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Marking Pakistan As A Sponsor Of Terror 'Deeply Unwise'

noreply@blogger.com (AVIVE) — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 04:47:00 +0000

WASHINGTON: Marking Pakistan as a state sponsor of terrorism would be a deeply unreasonable step, says Michael Krepon, co-founder of the leading US think tank, Stimson Center.

Lisa Curtis of the Heritage Foundation, another think tank in Washington, also does not want "Pakistan to be declared a state sponsor of terrorism this year," but urges the Trump administration to "keep the opportunity open for the future." But in the interim period, she suggests "imposing conditions on military assistance and withdrawing Pakistan's Major Non-Nato Ally Status."

Former US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Daniel Feldman, said that in the past, the cessation of aid to Pakistan was tested, and it did not bring the desired changes in the country's attitude.

"The leverage that this threat provides will be lost along with its execution, along with the likelihood of taking remedial measures," Mr. Crepon said while opposing the proposal that Pakistan be declared a state sponsor of terrorism.

The Trump administration called for "keep the choice open for the future"

"The problem of terrorism, as important as it is, is less consistent than the nuclear issue. Rawalpindi figured this out, which helps explain why he does not fulfill promises to take more than cosmetic actions against the leadership of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad," he writes in a recent post on this issue.

Read More: In The US Congress, Anti-Pak Bill Presented

John Gill, an associate professor at the University of National Defense in Washington, warns against "starting all over again" and suggested changing the current US policy toward Pakistan in such a way that it encourages Islamabad to do more in the war on terrorism.

The opinions expressed in recent reports and in discussions in various American think tanks follow the media reports that the administration of President Donald Trump, who came to power on January 20, is preparing a new policy for the Pakistan and Afghanistan region.

While the administration was intentionally silent on this issue, but it began consultations with legislators, experts and scientists.

Earlier this month, former Ambassador Hussein Haqqani was also invited to the State Department for consultations.

Ms. Curtis, who co-authored a study paper on Pakistan with Mr. Haqqani last month, could also have a significant impact on the new policy. Some media reports that the Trump administration can hire her as the new assistant secretary of state for South Asia.

In a joint report, Ms. Curtis and Mr. Haqqani argue that "the aim of the Trump administration's policy towards Pakistan should be to make it more and more expensive for Pakistani leaders to use the strategy of supporting terrorist intermediaries to achieve regional strategic goals. There should be no ambiguity that the US considers Pakistan's strategy to support terrorist intermediaries as an achievement of regional strategic advantage as a threat to US interests. "

These two authors and other experts suggested putting pressure on Pakistan to force it to change its Afghan policy. They argue that Pakistan continues to support the Afghan military network of Haqqani, which does not allow the US to fully implement its own policy towards Afghanistan and restore peace in a war-ravaged country. Pakistani policy, they argue, also caused the death of hundreds of American soldiers in Afghanistan.

Mr. Crepon objected to this argument, stating that "the future of Pakistan for the United States is more important than the future of Afghanistan. Any US policy that seeks to sacrifice the former for the latter, as some Pakistani squeezers and plague-makers seem to require, insanity, "he writes.

"One of Washington's pipe dreams is the belief that Pakistan can be muscled into subordinating its own interests in Afghanistan to those of the United States," he says.

Modern air defence system transferred to the army

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 02:48:00 +0000

The LY-80 system, capable of tracking, destroying targets at low and medium altitude; COAS claims that the system increases the army's response capabilities to current, emerging threats.

RAWALPINDI: The Pakistani army has introduced an air defense system with low and medium altitude (Lomads) LY 80 in its air defense system. According to information on inter-Services public relations (ISPR), the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (COAS), General Kamar Javed Bajwa, was the Chief Guest at the induction ceremony held in the Army Auditorium.

LY 80 is a Chinese mobile air defense system capable of tracking and destroying a variety of air targets at longer ranges flying at small and medium altitudes. COAS stated that LY 80 Lomads increases the army's response capabilities to existing and emerging air defense threats.

Read More: Pakistan Introduces China's Advanced Air Defense System

Earlier, upon arrival of the army commander, the army chief was received by air defense commander of the army, Lieutenant-General Muhammad Zahid Latif Mirza. The SAM components HQ16A (LY-80) contain a search radar vehicle, command vehicle, radar tracking and control apparatus, launcher unit vehicle and missiles canister. Technical support equipment includes the transportation and loading of missiles, a power supply vehicle, a maintenance vehicle and equipment for testing missiles. One radar guidance device controls two or four launchers with six missiles ready to be launched. The command vehicle is responsible for sending the target information and combat orders.

The search-and-radar machine is equipped with a solid-state S-band 3-D passive phased-array antenna mounted on the mast. When the target is detected, the search radar vehicle performs an automatic IFF (identification Friend or Foe), threat assessment, flight path processing and provides information on the target engagement for the tracking and targeting radar. The S-band radar has a range of 140 km and can detect targets flying at an altitude of 20 km.

Pakistan Introduces China's Advanced Air Defense System

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 13:10:00 +0000

RAWAPLINDI: Pakistan have introduced an advanced Chinese anti-missile defense system LY-80 (LOMADS) to protect its airspace from any accidents, ISPR said in a statement.

Chief of Staff of the Army, General Kamar Bajwa, who was the main guest in this case, said that the defense system will enhance our capabilities to defend the Motherland.

LY-80 is a Chinese mobile air defense system capable of tracking and destroying various air targets at long ranges flying at small and medium altitudes.

Read More: Modern air defence system transferred to the army

COAS stated that LY-80 LOMADS increases our ability to respond to modern and emerging air defense threats.

Earlier, upon arrival, the army commander was received by the army commander, Lieutenant-General Muhammad Zahid Latif Mirza.

Victory In 4 Indian States Modi's Party

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 11:25:00 +0000

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed the electoral victory on Saturday in four states of India, calling it "historic mandate" that would take the country's politics in a new direction.

Amit Shah leader BJP said the party would form the government in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, where early counting showed it had won an overwhelming victory, as well as in Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur.

"This is a historical mandate of the people of these states for the BJP," he said in a press conference at the party headquarters in New Delhi.

“These results will set Indian politics in a new direction.” It is expected that the Indian Electoral Commission will announce the final results later Saturday, but the initial count shows that the BJP is leading in four of the five states where elections in the past two months have been carried out.

The opposition party, Congress retained power in the state of Northern Punjab.

Shah said the results were a defeat for "dynastic politics" in an apparent jibe at Congress, led by Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul.

"People have accepted the politics of performance," he said, promising that the faith they had placed in the party and in Prime Minister Modi would be rewarded.

Scientists Grow Potatoes In Conditions Similar To Those Of The Mars in Peru

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 09:04:00 +0000

LIMA: Potatoes on Mars? Scientists report promising results by growing the tuber under conditions that mimic the Red Planet in an experiment in Peru linked to US space agency NASA.

"The preliminary results are positive," said the International Potato Center (CIP) this week after a potato grew under simulated conditions of Mars atmosphere in an experiment in Lima.

The CIP, in a report, said that the potato was planted in a specially constructed CubeSat content environment built by engineers from the University of Engineering and Technology in Lima.

The experiment was conducted from February 14th to March 5th.

"Growing plants under conditions similar to those of Mars is an important step in this experiment," said Julio Valdivia-Silva, Peru's astrobiologist in Lima UTEC, who previously worked at NASA.

"If crops can tolerate extreme conditions that we are exposing them to in our CubeSat, they have a good chance to grow on Mars," he said, adding that several sets of experiments will take place to find out which potato varieties do best .

Potatoes, one of the major food crops in the world, was first cultivated by the Incas Indians in Peru around 8000 to 5000 BC.

The potential ability of potatoes to grow under these conditions could signal promise for the food supplies in the context of climate change and extreme environments.

"The results indicate that our efforts to develop high-potential varieties to improve food security in areas that are affected or will be affected by climate change, are working," said CIP Walter Amoros potato breeder.

The customized environment for project potatoes on Mars is based on designs and advice provided by NASA.

Scientists "concluded that future missions to Mars hoping to grow the potatoes should prepare the ground with a loose structure and nutrients to allow the tubers to get enough air and water so that it can tuberize", Said CIP.

They used very dry soils found in the desert of southern Peru, nothing they are the most Mars-like soils found on Earth.

The CIP experiment is set to last five years.

