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

NATIONAL <\/span><\/h1>\n

1. On Oct 16, representatives of Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and the US met in ______, to rejuvenate the Quadrilateral Coordination Group.<\/strong>
\n(a) Moscow\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Muscat<\/strong><\/span>
\n(c) Beijing\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Islamabad<\/p>\n

2. On Oct 16, ______ won a seat in the United Nations Human Rights Council for the Asia-Pacific group.<\/strong>
\n(a) Qatar\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Pakistan<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) India\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) China<\/p>\n

3. On Oct 17, ______ became the first Pakistani to win the World Grand Masters title.<\/strong>
\n(a) Khalil Ahmad\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Syed Ali Ahmad
\n(c) Mahmood Lodhi<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Zohaib Hassan<\/p>\n

4. On ______, the federal cabinet decided to go ahead with delimitation of constituencies on the basis of provisional census data.<\/strong>
\n(a) Oct 16\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Oct 18<\/strong><\/span>
\n(c) Oct 19\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Oct 20<\/p>\n

5. As per data released by the ECP, there are ______ registered voters in the country.<\/strong>
\n(a) 87 million\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) 89 million
\n(c) 94 million\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(d) 97 million<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

6. On ______, former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, his daughter and son-in-law were indicted in the London properties reference.<\/strong>
\n(a) Oct 17\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 (b) Oct 19<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Oct 22\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Oct 24<\/p>\n

7. On Oct 19, ______ was appointed the Inspector General Balochistan Police.<\/strong>
\n(a) Bashir Ahmad
\n(b) Moazzam Jah Ansari<\/strong><\/span>
\n(c) Raja Umar Khitab
\n(d) Sardar Abdul Majeed<\/p>\n

8. ______ represented Pakistan at the 9th summit of the D-8 held in Istanbul on Oct 20.<\/strong>
\n(a) President\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Foreign Minister
\n(c) Interior Minister\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Prime Minister<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

9. On Oct 20, Prof. Shahida Hasnain of ______ was named co-laureate of the UNESCO Carlos J. Finlay Prize 2017 for microbiology.<\/strong>
\n(a) PU\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) QAU
\n(c) NUST\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) IBA<\/p>\n

10. On Oct 20, ______ rated Pakistan in top five highest private participation investment (PPI) countries.<\/strong>
\n(a) Moody’s\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) World Bank<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) IMF\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) ADB<\/p>\n

11. Pakistan won the ____ medal in the 2017 Men’s Hockey Asia Cup.<\/strong>
\n(a) Gold\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Silver
\n(c) Bronze<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Consolation<\/p>\n

12. Justice (R) Hamid Ali Mirza, who died on Oct 23, served as the Chief Election Commissioner from ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) 2003 to 2006\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) 2006 to 2009
\n(c) 2009 to 2012\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (d) 2013 to 2015<\/p>\n

13. On ______, the Senate of Pakistan passed a bill to bring back the bar on those disqualified to become a lawmaker from holding a party.<\/strong>
\n(a) Oct 20\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Oct 21
\n(c) Oct 22\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Oct 23<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

14. On Oct 24, US Secretary of State ______ reached Pakistan on an official visit.<\/strong>
\n(a) Mike Pence\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) James Mattis
\n(c) Rex Tillerson<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Steve Bannon<\/p>\n

15. On Oct 26, Punjab Food Authority imposed a complete ban on use of ______ to ripen various fruits and vegetables before time.<\/strong>
\n(a) Iodine\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Acetylene
\n(c) Ethylene\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(d) Calcium carbide<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

16. The current Director General of Punjab Food Authority (PFA) is ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Anjum Sardar\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Asif Bilal
\n(c) Noor ul Amin Mengal<\/span><\/strong>
\n(d) Syed Bilal Haider<\/p>\n

17. \u201cPerween Rahman: The Rebel Optimist\u201d won the ______ prize for best documentary at the 11th Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Films Festival.<\/strong>
\n(a) Second\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (b) Third
\n(c) Fourth\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Fifth<\/p>\n

