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    World General Knowledge MCQs (Solved) Geographical Epithets (Countries and Cities)

    Geographical MCQs (Countries)

    1. Which country is called the ‘Buffer state of Asia’?
    (a) Afghanistan
    (b) Pakistan
    (c) India
    (d) China
    Answer: a

    2. Which country is called ‘Land of fertile fields’?
    (a) Algeria
    (b) Sri Lanka
    (c) Pakistan
    (d) England
    Answer: a

    3. Which country is called ‘Island continent’?
    (a) Austria
    (b) Australia
    (c) US
    (d) England
    Answer: b

    4. Which country is called ‘Land of golden fleece’?
    (a) US
    (b) England
    (c) Australia
    (d) Germany
    Answer: c

    5. Which country is called ‘Remnant of a mighty empire’?
    (a) Australia
    (b) Austria
    (c) India
    (d) Iraq
    Answer: b

    6. Which country is called ‘Isle of June’?
    (a) Bahamas
    (b) Bahrain
    (c) Belgium
    (d) Cuba
    Answer: a

    7. Which country is called ‘Isle of pearls’?
    (a) Egypt
    (b) Iraq
    (c) Iran
    (d) Bahrain
    Answer: d

    8. Which country is called the ‘Land of Golden Fibre’?
    (a) Sri Lanka
    (b) Bangladesh
    (c) Iran
    (d) Pakistan
    Answer: b

    9. Which country is called ‘Cockpit of Europe’?
    (a) Belgium
    (b) Canada
    (c) Colombia
    (d) England
    Answer: a

    10. Which country is called ‘Crossroads of Europe’?
    (a) Belgium
    (b) Canada
    (c) France
    (d) Egypt
    Answer: a

    11. Which country is called ‘Land of lilies’?
    (a) Canada
    (b) Belgium
    (c) Norway
    (d) Sweden
    Answer: a

    12. Which country is called ‘Land of contrasts’?
    (a) Canada
    (b) Cuba
    (c) Colombia
    (d) England
    Answer:. c

    13. Which country is called ‘Pearl of Antilles’?
    (a) England
    (b) Cuba
    (c) Egypt
    (d) Denmark
    Answer: b

    14. Which country is called ‘Homeland of the Viking Empire’?
    (a) Cuba
    (b) England
    (c) Denmark
    (d) US
    Answer: c

    15. Which country is called ‘Gift of the Nile’?
    (a) Iran
    (b) Egypt
    (c) Finland
    (d) Iraq
    Answer: b

    16. Which country is called ‘Land of the Queen of Sheba’?
    (a) Egypt
    (b) Yemen
    (c) Ghana
    (d) Austria
    Answer: b

    17. Which country is called ‘Land of thousand lakes’?
    (a) France
    (b) Finland
    (c) China
    (d) Iraq
    Answer: b

    18. Which country is called ‘Key to the Mediterranean?
    (a) Gibraltar
    (b) Egypt
    (c) Indonesia
    (d) Iraq
    Answer: a

    19. Which country is called ‘Pillars of Hercules’?
    (a) Gibraltar
    (b) China
    (c) Egypt
    (d) Afghanistan
    Answer: a

    20. Which country is called ‘Whiteman’s grave’?
    (a) Guinea
    (b) Haiti
    (c) Iraq
    (d) Afghanistan
    Answer: a

    21. Which country is called ‘Island of Hispaniola?
    (a) Hong Kong
    (b) Haiti
    (c) Iceland
    (d) Malta
    Answer: b

    22. Which is called ‘The sorrow of China’?
    (a) Hwang Hoo
    (b) Beijing
    (c) Peking
    (d) Shangai
    Answer: a

    23. Which country is called ‘Land of thousand islands’?
    (a) China
    (b) Nepal
    (c) Indonesia
    (d) Cyprus
    Answer: c

    24. Which country is called ‘Site of ancient civilisations’?
    (a) Iraq
    (b) Iran
    (c) Egypt
    (d) India
    Answer: a

    25. Which country is called ‘Emerald Island’?
    (a) Japan
    (b) Ireland
    (c) Iraq
    (d) Iran
    Answer: b

    26. Which country is called ‘Great Britain of the Pacific’?
    (a) Ireland
    (b) Japan
    (c) Korea
    (d) China
    Answer: b

    27. Which country is called the ‘Land of rising sun’?
    (a) Japan
    (b) China
    (c) Norway
    (d) Sweden
    Answer:. a

    28. Which country is called the ‘Land of morning calm’?
    (a) China
    (b) South Korea
    (c) Pakistan
    (d) Nepal
    Answer: b

    29. Which country is called the ‘Land of milk and honey’?
    (a) Iran
    (b) Iraq
    (c) Lebanon
    (d) Nepal
    Answer: c

    30. Which country is called the ‘Land of amber’?
    (a) Korea
    (b) Lithuania
    (c) Lebanon
    (d) Nepal
    Answer: b

    31. Which country is called ‘George Cross Island’?
    (a) Korea
    (b) Malta
    (c) China
    (d) Nepal
    Answer: b

    32. Which country is called ‘Land of rice and teak’?
    (a) Myanmar
    (b) Korea
    (c) China
    (d) Nepal
    Answer: a

    33. Which country is called the ‘Land of mountains’?
    (a) US
    (b) Nepal
    (c) China
    (d) Korea
    Answer: b

    34. Which country is called ‘Land of Druk-yul’?
    (a) Korea
    (b) China
    (c) Bhutan
    (d) Malta
    Answer: c

    35. Which country is called the ‘Flower garden of Europe’?
    (a) Netherlands
    (b) Switzerland
    (c) US
    (d) England
    Answer: a

    36. Which country is called the ‘Britain of the South’?
    (a) Norway
    (b) New Zealand
    (c) Canada
    (d) Austria
    Answer: b

    37. Which country is called the ‘Land of Cakes’?
    (a) Scotland
    (b) England
    (c) Netherlands
    (d) None of these
    Answer: a

    38. Which country is called ‘Land of the midnight sun’?
    (a) Sweden
    (b) Norway
    (c) Denmark
    (d) Canada
    Answer: b

    39. Which country is called the ‘Land of pure people’?
    (a) Norway
    (b) Pakistan
    (c) China
    (d) Korea
    Answer: b

    40. Which country is called ‘Horn of Africa’?
    (a) Norway
    (b) China
    (c) Ghana
    (d) Somalia
    Answer: d

    41. Which country is called ‘Switzerland of Africa’?
    (a) Swaziland
    (b) Mozambique
    (c) South Africa
    (d) Somalia
    Answer: a

    42. Which country is called the ‘Playground of Europe’?
    (a) Switzerland
    (b) Thailand
    (c) Egypt
    (d) China
    Answer: a

    43. Which country is called the ‘Land of white elephants’?
    (a) Korea
    (b) Thailand
    (c) US
    (d) Russia
    Answer: b

    44. Which country is called the ‘Land of free people’?
    (a) Thailand
    (b) Korea
    (c) China
    (d) Japan
    Answer: a

    45. Which country is called the ‘Land of Smiles’?
    (a) Thailand
    (b) US
    (c) India
    (d) South Africa
    Answer: a

    Geographical MCQs (Cities)

    46. Which city is called the ‘Granite city’?
    (a) Aberdeen (Scotland)
    (b) London
    (c) Tehran
    (d) Baghdad
    Answer: a

    47. Which city is called the ‘City of Eagles’?
    (a) Sialkot
    (b) Lahore
    (c) Karachi
    (d) None of these
    Answer: a

    48. Which city is called the ‘City of Golden Temple’?
    (a) Amritsar
    (b) Lahore
    (c) Delhi
    (d) Hassanabdal
    Answer: a

    49. Which city is called the ‘City of Water’?
    (a) Venice
    (b) Tehran
    (c) Cairo
    (d) Dhaka
    Answer: a

    50. Which city is called the ‘City of Angels’?
    (a) Los Angeles
    (b) London
    (c) Delhi
    (d) Baghdad
    Answer: a

    51. Which city is called the ‘Gateway to the East’?
    (a) Beirut
    (b) Bangkok
    (c) Amritsar
    (d) Cairo
    Answer: a

    52. Which city is called the ‘Little Pakistan’?
    (a) Jeddah
    (b) Bradford
    (c) Chicago
    (d) Dhaka
    Answer: b

