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\"National<\/a><\/h2>\n

NATIONAL <\/span><\/h2>\n

1. The National Assembly passed the 24th Constitution Amendment Bill, 2017, on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Nov 16<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Nov 17
\n(c) Nov 18\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Nov 20<\/p>\n

2. On Nov 17, the UNGA passed a Pakistan-sponsored resolution on peoples’ right to self-determination. It was co-sponsored by ______ countries.<\/strong>
\n(a) 65\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) 75<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) 100\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 107<\/p>\n

3. The tragic incident of Baldia factory fire in Karachi happened in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) 2010\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) 2011
\n(c) 2012<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 2014<\/p>\n

4. On Nov 17, the federal government appointed ______ the new chairman of the Board of Investment<\/strong>
\n(a) Muhammad Ashraf Noor
\n(b) Shabnam Chaudhri
\n(c) Dr Miftah Ismail
\n(d) Naeem Y. Zamindar<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

5. Pakistan won its first gold medal hockey in Asian Games in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) 1954\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) 1958<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) 1962\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) 1966<\/p>\n

6. On Nov 20, the 8th Round of Strategic Dialogue between Pakistan and China was held in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Islamabad\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (b) Beijing
\n(c) Lahore\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Shanghai<\/p>\n

7. On Nov 21, a British-Pakistani woman ______ became the first-ever Muslim and Asian woman to be appointed as detective superintendent of the Scotland Yard.<\/strong>
\n(a) Shaheen Hashmat
\n(b) Sajida Vandal
\n(c) Shabnam Chaudhri<\/strong> <\/span>
\n(d) Shehla Qureshi<\/p>\n

8. Pakistan’s incumbent Federal Minister for Finance is ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Miftah Ismail\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Ishaq Dar
\n(c) Daniyal Aziz\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Prime Minister<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

9. The Country Director United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Pakistan is ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Ignacio Artaza<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Neil Buhne
\n(c) Vitalie Muntean\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Naoko Takasu<\/p>\n

10. On Nov 23, the Election Commission of Pakistan declared ______ the National Voters Day.<\/strong>
\n(a) Nov 23\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Nov 24
\n(c) Dec 06\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Dec 07<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

11. On Nov 24, the ______ High Court declared the sit-in at the Faizabad interchange an ‘anti-state activity’ and ‘an act of terrorism’.<\/strong>
\n(a) Islamabad<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Lahore
\n(c) Sindh\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Peshawar<\/p>\n

12. On Nov 24, Kamran Akmal made a world-record opening partnership of 209 runs with ______ in the National T20 Cup.<\/strong>
\n(a) Umar Akmal\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Salman Butt<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Babar Azam\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Sarfraz Ahmad<\/p>\n

13. On Nov 24, the Cabinet Secretariat re-designated Minister for Defence Production Rana Tanveer as ______ minister \u201cwith immediate effect\u201d, under an additional charge.<\/strong>
\n(a) Defence
\n(b) Defence Production
\n(c) Information and Broadcasting
\n(d) Science and Technology<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

14. The current Chairman of Pakistan Advertisers Society (PAS) is ______,<\/strong>
\n(a) Kiran Aftab\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Nooruzzaman
\n(c) Saqib Zia<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Salman Alvi<\/p>\n

15. On Nov 26, the Australian government announced an AUD500,000 programme to train around 4,000 smallholder farmers from Sheikhupura and ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Gujranwala\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong> <\/span>(b) Faisalabad
\n(c) Multan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Lahore<\/p>\n

16. On Nov 27, Pakistan’s ______ clinched the title of the 29th Princess Cup Youth Scrabble Tournament<\/strong>
\n(a) Hammad Hadi Khan<\/strong><\/span>
\n(b) Moizullah Baig
\n(c) Aatqa Khalid\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Abdul Ahad<\/p>\n

17. Protesters at the Faizabad interchange called off their countrywide protest on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Nov 25\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Nov 27<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Nov 28\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Nov 30<\/p>\n

