{"id":13543,"date":"2017-08-17T13:12:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T08:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/?p=13543"},"modified":"2019-11-18T15:07:51","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T10:07:51","slug":"national-international-mcqs-june-july-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/studykit\/mcqs\/national-international-mcqs-june-july-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"National &#038; International MCQs (June-July 2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mcq-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6235\" src=\"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mcq-2.jpg\" alt=\"National &amp; International MCQs (June-July 2017)\" 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><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">National<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1. <\/span>Xiaohong Yang is the ______ Country Director for Pakistan.<br \/>\n(a) AFD<span style=\"color: #008000;\"> (b) ADB<\/span><br \/>\n(c) AIIB (d) IMF<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2. <\/span>Pakistan&#8217;s opener Fakhar Zaman scored ______ runs in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017. <\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 106 <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(b) 114<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) 134 (d) 147<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3. <\/span>Player of the series for the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 was _____.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Fakhar Zaman <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(b) Hasan Ali<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Rohit Sharma (d) Virat Kohli<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4.<\/span> Vegetable Research Institute is located in ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Rawalpindi <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(b) Faisalabad<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Lahore (d) Multan<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5.<\/span> Pakistan is ranked &#8212;&#8212; in annual tomato production in the world.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 22nd (b) 29th<br \/>\n(c) 32nd <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(d) 34th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Pakistan Administrative the Service (PAS) was previously known as ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Divisional Management Group<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(b) District Management Group<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Office Management Group<br \/>\n(d) Pakistan Revenue Services<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>7. On June 21, &#8212;&#8212; was appointed president and CEO of Bank Alfalah. <\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Atif Bajwa <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(b) Nauman Ansari<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Tariq Mahmood(d) Iftikhar Khan<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. On June 21, Pakistan and ______ signed a credit facility agreement of 100 million Euros for the sustainable energy sector reforms programme.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) China (b) Japan<br \/>\n(c) Poland <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(d) France<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>9. On June 21, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif approved a new distinct category of civil awards for ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(a) Environment \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0(b) IT<br \/>\n(c) Letters \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Education<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. On June 22, the _____ and Pakistan signed a $300 million loan to support public sector enterprises (PSEs).<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) IMF \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(b) ADB<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) AIIB \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) World Bank<\/p>\n<p><strong>11. Pakistan became a full signatory of the Washington Accord on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) June 18 <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(b) June 21<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) June 22 (d) June 27<\/p>\n<p><strong>12. The Washington Accord, an international agreement among bodies responsible for accrediting engineering degree programmes, was signed in ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 1964 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) 1970<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) 1989<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 (d) 2002<\/p>\n<p><strong>13. On June 23, ______ became the first citizen of Pakistan to carry a passport issued with gender-neutral &#8216;X&#8217; option.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(a) Farzana Jan \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Almas Bobby<br \/>\n(c) Alisha Khushi \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Nadeem Kashish<\/p>\n<p><strong>14. On June 23, the first Pakistan-owned early-harvest wind power project constructed under the CPEC framework started commercial operations in ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Punjab \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) KP<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) Sindh<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Balochistan<\/p>\n<p><strong>15. The United States granted Pakistan the status of a major non-Nato ally (MNNA) in ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 2000 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) 2002<br \/>\n(c) 2003 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(d) 2004<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>16. On June 24, Maham Malik, a Pakistani girl from ______ secured first position in Britain&#8217;s Durham Law School examination 2017.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Multan \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Attock<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) Mianwali \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (d) Kharian<\/p>\n<p><strong>17. The tragic oil tanker incident that cost more than 200 lives took place in ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(a) Ahmadpur East<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Jhelum<br \/>\n(c) Bahawalnagar \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Bahawalpur<\/p>\n<p><strong>18. On ______, Google honoured Pakistan&#8217;s iconic calligrapher and painter Sadequain by coming up with a doodle to pay tribute to him on his 87th birthday.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) June 24 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) June 26<br \/>\n(c) June 28 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"> (d) June 30<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>19. On July 01, Pakistan&#8217;s Muhammad Sajjad won the Asian 6-Red Snooker Championship held in ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Dubai \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>\u00a0(b) Bishkek<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Karachi \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Tehran<\/p>\n<p><strong>20. Bishkek is the capital of ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Azerbaijan \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong> (b) Kyrgyzstan<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Turkmenistan \u00a0 (d) Tajikistan<\/p>\n<p><strong>21. On July 03, provincial Law Minister ______ tabled The National Accountability Ordinance 1999 Sindh Repeal Bill, 2017 in Sindh Assembly.