Explanation

• UNO Founded: 24 October 1945 (after World War II 1939–1945)

Additional information:

• UNO Stands for: United Nations Organization
• Headquarters: Manhattan, New York City
• Member States: 193 countries
• Official Languages (6): Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
• Motto: “It’s your world!” (commonly used awareness slogan)
• Pakistan Joined UNO: 30 September 1947

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Explanation

• Database normalization reduces data redundancy in a database.
• It organizes data into well-structured tables.
• It removes duplicate (repeated) data.
• It improves data consistency and efficiency.
• It helps in reducing data anomalies during operations.

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Explanation

• Outrage is a stronger form of peeve (anger).
• Similarly, strive means to try hard, which is related to an attempt.
• Both pairs show a relation of intensity/meaning similarity.

Last verified on 22-06-2026

Explanation

• - Currency: Turkish Lira (TRY)
• - Current Currency: Second Turkish Lira
• - Introduced: January 1, 2005
• - Replaced: First Turkish Lira
• - First Turkish Lira: Replaced the Ottoman Lira in 1923.

Additional information

• - National Flag: Red with a white crescent and star.
• - Capital: Ankara.
• - Official Language: Turkish.
• - Majority Religion: Islam.
• - Parliament: Grand National Assembly of Türkiye (Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi).
• - Traditional National Sport: Oil wrestling (Yağlı Güreş).

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Explanation

• Father told not to play in the rain.
• It is a negative imperative sentence (order/command).
• In indirect speech, we use “told + not to + verb (base form)”.
• So, “Don’t play” becomes “not to play” in reported speech.

Last verified on 22-06-2026

Explanation

• - Full name: Fariduddin Masud Ganj Shakar.
• - Born: 1188 CE (573 AH).
• - Birthplace: Kothewal, near Multan.
• - Sufi Order: Chishti Order (Chishtiyya).
• - Shrine: Pakpattan, Punjab, Pakistan.
• - Title: First major Punjabi Sufi poet; often called the first poet of Punjabi literature.

Last updated 08 Nov 2026 by NA

Explanation

• The Siachen Glacier is the longest
• It is the second-longest glacier in the world outside the polar regions. 
• Type: Mountain glacier
• Location: Karakoram, Ladakh (controlled by India, claimed by Pakistan)
• Length: 76 km (47 mi)

Additional information:

• Baltoro Glacier:  only 63 kilometers (39 miles) long
• Batura Glacier: roughly 57 kilometers (35 miles) in length.

Last updated by NA on 05-07-2026

Explanation

• Name: Trygve Halvdan Lie
• Tenure: 1 Feb 1946 – Nov 1952
• Nationality: Norway
• Organization: United Nations (UNO)
• Role: First administrative head of the UN after its formation

Additional information:

UNO Secretary-General List:

1. Trygve Lie (1st)
2. Dag Hammarskjöld (2nd)
3. U Thant (3rd)
4. Kurt Waldheim (4th)
5. Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (5th)
6. Boutros Boutros-Ghali (6th)
7. Kofi Annan (7th)
8. Ban Ki-moon (8th)
9. António Guterres (9th/Current)

Last updated 07 Nov 2026 by NA

Explanation

• Date: 27 October
• Observed as: Kashmir Black Day
• First observed Year: 1947
• Purpose: To mark the arrival of Indian troops in Srinagar.

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Explanation

• Inventor: Tim Berners-Lee
• Collaborator: Robert Cailliau
• Year of invention: 1989 August
• Organization: CERN (European physics lab, Switzerland)
• First website: 1991 (public release)
• WWWW stands for World-Wide Web Worm.

Last updated 06 Nov 2026 by NA