درست جواب: 5۔ شاہ ولی اللہؒ کے نزدیک قرآن کے پانچ بنیادی علوم ہیں۔
پس منظر: یہ پانچ علوم ہیں: علم الاحکام، علم المناظرہ، تذکیر باللہ، تذکیر بایام اللہ اور تذکیر بالموت۔
کیا آپ جانتے ہیں؟ یہ بیان ان کی کتاب “الفوز الکبیر” میں ملتا ہے۔
یاد رکھنے کی ترکیب: پانچ علوم: احکام، مناظرہ، تین تذکیر۔
درست جواب: حضرت سلیمان۔ روایات کے مطابق بیت المقدس کی تعمیر حضرت سلیمانؑ نے مکمل کی۔
پس منظر: اس کی ابتدا حضرت داؤدؑ کے زمانے میں ہوئی تھی۔
کیا آپ جانتے ہیں؟ بیت المقدس مسلمانوں کا پہلا قبلہ تھا۔
یاد رکھنے کی ترکیب: بیت المقدس = سلیمانؑ، کعبہ = ابراہیمؑ اور اسماعیلؑ۔
Correct answer: 2 AH. The direction of prayer was changed from Bait ul-Maqdis to the Kaaba in 2 AH.
Background: It happened in the month of Rajab or Sha’ban, about sixteen or seventeen months after the Hijrah.
Did you know? The mosque where it happened is called Masjid al-Qiblatayn (“mosque of two qiblas”).
Memory trick: 2 AH: Qibla, Badr, and fasting.
درست جواب: غزوہ تبوک۔ غزوہ تبوک کے موقع پر حضرت عمرؓ نے اپنا آدھا مال اللہ کی راہ میں پیش کیا۔
پس منظر: غزوہ تبوک کے لیے نبی کریم ﷺ نے صحابہؓ کو مالی مدد کی ترغیب دی تھی۔
کیا آپ جانتے ہیں؟ اس موقع پر حضرت ابوبکرؓ اپنا سارا مال لے آئے تھے۔
یاد رکھنے کی ترکیب: تبوک: عمرؓ آدھا، ابوبکرؓ سارا۔
درست جواب: منکر۔ جب کمزور راوی اپنے سے کم کمزور راوی کی مخالفت کرے تو اس کی روایت منکر کہلاتی ہے۔
پس منظر: علومِ حدیث میں روایت کی قبولیت راوی کی قوت اور دوسرے راویوں سے موافقت پر منحصر ہوتی ہے۔
کیا آپ جانتے ہیں؟ منکر کی مخالف روایت کو معروف کہتے ہیں۔
یاد رکھنے کی ترکیب: ضعیف کی مخالفت = منکر۔
درست جواب: کنیت۔ جو نام ابو، ام یا ابن جیسی رشتے کی نسبت سے بنایا جائے اسے کنیت کہتے ہیں۔
پس منظر: ابوتراب حضرت علیؓ کی کنیت مشہور ہے۔
کیا آپ جانتے ہیں؟ ابولہب کا اصل نام عبدالعزیٰ تھا۔
یاد رکھنے کی ترکیب: ابو/ام کا نام = کنیت۔
Correct answer: Extempore. An extempore speech is delivered without preparation.
Background: The word comes from the Latin ex tempore, “out of the moment”.
Did you know? Many speech contests have an “extempore” round.
Memory trick: Extempore = on the spot.
Correct answer: Charming. 'Charming' (or charismatic) precise describes a person with an attractive, engaging, and pleasant personality.
Background: 'Adorable' implies inspiring warmth/affection (often for children or pets), whereas 'Charming' specifically refers to personal attraction and poise.
Did you know? 'Charismatic' is another common synonym used in competitive tests.
Memory trick: Charming personality = Attractive & captivating.
Correct answer: Ahsan warned not to forget to water the plants. A negative command changes to “warned/advised … not to + verb” in indirect speech.
Background: Commands and requests use a reporting verb such as ordered, advised, or warned, followed by “to”.
Did you know? A negative command becomes “not to + verb”.
Memory trick: Don’t … → warned not to …
Correct answer: Where are the books we had bought together?. “Books” is plural, so “are” is needed, and the sentence is a question that ends with a question mark.
Background: The subject and verb must agree in number.
Did you know? The past perfect “had bought” shows that the buying happened earlier.
Memory trick: Plural books → are.
Correct answer: laughing all the way to the bank. “Laughing all the way to the bank” means making a lot of money easily.
Background: The idiom is used when someone profits even though others doubted him.