18. On Nov 27, Minister of State for ______ Mir Dostain Khan Domki tendered his resignation.<\/strong>
\n(a) Defence Production
\n(b) Energy and Power
\n(c) Science and Technology<\/span><\/strong>
\n(d) Law and Parliamentary Affairs<\/p>\n

19. On Nov 28, the Peshawar High Court declared the appointment of ______ as chairman of National Tariff Commission void and against the law.<\/strong>
\n(a) Mahir Masood\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Abbas Raza
\n(c) Sohail Altaf\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Qasim M. Niaz<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

20. On Nov 28, Punjab government approved construction of Dadhocha Dam in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Rawalpindi<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Mianwali
\n(c) Faisalabad\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Chiniot<\/p>\n

21. Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah was called to the bar at Lincoln\u2019s Inn on April 29, ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) 1894\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) 1895
\n(c) 1896\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (d) 1899<\/p>\n

22. On Nov 28, the government appointed ______ the new chairman of the National Highway Authority.<\/strong>
\n(a) Jahanzeb Khan (b) Pervaiz Junejo
\n(c) Maroof Afzal
\n(d) Jawwad Rafique Malik<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

23. On Nov 30, ______ were crowned champions of Brighto Paints presents Cool & Cool National T20 Cup.<\/strong>
\n(a) Lahore Whites\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Lahore Blues<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Karachi Blues\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) FATA<\/p>\n

24. On Nov 30, the PCB started a legal battle against the ______ for not honouring a bilateral cricket series agreement.<\/strong>
\n(a) Cricket Australia\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) BCCI<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Cricket Sri Lanka\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) BCB<\/p>\n

25. A meeting of SCO Council of Heads of Government was recently held in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) China\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Russia<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Kazakhstan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Pakistan<\/p>\n

26. Pak-Saudi Special Forces joint counter-terrorism exercise 2017 was named ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Thunder 2\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Al-Shihab
\n(c) Barq 2\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Al-Shehab-2<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

27. On Dec 03, the longest underpass in Pakistan namely ______ was inaugurated.<\/strong>
\n(a) Beijing Underpass<\/strong><\/span>
\n(b) Shanghai Underpass
\n(c) China Underpass
\n(d) Shahbaz Sharif Underpass<\/p>\n

28. Major Harcharn Singh is the ______ Sikh major in the Pakistan Army.<\/strong>
\n(a) First\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (b) Second
\n(c) Third\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Fourth<\/p>\n

29. With its first edition in 2009, the Sindhi Culture Day 2017 was observed on ——.<\/strong>
\n(a) Dec 01\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Dec 02
\n(c) Dec 03<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>(d) Dec 04<\/p>\n

30. Pakistan’s ______ is the first Asian player to have completed 800 catches in the first-class cricket.<\/strong>
\n(a) Sarfraz Ahmad\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Kamran Akmal<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Shoaib Malik\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Fawad Alam<\/p>\n

31. On Dec 04, ______ was appointed the Chairman Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC).<\/strong>
\n(a) Ali Salman\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Tahir Ali
\n(c) Raza Abidi\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(d) Rizwan Ahmed<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

32. The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) is a partnership of ______ countries.<\/strong>
\n(a) 11<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>(b) 12
\n(c) 27\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) 33<\/p>\n

33. Pakistan Peoples Party was launched on November 30, 1967 in______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Karachi\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Hyderabad
\n(c) Rawalpindi\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Lahore<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

34. The tragic incident of the killing of Minhaj-ul-Quran workers in Model Town, Lahore, took place on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) June 17, 2012\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) June 17, 2013
\n(c) June 17, 2014\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (d) June 17, 2015<\/p>\n

35. On Dec 10, Pakistan thrashed ______ to clinch Gold Medal in Dubai Baseball Cup.<\/strong>
\n(a) India<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Bangladesh
\n(c) South Korea\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) China<\/p>\n

36. The 28th meeting of Economic Cooperation Organisation Regional Planning Council was held in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Ankara\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Tehran
\n(c) Islamabad<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Istanbul<\/p>\n