    53. Which city is called the ‘City of bazaars’?
    (a) Cairo
    (b) Chicago
    (c) Dhaka
    (d) Amritsar
    Answer: a

    54. Which city is called the ‘Pyramid city’?
    (a) Chicago
    (b) Cairo
    (c) London
    (d) New York
    Answer: b

    55. Which city is called ‘City of space flights’?
    (a) Cairo
    (b) Lahore
    (c) Cape Kennedy
    (d) London
    Answer: c

    56. Which city is called the ‘Manchester of Pakistan’?
    (a) Lahore
    (b) Karachi
    (c) Faisalabad
    (d) Peshawar
    Answer: c

    57. Which city is called the ‘City of Conferences’?
    (a) Mumbai
    (b) Geneva
    (c) Moscow
    (d) London
    Answer: b

    58. Which city is called ‘City of Rams’?
    (a) Guangzhou
    (b) Multan
    (c) Amritsar
    (d) Colombo
    Answer: a

    59. Which city is called ‘Brasilia of Pakistan’?
    (a) Karachi
    (b) Islamabad
    (c) Faisalabad
    (d) Quetta
    Answer: b

    60. Which city is called the ‘Gateway of Pakistan’?
    (a) Islamabad
    (b) Karachi
    (c) Multan
    (d) Lahore
    Answer: b

    61. Which city is called the ‘City of Canals’?
    (a) Venice
    (b) Paris
    (c) London
    (d) None of these
    Answer: a

    62. Which city is called the ‘City of Palaces’?
    (a) Lahore
    (b) Mexico City
    (c) Kiev
    (d) Paris
    Answer: b

    63. Which city is called ‘Forbidden city’?
    (a) Lhasa
    (b) Moscow
    (c) Rome
    (d) Beruit
    Answer: a

    64. Which city is called the ‘Gateway of India’?
    (a) Mumbai
    (b) Agra
    (c) Kolkata
    (d) Hyderabad
    64. a

    65. Which city is called the ‘City of Cosmonauts’?
    (a) New York
    (b) Moscow
    (c) Lahore
    (d) Karachi
    Answer: b

    66. Which city is called the ‘City of skyscrapers’?
    (a) Washington
    (b) New York
    (c) London
    (d) Rome
    Answer: b

    67. Which city is called the ‘City of eternal spring’?
    (a) New York
    (b) Quito
    (c) Rome
    (d) Paris
    Answer: b

    68. Which city is called the ‘City of Popes’?
    (a) Rome
    (b) Vatican City
    (c) London
    (d) Cairo
    Answer: b

    69. Which city is called the ‘Land of seven hills’?
    (a) Rome
    (b) Venice
    (c) Shiraz
    (d) Baghdad
    Answer: a

    70. Which city is called the ‘The Golden Gate City’?
    (a) San Francisco
    (b) New York
    (c) London
    (d) Venice
    Answer: a

    71. Which city is called the ‘City of roses and nightingales’?
    (a) Shiraz
    (b) Rome
    (c) Mumbai
    (d) New York
    Answer: a

    72. Which city is called the ‘Queen of the Baltic’?
    (a) Rome
    (b) Stockholm
    (c) Paris
    (d) Karachi
    Answer: b

    73. Which city is called the ‘City of Gondolas’?
    (a) Venice
    (b) Rome
    (c) Shiraz
    (d) Lahore
    Answer: A

     

  • General Knowledge about Cities Famous Second Names

    • Brasilia of Pakistan is called to *Islamabad.*
    • City of angles is called to *Bangkok.*
    • City of bazaars is called to *Cairo.*
    • City of colleges is called to *Lahore.*
    • City of conference is called to *Geneva.*
    • City of cosmonauts is called to *Moscow.*
    • City of eternal spring is called to *Quito.*
    • City of golden temple is called to *Amritsar.*
    • City of Golden Gate is called to *San Francisco.*
    • City of mosques is called to *Dhaka.*
    • City of parks is called to *Kiev.*
    • City of pope is called to *Rome.*
    • City of space flights is called to *Cape Kennedy.*
    • Forbidden City is called to *Lahaska.*
    • Gateway to the east is called to *Beirut.*
    • Gateway to the gulf is called to *Abu Dhabi.*
    • Gateway to India is called to *Bombay.*
    • Gateway to Pakistan is called to *Karachi.*
    • Little Pakistan is called to *Bradford.*
    • *Manchester of Pakistan is called to *Faisalabad.*
    • Rose pink city is called to *Jaipur.*
    • Windy city is called to *Chicago.*
    • Lusitanian is the alternative name of *Portugal.*
    • Emerald Island is called to *Ireland.*
    • Land of Prophets is called to *Palestine.*
    • *Yellow River* is known as China’s Sorrow because of devastating floods.
    • Gibraltar of the west is said to *Quebec.*
    • Zambia is known as *”country of Copper”*
    • Albania means *the “Land of Eagles”.*
    • Argentian means *“Like Silver”.*
    • Bahrain means *two seas*.
    • Brazil means
    *“Red wood”.*
    • Costa Rica means
    *“Rich coast”.*
    • Cyprus means
    *“Land of copper”.*
    • Guuatnemala mean
    *“Land of Eagles”.*
    • Jamaica means
    *“Good water”.*
    • Kuwait means
    *“Fort”.*
    • Liberia means
    *“Land of free people”.*
    • Netherlands means
    *“low land”.*
    • Nigeria means
    *“A great river”.*
    • Sierra Leone means
    *“Lion Mountains”.*
    • Singapore means
    *”city of lions”.*
    • Sudan means
    *“Land of black people”.*
    • Which country is popularly called ‘The Land of the Maple Leaf’?
    *Canada*
    • Mistress of the Eastern Seas is epithet referred to *Sri Lanka.*
    • Hong Kong is called as *Pearl

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    100 Questions & Answers About Asia

    100 Questions & Answers About Asia

    1. Highest mountain of world ‘Mount Everest’ is located in continent – Asia

    2. Out of seven continents, continent Asia shares its East border with – Ural Mountains

    3. Longest river in Asia Continent is – Yangtze of China

    4. Country in Asia continent which is known as ‘Land of golden fiber’ is – Bangladesh

    5. Out of seven continents, continent Asia shares its West border with – Pacific Ocean

    6. What is the capital of the Republic of the Philippines? – Manila

    7. Where can you find Mayon Volcano? – Albay

    8. What is the main religion in Malaysia? – Islam

    9. What is the national sport in Thailand? – Thai Boxing

    10. What country is in south of Malaysia? – Singapore

    11. In a country of over 1,900 islands, but with a land area of only one percent of its total
    territory, which of these is one of the Maldives’ most important industries? – Tourism

    12. The wildlife of Iran used to include an animal which is now extinct. Which of these used to
    roam the northern regions of Iran? – Caspian tiger

    13. The city of Rajshahi is an important center in the production of a natural fiber that comes
    from a certain worm. What is the nickname of the city that comes from this association? – Silk City

    14. India is bound on the north by a range of snow-capped mountains, which boast some of the
    world’s highest peaks. What is the name of this mountain range, also considered to be the
    world’s youngest? – The Himalayas

    15. Which of these cities is in Vietnam? Pyonggang, Nam Dinh, Battambang or Alor Setar? – Nam Dinh

    16. Which Asian city was awarded the honour of holding the 2014 winter Olympic games? – Sochi, Russia

    17. Which of these IS an Asian city? Dushanbe, Moscow, Bucharest or Cairo? – Dushanbe

    18. Which of these cities is in Sri Lanka? Thimpu, Islambad, Kabul or Colombo? – Colombo

    19. Which city is just across the Bering Strait from Alaska, U.S.A.? – Uelen

    20. Which Asian city is in a country that is in both Europe and Asia? – Novosibirsk

    21. Mary (Mur-ree) is a city in – Turkmenistan

    22. Which is the only city that is also a country in Asia? –

    23. ________ city is the largest city (and former capital) of Kazakhstan – Almaty

    24. Which city is capital of West Java province in Indonesia? – Bandung

    25. _____________ city is principal port of Bangladesh, and is the country´s second largest city – Chittagong

