Explanation

A stumping occurs when the wicket-keeper hits the wickets before the batsman can make it back to the crease.

The batsman is considered out if the wicket-keeper breaks the wicket before the batsman's foot or bat is grounded behind the crease.

Explanation

• The Indus Waters Treaty, signed on September 19, 1960, between India and Pakistan and brokered by the World Bank.
• It allocates the Western Rivers (Indus, Jhelum, Chenab) to Pakistan and the Eastern Rivers (Ravi, Beas, Sutlej) to India.
• It was signed in Karachi by Pakistan President Ayub Khan, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, and Mr. W.A.B. Illif. 
• The Treaty became effective on April 1, 1960.

Explanation

The 16th President of the USA was Abraham Lincoln.

He served from 1861 to 1865.

The short list of Prime Ministers of USA:

• 1st. George Washington
• 2nd. Adams John Adams
• 3rd. Thomas Jefferson
• 15th. James Buchanan
• 16th. Abraham Lincoln
• 17th. Andrew Johnson
• 44th. Barack Obama
• 45th. Donald Trump
• 46th. Joe Biden (Current)

Explanation

Important Passes of Pakistan

1. Khyber Pass 

connects: Peshawar to Kabul

connects: Pakistan to Afghanistan

Height 1070 meters, 3510 feet 

2. Bolan Pass 

Connects: JCB and Sibi with Quetta 

Height: 1793 meters, 5884 feet 

3. Lowari Pass 

Connects: Chitral with Dir 

Height: 3118 meters, 10230 feet 

4. Broghil Pass 

Location: Pakistan & Afghanistan border 

Height: 3798 meters, 12460 feet 

5. Malakand Pass 

Connects: Dir with Chitral 

Height: 1362 meters, 4468 feet 

6. Shandur pass

Connects: Gupis/Gilgit with Chitral 

Height: 3700 meters, 12139 feet 

7. Khanjerab Pass (topmost in Pakistan) 

Other name: Friendship Gate

Connects: China with Pakistan 

Height: 4693 meters, 15397 feet 

8. Dorah pass

Connects: Badakhshan province of Afghanistan with Chitral 

Height: 4300 meters, 14108 feet 

9. Babusar Pass 

Connects: Mansehra/Abbottabad with Gilgit

10. Kohat Pass

Connects: Kohat with Peshawar 

11. Khojak Pass

Connects: Qilla Abdullah with Chaman

12. Tochi Pass

Connects: Ghazni with Bannu

13. Karakar Pass

Connects: Mingora with Buner 

Explanation

Asad Umar is the current chairman of the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) in Pakistan.

The NCOC is a government agency headquartered in Islamabad. 

Explanation

• The FATF is an intergovernmental organization on the initiative of the G7 to develop policies to combat money laundering.
• The FATF was founded in 1989.
• The Financial Action Task Force is also known by its French name "Groupe d'action Financiere (GAFI)".
• FATF has maintained the FATF blacklist and the FATF greylist since 2000.
• Turkey and Israel are also members of FATF.
• FATF had 39 full members, comprising 37 member jurisdictions and 2 regional organizations as of 2019.

Additional Information 

• Some important members of FATF are following:-
  • India
  • United States
  • Japan
  • Australia
  • Belgium
  • Brazil
  • Austria
  • Canada
  • China
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Denmark
  • Greece

Explanation

The National Management College is located at Lahore, Pakistan.

It is a constituent unit of National School of Public Policy (NSPP).

The main NSPP campus is in Lahore.

NSPP is led by a Rector.

He typically a senior officer from the Pakistan Administrative Service who has served as a Federal Secretary.

The Rector's position, governed by the NSPP Ordinance 2002, is a four-year term.

Explanation

Explanation

Sanna Marin became Finnish PM: December 2019

Sanna Marin became the youngest person to became PM in Finland at the age of 34.

Sanna Marin replaced Antti Rinne

Explanation

The Union Territory of Ladakh has two districts: Leh and Kargil.

However, the Government of India announced plans to increase the number of districts to seven by 2028.

The new districts will be Zanskar, Drass, Sham, Nubra, and Changthang.

Leh is the largest district in India by area.

It's also one of the world's coldest and most elevated inhabited regions.