ASSISTANT REGISTRAR COOPERATIVE SOCIETY (BS-17) (ISLAMIC STUDIES, PAKISTAN STUDIES, GENERAL KNOWLEDGE) 2022 PAPER-III (PAPER HELD: 10-04-2022)

• (a) University of Oxford

Correct option is (a) University of Oxford. University of Oxford is examined as the oldest university. The teaching existed in Oxford University profiled in 1096 but exact foundation date of this university is not cleared. The historian Ranulf Hidden wrote that the university was founded in the 10th Century by Alfred The Great. But, this story is considered to be fictitious.

• (b) Vitamin D

Correct option is (b) Vitamin D. Sunlight is a rich source of vitamin D because when the skin exhibit sun’s ultraviolet B (UVB) rays, it activates the production of vitamin D. The sun’s UVB rays hook cholesterol in the skin cells providing energy for vitamin D synthesis to occur.

• (a) Library of Congress

Correct option is (a) Library of Congress. The Library of Congress is thought about the largest library in the world, holding a vast crowd of over 173 million items, including books, manuscripts, maps, photographs, films, sound recordings, and more. This collection reach across 470 languages and covers all areas of human knowledge.

• (d) Karl Marx

Correct option is (d) Karl Marx. Das Kapital, written by Karl Marx, is a formative work that is an analysis of capitalism from the viewpoint of its production processes. The book, published in three volumes between 1867 and 1894, is considered a fundamental text of modern socialism and communism.

• (c) Banana

Correct option is (c) Banana. Banana plants are actually giant herbs, produce bananas, which are a type of fruit. Banana plants bring out one stem of bananas, grows from the center and surrounded by large leaves.

• (b) George Washington

Correct option is (b) George Washington. George Washington was the first president of America, who served from 1789 to 1797. He was elected one accord twice and introduced many determining presidential models. He introduced the peaceful transmission of power and format of the State of the Union address.

• (a) Uranium

Correct option is (a) Uranium. Uranium is used in atomic reactors. It undergoes nuclear fission to generate heat that is used to produce electricity. In a reactor, uranium is ruptured in two smaller atoms and release energy in the form of heat, which is hitch up to generate electricity through steam turbines.

• (b) 1 billion bytes

Correct option is (b) 1 billion bytes. A gigabyte (GB) is a unit of digital information. It is UED to measure the size of computer files, storage devices and memory. 1 gigabyte is equal to 1,000,000,000 bytes. It is a large amount of digital information.

• (c) Bhutan

Correct option is (c) Bhutan. A small country in Eastern Himalayas named Bhutan does not have any railway station due to its challenging terrain and rugged geography. Bhutan has managed its transportation through a well maintained network of roads.

• (a) Africa

Correct option is (a) Africa. Africa has the maximum number of deserts in the world, with nine major deserts covering over the one-third of the continent area. The deserts of Africa start from the largest in the world’s northern part, the Sahara, down to the Namib and Kalahari in the southern part of Africa, all with diverse characteristics of the geographical features, climate, and wildlife.