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Jahangir's World Times 2018 Flashcards

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  1. On Apr 16, the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, declared Pakistan the world’s largest host of refugees with their number reaching ______.
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1.45 million

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  1. The current Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir is ______.
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Raja Farooq Haider Khan

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  1. On Apr 16, the government launched savings certificates for ____.
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Special people

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  1. On April 16, ______ government approved the province’s first-ever agriculture and youth policies.
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Sindh

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  1. On Apr 16, , the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) issued its annual report the “State of Human Rights in 2017” that was dedicated to ______.
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Asma Jehangir

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  1. On Apr 16, the Judicial Commission of Pakistan approved the elevation of Justice Munib Akhtar of _____ High Court as a judge of the Supreme Court.
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Sindh

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  1. On April 18, China and Pakistan Media Forum was held in ______.
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Beijing

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  1. On Apr 19, ______ Pakistani peacekeepers who laid down their lives for global peace and security were honoured with the UN medal.
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Seven

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  1. On Apr 20, the government received the Commonwealth Government Award for Women’s ______ Empowerment.
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Economic

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  1. On Apr 20, the ______ government decided to provide District Management Group training to new officers of provincial civil services.
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Balochistan

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  1. On Dec 17, ______ was the only Pakistani named in the top 11 powerful women of the world by NYT.
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Maryam Nawaz

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  1. On Dec 17, the ______ High Court ruled that forced abortion is a strong ground for dissolution of marriage.
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Peshawar

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  1. On Dec 17, ______ government gave away Allama Iqbal literary awards and appreciation certificates.
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Balochistan

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  1. The Laser Standard Class of competition of the Al Bareh Int’l Sailing Regatta 2017 was held in _____.
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Bahrain

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  1. On Dec 18, the appointment of ______ as Chairman PEMRA was declared illegal by the LHC.
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Absar Alam

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  1. On Dec 19, Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa became the ______ COAS to give a briefing to the Senate Committee of the Whole House.
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First

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  1. According to speedtest.net, Pakistan ranked first with a _____ jump in mobile download speed.
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56.2%

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  1. The 7th Ministerial Conference of the “Heart of Asia” – Istanbul Process was held in______, Azerbaijan.
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Baku

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  1. On Dec 21, the 10th edition of the International Urdu Conference started in ______.
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Karachi

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  1. The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony banned the Urdu translation of some sacred Arabic words on ______.
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Dec 22

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  1. The three-day Speakers Conference with speakers from Afghanistan, China, Iran, Pakistan, Russia and Turkey was held in ______.
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Islamabad

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  1. On Dec 23, Pakistan and ______ agreed on joint aerial monitoring of their border.
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Iran

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  1. The National Assembly passed the 24th Constitution Amendment Bill, 2017, on ______.
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Nov 16

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  1. On Nov 17, the UNGA passed a Pakistan-sponsored resolution on peoples’ right to self-determination. It was co-sponsored by ______ countries.
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75

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  1. The tragic incident of Baldia factory fire in Karachi happened in ______.
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2012

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  1. On Nov 17, the federal government appointed ______ the new chairman of the Board of Investment
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Naeem Y. Zamindar

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  1. Pakistan won its first gold medal hockey in Asian Games in ______.
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1958

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  1. On Nov 20, the 8th Round of Strategic Dialogue between Pakistan and China was held in ______.
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Islamabad

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  1. On Nov 21, a British-Pakistani woman ______ became the first-ever Muslim and Asian woman to be appointed as detective superintendent of the Scotland Yard.
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Shabnam Chaudhri

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  1. Pakistan’s incumbent Federal Minister for Finance is ______.
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Prime Minister

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  1. The Country Director United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Pakistan is ______.
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Ignacio Artaza

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  1. On Nov 23, the Election Commission of Pakistan declared ______ the National Voters Day.
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Dec 07

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  1. On Nov 24, the ______ High Court declared the sit-in at the Faizabad interchange an ‘anti-state activity’ and ‘an act of terrorism’.
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Islamabad

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  1. On Nov 24, Kamran Akmal made a world-record opening partnership of 209 runs with ______ in the National T20 Cup.
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Salman Butt

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  1. On Nov 24, the Cabinet Secretariat re-designated Minister for Defence Production Rana Tanveer as ______ minister “with immediate effect”, under an additional charge.
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Science and Technology

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  1. The current Chairman of Pakistan Advertisers Society (PAS) is ______,
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Saqib Zia

