{"id":12318,"date":"2017-06-14T16:27:37","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T11:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/?p=12318"},"modified":"2019-11-18T15:12:21","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T10:12:21","slug":"natioanl-international-mcqs-april-may-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/studykit\/mcqs\/natioanl-international-mcqs-april-may-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"National &#038; International MCQs (April-May 2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mcq-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6235\" src=\"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mcq-2.jpg\" alt=\"MCQs\" width=\"472\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mcq-2.jpg 472w, https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mcq-2-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mcq-2-110x75.jpg 110w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>National<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>1.<\/strong> <\/span>US National Security Adviser, Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on ______.<br \/>\n(a) Apr 16\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Apr 17<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Apr 20 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Apr 22<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">2.<\/span> <\/strong>The Compulsory Teaching of the Holy Quran Bill 2017 was passed by the National Assembly on ______.<br \/>\n(a) Apr 18\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Apr 19<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Apr 22 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Apr 24<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">3.<\/span><\/strong> Natural gas-fired power plant at Bhikki has electricity-generation capacity of ______.<br \/>\n(a) 650MW\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> \u00a0(b) 717MW<\/span><br \/>\n(c) 810MW\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 1000MW<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">4.<\/span> <\/strong>The current Director General of Punjab Judicial Academy is ______.<br \/>\n(a) Sohail Nasir\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Mahrukh Aziz<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Uzmaa Akhtar Chughtai<br \/>\n(d) Mansoor A. Shah<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">5.<\/span> <\/strong>The Supreme Court issued verdict in Panama Papers Case on ______.<br \/>\n(a) Apr 15\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Apr 17<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Apr 18\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Apr 20<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">6.<\/span><\/strong> The Supreme Court bench that heard the Panama Papers Case was headed by ______.<br \/>\n(a) Justice Gulzar Ahmed<br \/>\n(b) Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed<\/span><br \/>\n(d) Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">7.<\/span><\/strong> On Apr 22, a Pakistani student ______ became the first-ever non-European to become the President of the Students&#8217; Union of King College London.<br \/>\n(a) Riz Ahmed\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(b) Momin Saqib<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Mehoob Ali\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Iftikhar Khan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">8.<\/span><\/strong> On Apr 24, ______ was appointed to the World Bank Group&#8217;s Advisory Council on Gender and Development for two years.<br \/>\n(a) Hina Rabbani\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Maryam Nawaz<br \/>\n(c) Sherry Rehman <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) Marvi Memon<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">9.<\/span><\/strong> On Apr 24, the ______ appointed Ms Xiaohong Yang as the first woman country director for Pakistan.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) ADB\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(b) AIIB<br \/>\n(c) UNESCO\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) IMF<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">10.<\/span> <\/strong>Celebrated writer M.A. Rahat passed away on ______.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(a) Apr 22<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Apr 24<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Apr 24\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Apr 28<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">11.<\/span> <\/strong>Human Organ Transplant Authority (HOTA) fuinstions under the Ministry of ______.<br \/>\n(a) Human Rights<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) National Health Services<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Interior and Narcotics Control<br \/>\n(d) Science and Technology<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">12.<\/span><\/strong> Harabav Dam is located in ______ area of Balochistan.<br \/>\n(a) Awaran\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Gwadar<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Khuzdar<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Turbat<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>13.<\/strong> <\/span>On Apr 26, the Punjab government launched free Internet service, Wi-Fi Hotspot in Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, ______ and Bahawalpur.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) Multan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(b) Gujranwala<br \/>\n(c) Kasur\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Sialkot<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>14.<\/strong> <\/span>The proposed Pakistan Infrastructure Bank will be set up with a paid-up capital of ______.<br \/>\n(a) $500 million\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) $875 million<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) $1 billion\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(d) $5 billion<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>15.<\/strong><\/span> In the Pakistan Infrastructure Bank, Government of Pakistan and the IMF would have ______ shares each.<br \/>\n(a) 5%\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 10%<br \/>\n(c) 15%\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 20%<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>16.<\/strong><\/span> The current Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court is ______.<br \/>\n(a) Justice Riaz Ahmad Khan<br \/>\n(b) Justice Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Justice Sh. Najamul Hassan<\/span><br \/>\n(d) Justice Haziqul Khairi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>17.<\/strong><\/span> The first Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court was ______.<br \/>\n(a) Justice Shaikh Aftab Hussain<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Justice Salahuddin Ahmed<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Justice Sardar Fakhre Alam<br \/>\n(d) Justice Tanzil-ur-Rehman<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>18.<\/strong><\/span> On Apr 28, Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination ______ resigned.