{"id":17062,"date":"2018-05-26T16:07:48","date_gmt":"2018-05-26T11:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/?p=17062"},"modified":"2019-11-19T15:42:54","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T10:42:54","slug":"national-international-mcqs-march-april-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/studykit\/mcqs\/national-international-mcqs-march-april-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"National &#038; International MCQs  (March \u2013 April 2018)"},"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 (March \u2013 April 2018)\" 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. WWF-Pakistan was formed in ______ and it has its headquarters in Lahore.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 1968\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(b) 1970<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) 1985\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 1988<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2. On Mar 17, ______ was installed as new colonel commandant of the Frontier Force (FF) Regiment.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Lt. Gen Aamer Riaz<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(b) Lt. Gen Ghayur Mahmood<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Lt. Gen Asim Bajwqa<br \/>\n(d) Lt. Gen Bashir Raza<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3. On Mar 18, Federal Minister for Interior, Planning Development and Reform Prof. Ahsan Iqbal inaugurated University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore&#8217;s _____ sub campus.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(a) Narowal\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (b) Vehari<br \/>\n(c) Sargodha\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Sialkot<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>4. Khan Bahadur Chaudhary Mushtaq Ahmad Para-Veterinary School is located in ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(a) Narowal<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Vehari<br \/>\n(c) Sargodha\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Sialkot<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>5. On Mar 18, Punjab government and Pakistan Air Force signed an agreement to establish a cadet college at ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Layyah\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(b) Fort Munro<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Multan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Bahawalpur<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>6. On Mar 19, Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan took over Pakistan Air Force as its ______ chief.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 18th\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"> (b) 22nd<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) 24th\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 32nd<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>7. On Mar 20, ______ was appointed the president of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Sirajul Haq\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(b) Fazlur Rehman<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Samiul Haq\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Liaquat Baloch<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>8. On Mar 20, ______ clinched the 4th Inter-Provincial Games with 139 medals scoring 3235 points.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(a) Punjab\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span>(b) Balochistan<br \/>\n(c) Sindh\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) KP<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>9. On Mar 21, _____ won the three-day Bolan Jeep Rally.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(a) Jaffar Magsi<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Nadir Magsi<br \/>\n(c) Asjad Ali\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Roni Patel<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>10. The Nauroz festival is observed in Gilgit-Baltistan every year on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Mar 18\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(b) Mar 21<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Mar 24\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Mar 26<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>11. On ______, the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco) inked a deal to acquire communication satellite PakSat Multi Satellite (PakSat-MM1).<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Mar 18\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Mar 20<br \/>\n(c) Mar 21\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(d) Mar 22<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>12. The Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco) is headquartered in _____.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Lahore\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(b) Karachi<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Quetta\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Islamabad<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>13. On Mar 22, Senator ______ of the PPP became the first woman to get the office of the opposition leader in the Senate in its 45-year history.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Rukhsana Shah\u00a0 \u00a0 <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0(b) Sherry Rehman<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Keshoo Bai\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Sassui Palijo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>14. The Senate of Pakistan was constituted in ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 1956\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) 1962<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(c) 1973<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>(d) 1985<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>15. The Punjab Tianjin University of Technical Education is in______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Rawalpindi\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Faisalabad<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) Lahore<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Multan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>16. The Earth Hour 2018 was observed on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Mar 18\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Mar 20<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) Mar 24<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>(d) Mar 26<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>17. On Mar 25, the final of Pakistan Super League was played at ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Lahore\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(b) Karachi<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Hyderabad\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Sharjah<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>18. ______ won the Pakistan Super League 2018 title.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Multan Sultans\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Quetta Gladiators<br \/>\n(c) Peshawar Zalmi\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(d) Islamabad United<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>19. Pakistan&#8217;s first transgender news anchor Marvia Malik has been hired by ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Express News\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) ARY News<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) Kohinoor<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Channel 7<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>20. On Mar 26, Prime Minister Abbasi reconstituted the 13-member Economic Advisory Council (EAC) with ______ as its Chairman.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Sima Kamil\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(b) Shaukat Tarin<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Ali Cheema\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Shahid Kardar<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>21. ______ individuals from Pakistan featured on Forbes magazine&#8217;s annual &#8217;30 Under 30&#8242; Asia list for 2018.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(b) 9<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) 11\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) 14<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>22. On Mar 28, ___ smashed the fastest T20I fifty from Pakistan woman team.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Bsmah Maroof\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(b) Javeria Khan<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Sidra Ameen\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Sana Mir<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>23. On Mar 28, the cabinet approved signing of extradition treaties with ______ and Saudi Arabia for transfer of sentenced or convicted individuals.