    26. Which city is the capital of Syria? – Damascus

    27. Which city was capital of Persia 1598-1722? – Esfahan

    28. ___________ city was known before 1980 as Lyallpur – Faisalabad

    29. The city which is capital of Guangdong province, China – Guangzhou

    30. Whart is the capital of Vietnam? – Hanoi

    31. ________________is third largest city of Turkey and was formerly known as Smyrna – Izmir

    32. What is the capital of Indonesia? – Jakarta

    33. What is the capital of Afghanistan? – Kabul

    34. Which city is capital of Punjab province in Pakistan? – Lahore

    35. This city is capital of Khorasan province, Iran – Mashhad

    36. Russian city which was formerly known as Novonikolaevsk – Novosibirsk

    37. This Japanese city was formerly known as Naniwa. It is the center the Hanshin area, which is the most important industrial area in Japan – Osaka

    38. _______ city is capital of North Korea – Pyongyang

    39. The former name of Bishkek – Frunze

    40. The former name of Gyumri – Leninakan

    41. The city which is part of Kiaochow territory occupied by Germany in 1897 and leased to Germany for 99 years in 1898 – Qingdao

    42. The capital of Saudi Arabia is – Riyadh

    43. _____________city is capital of East Java province, Indonesia – Surabaya

    44. What is the capital of Uzbekistan – Tashkent

    45. Which city is also known as Benares? – Varanasi

    46. Which Chinese city was formed in 1950 by the consolidation of Hankow, Hanyang and Wuchang – Wuhan

    47. ___________ is the capital of Shaanxi province, China – Xian

    48. The city which contains Japan´s major port and the country´s second largest is – Yokohama

    49. What is the capital of Henan province, China – Zhengzhou

    50. The people in this capital city in South Asia live in houses made of coral. The city is
    located on an island – Male

    51. The former name of the city Yangon is – Rangoon

    52. Which Indian city is the capital of two Indian states but it itself is under the rule of the
    Central Government – Chandigarh

    53. What city was the capital of Pakistan from 1947 to 1959? – Karachi

    54. In what city were 1000 British troops and their families killed by freedom fighters during the Indian revolt of 1857? – Kanpur

    55. The former name of Banda Aceh – Kutaraja

    56. The former name of Yekaterinburg – Sverdlovsk

    57. Which was the second largest city in Sri Lanka? – Kotte

    58. The name of the city which is also means ‘Canopy of Wood’ – Kathmandu

    59. The headquarters of the fifth largest army in the world is in which of these cities? New
    Delhi, Bangalore or Rawalpindi? – Rawalpindi

    60. What is the only City in South-Asia which has French as an official language – Pondicherry

    61. When King Charles II of Great Britain married a Portuguese princess, she brought this city
    with her as dowry – Mumbai (Bombay)

    62. The former name of the city Dalian is – Dairen

    63. The former name of Xiamen – Amoy

    64. The former name of Makassar – Ujung Pandang

    65. The largest island in Iran? – Qeshm

    66. The largest island in Oman? – Masirah

    67. The former name of Jayapura – Hollandia

    68. The former name of Kota Kinabalu – Jesselton

    69. The former name of Jakarta – Batavia

    70. The former name of Bandar Seri Begawan – Brunei Town

    71. Which is the name of a city in both India and Pakistan? – Hyderabad

    72. The former name of Astana – Tselinograd

    73. Name the biggest island in Japan? – Honshu

    74. The biggest island in India? – Middle Andaman

    75. The former name of Bandar Khomeyni is – Bandar Shahpur

    76. The former name of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk is – Toyohara

    77. What is the name of the former principality that was located between Nepal and Bhutan? – Sikkim

    78. The mouth of the Ganges river can be found within what country? – Bangladesh

    79. What is the largest island in Asia? – Borneo

    80. How many of the top ten most populated countries of the world are located, at least partly,
    in Asia? – 7

    81. Which country shares the longest continuous border with China? – Mongolia

    82. Which central Asian country, with the cities of Tashkent and Namangan, is one of the two
    doubly landlocked countries in the world? – Uzbekistan

    83. Which eastern/central Asian country, bordering China, is one of the least densely populated
    countries in the world? – Mongolia

    84. Which country, spanning two continents, has identified the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or
    PKK, as a terrorist group? – Turkey

    85. Which country, which has the city of Surabaya, also has land on the 2nd largest island on
    the planet? – Indonesia

    86. The former name of Shenyang is – Mukden

    87. The former name of Guangzhou – Canton

    88. What island country, south of Taiwan, has a major religion of Roman Catholicism, and is
    prone to typhoons because of its location? – Philippines

    89. What teardrop shaped island country has maritime borders with the Maldives, and another
    country to its north? – Sri Lanka

    90. What southeast Asian country is home to the Tonle Sap lake, a lake which floods to over
    five times its size during the monsoon season? – Cambodia

    91. Which extremely populated country has constituted a one-child policy in order to control
    its population? – China
    92. The former name of Vladikavkaz – Ordzhonikidze

    93. The former name of Ganca, or Gandzha is – Kirovabad

    94. Which very densely populated country separated from Pakistan in 1971? – Bangladesh

    95. Which industrialized country has the largest metropolitan area in the world, and has more
    than 6,000 islands? – Japan

    96. Biggest island in China? (excluding Taiwan which is claimed by China) – Hainan

    97. What is the largest island in South Korea? – Cheju

    98. Which is the largest island in Philippines? – Luzon

    99. The former name of Khudzhand – Leninabad

    100. Name the largest island in Thailand – Phuket

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    Unique 100 General Knowledge Questions & Answers

    Unique 100 General Knowledge Questions & Answers

    1. Which British actor who starred as Jimmy in the film Quadrophenia later appeared in Blur’s video for the single Parklife? – Phil Daniels


    2. Which Argentinian striker is Barcelona’s all-time leading goalscorer? – Lionel Messi


    3. In the video game Dark Souls, one of the locations in the game, Anor Londo is heavily based on which Milan landmark? – Milan Cathedral


    4. Planned and begun in 1850 by King Maximilian II of Bavaria, Maximilianstrasse is a major shopping district in which German city? – Munich


    5. Wise, methodical detective Lester Freamon is a fictional character in which TV series? – The Wire


    6. Which Europe’s most southerly capital city? – Nicosia, Cyprus


    7. Clark Kent is the real name of which superhero? – Superman


    8. The film Grease was mostly filmed in which US state? – California


    9. Which Irish writer and clergyman wrote Gulliver’s Travels? – Jonathan Swift


    10. The largest tower located OUTSIDE of London in the United Kingdom is found in which English city? – Portsmouth(Spinnaker Tower)


    11. Which Hollywood, California born actor is known for starring in films including Inception, The Wolf of Wall Street and The Departed, amongst others? – Leonardo DiCaprio


    12. Who was the Greek god of the Sea? – Poseidon


    13. Which soul singer enjoyed fleeting success in the UK as the first winner of the TV series X-Factor? – Steve Brookstein


    14. Which is the only country to have taken part in every football World Cup finals? – Brazil


    15. Charles Darwin features on which British bank note? – Ten pound note


    16. How old was Frodo when he came of age in the book Fellowship of the Rings? – 33 years old


    17. Which former American Footballer when on to play Apollo Creed in the Rocky film series? – Carl Weathers


    18. What is the relationship between Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Beatrice of York? – Grandmother-granddaughter


    19. What is the name of the founder of the company Amazon who later went on to purchase The Washington Post newspaper? – Jeff Bezos


    20. Which Spanish region is known for the Tempranillo black grape wine variety? – Rioja


    21. Which actress won the 1981 Academy Award for Best Actress aged seventy-four for her role in the film On a Golden Pond? – Katharine Hepburn


    22. Which is the only inanimate sign of the zodiac? – Libra


    23. What was the name of The Jam’s debut album, released in 1977, that shared its name with a hit single on the album? – In The City


    24. Since 1987, which Tennis Grand Slam tournament has been the fourth and final in the tennis calendar? – US Open


    25. Nelson’s Column is a monument in which London square? – Trafalgar Square


    26. Which Oasis song opens with the lyrics ‘Today is gonna be the day’? – Wonderwall


    27. Where was playwright Oscar Wilde born in October 1854? – Dublin, Ireland


    28. Which is the largest moon of the planet Saturn, by diameter? – Titan


    29. Bella Swan (later Bella Cullan) is a character in which film series? – The Twilight Saga


    30. At 119 miles long, what is the name of Scotland’s longest river? – River Tay


    31. The Bolshoi Ballet is based in which city? – Moscow


    32. Charleroi is a city in which northern European county? – Belgium


    33. What colour is the distinctive King of the Mountains jersey in cycling’s Tour de France? –Red polka dots on white


    34. Sharon Osbourne, wife of aging rocker Ozzy, was a judge on which TV music program? – X-Factor


    35. In a game of cricket, how many runs are awarded for hitting the ball over the boundary rope without bouncing? – Six runs


