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

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

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1. On Sep 16, British Pakistani boxer______ became the first boxer with type-one diabetes to win a professional fight.<\/strong>
\n(a) Mahmood Khan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Atif Khan
\n(c) Jamal Khattak\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Muhammad Ali<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2. The topic of the short story that won Zahra Hussain the first prize in an essay competition organized by the British Royal Commonwealth Society, was ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) An Odd Company\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Our Common World
\n(c) Hues of Red<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Inheritance<\/p>\n

3. On ______, the ‘UK-Pakistan Justice and Accountability Partnership’, which would work towards repatriation of illicit finances, recovery of stolen assets and putting a check on money laundering, was launched.<\/strong>
\n(a) Sep 16\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Sep 17<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Sep 18\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Sep 20<\/p>\n

4. On Sep 17, PTI’s Ali Muhammad Khan took oath as minister of state for______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Parliamentary Affairs<\/strong> <\/span>
\n(b) Defence Production
\n(c) Interior\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Finance<\/p>\n

5. On Sep 17, ____ won the 3rd national ranking snooker championship.<\/strong>
\n(a) Saeed Ali\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Asif Toba
\n(c) Rehman Khan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Babar Masih<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

6. Finance Minister Asad Umar presented a supplementary budget of the PTI government on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Sep 16\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Sep 17
\n(c) Sep 18\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span>(d) Sep 19<\/p>\n

7. On Sep 19, ______ removed former finance minister Ishaq Dar from the chairmanship of the BoG of the University of Health Sciences, Lahore.<\/strong>
\n(a) Governor Punjab\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Supreme Court<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) President\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) LHC<\/p>\n

8. On Sep 19, Punjab and ______ agreed on joint initiatives for the awareness and cure of diabetes in Punjab.<\/strong>
\n(a) Denmark\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Sweden
\n(c) Latvia\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) China<\/p>\n

9. On Sep 19, ______ suspended the sentences given to Mian Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz and Capt Safdar.<\/strong>
\n(a) LHC\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Supreme Court
\n(c) SHC\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) IHC<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

10. On Sep 20, Pakistan was once again elected as a member of BoG of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for ______ time.<\/strong>
\n(a) 18th\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) 19th
\n(c) 20th\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong><\/span>\u00a0(d) 24th<\/p>\n

Read More:\u00a0National & International MCQs (Aug-Sep 2018)<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

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11. On Sep 22, the federal government appointed ______ Sindh chief secretary.<\/strong>
\n(a) Lt Gen Naeem Ashraf\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Mumtaz Ali Shah<\/strong><\/span>
\n(c) Shahid Baig Mirza\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Humayun Aziz<\/p>\n

12. Pakistani women have won 3 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze medals at the Asian Power lifting and Bench Press Championship that was held in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Dubai<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Kuala Lumpur
\n(c) Beijing\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) New Delhi<\/p>\n

13. On Sep 24, the new US diplomat to Pakistan, _____, began his assignment as the charg\u00e9 d’affaires at the US Embassy in Islamabad.<\/strong>
\n(a) Paul Jones<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Adam Sterling
\n(c) Keith Eddins\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Ronald Weiser<\/p>\n

14. As per the study \u201cMeasuring Human Capital: A systematic analysis of 195 countries and territories, 1990 to 2016,\u201d Pakistan ranked ______ in the world in terms of its investment in education and healthcare.<\/strong>
\n(a) 159th\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) 164th<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) 178th\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 194th<\/p>\n

15. On Sep 25, two Pakistani women, ______ of Soul Sisters Pakistan and Nadia Patel Gangjee of Sheops were selected for the Facebook leadership programme.<\/strong>
\n(a) Sadaf Hira\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Fiza Farhan
\n(c) Kanwal Ahmed\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>(b) Rukhsana Parveen<\/p>\n

16. On Sep 26, Pakistan’s Muhammad Bilal and Babar Masih won medals at the Asian 6-Red Snooker Championship that was held in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Shanghai\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Manama
\n(c) Dubai\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Doha<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

