Explanation

• Chemical digestion of proteins begins in the stomach
• Mechanical digestion (chewing) starts in the mouth,
• The chemical breakdown requires gastric juices, specifically hydrochloric acid (HCL)
• The enzyme pepsin activates and breaks down protein molecules.

Last updated by NS on 20-April-2026

Explanation

• NATO stands form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Founded: 4 April 1949 (Washington, USA)
• Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium
• Total members: 32 (30 European & 2 North American countries)
• Latest Member: Finland
• Type: Military Alliance
• Official Languages: English & French
• Founding members: 12
• Pakistan: Not a NATO member
  
• Member Muslim country: Turkiye 
• Last Member: On 7 March 2024, Sweden became the 32nd member.

List of NATO member countries

1.       Albania

2.       Belgium

3.       Bulgaria

4.       Canada

5.       Croatia

6.       Czechia

7.       Denmark

8.       Estonia

9.       France

10.   Germany

11.   Greece

12.   Hungary

13.   Iceland

14.   Italy

15.   Latvia

16.   Lithuania

17.   Luxembourg

18.   Montenegro

19.   Netherlands

20.   North Macedonia

21.   Norway

22.   Poland

23.   Portugal

24.   Romania

25.   Slovakia

26.   Slovenia

27.   Spain

28.   Turkiye

29.   United Kingdom

30.   United States

31.   Finland 2023

32.  Sweden 2024

Last updated by NA on 22-April-2026

Explanation

Explanation

• The punishment for Zina (adultery/fornication) is mentioned in Surah An-Nur (Chapter 24) in Ayat 4-5.
• Punished with: Eighty (80) lashes.
• This law is known as Qadhf 

• The Verse

Explanation

On 15 September 2025, Arab and Muslim leaders called for a review of ties with Israel after emergency talks in Doha following last week’s deadly strike on Hamas members in the Qatari capital, Doha. 

It was co-sponsored by Pakistan.

Pakistan was represented by PM Shahbaz Sharif.

Additional Information: 

On September 9, 2025, Israel carried out an airstrike targeting a meeting of Hamas political figures in Doha, which led to the death of five Hamas members and a Qatari officer.

Explanation

• It takes Mercury approximately 88 Earth days (specifically 87.97 days) to complete one orbit around the Sun
• This means that Mercury's year is equal to 88 Earth days
• Distance: Approx. 58 million km from the Sun
• But its rotation takes nearly 59 days. 
• Speed: ~47 km/s

Last updated question 2 May 2026 by NS

Explanation

• India became the first nation to land a spacecraft near the Moon’s south pole
• Mission: Chandrayaan-3 (lander Vikram and rover Pragyaan).
• Launched on 14 July 2023
• Launched from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh
• Chandrayaan means Mooncraft

Last updated by NA on 20-April-2026

Explanation

• Madr-e-Millat is the title given to Fatima Jinnah
• Title: My Brother
• Publication Date: 1987
• Publisher: Quaid-i-Azam Academy, Karachi

Last updated by NA on 20-April-2026

Explanation

• The Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021.
• After the withdrawal of foreign forces.
• Some countries like Pakistan and China maintain diplomatic relations only.

Last updated by NA on 22-April-2026

Explanation

• Israel launched wide-scale strikes against Iran, targeting nuclear facilities
• Six nuclear scientists were killed
• Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi
• Fereydoun Abbasi,
• Abdolhamid Minouchehr
• Shahid Beheshti,
• Ahmad Reza Zolfaghari
• Amir Hossein Faghihi
• Motallebzadeh

• This operation is named Operation Rising Lion
• This happened on 13 June 2025.

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Last updated by NS on 01 MAY 2026