In The US Congress, Anti-Pak Bill Presented

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 03:22:00 +0000

Ted Poe's bill aims to designate Pakistan "state sponsor of terrorism," an unreliable ally; The President must present the answer within 90 days; Centcom chief acknowledges Pak action against US enemies.
WASHINGTON: A US congressman known for his aversion to Pakistan on Thursday presented a strongly worded bill in Congress to declare Pakistan "unreliable ally" a "state sponsor of terrorism", media reports said.
"Not only is Pakistan an unreliable ally, Islamabad has also helped and abetted enemies of the US for years," said congressman Ted Poe, who is chair of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism.
"From harboring Osama bin Laden to his cozy relationship with the Haqqani network, there is more than enough to determine that whose side Pakistan is in the war on terrorism. And it's not America's. It is the time we stop paying Pakistan for its betrayal and designate it for what it is: a state Sponsor of terrorism," Poe said in the introduction of the bill, the Pakistan state Sponsor of Terrorism Act of 2015, in Congress on Thursday.
The bill requires the president of the United States to issue a report within 90 days to answer whether Pakistan has supported international terrorism. Thirty days after that Secretary of State must submit a follow-up report, which says that Pakistan is a state sponsor of terrorism or a detailed justification of why it does not meet the legal criteria for such designation.
The same bill was introduced in Congress last year when the Obama administration was passing its last days and there was no time to discuss and formally convince Congress why the United States should continue to consider Pakistan as an ally in war Against terrorism.
Waseem Abbasi adds: Contrary to the perception created by some think tanks, the commander of the Central Command of the United States (CENTCOM) applauded the cooperation of the Pakistani military with the US military in recent anti-terrorist operations throughout The Afghan border.

In responding to the senators' questions here, Gen. Joseph Votel also admitted that the Afghan government is losing control over areas in the face of mounting the Taliban fight. He said Pakistan's army took action against major US adversaries recently. Some India supporting think tanks in Washington have recently increased their efforts to convince the White House to review their ties with Pakistan arguing that the South Asian country is not doing enough to help the US in Afghanistan.
"They (Pakistan Army) did things against our main concerns like Taliban and the Haqqani network. We have to be more consistent and focused in that area. We will continue to engage with Pakistan," he said in a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
He admitted that the Afghan government has lost control of almost half of the country after recent fighting. When asked why the Afghan government, which had control over 70 percent of the country just a year ago now control only 50 percent, Votel said it was the result "of the fighting taking place in the country and efforts of Taliban to become more resurgent".
The general also appreciated the leadership of the Pakistan Army, saying that recent meetings with Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa were encouraging. "The American commander in Afghanistan, General Nicholson, had recently been supported in some operations along the border," he said while referring to the Pakistani army. "It's a very positive sign," he said.
Centcom's commander expressed concern about the recent escalation of tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, and undermine the importance of the ties between the two countries for the success of the United States mission. He said the United States must play a key role in bringing Pakistan and Afghanistan together.
Senators also discussed Russia's efforts to destabilize and weaken Afghanistan. When asked about sanctuaries across the Afghanistan border for the Haqqani network and the Taliban, Votel said he has talked with Pakistani military leaders who showed an increasing interest in cooperating with the coalition and Kabul along the border.
He said that despite challenges regarding the relationship between the United States and Pakistan, US forces have struggled to maintain a considerable level of engagement to their Pakistani military counterparts. "We continue to run a solid program of joint exercises. Most recently, the Pakistani Air Force sent airmen and aircraft to participate in the red flag and green flag at the Nellis Air Force base in Nevada last summer," He said.
Votel said the Pakistani army continues to support US efforts in the rest of the region. "The most notable is that the Pakistani Navy is the most consistent and longstanding participant second only to the United States, in Combined Task Force (CTF)-150 (counter-terrorism operations) and CTF-151 (counter-piracy operations) led by US Naval Forces Central (USNAVCENT)."

Use This Guide to See If The CIA Can Hack You

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 13:23:00 +0000

WikiLeaks, the organization that is famous for revealing confidential information and classified material from anonymous sources, recently announced that the CIA had a large number of spy tools that would be used to hack into computers and mobile devices and even some televisions.

These amounts of spying can literally make your electronic equipment become recorder of your everyday conversation and routine.

The CIA has gone as far trying to hack into small routers installed by PTCL. Do not believe us? See the picture below for yourself!

"Am I vulnerable?"

You can ask again and again this question after hearing the news. Clearly, CIA hacking knows no bounds. For those of you who are not yet sure whether or not you are vulnerable to getting hacked, read some of the indicators below to decide.

1. You are reading this article

The fact that you are reading this article means that you are connected to the Internet and actually using some sort of device, be it a mobile phone, tablet or PC.

2. You use a mobile device

Using a mobile device automatically and instantly make you vulnerable to hackers and online distribution of your private and confidential data.

3. Mobile phones manufactured after 2003

In the unfortunate case that you use a mobile phone that is manufactured after 2003, you are affected. To find out if a mobile phone made after 2003, just Google the sentence and click on one of the links. If your phone appears, then bad luck, you are vulnerable.

4. Wi-Fi laptops

When buying a laptop or you already using one, be sure to check out the data sheet for a feature called "Wi-Fi". Wi-Fi is basically a wireless Internet connection for your laptop and mobile phones. If your laptop comes with this unique feature, that means you are vulnerable. To counter this problem, it is recommended that you use an Ethernet cable because of which you will not need to use Wi-Fi.

5. Affected Area

Of course, all areas are not affected by the CIA hacking. However, just to be sure, you can check the image of the Earth and see if you live in the affected area or not.

6. Not everyone is affected!

With the news about the CIA hacking going around the above indicators present, everyone thinks they are vulnerable to getting hacked. However, this is not the case. Not everyone is affected. If you were born at any time in 2018 or later, you are certainly not affected!

Source: Maddox, WikiLeaks

Pakistan to present the local version of Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 06:47:00 +0000

Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan ordered a comprehensive strategy to prepare within three days to reduce character assassinations through social media.

He has directed Officials of Interior Ministry to develop such a system in consultation with the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority.

The minister ordered that the system should not hinder freedom of expression, but at the same time, no one should abuse that right.

He ordered the management of social media companies must be contacted to present the local version of Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp.

He said that it should also ensure that the distribution of controversial material on a person's character must be effectively prevented.

The minister expressed his displeasure at the failure to provide the required information from Facebook's administration. The US government also contacted in this regard.

"It seems that social media is working under the freedom to lie rather than freedom of expression," he said.

Chaudhry Nisar said it is regrettable that Facebook administration and American officials were not realizing the sensitivity of the issue.

He said neither a foreign company under its policies and freedom of expression would be allowed to make any high-level personality controversy, and no one had the right to use social media for character assassination.

Block all social media websites with blasphemous content: Chaudhry Nisar

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 05:33:00 +0000

Chaudhry Nisar the Interior Minister on Thursday threatened to block "all social media sites" that host blasphemous content because the Islamabad High Court (IHC) ordered the government to investigate online blasphemy.

The problem came to the forefront in January when five activists were reported missing. Four missing activists were returned to their families weeks later, but were not spoiled by a relentless campaign to paint them as "enemies of Islam."

On Thursday, IHC ordered the government to open an investigation into online "blasphemy" and threatened to ban social media networks if they failed to censor content considered an insult to Islam.

"We will go to any extent [including] permanently block all social networking sites if they refuse to cooperate," the minister said in a statement.

No country can afford religious sentiments to be hurt or top state functionaries to be subjected to ridicule under what the minister described as "the pretext of freedom of expression."

Judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui IHC asked the government formed a commission of inquiry to report back next Monday on the issue, saying he could order social media sites must be blocked if offending content remained online.

"The judge ordered the government to do joint research with the team of Muslim officials to address the issue of blasphemy," said lawyer Tariq Asad, the petitioner in the case.

Human rights groups say that the label of "blasphemer" is liberally applied by religious conservatives to silence criticism of extremism.

However, unproven allegations can be fatal. At least 65 people, including lawyers, judges and activists, have been killed by vigilantes over blasphemy allegations since 1990, according to a recent report of the think-tank.

Pakistan banned Facebook previously from hosting the blasphemous content for two weeks in 2010, while YouTube was unavailable from 2012-2016 over an amateur film about Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) that led to global riots.

But later, Pakistan has agreements with major Internet companies to block the country material that violates its laws, in general, once the companies had performed their own cross-checks.

