{"id":13858,"date":"2017-09-14T15:56:13","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T10:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/?p=13858"},"modified":"2019-11-18T14:59:16","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T09:59:16","slug":"national-international-mcqs-july-august-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/studykit\/mcqs\/national-international-mcqs-july-august-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"National &#038; International MCQs (July-August 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=\"NatiNational &amp; International MCQs (July-August 2017)onal &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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1. On July 16, the Pakistan Army launched Operation Khyber-IV in Khyber Agency&#8217;s ______ Valley<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Kunar \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(b) Rajgal<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Shawal \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Shalman<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2. On July 16, Usman Badini of ______ won the NA-260 by-election.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) PML-N \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(b) JUI-F<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) PkMAP \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) BNP<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3. The incumbent Chief Justice of Lahore High Court is ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Justice Shahid Hameed Dar<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(b) Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Justice Muhammad Yawar Ali<br \/>\n(d) Justice Muhammad Anwaarul Haq<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>4. Abdul Ghani Khilji is the Ombudsman of ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Khyber PK \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong> \u00a0(b) Balochistan<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Sindh \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Punjab<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>5. On July 19, President Mamnoon Hussain appointed ______ the Federal Ombudsman.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Salman Faruqi \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Mian Asad<br \/>\n(c) Rao Tehsin Ali \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(d) S. Tahir Shahbaz<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>6. During 2016-17, Pakistan obtained a record high ______ in foreign loans.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) $9.1 billion \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong> \u00a0 (b) $10.1 billion<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) $11.1 billion \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) $21.1 billion<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>7. On July 21, Marvi Memon was awarded the \u201cGrade D&#8217; Officer\u201d in the National Order of Merit by ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Australia \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>\u00a0(b) France<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Germany \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Italy<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>8. Eminent poet and writer Hasan Akbar Kamal died on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) July 16 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) July 18<br \/>\n(c) July 20 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(d) July 21<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>9. The current Ambassador of the European Union to Pakistan is ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(a) Jean-Francois Cautain<\/strong> <\/span><br \/>\n(b) Jean Michel Dumond<br \/>\n(c) Gerhard Sabathil<br \/>\n(d) Tomasz Kozlowski<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>10. On July 23, Pakistan&#8217;s Inayatullah won silver medal in the 69KG weight category in the Asian Cadet Wrestling Championship held in ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Tehran \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(b) Bangkok<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) New Delhi \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Beijing<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>11. Pakistan won a medal in the Asian Cadet Wrestling Championship after a period of ______ years.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 24 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>\u00a0(b) 28<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) 30 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 32<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>12. On July 25, the US city of Bolingbrook and Pakistani city of ______ were made the twin cities.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Gwadar \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Multan<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(c) Sialkot <\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Peshawar<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>13. On July 25, ______ was appointed the Secretary Establishment Division.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Hashim Khan \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Rizwan Ahmed<br \/>\n(c) Syed Tahir Shahbaz<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(d) Mian Asad Hayaud Din<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>14. On July 25, Indian Ocean Naval Symposium Working Group meeting started in ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Muscat \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Abidjan<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) Islamabad<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Abu Dhabi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>15. On July 25, _____ was appointed the new IG of Punjab police.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Tariq Masood \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Amin Wains<br \/>\n(c) Usman Khattak \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong> (d) Arif Nawaz Khan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>16. On July 25, a young Pakistani engineer, ______, received \u201cEngineer of the Year\u201d award for his outstanding work in the energy sector.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Salman Khilji \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Yawar Ali<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(c) Hamza Haroon <\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Hassan Abbas<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>17. Chhogori is another name of _____.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(a) K2 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Nanga Parbat<br \/>\n(c) Tirich Mir \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Gasherbrum-I<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>18. As per the latest ______ report Pakistan&#8217;s debt to GDP ratio had gone up to 69.1% of GDP in FY2016-17.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) SBP \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) World Bank<br \/>\n(c) ADB \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0(d) IMF<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>19. Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, is MNA from ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) NA-48 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong> (b) NA-50<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) NA-51 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) NA-53<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>20. On Aug 02, ______ was appointed the Supreme Court&#8217;s &#8216;monitoring judge&#8217; for the proceedings of NAB and accountability courts in cases involving Nawaz Sharif, his family and finance minister Ishaq Dar.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Justice Gulzar Ahmad<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(b) Justice Ijazul Ahsan<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Justice Ejaz Afzal<br \/>\n(d) Justice Manzoor Malik<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>21. On Aug 02, Uzma Yousaf became the first Pakistani woman to summit the 7,027-metre Spanitik Peak located in the ______ Range.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Hindu Kush \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong> \u00a0(b) Karakoram<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Toba Kakar \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Koh-i-Sufed<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>22. Pakistan&#8217; federal cabinet was sworn in on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Aug 02 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Aug 03<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) Aug 04<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Aug 06<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>23. Jamaatud Dawa founded Milli Muslim League party on _____.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Aug 05 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Aug 06<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(c) Aug 07 \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Aug 08<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>24. On Aug 09, Najam Sethi was elected the _____ chairman of PCB.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 25th \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) 28th<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) 30th <\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 42nd<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>25. Dr Ruth Pfau, a symbol of selflessness and devotion to leprosy patients, passed away on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Aug 08 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(b) Aug 10<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Aug 13 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Aug 18<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>26. Nawaz Sharif, moved a review petition before the Supreme Court against his disqualification on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Aug 08 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Aug 10<br \/>\n(c) Aug 12 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>\u00a0(d) Aug 15<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>27. On Aug 15, ______ was appointed the Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP).