{"id":3618,"date":"2016-01-15T12:56:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T07:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/?p=3618"},"modified":"2019-11-18T12:52:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T07:52:23","slug":"national-international-mcqs-november-december-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/studykit\/national-international-mcqs-november-december-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"National, International MCQs (November, December 2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Mock-test-paper-520x245.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3408\" src=\"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Mock-test-paper-520x245.jpg\" alt=\"Mock-test-paper-520x245\" width=\"525\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Mock-test-paper-520x245.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Mock-test-paper-520x245-300x141.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">National<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n1. On Nov 16, the government appointed ______ as the new chairman of FBR.<br \/>\n(a) Fawad Hasan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Sohail Masood<br \/>\n(c) Tariq Parvez\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) Nisar Khan<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. On Nov 17, a PML-N MNA Zahid Hamid took oath as the Federal Minister for ______.<br \/>\n(a) Defence Production<br \/>\n(b) Human Rights<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Climate Change<\/span><br \/>\n(d) Human Resource<\/p>\n<p>3. The current US ambassador to Pakistan is ______.<br \/>\n(a) Richard Olson\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Rachel Edward<br \/>\n(c) Michael Ark \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) David Hale<\/span><\/p>\n<p>4. On Nov 23, the government restored the Ministry of ______ which it had merged with the Ministry of Law and Justice in 2013.<br \/>\n(a) Women Empowerment<br \/>\n(b) State Affairs<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Human Rights<\/span><br \/>\n(d) Parliamentary Affairs<\/p>\n<p>5. On Nov 24, a PAF aircraft, being co-piloted by Marium Mukhtiar crashed in ______, making her the first PAF woman pilot to embrace Shahadat.<br \/>\n(a) DI Khan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Kundian<\/span><br \/>\n(c) DG Khan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Sargodha<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>6. On Nov 25, Federal Ombudsman of Pakistan ______ was elected President of Asian Ombudsman Association.<br \/>\n(a) Azam Nazir<br \/>\n(b) Javed Mahmood<br \/>\n(c) Dr Shoaib Suddle<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) M. Salman Faruqui<\/span><\/p>\n<p>7. On Nov 25, Gen Raheel Sharif was awarded the prestigious &#8216;Order of Merit&#8217; by the ______ government.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) Brazilian\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0(b) US<br \/>\n(c) Chinese \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) British<\/p>\n<p>8. Dr Syed Tauqir Shah is Pakistan&#8217;s Permanent Representative to the ______.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) WTO\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) WHO<br \/>\n(c) UNHCR\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) OIC<\/p>\n<p>9. On Nov 26, Mobilink and ______ announced their agreement to combine, in first telecom merger in Pakistan.<br \/>\n(a) Zong\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Ufone<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Warid\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Telenor<\/p>\n<p>10. On Nov 26, the ______ and Pakistan government signed loans amounting to $800 million in the energy sector.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) ADB\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) IMF<br \/>\n(c) AIIB\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) World Bank<\/p>\n<p>11. On Dec 01, the KP Chief Minister launched the web television of the province named______.<br \/>\n(a) Badal\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(b) Badloon<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Insaaf\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Khyber<\/p>\n<p>12. On Dec 01, the State Bank of Pakistan restricted the management of &#8212;&#8212; from hiring or promoting senior executives, group heads and other senior officers without its prior clearance.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) NBP\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) MCB<br \/>\n(c) ABL\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) HBL<\/p>\n<p>13. Nayyar Ali Dada is an iconic ______.<br \/>\n(a) Musician\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Architect<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Actor\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Singer<\/p>\n<p>14. Vice Admiral Syed Arifullah Hussaini took over as Commander Pakistan Fleet on ______.<br \/>\n(a) Dec 01\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Dec 03<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Dec 05\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Dec 07<\/p>\n<p>15. On Dec 03, Pakistan sent a plane back to ______ after the FIA found 30 passengers onboard to have been illegally deported.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) Greece\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Germany<br \/>\n(c) France\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Belgium<\/p>\n<p>16. On Dec 04, Pakistan was re-elected to the executive council of the Hague\u2013based Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.<br \/>\n(a) Rome\u2013based\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Hague\u2013based<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Paris\u2013based\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Geneva-based<\/p>\n<p>17. On Dec 05, an ordinance to convert ______ into a company was promulgated.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) PIA\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Pakistan Steel<br \/>\n(c) NBP\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) HBL<\/p>\n<p>18. On Dec 06, the national security advisers of Pakistan and India met for an unannounced meeting in ______.