37. On Dec 12, the ______ Human Rights Prize was conferred on the Freedom Network, a Pakistani civil liberties organisation<\/strong>
\n(a) French\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (b) American
\n(c) Australian\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Canadian

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

International <\/span><\/h2>\n

1. India’s current president is ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Venkaiah Naidu\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Pratibha Patil
\n(c) Pranab Mukherjee
\n(d) Ram Nath Kovind<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2. On Nov 17, ______, one of the most feared godfathers of the Sicilian Mafia, died.<\/strong><\/span>
\n(a) Toto Riina\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 (b) Michele Greco
\n(a) Luciano Leggio\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Nicolo Rizzuto<\/p>\n

3. On Nov 20, US President Donald Trump declared ______ a state sponsor of terrorism.<\/strong>
\n(a) Venezuela\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Pakistan
\n(c) North Korea\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong> (d) Mexico<\/p>\n

4. On Nov 21, Robert Mugabe resigned as ______ president<\/strong>
\n(a) South Africa’s\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Zimbabwe’s<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Sudan’s\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Somalia’s<\/p>\n

5. Roshydromet is the meteorological service of ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Italy\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Ukraine
\n(c) Russia<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Belgium<\/p>\n

6. Saad al-Hariri is the Prime Minister of ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Lebanon\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span> <\/strong>(b) Iraq
\n(c) Jordan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Syria<\/p>\n

7. On Nov 22, the UN judges sentenced former Bosnian Serb commander____, dubbed ‘The Butcher of Bosnia’, to life imprisonment.<\/strong>
\n(a) Milomir Stakic\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Ratko Mladic<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Zeljko Lelek\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Predrag Banovic<\/p>\n

8. On Nov 23, ______ and Myanmar agreed to start repatriating refugees within two months.<\/strong>
\n(a) Bhutan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) India
\n(c) Nepal\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Bangladesh<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

9. A.H. Mahmood Ali is the Foreign Minister of ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Bangladesh\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong> (b) India
\n(c) Afghanistan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Nepal<\/p>\n

10. Femicide is the killing of ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Girl child\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Mothers
\n(c) Women<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Sisters<\/p>\n

11. On Nov 24, Lionel Messi of ______ won the European Golden Shoe award.<\/strong>
\n(a) Italy\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Portugal
\n(c) Brazil\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(d) Argentina<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

12. On Nov 24, armed attackers killed 235 worshippers in an attack on a mosque in Egypt’s ______ province.<\/strong>
\n(a) Alexandria\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Sinai<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Beheira\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Aswan<\/p>\n

13. On Nov 24, the 75-year-old Emmerson Mnangagwa, also known as the ______, was sworn in as president of Zimbabwe<\/strong>
\n(a) Crocodile\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong> (b) Leopard
\n(c) Falcon\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Lion<\/p>\n

14. On Nov 26, Iran and ______ signed a deal with Qatar aimed at boosting commercial ties.<\/strong>
\n(a) Kuwait\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Turkey<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Russia\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Bahrain<\/p>\n

15. The first meeting of a counter-terrorism alliance, the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC) was held, in Saudi Arabia, on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Nov 25\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Nov 26<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Nov 27\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Nov 28<\/p>\n

16. On Nov 27, Britain appointed ______ as its new permanent secretary to the United Nations.<\/strong>
\n(a) Mat Rycroft\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Jonathan Allen
\n(c) Robert Brown\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Karen Pierce<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

17. On Nov 27, ______ Ravichandran Ashwin became the fastest bowler to reach 300 Test wickets.<\/strong>
\n(a) New Zealand’s\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) India’s<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Sri Lanka’s\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Bangladesh’s<\/p>\n

18. On Nov 27, Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters of ______ won the Miss Universe 2017 crown.<\/strong>
\n(a) South Africa\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (b) Cuba
\n(c) Cambodia\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Jamaica<\/p>\n

19. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is headquartered in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Caracas\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Vienna<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Moscow\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Riyadh<\/p>\n

20. Among the following, ______ is NOT an OPEC member state.<\/strong>
\n(a) Gabon\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Indonesia
\n(c) Russia<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Ecuador<\/p>\n