<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Irshad Ali \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Inam-ul-Haque<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) Javaid Jehangir <\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Bashir Khalid<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>28. Pakistan&#8217;s biggest-ever victory in hockey 17-0 (1978) was against _____.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) China \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Malaysia<br \/>\n(c) Japan \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(d) Bangladesh<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>29. Pakistan&#8217;s Jahangir khan won his first World Championship in ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 1978 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>\u00a0(b) 1981<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) 1983 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 1985<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>30. The name of the ancestral village of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, in Kathiawar, was ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Amreli \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(b) Paneli<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Morbi \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Botad<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>31. Quaid-i-Azam\u2019s residence in ______ was located on Mount Pleasant Road in Malabar Hills.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Karachi \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>\u00a0(b) Bombay<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Lucknow \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Delhi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>32. ______ was a political mentor to both, Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Mahatma Gandhi.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) John Molesworth<br \/>\n(b) Dadabhai Naoroji<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(d) Pherozeshah Mehta<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>33. Wali of Swat executed Instrument of Accession on ______, 1947.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Aug 15 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong> (b) Nov 24<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Dec 11 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Dec 31<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>34. Gilgit, ______ and Baltistan acceded to Pakistan on Nov 1, 1947.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Skardu \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Quetta<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) Hunza<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Chitral<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>35. Sir Robert Francis Mudie, the person whom Nehru often called the \u201cEnglish Mullah\u201d was the first governor of Pakistan&#8217;s _____ province.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(a) Punjab<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Sindh<br \/>\n(c) NWFP \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) West Bengal<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MCQs2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13862\" src=\"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MCQs2.jpg\" alt=\"National &amp; International MCQs (July-August 2017)\" width=\"725\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><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;\"><strong>1. Classic English novels Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility were written by ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) George Eliot \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Virginia Woolf<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Jane Austen<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Toni Morrison<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2. On July 16, Roger Federer became the ______ man to win 8 titles of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament, Wimbledon.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) First<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Second<br \/>\n(c) Third \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Fourth<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3. On July 16, the creator of the zombie film genre ______ died.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Fathia Absie \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) George Romero<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) John Asher \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Stephen Baldwin<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>4. On July 18, the US slapped fresh economic sanctions on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) Iran \u00a0<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) North Korea<br \/>\n(c) Venezuela \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Cuba<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>5. The Committee to Protect Journalists is headquartered in ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) London \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) New York City<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Bonn \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Rome<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>6. On July 19, General Francois Lecointre was appointed the new chief of the ______ armed forces<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Russian \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) American<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) French<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Dutch<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>7. On July 20, BJP&#8217;s Ram Nath Kovind won the election to become the ______ President of India.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) 14th<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) 15th<br \/>\n(c) 16th \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) 18th<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>8. On June 20, the US and European police announced the shutdown of two huge \u201cdark web\u201d marketplaces \u2013 AlphaBay and ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) McCabe \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Silk Road<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Hansa<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Dream Market<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>9. ______ is the largest and wealthiest city in China.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Guangzhou \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u00a0 (b) Shanghai<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Shenzhen \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Beijing<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>10. On July 23, ______ best India to win the ICC Women&#8217;s World Cup 2017.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Australia \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) West Indies<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) England \u00a0<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 (d) South Africa<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>11. The European Court of Justice, the highest court in the European Union, was established in 1952 and it is based in ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Berlin \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong> (b) Luxembourg<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) The Hague \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Oslo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>12. On July 27, ______ successfully launched satellite-carrying rocket \u201cSimorgh\u201d into space.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) UAE \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Saudi Arabia<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Iran<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Qatar<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>13 On July 27, Sam Shepard, the Pulitzer-winning playwright from ______ passed away.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) USA \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) France<br \/>\n(c) Germany \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Italy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>14. World Hepatitis Day (WHD) is observed on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) July 26 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) July 28<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) July 29 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) July 31<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>15. On July 28, the US imposed new ballistic missile sanctions on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Russia \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) Iran<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Cuba \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) North Korea<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>16. The US Senate rejected a new Republican plan to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) July 20 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) July 24<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) July 26<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) July 30<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>17. The 2017 International Tiger Day was observed on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) July 27 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) July 28<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) July 29<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) July 30<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>18. On July 30, ______ was declared the 39th province of the worldwide Anglican Communion.