18. \u201cPerween Rahman: The Rebel Optimist\u201d has been directed by ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Tahira Gulfaraz\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Mahera Omar<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Shoaib Mansoor\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Maha Sharmeen<\/p>\n

19. Oct 30, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime appointed ______ its National Goodwill Ambassador.<\/strong>
\n(a) Mahira Khan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Shehzad Roy<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Atif Aslam\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Jawad Ahmad<\/p>\n

20. On Oct 30, Lt. Gen. Nadeem Raza was installed as the ______ Colonel Commandant of the Mujahid Force.<\/strong>
\n(a) First\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span>(b) Second
\n(c) Sixth\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Eighth<\/p>\n

21. On Oct 31, ______ was elected President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for 2017-18.<\/strong>
\n(a) Qamar Zaman Qureshi
\n(b) Pir Kaleem Khurshid<\/strong><\/span>
\n(c) Safdar Hussain Tarar
\n(d) Muhammad Siddique Alam<\/p>\n

22. Gilgit-Baltistan celebrates its Independence Day on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Oct 28\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Oct 30
\n(c) Oct 31<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Nov 01<\/p>\n

23. Pakistan has been ranked ______ in the World Bank’s ‘Ease of Doing Business 2018’ report.<\/strong>
\n(a) 121st\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) 130th
\n(c) 147th<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 158th<\/p>\n

24. Dina Wadia, the daughter of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, passed away on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Oct 31\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Nov 01
\n(c) Nov 02<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Nov 04<\/p>\n

25. The 2017 World Press Freedom Index has ranked Pakistan _____ out of 180 countries.
\n(a) 132nd\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) 139th<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) 144th\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) 146th<\/p>\n

26. The 2017 World Press Freedom Index has been prepared by the_____ based Reporters Without Borders.<\/strong>
\n(a) Rome\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Geneva
\n(c) Berlin\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Paris<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

27. On Nov 03, ______ was appointed Chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII).<\/strong>
\n(a) Dr Abdul Hakeem
\n(b) Raghib Hussain Naeemi
\n(c) Dr Qibla Ayaz<\/strong> <\/span>
\n(d) Khursheed Nadeem<\/p>\n

28. As per the law, the CII should have a minimum of 8 and maximum of ____ members, including its chairman.<\/strong>
\n(a) Twelve\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Fifteen
\n(c) Eighteen\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Twenty<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

29. On Nov 06, the SECP approved the appointment of ______ as managing director Pakistan Stock Exchange.<\/strong>
\n(a) Gavin William\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Richard Morin<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Michael Fallon\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Musharraf Cyan<\/p>\n

30. Pakistan has been ranked ______ in the 2017 World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap index.<\/strong>
\n(a) 138th\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) 141st
\n(c) 143rd<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>(d) 144th<\/p>\n

31. On Nov 11, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Cricket ______ signed a five-year agreement to play three T20 matches series on a reciprocal basis.<\/strong>
\n(a) Bangladesh\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Australia
\n(c) West Indies\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Zimbabwe<\/p>\n

32. Pakistani passport has got ______ position in the Global Passport Power Rank 2017.<\/strong>
\n(a) 78th\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) 91st<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) 75th\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 66th<\/p>\n

33. On Nov 13, Pakistani film ______ scooped the Best Foreign Film Award at the 11th annual Alexandria Film Festival held in Virginia, USA.<\/strong>
\n(a) Moor\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Dukhtar
\n(c) Saawan<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Mah-e-Mir<\/p>\n

34. On Nov 13, President Mamnoon Hussain removed Finance Minister Ishaq Dar from the Council of Common Interests and replaced him with ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Zahid Hamid\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Ahsan Iqbal<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Riaz Pirzada\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Khawaja Asif<\/p>\n

35. On Nov 13, the Sindh Assembly passed a resolution to revive student unions in the province.<\/strong>
\n(a) Punjab\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) KP
\n(c) Sindh<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>(d) Balochistan<\/p>\n

36. On Nov 14, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi announced a 10-year development package for ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Sindh\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) KP
\n(c) Balochistan<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Gilgit-Baltistan<\/p>\n