    36. What is the name of the branch of medicine that focuses on eyesight? – Optometry


    37. Which silent film starring Jean Dujardin won the Best Film Oscar in 2011? – The Artist


    38. William Shakespeare was born in which English market town? – Stratford-upon-Avon


    39. The Baggies is the nickname of which English football club? – West Bromwich Albion


    40. Prior to join the Euro and taking it’s name from the Greek verb ‘to grasp’, what was the former currency of Greece? – Drachma


    41. Which country has the most football clubs? – South Africa


    42. Where was the first nuclear reactor built? – The USA


    43. Which brewery invented the widget for the beer can? – Guinness


    44. Which is the only mammal that able to kneel on all fours? – Elephant


    45. Who designed the Statue of Liberty? – Bartholdi


    46. Which country is Santiago the capital of? – Chile

    47. What is the name of the dog in the ‘Back to the Future’ films? – Einstein


    48. Who was the first female governor of India? – Sarojini Naidu


    49. Who wrote the music for West Side Story? – Bernstein


    50. Which is the largest species of crocodile? – Saltwater


    51. During which year did the Apple iPhone first go on sale? – 2007


    52. What was the nationality of the famous 18th century poet Robert Burns? – Scottish


    53. Where did King Arthur hold court? – Camelot


    54. In which year was Michael Jackson’s song Thriller released? – 1982


    55. Which sign of the zodiac is represented by the scales? – Libra


    56. Which country was Arnold Schwarzenegger born in? – Austria


    57. What is the name of Washington’s active stratovolcano? – Mount St. Helen


    58. Which nuts are used to make marzipan? – Almonds


    59. What is the name given to a skydiver’s canopy? – A parachute


    60. What type of shark was Jaws? – A great white


    61. How many consonants are there in the English Alphabet? – 21 consonants


    62. In which country were ‘The Lord of the Rings’ movies filmed? – New Zealand


    63. What do the stripes of the US flag represent? – The 13 original colonies of the United States (sign of uniting as one)


    64. True or false: the diameter is half of the radius? – False: the radius is half of the diameter


    65. Which is the only English football team to play in the Scottish league? – Berwick Rangers


    66. Which character did Clark Gable play in Gone With The Wind? – Rhett Butler


    67. Which Roman numerals represent the number 40? – XL


    68. Which word can come before: moon, house and time? – Full


    69. What religion does a Rabi belong too? – Jewish


    70. How many hours are there in one full week? – 168 hours


    71. Which English actor starred in Gangs of New York and Lincoln? – Daniel Day Lewis


    72. Who was the president of the United States in 2000? – Bill Clinton


    73. What is the largest country in Great Britain? – England


    74. What theory did the scientist Charles Darwin help to develop? – The theory of evolution


    75. What ‘M’ is a popular egg white dessert? – Meringue


    76. How many known planets are there in our solar system? – Eight


    77. Canberra is the capital city of which country? – Australia

    78. What is an obtuse angle? – An angle measuring between 90 and 180 degrees


    79. What was the name of Moses’ brother? – Aaron


    80. Who sang the 2015 hit song ‘All About That Bass’? – Meghan Trainor


    81. Three countries of the world begin with the letter J, can you name them all? – Jamaica, Japan, Jordan


    82. Which 2015 movie features a song called ‘Writing’s on the Wall’ by Sam Smith? – Spectre (James Bond)


    83. Beginning with the fastest first, put the following body features in order of growth rate: finger nails, toe nails, hair? – Hair, finger nails, toe nails


    84. In medieval legend, what name was given to the cup from which Jesus drank from at the Last Supper? – Grail (The Holy Grail)


    85. Does the British noble title Viscount rank above or below a Baron? – Above


    86. Which solar system planet experiences the hottest surface temperature? – Venus


    87. Which George Michael song begins with the lyrics, ‘I feel so unsure, As I take your hand and lead you to the dance floor’? – Careless Whisper


    88. In 1912, which ocean did RMS Titanic sink in? – Atlantic Ocean (North Atlantic)


    89. What film series stars Marlon Brando and Al Pacino as leaders of a New York Mafia family? – The Godfather


    90. What traditional Easter cake is toasted and decorated with 11 to 12 marzipan balls? – Simnel Cake


    91. What type of animals make up the biggest group of amphibians? – Frogs


    92. Which naturalist wrote ‘The Voyage of the Beagle’? – Charles Darwin


    93. The inauguration of which American President took place on January 20, 2009? – Barack Obama


    94. Can you unscramble the following word to reveal the name of a hormone produced by the pancreas: NNLUSII? – Insulin


    95. What was the first fully animated feature film released by Walt Disney? – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)


    96. Which Asian country was formerly named Ceylon? – Sri Lanka


    97. What type of gas primarily forms the Earth’s atmosphere? – Nitrogen


    98. What is the opposite of nocturnal? – Diurnal


    99. Which Winter Olympic event combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting? – The biathlon


    100. Who plays Jack Bauer in the American television series 24? – Kiefer Sutherland

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    Day by Day Current Affairs (August 29, 2018)

     August 29, 2018; National Current Affairs

    1. Cabinet forms six bodies to execute reforms agenda
    • In a move to implement its 100-day plan of `change`, the federal cabinet on August 28, 2018 set up six committees to introduce reforms in different sectors and to carve out a new province from Punjab, besides appointing the Intelligence Bureau (IB) director general and the head of National Counterterrorism Authority (Nacta).
    • The cabinet meeting, which was chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, also decided to expedite the process of the merger of the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
    • The cabinet decided to appoint Nacta chairman Dr Mohammad Suleman Khan (a grade-22 officer of the police service) as IB director general, while commandant of the National Police Academy Mehr Khalig Dad Lak, also a grade 22 officer, has been appointed as Nacta chairman in his place.
    • Another task force was formed on National Accountability Bureau (NAB) law reforms with main focus to retrieve national wealth laundered to other countries. Another task force constituted on Criminal Procedure Code reforms was asked to give its recommendations within 90 days to address the problems being faced by antiterrorism courts.
    • Other task forces were set up for introducing austerity measures, reforms in civil services /federal government restructuring, civil laws and the health sector.
    • One of the important decisions made in the meeting was that the government would not remove any official working on a contractual basis.
    1. Pakistan, India to begin talks on water disputes today
    • A nine-member delegation led by the Indian water commissioner arrived on August 28, 2018 for talks with their Pakistani counterparts on water disputes on the platform of the Pakistan-India Permanent Indus Commission.
    • Pakistan Water Commissioner Syed Mohammad Mehar Ali Shah welcomed the delegation, headed by Indian Water Commissioner Pradeep Kumar Saxena, at the Wagah border.
    • The two-day deliberations on water disputes will begin on August 29, 2018 (today). The talks will be held at the offices of the National Engineering Services of Pakistan (Nespak) in Lahore.
    • The Indian team was earlier supposed to arrive here for talks in July but the visit was rescheduled in view of the July 25 general elections.
    • The water commissioners of the neighbouring countries are required to meet twice a year and arrange technical visits to projects` sites and critical river headworks.
    • A government official said they would raise their concerns over the construction of 1,000MW Pakal Dul and 48MW Lower Kalnal hydroelectric projects on the River Chenab by New Delhi, ignoring Islamabad`s objections to their designs.
    1. Senate panel okays idea of criminalising enforced disappearances
    • A Senate committee on August 28, 2018 approved the idea of criminalising enforced disappearances.
    • Chairman of the Senate`s Functional Committee on Human Rights Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar gave the Ministry ofHuman Rights a month to engage all stakeholders to draft a bill for criminalising enforced disappearances and making it a punishable offence.
    • The directive came after the Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances, retired Justice Javed Iqbal, urged the committee to goforlegalsanctions torecover all missing persons. The meeting was informed that at presentallcases ofenforced disappearances were registered under Section 365 of the penal code which dealt with kidnapping.
    1. FBR gets new chief
    • The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government on August 28, 2018 posted a senior officer of Pakistan Administration Services (PAS), Dr Muhammad Jehanzeb Khan, as chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).
    • Mr Khan has also been given the additional post of secretary Revenue Division.
    • The outgoing FBR head, Ms Rukhsana Yasmin, who was posted as the first woman chairperson of the board on July 2 by the interim government, currently awaits directives on her new posting.
    • Dr Jehanzeb has served in Punjab for 10 years. He was serving as the secretary Board of Investment after being transferred by interim provincial government.
    • Previously, he has served as the chairman Planning and Development Board during the PML-N government.
    • PTI has emerged as the third consecutive party after PPP and PML-N to have posted non-tax officers from PAS to head FBR right at the start of their respective terms.
    • The PPP government had posted PAS officers including Sohail Ahmed, followed by Salman Siddique as chairmen FBR, while the PML-N government followed the previous government`s tradition when it posted Tariq Bajwa, a senior officer of PAS as chairman FBR.
    1. `2.2m abortions per year indicate unmet contraceptive demand`
    • A representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on August 28, 2018 said 2.2 million abortions were carried out in Pakistan every year which clearly showed that there was an unmet demand for contraceptives in the country.
    • `Imagine how difficult it would be for a woman in Pakistan to go for an abortion. It shows that she did not want pregnancy but we failed to provide her the contraceptive. It is not acceptable at all and we need to do something to avoid such pregnancies,` Dr Hassan Mohtashami said at the launch of Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (PDHS). The survey was conducted by the National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS).
    • Dr Mohtashami said though Pakistan maynot achieve the commitment of family planning by 2020 it was not about an international commitment rather about the health of women.
    • As many as 34pc women were using any kind of contraceptives. The use of modern contraceptives was highest in Islamabad and lowest in Balochistan. The trend of unmet need for family planning has decreased from 31pc (in 1990) to 17pc. Under-five mortality rate is 74 per 1,000 children and the infant mortality rate is 62 per 1,000 live births. Around 66pc children received all vaccines and only four per cent did not get any vaccine.
    1. `Education, health emergency` in Balochistan
    • The Balochis tan government has decided to impose health and education emergency in the province and bring maximum entities in tax net through widening the working of the Balochistan Revenue Authority to increase provincial financial resources for reducing deficit of the current budget.
    • These decisions were made in the maiden meeting of the six-party alliance coalition`s cabinet here on August 28, 2018, which lasted for several hours with Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani in the Chair.
    • The newly inducted minister, Zahoor Ahmed Buledi, announced the decisions after the cabinet meeting.

