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921

How many permanent members does the United Nations Security Council have?

  • A3
  • B5
  • C7
  • D10
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Correct Answer: Option B — 5
Explanation: The UN Security Council has five permanent members—the United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China—each holding veto power over substantive resolutions.
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922

Which organization is known as the world's largest intergovernmental body for international peace and security?

  • AWorld Bank
  • BUnited Nations
  • CWorld Trade Organization
  • DEuropean Union
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Correct Answer: Option B — United Nations
Explanation: The United Nations, founded in 1945, is the world's largest intergovernmental organization dedicated to maintaining international peace, security, and cooperation among its member states.
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923

Which two countries does the Wagah Border, a famous ceremonial border crossing, connect?

  • APakistan and Afghanistan
  • BPakistan and Iran
  • CPakistan and India
  • DPakistan and China
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Correct Answer: Option C — Pakistan and India
Explanation: The Wagah Border, near Lahore, is the ceremonial border crossing point between Pakistan and India, famous for its daily flag-lowering ceremony attended by large crowds on both sides.
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924

Faiz Ahmad Faiz is best known in Pakistani literature as a prominent figure in which field?

  • AClassical music
  • BRevolutionary and progressive Urdu poetry
  • CSufi philosophy
  • DHistorical fiction
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Correct Answer: Option B — Revolutionary and progressive Urdu poetry
Explanation: Faiz Ahmad Faiz is celebrated as one of Pakistan's greatest Urdu poets, known for his progressive and revolutionary poetry that addressed themes of social justice, love, and resistance.
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925

Which Pakistani scientist won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979?

  • AAbdul Qadeer Khan
  • BAbdus Salam
  • CRiazuddin
  • DSalimuzzaman Siddiqui
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Correct Answer: Option B — Abdus Salam
Explanation: Dr. Abdus Salam became the first Pakistani Nobel laureate, winning the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979 for his contributions to the electroweak unification theory in particle physics.
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926

Pakistan's membership in the United Nations was granted in which year?

  • A1945
  • B1947
  • C1948
  • D1950
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Correct Answer: Option B — 1947
Explanation: Pakistan became a member of the United Nations on 30 September 1947, shortly after gaining independence, joining the international body as a sovereign state.
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927

Which Pakistani city is the country's primary financial and commercial hub?

  • ALahore
  • BKarachi
  • CFaisalabad
  • DIslamabad
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Correct Answer: Option B — Karachi
Explanation: Karachi, as Pakistan's largest city and former capital, serves as the country's principal financial, commercial, and industrial hub, hosting the Karachi Stock Exchange and major ports.
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928

The Mangla Dam is constructed on which river?

  • AIndus
  • BJhelum
  • CChenab
  • DKabul
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Correct Answer: Option B — Jhelum
Explanation: Mangla Dam, one of the largest dams in the world, is built on the Jhelum River in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, primarily serving irrigation and hydroelectric power generation purposes.
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929

Which province produces the majority of Pakistan's wheat output?

  • ASindh
  • BPunjab
  • CBalochistan
  • DKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Correct Answer: Option B — Punjab
Explanation: Punjab, often called the breadbasket of Pakistan, produces the largest share of the country's wheat due to its fertile alluvial soil and extensive irrigation network from the Indus Basin.
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930

Which crop is Pakistan's leading cash crop in terms of export earnings historically?

  • AWheat
  • BRice
  • CCotton
  • DSugarcane
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Correct Answer: Option C — Cotton
Explanation: Cotton has traditionally been Pakistan's most important cash crop, forming the backbone of the textile industry, which remains the country's largest export-earning sector.
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