General Knowledge

The first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly was held on 10 January 1946 in London. This is a well-documented historical fact marking the beginning of the UN General Assembly sessions.

The International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS) has been hosted by Pakistan since the year 2000. It is a biennial event held at the Karachi Expo Centre, showcasing defence technologies and innovations. Multiple reliable sources, including Dawn news reports, confirm that the first IDEAS event was held in 2000, making option D (2000) the correct answer.

Lions typically sleep or rest for about 20 hours a day to conserve energy for hunting and other activities, making option D the correct answer.

The architecture of Mazar-e-Iqbal was designed by Nawab Zain Yar Jang Bahadur, a renowned architect. This is a well-documented fact in the history of the monument.

According to UNICEF data and reports around 2018, approximately 25 million child marriages were prevented globally over the previous decade due to accelerated progress in child marriage prevention efforts. This figure is cited in UNICEF's 2018 data brief and press releases, which update earlier estimates and reflect the impact of interventions during that period. The originally stated figure of 15 million is lower than the verified UNICEF estimate.

The Buddha temple, referring to the birthplace of Buddhism and many important Buddhist sites, is primarily located in India, such as Bodh Gaya where Buddha attained enlightenment. While there are Buddhist temples in China and other countries, the original and most significant Buddha temples are in India.

Qzone is a social networking website, not a search engine. Yahoo, Bing, and Baidu are all well-known search engines.

Q-Mobile is a Pakistani mobile phone company headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan. Therefore, option B is correct.

BRICS is an acronym for an association of five major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. America (the United States) is not a member of BRICS.

Eight countries have successfully detonated nuclear weapons: the United States (1945), Russia (as successor to the Soviet Union, 1949), the United Kingdom (1952), France (1960), China (1964), India (1974), Pakistan (1998), and North Korea (2006). This is confirmed by multiple authoritative sources including Britannica and the Council on Foreign Relations. Therefore, the correct answer is 8 countries, option C.