{"id":16802,"date":"2018-04-28T12:22:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-28T07:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/?p=16802"},"modified":"2019-11-19T15:52:47","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T10:52:47","slug":"national-international-mcqs-feb-mar-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/studykit\/mcqs\/national-international-mcqs-feb-mar-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"National & International MCQs (Feb \u2013 Mar 2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

National <\/span><\/h1>\n

1. On Feb 16, Munna Lahori, who played the beloved genie ______ in the famous children’s play Ainak Wala Jinn, passed away.<\/strong>
\n(a) Samari\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Zakoota<\/strong><\/span>
\n(c) Nastoor\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Hamoon<\/p>\n

2. Imran Ali, the rapist and killer of Zainab Ansari, a little girl from Kasur, has been awarded death sentence on ______ counts.<\/strong>
\n(a) Two\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Four<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Five\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Six<\/p>\n

3. On Feb 17, ______ was appointed the brand ambassador of the PCB.<\/strong>
\n(a) Shoaib Akhtar<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Wasim Akram
\n(c) Shahid Afridi\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Darren Sammy<\/p>\n

4. The winner of the 13th Cholistan Desert Rally was ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Roni Patel\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Nadir Magsi<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Jaffar Magsi\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Maqsood Alam<\/p>\n

5. As per a Unicef report titled \u201cEvery Child Alive: the urgent need to end newborn deaths,\u201d ______ is the riskiest place in the world to be born in.<\/strong>
\n(a) Bangladesh\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Pakistan<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Afghanistan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) India<\/p>\n

6. On Feb 20, the Generalised System of Preferences Plus (GSP+) status accorded by the EU to Pakistan was extended by ______ year(s).<\/strong>
\n(a) One\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Two<\/span> <\/strong>
\n(c) Three\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Four<\/p>\n

7. The incumbent Federal Secretary for Commerce is ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Fayyaz Khan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Younus Dagha<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Sh. Naseem\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Akbar Durrani<\/p>\n

8. On Feb 21, the NAB arrested former LDA head Ahad Khan Cheema in ______ Housing Society scam.<\/strong>
\n(a) Ashiyana-i-Iqbal<\/strong><\/span>
\n(b) Ashiyana-i-Quaid
\n(c) Ashiyana-i-Jinnah
\n(d) Ashiyana-i-Iqbal Extension<\/p>\n

9. On Feb 21, ______ won the Jubilee Insurance 43rd National Snooker Championship.<\/strong>
\n(a) M. Asif\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Khurram Agha
\n(c) Asjad Ali\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Shokat Ali<\/p>\n

10. On Feb 23, the TAPI gas pipeline was inaugurated in Serhetabat, ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) India\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Afghanistan
\n(c) Pakistan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Turkmenistan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

11. The first gas flow under the TAPI gas pipeline is expected in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) 2020\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong> <\/span>(b) 2022
\n(c) 2023\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 2025<\/p>\n

12. On Feb 25, WHO revealed that over 65pc of the total measles cases reported in the eastern Mediterranean in 2017 were from ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Nepal\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) India
\n(c) Sri Lanka\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Pakistan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

13. On Feb 26, renowned mountaineer Samina Baig was appointed the ‘National Goodwill Ambassador’ for Pakistan by the ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) WHO\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) UNDP<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) UNICEF\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) UNHCR<\/p>\n

14. ______ is the first Pakistani woman to have climbed Mount Everest.<\/span><\/strong>
\n(a) Shaista Malik\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Uzma Yousaf
\n(c) Samina Baig<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Shakeela Numa<\/p>\n

15. On Feb 27, ______ was sworn in as Federal Ombudsperson on Protection against Harassment of Women at Workplace.<\/strong>
\n(a) Kashmala Tariq\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Marvi Sarmad
\n(c) Nuzhat Sadiq\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Sadia Abbasi<\/p>\n

