Explanation

The European Union (EU) consists of 27 member states.

The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020.

1)      Austria

2)      Belgium

3)      Bulgaria

4)      Croatia

5)      Cyprus

6)      Czech Republic

7)      Denmark

8)      Estonia

9)      Finland

10)   France

11)   Germany

12)   Greece

13)   Hungary

14)   Ireland

15)   Italy

16)   Latvia

17)   Lithuania

18)   Luxembourg

19)   Malta

20)   Netherlands

21)   Poland

22)   Portugal

23)   Romania

24)   Slovakia

25)   Slovenia

26)   Spain

27)   Sweden

ND7-3-2023

Explanation

Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December.

The day on which the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Explanation

Fasting during the month of Ramadan was made obligatory (wajib) during the month of Sha'ban (8th Month)

Fasting was the 4th fundamental pillar of Islam

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Explanation

The Non-Aligned Movement is a forum of 120 developing world states

Founded: 1961, Belgrade, Serbia

Headquarters: Central Jakarta, Indonesia

Founders:

Jawaharlal Nehru

Sukarno

Josip Broz Tito

Kwame Nkrumah

Gamal Abdel Nasse

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Pakistan Joined NAM in 1979

ND5-5-2023

Explanation

Australia is the smallest continent by area.

It lies in the southern hemisphere.

It is often referred to as the island continent.

It is surrounded by oceans and seas, including the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

Additional information:

First and Largest Continents by area: Asia.

Second Largest Continents by area: Africa.

Third Largest Continents by area: North America.

Fourth Largest Continents by area: South America.

Fifth Largest Continent by area: Antarctica.

Sixth Largest Continent by area: Europe.

Seventh and Smallest Continents by area: Australia.

Zealandia is considered the 8th Continent.

Australia is the flattest Continent.

Explanation

After the imposition of Martial Law in 1958,

General Muhammad Ayub Khan introduced the concept of basic democracy through the Basic Democracy Order, in 1959.

On 26 October, Ayub Khan announces his system of 80,000 Basic Democrats

The voting was to be indirect, as the President had to be elected by the 80,000 "basic democrats", who made up the Electoral College.

The electoral system was made indirect, and the `Basic Democrats', for both wings were declared Electoral College for the purpose of electing the Assemblies and the President.

(40,000 from each East & West Pakistan).

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Explanation

Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen discovered X-rays

He was discovered on 8 November 1895.

He got the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.

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Additional questions

The penetrating power of X-rays depends on their frequency

Explanation

193 members and 2 observer states.

List of UNO Secretary:

Explanation

The modem is short for "Modulator-Demodulator."

A modulator-demodulator or modem is a computer hardware device 

A modulator-demodulator or modem converts data from a digital format into a format .

Explanation

Because sound is just vibrating air, space has no air to vibrate and therefore no sound in a vacuum.

Sound waves below 20 Hz are known as infrasound.

Sound waves above 20 kHz are known as ultrasound

Sound waves transmit a medium such as a gas, liquid, or solid.

• The speed of sound in air is about 343 meters per second
• The sound travels at 1,481 m/s in water 
• The speed of sound in a vacuum is zero meters per second.