General Knowledge

The Biafo Glacier, one of the longest glaciers outside the polar regions, is located in Pakistan's Karakoram mountain range. This makes option D the correct answer.

GD Bist is recognized as the world's fastest shorthand writer, holding records for his speed and accuracy in shorthand writing.

The scientific study of spiders and related animals such as scorpions is called Arachnology. Osteology is the study of bones, and Pomology is the study of fruit cultivation, so these options are incorrect.

Zia ur Rehman, the then President of Pakistan, was the first Chairman of SAARC when the organization was established in 1985. The chairmanship rotates among member countries, and he was the inaugural chair.

Frederick Sanger was awarded the Nobel Prize twice, both times in Chemistry. He received it in 1958 for his work on the structure of proteins, especially insulin, and in 1980 for his contributions to DNA sequencing methods.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. This is a well-known fact about the organization's location.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) was established by the G-7 summit held in London in 1989 to combat money laundering and related threats to the international financial system. Therefore, the correct answer is London, not Paris.

The South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty, also known as the Treaty of Rarotonga, was signed by countries including France, which has territories in the South Pacific. The United States, United Kingdom, and France are key nuclear powers relevant to the treaty's context, making France the correct answer.

Sargodha is known as the City of Shaheens because it is home to the Pakistan Air Force Academy, where the emblem of the Shaheen (falcon) is prominently used, symbolizing strength and pride.

The world's first newspaper is generally recognized as the "Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien," which was first printed in Strasbourg in 1605 by Johann Carolus. Strasbourg was part of the Holy Roman Empire at the time, located in what is now France near the German border, not in the UK. The UK did have early newspapers such as the "Oxford Gazette" (later the "London Gazette") starting in 1665, but these were not the first in the world. Therefore, the correct answer is China is incorrect, Japan is incorrect, USA is incorrect, and the UK is incorrect as the first newspaper's origin. The first newspaper was started in Strasbourg (Holy Roman Empire), which is closest to option A (China is incorrect but the question options do not include Strasbourg or Germany). Since the question options are countries and the first newspaper was not started in the UK, USA, or Japan, and China had early news sheets but not the first printed newspaper, the best correction is to specify the first newspaper was started in Strasbourg (Holy Roman Empire). Given the options, none are fully correct, but the original answer D (UK) is incorrect. The question should be corrected to reflect the first newspaper was started in Strasbourg (Holy Roman Empire, now France).