21. Iran inaugurated a $1 billion project to expand its southeastern Chabahar port on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Dec 03\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (b) Dec 04
\n(c) Dec 05\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Dec 06<\/p>\n

22. On ______, Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed their erstwhile ally Ali Abdullah Saleh, the country’s former president and strongman.<\/strong>
\n(a) Dec 02\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Dec 04<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Dec 06\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Dec 08<\/p>\n

23. On Dec 04, ______ Finance Minister Mario Centeno was elected as the new head of the Eurogroup.<\/strong>
\n(a) Brazilian\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Dutch
\n(c) Mexican\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Portuguese<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

24. On Dec 04, Mohamad Al Jounde, a teenage ______ refugee, won the annual International Children’s Peace Prize.<\/strong>
\n(a) Ethiopian\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Lebanese
\n(c) Iraqi\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(d) Syrian<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

25. On Dec 05, former ______ King Michael I died.<\/strong>
\n(a) Moroccan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Romanian<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Cambodian\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Belgian<\/p>\n

26. On Dec 05, the ______ formed a new military and economic committee with Saudi Arabia.<\/strong>
\n(a) Pakistan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Lebanon
\n(c) UAE\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (d) Yemen<\/p>\n

27. On Dec 06, the third UN Environment Assembly was held in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Bangkok\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) New York
\n(c) Bonn\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Nairobi<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

28. On ______, US President Donald Trump issued a proclamation recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.<\/strong>
\n(a) Dec 06\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/strong> (b) Dec 07
\n(c) Dec 09\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Dec 10<\/p>\n

29. On Dec 07, ______ signed a $1.3-billion deal with France to buy 12 French-built Rafale fighter jets.<\/strong>
\n(a) Qatar\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (b) Kuwait
\n(c) Saudi Arabia\u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Iran<\/p>\n

30. ______ is the world’s third largest economy.<\/strong>
\n(a) EU\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) India
\n(c) South Korea\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Japan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

31. On Dec 08, Cristiano Ronaldo of ______ won his fifth Ballon d’Or award.<\/strong>
\n(a) Brazil\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Portugal<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Germany\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Argentina<\/p>\n

32. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Dec 06\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Dec 08
\n(c) Dec 10\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(d) Dec 12<\/p>\n

33. On Dec 13, India’s ______ became the first batsman to hit three double centuries in One-day Internationals.<\/strong>
\n(a) MS Dhoni\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Rohit Sharma<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Virat Kohli\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Shikhar Dhawan<\/p>\n

34. On Dec 14, Walt Disney Co. agreed to buy key film and television assets of 21st Century Fox, in a ______ deal.<\/strong>
\n(a) $50.2 billion\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) $51.7 billion
\n(c) $52.4 billion\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (d) $69.8 billion<\/p>\n

35. ______ is the official emblem for Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.<\/strong>
\n(a) Flight\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Nature
\n(c) Yoggl\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Winter Dream<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

36. The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) is headquartered in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Geneva\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) London<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Paris\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Berlin<\/p>\n

37. The Band-e Amir National Park is located in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Afghanistan\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <\/strong>(b) Pakistan
\n(c) Israel\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Iran<\/p>\n

38. Uhuru Kenyatta is the current President of ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Nigeria\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Somalia
\n(c) Kenya<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Mozambique<\/p>\n

39. Time magazine has named ______ Person of the Year for 2017.<\/strong>
\n(a) The Protesters
\n(b) The Whistleblowers
\n(c) The Dreamers
\n(d) The Silence Breakers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

40. ______ hosted the second UNWTO\/UNESCO World Conference on Tourism and Culture.<\/strong>
\n(a) Australia\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Switzerland
\n(c) Germany\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(d) Oman<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

41. \u201cOn the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection,\u201d a groundbreaking scientific work by British naturalist Charles Darwin was published in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) 1859<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>(b) 1864
\n(c) 1876\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) 1898<\/p>\n

42. The Empire State Building is located in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Chicago\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Birmingham
\n(c) London\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(d) New York City<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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