{"id":18975,"date":"2018-10-29T16:59:45","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T11:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/?p=18975"},"modified":"2019-11-19T15:09:16","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T10:09:16","slug":"national-international-mcqs-aug-sep-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/studykit\/mcqs\/national-international-mcqs-aug-sep-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"National &#038; International MCQs  (Aug-Sep 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=\"Current Affairs MCQs\" 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 Aug 16, PPP&#8217;s Syed Murad Ali Shah and PTI&#8217;s ____were elected as the chief ministers of Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, respectively.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(a) Mahmood Khan\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Atif Khan<br \/>\n(c) Jamal Khattak\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Shahram Tarakai<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2. The current National Assembly is ______ in the country&#8217;s history.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 14th\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(b) 15th<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) 16th\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 18th<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3. On Aug 17, PTI&#8217;s Imran Khan was elected as the country&#8217;s ______ Prime Minister.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 18th\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) 20th<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) 22nd<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 29th<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>4. On Aug 17, the air exercise of Pakistan Air Force named ______ concluded at Air Warfare School, Mushaf, in Sargodha.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Shaheen VI\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"> (b) Saffron Bandit<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) High Mark\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Red Flag<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>5. On Aug 19, Jam Mir Kamal Khan, the grandson of Jam Ghulam Qadir, the last Jam of _____ was sworn in as the 16th Chief Minister of Balochistan.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Kalat\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Kharan<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) Lasbela<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(d) Makran<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>6. Khan Mir Ahmad Yar Khan, the maternal grandfather of the incumbent CM Balochistan, was the last Khan of ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Lasbela\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Kharan<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) Kalat<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Makran<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>7. On Aug 19, Pakistan football team got its first victory in Asian Games after 44 years when they defeated ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(a) Nepal<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) India<br \/>\n(c) Sri Lanka\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Bhutan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>8. On Aug 19, PTI&#8217;s Usman Buzdar was elected as chief minister of Punjab by the ______ Punjab Assembly.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 16th\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(b) 17th<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) 18th\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) 19th<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>9. Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Najam Sethi resigned on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Aug 16\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Aug 17<br \/>\n(c) Aug 19\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(d) Aug 20<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>10. The current commander of Pak Army&#8217;s 10 Corps (Rawalpindi) is ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Lt Gen Nadeem Raza<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">(b) Lt Gen Shahid Baig Mirza<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) Lt Gen Bilal Akbar<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(d) Lt Gen Naeem Ashraf<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>11. The incumbent Chairman of Heavy Industries Taxila is ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Lt Gen Naeem Ashraf<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(b) Lt Gen Abdullah Dogar<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Lt Gen Shahid Baig Mirza<br \/>\n(d) Lt Gen Humayun Aziz<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>12. The Heavy Industries Taxila, one of the largest defence products manufacturer and a military industrial complex, was established in ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(a) 1971\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (b) 1977<br \/>\n(c) 1985\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) 1992<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Read More: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/magazine-archives\/jwtmag2018\/july2018\/national-international-mcqs-may-june-2018\/\">National &amp; International MCQs (May \u2013 June 2018)<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>13. At the 18th Asian Games, Pakistan won its first bronze in ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Swimming\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Shooting<br \/>\n(c) Karate\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(d) Kabaddi<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>14. On Aug 25, Senator Syed Shibli Faraz of ______ became the leader of the house in the Senate.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(a) PTI\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (b) PPP<br \/>\n(c) JUI(F)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) PML-N<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>15. As per the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Senate, 2012, the leader of the House is the ______ or a member appointed by him.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) President<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Prime Minister<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Senate Chair\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Chief Whip<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>16. On Aug 27, PTI leader Imran Ismail took oath as the ______ governor of Sindh.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 25th\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) 28th<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(d) 30th<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 34th<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>17. On Aug 28, the government appointed Dr Muhammad Salman the new head of the______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) PEMRA\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) NEPRA<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(d) IB<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) FBR<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>18. Mehar Khudadad Luck is the current Coordinator of ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) FBR\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(b) Nacta<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) NPRA\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) CPEC Forum<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>19. On Aug 31, Pakistan became the ______ country in the world to use multi-spectral imagery for crops.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(a) First\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (b) Second<br \/>\n(c) Eighth\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Tenth<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>20. On Sep 01, Justice Syeda Tahira Safdar was sworn in as the 18th chief justice of the ______ High Court, becoming the first woman chief justice of any high court in the judicial history of Pakistan.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(a) Balochistan<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Lahore<br \/>\n(c) Sindh\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Peshawar<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>21. On Sep 01, Pakistan closed its consulate in Afghan city of ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Herat\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Mazar-e-Sharif<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) Jalalabad<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Qandahar<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>22. On Sep 04, ______ was elected unopposed as the new chairman of the PCB.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(a) M. Subhan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Intikhab Alam<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) Ehsan Mani\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 (d) Abdul Qadir<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>23. On Sep 04, Dr Arif Alvi was elected as the ______ President of Pakistan.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(a) 13th<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(b) 14th<br \/>\n(c) 15th\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) 16th<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>24. The President of Pakistan is elected for a term of______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 3 years\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) 4 years<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(c) 5 years<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 7 years<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>25. US Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo, visited Pakistan on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(a) Sep 05<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Sep 06<br \/>\n(c) Sep 07\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Sep 08<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>26. On Sep 05, PTI leader Chaudhry Sarwar was sworn in as the ______ governor of Punjab.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 34th\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(b) 37th<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) 38th\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 40th<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>27. Dr Syed Kaleem Imam is the current Inspector General of ______ Police.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Punjab\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Balochistan<br \/>\n(c) KP\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(d) Sindh<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>28. On Sep 07, the federal government appointed Muhammad Tahir the IGP ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) KP\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(b) Punjab<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Balochistan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Sindh<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>29. Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, the wife of Pakistan&#8217;s jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, died on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(a) Sep 11<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Sep 12<br \/>\n(c) Sep 13\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Sep 14<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>30. Late Kulsoom Nawaz was the granddaughter of undivided India&#8217;s all-time greatest wrester Ghulam Mohammad Baksh alias ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(a) Gama Pehlwan<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Bholu Pehlwan<br \/>\n(c) Akki Pehlwan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Goga Pehlwan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>31. On Sep 13, Pakistan&#8217;s Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan, was awarded the _____ Legion of Merit.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Swiss<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Turkish<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) French\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) German<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-solid\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">International<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed is the president of ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) Somalia<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Nigeria<br \/>\n(c) Indonesia\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Mauritius<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Aretha Franklin, the ______ music icon and legendary singer known as the \u201cQueen of Soul,\u201d died on Aug 16.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Spanish\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) American<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Irish\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) British<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3. Former Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee died on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Aug 15\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> (b) Aug 16<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Aug 17\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Aug 20<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>4. On Aug 17, Brian Hook was appointed Washington&#8217;s special representative for______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Afghanistan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Iran<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Pakistan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) India<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>5. The 18th Asian Games were held in Jakarta, the capital of ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Algeria\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Malaysia<br \/>\n(c) Morocco\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) Indonesia<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>6. Former UN chief and Nobel peace laureate Kofi Annan, who died on Aug 18, belonged to ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Congo\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) South Africa<br \/>\n(c) Kenya\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) Ghana<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>7. On Aug 20, Iran unveiled its first domestic fighter jet, ______, a fourth-generation fighter.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Jahandar<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Kowsar<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Tajalli\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Shahab<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>8. The World Mosquito Day is observed every year on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) Aug 20\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>(b) Aug 22<br \/>\n(c) Aug 24\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Aug 26<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>9. The UN observed the first-ever International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to Victims of Terrorism on ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Aug 20<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Aug 21<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Aug 23\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Aug 25<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>10. The autobiography of renowned Indian journalist Kuldip Nayar, who passed away on Aug 23, is ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) India Rediscovered<br \/>\n(b) Without Fear<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Beyond The Lines<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(d) The Arduous Journey<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>11. Francisco Franco was a ______ general who ruled as a dictator until his death.<\/strong> <\/span><br \/>\n(a) Thai\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Spanish<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Cambodian\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Vietnamese<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>12. On Aug 24, Scott Morrison was elected as the 30th prime minister of ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) Australia\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (b) Latvia<br \/>\n(c) Greece\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Spain<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>13. On Aug 25, ______ Olympic champion Sohrab Moradi broke weightlifting&#8217;s longest standing world record in the men&#8217;s 94-kilogram class<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Pakistan&#8217;s\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Afghanistan&#8217;s<br \/>\n(c) India&#8217;s<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Iran&#8217;s<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>14. On Aug 26, the Iranian parliament voted to remove Masoud Karbasian, the minister for ______ from office.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Defence\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Foreign Affairs<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Finance<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Internal Security<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>15. On Aug 26, Emmerson Mnangagwa was officially sworn in as president of ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Kenya\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) South Africa<br \/>\n(c) Chad\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) Zimbabwe<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>16. On Aug 26, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani appointed ______ his new National Security Adviser<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) Hamdullah Mohib<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(b) Hanif Atmar<br \/>\n(c) Tariq Shah Bahrami<br \/>\n(d) Wais Ahmad Barmak<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>17. The UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar was headed by ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Radhika Coomaraswamy<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) Marzuki Darusman<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(c) Christopher Dominic Sidoti<br \/>\n(d) Swapna Barman<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>18. On Aug 31, ______ beat India to claim the Asian Games women&#8217;s hockey title.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Sri Lanka\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) S. 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On Sep 02, General Austin Scott Miller of the US Army took over as the ________ commander to lead the NATO and US forces in Afghanistan.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 12th\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) 14th<br \/>\n(c) 16th\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(d) 17th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>22. On Sep 03, Michelle Bachelet, a former President of ______, took the helm of the UN human rights office.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Argentine\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Chile<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Portugal\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Croatia<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>23. Rikako Ikee, the first female athlete to be named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) at Asian Games, is from ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Vietnam<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Japan<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Cambodia\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) China<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>24. India defeated ______ to win bronze medal in hockey at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Japan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) China<br \/>\n(c) Malaysia\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) Pakistan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>25. On Sep 05, Dennis Green, the first ______ to compete at five Olympic Games, died.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) Australian<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) British<br \/>\n(c) Swede\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) American<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>26. Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) was launched in ______.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 1994\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) 1998<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) 2000<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(d) 2008<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>27. 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On Sep 07, the presidents of Iran, Russia and ______ met in Tehran to discuss a possible military offensive in Idlib, Syria.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) France<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Turkey<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n(c) Iraq\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) China<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>30. ______ has clinched the men&#8217;s singles title of US Open 2018.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Rafael Nadal\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Kei Nishikori<br \/>\n(c) Roger Federer\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) Novak Djokovic<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>31. 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