17. On Sep 27, ______ defeated Sara Mansoor to clinch the Subh-e-Nau National Ladies Tennis title.<\/strong>
\n(a) Sarah Mahboob\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span>(b) Sara Mansoor
\n(c) Mahvish Chishtie\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Mehaq Khokhar<\/p>\n

18. On Sep 27, ______ was appointed the chairman of the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV).<\/strong>
\n(a) Awn Chaudry\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Arshad Khan<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Saad Bokhari\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Arif Abbasi<\/p>\n

19. Pakistan Navy celebrated the World Maritime Day 2018 on ______ under the theme: ‘Our Heritage \u2014 better shipping for a better future’.<\/strong>
\n(a) Sep 25\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Sep 26
\n(c) Sep 27\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (d) Sep 29<\/p>\n

20. On Sep 27, Pakistan and ______ signed three grants-in-aid agreements worth $16 million<\/strong>
\n(a) Indonesia\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Japan
\n(c) UAE\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

21. On Sep 27, Pakistan and ______ signed an intergovernmental agreement to conduct feasibility study for building $10 billion offshore gas pipeline.<\/strong>
\n(a) Azerbaijan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Turkmenistan
\n(c) Turkey\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Russia<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

22. Former PIA MD\/Chairman Chaudhry Ahmad Saeed passed away on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Sep 24\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Sep 26
\n(c) Sep 28<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Sep 29<\/p>\n

23. On Sep 30, PTI’s Raja Jalal Hussain Magpoon took the oath as the sixth governor of ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Sindh\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Gilgit-Baltistan<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Balochistan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) KP<\/p>\n

24. On Oct 02, the federal government appointed Mr Yousaf Naseem Khokher the chief secretary of ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) KP\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Punjab<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Balochistan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Sindh<\/p>\n

25. On Oct 03, the PTI candidate ______ won the election for the Senate seat from Punjab with 181 votes.<\/strong>
\n(a) Dr Shahzad Waseem\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span>(b) Waleed Iqbal
\n(c) Humayun Akhtar Khan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Shahzada Ameer Ali<\/p>\n

26. The National Assembly passed the Finance Supplementary (Amendment) Bill 2018, generally known as minibudget, on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Oct 01\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Oct 02
\n(c) Oct 03\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (d) Oct 05<\/p>\n

27. According to the Constitution, the maximum strength of the federal cabinet can be ____.<\/strong>
\n(a) 39\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) 49<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) 54\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 79<\/p>\n

28. On Oct 05, President Arif Alvi constituted a 13-member National Economic Council which will be chaired by the ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Governor SBP\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Prime Minister<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Finance Minister\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) None of these<\/p>\n

29. On Oct 07, the National Bank of Pakistan won the Chief of Naval Staff Hockey Championship trophy that was played at the National Hockey Stadium, ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Quetta\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Karachi
\n(c) Rawalpindi\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(d) Lahore<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

30. On Oct 07, the ______ announced a $7.1 billion financial package for Pakistan.<\/strong>
\n(a) China\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) UAE
\n(c) ADB<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(d) IDB<\/p>\n

31. On Oct 08, ______ and Punjab Board of Investment & Trade (PBIT) agreed to boost cooperation in various fields.<\/strong>
\n(a) Sweden\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Netherlands<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) France\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Germany<\/p>\n

32. The only liquid fuel ballistic missile in Pakistan’s arsenal is _____.<\/strong>
\n(a) Ghaznavi\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Shahab
\n(c) Ghauri<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(d) Babar<\/p>\n

33. Rabiya Javeri Agha, the first woman president of the PAS Officers Association, currently holds the post of Federal Secretary for ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Water & Power\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Human Rights<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Finance\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Interior<\/p>\n

34. On Oct 10, ______ was named as the new DG of premier spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).<\/strong>
\n(a) Lt Gen Asim Munir<\/strong><\/span>
\n(b) Lt Gen Azhar Saleh Abbasi
\n(c) Lt Gen Nadeem Zaki
\n(d) Lt Gen Shaheen Mazher<\/p>\n

35. On Oct 10, a PTI leader ______ was appointed the chairman of Prime Minister’s Youth Programme.<\/strong>
\n(a) Zulfi Bukhari\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Awn Bokhari
\n(c) Malaika Ismail\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(d) Usman Dar<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