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Syed Sardar Ahmed<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(b) Ziaul Hasan Lanjar<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Murtaza Wahab<br \/>\n(d) Khawaja Izharul Hassan<\/p>\n<p><strong>22. Syed Sardar Ahmed, the only MPA to oppose The National Accountability Ordinance 1999 Sindh Repeal Bill, 2017, is from ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) PTI \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) PML-N<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) MQM \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Awami Tehreek<\/p>\n<p><strong>23. On July 03, Special Assistant to the federal Finance Minister, Tariq Mahmood Pasha, was appointed as chairman of the ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) NEPRA \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) OGRA<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) FBR<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) PEMRA<\/p>\n<p><strong>24. Pakistan Security Printing Corporation was established in ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 1947 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) 1948<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) 1949<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 1950<\/p>\n<p><strong>25. On July 05, Pakistan and ______ signed MoUs to explore new avenues of cooperation by increasing collaboration in economy, defence and security, agriculture and education.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) China \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(b) Tajikistan<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Turkey \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Iran<\/p>\n<p><strong>26. On July 05, Pakistan successfully conducted the &#8216;training launch&#8217; of an improved version of short-range nuclear-capable missile named ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Ghauri \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0 (b) Nasr<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Shaheen \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Babur<\/p>\n<p><strong>27. The tested version of the Nasr missile has a range of ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 60km \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) 65km<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) 70km<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 90km<\/p>\n<p><strong>28. On July 06, ______ was appointed the new governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) for the next three years<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Zafar Hijazi \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Riaz Riazuddin<br \/>\n(c) Tariq Raheem \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong> (d) Tariq Bajwa<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>29. On July 06, ______ Gazprom International and Pakistan&#8217;s OGDCL signed an MoU to enter into a joint venture deal.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Qatar&#8217;s \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(b) Russia&#8217;s<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) France&#8217;s \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Germany&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p><strong>30. On July 07, the ______ Vice President Joel Kaplan assured Pakistan of removing fake accounts and explicit, hateful and provocative material from the website.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Snapchat \u00a0 <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0(b) Facebook<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Twitter \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Google<\/p>\n<p><strong>31. On July 07, Rizwana Hameed became the first lady SHO of a police Station in ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Karachi \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Lahore<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) Peshawar<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Faisalabad<\/p>\n<p><strong>32. On July 07, the UNSC slapped sanctions on the TTP splinter group ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Ghazi Amalyat \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>\u00a0(b) Jamaatul Ahrar<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Al-Nasra \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Islamic Front<\/p>\n<p><strong>33. On July 08, ______ became the first female cricketer from Pakistan to represent the country in 100 ODIs.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Asmavia Iqbal \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Diana Baig<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) Sana Mir \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Kainat Imtiaz<\/p>\n<p><strong>34. The Joint Investigation Team (JIT), constituted by the Supreme Court in Panama Papers Case, submitted its report on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) July 08 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(b) July 10<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) July 12 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) July 16<\/p>\n<p><strong>35. On July 11, University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) was ranked ______ best university in Asia.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 12th \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) 17th<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) 21st<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 32nd<\/p>\n<p><strong>36. On July 11, the 44th session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) was held in ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(a) Abidjan<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Tehran<br \/>\n(c) Jakarta \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Abu Dhabi<\/p>\n<p><strong>37. Pakistan was ranked ______ on the International Property Rights Index (IPRI) 2017.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 100th \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) 117th<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) 121st \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) 127th<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><strong>1. On June 16, ______ longest serving post-war leader, Helmut Kohl, died.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Norway&#8217;s \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) England&#8217;s<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Germany&#8217;s<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0 (d) France&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. National Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of France, has ______ members.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 538 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> (b) \u200e 577<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) 634 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) 660<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. On June 19, India became the ______ country to join the Transports Internationaux Routiers (TIR) convention.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 69th \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> (b) 71st<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) 79th \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) 94th<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. The British Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union is ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) David Davis<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Boris Johnson<br \/>\n(c) David Miliband \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Theresa May<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) consists of ______ independent member countries.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 27<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) 29<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) 31 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) 33<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. On June 19, ______ and Afghanistan opened the first air cargo corridor between them.