Correct answer: Stratosphere. The ozone layer in the stratosphere absorbs most UV radiation.
Correct answer: Light travels much faster than sound. Light moves at about 3×10^8 m/s, while sound moves at about 340 m/s in air.
Correct answer: Asim Iftikhar Ahmad. Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad holds the post at the UN in New York.
Correct answer: Mark Rutte. Mark Rutte succeeded Jens Stoltenberg in October 2024.
Correct answer: Ajay Banga. Ajay Banga took office in June 2023.
Correct answer: Younis Khan. Younis Khan reached 10,000 Test runs in 2017 against the West Indies.
Correct answer: 70-300 km. Shallow quakes are below 70 km, intermediate 70-300 km, deep 300-700 km.
Correct answer: 2,496. 2,400 × 1.3 = 3,120; then 3,120 × 0.8 = 2,496.
Correct answer: 1/19. Denominators follow 2n + 1, so the 9th term has denominator 19.
Correct answer: 27. The sequence is squares of odd numbers: 1, 9, 25, 49, 81, 121, so 27 should be 25.
Correct answer: Rs. 0.04. 2.5 hours = 150 minutes; 6 ÷ 150 = Rs. 0.04.
Correct answer: 78. Sum of 1 to 12 = 12 × 13 ÷ 2 = 78.
Correct answer: On the x-axis. Points with y = 0 lie on the x-axis.
Correct answer: France. France holds the G7 presidency in 2026 and hosted the summit at Evian.
Correct answer: Ahmedabad, India. The Commonwealth Games Federation awarded the centenary 2030 Games to Ahmedabad.
Correct answer: Ganges. The Ganges forms the Sundarbans delta, the largest in the world, with the Brahmaputra.
Correct answer: Indus River. The Diamer Basha Dam is being built on the Indus in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Correct answer: 0.4. 2 ÷ 5 = 0.4.
Correct answer: Al-Naml. Her story with Hazrat Sulaiman (A.S.) is narrated in Surah Al-Naml.
Correct answer: Silt. Loess is wind-blown, fine silt-sized sediment that forms fertile soil.
Correct answer: USA. Death Valley lies in California, USA, and is among the hottest places on earth.
Correct answer: Indian Ocean. Diego Garcia is an atoll in the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean.
Correct answer: 1976. Dr A. Q. Khan set up the Engineering Research Laboratories in 1976, renamed KRL in 1981.
Correct answer: Hazrat Umar (R.A.). Yarmuk (636 AD) was fought against the Byzantines in the era of Hazrat Umar (R.A.).
Correct answer: Hazrat Shoaib (A.S.). Hazrat Shoaib (A.S.) is given this title because of his eloquence.