Correct answer: 120 torr. Normal systolic blood pressure is about 120 torr (mmHg).
Background: Systolic pressure is measured when the heart contracts.
Did you know? Normal blood pressure is written as 120/80.
Memory trick: 120 over 80.
Correct answer: Groundwater: Making the Invisible Visible. The theme of World Water Day 2022 was “Groundwater: Making the Invisible Visible”.
Background: Groundwater is the water stored underground, which is out of sight but vital.
Did you know? World Water Day is observed every year on 22 March.
Memory trick: 2022 = Groundwater (invisible → visible).
Correct answer: Kazakhstan. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has been the President of Kazakhstan since 2019.
Background: He succeeded Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Did you know? Kazakhstan’s capital is Astana.
Memory trick: Tokayev = Kazakhstan.
Correct answer: 27th Amendment. Pakistan's Parliament enacted the 27th Constitutional Amendment in November 2025.
Background: This followed the 26th Constitutional Amendment passed earlier in October 2024 regarding judicial structural reforms.
Did you know? The first amendment to the 1973 Constitution was enacted in May 1974.
Memory trick: Oct 2024 = 26th; Nov 2025 = 27th Amendment.
Correct answer: J-10C. Pakistan inducted the Chengdu J-10CE (J-10C) from China in 2022.
Background: The J-10C is a multirole fighter made by Chengdu Aircraft Corporation.
Did you know? Rafale jets are French and are flown by India.
Memory trick: J-10C = Jet from China.
Correct answer: A ring-shaped coral reef. An atoll is a ring-shaped coral reef or chain of islands that surrounds a lagoon.
Background: Darwin explained atolls as coral growing around a sinking volcanic island.
Did you know? The Maldives is made up of atolls.
Memory trick: Atoll = ring of coral.
Correct answer: Upper & Lower plains. The Indus plain is divided into the Upper Indus Plain (Punjab) and the Lower Indus Plain (Sindh).
Background: The two parts are separated roughly near Mithankot, where the Panjnad joins the Indus.
Did you know? The Lower Indus Plain ends in the Indus Delta.
Memory trick: Indus = Upper + Lower.
Correct answer: Karakoram. K2 lies in the Karakoram Range in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Background: K2 is 8,611 m high, the second-highest mountain in the world.
Did you know? It is nicknamed the “Savage Mountain”.
Memory trick: K2 = Karakoram.
Correct answer: Pakistan. Nanga Parbat is in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
Background: It is 8,126 m high, the ninth-highest mountain in the world.
Did you know? It is nicknamed “Killer Mountain”.
Memory trick: Nanga Parbat = Pakistan (Diamer).
Correct answer: 2nd. Gwadar is described as the second monument of Pakistan–China friendship, after the Karakoram Highway.
Background: The Karakoram Highway is considered the first great symbol of the friendship.
Did you know? Gwadar is the flagship port of CPEC.
Memory trick: 1st KKH, 2nd Gwadar.
Correct answer: Sultan Ahmad Chaudhry. Sultan Ahmad Chaudhry assumed charge as the Inspector General of the National Highways and Motorway Police (NHMP).
Background: NHMP is responsible for traffic enforcement and safety across Pakistan's national highway and motorway network.
Did you know? The official emergency helpline for NHMP is 130.
Memory trick: IG NHMP = Sultan Ahmad Chaudhry.
Correct answer: Quaid-e-Azam. Muhammad Ali Jinnah resigned from the Imperial Legislative Council in March 1919 in protest against the Rowlatt Act.
Background: The Rowlatt Act allowed detention without trial.
Did you know? The Jallianwala Bagh massacre followed on 13 April 1919.
Memory trick: Rowlatt 1919 → Jinnah resigns.
Correct answer: Lahore. The Badshahi Mosque stands in Lahore and was built by Emperor Aurangzeb in 1673.
Background: It was built opposite the Lahore Fort.
Did you know? For about 300 years it was the largest mosque in the world by capacity.
