day
    66 – TAP Portugal – 313 flights every day
    67 – Cebu Pacific Air – 310 flights every day
    68 – Gestair – 307 flights every day
    69 – Eurowings – 305 flights every day
    70 – Shanghai Airlines – 302 flights every day
    71 – Aer Lingus – 299 flights every day
    72 – GoAir – 295 flights every day
    73 – Citilink – 293 flights every day
    74 – LOT – Polish Airlines – 281 flights every day
    75 – Beijing Capital Airlines – 276 flights every day
    76 – Interjet – 274 flights every day
    77 – Aerolineas Argentinas – 273 flights every day
    78 – Cape Air – 259 flights every day
    79 – South African Airways – 255 flights every day
    80 – Lucky Air – 253 flights every day
    81 – Sriwijaya Air – 252 flights every day
    82 – Copa Airlines – 251 flights every day
    83 – Tianjin Airlines – 251 flights every day
    84 – Norwegian Air Shuttle – 243 flights every day
    85 – Hawaiian Airlines – 241 flights every day
    86 – SWISS – 240 flights every day
    87 – Allegiant Air – 236 flights every day
    88 – Etihad Airways – 232 flights every day
    89 – Austrian – 229 flights every day
    90 – Tropic Air – 226 flights every day
    91 – Air Europa – 224 flights every day
    92 – Finnair – 220 flights every day
    93 – AirAsia India – 220 flights every day
    94 – Cathay Pacific – 218 flights every day
    95 – Jet2 – 216 flights every day
    96 -Singapore Airlines – 211 flights every day
    97 – Maya Island Air – 209 flights every day
    98 -Vistara – 204 flights every day
    99 -Jeju Air – 203 flights every day
    100 – EgyptAir – 199 flights every day

    Click HERE to see the Largest airlines in the world page on Wikipedia

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    100 Questions & Answers About Asia

    100 Questions & Answers About Asia

    1. Highest mountain of world ‘Mount Everest’ is located in continent – Asia

    2. Out of seven continents, continent Asia shares its East border with – Ural Mountains

    3. Longest river in Asia Continent is – Yangtze of China

    4. Country in Asia continent which is known as ‘Land of golden fiber’ is – Bangladesh

    5. Out of seven continents, continent Asia shares its West border with – Pacific Ocean

    6. What is the capital of the Republic of the Philippines? – Manila

    7. Where can you find Mayon Volcano? – Albay

    8. What is the main religion in Malaysia? – Islam

    9. What is the national sport in Thailand? – Thai Boxing

    10. What country is in south of Malaysia? – Singapore

    11. In a country of over 1,900 islands, but with a land area of only one percent of its total
    territory, which of these is one of the Maldives’ most important industries? – Tourism

    12. The wildlife of Iran used to include an animal which is now extinct. Which of these used to
    roam the northern regions of Iran? – Caspian tiger

    13. The city of Rajshahi is an important center in the production of a natural fiber that comes
    from a certain worm. What is the nickname of the city that comes from this association? – Silk City

    14. India is bound on the north by a range of snow-capped mountains, which boast some of the
    world’s highest peaks. What is the name of this mountain range, also considered to be the
    world’s youngest? – The Himalayas

    15. Which of these cities is in Vietnam? Pyonggang, Nam Dinh, Battambang or Alor Setar? – Nam Dinh

    16. Which Asian city was awarded the honour of holding the 2014 winter Olympic games? – Sochi, Russia

    17. Which of these IS an Asian city? Dushanbe, Moscow, Bucharest or Cairo? – Dushanbe

    18. Which of these cities is in Sri Lanka? Thimpu, Islambad, Kabul or Colombo? – Colombo

    19. Which city is just across the Bering Strait from Alaska, U.S.A.? – Uelen

    20. Which Asian city is in a country that is in both Europe and Asia? – Novosibirsk

    21. Mary (Mur-ree) is a city in – Turkmenistan

    22. Which is the only city that is also a country in Asia? –

    23. ________ city is the largest city (and former capital) of Kazakhstan – Almaty

    24. Which city is capital of West Java province in Indonesia? – Bandung

    25. _____________ city is principal port of Bangladesh, and is the country´s second largest city – Chittagong

    26. Which city is the capital of Syria? – Damascus

    27. Which city was capital of Persia 1598-1722? – Esfahan

    28. ___________ city was known before 1980 as Lyallpur – Faisalabad

    29. The city which is capital of Guangdong province, China – Guangzhou

    30. Whart is the capital of Vietnam? – Hanoi

    31. ________________is third largest city of Turkey and was formerly known as Smyrna – Izmir

