General Knowledge

The Presidency of the United Nations Security Council rotates monthly among its 15 member states in alphabetical order. Each member holds the presidency for one calendar month.

The International Day of Older Persons is officially observed every year on October 1, as designated by the United Nations to raise awareness about issues affecting older people.

Ankara is the capital city of Turkey, not Istanbul, Damascus, or Tehran. Therefore, option B is correct.

The term 'Federal Excise Duty' is not used in the Indian taxation system. The tax on manufacture or production of goods in India is known as 'Central Excise Duty' and continues to be so named. There is no official record or notification indicating that the name was changed to 'Federal Excise Duty' on 1st July 2003 or any other date. The Central Excise Act, 1944, and subsequent amendments continue to refer to it as Central Excise Duty. Therefore, the question as originally stated is factually incorrect. Since the options all refer to dates in July, and no name change to 'Federal Excise Duty' has occurred, the correct answer is that the name was never changed. Among the options, the closest relevant date related to excise changes is 1st July 2008, when significant changes in excise laws occurred, but the name remained Central Excise Duty. Hence, option D is the most appropriate answer, indicating no such name change occurred on the earlier dates.

Trich Mir is the highest peak of the Hindu Kush mountain range, standing at 7,708 meters. The other options are peaks in different ranges: Nanga Parbat is in the Himalayas, K2 is in the Karakoram, and Mount Everest is the highest in the Himalayas and the world.

APAPPS stands for Afghanistan-Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity, which is a joint initiative aimed at improving cooperation and peace between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The other options are incorrect expansions of the acronym.

A slam dunk is a basketball move where a player jumps and forcefully scores by putting the ball directly through the hoop with one or both hands. It is unique to basketball among the options provided.

India won the SAFF Championship in 2018 by defeating the Maldives in the final. Therefore, the correct answer is India.

The book "Higher Than Hope: The Authorized Biography of Nelson Mandela" was written by Fatima Meer, a South African writer and anti-apartheid activist. The options A (Viny Mandela), B (Hennery Slag), and C (Fatima Meer) are incorrect as given, but Fatima Meer is the correct author, not Hennery Slag or Viny Mandela. Since Fatima Meer is listed as option C but the original question states 'None' as option D, the correct answer should be D (None) because the correct author is Fatima Meer, not any of the other names given exactly as in the options. The original answer B is incorrect.

Minsk is the capital city of Belarus, making option B the correct answer. The other options are capitals of different countries: Brasilia (Brazil), Manama (Bahrain), and Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina).