General Knowledge

The Commonwealth Secretariat, which supports and organizes the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), is headquartered at Marlborough House in London, United Kingdom. While CHOGM meetings rotate among member countries, the Secretariat itself is permanently based in London. Therefore, the correct answer is London.

NTB stands for Norsk Telegrambyrå, which is the Norwegian News Agency. Therefore, NTB is the news agency of Norway.

LETA is the Latvian news agency, making option A (Latvia) the correct answer. The other options are countries with different news agencies.

Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States on January 20, 2017. This is a well-documented historical fact.

Canada has more lakes than any other country, with an estimated 31,752 lakes larger than three square kilometers, which is more than any other country in the world combined. This makes Canada the country with the most lakes globally.

Approximately 1,517 people died in the sinking of the Titanic, making option A the most accurate figure among the choices provided. This number is widely accepted by historians based on survivor and casualty records.

Helsinki is the capital city of Finland, making option A the correct answer. Oslo is the capital of Norway, Ottawa is the capital of Canada, and 'None' is not a valid capital city.

Nhill Lake is located in Australia, specifically near the town of Nhill in the state of Victoria. Therefore, the correct answer is Australia.

The equator of the Earth is called the Equator, which is the imaginary line dividing the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Options C and D refer to mountain ranges, not the equator.

The Hindu Kush is a distinct mountain range and is not a direct continuation of the Himalaya range. It forms part of the broader Hindu Kush-Himalaya (HKH) region but is geographically separate. The Hindu Kush abuts the Karakoram range to the east and the Pamir range to the north. Therefore, none of the options Karakoram, Himalaya, or Sulaiman correctly describe the Hindu Kush as a continuation of those ranges. The correct answer is 'None of these'.