16. On Mar 01, the Pakistani armed forces ranked ______ amongst the 25 most powerful world militaries.<\/strong>
\n(a) 10th\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) 12th
\n(c) 13th<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) 15th<\/p>\n

17. Renowned filmmaker Mahmud Sipra passed away on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Feb 26\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Feb 28
\n(c) Mar 01\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0 (d) Mar 04<\/p>\n

18. Baloch Culture Day 2018 was observed on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Feb 28\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Mar 01
\n(c) Mar 02\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (d) Mar 04<\/p>\n

19. On Mar 02, the 12th meeting of Pak-Russia Consultative Group on Strategic Stability was held in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Moscow\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Islamabad<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Beijing\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Karachi<\/p>\n

20. Elections to 52 Senate seats from all the four provinces, Fata and the federal capital were held on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Feb 26\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Feb 28
\n(c) Mar 01\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(d) Mar 03<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

21. Veteran politician and PPP leader Jam Saqi, whom Mohtarma Bhtto called \u201cThe patriotic citizen of the state,\u201d breathed his last on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Mar 02\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Mar 03
\n(c) Mar 05<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Mar 07<\/p>\n

22. On Mar 06, Sindh cabinet was expanded with the induction of ______ as provincial minister for planning and development.<\/strong>
\n(a) Abdul Bari\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Saeed Ghani<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Krishna Kohli\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Murtaza Shah<\/p>\n

23. The current Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Maj. Gen. Saeed Aleem
\n(b) Lt. Gen. Omar Mahmood Hayat<\/strong><\/span>
\n(c) Lt. Gen. Farooq Ahmad Khan
\n(d) Lt. Gen. Nadeem Ahmad<\/p>\n

24. The Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) was established on October 24, ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) 2004\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) 2005<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) 2006\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) 2007<\/p>\n

25. The Senate of Pakistan passed a bill aimed at protecting the rights of transgender persons on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Feb 28\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Mar 01
\n(c) Mar 07\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (d) Mar 09<\/p>\n

26. On Mar 08, the British High Commission announced a new annual scholarship honouring ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Dr Ruth Pfau\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Jam Saqi
\n(c) Qazi Wajid\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Asthma Jehangir<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

27. On Mar 08, the government named ______ as the next ambassador to the United States.<\/strong>
\n(a) Aizaz Chaudhary
\n(b) Ali Jahangir Siddiqui<\/strong><\/span>
\n(c) Sohail Malik\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Zubair Gul<\/p>\n

28. On Mar 12, Sadiq Sanjrani was elected as the ______ Senate chairman from Balochistan.<\/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. Sadiq Sanjrani is the ______ Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan.<\/strong>
\n(a) Sixth\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Seventh
\n(c) Eighth<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Tenth<\/p>\n

30. The longest-serving chairman of the Senate of Pakistan, to date, is ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Wasim Sajjad<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Farooq Naek
\n(c) Habibullah Khan
\n(d) Ghulam Ishaq Khan<\/p>\n

31. PPP’s Saleem Mandviwalla is the ______ Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan.<\/strong>
\n(a) 10th\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) 12th<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) 13th\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 14th<\/p>\n

32. To date, the only woman to have served as Deputy Chairman Senate of Pakistan is ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Sherry Rehman
\n(b) Dr Noor Jehan Panezai<\/strong><\/span>
\n(c) Sitara Ayaz\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Rahila Magsi<\/p>\n

33. On ______, Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman was awarded the United States Legion of Merit, the highest military award of the US armed forces awarded to any foreign military official.<\/strong>
\n(a) Mar 10\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Mar 11
\n(c) Mar 12<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Mar 14<\/p>\n

34. On______, the Federation Internationale de Football Association lifted ban on Pakistan.<\/strong>
\n(a) Mar 10\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Mar 13<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Mar 14\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Mar 15<\/p>\n

35. On Mar 15, senior lawyer Rauf Ata was appointed Advocate General for ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Punjab\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Balochistan<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Sindh\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) KP<\/p>\n