Yasser Latif Hamdani, a lawyer who worked to get YouTube unblocked, said previous Web censorship had also originated with court's orders and the judge could successfully implement a new set of bans.

Atomic Hard Drive Of IBM Can Store 100,000 Times More Data

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 14:49:00 +0000

In recent years, we have seen significant progress in storage density. 60 TB SSD to microSD cards going as high as 1-2 terabytes.

IBM has made a breakthrough in storage technology. Until now, the information is stored as bits occupying up to 100,000 atoms. Meaning 1 bit carried up to 100,000 atoms of physical space.

IBM has managed to store each bit on individual atoms, so that data storage is used more efficiently in the process with its new atomic hard disk technology.

All iTunes data on a credit card-sized drive

In theory, this means that the size of today's hard drives decrease by 100,000 times. However, we are not yet there. According to IBM, the entire iTunes catalog (about 35 million songs) can be stored on an atomic hard drive the size of a credit card.

The scientists that managed to achieve this feat used holmium atoms placed on top of magnesium oxide to maintain the magnetic poles of atoms stable. Magnesium oxide also prevents magnets from affecting the magnetic poles of holmium atoms.

How it works?

The bits are stored as simple "on" or "off" states. On the atomic hard drive, the magnetic poles of atoms can be used for this purpose as well.

To write information to this storage system, you must apply electrical current through a microscopic needle to change the orientation of the magnetic poles.

To read the information of this system you will have to measure the magnetic current of individual atoms which is different depending on the orientation of the magnetic pole of the atoms.

This technology is purely experimental at this time; it uses a cooled liquid nitrogen, tunneling electron microscope to work. This means that you will not see the hard drive the size of a thumb tack anytime soon.

If only one could afford a tunneling electron microscope to see what is happening here at a sub-atomic level.

Via Engadget

WhatsApp tests business chat tools in search for income

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 06:36:00 +0000

WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messaging service used by more than 1 billion people worldwide, tests a system that allows companies to talk directly to WhatsApp users for the first time, according to communications about the project seen By Reuters.

The tests, which are carried out with a handful of companies that are part of the Y Combinator startup incubator, are an important sign of how WhatsApp plans to make money from its immensely popular service.

WhatsApp has not developed a business model within three years since Facebook Inc. bought it for the modest sum of $19bn.

WhatsApp, a pun on the phrase "What's up", It has helped to upend mobile services by allowing users to text or call friends and family for free, without text message charges. In competition with similar services such as WeChat, a unit of Tencent Holdings Ltd. China.

A potential source of revenue is to charge companies that want to communicate with customers in WhatsApp. However, the company works carefully to avoid spam message problems, the documents show.

WhatsApp is also surveying users about the extent to which they talk to businesses on WhatsApp, and whether they have ever received spam, according to the documents.

WhatsApp last year announced its development plan system, known as an application programming interface, or API, citing examples such as a user talking to a bank about a fraudulent transaction or an airline on a delayed flight.

Last month, WhatsApp signed an agreement with Y Combinator, which offers training and business development advice that show the potential, to have a small number of companies participate in an early trial, according to emails and messages posted on a Y Combinator forum.

Admission to Y Combinator, founded in 2005, is very competitive, and previous participants include such companies like Airbnb and Dropbox.

A WhatsApp spokeswoman declined to comment on the testing of the system.

Y Combinator President Sam Altman said in an email that he did not know the WhatsApp test, but he added: "In general, we see a lot of companies that want to test their products with CY cos."

The trial is still in the early stages, said Umer Ilyas, co-founder of Cowlar Inc., one of the new companies involved. The system is highly anticipated in remote locations where WhatsApp is particularly popular, he said.

Cowlar makes collars for dairy cows, collect data on its activity and recommend changes to improve milk production.

The company, which tests the collars in the United States, wants to use WhatsApp to send automatic alerts from the collars directly to farmers if say, a cow is not behaving normally, Ilyas said.

"This represents a great opportunity, because in all major dairy markets - India, Brazil, Pakistan - many farmers have access to WhatsApp," he said in a telephone interview.

Apple, Samsung is determined to correct defects after CIA hacking report

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 06:23:00 +0000

Apple and Samsung on Wednesday promised to quickly correct the vulnerabilities of their products after the disclosure by WikiLeaks of an alleged CIA hacking arsenal capable of drilling into iPhones and other devices.

The file published on Tuesday aims to show that the CIA exploits the hardware and software weaknesses of the systems - without informing manufacturers of the defects in question.

"Although our initial analysis indicates that many of the problems disclosed today were already corrected in the latest iOS, we will continue to work to quickly resolve any identified vulnerabilities," Apple said in an e-mailed statement.

"We always encourage customers to download the latest iOS to ensure they have the latest security updates." Samsung offered a similar response.

"The protection of privacy of our consumers and security of our devices is a top priority in the Samsung," a statement from the South Korean electronics giant.

"We are aware of the report in question and are urgently address the issue."

WikiLeaks claims that the documents released on Tuesday are part of a large volume of leaked CIA documents, tools and codes which represents "most of its hacking arsenal."

The CIA neither confirms nor denies that the documents are authentic.

According to the documents, the CIA has produced more than 1000 sets of malware - viruses, Trojan horses and other software that can infiltrate and take control of the target electronics.

These hacking tools have focused on iPhone and Android systems such as the personal phone reportedly still used by the President Donald Trump, popular Microsoft software and Samsung Smart TV.

The CIA can read your WhatsApp messages and more: WikiLeaks

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 05:10:00 +0000

When did you hear about WikiLeaks last? This time the organization, known for leaking important official government documents and files, has leaked the database of US-based central Intelligence Agency data.

Codenamed "Vault 7" the data includes more than 8,700 files that are claimed to be from the CIA itself. Of course, the information has not been verified, so take this with a grain of salt.

Wikileaks says the CIA has lost control of a major file containing information about how they hack devices. The data fell into the hands of US government hackers and contractors in an unauthorized manner, one of whom has provided WikiLeaks with portions of the archive.

Devices CIA can Hack

If reports are true, the CIA can hijack devices from:

Android phones
iPhones
Smart TVs (the report mentions Samsung TVs specifically)
Routers
Windows and Linux computers
Mac computers

The CIA Can Read Your WhatsApp Messages

Another important revelation by WikiLeaks was that the CIA can read your WhatsApp messages before they are encrypted. It is true that end-to-end encryption does not deter CIA at all. Indeed, if the CIA hacks into your phone, they can access whatever they want. Does not matter if your messages are encrypted, if the CIA can read them when you are typing them or reading them yourself, end-to-end encryption is pretty much useless.

The operating system is to blame

Note that this is not an outdated encryption. Encryption prevents messages from being read after being sent from your phone. This helps prevent hackers from siphoning from public Internet to read private messages.

The problem here is the operating system and not the applications running with both Apple's iOS and Google's Android being hacked by the CIA.

According to the reports, CIA hacked the above-mentioned devices in a myriad of ways including:

malware
viruses
trojans
zero-day exploits (security flaws in an OS which the manufacturer doesn’t know of, so they haven’t been fixed)

Problems May Have Been Fixed:

The documents cover the CIA program from 2013 to 2016. It does not yet know whether the CIA continues to use the same methods to hack these devices or not. The operating system versions are not specified, it is possible that some of the exploits and zero-day problems have been corrected.

Via CNet

Everyday Science Questions

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 07:22:00 +0000

1. The crust of the Earth is dynamic. Geologists have found that the crust is made up of moveable tectonic plates. How many tectonic plates make the Earth's crust?

(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 10
(D) 20

2. Earthquakes are those movements of the Earth's crust which make it vibrate and shake the ground backward and forwards. Most of the earthquakes occur where the tectonic plates meet. By which scale is the severity of an earthquake measured?

(A) Index scale
(B) Fischer scale
(C) Richer scale
(D) Absolute scale

3. When an earthquake is accompanied by a volcanic eruption it is called as?

(A) Tectonic earthquake
(B) Volcanic earthquake
(C) Plutonic earthquake
(D) Fracture earthquake

4. Whenever an earthquake occurs, waves start to travel in all directions from the source of the disturbance. Name the instrument which detects these disturbances.

(A) Spectrograph
(B) Holograph
(C) Seismograph
(D) Cardiograph

5. A person who is an expert in dealing with the earthquake is called?

(A) Analyst
(B) Seismologist
(C) Agronomist
(D) Chemist

6. The place within the Earth where the disturbance begins, is known as the focus and from this focus start waves that move the rocks of the crust. The place immediately above the focus on the surface of the Earth is known as?

