General Knowledge

Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 for his efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.

The headquarters of the World Customs Organization (WCO) is located in Brussels, Belgium. Therefore, the correct answer is C, Brussels, not Paris.

Peshawar is commonly known as the 'City of Colleges' in Pakistan due to the large number of educational institutions located there, more so than the other cities listed.

Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world, located in the Andes on the border of Peru and Bolivia, at an elevation of about 3,812 meters (12,507 feet) above sea level.

Plague is primarily caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and is transmitted to humans mainly through the bite of infected fleas, which are parasitic insects that live on rodents such as rats. While rats are the reservoir hosts carrying infected fleas, the direct vector transmitting the disease to humans is the flea, a parasitic insect. Therefore, the most accurate answer to how plague spreads is 'Parasitic insect' (fleas). Rats are important in the ecology of plague but do not directly spread the disease to humans without the flea vector.

Hamza Baba is widely recognized as the 'Baba-e-Ghazal' (Father of Ghazal) in Pashto literature due to his significant contributions to Pashto poetry, especially in the ghazal form.

Alexei Leonov was the first person to conduct a spacewalk (extravehicular activity) in 1965, exiting his spacecraft for about 12 minutes. Yuri Gagarin was the first human in space (1961), Neil Armstrong was the first to walk on the Moon (1969), and Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space (1963).

Ostriches lay their eggs communally in a single nest, which is a shallow pit in the ground. While a single female lays about 2-5 eggs at a time, the communal nest typically contains around 20 eggs in total, contributed by several females. The claim that ostriches lay more than 100 eggs in one nest is an exaggeration. Other birds listed (Kiwi, Owl, Parrot) lay far fewer eggs in one nest. Therefore, the correct answer remains Ostrich, but the number of eggs in one nest is about 20, not over 100.

Pakistan is not a member of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), whereas India, Sri Lanka, and Mozambique are member countries. IORA focuses on countries bordering the Indian Ocean, and Pakistan is not part of this group.

The Wellington Trophy is awarded in the sport of rowing, making option C the correct answer.