37. The 2018 Asian Cricket Council Emerging Nations Cup will be hosted by ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Sri Lanka\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) India
\n(c) Pakistan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span>(d) Bangladesh

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

INTERNATIONAL<\/span><\/h1>\n

1. On Oct 16, India’s capital New Delhi and ______ capital Sao Paulo were declared the world’s worst megacities for sexual violence against women.<\/strong>
\n(a) Chile’s\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Mexico’s
\n(c) Brazil’s<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Portugal’s<\/p>\n

2. \u201cChange the Future of Migration. Invest in Food Security and Rural Development,\u201d was the theme of the ______ celebrated on Oct 16, 2017 .<\/strong>
\n(a) World Food Day<\/strong><\/span>
\n(b) World Vegan Day
\n(a) World Savings Day
\n(d) United Nations Day<\/p>\n

3. The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty falls on ______.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Oct 16\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Oct 17<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Oct 18\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Oct 20<\/p>\n

4. On Oct 18, Saudi airline ______ made the first commercial flight from Riyadh to Baghdad since 1990.<\/strong>
\n(a) Flynas<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) ASACO
\n(c) Flyadeal\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Mid East Jet<\/p>\n

5. On Oct 18, India, ______ and South Africa signed the IBSA Trust Fund Agreement.<\/strong>
\n(a) Brazil\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span>(b) Bangladesh
\n(c) Bulgaria\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Belgium<\/p>\n

6. The week-long 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China commenced at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Oct 16\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Oct 18<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Oct 20\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Oct 22<\/p>\n

7. The ninth summit of the Developing Eight Organisation for Economic Cooperation (D-8) was held in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Kuala Lumpur\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Jakarta
\n(c) Istanbul\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Islamabad<\/p>\n

8. D-8 Member States include, ______, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey.<\/strong>
\n(a) Afghanistan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Azerbaijan
\n(c) Bangladesh\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span>(d) Tajikistan<\/p>\n

9. ______ won the 2017 Men’s Hockey Asia Cup tournament, held in Dhaka.<\/strong>
\n(a) Malaysia\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) India<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Japan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) S. Korea<\/p>\n

10. On Oct 22, ______ Prime Minister Shinzo Abe swept to a resounding victory in a snap election.<\/strong>
\n(a) Australian\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Japanese<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Brazilian\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Latvian<\/p>\n

11. House of Representatives, the lower house of Japan’s National Diet consists of ______ members.<\/strong>
\n(a) 398\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) 434
\n(c) 465<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 500<\/p>\n

12. On ______, China’s president, Xi Jinping, was elevated to the pantheon of China’s most powerful leaders as his name was enshrined in the Communist Party constitution alongside Chairman Mao.<\/strong>
\n(a) Oct 18\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Oct 24<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Oct 26\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Oct 30<\/p>\n

13. Communist China’s founder Mao Zedong, the architect of its market reforms ______ and the current Chinese President Xi Jinping have their names in the party constitution.<\/strong>
\n(a) Sudan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Deng Xiaoping<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Jiang Zemin\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Liu Shaoqi<\/p>\n

14. On Oct 24, Russia used its veto power at the Security Council ______ time to block action targeting Syria.<\/strong>
\n(a) Ninth<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>(b) Twelfth
\n(c) Fourteenth\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Fifteenth<\/p>\n

15. On Oct 26, Qatar signed a defence agreement with ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) China\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Russia<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Iran\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) USA<\/p>\n

16. Setsuko Thurlow, an 85-year-old survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, will accept the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize with the ICAN on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Nov 30\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Dec 05
\n(c) Dec 10<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>(d) Dec 25<\/p>\n

17. On Oct 27, ______ passport was declared the world’s most powerful.<\/strong>
\n(a) China’s\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) USA’s
\n(c) Singapore’s\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(d) Canada’s<\/p>\n

18. On Oct 27, ______ became the first ever nation to leave the International Criminal Court.<\/strong>
\n(a) Burundi\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (b) Gambia
\n(c) Botswana\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) South Africa<\/p>\n

