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Who was the author of ‘My Indian Years’?
ALord Mountbatten
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C. Lord Harding
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Lord Harding is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.
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B. Demarcation of border of Pakistan
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The First Amendment redefined the international and provisional boundaries, federal treaties of Pakistan, and naval treaties of Pakistan. The amendment eliminates and removed the references of East-Pakistan after the recognition of Bangladesh.
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D. 77,000
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The Thar Desert, also called the Great Indian Desert, covers more than 77,000 square miles (200,000 sq. km), forming a natural border between India and Pakistan.
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B. Adrees Latif
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April 8, 2008: Adrees Latif, a Pakistan-born photojournalist, has won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for “Breaking News Photography”, according to media reports.
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D. 1917
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It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American (Hungarian-born) Joseph Pulitzer who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher, and is administered by Columbia University in New York City. Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories.
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B. Mahboob Hussain
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B. Northern Rhodesia
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The country now known as Zambia was known as Northern Rhodesia from 1911. It was renamed Zambia at independence in 1964. The new name was derived from the Zambezi river.
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A. Japanese
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Designed by famous Japanese architect, Kenzō Tange, the complexwas engineered and built by the CDA Engineering and Siemens Engineering. The building was part of an effort by the government of Pakistan to incorporate modernism into the architecture of important government buildings.
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B. Abdul Kardar
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Abdul Hafeez Kardar. pronunciation (help·info) or Abdul Kardar (17 January 1925 – 21 April 1996) was Pakistani cricketer and politician who is one of the only three players to have played Test cricket for both India and Pakistan, the other two being Amir Elahi and Gul Mohammad.
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A. Fear of Spider
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Arachnophobia is an intense and unreasonable fear of spiders and other arachnids such as scorpions. Treatment is typically by exposure therapy, where the person is presented with pictures of spiders or the spiders themselves.