Explanation

Interim Punjab Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi was elected unopposed as the 37th chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)

Appointing date: 6 February, 2024

Tenue: three-year term

Replaced: Zaka Ashraf

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Updated & Verified on 14 August 2025

Explanation

The Geneva Accords, known formally as the agreements on the settlement of the situation relating to Afghanistan,

were signed on 14 April 1988 at the Geneva headquarters of the United Nations,

between Afghanistan and Pakistan,

with the United States and the Soviet Union serving as guarantors. 

Explanation

After the imposition of Martial Law in 1958,

General Muhammad Ayub Khan introduced the concept of basic democracy through the Basic Democracy Order, in 1959.

On 26 October, Ayub Khan announces his system of 80,000 Basic Democrats

The voting was to be indirect, as the President had to be elected by the 80,000 "basic democrats", who made up the Electoral College.

The electoral system was made indirect, and the `Basic Democrats', for both wings were declared Electoral College for the purpose of electing the Assemblies and the President.

(40,000 from each East & West Pakistan).

ND23-4-2023

Explanation

• 1739
• Emperor Nader Shah, the Shah of Persia (1736–47) and the founder of the Iranian Afsharid dynasty of Persia, invaded Northern India, in the end attacking Delhi in March 1739.
• His navy had easily defeated the Mughals at the battle of Karnal and could ultimately capture the Mughal capital inside the aftermath of the warfare.

Explanation

The Winter Olympics 2022 game was held in China

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91 countries are participating in the 2022 winter Olympics

China nabbed its first gold medal on February 5, 2022, at Beijing Olympics 2022.

The 2022 Winter Olympics is an ongoing international winter multi-sport event 

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North Korea country has been suspended from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics by the International Olympic Committee

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the Summer Olympics in 2020 host: Japan

the Winter Olympics in 2022 host: China

the Summer Olympics in 2024 host: France

the Winter Olympics in 2026 host: Italy

the Summer Olympics in 2028 host the USA

Explanation

Moulvi Syed Mumtaz Ali was one such person.

He launched an Urdu magazine for women and made Muhammadi Begum, his wife, its editor.

It was the year 1898.

Explanation

During a long period of peace from 1740 to 1768, the Ottoman military system fell behind that of its European rivals, the Habsburg and Russian empires.

The Ottomans consequently suffered severe military defeats in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Explanation

During Nizam Rub, the ruler used to give 'inam'  to scholar and religions person who served them.

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His work provided evidence of the antiquity of Indian civilisation, particularly that of the Indus Valley civilization and the Mauryan age.

In 1920, Marshall initiated at dig at Harappa with Daya Ram Sahni as director. Mohenjodaro was discovered by R. D. Banerji in 1921, and in 1922, work began there.