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) UK\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Switzerland<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) China<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Malaysia<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>24. On Mar 29, Pakistan conducted another successful test fire of indigenous developed Submarine Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM) Babur III that has a range of______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 325 kms\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) 370 kms<br \/>\n(c) 400 kms\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(d) 450 kms<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>25. The current president of All Pakistan Newspaper Society is ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Sarmad Ali\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(b) Hameed Haroon<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Bilal Mehmood\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Kazi Asad Abid<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>26. ____ won Pakistan its first medal at the Commonwealth Games 2018.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(a) Talha Talib<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>(b) Nooh Butt<br \/>\n(c) M. Inam Butt\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Inamullah<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>27. The government unveiled another &#8216;one-time&#8217; amnesty scheme on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Apr 01\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Apr 02<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) Apr 05<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>(d) Apr 07<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>28. On Apr 06, PIA introduced a new livery and added a portrait of the ______ on its aircraft.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(a) Markhor<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Blind Dolphin<br \/>\n(c) Cheetah\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Eagle<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/MCQs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17064\" src=\"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/MCQs.jpg\" alt=\"National &amp; International MCQs (March \u2013 April 2018)\" width=\"450\" height=\"1153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/MCQs.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/MCQs-117x300.jpg 117w, https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/MCQs-400x1024.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>29. On Apr 09, Pakistan&#8217;s weightlifter ______ smashed a record at the Commonwealth Games 2018 by registering the highest-ever weight by a junior in the +105kg event.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(a) Nooh Butt\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(b) Talha Talib<br \/>\n(c) M. Inam Butt\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Inamullah<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>30. Cricket&#8217;s Asia Cup 2018 has been moved from India to ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Sri Lanka\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(b) UAE<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Australia\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) England<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>31. On Apr 13, ______, the last serving member of the National Assembly who signed 1973 Constitution, bade farewell to politics.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) M. Gohar Shah<br \/>\n(b) Qari Mohammad Yousif<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) Nazeer Sultan<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(d) Muhammad Shahbaz Babar<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>32. On Apr 13, the Supreme Court shut the doors of parliament permanently on the politicians disqualified under Article ______ of the Constitution by ruling that such ineligibility is for life.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 62(1)(a)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>\u00a0(b) 62(1)(f)<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) 63(1)(c)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) 63(1)(g)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>33. The Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project is located in ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Punjab\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(b) AJK<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Gilgit-Baltistan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) KP<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>34. The Senate approved a bill seeking to extend jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and the Peshawar High Court to Fata on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Apr 10\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Apr 11<br \/>\n(c) Apr 12<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Apr 13<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>35. On Apr 15, Pakistan finished overall at the ______ spot in the 21st Commonwealth Games.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(a) 24th<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(b) 29th<br \/>\n(c) 37th\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 47th<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. On Mar 16, ______ took back control of the Grand Mosque by terminating Saudi Arabia&#8217;s lease of the building with immediate effect.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Norway\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Germany<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Belgium\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Russia<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2. On Mar 16, foreign ministers of Iran, Russia and ______ held talks on Syria in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Afghanistan<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Turkey<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) China\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Kazakhstan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3. On Mar 17, Phan Van Khai, a former Prime Minister of ______ died.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Thailand\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Vietnam<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Malaysia\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Sri Lanka<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>4. On Mar 17, FIFA lifted its three-decade ban on ______ hosting international football.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) Iraq\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (b) Russia<br \/>\n(c) Saudi Arabia\u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Iran<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>5. On Mar 17, China\u2019s parliament unanimously elevated ______ to the vice presidency.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Zhao Hongzhu\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Wang Qishan<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Li Yuanchao\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Zhao Leji<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>6. On Mar 17, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, the president of ______ and Africa&#8217;s only female head of state, resigned.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Chad\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Senegal<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Mauritius<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(d) Somalia<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>7. ______ has the world\u2019s greatest freshwater reserves.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Australia\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Belgium<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Brazil\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (d) France<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>8. On Mar 18, the 8th World Water Forum opened in ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) Brasilia\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (b) Canberra<br \/>\n(c) Vienna\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Geneva<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>9. On Mar 19, China appointed General Wei Fenghe as the country&#8217;s new ______ minister.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Finance<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Defence<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Internal\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Foreign<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>10. On Mar 20, a ______ mathematician Robert Langlands won the prestigious Abel Prize.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) German\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) French<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Canadian<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Finnish<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>11. The Abel Prize was established by the Norwegian government in ______ on the occasion of the 200th birthday of Niels Henrik Abel.