(A) Epicentre
(B) Autocentre
(C) Gravity centre
(D) Local centre

7. The waves that originate from the focus radiate in all directions in concentric circles and according to their mode of traveling and rate of movement, these are given specific names. Which of the following is not a type of earthquake waves?

(A) Longitudinal waves
(B) Transverse waves
(C) Surface waves
(D) Electromagnetic waves

8. Which one of the following tectonic plates does not have any continent?

(A) American plate
(B) African plate
(C) Pacific plate
(D) Eurasian plate

9. On which tectonic plate is Pakistan situated?

(A) Pacific plate
(B) Indo-Australian plate
(C) American plate
(D) Eurasian plate

10. On which tectonic plate is rocky mountains situated?

(A) African plate
(B) Pacific plate
(C) Indo-Australian plate
(D) American plate

11. Rocks are made of chemicals called minerals. Minerals are formed by natural processes these are generally crystalline and inorganic. About how many minerals are presently known?

(A) 1000
(B) 2000
(C) 3000
(D) 4000

12. Who classified the minerals according to chemical composition on modem lines?

(A) Axel Fredrik Gronotedt
(B) James Dwight Dana
(C) Theophrastus
(D) Waldemar Lingren

13. Which of the following is an important physical property of minerals?

(A) Hardness
(B) Cleavage
(C) Specific gravity
(D) All the above

14. The simplest estimate of the hardness of minerals involves scratching by reference minerals arbitrarily chosen for the Mohs scale which placed in numerical order of increasing hardness from 1 to 10. Who was Friedrich Mohs?

(A) Professor of Physics
(B) Professor of Mineralogy
(C) Professor of Geography
(D) Professor of Chemistry

15. Minerals result from a sequence of complex processes that began with chemical differentiation of the solar system to form planets and that ended in many cases with crystallization in rocks or ore bodies controlled by trivial local factors. Which of the following branch of science is important in the general understanding of the occurrence of minerals in nature?

(A) Geochemistry
(B) Geophysics
(C) Petrology
(D) All the above

16. The property of hardness is dependent upon the strength of the forces holding atoms together in a solid. Name the hardest natural mineral.

(A) Quartz
(B) Appetite
(C) Diamond
(D) Corundum

17. Name the second hardest natural occurring mineral.

(A) Corundum
(B) Topaz
(C) Fluorite
(D) Calcite

18. Some knowledge of mineralogy is fundamental in most branches of geology. Which of the following sciences is closely relate to mineralogy?

(A) Petrography
(B) Petrology
(C) Geochemistry
(D) All the above

19. Who is considered as the founder of Petrology?

(A) William Nicol
(B) Henry Clifton Sorby
(C) E.S. Fedfcrov
(D) Paul Knipping

20. All mineral have regular arrangement of atoms that have some geometrical symmetry. Which branch of physical science is involved in the structure determination?

(A) Holography
(B) Crystallography
(C) Refractometry
(D) Mass Spectrometry

Science Questions

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 06:06:00 +0000

1. What is North America antipodal to?

(A) Arctic Ocean
(B) Atlantic
(C) Pacific Ocean
(D) Indian Ocean

2. Just as time on a clock is divided into hours, minutes and seconds, so is the Earth's history divided into geological time units. Which of the following units of the geological clock is the longest?

(A) Ears
(B) Eons
(C) Periods
(D) Epcot is

3. Which of the following units of the geological clock is the shortest?

(A) Periods
(B) Epochs
(C) Ages
(D) Chrons

4. The Scottish geologist James Button is the founder of modern geology. He pointed out that continents are worn away by rivers and that sediments washed into the sea forms into new sedimentary rocks. Which of the following periods correspond to his life span?

(A) 1726-1750
(B) 1740-1798
(C) 1720-1780
(D) 1710-1770

5. Who showed first that the Earth is a giant magnet?

(A) Gerardus Mercator
(B) William Gilbert
(C) Alfred Wegener
(D) Leopold Buch

6. Rock is any mass of natural deposit which forms the solid part of the Earth's crust. Rocks are classified on the basis of their origin. What rocks are formed by the agency of fire?

(A) Igneous rocks
(B) Sedimentary rocks
(C) Metamorphic rocks
(D) Weathered rocks.

7. What rocks are formed by the agency of water, wind and ice?

(A) Plutonic rocks
(B) Sedimentary rocks
(C) Volcanic rocks
(D) Dyke rocks

8. Which of the following is not an example of Igneous rocks?

(A) Alkali rocks
(B) Silicon rocks
(C) Plutonic rocks
(D) Aqueous rocks

9. The sedimentary rocks are comparatively soft and these may be formed mechanically, chemically or organically. Which of the following is a typical example of a chemically formed sedimentary rock?

(A) Chalk
(B) Limestone
(C) Gypsum
(D) Sand

10. The sedimentary rocks may also be classified as Inorganic or Organic rocks. Which of the following is a sub-class of Organic rocks?

(A) Argillaceous rocks
(B) Mechanically formed rocks
(C) Arenaceous rocks
(D) Carbonaceous rocks

11. Metamorphic rocks are igneous and aqueous rocks which have changed in form and whose characteristics have alter due to pressure and heat. Which of the following example of metamorphic rock?

(A) Slate
(B) Gneiss
(C) Quartzite
(D) All the above

12. What is Graphite?

(A) It is an example of igneous rock.
(B) It is an inorganic rock.
(C) It is hardened and steam coal.
(D) It is an example of basic rock.

13. Volcanoes are those sudden and abrupt explosions of smoke, dust and lava which astound human understanding. About how many active volcanoes are present on the Earth?

(A) 500
(B) 400
(C) 300
(D) 200

14. What is the mouth of a volcano called?

(A) Vent
(B) Plug
(C) Crater
(D) Cone

15. What is the nature of the material thrown out by a volcano?

(A) Liquid
(B) Solid
(C) Gaseous
(D) All the above

16. The liquid material of a volcanic eruption is the most important and is known as the?

(A) Volcanic ash
(B) Cinder fragments
(C) Lava
(D) Breccia

17. Sometimes the lava thrown into the air solidifies into a round mass before falling to the Earth and this is known as?

(A) Volcanic ash
(B) Volcanic bomb
(C) Volcanic dust
(D) Volcanic lava

18. The volcanoes of the Earth have different shapes and sizes. Their shapes and sizes depend upon the material that has been thrown out and have gone into their formation. A dome-shaped volcano with steep slopes is called?

(A) Lava dome
(B) Cinder cone
(C) Composite cone
(D) Driblet cone

19. The lava domes are quite common in which of the following countries?

(A) U.S.A
(B) Russia
(C) Germany
(D) Italy

20. Volcanoes act as windows into the Earth. Volcanoes of which place are the most thoroughly studied?

(A) Philippines
(B) Indonesia
(C) Hawaii
(D) Japan

Daily Science Questions

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 04:44:00 +0000

1. A branch of science which deals with the study of the Earth's crust is called.

(A) Morphology
(B) Geology
(C) Histology
(D) Climatology

2. Who is known as the father of geology?

(A) Alfred Wegener
(B) Charles Lyell
(C) James Hutton
(D) Philon

3. Who discovered the first homo Erectus fossil __________ the java apeman?

(A) Eugene Dubois
(B) Raymond Dart
(C) Mary Leakey
(D) Philon

4. The discovery of frozen stone age man is 1992 on the melting similun glacier high in the Alpine yields new clues about life in 3300 B.C. His body was so remarkably preserved for about 500 years __________ the world's most ancient intact human. Name the two countries which are trying to get the legal possession of the dead body.

(A) Italy and Switzerland
(B) Itlay and Austria
(C) Austria and Switzerland
(D) Turkey and Italy

5. Meteorites have hit the surface of our Earth several times in past and punched craters. Arizona's Barringer Meteorite Crater punched out some 50,000 years ago by iron-rich meteorite, is 550 feet deep and 3,900 feet across. Name the country where it is situated.

(A) Russia
(B) U.S.A.
(C) Australia
(D) Canada

6. Geological time scale is a scale of time that serves as a reference for correlating various events in history of the Earth; it has been built up by studying the various strata of rocks that comprise the Earth's crust with special reference to the fossils found in them. This time scale is divided into three main "eras" based upon the general character of the life that they contain. Which one of the following is not an example of such an era?

