Younis Khan became the first Pakistani batter to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket (2017). The question omits the Test format.

Ahmedabad (Gujarat, India) was designated to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games; the PDF spells the city Ahmadabad.

The supplied key marks Germany. The exact FIH event is not named, so the result cannot be independently identified from this question alone.

Hockey goalkeepers wear extensive protective padding, including leg guards, kickers, body protection and a helmet.

The Ganges–Brahmaputra river system forms the vast Bengal Delta, generally regarded as the world’s largest delta.

Intermediate-depth earthquakes have foci roughly 70–300 km below Earth’s surface.

Diego Garcia is an atoll in the central Indian Ocean, part of the Chagos Archipelago.

Email Trash folders hold messages moved there for deletion, until they are restored or permanently removed.

The PDF keys View; the wording about viewing Favorites in Internet Explorer is unclear and may refer to the View menu.

The Home key normally moves the text cursor to the beginning of the current line.

Mail Merge combines a main Word document with external data (such as names and addresses); Insert Text from File is a separate feature.

IP addresses identify network interfaces/devices for communication on IP networks, rather than uniquely identifying a physical location.

PowerPoint Custom Shows present a selected subset/order of slides for different audiences without duplicating the entire deck.

Data validation applies rules such as allowed type, range or format to incoming data.

A stretched or compressed spring stores elastic potential energy due to its deformation.

Oxidation means loss of electrons (OIL RIG: Oxidation Is Loss, Reduction Is Gain).

The PDF answer key selects SpaceX. The claim of a June 12, 2026 IPO is time-sensitive and not confirmed by the source alone.

An electron has a negative elementary electric charge, approximately −1.602 × 10⁻¹⁹ coulombs.

Loess is a wind-deposited accumulation of fine, predominantly silt-sized sediment.

Total fertility rate estimates the average number of children a woman would have over her lifetime under prevailing age-specific birth rates.

Lightning is seen before thunder is heard because light travels vastly faster than sound.

Excretion is the elimination of metabolic wastes, for example via the kidneys and lungs.

Wang Yaping is a Chinese astronaut who became the first Chinese woman to perform a spacewalk (2021).

The PDF names earth pillars. Castellated chimney/earth pillar is a landform description; the question terminology is ambiguous.

Stratospheric ozone absorbs much of the Sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation.

Bones of the skull are connected mainly by immovable fibrous sutures (fixed joints).

Allama Muhammad Iqbal wrote the poem Fatima Bint-e-Abdullah, reflecting on the young Libyan heroine.

مولانا الطاف حسین حالی نے مسدس مد و جزر اسلام سر سید احمد خان کی تحریک پر لکھی۔

محاورے میں ’’بیل منڈھے چڑھنا‘‘ سے مراد کام کا انجام پانا یا کامیاب ہونا ہے۔

معریٰ نظم میں قافیہ ضروری نہیں ہوتا؛ آزاد نظم میں بھی پابند قافیے کی شرط نہیں ہوتی، اس لیے اصطلاحی فرق ملحوظ رکھیں۔

’’وطن پرست‘‘ میں ’’پرست‘‘ لفظ کے آخر میں آتا ہے، اس لیے یہ لاحقہ ہے۔

’’بلی کے بھاگوں چھینکا ٹوٹنا‘‘ کا مطلب اچانک یا بغیر کوشش فائدہ مل جانا ہے۔

راشد الخیری نے اپنے افسانوں اور ناولوں میں عورتوں کی سماجی حالت اور مظلومیت کو موضوع بنایا۔

’’گندم نما جو فروش‘‘ ایسے شخص کو کہتے ہیں جو ظاہر میں کچھ اور ہو اور حقیقت میں دھوکا دے۔

اس سوال کی فراہم کردہ کلید میں ارکانِ استعارہ تین بتائے گئے ہیں؛ اصطلاحی تقسیم کتاب کے مطابق بدل سکتی ہے۔

صفتِ تفضیلی دو افراد یا اشیا کی کسی خوبی کے اعتبار سے تقابل یا برتری ظاہر کرتی ہے۔

An extrovert is the opposite of an introvert; among the given choices, social is the nearest meaning.

In reported speech, yesterday normally becomes the previous day; the original tense may backshift to past perfect continuous.

Factious means causing division or factional conflict; divisive is the closest synonym.

Urdu لافانی means everlasting or immortal, so eternal is the closest English equivalent.

A money amount is treated as a single sum here, so the singular verb was matches the supplied answer key.

To take a rain check means to postpone or decline an invitation now with the intention of accepting later.

In “while away the morning,” while away is a phrasal verb meaning to pass time pleasantly or idly.

The PDF key marks worried, but upright ordinarily means honest, principled or vertical; no listed synonym matches clearly.

The passive of “No one could solve the puzzle” is “The puzzle could not be solved.”

Adapt to means adjust to a new situation, policy or environment.