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Russia \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) China<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) India<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. On June 21, Otto Warmbier, the US student who was released in a coma after nearly 18 months in detention in _____, died.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) North Korea<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Iran<br \/>\n(c) Mexico \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) China<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. On June 22, ______ and Ireland were approved as Full Members by the International Cricket Council (ICC).<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) UAE \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Nepal<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Afghanistan\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span>(d) China<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. As per &#8220;The World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision,&#8221; the global population will reach 11.184 billion by ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 2050 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong> (b) 2100<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) 2117 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 2150<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. On June 27, the EU hit ______ with a record 2.4-billion-euro anti-trust fine.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Facebook \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Yahoo<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Google<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Twitter<\/p>\n<p><strong>11. On June 30, the United Nations approved a nearly ______ cut to its peacekeeping budget.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) $500 million \u00a0 <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) $600 million<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) $700 million \u00a0 (d) $800 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>12. On July 02, Germany beat ______ in a thrilling game to lift the Confederations Cup.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) France \u00a0 \u00a0(b) USA<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Chile \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Portugal<\/p>\n<p><strong>13. Currency of Syria is ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Dinar <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Pound<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Riyal \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Dirham<\/p>\n<p><strong>14. The denomination of Syrian currency note that has Bashar al-Assad&#8217;s picture on it is ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 1000 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) 2000<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) 2500 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 5000<\/p>\n<p><strong>15. On July 03, Narendra Modi became India&#8217;s first-ever Prime Minister to visit ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Maldives \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Cuba<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Israel \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Palestine<\/p>\n<p><strong>16. The United States lifted a ban on laptops in cabins on flights from Abu Dhabi to the United States on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) July 03<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) July 05<br \/>\n(c) July 07 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) July 09<\/p>\n<p><strong>17. North Korea announced to have conducted a successful first intercontinental ballistic missile test on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) July 03<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) July 04<br \/>\n(b) July 06 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(c) July 09<\/p>\n<p><strong>18. ______ Monte dei Paschi di Siena (BMPS) is the world&#8217;s oldest bank.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Greece&#8217;s \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Germany&#8217;s<br \/>\n(c) Sweden&#8217;s \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(d) Italy&#8217;s<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>19. Albert Londres Prize is ______ highest journalism prize.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) France&#8217;s<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Lithuania&#8217;s<br \/>\n(c) Denmark&#8217;s \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Norway&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p><strong>20. The 2017 G20 Summit was hekld in ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Munich \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Bonn<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Hamburg<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Berlin<\/p>\n<p><strong>21. On July 07, ______ countries adopted the global treaty banning nuclear weapons.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 101 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) 117<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) 122<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 153<\/p>\n<p><strong>22. On ______, India&#8217;s top court ruled that sacred Ganges and Yamuna rivers cannot be considered \u201cliving entities\u201d.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) July 05 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u00a0(b) July 07<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) July 09 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) July 10<\/p>\n<p><strong>23. On July 10, a noted businessman and martial arts expert Khaltmaa Battulga was sworn in as president of ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Thailand \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> (b) Mongolia<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) The Philippines (d) Maldives<\/p>\n<p><strong>24. The current Prime Minster of Iraq is ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Ayad Allawi \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Ibrahim al-Jaafari<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Haider al-Abadi \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0(d) Nuri Al-Maliki<\/p>\n<p><strong>25. On July 11, the United States and ______ signed an agreement aimed at combating the financing of terrorism.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) UAE \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Saudi Arabia<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Qatar<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Bahrain<\/p>\n<p><strong>26. 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On July 13, the European Union launched legal action against ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) UK \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Serbia<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Hungary<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Finland<\/p>\n<p><strong>33. On July 14, the UN Security Council extended the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission for ______ until July 31, 2018.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Sudan \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong> (b) Iraq<\/strong> <\/span><br \/>\n(c) Haiti \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Kenya<\/p>\n<p><strong>34. Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian-born mathematician who was the first woman to win the coveted Fields Medal, died on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) July 12 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) July 14<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) July 15 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) July 16<\/p>\n<p><strong>35. 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