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• Mujadad Alif Sani initiated the Jihad against Din-e-Illahi.
• Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi, also known as Imam Rabbani.
• It is a religious movement introduced by Emperor Akbar in 1582.
• Origin: Fatehpur Sikri, Agra, Mughal Empire
• Members: 19
• Other name Tawhid-i-Ilahi(توحید الهی)

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• Masjid al-Qiblatain is located in Medina.
• It is where Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) changed the direction of prayer (Qibla) from Masjid al-Aqsa to Masjid al-Haram
• During the Zuhr prayer.
• The mosque has two domes and two minarets.
• It was founded by Sawad ibn Ghanam ibn Ka'ab and first opened in 1987.
• It is traditionally believed to have been built by Abraham and Ishmael.

Last verified on 30-03-2026

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• Solids → fastest sound speed
• Liquids → medium speed
• Gases → slowest speed

Steel is more elastic and dense.

• Steel ≈ 5000 m/s
• Air ≈ 332 m/s
• Water ≈ 1500 m/s

Last verified on 11-04-2026

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• The Urdu-Hindi controversy officially began in 1867 in India
• It started in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
• Hindus demanded that Hindi be an official language in place of Urdu
• In 1881, Hindi replaced Urdu in the Devanagari script in Bihar,
• The demand grew significantly in 1867 in Banaras
  

Question updated 03-March-2026

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Galileo made his first telescope in 1609

The telescope is an optical instrument used to view distant objects/small object

Barometer Inventor: Evangelista Torricelli

Steam engine Inventor: Thomas Savery

Microscope Inventor : Zacharias Janssen

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In 1972 by Dennis Ritchie invented the high-level language “C”?

in the Bell Laboratories of the AT & T (American Telephone & Telegraph),located in U.S.A.

Dennis Ritchie is known as the founder of c language.

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Co developer of Unix

C is a general-purpose computer programming language.

It was created in the 1970s.

By design, C's features cleanly reflect the capabilities of the targeted CPUs. 

Designed by: Dennis Ritchie

First appeared: 1972

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Faiz was the first Asian poet to be awarded the Lenin Peace Prize (1962) by the Soviet Union 

was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature.

Faiz Ahmad Faiz is also the author of Urdu and Punjabi literature.

Born: February 13, 1911, Narowal

Died: November 20, 1984, in Lahore

while 

Name only two Pakistani who got Lenin Prize.

Faiz Ahmad Faiz revived Lenin Prize in 1962.

 Abdul Satar Edhi revived Lenin Prize in 1988.

ND28-4-2023

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CRT stands for "Criterion-Referenced Test".

It s an educational assessment that measures a student's performance against a predetermined set of criteria or standards, not against other students.

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• Astana is the capital city of Kazakhstan.
• Located in the north-central part of the country
• Served as the capital since 1997
• Currency is the Tenge.
• Official languages are Kazakh and Russian.
• Located in the continent of Asia/ Europe.
• Primary religions are Islam and Christianity.
• Kazakhstan Parliament is called Kurultai. 

Last updated by NA on 23-April-2026

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