    August 29, 2018; International Current Affairs

    1. Russia to hold biggest exercises since Cold War
    • Russia will next month hold its biggest war games since the fall of the Soviet Union, Defence Minister Sergei Sholgu said on August 28, 2018, a massive military exercise that will also involve the Chinese and Mongolian armies.
    • The exercise, called Vostok-2018 (East-2018), will take place in central and eastern Russian military districts and involve almost 300,000 troops, more than 1,000 military aircraft, two of Russia`s naval fleets, and all of its airborne units, Shoigu said in a statement.
    • The manoeuvres will take place at a time of heightened tension between the West and Russia, which is concerned about what it says is an unjustified build-up of the Nato military alliance on its western flank.
    • Nato says it has beefed up its forces in eastern Europe to deter potential Russian military action after Moscow annexed Ukraine`s Crimea in 2014 and backed a pro-Russian uprising in eastern Ukraine.
    1. American poet Sonia Sanchez wins $100,000 prize
    • Poet and author Sonia Sanchez has won a $100,000 lifetime achievement prize. The Academy of American Poets announced on August 28, 2018 that Sanchez is this year’s winner of the Wallace Stevens Award. Sanchez, 83, is known for such collections as Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems.
    • Also on August 28, 2018, five young poets received fellowships worth more than $25,000 apiece.
    • On August 28, 2018, the Poetry Foundation’s Poetry Magazine announced this year’s winners of the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship. The poets are Safia Elhillo, Hieu Minh Nguyen, Sam Sax, Natalie Scenters-Zapico, and Paul Tran. With prize money totaling $129,000, each will be given $25,800.
    • The fellowship was started in 1989. Winners must be between age 21 and 31 and the money is meant to give them time to write and study poetry. Work from each of the five winners will appear in the December issue of Poetry Magazine.

    August 29, 2018; Sports Current Affairs

    1. Pakistan down arch-rivals India in volleyball, thrash BD in hockey
    • Of the three victories for Pakistan at the Asian Games on August 28, 2018, there was little doubt that the one by the volleyball team was the sweetest.
    • After all this was against arch-rivals India, even if it was a 9-12th place playoff.
    • On a day when the hockey team produced yet another commanding performance, recording their fifth straight win, and the squash team won its third consecutive match, it was the 3-1 volleyball victory over India that was most celebrated.
    • In a contest lasting 100 minutes, Pakistan came back from a set down to win 21-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-23 and will now face China in a 7-10th place playoff.
    • Pakistan closed their Pool `B` campaign in hockey with a perfect record after another big win, thrashing Bangladesh 5-0 to set up asemi-final against Japan on August 30, 2018. Atig Arshad and Mubashar Ali both scored two goals each while Ali Shan added the other goal.
    1. PCB unveils dates of Australia, NZ series in UAE
    • Australia will play their first Test since the infamous ball-tampering saga on the ill-fated tour of South Africa last March when Pakistan host them in the United Arab Emirates in a two-match series from Oct 7 besides three Twenty20 Internationals.
    • New Zealand then arrive in the UAE to take on Pakistan in three Tests, three One-day Internationals, and as many Twenty20 Internationals.
    • According to the schedule announced on August 28, 2018 by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Australia open their tour with a four-day first-class fixture against Pakistan `A` at the ICC Academy in Dubai.
    • Pakistan, who are currently the top ranked side in the shortest format, would be playing six T20 Internationals in the space of 12 days since they also host New Zealand in three matches from Oct 31 to Nov 4.
    • The forthcoming months are probably Pakistan`s busiest in the lead-up to the 2019 ICC World Cup in England because Sarfraz Ahmed`s men kickstart the international season with the Asia Cup in the UAE from Sept 15 before playing Australia and New Zealand.
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    NTS Pak Current Affairs MCQs With Answers

    1. Due to which militant group, Iran threatened Pakistan that they would hit bases of Militants inside Pakistan?
    A. ISIS
    B. Lashkar-e-Taiba
    C. Jaish-al-Adl
    D. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan

    Answer: Option C

    2. How many members joint investigation team (JIT) formed by Sup¬reme Court?
    A. 4 members (JIT) team
    B. 6 members (JIT) team
    C. 7 members (JIT) team
    D. None of these

    Answer: Option B

    3. Name the Head of Joint investigation team (JIT) to probe Panama case?
    A. Wajid Zia (FIA)
    B. Brigadier Muhammad Nauman Saeed (ISI)
    C. Brigadier Kamran Khurshid (MI).
    D. Irfan Naeem Mangi (NAB).