Memory trick: Badshahi = Aurangzeb = Lahore.
Correct answer: 1953. Prime Minister Muhammad Ali Bogra presented the Bogra Formula in 1953.
Background: It proposed a two-house legislature, with equal representation of the two wings.
Did you know? It was an attempt to settle the constitutional deadlock.
Memory trick: Bogra = 1953.
Correct answer: Karachi. Karachi is the largest city of Pakistan, with about 20 million people in the 2023 census.
Background: Karachi is also Pakistan’s main port and commercial hub.
Did you know? It was Pakistan’s first capital.
Memory trick: Largest = Karachi.
Correct answer: 50% overall. Under the updated 2021 NDC pledge for 2030, Pakistan committed to a 50% overall reduction in projected GHG emissions (15% using national resources unconditionally, and 35% conditional upon international financial support).
Background: NDCs are climate action plans submitted under the 2015 Paris Agreement.
Did you know? Pakistan contributes less than 1% to global greenhouse gas emissions yet remains highly vulnerable to climate change.
Memory trick: 2021 NDC = 50% by 2030 (15% self + 35% help).
Correct answer: Pakistan. Pakistan became the first Muslim country with nuclear weapons after its tests in May 1998.
Background: The tests were carried out at Chagai on 28 and 30 May 1998.
Did you know? 28 May is observed as Youm-e-Takbeer.
Memory trick: First Muslim nuclear power = Pakistan.
Correct answer: Quaid-e-Azam. Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah led the Muslim League in accepting the Cabinet Mission Plan on 6 June 1946.
Background: The plan proposed a loose united India with three groups of provinces.
Did you know? Jinnah withdrew the acceptance in July 1946 after statements by Congress leaders.
Memory trick: Cabinet Mission 1946 → Jinnah accepts.
Correct answer: Congress. The Congress accepted Lord Mountbatten as Governor-General of India; the Muslim League did not accept a joint Governor-General.
Background: Mountbatten had hoped to be Governor-General of both dominions.
Did you know? Jinnah took the post of Governor-General of Pakistan himself.
Memory trick: Jinnah refused; Congress accepted.
Correct answer: Durand Line. The Durand Line marks the Pakistan–Afghanistan border and was agreed in 1893.
Background: It is named after Sir Mortimer Durand, who agreed it with Amir Abdur Rahman Khan.
Did you know? It is about 2,640 km long, and Afghanistan has not formally accepted it.
Memory trick: Durand = Afghan border.
Correct answer: Ravi. The Ravi is the most polluted river because of industrial and sewage waste, especially around Lahore.
Background: The Ravi flows past Lahore, one of Pakistan’s largest industrial cities.
Did you know? Much of the Ravi’s flow comes from drains and wastewater.
Memory trick: Ravi + Lahore factories.
Correct answer: Cash crop. Cotton is a cash crop, meaning it is grown to be sold rather than eaten.
Background: Pakistan is among the world’s largest cotton producers.
Did you know? Cotton is often called “white gold”.
Memory trick: Cotton = cash crop.
Correct answer: Tubewell. Groundwater extracted via tubewells supplies the majority of agricultural water requirement in Punjab, surpassing canal irrigation volume during critical crop seasons.
Background: While canals form the primary surface network, private and public tubewells account for over 50-60% of water applied at the farm gate.
Did you know? Over 1 million tubewells operate across Punjab.
Memory trick: Groundwater extraction = Tubewells.
Correct answer: 1991. The National Highway Authority (NHA) was established in 1991.
Background: It plans, builds, and maintains the national highways and motorways.
Did you know? Its headquarters is in Islamabad.
Memory trick: NHA = 1991.
Correct answer: Islamabad. The shrine of Bari Imam (Shah Abdul Latif Kazmi) is at Noorpur Shahan in Islamabad.
Background: Bari Imam is regarded as the patron saint of Islamabad.
Did you know? His Urs draws large crowds every year.
Memory trick: Bari Imam = Islamabad.