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 2000\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) 2002<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) 2004\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) 2006<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>12. On Mar 20, ______, the last male northern white rhino, died in Kenya.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Mamba\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Trush<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Sudan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (d) Kenyatta<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>13. \u201cCultural Schizophrenia: Islamic Societies Confronting the West\u201d has been written by ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Bijan Abdolkarimi<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) Dariush Shayegan<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Dariush Ashoori\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Ahmad Fardid<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>14. The 2018 World Poetry Day (WPD) was observed on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Mar 20<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Mar 21<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Mar 22\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Mar 24<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>15. The theme of 2018 International Day of Happiness was ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Happiness\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Happy Heroes<br \/>\n(c) Happy Planet\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) Share Happiness<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>16. The World Water Day (WWD) is observed every year on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) 22 March<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) 24 March<br \/>\n(c) 26 March\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) 28 March<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>17. On Mar 23, the United States formally approved weapons sales to ______ totalling more than $1 billion.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) Saudi Arabia<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Qatar<br \/>\n(c) South Korea\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Iraq<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>18. On Mar 23, President Donald Trump named ______ as his new National Security Adviser.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Bernie Gunther<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) John Bolton<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) H.R. McMaster\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) John Dowd<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>19. On Mar 24, Martin Vizcarra was sworn in as ______ new president.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Azerbaijan&#8217;s\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Peru&#8217;s<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Bolivia&#8217;s\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Hungary&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>20. On Mar 25, ______ and India signed 101 agreements during the visit of a trade promotion group to India.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) China\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (b) Qatar<br \/>\n(c) Afghanistan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Norway<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>21. The 2-day Tashkent Conference on Afghanistan was held in the capital of ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Tajikistan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Kazakhstan<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Uzbekistan\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (d) Azerbaijan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>22. On Mar 28, ______ signed the largest arms procurement deal in its history, with the United States.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) UAE\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Kuwait<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Poland<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(d) Malaysia<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>23. On Mar 28, Win Myint was elected the president of ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Mauritius\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Myanmar<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Cuba\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Libya<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>24. On Mar 31, scientists discovered ______, a previously undetected feature of the human anatomy \u2013 that could be the largest organ of the human body.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Brass\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Pectora<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Interstitium\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (d) Otic<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>25. 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The 114th meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) between India and Pakistan was held in ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Lahore\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Karachi<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) New Delhi<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Mumbai<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>28. ______ has been elected the new President of Egypt.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi<\/strong> <\/span><br \/>\n(b) Moussa Mostafa<br \/>\n(c) Ahmed Shafik Sisi<br \/>\n(d) El-Sayyid el-Badawi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>29. The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Mid-Term Ministerial Conference 2018 was held in Baku, the capital of ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Tajikistan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Kazakhstan<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Azerbaijan<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(d) Uzbekistan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>30. On Apr 04, Turkey, ______ and Iran held a summit in Ankara to achieving a \u201clasting ceasefire\u201d in Syria.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) Russia<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0(b) India<br \/>\n(c) Pakistan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) China<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>31. On Apr 06, ______ disgraced former president Park Geun-hye was jailed for 24 years for corruption.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) South Korea&#8217;s<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Peru&#8217;s<br \/>\n(c) Thailand&#8217;s\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Brazil&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>32. The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), often called Summer Davos, started at Boao on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Apr 04\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Apr 06<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Apr 08<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Apr 11<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>33. The joint military exercise \u201cDesert Tiger 5\u201d was held between UAE and ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Pakistan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Malaysia<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) China\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) India<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>34. On Apr 09, the International Conference on Human Rights in South Asia started in______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Colombo\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Kathmandu<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Dhaka\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Male<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>35. On Apr 11, ______ strongman Ilham Aliyev secured a fourth consecutive term in a snap election.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Kazakhstan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Uzbekistan<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Azerbaijan<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Tajikistan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>36. The world&#8217;s biggest oil company is ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Sinopec\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Saudi Aramco<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) PetroChina\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Rosneft<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>37. 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