19. The 14th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation in Law Conference and 11th SAARC Chief Justices Conference were held in ____.<\/strong>
\n(a) Islamabad\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Dhaka
\n(c) Colombo<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>(d) New Delhi<\/p>\n

20. On Oct 29, South Africa’s ______ smashed the fastest century in Twenty20 International Cricket.<\/strong>
\n(a) JP Duminy\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Ab de Villiers
\n(c) David Miller<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Hashim Amla<\/p>\n

21. ______ has been appointed Britain’s new defence secretary replacing Michael Fallon.<\/strong>
\n(a) Jeremy Hunt\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Michael Gove
\n(c) Sajid Javid\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Gavin Williamson<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

22. On Nov 03, the 39th Unesco General Conference was held in______.<\/strong>
\n(a) London\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Paris<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Geneva\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) New York<\/p>\n

23. On Nov 03, the US Senate confirmed ______ as the next US ambassador to India.<\/strong>
\n(a) David Hale\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Kenneth Juster<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Marcia Bernicat\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) John Bass<\/p>\n

24. On Nov 04, the US launched a drone attack on IS fighters in ____, its first in this Horn of Africa nation.<\/strong>
\n(a) Ethiopia\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Djibouti
\n(c) Somalia<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Eritrea<\/p>\n

25. On Nov 04, ______ passed legislation to punish anyone who disrespects the national anthem with up to three years in prison.<\/strong>
\n(a) Afghanistan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Bangladesh
\n(c) China<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) India<\/p>\n

26. On Nov 04, Saad al-Hariri, the Prime Minister of ______ resigned.<\/strong>
\n(a) Kuwait\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Lebanon<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Qatar\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Yemen<\/p>\n

27. The Saudi Arabian government launched a sweeping anticorruption purge on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Oct 30\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Nov 01
\n(c) Nov 05<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Nov 08<\/p>\n

28. On Nov 05, the ICIJ released 13.4 million files of offshore companies in an episode named ______<\/strong>
\n(a) Panama 2\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Paradise Papers<\/strong><\/span>
\n(c) Tax Havens\u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Panama Plus<\/p>\n

29. On______, Spain’s Constitutional Court ruled illegal the ousted Catalan parliament’s recent vote to declare the region independent from Spain.<\/strong>
\n(a) Nov 08<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Nov 10
\n(c) Nov 12\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Nov 14<\/p>\n

30. The Louvre Abu Dhabi opened on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Nov 08<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>(b) Nov 10
\n(c) Nov 12\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Nov 14<\/p>\n

31. On Nov 08, the Geneva-based ILO closed its probe into alleged mistreatment of foreign workers in World Cup 2022 host ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Mexico\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Venezuela
\n(c) Qatar<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Russia<\/p>\n

32. The UK’s current Minister for International Development is ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Priti Patel\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Elizabeth Truss
\n(c) Penny Mordaunt<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Brandon Lewis<\/p>\n

33. On Nov 09, ______ appointed first women to Shura Council.<\/strong>
\n(a) Kuwait\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Qatar<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Iran\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n

34. On Nov 11, Surendra Kumar Sinha, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of ______, tendered his resignation.<\/strong>
\n(a) Nepal\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Bangladesh<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Myanmar\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) India<\/p>\n

35. The 2017 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit was held in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Jakarta\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) New Delhi
\n(c) Danang<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong>(d) Manila<\/p>\n

36. On Nov 14, American group Mattel unveiled its first hijab-wearing Barbie doll in honour of US fencer ___.<\/strong>
\n(a) C\u00e9cilia Berder
\n(b) Ibtihaj Muhammad<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) In\u00e9s Boubakri\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Zahra Lari<\/p>\n

37. Zimbabwe’s military took control of the country on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Nov 12\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Nov 13
\n(c) Nov 14\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Nov 15<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

38. The winner of the 2017 Man Booker Prize is ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Zadie Smith\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Colin Thubron
\n(c) George Saunders<\/strong> <\/span>
\n(d) Sebastian Barry<\/p>\n

39. The 2017 UN Climate Change Conference was held in Bonn, ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Australia\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Switzerland
\n(c) Germany<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) France<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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