Explanation

• The Great Mosque of Damascus is also known as the Umayyad Mosque.
• It was built by the Umayyad Caliph al-Walīd I between 705 and 715 CE.
• It is located in the old city of Damascus.
• It is the capital of Syria.
• It is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world.
• The mosque opened in 715 AD.

Last verified 25-04-2026

Explanation

• A simple microscope is used to magnify small objects.
• It works by bending light to produce a larger image.
• Only a converging lens can produce a magnified virtual image.
• A convex lens has this property.
• Therefore, simple microscopes use a convex lens.

Last verified on 12-04-2026

Explanation

• Average Distance: 3,84,400 km
• Orbit Period: 27.3 days
• Moon Diameter: 3,474 km
• Earth Diameter: 12,742 km
• Closest Point (Perigee): ~363,300 km
• Farthest Point (Apogee): ~405,500 km

Last verified on 01-04-2026

Explanation

World Water Day is observed every year on 22 March.

Additional information:

• First Observed: 22 March 1993
• Organized by: United Nations (UN)
• Theme 2021: 'Valuing Water'
• Theme 2022: "Groundwater, making the invisible visible".
• Theme 2023: Accelerating Change
• Theme 2024: Leveraging Water for Peace
• Theme 2025: Glacier Preservation
• Theme 2026: Water and Gender: Where water flows, equality grows 

Explanation

• Founded: 17 February 1863, Geneva, Switzerland
• Founder: Henry Dunant
• Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland

• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

• Protection of prisoners of war
• Assistance to war victims and civilians
• Promotion of international humanitarian law (Geneva Conventions)

• 1917 – World War I humanitarian services
• 1944 – World War II humanitarian services
• 1963 – 100th anniversary of Red Cross

Last verified on 29-01-2026

Explanation

Qutub minar constructed by: Qutb Uddin Aibak

Construction of Qutub minar started in: 1199

Construction of Qutb Minar completed by: Iltutmish

Explanation

The Battle of Khandaq (Ahzab) was fought on 5 A. H (627).

10000 Munafiqeen were in Ghazwa-e-Khandaq

The length of trench was 5 kilometers.

Additional information

it was the 30-day-long fight of Yathrib by Arabian and Jewish tribes

Hazrat Salman Al-Farsi suggests digging the trench at the time of the Battle of Khandaq

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Explanation

According to SBP Act 2021, the governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) shall be appointed for a term of five Years

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Mr. Jameel Ahmad assumed the charge of Governor State Bank of Pakistan on August 26, 2022, after his appointment by the President of Pakistan for a period of 5 years.

Ms. Kamil is the first woman appointed as Deputy Governor of SBP.

Sh1-9-2023

Explanation

Pakistan conducted a series of nuclear tests on 28 May 1998

conducted at the Chagai test site, in Balochistan.

5 Nuclear tests were conducted at 15:15 hrs PST on 28 May 1998.

The tests were performed at Ras Koh Hills in the Chagai District 

it was Pakistan's first public test of nuclear weapons.

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Chagai II

Chagai-II is the codename assigned to the second atomic test conducted by Pakistan, carried out on 30 May 1998

These tests followed the Chagai-I series

The test site was Kharan Desert, Pakistan

The number of tests is 1

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