Explanation

• Official Adoption: 16 August 1954
• Tune Composer: Ahmad G. Chagla (1949)
• Official Urdu lyrics were written by Hafeez Jalandhari (1952)
• Duration: About 80 seconds
• Words: 48 words, 15 lines
• First played on the radio: August 13, 1954

Last updated NA on 10-09-2026

Explanation

• “Because” joins two clauses: She went to the store + she needed groceries.
• It shows a reason (cause and effect relationship).
• So, it is a subordinating conjunction.

Last verified on 04-06-2026

Explanation

• "I am satisfied with his performance."
• میں اس کی کارکردگی سے مطمئن ہوں۔
• The preposition "with" is used to express satisfaction or dissatisfaction about something or someone.

Last verified on 24-05-2026

Explanation

• Hazrat Usman Ghani (RA) is known as Malik-ut-Tajjar (King of Traders).
• He was a very successful and wealthy merchant.
• 3rd Caliph: Hazrat Usman (RA) (644–656)
• Purchased Well of Ruma for المسلمين
• Funded Army of Tabuk
• Among the Ashra Mubashra (10 promised Jannah)

Last verified on 26-04-2026

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