(A) Paleozoic
(B) Mesozoic
(C) Permian
(D) Cenozoic

7. Each era of geological time scale is divided into periods. Which of the following periods is not an example of Paleozoic era?

(A) Cambrian
(B) Devonian
(C) Triassic
(D) Permian

8. Which of the following periods is not an example of Mesozoic or Secondary era?

(A) Eocene
(B) Cretaceous
(C) Jurassic
(D) Triassic

9. Which of the following periods is not an example of Cenozoic era?

(A) Oligocene
(B) Silurian
(C) Miocene
(D) Pliocene

10. What is the approximate age of Mesozoic era?

(A) 135 to 225 million years
(B) 270 to 400 million years
(C) 10 to 70 million years
(D) 400 to 300 million years

11. The surface of the Earth is made up of land and water. The land surface is divided into continents. Name the continent which is the largest in the area?

(A) Europe
(B) Asia
(C) Africa
(D) North America

12. Name the continent which is the smallest in the area.

(A) South America
(B) Europe
(C) Australia
(D) Africa

13. About 200 million years ago, virtually all the Earth's dry land was contained in the original super- continent. What is it called?

(A) Laurasia
(B) Gondwana
(C) Pangaea
(D) None of the above

14. What is the total number of continents in this world?

(A) Five
(B) Seven
(C) Six
(D) Four

15. Who was the first to prove continental drift?

(A) Alfred Wegener
(B) Antonio Snider
(C) Mary Leakey
(D) Philon

16. The interior of the Earth consists of three main layers namely, the Crust, the Mantle and the Core. The existence of the earth's core came to light from the detection of a shadow zone for seismic waves extending from 100 to 140 degrees from a source of earthquakes. Who discovered this?

(A) I. Lehmann
(B) D. Davies
(C) B. R. Julian
(D) R. M. Sheppard B

17. The Earth is like an onion and it consists of layers. These layers have been named by different people in different ways. Lithosphere, Pyrosphere and Barysphere have respectively been named as Sial (Silica + Aluminum), Sima (Silica + Magnesium) and Nife (Nickel and Ferrous) depending upon their composition. Name the geologist who gave this nomenclature.

(A) R. A. Dally
(B) Gracht
(C) Gilbert
(D) Romney

18. The topmost layer of the Earth, which forms the crust of the Earth is the lightest layer of the Earth. This is also called as the Lithosphere. What is the average thickness of Lithosphere?

(A) 20 miles
(B) 30 miles
(C) 40 miles
(D) 50 miles

19. The oceans and continents are the main features of the surface of the Earth. There is a definite plan or order underlying the distribution of land and water on the surface of the Earth. Which one of the following theories explains this distribution?

(A) Tetrahedral
(B) Suess's Theory
(C) Wegner's Theory
(D) All the above

20. According to Tetrahedral theory, the land masses are situated just opposite the water bodies. If we draw a straight line which will pass through its center, its one end will touch the land masses and the other will touch the water bodies. Thus land and see occupy an antipodal position. Europe and Africa are situated in the Antipodes of the Pacific Ocean. Asia and Australia are antipodal to what?

(A) Pacific Ocean
(B) Indian Ocean
(C) Atlantic Ocean
(D) Arctic Ocean

Daily Science Quizzes

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 07:32:00 +0000

1. Great Salt Lake is the largest lake west of the Mississippi in U.S.A. In which state it is located?

(A) Utah
(B) Arizona
(C) Colorado
(D) Idaho

2. Which country is called the "Sick Man of Europe"?

(A) Greece
(B) Hungary
(C) Turkey
(D) Poland

3. Name the country which produces the largest quantity of coffee.

(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Brazil
(C) Uganda
(D) Congo

4. Pakistan is 5 hours ahead of GMT. Which one of the following places is ahead of 12 hours?

(A) Cook Islands
(B) Vladivostok
(C) New Zealand
(D) Papua New Guinea

5. Name the most populous city in the world.

(A) Tokyo
(B) Bombay
(C) New Mexico
(D) London

6. The longest railway journey in China is from Beijing to Urumchi and it takes about four and a half days. What is the name of the train for this journey?

(A) The Iron Rooster
(B) The Restless Dragon
(C) The Red Guard
(D) The non-stop arrow

7. Name the city which has the largest number of windmills in the world.

(A) Copenhagen
(B) Amsterdam
(C) Merida in Mexico
(D) El Salvador

8. Golden Triangle is an area in southeast Asia which is famous for growing most of the world's opium. What countries form this triangle?

(A) Thailand, Burma, Laos
(B) Malaysia, Thailand, Laos
(C) Burma, Kampuchea, Thailand
(D) Bhutan, Burma, Laos

9. Name the longest river in Italy

(A) Servo
(B) Po
(C) Tiber
(D) Arno

10. Name the sea that separates Britain from Scandinavia.

(A) The North Sea
(B) English Channel
(C) Arctic Ocean
(D) Black Sea

11. Hind of Sardinia is a tourist attraction. Where is this located?

(A) France
(B) Greece
(C) Turkey
(D) Italy

12. What is the composition of United Kingdom?

(A) England and Scotland
(B) England and Wales
(C) England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
(D) England, Scotland, Wales and Belfast

13. Name the country which is locked from all sides by the Aegean Sea.

(A) Turkey
(B) Greece
(C) Italy
(D) Spain

14. Whare is both Cape Canaveral and Disney World located?

(A) Georgia
(B) Texas
(C) California
(D) Florida

15. Name the biggest Canadian Island.

(A) New Foundland
(B) Victoria
(C) Devon
(D) Baffin

16. Name the smallest state of U.S.A.

(A) Rhode Island
(B) Maine
(C) Vermont
(D) Georgia

17. Niagara Falls is one of the widest waterfalls of the world. What is its location?

(A) U.S.A
(B) Bermuda
(C) Bahamas
(D) Canada

18. Where is Mosquito coast located?

(A) Nicaragua
(B) El Salvador
(C) Costa Rica
(D) Honduras

19. Name the only country in South America which shares both Atlantic and Pacific coast.

(A) Peru
(B) Colombia
(C) Chile
(D) Venezuela

20. Name the river which is shared by Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil.

(A) Amazon
(B) Madeira
(C) Parana
(D) Paraguay

Daily Science Quiz

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 05:37:00 +0000

1. Marienbad is the name of an internationally famous health resort. In which country it is located?

(A) Austria
(B) Belgium
(C) Italy
(D) Czechoslovakia

2. How many states compose U.S.A?

(A) 49
(B) 48
(C) 50
(D) 51

3. Name the world's oldest railway station?

(A) Victoria
(B) Bombay
(C) Liverpool
(D) Pans

4. What is the name of a river which passes through countries of Europe namely; Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Romania?

(A) Danube
(B) Rhine
(C) Elbe
(D) Oder

5. River Mississippi-Missouri of U.S.A. empire into:

(A) Atlantic Ocean
(B) The Gulf of Mexico
(C) Pacific Ocean
(D) North Sea

6. Where is the source of Amazon river located?

(A) Peru
(B) Chile
(C) Bolivia
(D) Argentina

7. Name the river that cuts an enormous are through the heart of the African continent __________ an immense snake uncoiled with its head in the sea and it's tail lost in the depths of the land". It crosses the equator twice.

(A) Volta river
(B) Niger river
(C) Amazon river
(D) Zaire river

8. The new name of Burma is Myanmar. Which is the new name of Rangoon?

(A) Mandalay
(B) Moslem
(C) Yangon
(D) None of the above

9. Alcan is the name of the Alaska __________ Canada Military Highway stretching from Dawson Creek (Canada; to Fairbanks U.S.A.). It was built during Second World War to counter any invasion of Japanese forces. What is its approximate length?

(A) 1200 miles
(B) 1500 miles
(C) 1300 miles
(D) 1400 miles

10. Name one of the world's most polluted bodies of water located in Asia. It pays heavily for its role as the middle east oil highway a quarter of a barrel of oil pollutes it each year, yet the gulf takes more than 5 years to flush contaminated water through the narrow strait of Hormuz.

(A) The Gulf of Mexico
(B) The Gulf of Alaska
(C) Persian Gulf
(D) The Gulf of Aden

11. Santo Fe is the west's longest-lived trail stretching from Franklin to Santa Fe in U.S.A. What is the length of this trail?