    32. What is the capital of Indonesia? – Jakarta

    33. What is the capital of Afghanistan? – Kabul

    34. Which city is capital of Punjab province in Pakistan? – Lahore

    35. This city is capital of Khorasan province, Iran – Mashhad

    36. Russian city which was formerly known as Novonikolaevsk – Novosibirsk

    37. This Japanese city was formerly known as Naniwa. It is the center the Hanshin area, which is the most important industrial area in Japan – Osaka

    38. _______ city is capital of North Korea – Pyongyang

    39. The former name of Bishkek – Frunze

    40. The former name of Gyumri – Leninakan

    41. The city which is part of Kiaochow territory occupied by Germany in 1897 and leased to Germany for 99 years in 1898 – Qingdao

    42. The capital of Saudi Arabia is – Riyadh

    43. _____________city is capital of East Java province, Indonesia – Surabaya

    44. What is the capital of Uzbekistan – Tashkent

    45. Which city is also known as Benares? – Varanasi

    46. Which Chinese city was formed in 1950 by the consolidation of Hankow, Hanyang and Wuchang – Wuhan

    47. ___________ is the capital of Shaanxi province, China – Xian

    48. The city which contains Japan´s major port and the country´s second largest is – Yokohama

    49. What is the capital of Henan province, China – Zhengzhou

    50. The people in this capital city in South Asia live in houses made of coral. The city is
    located on an island – Male

    51. The former name of the city Yangon is – Rangoon

    52. Which Indian city is the capital of two Indian states but it itself is under the rule of the
    Central Government – Chandigarh

    53. What city was the capital of Pakistan from 1947 to 1959? – Karachi

    54. In what city were 1000 British troops and their families killed by freedom fighters during the Indian revolt of 1857? – Kanpur

    55. The former name of Banda Aceh – Kutaraja

    56. The former name of Yekaterinburg – Sverdlovsk

    57. Which was the second largest city in Sri Lanka? – Kotte

    58. The name of the city which is also means ‘Canopy of Wood’ – Kathmandu

    59. The headquarters of the fifth largest army in the world is in which of these cities? New
    Delhi, Bangalore or Rawalpindi? – Rawalpindi

    60. What is the only City in South-Asia which has French as an official language – Pondicherry

    61. When King Charles II of Great Britain married a Portuguese princess, she brought this city
    with her as dowry – Mumbai (Bombay)

    62. The former name of the city Dalian is – Dairen

    63. The former name of Xiamen – Amoy

    64. The former name of Makassar – Ujung Pandang

    65. The largest island in Iran? – Qeshm

    66. The largest island in Oman? – Masirah

    67. The former name of Jayapura – Hollandia

    68. The former name of Kota Kinabalu – Jesselton

    69. The former name of Jakarta – Batavia

    70. The former name of Bandar Seri Begawan – Brunei Town

    71. Which is the name of a city in both India and Pakistan? – Hyderabad

    72. The former name of Astana – Tselinograd

    73. Name the biggest island in Japan? – Honshu

    74. The biggest island in India? – Middle Andaman

    75. The former name of Bandar Khomeyni is – Bandar Shahpur

    76. The former name of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk is – Toyohara

    77. What is the name of the former principality that was located between Nepal and Bhutan? – Sikkim

    78. The mouth of the Ganges river can be found within what country? – Bangladesh

    79. What is the largest island in Asia? – Borneo

    80. How many of the top ten most populated countries of the world are located, at least partly,
    in Asia? – 7

    81. Which country shares the longest continuous border with China? – Mongolia

    82. Which central Asian country, with the cities of Tashkent and Namangan, is one of the two
    doubly landlocked countries in the world? – Uzbekistan

    83. Which eastern/central Asian country, bordering China, is one of the least densely populated
    countries in the world? – Mongolia

    84. Which country, spanning two continents, has identified the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or
    PKK, as a terrorist group? – Turkey

    85. Which country, which has the city of Surabaya, also has land on the 2nd largest island on
    the planet? – Indonesia

    86. The former name of Shenyang is – Mukden

    87. The former name of Guangzhou – Canton

    88. What island country, south of Taiwan, has a major religion of Roman Catholicism, and is
    prone to typhoons because of its location? – Philippines

    89. What teardrop shaped island country has maritime borders with the Maldives, and another
    country to its north? – Sri Lanka

    90. What southeast Asian country is home to the Tonle Sap lake, a lake which floods to over
    five times its size during the monsoon season? – Cambodia

    91. Which extremely populated country has constituted a one-child policy in order to control
    its population? – China
    92. The former name of Vladikavkaz – Ordzhonikidze

