{"id":10118,"date":"2017-04-11T16:47:32","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T11:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/?p=10118"},"modified":"2019-11-18T15:17:22","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T10:17:22","slug":"national-international-mcqs-february-march-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/studykit\/mcqs\/national-international-mcqs-february-march-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"National & International MCQs (February-March 2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MCQs\"<\/a><\/h1>\n

\u00a0National MCQs<\/span><\/h1>\n

1. On Feb 16, ______ introduced \u201cThe Salam Award for Imaginative Fiction\u201d.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Pan Macmillan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Barnes & Noble<\/span>
\n(c) Bloomsbury\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Barron’s<\/p>\n

2. On Feb 17, Pakistan was ranked ______ out of 186 economies on the Index of Economic Freedom 2017.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) 141st\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 147th
\n(c) 15st\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 171st<\/p>\n

3. The National Green Day was observed on ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Feb 16\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Feb 18<\/span>
\n(c) Feb 22\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Feb 25<\/p>\n

4. On Feb 20, ______ was appointed the in charge of the Joint Directorate of Intelligence (JID).<\/span><\/strong>
\n(a) Brig. Sarfraz Shamim
\n(b) Brig. Imran Mushtaq<\/span>
\n(c) Brig. Aslam Munir
\n(d) Brig. Tariq Rafi<\/p>\n

5. On Feb 20, Justice Chaudhry Muhammad Ibrahim Zia was appointed Chief Justice of the ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Peshawar High Court
\n(b) Balochistan High Court
\n(c) Sindh High Court
\n (d) AJK Supreme Court<\/span><\/p>\n

6. On______, ex-Senator and former President of LHC Bar Association, Muhammad Kazim Khan died.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Feb 18\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Feb 20<\/span>
\n(c) Feb 22\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Feb 25<\/p>\n

7. On Feb 20, Pakistan shipped first consignment of vegetables to Dubai via sea route under a(n) ______ project.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) AUSAID\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) USAID<\/span>
\n(c) ADB\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) UNDP<\/p>\n

8. On Feb 20, the world’s third largest smart-phone maker, ______ launched in Pakistan.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Huawei\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Samsung
\n(c) Nokia\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Xiaomi<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Historical Derawar Fort is located in ______ district.<\/span><\/strong>
\n (a) Bahawalpur\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0(b) Muzaffargarh
\n(c) Layyah\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Multan<\/p>\n

10. On Feb 21, ______ was appointed the chairman of Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Ghulam Qadir\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Sardar Alamgir
\n(c) Salman Ghani \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Hasnat Qureshi<\/span><\/p>\n

11. On Feb 22, the status of ______ as the winter capital of the Balochistan province was restored.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Ziarat\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Gwadar<\/span>
\n(c) Kalat \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Dera Bugti<\/p>\n

12. Veteran TV actor Farooq Zameer died on ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Feb 20\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Feb 22
\n (c) Feb 23<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Feb 25<\/p>\n

13. On Feb 23, The 5th meeting of the High Level Strategic Cooperation Council (HLSCC) of Pakistan and Turkey was held in ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n (a) Istanbul<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Islamabad
\n(c) Lahore\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Ankara<\/p>\n

14. Pakistan’s famous women’s rights activist, Nigar Ahmad, died on ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Feb 22\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Feb 23
\n (c) Feb 24\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0(d) Feb 25<\/p>\n

15. On Feb 24, the Pride of Punjab Award was conferred on known Seraiki poet ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Iqbal Qureshi\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Ramzan Gaddi
\n(c) Riffat Abbas \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Shakir Shujabadi<\/span><\/p>\n

16. On Feb 28, the meeting of Council of FMs of Economic Cooperation Organization was held in ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Ankara\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Tehran
\n (c) Islamabad\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0(d) Dushanbe<\/p>\n

17. On Feb 28, Pakistan Ulema Council appointed ______ its new chairman.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Tahir Ashrafi\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Zahid Qasmi<\/span>
\n(c) Muneeb Shah\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Ismail Qureshi<\/p>\n

18. On Mar 01, the 13th ECO Summit was held in ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Lahore\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Karachi
\n(c) Tehran\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Islamabad<\/span><\/p>\n

