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When did Dr. Muhammad Yunus win the Nobel Prize?
A. 1996
B. 2006
C. None of these
D. 2009
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Professor Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for pioneering microcredit and social business. [2](https://www.earthna.qa/node/4514)
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A Free Trade Agreement between Pakistan and China was signed on:
A. 24 October 2006
B. 24 November 2006
C. 24 December 2006
D. None of these
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The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Pakistan and China was signed on November 24, 2006, to boost bilateral trade.
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NHA is custodian of 39 national highways / motorways / expressway / strategic routes having a total length of:
A. 11,131 kms
B. 12,131 kms
C. 13,131 kms
D. None of these
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At the time of the 2006 CSS examination, the total road network managed by the National Highway Authority (NHA) was approximately 9,460 km (which later expanded to over 12,000 km and currently exceeds 14,000+ km). None of the exact figures in options (a), (b), or (c) matched the official statistics of that period.
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The Islamic principle that states "actions are judged by intentions" is referred to as:
A. Niyyah
B. Ihsan
C. Taqwa
D. Sabr
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"Niyyah" means intention in Arabic and the hadith "Actions are judged by intentions" refers directly to the importance of niyyah.
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Which script is officially used for writing Sindhi in Pakistan today?
A. Devanagari
B. Roman script
C. Perso-Arabic (modified Arabic) script
D. Gurmukhi
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Sindhi in Pakistan is normally written in a modified Perso-Arabic script with additional letters for Sindhi sounds.
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Which script is primarily used to write Punjabi in Pakistan?
A. Gurmukhi (Sikh script)
B. Devanagari
C. Shahmukhi (Perso‑Arabic script)
D. Romanized Punjabi (Latin script)
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Shahmukhi, a Perso‑Arabic based script written right‑to‑left, is the primary script for Punjabi in Pakistan.
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In the Perso-Arabic script used for Persian, which of the following letters does NOT connect to the following letter (i.e., has no left-joining form)?
A. Alef (ا)
B. Noon (ن)
C. Meem (م)
D. Seen (س)
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Alef is one of the non-connecting letters in Perso-Arabic script and therefore does not join to the following letter.
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Classical Pashto formal poetry often made use of which prosodic system inherited from Arabic and Persian traditions?
A. Free verse (no fixed meter)
B. Arūz (quantitative Arabic–Persian prosody)
C. Vedic syllabic meters
D. Accentual-syllabic meter (stress-timed)
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Many classical Pashto poets adopted the arūz system of quantitative meter from Arabic and Persian poetic tradition for formal compositions.
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Which writing system is traditionally used for standard Pashto?
A. Perso-Arabic script (extended for Pashto)
B. Devanagari script
C. Latin (Roman) script
D. Cyrillic script
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Pashto is written in an extended Perso-Arabic script that includes additional letters to represent Pashto phonemes.
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Which administrative change implemented during the Umayyad period had a lasting impact on governance across their territories?
A. Abolition of all provincial administrations
B. Adoption of Persian as the court language
C. Standardization of Arabic as the official language of administration
D. Introduction of democratic elections for governors
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The Umayyad administration standardized Arabic as the official language for governance and administration, which had long-term institutional effects across their domains.