    93. The former name of Ganca, or Gandzha is – Kirovabad

    94. Which very densely populated country separated from Pakistan in 1971? – Bangladesh

    95. Which industrialized country has the largest metropolitan area in the world, and has more
    than 6,000 islands? – Japan

    96. Biggest island in China? (excluding Taiwan which is claimed by China) – Hainan

    97. What is the largest island in South Korea? – Cheju

    98. Which is the largest island in Philippines? – Luzon

    99. The former name of Khudzhand – Leninabad

    100. Name the largest island in Thailand – Phuket

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    MCQs Misc. Topics (September 9, 2018)

    What type of animals make up the biggest group of amphibians? –
    a. Bats
    b. Frogs

    What film series stars Marlon Brando and Al Pacino as leaders of a New York Mafia family? –
    a. The Godfather
    b. American Gangster

    How many hours are there in one full week? –
    a. 168 hours
    b. 192 hours

    Which Roman numerals represent the number 40? –
    a. LX
    b. XL

    The diameter is half of the radius? –
    a. True
    b. False

    Which country was Arnold Schwarzenegger born in? –
    a. America
    b. Cuba
    c. Australia
    d. Austria

    During which year did the Apple iPhone first go on sale? –
    a. 2000
    b. 2004
    c. 2005
    d. 2007

    Which country is Santiago the capital of? –
    a. Somalia
    b. Chile

    Who designed the Statue of Liberty? –
    a. Bartholdi
    b. Igor Sikorsky

    Which is the only mammal that able to kneel on all fours? –
    a. Elephant
    b. Camel

    Where was the first nuclear reactor built? –
    a. USA
    b. France

    Which country has the most football clubs? –
    a. Spain
    b. South Africa

    What is the name of the branch of medicine that focuses on eyesight?
    a. Oncology
    b. Optometry

    In a game of cricket, how many runs are awarded for hitting the ball over the boundary rope without bouncing? –
    a. Four Runs
    b. Six Runs

    At 119 miles long, what is the name of Scotland’s longest river?
    A. River Tay
    B. River Dublin

    Since 1987, which Tennis Grand Slam tournament has been the fourth and final in the tennis calendar? –
    a. Australian Open
    b. US Open

    What is the name of the founder of the company Amazon who later went on to purchase The Washington Post newspaper?
    a. Jeff Bezos
    b. Steve Jobs

    Which is the only country to have taken part in every football World Cup ?
    a. Brazil
    b. France

    Writer of Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift is ?
    a. American
    b. British
    c. Irish 
    d. Greek

    Clark Kent is the real name of which superhero?
    a. Superman
    b. Mr. Bean

    “Alter Ego”
    a. Close friend
    b. Worst enemy
    c. Distant relative
    d. Forgotten Incident

    Into how many regions the brain is mainly divided
    a. 2
    b. 3
    c. 4
    d. 5

    Cuba is located in:
    a. Central Asia
    b. Eastern Europe
    c. North America 
    d. Far Fast

    Which out of the flowing took place in 1963?
    a. Indo Soviet Military Pact
    b. Settlement of Pak Chin Border dispute
    c. Uprising in Kashmir
    d. Indo China war

    During the anti- government movement of 1977, who was the President of PNA(Pakistan National Alliance)
    a. Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan
    b. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
    c. Air Marshall Asghar Khan
    d. Khan Abdul Wali Khan

    Who is considered to be the Chief Architect of 1956 Constitution ?
    a. Muhammad Ali Bogra
    b. Ch. Muhammad Ali

    Who was the 1st Muslim Caliph of Spain ?
    a. Abd Al Malik
    b. Abd ar-Rahman

    The Muslim Invaded Spain in :
    a. 714
    b. 713
    c. 712
    d. 711

    The Secon Ummayiad Caliph was:
    a. Walid bin Abul Malik
    b. Yazid bin Muawiya

    Whic Abbasid Caliph laid the foundation of “Baghdad”
    a. Harun Ur Rashid
    b. Abbasi al Safah
    c. Mamun Ur Rashid
    d. Al Mansoor

    “A Short History of the Saracens” was written by?
    a. Allama Hibli Naumani
    b. Syed Ameer Ali 
    c. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
    d. None

    Iron Lady ??
    a. Margret Thatcher
    b. Inda Gandhi
    c. Razia Sultana
    d. Benazir Bhutto

    Correct Spellings
    a. Tusion
    b. Tuition

    A remedy for all deceases is know as :
    a. Antiseptic
    b. Panacea

    Opposite of “Paucity”
    a. Scanty
    b. Abundance

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    Day by Day Current Affairs (August 29, 2018)