19. On Mar 01, famous Pakistani artist ______ was conferred the ECO Award of Excellence.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Irfan Khoosat\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Jamal Shah<\/span>
\n(c) Aftab Iqbal\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Abid Ali<\/p>\n

20. On Mar 01, Pakistan’s Amjad Hussain B. Sial assumed the office of secretary general of ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) TAPI forum \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Saarc<\/span>
\n(c) OIC\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) ECO<\/p>\n

21. On Mar 01, ______ won the 13th West Asia Baseball Cup defeating Pakistan in the final.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Nepal\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Sri Lanka<\/span>
\n(c) India\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Iran<\/p>\n

22. On Mar 02, ______ was appointed the PM’s Coordinator\/ Commissioner for Overseas Pakistanis.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Daniyal Aziz\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Javed Malik
\n (c) Zubair Gull\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0(d) Farooq Sattar<\/p>\n

23. On ______ the government approved a set of steps to be taken for proposed merger of the Fata with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Feb 26\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Feb 28
\n(c) Mar 01\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Mar 02<\/span><\/p>\n

24. On Mar 04, ______ was appointed the Chief Secretary Balochistan.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Zahid Naveed \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Saifullah Khan
\n (c) Shoaib Mir \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(d) Ahmad Umrani<\/p>\n

25. According to a University of Pennsylvania’s ranking \u201cUS News & World Report,\u201d Pakistan is the ______ best country in the world.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) 15th\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 20th<\/span>
\n(c) 24th\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 36th<\/p>\n

26. On Mar 05, Peshawar Zalmi defeated ______ to clinch the Pakistan Super League title.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Lahore Qalandars
\n(b) Karachi Kings
\n(c) Islamabad United
\n (d) Quetta Gladiators<\/span><\/p>\n

27. According to Transparency International’s Global Corruption Barometer, overall bribery rate in Pakistan is ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) 30%\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 35%
\n (c) 40%\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(d) 57%<\/p>\n

28. The Pakistan Education Statistics 2015-16 show that ______ of Pakistani children are out of school.<\/strong><\/span>
\n (a) 44%\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(b) 49%
\n(c) 53% \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 57%<\/p>\n

29. On Mar 08, ___ High Court ordered government to block blasphemous content from social media.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Lahore\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Islamabad<\/span>
\n(c) Peshawar\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Sindh<\/p>\n

30. On Mar 08, ______ was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Sindh government.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Bilquis Edhi\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Shahla Raza
\n(c) Sultana Siddiqi (d) Maheen Khan<\/span><\/p>\n

31. The National Assembly unanimously adopted the Hindu Marriage Bill, 2017, on ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Mar 01\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Mar 08
\n (c) Mar 09\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(d) Mar 12<\/p>\n

32. On Mar 10, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar launched first-ever registered premium prize bond of ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Rs 25,000\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Rs 40,000<\/span>
\n(c) Rs 50,000\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Rs 60,000<\/p>\n

33. Operation Raddul Fasaad was launched on ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Feb 20\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Feb 22<\/span>
\n(c) Feb 24\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Feb 26<\/p>\n

34. On Mar 10, former national ______ champion Tayyaba Gill passed away.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Badminton\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Tennis
\n(c) Squash\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Table Tennis<\/span><\/p>\n

35. ____ won the Pakistan Derby 2017.<\/strong><\/span>
\n (a) Big Bravo\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(b) No Regards
\n(c) Lahori Queen\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Punjabi Babu<\/p>\n

36. On Mar 13, ____ was appointed the Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Justice Irfan Saadat Khan
\n(b) Justice Munib Akhtar
\n (c) Justice Ahmed Ali Sheikh<\/span>
\n(d) Justice Nadeem Akhtar<\/p>\n

37. On Mar 15, Pakistan’s largest-ever population census kicked off in ______ districts of the country.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) 59\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 63<\/span>
\n(c) 76\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 89

