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1. The Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly is ______.

(a) Mahmood Khan Achakzai

(b) Barrister Gohar Ali Khan

(d) None of these

2. On Jan. 20, Pakistan and ______ signed 79 investment agreements worth about $4.5 billion in agriculture and food-related businesses.

(a) Turkiye (b) China

3. On Jan. 20, ______ was declared the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate.

(a) Raja Nasir Abbas (b) Aon Abbas

4. On Jan. 20, Saudi and ______ investors in K-Electric launched a USD2 billion international arbitration case against Pakistan.

(a) Emirati (b) Kuwaiti

5. PM Shehbaz Sharif signed President Trump's 'Board of Peace for Gaza' on ______.

(a) Jan. 20 (b) Jan. 21

6. On Jan. 24, Pakistan and ______ signed an agreement abolishing visa requirements for holders of diplomatic passports.

(a) Saudi Arabia (b) Mauritius

7. The government has changed the base year for National Accounts from 2015-16 to ______.

(a) 2023-24 (b) 2025-26

8. On Jan. 28, Pakistan and ______ established a Joint Working Group on IT and Digital Economy.

(a) Sri Lanka (b) Uzbekistan

9. Warsak Dam in KP was inaugurated in ______.

(a) 1956 (b) 1959

10. On Jan. 29, after a gap of 14 years, direct flights between Pakistan and ______ resumed.

(a) France (b) Bangladesh

11. On Jan. 29, the Pakistan Navy took over the command of Combined Task Force-150 for the ______ time.

(a) 14th (b) 16th

12. Former AJK President Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry passed away on ______.

(a) Jan. 28 (b) Jan. 29

13. Pakistan became a member of the IMF and World Bank in ______.

(a) 1950 (b) 1952

14. On Feb. 01, Pakistan registered their first T20 series win against ______ in seven years.

(a) Bangladesh (b) New Zealand

15. On Feb. 02, Pakistan and ______ agreed to fast-track efforts to deepen their strategic economic partnership to lift bilateral trade to $2 billion.

(a) Uzbekistan (b) Belgium

16. On Feb. 02, Ali Madad Jattak too over as Balochistan's _____ minister.

(a) Home (b) Finance

17. On Feb. 03, President of ______ , Kassym-Jomart Tokayev arrived in Pakistan for an official visit.

(a) Uzbekistan (b) Kazakhstan

18. On Feb. 03, ______ was appointed as the new Director General of FIA.

(a) Nasir Zaidi (b) Dr. Usman Anwar

19. On Feb. 03, ______ was appointed as Punjab IGP.

(a) Ali Akbar Zaidi (b) Rao Abdul Kareem

20. ______ is the current Inspector General of Police Gilgit-Baltistan.

(a) Dr Akbar Nasir (b) M. Tahir

21. On Feb. 03, Pakistan and the ______ signed the Tariff Rate Quota Apportionment Agreement.

(a) China (b) USA

22. Noted journalist Arshad Sharif was killed in ______.

(a) Uganda (b) Nigeria

23. On Feb. 04, President Zardari approved the appointment of Naveed Kamran Baloch as the ______.

(a) Governor GB (b) Auditor General

(d) None of these

24. On Feb. 05, Pakistan and ______ agreed to pursue a preferential trade agreement and significantly expand bilateral cooperation across 16 priority sectors.

(a) Jordan (b) Palestine

25. On Feb. 06, ______ Prof Dr Niaz Ahmad Akhtar was appointed Chairman ______ for a two-year term.

(a) NEPRA (b) PEMRA

26. On Feb. 07, the Balochistan government appointed former BHC Justice _______ as the Chairman of the BPSC for a term of three years.

(a) Kailash Nath Kohli

(b) Nazir Ahmed Bhatti

(d) None of these

27. On Feb. 07, Chak No. 189-RB Rasoolpur Gaidari in ______ district was declared Pakistan's first Digital Model Village.

(a) Toba Tek Singh (b) Jhang

28. On Feb. 09, Punjab government appointed _______ as Punjab's Minister for AI and Special Initiatives.

(a) Zeeshan Malik (b) Shoaib Mirza

29. Pakistan has ranked 136th ______ out of 182 countries on Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 of the Transparency International.

(a) 136th (b) 140th

30. On Feb. 11, Pakistan and ______ signed an agreement between their trade promotion organisations.

(a) Cambodia (b) Indonesia

31. On Feb. 12, Pakistan launched its second indigenous Earth Observation Satellite named ______ from China's Yangjiang Seashore Launch Centre.

(a) EO-5 (b) EO-3

32. The incumbent chairperson of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority is ______.

(a) Ayub Khan (b) Ambreen Jan

33. The minimum age requirement for an MPA is ______.

(a) 18 years (b) 20 years

34. The Sino-Pakistan Boundary Agreement was signed on March 2:

(a) 1956 (b) 1960

35. India invaded the sovereign territory of East Pakistan on ______.

(a) Nov 21, 1971 (b) Oct 21, 1971

36. Quaid-i-Azam left the Indian National Congress in ______.

(a) 1916 (b) 1918

37. The British formed the Simon Commission in ______.

(a) 1919 (b) 1924

38. The Kunar River originates in ___.

(a) Kabul (b) Chitral

39. Gen Ayub Khan introduces first land reforms in the country in ______.

(a) Dec. 1958 (b) Jan. 1959

40. First currency notes in Pakistan were issued on October 1, ______.

(a) 1947 (b) 1948

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1. Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado, who recently presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Trump, won this prize in ______.