     August 29, 2018; National Current Affairs

    1. Cabinet forms six bodies to execute reforms agenda
    • In a move to implement its 100-day plan of `change`, the federal cabinet on August 28, 2018 set up six committees to introduce reforms in different sectors and to carve out a new province from Punjab, besides appointing the Intelligence Bureau (IB) director general and the head of National Counterterrorism Authority (Nacta).
    • The cabinet meeting, which was chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, also decided to expedite the process of the merger of the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
    • The cabinet decided to appoint Nacta chairman Dr Mohammad Suleman Khan (a grade-22 officer of the police service) as IB director general, while commandant of the National Police Academy Mehr Khalig Dad Lak, also a grade 22 officer, has been appointed as Nacta chairman in his place.
    • Another task force was formed on National Accountability Bureau (NAB) law reforms with main focus to retrieve national wealth laundered to other countries. Another task force constituted on Criminal Procedure Code reforms was asked to give its recommendations within 90 days to address the problems being faced by antiterrorism courts.
    • Other task forces were set up for introducing austerity measures, reforms in civil services /federal government restructuring, civil laws and the health sector.
    • One of the important decisions made in the meeting was that the government would not remove any official working on a contractual basis.
    1. Pakistan, India to begin talks on water disputes today
    • A nine-member delegation led by the Indian water commissioner arrived on August 28, 2018 for talks with their Pakistani counterparts on water disputes on the platform of the Pakistan-India Permanent Indus Commission.
    • Pakistan Water Commissioner Syed Mohammad Mehar Ali Shah welcomed the delegation, headed by Indian Water Commissioner Pradeep Kumar Saxena, at the Wagah border.
    • The two-day deliberations on water disputes will begin on August 29, 2018 (today). The talks will be held at the offices of the National Engineering Services of Pakistan (Nespak) in Lahore.
    • The Indian team was earlier supposed to arrive here for talks in July but the visit was rescheduled in view of the July 25 general elections.
    • The water commissioners of the neighbouring countries are required to meet twice a year and arrange technical visits to projects` sites and critical river headworks.
    • A government official said they would raise their concerns over the construction of 1,000MW Pakal Dul and 48MW Lower Kalnal hydroelectric projects on the River Chenab by New Delhi, ignoring Islamabad`s objections to their designs.
    1. Senate panel okays idea of criminalising enforced disappearances
    • A Senate committee on August 28, 2018 approved the idea of criminalising enforced disappearances.
    • Chairman of the Senate`s Functional Committee on Human Rights Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar gave the Ministry ofHuman Rights a month to engage all stakeholders to draft a bill for criminalising enforced disappearances and making it a punishable offence.
    • The directive came after the Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances, retired Justice Javed Iqbal, urged the committee to goforlegalsanctions torecover all missing persons. The meeting was informed that at presentallcases ofenforced disappearances were registered under Section 365 of the penal code which dealt with kidnapping.
    1. FBR gets new chief
    • The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government on August 28, 2018 posted a senior officer of Pakistan Administration Services (PAS), Dr Muhammad Jehanzeb Khan, as chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).
    • Mr Khan has also been given the additional post of secretary Revenue Division.
    • The outgoing FBR head, Ms Rukhsana Yasmin, who was posted as the first woman chairperson of the board on July 2 by the interim government, currently awaits directives on her new posting.
    • Dr Jehanzeb has served in Punjab for 10 years. He was serving as the secretary Board of Investment after being transferred by interim provincial government.
    • Previously, he has served as the chairman Planning and Development Board during the PML-N government.
    • PTI has emerged as the third consecutive party after PPP and PML-N to have posted non-tax officers from PAS to head FBR right at the start of their respective terms.
    • The PPP government had posted PAS officers including Sohail Ahmed, followed by Salman Siddique as chairmen FBR, while the PML-N government followed the previous government`s tradition when it posted Tariq Bajwa, a senior officer of PAS as chairman FBR.
    1. `2.2m abortions per year indicate unmet contraceptive demand`
    • A representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on August 28, 2018 said 2.2 million abortions were carried out in Pakistan every year which clearly showed that there was an unmet demand for contraceptives in the country.
    • `Imagine how difficult it would be for a woman in Pakistan to go for an abortion. It shows that she did not want pregnancy but we failed to provide her the contraceptive. It is not acceptable at all and we need to do something to avoid such pregnancies,` Dr Hassan Mohtashami said at the launch of Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (PDHS). The survey was conducted by the National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS).
    • Dr Mohtashami said though Pakistan maynot achieve the commitment of family planning by 2020 it was not about an international commitment rather about the health of women.
    • As many as 34pc women were using any kind of contraceptives. The use of modern contraceptives was highest in Islamabad and lowest in Balochistan. The trend of unmet need for family planning has decreased from 31pc (in 1990) to 17pc. Under-five mortality rate is 74 per 1,000 children and the infant mortality rate is 62 per 1,000 live births. Around 66pc children received all vaccines and only four per cent did not get any vaccine.
    1. `Education, health emergency` in Balochistan
    • The Balochis tan government has decided to impose health and education emergency in the province and bring maximum entities in tax net through widening the working of the Balochistan Revenue Authority to increase provincial financial resources for reducing deficit of the current budget.
    • These decisions were made in the maiden meeting of the six-party alliance coalition`s cabinet here on August 28, 2018, which lasted for several hours with Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani in the Chair.
    • The newly inducted minister, Zahoor Ahmed Buledi, announced the decisions after the cabinet meeting.

