Explanation

Mr. Moin-ul-Haque, Ambassador of Pakistan to France and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO will lead the ASPAC Group for the year 2020.

Pakistan has been selected as the President of the Asia and Pacific (ASPAC) group in Unesco for the period from January to December 2020.

Ambassador of Pakistan to China. Incumbent Moin ul Haque since July 31, 2020

ND4-4-20234

Explanation

The Winter Olympics 2022 game was held in China

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 

Explanation

The Bab-el-Mandeb 'Gate of Lamentation' or the Gate of Grief

the Bab al-Mandab strait is a strait between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa.

connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.

The Bab-el-Mandeb is also a sub-region in the Arab League, which includes Djibouti, Yemen, and Eritrea.

ND16-3-2023

Explanation

The Blue Lagoon is located in the southwest of Iceland, within the UNESCO Reykjanes Peninsula.

The Blue Lagoon is located between the capital city of Reykjavik and the Iceland International airport

The Blue Lagoon is one of the most visited attractions in Iceland.

It's most famous for its steamy mineral-rich water and soft white silica mud

Explanation

In Australia, cyclones are called willy-willy.

In the US, it's a hurricane

in the Southern Pacific, a typhoon.

ND17-1-2023

Explanation

Two-thirds of the world's people live in four clusters:

East Asia

South Asia

Europe

and Southeast Asia.

Southeast Asia also has large population clusters.

Additional large population centers exist in various countries with high urbanization.

ND16-3-2023

Explanation

Yellow river is also called The Huang he

The Yellow Sea is located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula.

The Yellow Sea is situated in the Western Pacific Ocean

The Yellow River is the second-longest river in China.

the sixth-longest river system in the world

Length: 5,464 km

ND16-3-2023

Explanation

The multiple nuclei model is an economical model

The multiple nuclei model is created by Chauncy Harris and Edward Ullman in the 1945  article "The Nature of Cities"

The model describes the layout of a city, based on Chicago Chicago, Illinois, a city that outgrew its CBD

ND16-3-2023

Explanation

Shirley Ann Jackson (1946-present) is a theoretical physicist.

Her research and experiments paved the way for the creation of:

• fiber optic cables
• touch-tone telephones
• caller ID
• and call waiting.

Awards: National Medal of Science for Physical Science

while

Fiber optics was invented by Thomas Mensah

ND17-1-2023

Explanation

The Gulf of Bothnia is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea.

The Gulf of Bothniat is situated between Finland's west coast and Sweden's east coast.

It covers an area of 45,200 square miles

ND17-1-2023