    Answer: Option A

    4. Who is the current IG of Islamabad Police?
    A. Ahmed Khan
    B. Muhammad Khalid Khattak
    C. Tahir Masood Yasin
    D. Sikandar Hayat

    Answer: Option B

    5. Who is the current IG of Balochistan Police?
    A. Mr. Tariq Umar Khittab
    B. Mr. Mushtaq Ahmed Sukhera
    C. Rao Amin Hashim
    D. Mr. Ahsan Mehboob

    Answer: Option D

    6. Who is the Current IG of Punjab Police?
    A. Mushtaq Sukhera
    B. Usman Khattak
    C. Arif Nawaz
    D. Ameen Venus

    Answer: Option B

    7. Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. Special Forces during raid in Abbottabad on____________?
    A. 2nd May 2010
    B. 3rd May 2010
    C. 2nd May 2011
    D. 3rd May 2011

    Answer: Option C

    8. Name the Pakistani Cricket player who announced his retirement from Test cricket in April-2017?
    A. Younas Khan
    B. Shahid Khan Afridi
    C. Misbah Ul Haq
    D. Mohammed Yousaf

    Answer: Option C

    9. Name the Imam-i-Kaaba who was invited by Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) for Centenary celebrations on 6th April 2017?
    A. Hassan Al Bukhari
    B. Ahmad Mohammad Al al-Abbas
    C. Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
    D. Sheikh Saleh bin Muhammad Bin Talib

    Answer: Option D

    10. Who is the current IG of Sindh police?
    A. Allah Dino Khowaja
    B. Ghulam Hyder Jamali
    C. Nasir Khan Durrani
    D. Shahid Nadeem Baloch

    Answer: Option A

    11. Who is the current IG of KPK police?
    A. Ihsan Ghani
    B. Salahuddin Mehsud
    C. Nasir Khan Durrani
    D. Ali Ahmed

    Answer: Option B

    12. State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will issue a Coin in Recognition of Edhi’s services on March 31 2017, will worth Rs___________?
    A. RS 30
    B. RS 40
    C. RS 50
    D. RS 60

    Answer: Option C

    13. Name the First Woman Chief Executive Officer and President of of a Major Pakistani Bank?
    A. JEHAN ARA
    B. SALAINA HAROON
    C. SABEEN MAHMOOD
    D. SIMA KAMIL

    Answer: Option D

    14. Who is the current Chief Justice of Sindh High Court?
    A. Justice Ahmed Ali M. Sheikh
    B. Justice Sajjad Ali Shah
    C. Justice Faisal Arab
    D. Justice Maqbool Baqar

    Answer: Option A

    15. Sixth population census Started on 15th March 2017, which is being carried out after___________years?
    A. 17 Years
    B. 18 Years
    C. 19 Years
    D. 20 Years

    Answer: Option C

    16. Who won Pakistan Super League 2017?
    A. Peshawar Zalmi
    B. Quetta Gladiators
    C. Karachi Kings
    D. Islamabad United

    Answer: Option A

    17. Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad means ______________?
    A. Path to Salvation
    B. Elimination of discord
    C. Sharp and cutting strike
    D. None of these

    Answer: Option B

    18. Pakistan Army on launched ‘Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad’ across the country on ______________?
    A. 13th Jan 2017
    B. 2nd Feb 2017
    C. 15th Feb 2017
    D. 22nd Feb 2017

    Answer: Option D

    19. Which country boycotts South Asian Speakers’ summit-2017 ?
    A. Pakistan
    B. Nepal
    C. Maldives
    D. Sri Lanka

    Answer: Option A

    20. South Asian Speakers’ Summit-2017 19-20 Feb 2017 will be held in___________?
    A. Colombo, Sri Lanka
    B. Kathmandu, Nepa
    C. Indore, India
    D. Male, Maldives

    Answer: Option C

    21. Who is Newly appointed Ambassador of Pakistan to USA?
    A. Jalil Abbas Jilani
    B. Tahmina Janjua
    C. Aizaz Chaudhary
    D. Nafees Zakria

    Answer: Option C

    22. Who is currently appointed as adviser to the prime minister on aviation PIA?
    A. Zafar Iqbal Jahgra
    B. Azam Shigal
    C. Tariq Fatmi
    D. Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan

    Answer: Option D

    23. The 13th Meeting of the ECO Heads of State/Government on 1st March 2017 will be hosted by__________?
    A. Pakistan
    B. Turkey
    C. Iran
    D. China

    Answer: Option A

    24. Which team has won blind cricket T-20 world cup-on 12 february 2017 in India?
    A. Pakistan
    B. Australia
    C. India
    D. West Indies

    Answer: Option C

    25. How many countries had participated in conducting international naval exercise ‘Aman-17’ in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Karachi on 10 to 14 February-2017?
    A. 21
    B. 38
    C. 27
    D. 17

    Answer: Option B

    26. Bhikki Power Plant, district Sheikhupura has installed capacity of__________?
    A. 1180 MW
    B. 1320 MW
    C. 480 MW
    D. 1480 MW

    Answer: Option A

    27. Which Renowned Pakistani novelist passes away on 4th February -2017 at the age of 88 years?
    A. Fatima Surayya Bajia
    B. Razia Butt
    C. Bano Qudsia
    D. Parveen Shakir

    Answer: Option C

    28. Ex PM Nawaz Shairf has inaugurated 75-km long section of Karachi-Hyderabad motorway(total length would be 136 KM) on 3rd February-2017 it is?
    A. M8 Motorway
    B. M9 Motorway
    C. M12 Motorway
    D. M4 Motorway

    Answer: Option B

    29. Current Deputy Chairman Senate is____________?
    A. Mufti Muneeb ur Rehman
    B. Marvi Memon
    C. Moulana Abdul Gafoor Haidri
    D. Faisal Kareem Kundi

    Answer: Option C

    30. Current Chairman Senate is___________?
    A. Ayaz Sadiq
    B. Khrsheed Shah
    C. Aitzaz Ehsan
    D. Raza Rabbani

    Answer: Option D

    31. Who became the first Pakistani Women bowler from the country in Women ODIs to take 100 wickets in One-day International?
    A. Sana Mir
    B. Anam Amin
    C. Asmavia Iqbal
    D. Bismah Maroof

    Answer: Option A

    32. Current Governor Sindh is _______________?
    A. Murad Ali Shah
    B. Dr. Ishratul Ebad
    C. Justice(R) Saeed U zaman Saddiqi
    D. Muhammad Zubair
    updated on 31 jan 2017

    Answer: Option D

    33. Name the Pakistan’s surface-to-surface ballistic missile, which is capable of delivering multiple warheads using Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology?
    A. Shaheen-II
    B. Ababeel
    C. Nasr
    D. Ghauri

    Answer: Option B

    34. Multan Metro Bus Project Inaugurated by ex-PM Nawaz Sharif on 24th January-2017 completed with cost of 28.88 Billions Rs. its route length is?
    A. 22.5 KM
    B. 27 KM
    C. 33.5 KM
    D. 18.5 KM

    Answer: Option D

    35. Pakistan conducted a successful test of the “Ababeel” surface-to-surface ballistic missile on 24 January 2017, its range is___________?
    A. 450 KM
    B. 750 KM
    C. 2200 KM
    D. 1400 KM

    Answer: Option C

    36. After how many Years Pakistan’s win first ODI on Australian soil in jan 2017?
    A. 12 Years
    B. 10 Years
    C. 15 years
    D. None of these

    Answer: Option A

    37. The late Justice(R) Saeed U zaman Saddiqi Governor Sindh had served as the _________Chief Justice of Pakistan?
    A. 13th Chief Justice of Pakistan
    B. 14th Chief Justice of Pakistan
    C. 15th Chief Justice of Pakistan
    D. 16th Chief Justice of Pakistan

    Answer: Option C

    38. The Shortest-Serving Governor in Sindh’s History is?
    A. Murad Ali Shah
    B. Dr. Ishratul Ebad
    C. Justice(R) Saeed U zaman Saddiqi
    D. Khursheed Shah

    Answer: Option C

    39. Pakistan test fired its first submarine launched cruise missile Babur-III on 9 January 2017, has the range of___________ kilometres?
    A. 450 kilometres
    B. 550 kilometres
    C. 650 kilometres
    D. 700 kilometres

    Answer: Option A

    40.
    Islamic military coalition formed to combat terrorism is the alliance of ___________ Nations
    A. 34 nations
    B. 38 Nations
    C. 39 Nations
    D. 40 Nations

    Answer: Option C

    41. joint operations center to coordinate and support military operations of Saudi-led Islamic military alliance of 39 Nations against terrorism is located in?
    A. Riyadh
    B. Jeddah
    C. Medina
    D. Damma

    Answer: Option A

    42. Who has been appointed as a Chief of Saudi-led Islamic anti-terror alliance of 39 Nations in January 2017?
    A. General (retd) Raheel Sharif
    B. General (retd) Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
    C. General (retd) Pervez Musharraf
    D. General Qamar Javed Bajwa

    Answer: Option A

    43. Who becomes most experienced international umpire in cricket history in January 2017?
    A. Aleem Dar
    B. Rod Tucker
    C. Sundaram Ravi
    D. Marais Erasmus

    Answer: Option A

    44. Justice Mian Saqib Nisar took oath as Chief justice of Pakistan on __________?
    A. 25 December 2016
    B. 31 December 2016
    C. 1 January 2017
    D. 15 January 2017

    Answer: Option B

    45. Who is Current Chief justice of Pakistan?
    A. Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali
    B. Justice Mian Saqib Nisar
    C. Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk
    D. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry