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  1. On Nov 26, the Australian government announced an AUD500,000 programme to train around 4,000 smallholder farmers from Sheikhupura and ______.
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Gujranwala

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  1. On Nov 27, Pakistan’s ______ clinched the title of the 29th Princess Cup Youth Scrabble Tournament
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Hammad Hadi Khan

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  1. Protesters at the Faizabad interchange called off their countrywide protest on ______.
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Nov 27

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  1. On Nov 27, Minister of State for ______ Mir Dostain Khan Domki tendered his resignation.
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(c) Science and Technology

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  1. On Nov 28, the Peshawar High Court declared the appointment of ______ as chairman of National Tariff Commission void and against the law.
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Qasim M. Niaz

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  1. On Nov 28, Punjab government approved construction of Dadhocha Dam in ______.
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Rawalpindi

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  1. Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah was called to the bar at Lincoln’s Inn on April 29, ______.
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1896

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  1. On Nov 28, the government appointed ______ the new chairman of the National Highway Authority.
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(d) Jawwad Rafique Malik

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  1. On Nov 30, ______ were crowned champions of Brighto Paints presents Cool & Cool National T20 Cup.
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Lahore Blues

46
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  1. On Nov 30, the PCB started a legal battle against the ______ for not honouring a bilateral cricket series agreement.
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BCCI

47
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  1. A meeting of SCO Council of Heads of Government was recently held in ______.
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Russia

48
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  1. Pak-Saudi Special Forces joint counter-terrorism exercise 2017 was named ______.
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Al-Shehab-2

49
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  1. On Dec 03, the longest underpass in Pakistan namely ______ was inaugurated.
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Beijing Underpass

50
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  1. Major Harcharn Singh is the ______ Sikh major in the Pakistan Army.
A

First

51
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  1. With its first edition in 2009, the Sindhi Culture Day 2017 was observed on ——.
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Dec 03

52
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  1. Pakistan’s ______ is the first Asian player to have completed 800 catches in the first-class cricket.
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Kamran Akmal

53
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  1. On Dec 04, ______ was appointed the Chairman Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC).
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Rizwan Ahmed

54
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  1. The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) is a partnership of ______ countries.
A

11

55
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  1. Pakistan Peoples Party was launched on November 30, 1967 in______.
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Lahore

56
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  1. The tragic incident of the killing of Minhaj-ul-Quran workers in Model Town, Lahore, took place on ______.
A

June 17, 2014

57
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  1. On Dec 10, Pakistan thrashed ______ to clinch Gold Medal in Dubai Baseball Cup.
A

India

58
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  1. The 28th meeting of Economic Cooperation Organisation Regional Planning Council was held in ______.
A

Islamabad

59
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  1. On Dec 12, the ______ Human Rights Prize was conferred on the Freedom Network, a Pakistani civil liberties organisation
A

French

60
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  1. India’s current president is ______.
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(d) Ram Nath Kovind

61
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  1. On Nov 17, ______, one of the most feared godfathers of the Sicilian Mafia, died.
A

Toto Riina

62
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  1. On Nov 20, US President Donald Trump declared ______ a state sponsor of terrorism.
A

North Korea

63
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  1. On Nov 21, Robert Mugabe resigned as ______ president
A

Zimbabwe’s

64
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  1. Roshydromet is the meteorological service of ______.
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Russia

65
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  1. Saad al-Hariri is the Prime Minister of ______.
A

Lebanon

66
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  1. On Nov 22, the UN judges sentenced former Bosnian Serb commander____, dubbed ‘The Butcher of Bosnia’, to life imprisonment.
A

Ratko Mladic

67
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  1. On Nov 23, ______ and Myanmar agreed to start repatriating refugees within two months.
A

Bangladesh

68
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  1. A.H. Mahmood Ali is the Foreign Minister of ______.
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Bangladesh

69
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  1. Femicide is the killing of ______.
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Women

70
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  1. On Nov 24, Lionel Messi of ______ won the European Golden Shoe award.
A

Argentina

71
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  1. On Nov 24, armed attackers killed 235 worshippers in an attack on a mosque in Egypt’s ______ province.
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Sinai

72
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  1. On Nov 24, the 75-year-old Emmerson Mnangagwa, also known as the ______, was sworn in as president of Zimbabwe
A

Crocodile

73
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  1. On Nov 26, Iran and ______ signed a deal with Qatar aimed at boosting commercial ties.
A

Turkey

74
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  1. The first meeting of a counter-terrorism alliance, the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC) was held, in Saudi Arabia, on ______.
A

