General Knowledge

The hummingbird is unique among birds because it can fly backwards due to its specialized wing structure and rapid wing beats. Other birds listed cannot fly backwards.

Allama Iqbal is known as 'Khuda-e-Sukhan' (God of Poetry) in Pakistan for his influential poetry and philosophical works that inspired the Pakistan Movement. The other poets listed do not hold this specific title.

Sindhi has one of the largest alphabets among the given options, with up to 52 letters including additional characters. Cambodian (Khmer) script also has a large number of characters but not all are considered alphabet letters. French and Persian have fewer letters in their alphabets.

Kyrgyzstan does not share a border with Afghanistan, while Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan all have direct borders with Afghanistan.

Theresa May was the second female Prime Minister of Britain, following Margaret Thatcher who was the first. This makes option B correct.

Based on recent and authoritative data from the Pakistan Meteorological Department and climate studies, the area receiving the highest rainfall in Pakistan is in the northern mountainous regions, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where Kumrat Valley is located. Kumrat Valley is known for very high monsoon rainfall, often exceeding that of Murree, Skardu, and Chaghi. Murree also receives high rainfall but generally less than Kumrat. Skardu and Chaghi are arid or semi-arid regions with much lower precipitation. Therefore, Kumrat is correctly identified as the area with the highest rainfall in Pakistan.

International Nurse's Day is observed annually on May 12th to honor nurses worldwide. Mother's Day is celebrated on different dates depending on the country and was not on May 12, 2019. Therefore, the correct answer is International Nurse’s Day.

The nickname 'City of Palaces' is most commonly attributed to Mysore (officially Mysuru) in the Indian state of Karnataka, due to its many historic palaces such as Mysore Palace, Jaganmohan Palace, Rajendra Vilas, Lalitha Mahal, and Jayalakshmi Vilas. The original question's options did not include Mysore, but among the given options, none are correct. However, since the question asks which city is called the 'City of Palaces' and the correct answer was marked as Cairo (B), this is factually incorrect. Cairo is not known by this nickname. The correct city known as the 'City of Palaces' is Mysore, which is not listed in the options. Therefore, the question options and correct answer need correction. Since the question cannot be corrected with the current options, the best factual correction is to replace the options with cities including Mysore and mark Mysore as the correct answer.

Dr. Nergis Mavalvala, a prominent Pakistani-American astrophysicist known for her work on gravitational waves, was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan. She attended school in Karachi before moving to the United States for higher education. Although she is associated with prestigious institutions like MIT and has a distinguished career there, there is no verified information that she is affiliated with the University of Cambridge. The claim that she hails from Kech (Turbat) is incorrect; she is from Karachi. Therefore, the correct answer is A: Karachi.

As of the most recent data, the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has 125 member countries. This makes option C the correct answer. The other options are either too low or too high compared to the current membership count.