In common means shared by two or more people or things, including shared qualities or traits.

A bolt from the blue is something sudden and unexpected; the option wording in the paper is nonstandard.

A picture is commonly described as hanging on the wall (attached to its surface).

An acronym is formed from initial letters and pronounced as a word; other initial-letter forms may be initialisms.

The sentence intends “approve of,” not “approve it”; the supplied option A is grammatically incomplete.

Every point whose y-coordinate equals zero lies on the x-axis in the Cartesian plane.

A clock strikes 1+2+⋯+12 = 12×13÷2 = 78 times in twelve hours.

The listed odd-square pattern is 1, 9, 25, 49, 81, 121; 27 should be 25.

2400 × 1.30 × 0.80 = 2496. A 20% decrease after a 30% increase does not cancel the increase.

2.5 hours = 150 minutes; 6 ÷ 150 = 0.04 rupees per minute.

2 ÷ 5 = 0.4.

Denominators are consecutive odd numbers 3,5,7,...; the ninth is 3+8×2=19, giving 1/19.

Combine like terms: 5x − 2x + 5 = 3x + 5.

The supplied answer key identifies Rao Abdul Kareem as IG Punjab; this current-affairs appointment requires independent date-specific verification.

Asim Iftikhar Ahmad is the Pakistani diplomat named in the supplied key as the September 2026 UN representative.

The paper identifies UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan; the stated December 2025 visit should be date-checked.

The source identifies Arooba Afridi. “Youngest aerospace engineer” is a superlative claim that needs a verifiable benchmark.

Ajay Banga became President of the World Bank Group in June 2023 (the paper spells his surname Bangha).

Mark Rutte became NATO Secretary General on 1 October 2024.

The 2026 G7 leaders’ summit was scheduled in France, which is the selected option.

The PDF key gives Mark Carney; the question’s quotation “ruled out the old new order” is unclear and needs source checking.

The UN marks Zero Discrimination Day on 1 March, promoting inclusion and equality.

The PDF assigns 70th to Mauritius signing the Artemis Accords; the accession count is date-sensitive.

Harut and Marut are described as two angels in the Quran (Al-Baqarah 2:102).

The Battle of Yarmouk took place in 636 CE during the caliphate of Umar ibn al-Khattab.

Ali ibn Abi Talib defeated Amr ibn Abd Wudd during the Battle of the Trench, according to traditional accounts.

Prophet Shuayb is traditionally known as Khatib al-Anbiya for his eloquent preaching.

The story of Queen Bilqis of Sheba appears in Surah An-Naml (27:20–44).

The Prophet Muhammad sent Muadh ibn Jabal to Yemen as a teacher, judge and administrator.

’’الصلاة خير من النوم‘‘ فجر کی اذان میں کہا جاتا ہے۔

Hulagu Khan led the Mongol conquest and sack of Baghdad in 1258.

The Diamer-Bhasha Dam project is on the Indus River.

The Basic Principles Committee debate involved federal, provincial and concurrent lists; the paper answers three, but the precise proposal wording merits checking.

Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy was Premier of Bengal at Partition in 1947.

The Cabinet Mission arrived in India on 24 March 1946.

India conducted its first nuclear test, Pokhran-I (“Smiling Buddha”), in 1974.

Aligarh Muslim University was established as a university in 1920.

Artist Abdur Rahman Chughtai designed Pakistan’s first postage stamps issued in 1948.

Pakistan’s Objectives Resolution was passed by the Constituent Assembly on 12 March 1949.

The Muslim League observed the Day of Deliverance on 22 December 1939 after Congress ministries resigned.

Syed Amir-uddin Kedwai is credited with the design of Pakistan’s national flag.

Uranium deposits occur in parts of the Dera Ghazi Khan region; the word “only” in the question is overbroad.

Sugarcane juice is commonly cited in Pakistan general-knowledge quizzes as the national drink; official designation may require verification.

The Sayyid (Sadaat) dynasty ruled Delhi after Timur’s invasion and the decline of the Tughlaqs.

The paper classifies a constitutional crisis as political rather than a social issue; real-world categories can overlap.

Constitutional amendments generally require a two-thirds majority of the total membership of each house of Pakistan’s Parliament.

The 1928 Nehru Report committee was chaired by Motilal Nehru.

The research facility later known as Khan Research Laboratories was established in the 1970s; the source key gives 1976.

The Communal Award of 1932 provided separate electorates for several communities, including the Depressed Classes, before the Poona Pact.

The Objectives Resolution laid down that authority would be exercised through chosen representatives, consistent with a democratic form of government.

Death Valley is in California, USA, so none of the named African countries fits.

The first nuclear weapon test, Trinity, took place in New Mexico, USA, on 16 July 1945.

The Battle of Chawinda (1965) is widely described as a major tank battle of the Indo-Pakistani War.

The ancient Olympic Games are conventionally said to have been suppressed in 393/394 CE under Theodosius I.