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) Sudan<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Somalia<br \/>\n(c) Mozambique \u00a0 (d) Ivory Coast<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>19. On July 30, ______ won the 2017 Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Valtteri Bottas \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Lewis Hamilton<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Sebastian Vettel<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0(d) Kimi Raikkonen<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>20. World Day against Trafficking in Persons is observed on ______.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(a) July 26 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) July 28<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) July 30<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0(d) July 31<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>21. On Aug 01, an extraordinary meeting of foreign ministers from the OIC countries was held in ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Amman \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Kuwait City<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Istanbul<\/span> <\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Ankara<\/p>\n<p><strong>22. On Aug 02, ______ Supreme Court scrapped parliament&#8217;s power to sack top judges<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Nepal&#8217;s \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) Bangladesh&#8217;s<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Pakistan&#8217;s \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) India&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>23. Iran&#8217;s President Hassan Rouhani started his second term on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Aug 01 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> (b) Aug 03<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Aug 05 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Aug 08<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>24. On Aug 03, ______ motorcycling legend Angel Nieto died aged 70.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) German \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Austrian<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Spanish<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Italian<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>25. The recent heat wave in Eastern Europe was nicknamed ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Oodnadatta \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Dust Bowl<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Lucifer \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Satan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>26. On Aug 05, Paul Kagame won a third term as President of ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Djibouti \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Rwanda<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Somalia \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Kenya<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>27. On Aug 05, ______ was elected the next Vice-President of India.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Bhairon Singh \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Hamid Ansari<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Venkaiah Naidu<\/strong> <\/span><br \/>\n(d) Gopalkrishna Gandhi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>28. On Aug 06, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution, which imposed new sanctions on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Venezuela<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) North Korea<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Russia \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Afghanistan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>29. On Aug 06, India beat ______ in their first victory by an innings or more in that country.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) Sri Lanka \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Australia<br \/>\n(c) West Indies \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) England<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>30. On Aug 07, Iran signed its biggest-ever car deal with ______ manufacturer Groupe Renault.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) French \u00a0 <\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) German<br \/>\n(c) Japanese \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) American<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>31. On Aug 09, China and ______ broke ground on a $13 billion rail project.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Pakistan \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Thailand<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Malaysia \u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) The Philippines<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>32. On Aug 09, ______ introduced a visa-free entry programme for 80 nationalities.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Scotland \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Serbia<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Qatar<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Finland<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>33. On Aug 12, ______ President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner of the country&#8217;s presidential election.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Somalia&#8217;s \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) Kenya&#8217;s<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Haiti&#8217;s \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Ghana&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>34. Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, or BIMSTEC consists of ______ countries.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 5 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) 7<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) 11 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) 12<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>35. The BIMSTEC Secretariat is in ____.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) New Delhi \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Bangkok<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Dhaka<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Colombo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>36. The World Day for International Justice is observed on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) July 18 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) July 16<br \/>\n(c) July 15 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong> (d) July 17<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>37. The Nelson Mandela International Day is observed on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) July 19 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong> (b) July 18<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) July 20 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) July 17<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>38. ______ has become the first female President of the Supreme Court (SC) in the United Kingdom (UK).<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Mary Wortley Montagu<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) Brenda Marjorie Hale<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Nell Gwyn \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Jane Austen<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>39. The 2024 Summer Olympics will be hosted by ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Los Angeles \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) London<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Paris \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) New York<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>40. The world&#8217;s longest pedestrian suspension bridge opened in ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Japan \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Indonesia<br \/>\n(c) United States \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong> \u00a0(d) Switzerland<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>41. International Day of the World&#8217;s Indigenous Peoples falls on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) August 7 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) August 8<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) August 9<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) August 10<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">42. ____ is International Biodiesel Day.<br \/>\n(a) August 11 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) August 12<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) August 10<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) August 9<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>43. ______ has won the most medals in Winter Olympics i.e. 329.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) United States \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) France<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Norway \u00a0<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Germany<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>44. Ruth Pfau, the Mother Teresa of Pakistan, hailed from ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Italy \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) United States<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Germany<\/strong> \u00a0<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) France<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>45. Yisrael Kristal, the world&#8217;s oldest man before he died on Aug 11, hailed from ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Germany \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Japan<br \/>\n(c) France \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u00a0(d) Israel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>46. ______ is the World Elephant Day.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) August 12 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) August 13<br \/>\n(c) August 14 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) August 15<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>47. 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