    Answer: Option B

    46. The current Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court is?
    A. Justice Mazhar ALam Khan Miankhel
    B. Justice Mian Fasih-ul-Mulk
    C. Justice Dost Muhammad Khan
    D. Justice Yahya Afridi

    Answer: Option D

    47. Recently inaugurated Chashma- III nuclear power plant can generate___________ megawatts of electricity?
    A. 340 megawatts
    B. 360 megawatts
    C. 400 megawatts
    D. 150 megawatt

    Answer: Option A

    48. Pak-Jordan joint military exercise held in December-2016 near Attock, called?
    A. Raadul Baraq
    B. Ataturk-IX
    C. Friendship-2016
    D. Fajr-ul-Sharq 1

    Answer: Option D

    49. Ex PM Nawaz has inaugurated 340 MW Chashma Nuclear Project-III in Mianwali on 28 December-2016 with the help of?
    A. China
    B. Turkey
    C. Russia
    D. Canada

    Answer: Option A

    50. How many regulatory bodies placed under the administrative control of the respective ministries concerned in December 2016?
    A. 3
    B. 4
    C. 5
    D. 7

    Answer: Option C

    51. Who becomes first Pakistani to win ICC Spirit of Cricket Award in December 2016?
    A. Shahid Khan Afridi
    B. Misbah-ul-Haq
    C. Younas khan
    D. Azhar Ali

    Answer: Option B

    52. China Pakistan Economics Corridor (CPEC) total length?
    A.2896 KM
    B. 7200 KM
    C. 2442 KM
    C. 4400 KM

    Answer: Option C

    53. Who is Current DG Rangers Sindh?
    A. Major Nadeem
    B. Gen Muhammad Saeed
    C. Gen Rizwan Akhtar
    D. Gen Asim Bajwa

    Answer: Option B

    54. The 10-rupee coin, recently issued by SBP, contains the picture of _____________?
    A. Derawar Fort
    B. Gwadar Port
    C. Badshahi Mosque
    D. Faisal Mosque

    Answer: Option D

    55. What is the name of the “chaiwala” Who got famous from social media in 2016?
    A. Kamal Khan
    B. Irshad Khan
    C. Rasheed Khan
    D. Arshad Khan

    Answer: Option D

    56. Pakistan will conduct its ____________ Population cencus in 2017?
    A. 4th population census
    B. 5th population census
    C. 6th population census
    D. 7th population census

    Answer: Option C

    57. Pakistan’s sixth population census will be carried out in _____________?
    A. February 2017
    B. March 2017
    C. April 2017
    D. May 2017

    Answer: Option B

    58. Who is newly Appointed DG ISPR of Pakistan Army?
    A. Lt General Asim Saleem Bajwa
    B. Major General Asif Ghafoor
    C. Major General Athar Abbas
    D. Major General Waheed Arshad

    Answer: Option B

    59. USA have signed an agreement to provide Rs 8.5 billion to the WAPDA for the construction of?
    A. Dia Mir Bahasha Dam Project
    B. Kala Bagh Dam Project
    C. Kurram Tangi Dam Project
    D. Mirani Dam Project

    Answer: Option C

    60. Name the special task force, which is established in December 2016 by Pakistan Navy to safeguard and protect the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor as well as Gwadar port?
    A. Task Force 21
    B. Task Force 44
    C. Task Force 88
    D. Task Force 2

    Answer: Option C

    61. Who is the First Pakistani female member of bomb disposal squad (BDU)?
    A. Shazadi Gillani
    B. Maryyam
    C. Rafia Qaseem Baig
    D. None of these

    Answer: Option C

    62. According to a notification by the Ministry of Law and Justice, Who will be the next Chief Justice of Pakistan in 2017?
    A. Justice Mian Saqib Nisar
    B. Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali
    C. Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa
    D. Justice Amir Hani Muslim

    Answer: Option A

    63. Name the University which Department to be rename as “Abdus Salam Center for Physics” Approved by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in December 2016?
    A. Punjab University (Lahore)
    B. Quaid-e-Azam University (Islamabad)
    C. Gomal University (DI Khan)
    D. All of Above

    Answer: Option B

    64. Name the International University which started Benazir Bhutto Leadership Program (BBLP) / international leadership course in December 2016?
    A. University of Oxford
    B. Harvard University
    C. University of Cambridge
    D. None of these

    Answer: Option B

    65. The 2017 Heart of Asia – Istanbul Ministerial Process will be hosted by which country?
    A. Pakistan
    B. India
    C. Bhutan
    D. Azerbaijan

    Answer: Option D

    66. Heart of Asia – Istanbul Ministerial Process on December 3 to December 4, 2016 was hosted by which country?
    A. Pakistan
    B. India (Amritsar city)
    C. Bhutan
    D. Iran

    Answer: Option B

    67. How many Participating Countries are there in Heart of Asia Conference?
    A. 12 Participating Countries
    B. 14 Participating Countries
    C. 16 Participating Countries
    D. None of these

    Answer: Option B

    68. Number of Supporting Countries in Heart of Asia – Istanbul Ministerial Process are?
    A. 15 Supporting Countries
    B. 17 Supporting Countries
    C. 19 Supporting Countries
    D. None of these

    Answer: Option B

    69. Pakistan has started direct train and freight service in December 2016 with which Country?
    A. Iran
    B. India
    C. Afghanistan
    D. China

    Answer: Option D

    70. Till now, How many Chief of Army Staff (COAS), of Pakistan are selected from Baloch Regiment?
    A. Two
    B. Three
    C. Four
    D. None of these

    Answer: Option C

    71. General Qamar Javed Bajwa took oath as Army Chief on __________?
    A. 23 November 2016
    B. 25 November 2016
    C. 27 November 2016
    D. 29 November 2016

    Answer: Option D

    72. General Zubair Hayat is the ___________ Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) of Pakistan?
    A. 13th
    B. 15th
    C. 16th
    D. 17th

    Answer: Option D

    73. Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa is___________ Chief of Amy Staff of Pakistan?
    A. 13th
    B. 15th
    C. 16th
    D. None of these

    Answer: Option C

    74. Newly selected Army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa belongs to Regiment___________?
    A. 6th FF
    B. 16th Baloch Ragiment
    C. 5th Punjab
    D. 13th Lancers

    Answer: Option B

    75. Who is the Current Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), Pakistan?
    A. General Rashad Mahmood
    B. General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani
    C. General Zubair Hayat
    D. General Raheel Sharif

    Answer: Option C

    76. Who is the Current Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Pakistan?
    A. Gen Raheel Sharif
    B. Gen Ashfaq Parvaz kayani
    C. Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa
    D. Gen Zubair Hayat

    Answer: Option C

    77. Name the cricket Stadium which is located in Khyber Agency and inaugurated by Gen Raheel Sharif in November 2016?
    A. Younas Khan cricket stadium
    B. Shahid Afridi cricket stadium
    C. Gaddafi Stadium
    D. Arbab Niaz Stadium

    Answer: Option B

    78. Pakistan Army shoots down Indian Quad Copter drone at LOC in November 2016 at which sector?
    A) Bhimber Sector
    B) Rakhchakri Sector
    C) Shahkot sector
    D) Jura sector.