<\/div>
<\/div>\n

International<\/span><\/h1>\n

1. The Munich Security Conference, the 53rd edition of which held in Muncih, Germany, in February, was established in ______.<\/span><\/strong>
\n\"National<\/a>(a) 1956 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 1960
\n(c) 1963\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 1964<\/p>\n

2. The 2017 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup will be held in ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) India \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) England<\/span>
\n(c) Bangladesh \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Australia<\/p>\n

3. On Feb 17, scientists revealed that New Zealand sits atop a previously unknown continent that should be recognised with the name ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Zounds\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Zealandia<\/span>
\n(c) Bermuda\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Oceania<\/p>\n

4. On Feb 18, Australian scientists made world’s strongest material ____.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Graphene\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Carbyne
\n(c) Adipocyte\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Bitumen<\/p>\n

5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who won the World Tennis Tournament, is a ______ player.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) German \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) French<\/span>
\n(c) Czech \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Danish<\/p>\n

6. On Feb 19, Kaci Kullmann Five, a ______ political and the chairwoman of the committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize, died.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) French \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Belgian
\n(c) Norwegian\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(d) Swede<\/p>\n

7. The director of ‘Moonlight’ \u2013 the film that won the best movie award at the Oscars 2017 \u2013 is _____.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Naomie Harris (b) Damien Chazelle
\n(c) Barry Jenkins \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Tarell McCraney<\/p>\n

8. As per a recent report by SIPRI, ______ was the world’s largest arms importer during 2012-16.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) India \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Pakistan
\n(c) Yemen \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n

9. On Feb 20, Rania Nashar became the first female CEO of a listed ______ commercial bank.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Indian\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Saudi<\/span>
\n(c) Bangladeshi\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Iranian<\/p>\n

10. The UN World Day of Social Justice is annually observed on ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Feb 18\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Feb 19
\n(c) Feb 20\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Feb 21<\/p>\n

11. On Feb 20, ______ ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, died.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Norway’s \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Russia’s<\/span>
\n(c) Kazakhstan’s\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Romania’s<\/p>\n

12. International Mother Language Day is observed every year on ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Feb 18\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Feb 20
\n(c) Feb 21\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Feb 24<\/p>\n

13. On Feb 21, ______ President Ilham Aliyev appointed his wife, Mehriban Aliyeva, as first vice-president.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Kazakhstan’s \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Azerbaijan’s<\/span>
\n(c) Tajikistan’s \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Kyrgyzstan’s<\/p>\n

14. The International Defence Exhibition and Conference, one of the largest arms fairs in the Middle East, was held in ______, UAE.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Ajman\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Abu Dhabi<\/span>
\n(c) Dubai\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Sharjah<\/p>\n

15. WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement entered into force on ____.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Feb 20\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Feb 21
\n(c) Feb 22\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0(d) Feb 23<\/p>\n

16. On Feb 23, the first Strategic Dialogue between ______ and China was held in Beijing.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) India\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Russia
\n(c) Sri Lanka\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) USA<\/p>\n

17. On Feb 23, Spain’s National Court handed a jail sentence of four years and six months to Rodrigo Rato, a former chief of the ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) World Bank\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) IMF<\/span>
\n(c) ICJ\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) FIFA<\/p>\n

18. The 2017 Oscars was the ______ edition of the Academy Awards.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) 85th \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 87th<\/span>
\n(c) 88th\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 90th<\/p>\n

19. The incumbent Director-General of the WTO is ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Roberto Azev\u00eado<\/span> (b) Renato Ron
\n(c) Mike Moore\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Pascal Lamy<\/p>\n

20. A study by ______ Research Center has revealed that Islam will be the world’s most popular religion shortly after 2050.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Smithsonian \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Gallup
\n(c) PEW\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) OXFAM<\/p>\n

21. The 9th edition of BRICS Summit will be held in ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) South Africa\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Brazil
\n(c) China\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Russia<\/p>\n

22. The youngest person ever to have received Nobel Prize for Economics to date is ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Elinor Ostrom\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Kenneth Arrow<\/span>
\n(c) Jean Tirole\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Alvin E. Roth<\/p>\n