    August 29, 2018; International Current Affairs

    1. Russia to hold biggest exercises since Cold War
    • Russia will next month hold its biggest war games since the fall of the Soviet Union, Defence Minister Sergei Sholgu said on August 28, 2018, a massive military exercise that will also involve the Chinese and Mongolian armies.
    • The exercise, called Vostok-2018 (East-2018), will take place in central and eastern Russian military districts and involve almost 300,000 troops, more than 1,000 military aircraft, two of Russia`s naval fleets, and all of its airborne units, Shoigu said in a statement.
    • The manoeuvres will take place at a time of heightened tension between the West and Russia, which is concerned about what it says is an unjustified build-up of the Nato military alliance on its western flank.
    • Nato says it has beefed up its forces in eastern Europe to deter potential Russian military action after Moscow annexed Ukraine`s Crimea in 2014 and backed a pro-Russian uprising in eastern Ukraine.
    1. American poet Sonia Sanchez wins $100,000 prize
    • Poet and author Sonia Sanchez has won a $100,000 lifetime achievement prize. The Academy of American Poets announced on August 28, 2018 that Sanchez is this year’s winner of the Wallace Stevens Award. Sanchez, 83, is known for such collections as Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems.
    • Also on August 28, 2018, five young poets received fellowships worth more than $25,000 apiece.
    • On August 28, 2018, the Poetry Foundation’s Poetry Magazine announced this year’s winners of the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship. The poets are Safia Elhillo, Hieu Minh Nguyen, Sam Sax, Natalie Scenters-Zapico, and Paul Tran. With prize money totaling $129,000, each will be given $25,800.
    • The fellowship was started in 1989. Winners must be between age 21 and 31 and the money is meant to give them time to write and study poetry. Work from each of the five winners will appear in the December issue of Poetry Magazine.

    August 29, 2018; Sports Current Affairs

    1. Pakistan down arch-rivals India in volleyball, thrash BD in hockey
    • Of the three victories for Pakistan at the Asian Games on August 28, 2018, there was little doubt that the one by the volleyball team was the sweetest.
    • After all this was against arch-rivals India, even if it was a 9-12th place playoff.
    • On a day when the hockey team produced yet another commanding performance, recording their fifth straight win, and the squash team won its third consecutive match, it was the 3-1 volleyball victory over India that was most celebrated.
    • In a contest lasting 100 minutes, Pakistan came back from a set down to win 21-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-23 and will now face China in a 7-10th place playoff.
    • Pakistan closed their Pool `B` campaign in hockey with a perfect record after another big win, thrashing Bangladesh 5-0 to set up asemi-final against Japan on August 30, 2018. Atig Arshad and Mubashar Ali both scored two goals each while Ali Shan added the other goal.
    1. PCB unveils dates of Australia, NZ series in UAE
    • Australia will play their first Test since the infamous ball-tampering saga on the ill-fated tour of South Africa last March when Pakistan host them in the United Arab Emirates in a two-match series from Oct 7 besides three Twenty20 Internationals.
    • New Zealand then arrive in the UAE to take on Pakistan in three Tests, three One-day Internationals, and as many Twenty20 Internationals.
    • According to the schedule announced on August 28, 2018 by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Australia open their tour with a four-day first-class fixture against Pakistan `A` at the ICC Academy in Dubai.
    • Pakistan, who are currently the top ranked side in the shortest format, would be playing six T20 Internationals in the space of 12 days since they also host New Zealand in three matches from Oct 31 to Nov 4.
    • The forthcoming months are probably Pakistan`s busiest in the lead-up to the 2019 ICC World Cup in England because Sarfraz Ahmed`s men kickstart the international season with the Asia Cup in the UAE from Sept 15 before playing Australia and New Zealand.