(A) 900 miles
(B) 800 miles
(C) 700 miles
(D) 600 miles

12. The snow covered top of Mount Fuji mirrors the Japanese dawn, it catches the Sun's first light. Fuji's summit turns from lacquer red to rose. In the shadows below, the mountains' huge sloping shoulders and the base remain dimly outlined in predawn gray. What is the height of Mountain Fuji?

(A) 11,388 feet
(B) 12,388 feet
(C) 14,388 feet
(D) 19,388 feet

13. Name the Lake in Africa which is famous for the living Jewels __________ a brilliant aquatic menagerie called Cichlids populates this lake.

(A) Lake Malawi
(B) Lake Victoria
(C) Lake Tanganyika
(D) Lake Nasser

14. The Murry and Darling rivers are the major components of a system that draws 410,000 square miles __________ nearly the combined size of France and Spain. They empty into the Indian Ocean. Where are they located?

(A) China
(B) Australia
(C) Brazil
(D) Canada

15. Statue of Liberty is the world's largest metal statue, a tangible Pledge of French. American friendship, and a beacon to immigrants. It stands on the Upper New York Bay. In which year was this statue gifted to America by France?

(A) 1876
(B) 1877
(C) 1878
(D) 1879

16. Name the smallest, flattest and driest continent of the world:

(A) Antarctica
(B) Australia
(C) South America
(D) Africa

17. Name the country that is shaped like a kite, the largest country on the southeast Asian mainland. Though it ranks among the ten poorest nations in the world, it is self-sufficient in food:

(A) Nepal
(B) Bhutan
(C) Burma
(D) Bangladesh

18. Who discovered West Indie?

(A) Vasco da Gama
(B) Christopher Columbus
(C) Captain Cook
(D) Sir Francis Duke

19. Big Apple is the nickname of a city in U.S.A. What is the original name of the city?

(A) New York
(B) Los Angeles
(C) Houston
(D) Washington

20. A Cascade of cutters (Red Crabs) turns the street of this Island red in the Indian Ocean as 120 million forest-dwelling crabs migrate every year to seaside breeding grounds Name the Island.

(A) Christmas Island
(B) Krakatau Island
(C) Nassau Island
(D) Fiji Island

Quiz General Science

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 03:55:00 +0000

1. River Nile is the longest river in the world. Name the two countries through which it passes.

(A) Egypt and Chad
(B) Egypt and Niger
(C) Egypt and Sudan
(D) Egypt and Kenya

2. Where do White Nile and the Blue Nile meet to yield the main river Nile?

(A) Khartoum
(B) Malakal
(C) Cairo
(D) Atbara

3. Name the countries which surround the Lake Victoria in Africa.

(A) Angola, Uganda and Kenya
(B) Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania
(C) Angola, Uganda and Tanzania
(D) Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia

4. Which of the following is not a following is not a sea port in Africa.

(A) Dar-es-Salaam
(B) Maputo
(C) Port Elizabeth
(D) Lusaka

5. Which of the following is the main sea-port of Senegal:

(A) Freetown
(B) Cape Town
(C) Dakar
(D) Conakry

6. What is common among Lagos, Accra and Abid Jan?

(A) All are situated in the Northern hemisphere.
(B) All are landlocked from all sides.
(C) All are sea-ports.
(D) All are the parts of Ghana.

7. Addis Ababa is the capital of which country.

(A) Sudan
(B) Chad
(C) Ethiopia
(D) Kenya

8. Name the two countries through which Congo River passes in Africa.

(A) Congo and Zaire
(B) Congo and Angola
(C) Congo and Gabon
(D) Congo and Cameroon

9. Where is Katanga Plateau located?

(A) In Asia
(B) In Africa
(C) In Europe
(D) In Australia

10. White Nile passes through Sudan, where does the Blue Nile pass through?

(A) Chad
(B) Ethiopia
(C) Libya
(D) Somalia

11. River Mississippi-Missouri of USA empties into:

(A) Atlantic Ocean
(B) Gulf Mexico
(C) Pacific Ocean
(D) North Sea

12. The most massive clock in the world is the astronomical clock in the Cathedral of St.Pierre, Beauvais, Name the country.

(A) Germany
(B) England
(C) France
(D) Austria

13. Name the country which has the world's oldest constitution

(A) England
(B) U.S.A.
(C) Spain
(D) Australia

14. Which of the following is among the seven wonders of the Medieval world?

(A) Great Wall of China
(B) Stonehenge of England
(C) Leaning Tower of Pisa
(D) All the above

15. Name the only American President who won the election consecutively for four terms 1933-1945. He was also the principal mover for the U.N.O.

(A) Abraham Lincoln
(B) John F Kennedy
(C) Franklin D.Roosevelt
(D) Ronald Reagan

16. Vasco Da Gama was the Portuguese explorer who discovered the direct route from Europe to India by sailing around Africa. What was his life span?

(A) 1460-1524 A.D.
(B) 1027-1087 A.D.
(C) 1469-1527 A.D.
(D) 1370-1440 A.D.

17. Name the American scientist who patented more than 1000 inventions.

(A) R.W. Watt
(B) James Watt.
(C) W. Shockley
(D) Thomas Alva Edison

18. Queen Isabella was the Queen of Spain, who financed Christopher Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic to discover, what is now America? What was her life span?

(A) 1451-1504 A.D.
(B) 1351-1403 A.D.
(C) 1251-1304 A.D.
(D) 1151-1204 A.D.

19. At last, the Berlin Wall has fallen apart, and its pieces are now sold as souvenirs.

(A) 1951
(B) 1941
(C) 1961
(D) 1971

20. Where is world's largest gas field located?

(A) Libya
(B) Saudi Arabia
(C) Kuwait
(D) Russia

General Science Quizzes

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 04:09:00 +0000

Find answers to the General Science Quizzes Multiple alternative queries (MCQs) at the bottom of the page.

1. What is the direction of the rotation of Earth around its axis?

(A) From North to South
(B) From East to West
(C) From West to East
(D) From South to North

2. Fuji is the name of a mountain. It is also a dormant volcano. Where is this situated?

(A) Korea
(B) Japan
(C) Indonesia
(D) China

3. Mongolia is land-locked from all sides by Russia and Chine. What is the major agricultural activity of Mongolia?

(A) Wheat growing
(B) Sheep farming
(C) Stock raising
(D) Horticulture

4. Name the country which is separated into two parts by UAE.

(A) Yemen
(B) Bahrain
(C) Oman
(D) Qatar

5. Which of the following "Gulf country" is an Island?

(A) Bahrain
(B) Qatar.
(C) UAE
(D) Kuwait

6. Istanbul is an important city of Turkey. One part of this city is in Europe and the other part is in Asia. What is the name of the sea which separates European and Asian Turkey?

(A) North Sea
(B) Sea of Marmora
(C) Black Sea
(D) Dead Sea

7. Chile is located on the southwest coast of South America. What is the major language of Chile?

(A) English
(B) Spanish
(C) French
(D) German

8. Which one of the following country does not have Spanish as the major language?

(A) Colombia
(B) Panama
(C) Mexico
(D) Brazil

9. Which country is usually called as The Cockpit of Europe?

(A) Germany
(B) Italy
(C) Belgium
(D) Austria

10. Which one of the following countries is biggest in area?

(A) China
(B) U.S.A.
(C) Brazil
(D) Australia

11. Which city of the world is called "city of Seven Hills"?

(A) Pans
(B) Rome
(C) Moscow
(D) Belgrade

12. Which country is called "Sugar Bowl" of the World?

(A) Indonesia
(B) Cuba
(C) Brazil
(D) Pakistan

13. Name the highest mountains in Europe.

(A) Rocky
(B) Andes
(C) Mount Everest
(D) Alps

14. Which part of the world is called "The land of thousand lakes"?

(A) Holland
(B) Finland
(C) Italy
(D) Thailand

15. The coast of which country is known as the "gold coast"?

(A) Nigeria
(B) Chad
(C) Chana
(D) Togo

16. Name the largest lake in West Africa.

(A) Lake Voita
(B) Lake Chad
(C) Lake Kainji
(D) Lake Faguibire

17. Where is copper belt situated

(A) Zimbabwe
(B) Zambia
(C) Nigeria
(D) Kenya

18. Which separates Africa from Asia?

(A) The Red Sea
(B) The Suez Canal
(C) Sinai
(D) The Horn

19. Kalahari is a famous desert in Africa. In Which country it is situated?

(A) Angola
(B) Libya
(C) Nigeria
(D) Botswana

20. What is the major mineral wealth of South Africa?

(A) Petroleum and gas
(B) Oil and iron
(C) Gold and Diamonds
(D) Tin and Nickel

Answers: General Science Quizzes MCQs

1. C
2. B
3. C
4. C
5. A
6. B
7. B
8. D
9. C
10. B
11. B
12. B
13. D
14. B
15. C
16. A
17. B
18. B
19. D
20. C

Science MCQs

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 25 Feb 2017 04:27:00 +0000

Find answers to the Science Multiple alternative queries (MCQs) at the bottom of the page.