Nov 26

75
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  1. On Nov 27, Britain appointed ______ as its new permanent secretary to the United Nations.
A

Karen Pierce

76
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  1. On Nov 27, ______ Ravichandran Ashwin became the fastest bowler to reach 300 Test wickets.
A

India’s

77
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  1. On Nov 27, Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters of ______ won the Miss Universe 2017 crown.
A

South Africa

78
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  1. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is headquartered in ______.
A

Vienna

79
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  1. Among the following, ______ is NOT an OPEC member state.
A

Russia

80
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  1. Iran inaugurated a $1 billion project to expand its southeastern Chabahar port on ______.
A

Dec 03

81
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  1. On ______, Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed their erstwhile ally Ali Abdullah Saleh, the country’s former president and strongman.
A

Dec 04

82
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  1. On Dec 04, ______ Finance Minister Mario Centeno was elected as the new head of the Eurogroup.
A

Portuguese

83
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  1. On Dec 04, Mohamad Al Jounde, a teenage ______ refugee, won the annual International Children’s Peace Prize.
A

Syrian

84
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  1. On Dec 05, former ______ King Michael I died.
A

Romanian

85
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  1. On Dec 05, the ______ formed a new military and economic committee with Saudi Arabia.
A

UAE

86
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  1. On Dec 06, the third UN Environment Assembly was held in ______.
A

Nairobi

87
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  1. On ______, US President Donald Trump issued a proclamation recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
A

Dec 06

88
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  1. On Dec 07, ______ signed a $1.3-billion deal with France to buy 12 French-built Rafale fighter jets.
A

Qatar

89
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  1. ______ is the world’s third largest economy.
A

Japan

90
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  1. On Dec 08, Cristiano Ronaldo of ______ won his fifth Ballon d’Or award.
A

Portugal

91
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  1. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway on ______.
A

Dec 10

92
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  1. On Dec 13, India’s ______ became the first batsman to hit three double centuries in One-day Internationals.
A

Rohit Sharma

93
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  1. On Dec 14, Walt Disney Co. agreed to buy key film and television assets of 21st Century Fox, in a ______ deal.
A

$52.4 billion

94
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  1. ______ is the official emblem for Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
A

Winter Dream

95
Q
  1. The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) is headquartered in ______.
A

London

96
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  1. The Band-e Amir National Park is located in ______.
A

Afghanistan

97
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  1. Uhuru Kenyatta is the current President of ______.
A

Kenya

98
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  1. Time magazine has named ______ Person of the Year for 2017.
A

(d) The Silence Breakers

99
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  1. ______ hosted the second UNWTO/UNESCO World Conference on Tourism and Culture.
A

Oman

100
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  1. “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection,” a groundbreaking scientific work by British naturalist Charles Darwin was published in ______.
A

1859

101
Q
  1. The Paigham-i-Pakistan fatwa has been signed by ______ scholars.
A

1,829

102
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  1. On Jan 17, ______ was appointed chairman of the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) for a period of three years.
A

(b) Lt Gen (R) Maqsood Ahmad

103
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  1. On Jan 17, the 11th Pak-Saudi joint-ministerial commission meeting was held in ______.
A

Islamabad

104
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  1. On Jan 18, ______ was appointed the Executive Director to Asian Development Bank (ADB) for three years.
A

Shahid Mehmood

105
Q
  1. On Jan 21, the Pak army acquired latest drone technology in form of a drone named ______ to monitor CPEC, gas pipelines, sensitive installations, bridges, dams and borders.
A

Uqab

106
Q
  1. Munir Ahmed Qureshi, a.k.a Munoo Bhai, passed away on ______.
A

Jan 19

107
Q
  1. Army Institute of Military History was opened by the COAS on ______.
A

Jan 23

108
Q
  1. On Jan 23, ______, the culprit behind the brutal rape and murder of seven-year-old Zainab, was arrested.
A

Imran Ali

109
Q
  1. On Jan 23, ______ was appointed the new prosecutor general of NAB.
A

(a) Syed Asghar Haider

110
Q
  1. The Senate Museum, which traces the evolution, history and reorganisation of the upper house of parliament, was inaugurated on _____.
A

Jan 23

111
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  1. On Jan 26, ______ President Joko Widodo addressed a joint sitting of the parliament of Pakistan.
A

Indonesian

112
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  1. On Jan 28, ______ became the first Pakistani Golfer to win the Qatar Open Golf title (2018).
A

Ahmed Baig

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