36. The OIC’s subsidiary organ the Islamic Centre for the Development of Trade (ICDT) is headquartered in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Istanbul\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Dhaka
\n(c) Riyadh\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(d) Casablanca<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

37. Dapsang is another name of ___.<\/strong>
\n(a) K2<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Nanga Parbat
\n(c) Rakaposhi\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Mount Everest

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

International <\/span><\/h1>\n

1. \u201cKnight Grand Cross First Class of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant\u201d is an order of ____<\/strong>.
\n(a) Philippines\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Malaysia
\n(c) Thailand\u00a0<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) South Korea<\/p>\n

2. The 19-year-old gunman who gunned down 17 people in a high school in Florida was ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Bailey Nicole\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Nikolas Cruz<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Ryan Cope\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Austin Rollins<\/p>\n

3. Record for the highest successful run chase in Twenty20 history is held by _____.<\/strong>
\n(a) England\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Australia<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) India\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Sri Lanka<\/p>\n

4. _____ is, to date, the oldest world number one in tennis rankings.<\/strong>
\n(a) Roger Federer<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Rafael Nadal
\n(c) Ken Rosewall\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Marin Cilic<\/p>\n

5. On Feb 17, India and Iran signed agreement to lease to New Delhi operational control of the east coast Chabahar port for______.<\/strong>
\n(a) 12 months\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) 18 months<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) 24 months\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 30 months<\/p>\n

6. On Feb 20, Bangladesh agreed to sell a large stake in its Dhaka Stock Exchange to a ______ consortium.<\/strong>
\n(a) Indian\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Japanese
\n(c) Chinese<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) German<\/p>\n

7. The 54th Munich Security Conference was held in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Australia\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Belgium
\n(c) Germany<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) France<\/p>\n

8. Billy Graham, the renowned Christian evangelist who passed away on Feb 21, belonged to ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) USA<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Australia
\n(c) Austria\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Ethiopia<\/p>\n

9. On Feb 21, the 15-year-old ______ skater Alina Zagitova set the world record for short skate in women’s Olympic singles.<\/strong>
\n(a) Czech\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Russian<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Serbian\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Croatian<\/p>\n

10. On Feb 22, the _____ parliament passed a motion recognising as genocide the massacre of as many as 1.5 million Armenians in 1915.<\/strong>
\n(a) Swedish\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Greek
\n(c) Dutch<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Turkish<\/p>\n

11. Bollywood icon Sridevi died on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Feb 23\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Feb 24<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Feb 25\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Feb 26<\/p>\n

12. On Feb 24, ______ runner Tamira Mola won the first international half-marathon held in the Saudi capital Riyadh.<\/strong>
\n(a) Iraqi\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Jamaican
\n(c) Ethiopian<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Kenyan<\/p>\n

13. On Feb 27, a Turkish court jailed a paedophile a record _____ for abusing 18 children.<\/strong>
\n(a) 436 years\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) 572 years<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) 618 years\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) 720 years<\/p>\n

14. Kamal Abdalmarouf is the current army chief of ______. <\/strong>
\n(a) Afghanistan\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Sudan<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Iran\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Syria<\/p>\n

15. The headquarters of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Moscow\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) New Delhi
\n(c) Beijing<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>(d) Shanghai<\/p>\n

16. On Feb 28, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) lifted a doping ban against ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Russia\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Germany
\n(c) Iran\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) India<\/p>\n

17. On Mar 02, ______ declared its waters a shark sanctuary.<\/strong>
\n(a) Nauru\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Samoa<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Palau\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Kiribati<\/p>\n

18. On Mar 02, armed men attacked the French embassy in ____ and the country’s military headquarters.<\/strong>
\n(a) Algeria\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Burkina Faso<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) South Sudan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Chad<\/p>\n

19. The 2018 football World Cup is scheduled to take place in ______, from 14 June to 15 July.<\/strong>
\n(a) Russia<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Qatar
\n(c) Denmark\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Germany<\/p>\n