    Answer: Option B

    79. PAKISTAN 9th International Defense Exhibition and Seminar to be held on 22-25 November-2016 in Karachi Expo Center, its name?
    A. Defense Production Workshop-2016
    B. Army Arms Ideas-2016
    C. IDEAS-2016
    D. Combat-2016

    Answer: Option C

    80. Who was the only Pakistani to have climbed six of the world’s tallest mountains of 8000 m passed away on 21-Nov-2016 due to blood Cancer?
    A. Ashraf Amman
    B. Nazeer Sabar
    C. Numera Saleem
    D. Hassan Sadpara

    Answer: Option D

    81. Current Minister of Planning and Development of Pakistan?
    A. Nawaz Sharief
    B. Khwaja Saad Rafique
    C. Ahsan Iqbal
    D. Zafar ul Haq

    Answer: Option C

    82. Ishratul Ebad has longest tenure as a Governor of any province of Pakistan?
    A. 12 years (2001-2012)
    B. 16 Years ( 2001-2016)
    C. 14 Years ( 2002-2016)
    D. 10 Years ( 2006-2016)

    Answer: Option C

    83. First caretaker female chief election commissioner of Pakistan who took oath on 7 November-2016?
    A. Justice Majida Rizvi
    B. Asima Jhangir
    C. Maryam Orangzaib
    D. Justice (Retd) Irshad Qaiser

    Answer: Option D

    84. Current National Assembly of Pakistan is_________?
    A. 12th National Assembly
    B. 13th National Assembly
    C. 14th National Assembly
    D. 16th National Assembly

    Answer: Option C

    85. 22nd Amendment in 1973 Constitution of Pakistan is related to____________?
    A. Pak Army Trail Courts
    B. Powers of Election Commission Members
    C. Related to NRO
    D. Not made yet

    Answer: Option B

    86. Woman Seats in Senat?
    A. 12
    B. 17
    C. 4
    D. 10

    Answer: Option B

    87. Renowned former producer and director of PTV died at the age of 73 years due to lung complications in Lahore on 4-11-2016, name?
    A. Sohail Azeem
    B. Bushra Adil
    C. Yawar Hayat
    D. Azeem Bombywalay

    Answer: Option C

    88. Who received the ‘most resilient journalist award’ by the International Free Press in Hague, Holland on 2nd November-2016
    A. Javed Chauhdary
    B. Hamid Mir
    C. Talat Huusain
    D. Kamran Khan

    Answer: Option B

    89. Terrorists attacked on Police Training Center on 25 October-2016 night which result 61 martyred and 124 injured in?
    A. Peshawar
    B. Quetta
    C. Karachi
    D. Rawalpindi

    Answer: Option B

    90. Pakistan Army won the gold medal at an annual international military patrolling exercise, ‘Exercise Cambrian Patrol’ held in?
    A. New South Wales, Australia
    B. Moscow, Russia
    C. Wales, United Kingdom
    D. Istanbul, Turkey

    Answer: Option C

    91. Which Pakistani footballer died in a road accident in Karachi on October 13, 2016?
    A. Shahlyla Baloch
    B. Samreen Marvi
    C. Iffat Saeed
    D. None of Above

    Answer: Option A

    92. Who have made first century,double century and also triple century in day and night Test Match with pink ball in Oct-2016?
    A. Veerat Kohli (IndiA.
    B. Brandom Macalum (NuzilanD.
    C. Azhar Ali (Pakistan)
    D. Hashim Amlaa (South AfricA.

    Answer: Option C

    93. Pakistan issued $1 billion five-year Sukuk bonds on October 6, 2016 @ the rate of__________?
    A. 9.3%
    B. 7.5%
    C. 5.5%
    D. 4.75%

    Answer: Option C

    94. Which Bank has installed world highest ATM at Pakistan-China border in Khunjerab Pass in October-2016?
    A. National Bank of Pakistan (NBP)
    B. Muslim Commercial Bank (MCB)
    C. United Bank Limited (UBL)
    D. Allied Bank Limited. (ABL)
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    Answer: Option A

    95. 19th SAARC conference-2016 which was going to held in Islamabad, Pakistan has postponed due to opposite of 3 SAARC Countries?
    A. Nepal, India, Bangladesh
    B. India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
    C. Bangladesh, Afghanistan, India
    D. None of Above

    Answer: Option C

    96. Which country declared as the third largest host for refugees by Amnesty International in October-2016?
    A. Jordan
    B. Turkey
    C. Germany
    D. Pakistan

    Answer: Option D

    97. Joint Military Exercises Started between Pakistan & Russia in September-2016, called_________?
    A. Inspired Gambit
    B. North Thunder
    C. Operation Rajjgal
    D. Druzhba 2016 OR (Friendship 2016)

    Answer: Option D

    98. Seven Years old British Pakistani who became world’s youngest computer programmer in September-2016?
    A. Muhammad Usaman
    B. Hamza Shahzad
    C. Ali Raza
    D. Imran Abbas

    Answer: Option B

    99. Military Exercises held in September-2016 between Pak & USA in South Carolina,called?
    A. Thunder Bolt
    B. Joint C-2016
    C. Inspired Gambit
    D. none of Above

    Answer: Option C

    100. Current Hijri Year is ?
    A. 1435 AH
    B. 1437 AH
    C. 1438 AH
    D. 1434 AH

    Answer: Option C

    101. Which country got first position in Test Ranking in Cricket in its History on 22 Aug-2016?
    A. Pakistan
    B. India
    C. South Africa
    D. Sri Lanka

    Answer: Option A

    102. Member of Sindh Assembly and MQM resigned on 22 Aug-2016 ?
    A. Farooq Sattar
    B. Kashmala Tariq
    C. Waseem Akhtar
    D. Iram Farooqi

    Answer: Option D

    103. Which country won first position by wining 121 medals in Olympics-2016?
    A. UK
    B. China
    C. USA
    D. Russia

    Answer: Option C

    104. Tallest Building of Pakistan?
    A. Burj Khalifa
    B. Habib Bank Plaza, Karachi
    C. Minar-e-Pakistan Lahore
    D. Icon Tower, Karachi

    Answer: Option D

    105. Pakistan Army conducting an operation along the Pak-Afghan border in Khyber Agency, called?
    A. Operation Zarb-e- Azab
    B. Operation Rah-e-Nijaat
    C. Operation Rajjgal
    D. Operation Zarb-e-Ahaan

    Answer: Option C

    106. Pakistan has launched its biggest Navy’s Warship Fleet Tanker with the help of ?
    A. Turkey
    B. China
    C. Canada
    D. USA

    Answer: Option A

    107. Who is Chairman NADRA ?
    A. Syed Muzzafar
    B. Uzma Adil
    C. Abid Sher Ali
    D. Usman Yousaf Mobeen

    Answer: Option D

    108. Pakistan has became 6th time world champion on 17 Aug-2016 in?
    A. Cricket
    B. Junior Squash
    C. Hockey
    D. Kabadi

    Answer: Option B

    109. Recently in which country Amnesty International has closed its offices?
    A. Afghanistan
    B. Pakistan
    C. India
    D. Syria

    Answer: Option C

    110. Current President of Azad Kashmir is?
    A. Ch. Abdul Majeed
    B. Sardar Masood Khan
    C. Raja Farooq
    D. Sardar Yaqoob

    Answer: Option B

    111. “Combing operation” Means________________?
    A. A searching operation by Forces to find out hidden terrorists.
    B. Kidney Operation by qualified Surgeons
    C. A bill passed by Pakistani Parliament.
    D. None of Above

    Answer: Option A

    112. Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Plant based in Muzzafarabad will produce electricity?
    A. 969 Mwt
    B. 4500 Mwt
    C. 425 Mgw
    D. 3200 Mwt

    Answer: Option A

    113. Ex Pakistani Cricket Captain Hanif Muhammad died on 11 Aug-2016 at the age of 81 years, got the title?
    A. Flying Shaheen
    B. Little Master
    C. Asian Legend
    D. None of Above

    Answer: Option B

    114. Russia will invest__________ in the construction of North-South gas pipeline.
    A. $1 billion
    B. $2 billion
    C. $3 billion
    D. $4 billion

    Answer: Option B

    115. The North-South gas pipeline will transport LNG from____________?
    A. Karachi to Lahore
    B. Lahore to Karachi
    C. Gwadar to Karachi
    D. Gwadar to Sukkur

    Answer: Option A

    116. The total length of North-South gas pipeline is_____________?
    A. 1,000 km
    B. 1,100 km
    C. 1,200 km
    D. 1,300 km

    Answer: Option B

    117. Around _______billion m3 of gas would be transported from Karachi to Lahore per annum through North-South gas pipeline.
    A. 11.0
    B. 11.4
    C. 12.0
    D. 12.4

    Answer: Option D

    118. The total length of Karachi-Lahore Motorway is___________?
    A. 1,000 km
    B. 1,100 km
    C. 1,200 km
    D. 1,300 km

    Answer: Option B

    119. Pakistan issued 10-year Eurobonds of _____ in the international Eurobond market on 25 September 2015.
    A. $5 million
    B. $50 million
    C. $500 million
    D. $5000 million

    Answer: Option C

    120. The coupon rate of Eurobonds issued on 25 September 2015 is___________%?
    A. 7.75%
    B. 8.0%
    C. 8.25%
    D. 8.50%

    Answer: Option C