(a) 2025 (b) 2023

2. On Jan. 16, ______ and China reached a trade agreement that will remove trade barriers and reduce tariffs.

(a) Iran (b) Canada

3. Dr Shaya Mohsen Zindani is the prime minister of ______.

(a) Iraq (b) Iran

4. On Jan. 17, the ______ and Mercosur bloc members (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay) signed a major trade deal which creates one of the world's largest free trade areas.

(a) Russia (b) USA

5. Mercosur, a South American trade bloc, was established in ______.

(a) 1991 (b) 1987

6. On Jan. 17, Yoweri Museveni won a 7th election as the president of _____.

(a) Uganda (b) Gabon

7. The UN High Seas Treaty entered into force on ______.

(a) Jan. 17 (b) Jan. 15

8. On Jan. 19, India signed a $3 billion deal to buy LNG from the ______.

(a) Qatar (b) UAE

9. The team that replaced Bangladesh in the 20-team Men's T20 World Cup 2026 was ______.

(a) Scotland (b) Oman

10. On Jan. 22, horror film ______ smashed the all-time Oscars record with 16 nominations.

(a) “Frankenstein” (b) “Sinners”

11. The United States officially withdrew from the WHO on ______.

(a) Jan. 18 (b) Jan. 20

12. Ukrainian and Russian negotiators recently held talks in ______.

(a) Dubai (b) Doha

13. India-EU free trade deal was finalized on ______.

(a) Jan. 27 (b) Jan. 25

14. On Jan. 27, the EU's top court ruled that ______ breached EU principles by voting against the bloc's common position on the classification of cannabis during a UN meeting.

(a) Hungary (b) Poland

15. On Jan. 27, ______ lawmakers passed a bill that would ban social media use by under-15s.

(a) British (b) French

16. On Jan. 30, President Trump nominated ______ to be the next Federal Reserve chief.

(a) Kevin Warsh (b) Charles Hamlin

17. India's defence budget for the fiscal year 2026-27 is a record ______.

(a) $65bn (b) $75bn

18. On Feb. 01, ______ won the Australian Open and became the youngest man to win all four majors.

(a) Jannik Sinner (b) Carlos Alcaraz

19. On Feb. 03, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of ______ former leader Muammar Gaddafi, was killed.

(a) Oman's (b) Yemen's

20. On Feb. 04, ______ formally allowed women to ride motorcycles.

(a) Saudi Arabia (b) Afghanistan

21. On Feb. 05, the UN unveiled a ______-member independent panel on AI.

(a) 29 (b) 35

22. On Feb. 06, India defeated ______ to win the Under-19 World Cup for a sixth time.

(a) West Indies (b) Pakistan

23. On Feb. 06, ______ and France announced to open consulates in Greenland's capital.

(a) France (b) Canada

24. On Feb. 06, ______ and Indonesia signed a security treaty.

(a) Australia (b) Japan

25. On Feb. 07, the US and ______ unveiled an interim framework that would lower tariffs, reshape energy ties and deepen bilateral economic cooperation.

(a) Canada (b) EU

26. On Feb. 07, ______ and Saudi Arabia signed deals including a joint airline and a $1-billion project to develop telecommunications.

(a) Somalia (b) Syria

27. On Feb. 08, an ______ court sentenced Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi to a six-year prison term.

(a) Algerian (b) Iranian

28. On Feb. 09, ______ and Saudi Arabia signed a defence agreement.

(a) USA (b) India

29. On Feb. 11, the EU parliament approved a 90-billion-euro loan for ______.

(a) Greece (b) Ukraine

30. On Feb. 12, the Tarique Rehman-led ______ won a landmark parliamentary election in Bangladesh.

(a) Awami League (b) Jamaat-e-islami

31. The Indian national who recently pleaded guilty in a US federal court to plotting the assassination of Sikh activist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun is ______.

(a) Rabinder Singh (b) Nikhil Gupta

32. The country known as the land of a thousand lakes is ______.

(a) Canada (b) Finland

33. One term of office of the United Nation Secretary General is ______ years.

(a) Five (b) Seven

34. The country that has the largest army in the world is ______.

(a) USA (b) China

35. Oreshnik is an intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile developed by ______.

(a) Ukraine (b) South Korea

36. World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day is observed on ______.

(a) Jan. 26 (b) Jan. 28

37. Chang'e-6 mission is a lunar exploration program of ______.

(a) Japan (b) South Korea

38. The Hudson River forms the boundary between the American state of New York and ______.

(a) Maine (b) Connecticut

39. World Pulses Day is observed every year on ______.

(a) Feb. 08 (b) Feb. 10

40. HbA1c test is commonly used for diagnosing ______.

(a) TB (b) Cancer

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