23. On Mar 02, Indian Navy test-fired an anti-ship missile for the first time from an indigenously built INS Kalvari submarine.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) INS Arihant\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) INS Kalvari<\/span>
\n(c) INS Viraat\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) INS Shakti<\/p>\n

24. The book titled \u201cKohinoor: The Story of the World’s Most Infamous Diamond\u201d has been written by ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Anita Anand\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Anthony Leon
\n(c) William Dalrymple<\/span>
\n(d) Anatol Lieven<\/p>\n

25. The headquarters of International Air Transport Association (IATA) is located in ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Geneva \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Montreal<\/span>
\n(c) Bonn\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Paris<\/p>\n

26. The 2017 Mobile World Congress was held in ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Barcelona\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(b) Tokyo
\n(c) Dubai\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Shanghai<\/p>\n

27. Mahershala Ali has become the first Muslim to win an acting Oscar when he won the Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Moonlight\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(b) La La Land
\n(c) Milestones\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Casablanca<\/p>\n

28. World Wildlife Day is annually observed on ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Mar 01\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Mar 02
\n(c) Mar 03\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Mar 08<\/p>\n

29. On Mar 05, Harvard University awarded the 2017 Artist of the Year Award to ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Viola Davis\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Emma Stone
\n(c) Emma Watson\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Meryl Streep<\/p>\n

30. On Mar 06, US President Donald Trump signed a new executive order, excluding ______ from his previous list of 7 banned nations.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Iraq \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0(b) Iran
\n(c) Yemen\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Syria<\/p>\n

31. Indian Ocean Rim Association Leaders’ Summit 2017 was held in ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Tokyo\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) New Delhi
\n(c) Jakarta\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0(d) Kuala Lumpur<\/p>\n

32. \u201cPeace in the Home\u201d programme has been launched by ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) World Bank \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) UN
\n(c) Commonwealth of Nations<\/span>
\n(d) USAID<\/p>\n

33. Queen Elizabeth II is the monarch of ______ Commonwealth realms.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) 14\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 16<\/span>
\n(c) 18\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 38<\/p>\n

34. \u201cLincoln in the Bardo\u201d has been written by ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Zadie Smith\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) George Saunders<\/span>
\n(c) Marie Claire\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Junot D\u00edaz<\/p>\n

35. On Mar 09, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps successfully test-fired a naval missile, called the ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Shahab\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Faras
\n(c) Hormuz 2\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Emad<\/p>\n

36. \u201cWomen in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030\u201d was the theme of International Women’s Day which was observed on ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Mar 06\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Mar 08<\/span>
\n(c) Mar 08\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Mar 12<\/p>\n

37. Donald Tusk, the current President of the European Council, is a former Prime minister of ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Poland \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0(b) Norway
\n(c) Sweden\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Belgium<\/p>\n

38. George A. Olah, who passed away on Mar 08, won Nobel Prize in Chemistry in ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) 1986\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 1989
\n(c) 1994\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 2001<\/p>\n

39. The writer of \u201cAurangzeb: The Man and the Myth\u201d is _____.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) William Dalrymple
\n(b) Ishtiaq Ali Sukhera
\n(c) Mubarak Ali Khan
\n (d) Audrey Truschke<\/span><\/p>\n

40. The additional charge of Defence Minister of India is with\u00a0 ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Narendra Modi\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Rajnath Singh
\n(c) Nitin Gadkari \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Arun Jaitley<\/span><\/p>\n

41. ______ will host the 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in April 2017.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Malaysia\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) UK<\/span>
\n(c) Australia\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Canada<\/p>\n

42. ______ topped the list in the Mercer’s 2017 Quality of Living index.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Vienna\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0(b) Munich
\n(c) Frankfurt\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Geneva<\/p>\n

43. On Mar 10, South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye was removed from office, becoming the country’s ______ democratically elected leader to be ousted.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) First\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Second
\n(c) Third\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Fourth<\/p>\n

44. The Great Barrier Reef, which is the world’s largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres, is in ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) New Zealand\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Australia<\/span>
\n(c) Canada\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Brazil<\/p>\n

45. World Consumer Rights Day is observed on ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Mar 10\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Mar 12
\n(c) Mar 14\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Mar 15<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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