Explanation

Faiz was the first Asian poet to be awarded the Lenin Peace Prize (1962) by the Soviet Union.

He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature.

Faiz Ahmad Faiz is also the author of Urdu and Punjabi literature.

Born: February 13, 1911, Narowal

Died: November 20, 1984, in Lahore

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Name only two Pakistani who got Lenin Prize.

Faiz Ahmad Faiz revived Lenin Prize in 1962.

 Abdul Satar Edhi revived Lenin Prize in 1988.

Explanation

The Wazir Khan Mosque is a 17th-century mosque located in the city of Lahore.

The mosque was commissioned during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan.

Opened: 1642

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Explanation

Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at normal temperatures. 

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Chemical compounds of mercury have found uses in batteries, in biocides in the paper industry, in paints, and on seed grain, as antiseptics in pharmaceuticals, as reagents in laboratories, and as catalysts.

Four other elements are liquids slightly warmer than room temperature.

They are:

• francium
• cesium
• gallium
•  rubidium

ND31-12-2022

SH10-8-2023

Explanation

Karakar pass is located in: Hindu Kush, KPK

1. Khyber Pass 

connects: Peshawar to Kabul

connects: Pakistan to Afghanistan

Height 1070 meters, 3510 feet 

2. Bolan Pass 

Connects: JCB and Sibi with Quetta 

Height: 1793 meters, 5884 feet 

3. Lowari Pass 

Connects: Chitral with Dir 

Height: 3118 meters, 10230 feet 

4. Broghil Pass 

Location: Pakistan & Afghanistan border 

Height: 3798 meters, 12460 feet 

5. Malakand Pass 

Connects: Dir with Chitral 

Height: 1362 meters, 4468 feet 

6. Shandur pass

Connects: Gupis/Gilgit with Chitral 

Height: 3700 meters, 12139 feet 

7. Khanjerab Pass (top most in Pakistan) 

Other name: Friendship Gate

Connects: China with Pakistan 

Height: 4693 meters, 15397 feet 

8. Dorah pass

Connects: Badakhshan province of Afghanistan with Chitral 

Height: 4300 meters, 14108 feet 

9. Babusar Pass 

Connects: Mansehra/Abbotabad with Gilgit

10. Kohat Pass

Connects: Kohat with Peshawar 

11. Khojak Pass

Connects: Qilla Abdullah with Chaman

12. Tochi Pass

Connects: Ghazni with Bannu

13. Karakar Pass

Connects: Mingora with Buner 

Explanation

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations and an international financial institution

IMF founded: 27 December 1945

IMF headquarters: Washington, USA

IMF total members: 190

IMF official language: English 

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agm.5.3.23

ND23-4-2023

Explanation

The Pros and Cons means For and against things

Pros and Cons means اونچ نیچ, پس و پیش, نشیب و فراز

Explanation

The East India Company was an English, and later British, joint-stock company

East India Company was established on December 31, 1600.

Explanation

• The founder of ‘Zamindar’ (newspaper) was Maulana Zafar Ali Khan
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• Zafar Ali Khan, was a Pakistani writer, poet, translator, and journalist who played an important role in the Pakistan Movement against the British Raj.
  
• He is generally considered to be "the father of Urdu journalism." 
• Born: 1873, Sialkot
• Died: November 27, 1956, Wazirabad

Explanation

Air Marshal Zaheer Ahmad Babar, is the 23rd and the current Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force since 19 March 2021, he replace Mujahid Anwar Khan .

Zaheer Ahmad Babar joined the force in 1986 as a fighter pilot 

He belongs to Sidh, Gujrat.

Explanation