1. When does the Summer Solstice occur?

(A) July 21
(B) June 21
(C) April 14
(D) May 20

2. When does the Winter Solstice occur?

(A) December 22
(B) January 21
(C) November 23
(D) October 20

3. The intermediate positions of the Earth in March and September, which are the transitional seasons of spring and autumn respectively, are called equinoxes. When does the autumn equinox occur?

(A) September 20
(B) September 21
(C) September 22
(D) September 23

4. When does the spring equinox occur?

(A) March 19
(B) March 20
(C) March 21
(D) March 22

5. What happens during the Equinoxes?

(A) The Sun shines vertically over the equator.
(B) Length of days and nights are equal all over the world.
(C) Both hemisphere experience the similar seasons.
(D) All the above are correct.

6. What is the name of the mountain in Sri Lanka which is considered sacred to people of all faiths?

(A) Matton Hill
(B) Adam's Peak
(C) Pidrut Alagla
(D) Nuwara Eliya

7. Name the legendary pass that links Pakistan with Afghanistan

(A) Bolan Pass
(B) Chitral Pass
(C) Khyber Pass
(D) Babusar Pass

8. Karakoram Highway is the miracle of mechanical engineering work. Name the two countries which are joined by the highway.

(A) Pakistan and Nepal
(B) Pakistan and China
(C) India and China
(D) Pakistan and Afghanistan

9. Name the river on which the Tarbela Dam is built.

(A) Satluj
(B) Ravi
(C) Jhelum
(D) Indus

10. Chuquicamata, the largest known deposit of copper ore in the world, is on the northern edge of the Atacama desert in:

(A) Mexico
(B) Peru
(C) Chile
(D) Argentina

11. What was once Yugoslavia __________ is now divided into Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Croatia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Vono Dina. These republics are collectively called:

(A) The Irish
(B) The Balkans
(C) The Republicans
(D) The Kurds

12. These seasonal rams are a life bread of half of the world __________ they bring each year both havoc and renewal blessed and cursed, destructive and sustaining. These rains are called:

(A) Torrential
(B) Tropical
(C) Monsoons
(D) Blizzard

13. Name the world's biggest hydropower station which generates about 12,000 MW of electricity.

(A) Yangtze Dam
(B) Brazil's Itaipu Dam
(C) Tarbela Dam
(D) Narmada Dam

14. The power of sunlight captured million of years ago by plants and animals and burned in large deposits under the bed of the Earth, in now being used as a fuel for the production of energy. Name the fuel:

(A) Coal
(B) Petroleum
(C) Natural gas
(D) All the above

15. The Hub Power Project in Pakistan is sponsored by Xenel of Saudi Arabia and a host of other multinationals. It is one of the biggest private power project in Asia and is considered to be trail blazer for other private projects in the region. About how much energy would be produced by this project?

(A) 300 Megawatt
(B) 600 Megawatt
(C) 900 Megawatt
(D) 1200 Megawatt

16. Summer Olympics of 1984, 1988 and 1992 were respectively held at Los Angeles, Seoul and Barcelona. Name the place where Summer Olympics of 1996 were held:

(A) Moscow
(B) Montreal
(C) Atlanta
(D) Beijing

17. Ruby is a precious gemstone. Name a country in South Asia which is famous for the ruby mines:

(A) Pakistan
(B) Myanmar
(C) India
(D) Bhutan

18. What is the name of Bangladesh's major seaport?

(A) Barguna
(B) Dacca
(C) Chittagong
(D) Cox's Bazar

19. Maldives is a beautiful tropical country located in Indian ocean. This country is composed of many islands. About how many islands are present in Maldives?

(A) About 500
(B) About 1000
(C) About 1500
(D) About 2000

20. Siam is an old name of which of following countries?

(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Thailand
(C) Laos
(D) Cambodia

Answers: Science MCQs

1. B
2. A
3. C
4. C
5. D
6. B
7. C
8. B
9. D
10. C
11. B
12. C
13. B
14. D
15. D
16. C
17. B
18. C
19. D
20. B

General Science Quiz

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 04:23:00 +0000

Find answers to the General Science Quiz Multiple alternative queries (MCQs) at the bottom of the page.

1. Which is the oldest University in the world?

(A) Oxford University (England)
(B) Cambridge University (England)
(C) Heidelberg University (Germany)
(D) Al-Azhar University (Egypt)

2. Name the only English speaking country in Latin America.

(A) Honduras
(B) Guatemala
(C) Mexico
(D) Costa Rica

3. Japan is known as the "Land of the rising Sun", which country is called "Land of the midnight Sun."

(A) Sweden
(B) Norway
(C) Finland
(D) Iceland

4. Which Asian Capital is known as the "Venice of the East"?

(A) Bombay (India)
(B) Karachi (Pakistan)
(C) Manila (Philippines)
(D) Bangkok (Thailand)

5. Name the country which is known as the "Playground of Europe."

(A) Switzerland
(B) France
(C) Austria
(D) Italy

6. Name the part of the world which is called the roof of the world.

(A) Mongolia
(B) Tibet
(C) Nepal
(D) China

7. Which geographical parallel divides North and South Korea?

(A) 38th parallel
(B) 37th parallel
(C) 36th parallel
(D) 35th parallel

8. Name the country which leads the world in steel production.

(A) Russia
(B) U.S.A.
(C) France
(D) Canada

9. Which is the southern most state of U.S.A.?

(A) Hawaii
(B) Alaska
(C) Florida
(D) Maine

10. Name the country which has the greatest number of volcanoes in the world.

(A) Japan
(B) Indonesia
(C) Mexico
(D) Ecuador

11. Which state of U.S.A. is called the "Mother of President".

(A) Virginia
(B) California
(C) Washington
(D) Georgia

12. Which one of the following languages is most spoken by the people in the world?

(A) English
(B) Chinese
(C) Hindi
(D) Russian

13. Name the World's highest waterfall.

(A) Lofoi (Zaire)
(B) Tugela (South Africa)
(C) Angel (Venezuela)
(D) Mongefossen (Norway)

14. Name the deepest cave in the World.

(A) Gouffre Jean Bernard (France)
(B) Shneeloch Salzburg area (Austria)
(C) Sima GES Malaga (Spain)
(D) Kelsi (USSR)

15. Name the World's tallest building.

(A) Empire State (New York)
(B) Sears Tower (Chicago)
(C) Standard Oil (Chicago)
(D) World Trade Centre (New York)

16. What is the more exact geographical name for a tableland?

(A) A Hill
(B) A Plateau
(C) A Mountain
(D) A Headland

17. What do Fiji, New Caledonia, Tonga and Samoa have common?

(A) All are volcanoes
(B) All are mountains
(C) All are islands
(D) All are in U.S.A.

18. What is Peninsula?

(A) A narrow neck of land that connects two larger landmasses.
(B) A narrow waterway separating two bits of land.
(C) A tip of land which projects into the sea
(D) A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides.

19. What is the geographical name for land's "end"?

(A) A Cape
(B) A Strait
(C) A Spit
(D) An Island

20. Gorge is a narrow passage through land. Name the largest gorge in the world:

(A) Grand Canyon, U.S.A.
(B) Death Valley
(C) Kashmir Valley
(D) Marble Rocks

Answers: General Science Quiz MCQs

1. D
2. C
3. B
4. D
5. A
6. B
7. A
8. B
9. C
10. B
11. A
12. B
13. C
14. A
15. B
16. B
17. C
18. D
19. A
20. A

Everyday Science MCQs

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 04:17:00 +0000

Find answers to the Everyday Science Multiple alternative queries (MCQs) at the bottom of the page.