Did you know? It is often used with a sense of pride in success.
Memory trick: Bank + laugh = profit.
Correct answer: To support verbally but not in action. To pay lip service is to say you support something without actually doing anything for it.
Background: The idiom suggests insincere support.
Did you know? It comes from the idea of the support coming only from the lips.
Memory trick: Lip service = words, no action.
Correct answer: Hazrat Abdullah bin Jubair (RA). The Prophet (PBUH) appointed Hazrat Abdullah bin Jubair (RA) to command about fifty archers on the mountain.
Background: The archers were ordered to hold their position whatever happened.
Did you know? When many left their post to collect spoils, Khalid bin Walid attacked from behind.
Memory trick: Archers at Uhud → Abdullah bin Jubair.
Correct answer: in. A person is a lecturer “in” a subject, so the correct preposition is “in”.
Background: The preposition “in” normally identifies the academic subject or field.
Did you know? We say “professor of English” but “lecturer in English”.
Memory trick: Lecturer IN a subject.
Correct answer: have. When two subjects are connected by 'as well as', the verb agrees strictly with the first subject ('You'). So the verb should agree with ‘You’: ‘have agreed’ is the best choice.
Background: Phrases like 'as well as', 'along with', and 'together with' do not make the subject compound.
Did you know? Removing the parenthetical phrase gives: 'You have agreed to the proposal.'
Memory trick: 'As well as' rule → Focus on the first subject ('You' → 'have').
Correct answer: takes. The proverb is “It takes two to make a quarrel”, meaning both sides share the blame.
Background: The proverb is written in the simple present tense.
Did you know? A similar proverb is “It takes two to tango”.
Memory trick: It TAKES two.
Correct answer: Reserved. Taciturn means quiet and not inclined to talk, so “reserved” is the closest.
Background: The word comes from the Latin tacitus, meaning “silent”.
Did you know? A related word is “tacit”, meaning understood without being said.
Memory trick: Taciturn = tacit = silent.
Correct answer: Confusion. Bafflement is the state of being puzzled, so “confusion” is the closest meaning.
Background: To baffle someone is to leave them completely puzzled.
Did you know? Other synonyms are perplexity and bewilderment.
Memory trick: Baffled = confused.
Correct answer: Modern. 'Quaint' means attractively unusual, old-fashioned, or picturesque. Its direct antonym is 'Modern' (or 'Conventional / Contemporary').
Background: 'Familiar' is a weak antonym; 'Modern' directly opposes the old-fashioned character implied by 'quaint'.
Did you know? 'Conventional' and 'ordinary' are also strong antonyms of quaint.
Memory trick: Quaint (old-fashioned/unusual) ↔ Modern (contemporary).
Correct answer: Contemporary. Obsolete means no longer used because it is out of date, so “contemporary” (modern) is the opposite.
Background: Floppy disks are an example of obsolete technology.
Did you know? “Contemporary” means belonging to the present time.
Memory trick: Obsolete ↔ contemporary.
Correct answer: 2 hour. Their relative speed is 60 + 90 = 150 km/h, so time = 300 ÷ 150 = 2 hours.
Background: When objects move toward each other, their speeds add.
Did you know? If they moved in the same direction, you would subtract the speeds.
Memory trick: Opposite → add speeds.
Correct answer: 29.6% decrease. Volume depends on r² × h: new volume = 0.8² × 1.1 = 0.704 of the old, a 29.6% decrease.
Background: The volume of a cone is V = (1/3)πr²h.
Did you know? A 20% radius decrease cuts the base area by 36%.
Memory trick: Radius is squared: 0.8² = 0.64.
Correct answer: Spanish. “Trampoline” comes from the Spanish trampolín.
Background: The Spanish word itself comes from an Italian word for stilts.
Did you know? George Nissen helped popularise the modern trampoline in the 1930s.
Memory trick: Trampoline → trampolín (Spanish).
Correct answer: Cubism. Salvador Dalí is a famous surrealist painter, and Georges Braque co-founded Cubism with Pablo Picasso.
Background: In an analogy, the second pair has the same relationship as the first: artist and movement.
Did you know? Braque and Picasso developed Cubism around 1907–08.
Memory trick: Dalí → Surrealism; Braque → Cubism.
Correct answer: Sack. The proverb is “An empty sack cannot stand upright”, meaning a hungry or poor person cannot work properly.
Background: It shows that people need their basic needs met before they can function well.
Did you know? Proverbs have fixed wording and cannot be changed.
Memory trick: Sack stands only when full.