20. Italian elections 2018 were held on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Mar 01\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Mar 03
\n(c) Mar 04\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (d) Mar 06<\/p>\n

21. On Mar 05, Saudi Arabia and ______ set up a $10 billion joint fund to develop a mega city, NEOM.<\/strong>
\n(a) UAE\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Kuwait
\n(c) Egypt<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Malaysia<\/p>\n

22. ______ won the Oscars Award 2018 for best film.<\/strong>
\n(a) Call Me by Your Name
\n(b) The Shape of Water<\/strong><\/span>
\n(c) Dunkirk\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Lady Bird<\/p>\n

23. The Louvre, the world’s largest art museum, is located in______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Philadelphia\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Paris<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Hamburg\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Beijing<\/p>\n

24. Nobel prize-winning British scientist John Sulston died on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Mar 03\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Mar 04
\n(c) Mar 06\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (d) Mar 08<\/p>\n

25. As per Forbes magazine’s annual billionaires list, ______ is the world’s richest person.<\/strong>
\n(a) Jeff Bezos<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(b) Bill Gates
\n(c) Carlos Slim\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Warren Buffet<\/p>\n

26. The 2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize, architecture’s highest honour, was awarded to ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Kazuyo Sejima\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Balkrishna Doshi<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Zaha Hadid\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Carme Pigem<\/p>\n

27. On Mar 08, ______ countries signed the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for TransPacific Partnership (CPTPP).<\/strong>
\n(a) Eight\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Ten
\n(c) Eleven\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (d) Twelve<\/p>\n

28. On Mar 09, the Supreme Court of _____ issued permitted the removal of life-support systems for terminally ill or those in incurable comas.<\/strong>
\n(a) India\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 (b) Pakistan
\n(c) Indonesia\u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Kuwait<\/p>\n

29. On ______, China removed presidential term limits from its constitution, giving President Xi the right to remain in office indefinitely.<\/strong>
\n(a) Mar 08\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Mar 10
\n(c) Mar 11<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Mar 14<\/p>\n

30. On March 11, ______ launched a hypersonic missile named Kinzhal.<\/strong>
\n(a) Russia\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (b) India
\n(c) Japan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) China<\/p>\n

31. French fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy died on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) March 12\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (b) March 14
\n(c) March 15\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) March 16<\/p>\n

32. ______ won the 2018 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.<\/strong>
\n(a) South Korea\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) China
\n(c)Australia\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) The Netherlands<\/p>\n

33. Ipoh is a city in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Indonesia\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Malaysia<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) China\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) South Korea<\/p>\n

34. On Mar 13, Bidya Bhandari, the first female head of the state of ______, was elected for another term as president.<\/strong>
\n(a) Sri Lanka\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Nepal<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Bhutan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) The Maldives<\/p>\n

35. On Mar 13, ______ was appointed the new US Secretary of State, replacing Rex Tillerson.<\/strong>
\n(a) Gina Haspel\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Edward Flynn
\n(c) Mike Pompeo<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(d) William Mueller<\/p>\n

36. On Mar 13, ______ was appointed the first female director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)<\/strong>.
\n(a) Jovita Carranza\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Gina Haspel<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Nikki Haley\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Sarah Sanders<\/p>\n

37. Stephen Hawking, the legendary theoretical physicist, died on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Mar 14\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (b) Mar 15
\n(c) Mar 16\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Mar 17<\/p>\n

38. On Mar 14, Angela Merkel was sworn in for her ______ term as German chancellor.<\/strong>
\n(a) Second\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Third
\n(c) Fourth\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/strong> (d) Fifth<\/p>\n

39. As per the World Happiness Report 2018, ______ is the happiest country in the world.<\/strong>
\n(a) Norway\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Fiji
\n(c) Finland<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Mauritius<\/p>\n

40. On Mar 15, ______ the law firm at the heart of the \u201cPanama Papers\u201d scandal, announced to shut down operations.<\/strong>
\n(a) Maples\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) The Walkers
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