<br \/>\n(a) Akram Durrani\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 (b) Tariq Chaudhry<br \/>\n(c) Kamran Michael <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) Riaz Pirzada<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>19.<\/strong><\/span> On Apr 29, ______ lifted the Pakistan Cup 2017 National One-day Cricket Championship.<br \/>\n(a) Punjab\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Federal Areas<\/span><br \/>\n(c) WAPDA\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Balochistan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>20.<\/strong> <\/span>On May 01, ____ was appointed the Governor State Bank of Pakistan.<br \/>\n(a) Mehtab Khan \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Riaz Riazuddin<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Ashraf Wathra\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Saeed Ahmad<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>21.<\/strong> <\/span>State Bank of Pakistan is headquartered in ______.<br \/>\n(a) Rawalpindi \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Karachi<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Islamabad\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Lahore<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>22.<\/strong><\/span> On May 02, Pakistan and ______ agreed to restore hotline contact between the two countries<br \/>\n(a) Afghanistan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) India<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Iran\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(d) China<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>23.<\/strong> <\/span>The persons removed by the Prime Minister after Dawn Leaks report are Tariq Fatemi and ______.<br \/>\n(a) Pervaiz Rashid\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Akhtar Nawaz<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(c) Rao Tehsin Ali\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0(d) None of these<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>24.<\/strong> <\/span>The current chairman of PEMRA is ______.<br \/>\n(a) Ansar Abbasi\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Pervez Rathore<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Absar Alam\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0(d) Nargis Sethi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>25.<\/strong> <\/span>The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) formed by the Supreme Court in Panama Papers case is headed by ____.<br \/>\n(a) Nauman Saeed\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Wajid Zia<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Bilal Rasool\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Amer Aziz<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>26.<\/strong> <\/span>On May 05, Aurangzeb Haque was appointed the Chief Secretary ______.<br \/>\n(a) Punjab\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Sindh<br \/>\n(c) KP\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(d) Balochistan<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>27.<\/strong> <\/span>On May 06, Ustad Raees Khan, one of the most outstanding players of ______, passed away.<br \/>\n(a) Flute\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Tabla<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Sitar\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Shehnai<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>28.<\/strong> <\/span>On May 12, ______ Assembly amended the West Pakistan Vaccination Ordinance, 1958, a decades-old law to make vaccination against all preventable diseases compulsory.<br \/>\n(a) Punjab\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Sindh<br \/>\n(c) Balochistan\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(d) KP<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>29.<\/strong> <\/span>The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) issued a banking licence to the Bank of China on ______.<br \/>\n(a) May 12\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> \u00a0(b) May 13<\/span><br \/>\n(c) May 14\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) May 15<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>30.<\/strong><\/span> Man of the series for Pakistan-West Indies test series was &#8212;&#8211;.<br \/>\n(a) Younis Khan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Misbah-ul-Haq<br \/>\n(c) M. Abbas\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) Yasir Shah<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>31.<\/strong><\/span> The ground on which Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan played their last test match was ______.<br \/>\n(a) Sturge Park\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Sabina Park<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Windsor Park\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0(d) Grove Park<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>32.<\/strong> <\/span>The First Pakistani to win a British Open title in squash was ______.<br \/>\n(a) Jahangir Khan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Hashim Khan<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Qamar Zaman\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Roshan Khan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>33.<\/strong><\/span> Kulbhushan Jadhav was arrested in March 2016, from the ______ area of Balochistan.<br \/>\n(a) Chagai\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Mashkel<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Turbat \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Panjgor<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>34.<\/strong><\/span> The latest World Press Freedom Index, issued by Reporters Without Borders, has ranked Pakistan ______.<br \/>\n(a) 116\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 124<br \/>\n(c) 131\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(d) 139<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>35.<\/strong> <\/span>Pakistan Museum of Natural History is located in ______.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) Islamabad<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Karachi<br \/>\n(c) Lahore\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Multan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>36.<\/strong> <\/span>Pakistan&#8217;s highest wicket-taking spin bowler in Test cricket is ______.<br \/>\n(a) Abdul Qadir\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Mushtaq Ahmad<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Danish Kaneria\u00a0<\/span> (d) Saqlain Mushtaq<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>37.<\/strong> <\/span>The record for having the longest winning streak in T20 cricket across the world is held by ______.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) Sialkot Stallions<\/span> (b) Mumbai Indians<br \/>\n(c) St Lucia Zouks\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Delhi Daredevils<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-solid\"><\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">International<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>1.<\/strong> <\/span>A constitutional referendum was held throughout Turkey on ______.