36. On Oct 15, the NA Speaker Asad Qaisar announced ____ Parliamentary Committee to probe allegations of rigging in general election 2018.<\/strong>
\n(a) 20-member\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) 25-member
\n(d) 28-member\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) 30-member<\/strong><\/span>

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

1. On Sep 16, Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge set a new marathon world record by clocking a time of 2hr 1min 39sec.<\/strong>
\n(a) Kenyan<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>(b) Nigerian
\n(c) Indonesian\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Algerian<\/p>\n

2. On Sep 16, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and ______ President Isaias Afwerki signed the Jeddah Peace Agreement.<\/strong>
\n(a) Sudanese\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Eritrean<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Djiboutian\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Kenyan<\/p>\n

3. On Sep 17, Meredith Corp., the publisher of a prestigious publication, Time Magazine, sold it to Marc Benloff, a co-founder of ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Amazon\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Sales Force<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Tesla\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) WhatsApp<\/p>\n

4. Marzuki Darusman, who headed the UN fact-finding mission on Myanmar, belonged to ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Lithuania\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Indonesia<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Iceland\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Bahrain<\/p>\n

5. On Sep 17, ______ rolled out the world’s first hydrogen-powered trains that only emit steam and water.<\/strong>
\n(a) Japan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) China
\n(c) UK\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Germany<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

6. The ______ billionaire Yusaku Maezawa will be the SpaceX’s first private passenger on a voyage around the moon.<\/strong>
\n(a) Irish\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Malaysian
\n(c) Mexican\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(d) Japanese<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

7. The joint military exercise \u201cMt Everest Friendship Exercise (or Sagarmatha Friendship-2018 was held by the militaries of ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) India & China\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Nepal & China<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Bhutan & China\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) India & Nepal<\/p>\n

8. On Sep 18, Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas was appointed the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India, replacing ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Shekhar Basu<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Salim Ali
\n(c) KK Josh\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Abhish Shivam<\/p>\n

9. The founder of California-based aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company, SpaceX, is ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Steve Jurtson\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Elon Musk<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Adeo Ressi\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Justine Musk<\/p>\n

10. On ______, the Indian government issued an executive order making the Islamic practice of \u201cinstant divorce\u201d a criminal offence<\/strong>
\n(a) Sep 17\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Sep 18
\n(c) Sep 19<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Sep 20<\/p>\n

11. On Sep 20, Afghanistan’s ambassador to ______ Dr Shaida Abdali stepped down.<\/strong>
\n(a) Turkey\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) India<\/strong><\/span>
\n(c) Pakistan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) China<\/p>\n

12. On Sep 20, Daria Bilodid of ______ made history by becoming the youngest world judo champion.<\/strong>
\n(a) Ukraine<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Australia
\n(c) Greece\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Spain<\/p>\n

13. On Sep 20, ______ List A cricketer Shahbaz Nadeem produced the best bowling figures in List-A cricket when he got 8 wickets for only 10 runs.<\/strong>
\n(a) Pakistani\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Afghan
\n(c) Bangladeshi\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Indian<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

14. The International Day of Peace is observed every year on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Sep 18\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Sep 19
\n(c) Sep 20\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Sep 21<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

15. On Sep 21, Tran Dai Quang, the President of ______, passed away.<\/strong>
\n(a) Vietnam\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (b) Venezuela
\n(c) Guatemala\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Panama<\/p>\n

16. On Sep 22, an audacious attack was carried out on an Iranian military parade in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Bagh-e Malek\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Abadan
\n(c) Ahvaz<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(d) Andika<\/p>\n

17. On Sep 23, former world number one Karolina Pliskova defeated ______ ace Naomi Osaka to win the Pan Pacific Open.<\/strong>
\n(a) Chinese\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Cambodian
\n(c) Indonesian\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Japanese<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

18. On Sep 23, ______ launched the world’s biggest health insurance scheme.<\/strong>
\n(a) China\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) India<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Turkey\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Japan<\/p>\n

19. Biswanath Dutt, who passed away on Sep 24, was a former President of ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) SAARC\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) UNGA
\n(b) BCCI\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(c) IOC<\/p>\n

20. Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin on Sep 04, ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) 1998<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) 2000
\n(c) 2001\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) 2002<\/p>\n

21. ______ has won the 2018 Presidential Election of Maldives.<\/strong>
\n(a) Yameen Abdul Gayoom\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Mohamed Waheed Hassan
\n(c) Ibrahim Mohamed Solih\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong><\/span>(d) Mohamed Nasheed<\/p>\n

22. On Sep 24, the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit 2018 was held in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Geneva\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) New York<\/strong><\/span>
\n(c) Harare\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Pretoria<\/p>\n

23. Mar\u00eda Fernanda Espinosa of ______ is the President of the current session (73rd) of the UN General Assembly.<\/strong>
\n(a) Ghana\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Ecuador<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Nigeria\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) S. Africa<\/p>\n

24. ‘Making the United Nations Relevant to All People: Global Leadership and Shared Responsibilities for Peaceful, Equitable and Sustainable Societies’, was the theme of the general debate of the ______ session of the UNGA.<\/strong>
\n(a) 70th\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) 71st
\n(c) 72nd\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) 73rd<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

25. Riksdagen is the parliament of ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Sweden\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Austria
\n(c) Switzerland\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Germany<\/p>\n

26. On Sep 25, Luka Modric of ______ won the FIFA’s best player of the year award for 2018.<\/strong>
\n(a) Brazil\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Argentina
\n(c) Croatia<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) France<\/p>\n

27. The first-ever women-only foreign ministers conference was held in______, Canada.<\/strong>
\n(a) Ottawa\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Montreal<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Vancouver\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Toronto<\/p>\n

28. The United Nations has declared the period from —— as the Nelson Mandela Decade of Peace.<\/strong>
\n(a) 2019 to 2028\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> (b) 2020 to 2029
\n(c) 2021 to 2030\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) 2024 to 2033<\/p>\n

29. The Nansen Refugee Award 2018 has been conferred on Dr Evan Atar Adaha, a doctor from ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Syria\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) South Sudan<\/strong><\/span>
\n(c) Zambia\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Maldives<\/p>\n

30. As per the 2018 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, ______ is the best university in the world.<\/strong>
\n(a) Cambridge\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Harvard
\n(c) Stanford\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Oxford<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

31. On Sep 27, ______ Supreme Court ruled that adultery is no longer a crime, striking down a 158-year-old colonial-era law.<\/strong>
\n(a) India’s\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Nepal’s
\n(c) Bangladesh\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Sri Lanka’s<\/p>\n

32. Euro 2024 football tournament will be played in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Russia\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(b) Turkey
\n(c) Germany<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) France<\/p>\n

33. On Sep 28, India won the Asia Cup by defeating ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Pakistan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Afghanistan
\n(c) Sri Lanka\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Bangladesh<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

34. Oct 03, the International Court of Justice ordered the United States to lift sanctions on humanitarian goods for______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Gaza\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Iran<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Syria\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Yemen<\/p>\n

35. On Oct 03, the United States terminated the Treaty of Amity of 1955, which established its economic relations and consular rights with______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Turkey\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Russia
\n(c) Canada\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Iran<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

36. ______ is the new president of Iraq.<\/strong>
\n(a) Jalal Talabani\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) Barham Salih<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Mashal Ajil\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Fuad Masum<\/p>\n

37. The US Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, announced her resignation on ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Oct 06\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Oct 07
\n(c) Oct 08\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d) Oct 09<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

38. On Oct 10, Egyptian and ______ forces started their joint military drills dubbed \u201cTabuk\u201d.<\/strong>
\n(a) Syrian\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (b) Kuwaiti
\n(c) Saudi\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong> <\/span>(d) Qatari<\/p>\n

39. On Oct 11, the world’s longest commercial flight took off from Singapore for______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Milan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(b) New York<\/span><\/strong>
\n(c) Ontario\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) Moscow<\/p>\n

40. On Oct 13, ______ was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHCR) in the Asia-Pacific category.<\/strong>
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\n(c) Saudi Arabia\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(d) China<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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