1. Which one of the following types of clouds stand lowest from the surface of the Earth?

(A) Altostratus
(B) Cirrostratus
(C) Stratus
(D) Nimbostratus

2. What is approximately the maximum height a cloud can stand and float in the atmosphere?

(A) 20,000 feet
(B) 20,0000 feet
(C) 200 feet
(D) 100 feet

3. Strong winds accompanied with thunder and lightning are known as Thunderstorms. These are generally of local origin, caused by simultaneous heating and cooling. Which one of the following conditions is ideal for the development of a thunderstorm?

(A) Strong convection
(B) High humidity
(C) Increasing temperatures
(D) All the above

4. Cyclone is a storm caused by rotating winds. The word cyclone is derived from the Greek word Kyklos which signifies, amongst other things, the coil of a snake. Which one of the following countries is not more commonly hit by cyclones?

(A) Bangladesh
(B) Libya
(C) Philippines
(D) Australia

5. What factors contribute towards the severity of the cyclone?

(A) Maximum wind speeds.
(B) Pressure deficit
(C) Radius of the eye
(D) All the above

6. Tornadoes are violently rotating, funnel-shaped atmospheric disturbances. The severity of a Tornado can be expressed in terms of the Torro scale used in the U.K., it is based on the extent of the damage caused. Which of the following countries experiences more powerful tornadoes?

(A) U.S.A.
(B) Pakistan
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Canada

7. The Suez Canal, the biggest of its kind lies within the territory of Egypt and was dug across the Isthmus which connects Asia with Africa. This canal was designed and constructed by an engineer named Ferdinand de Lassere. What was the nationality of the engineer?

(A) German
(B) French
(C) English
(D) American

8. When was the Suez Canal opened for traffic?

(A) 1869
(B) 1860
(C) 1865
(D) 1866

9. What is the approximate length of the Suez Canal?

(A) 140 km
(B) 150 km
(C) 160 km
(D) 170 km

10. Which two seas are connected by the Suez Canal?

(A) Caribbean and Red Sea.
(B) Mediterranean and Red Sea.
(C) Mediterranean and Baltic Sea.
(D) North and Baltic Sea.

11. The Panama Canal is another man-made important canal situated in Panama. When was this constructed?

(A) 1914
(B) 1913
(C) 1912
(D) 1911

12. What is the approximate length of the Panama Canal?

(A) 30 miles
(B) 40 miles
(C) 50 miles
(D) 60 miles

13. Which two oceans are connected by the Panama Canal?

(A) Pacific and Indian Ocean.
(B) Pacific and Atlantic Ocean.
(C) Pacific and Artic Ocean.
(D) Atlantic and Indian Ocean.

14. Which one of the following Passes in the northern mountains of Pakistan connects Abbottabad and Gilgit.

(A) The Lawari Pass
(B) The Shandur Pass
(C) The Muztagh Pass
(D) The Babusar Pass

15. Name the largest barrage in Pakistan?

(A) Chasma Barrage
(B) Rasul Barrage
(C) Sukkur Barrage
(D) Qadirabad Barrage

16. What is the colour of the lunar soil?

(A) Bluish
(B) Brownish
(C) Greyish
(D) Yellowish

17. Which city of the world is called as the city of canals?

(A) Lahore (Pakistan)
(B) Venice (Italy)
(C) New York (U.S.A.)
(D) Paris (France)

18. Which city of India is considered the "Mecca of Hindus"?

(A) Bombay
(B) Benares
(C) Delhi
(D) Amritsar

19. Name the world's biggest fresh water lake.

(A) Lake Baikal (Russia)
(B) Great Bear (N. America)
(C) Victoria (Africa)
(D) Eyre (Australia)

20. How do the following personalities come in chronological order? Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Caesar.

(A) Plato, Socrates, Caesar, Aristotle.
(B) Socrates, Caesar, Plato Aristotle.
(C) Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Caesar.
(D) Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Caeasr.

Answers: Everyday Science MCQs

1. C
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. D
6. A
7. B
8. A
9. C
10. B
11. A
12. C
13. B
14. D
15. C
16. C
17. B
18. B
19. A
20. D

Everyday Science Quiz

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 05:14:00 +0000

Find answers to the Everyday Science Quiz Multiple alternative queries (MCQs) at the bottom of the page.

1. The North of a place can be found by different ways. Which of the following is not the method of determining the North?

(A) With the help of the pole star.
(B) By means of Mariner's compass
(C) With the help of vertical rod.
(D) By circumnavigation.

2. The axis of the Earth is inclined at an angle of 66.5^o the horizontal. This is called obliquity of the Earth's axis. Which of the following phenomenon is due to this?

(A) The seasons in the two hemisphere are opposite.
(B) Days and nights are of unequal length.
(C) The altitude of the midday Sun varies at different periods of the year.
(D) All the above are correct.

3. Vertical rays of the sun are hotter than the slanting rays on the surface of the Earth because:

(A) Vertical rays pass through lesser volume of air than the slanting rays.
(B) Vertical rays spread over a smaller area than the slanting rays.
(C) Due to both
(D) Neither due to (a) nor (b)

4. Pressure is represented on maps by joining all places having the same pressure by means of lines. These lines are called:

(A) Isotherms
(B) Isobars
(C) Isotopes
(D) Isomorphs

5. Temperature is represented on maps by joining places having the same average temperature by means of lines. These lines are called:

(A) Isobars
(B) Isohels
(C) Isomorphs
(D) Isotherms

6. The monsoon, the land and sea breezes are examples of what kind of winds?

(A) Constant winds
(B) Variable winds
(C) Periodical winds
(D) Tradewinds

7. The ocean water is never at rest. There are several movements in it. Which one of the following is not a movement of the ocean?

(A) Waves
(B) Bores
(C) Currents
(D) Tides

8. Latitude is the distance of a place north or south of the equator along a meridian. This distance is measured in degrees. Some important latitudes are given below. Which of the following values is not correct?

(A) The latitude of Tropic of Cancer is 23.5^o East.
(B) The latitude of Tropic of Capricorn is 23.5^o South.
(C) The latitude of the Arctic Circle is 66.5^o North.
(D) The latitude of the Antarctic Circle is 66.5^o South.

9. The Earth rotates around its axis once in 24 hours and thus covers 360^o in 24 hours. How much time the Earth takes to cover one degree of latitude?

(A) 4 hours
(B) 4 minutes
(C) 4 half hours
(D) 4 seconds

10. The International Date Line is situated at a longitude of:

(A) 180^o East
(B) 180^o West
(C) Both at (a) and (b)
(D) Neither at (a) and (b)

11. Himalayan, Rockies, Andes and Alps are examples of which of the following kinds of mountains?

(A) Fold mountains
(B) Block mountains
(C) Mountains of accumulation
(D) Mountains of denudation

12. Which of the following is a dormant volcano?

(A) Stromboli
(B) Vesuvius in Italy
(C) Mount Popa in Burma
(D) Krakatoa in East Indies

13. Which one of the following is not the area of heavy rainfall in the world?

(A) The Amazon Valley
(B) Kalahari
(C) Cherrapunji in Khasi Hills
(D) The Congo Valley

14. Which one of the following counties is not included in the region of Monsoons?

(A) Pakistan
(B) India
(C) Saudi Arabia
(D) China

15. There is more than one way in which air of the atmosphere is made to throw off its excess water vapour as rain. Which of the following is not an example of the type of rainfall.

(A) Relief rain
(B) Frontal rain
(C) Convection rain
(D) Wet rain

16. Rainfall is measured in inches by means of a rain-gauge. Rainfall may be recorded on maps by:

(A) Isomorphs
(B) Isohels
(C) Isohyets
(D) None of the above

17. There are bout 3100 cubic miles of water present in the atmosphere in the form of clouds. Clouds are of various kinds and are classified by their height and appearance. Which of the following is not a class of clouds?

(A) Cirrus
(B) Stratus
(C) Cumulus
(D) Frontal

18. Which one of the following class of cloud means "a rain-cloud"?

(A) Nimbus
(B) Cumulus
(C) Stratus
(D) Cirrus

19. Which one of the following types of clouds give the sky a watery appearance.

(A) Altocumulus
(B) Cirrocumulus
(C) Altostratus
(D) Cirrostratus

20. Which one of the following types of clouds stand highest from the surface of the Earth?

(A) Cirrus
(B) Startocumulus
(C) Stratus
(D) Nimbostratus

Answers: Everyday Science Quiz MCQs

1. D
2. D
3. C
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. B
8. A
9. B
10. C
11. A
12. D
13. B
14. C
15. D
16. C
17. D
18. A
19. B
20. A