<br \/>\n(a) Apr 14\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Apr 15<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Apr 16\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Apr 20<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>2.<\/strong> <\/span>\u201cSagarmatha Friendship 2017\u201d is a military exercise jointly conducted by China and _____.<br \/>\n(a) India\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(b) \u200e Nepal<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Bhutan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Myanmar<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>3.<\/strong> <\/span>On Apr 17, hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails launched a hunger strike following a call from ______.<br \/>\n(a) Khaled Mashaal<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Marwan Barghouti<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Ismail Haniyeh<br \/>\n(d) Mahmoud al\u2011Zahar<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>4.<\/strong><\/span> On Apr 18, the British Prime Minister Theresa May called for an early election to be held on ______.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) June 08\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(b) June 18<br \/>\n(c) June 30\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) July 04<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>5.<\/strong> <\/span>The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) is headquartered in &#8212;&#8212;.<br \/>\n(a) London\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(b) Geneva<\/span><br \/>\n(c) New York\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Paris<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>6.<\/strong><\/span> The Palace of Nations in ______ was built to serve as the headquarters of the League of Nations.<br \/>\n(a) London \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Moscow<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Geneva\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0(d) Rome<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>7.<\/strong> <\/span>World Heritage Day falls on ______.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) Apr 18<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Apr 19<br \/>\n(c) Apr 24\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Apr 26<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>8.<\/strong> <\/span>On Apr 19, ______ became the first player to reach 10,000 runs in Twenty20 cricket.<br \/>\n(a) AB de Villiers\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Steve Smith<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Chris Gayle<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Yuvraj Singh<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>9.<\/strong> <\/span>The first Asian Games were held in 1951 in ______.<br \/>\n(a) Tokyo\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> \u00a0(b) New Delhi<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Seoul\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Beijing<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>10.<\/strong><\/span> On Apr 21, Cuba and ______ signed an agreement to re-establish diplomatic ties after 37 years.<br \/>\n(a) USA\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Vietnam<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Morocco<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) China<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>11.<\/strong> <\/span>Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on ______.<br \/>\n(a) Apr 18\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> \u00a0(b) Apr 22<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Apr 24\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Apr 28<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>12.<\/strong><\/span> As per SIPRI&#8217;s latest report, India is the ______ biggest military spender in the world.<br \/>\n(a) Second \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Fourth<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Fifth \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Seventh<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>13.<\/strong> <\/span>The world record of spending most days in space (879 days) is held by Gennady Padalka of ______.<br \/>\n(a) Kazakhstan \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> \u00a0(b) Russia<\/span><br \/>\n(c) USA \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Germany<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>14.<\/strong><\/span> On Apr 25, Israel appointed ______ as its first woman judge in its sharia court system.<br \/>\n(a) Harrem Raqqa\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Hana Khatib<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Majeda Sharkh\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Rasha Atamny<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>15.<\/strong> <\/span>The 6th Moscow Conference on International Security was held on ___.<br \/>\n(a) Apr 23\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Apr 24<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Apr 25<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Apr 26<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>16.<\/strong> <\/span>Acclaimed Indian actor and an MP, Vinod Khanna, who passed away on Mar 27, was born in ______.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) Peshawar<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Haryana<br \/>\n(c) Chandigarh\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Mumbai<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>17.<\/strong><\/span> On Apr 29, the one-day ASEAN Leaders\u2019 meeting was held in ______.<br \/>\n(a) Tokyo \u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(b) Manila<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Kuala Lumpur \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Jakarta<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>18.<\/strong><\/span> On May 05, ______ launched a new communications satellite for S. 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#ff0000;\"><strong>27.<\/strong> <\/span>Vassilios Skouris of ______, a former president of the European Court of Justice, was elected head of FIFA\u2019s ethics committee.<br \/>\n(a) Lithuania\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Serbia<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Greece\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0(d) Belgium<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>28.<\/strong> <\/span>On May 12, World Health Organization appointed ______ as its Goodwill Ambassador for Hepatitis in South-East Asia.<br \/>\n(a) Priyanka Chopra<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Amitabh Bachchan<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Amir Khan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Shahrukh Khan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>29.<\/strong><\/span> Of hepatitis virus types, A, B, C, D and E, types ______ are the deadliest.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) B and C<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) B and E<br \/>\n(c) A and E\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) A and 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