<br \/>\n(a) Tokyo\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Bangkok<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Kabul\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Paris<\/p>\n<p>19. On Dec 08, Pakistan and Afghanistan jointly hosted the fifth Heart of Asia process ministerial meeting at ______.<br \/>\n(a) Shanghai\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Islamabad<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Istanbul\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Kabul<\/p>\n<p>20. On ______, Pakistan and India announced to resume the dialogue on outstanding issues, ending a two-year long stalemate.<br \/>\n(a) Dec 08\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(b) Dec 09<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Dec 10\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Dec 12<\/p>\n<p>21. On Dec 09, the 5th &#8216;Heart of Asia\u2014Istanbul Process&#8217; Conference was held in ______.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) Islamabad<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Kabul<br \/>\n(c) Istanbul\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Riyadh<\/p>\n<p>22. On Dec 10, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif nominated ______ as next chief minister of Balochistan.<br \/>\n(a) Lashkari Raisani<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Sanaullah Zehri<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Akhtar Mengal<br \/>\n(d) Azizullah Baloch<\/p>\n<p>23. On Dec 10, the National Assembly passed the Criminal Laws (Amendment) bill, 2015 that provides to amend the ______.<br \/>\n(a) Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997<br \/>\n(b) Qanoon-e-Shahadat Order, 1984<br \/>\n(c) Civil Procedure Code, 1908<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) Pakistan Penal Code, 1860<\/span><\/p>\n<p>24. The current Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan is ______.<br \/>\n(a) Akitaka Saiki\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Hiroshi Inomata<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Han Zhigiang\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Monroe Saiki<\/p>\n<p>25. On Dec 11, Pakistan tested its longest-range and nuclear-capable missile ______.<br \/>\n(a) Ghauri II\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Shaheen II<br \/>\n(c) Ghauri III\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> \u00a0(d) Shaheen III<\/span><\/p>\n<p>26. The Sindhi Culture Day is observed on ______.<br \/>\n(a) Dec 08\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Dec 10<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Dec 13\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Dec 15<\/p>\n<p>27. On Dec 14, the government named 122 educational institutions in ______ after APS martyrs.<br \/>\n(a) Karachi\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Islamabad<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Lahore \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Peshawar<\/p>\n<p>28. On Dec 14, Justice Sajjad Ali Shah took oath as 24th chief justice of the ______ High Court.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) Sindh\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Peshawar<br \/>\n(c) Islamabad\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Lahore<\/p>\n<p>29. On Dec 15, ______ named Pakistan as part of its newly formed 34-nation military alliance of Muslim countries.<br \/>\n(a) Turkey\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Saudi Arabia<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Qatar\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Turkey<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\"><strong>International<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1. World Falconry Day is observed on ______.<br \/>\n(a) Nov 15 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Nov 16<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Nov 17\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Nov 19<\/p>\n<p>2. On Nov 17, the Philippines and ______ signed a strategic partnership deepening security ties.<br \/>\n(a) Malaysia\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Indonesia<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Vietnam\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Japan<\/p>\n<p>3. The Hans Christian Andersen Prize is ______ top literary award.<br \/>\n(a) Germany&#8217;s\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Denmark&#8217;s<\/span><br \/>\n(c) France&#8217;s \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Sweden&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>4. The APEC Economic Leaders&#8217; Meeting concluded in Manila on ______.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) Nov 19\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Nov 20<br \/>\n(c) Nov 23\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Nov 24<\/p>\n<p>5. On Nov 21, the 27th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit kicked off in Kuala Lumpur, ______.<br \/>\n(a) Vietnam\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Indonesia<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Malaysia\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Thailand<\/p>\n<p>6. On Nov 21, China and ______ agreed to actively exchange intelligence on terror groups and their activities through a dedicated communication channel.<br \/>\n(a) Pakistan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Taiwan<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) India<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Thailand<\/p>\n<p>7. ASEAN leaders established the Asean Economic Community during the 27th ASEAN Summit at Kuala Lumpur on ______.<br \/>\n(a) Nov 18\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Nov 19<br \/>\n(c) Nov 21\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) Nov 22<\/span><\/p>\n<p>8. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) consists of ______ member states.<br \/>\n(a) 7\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u200e\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) 10<\/span><br \/>\n(c) 12\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 15<\/p>\n<p>9. Hong Kong, the semi-autonomous, special administrative region, was handed back to China by Britain in ______.<br \/>\n(a) 1994\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 1995<br \/>\n(c) 1996\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(d) 1997<\/span><\/p>\n<p>10. On Nov 23, the hird Summit of the 12-member Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) was held in ______<br \/>\n(a) Cairo\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(b) Tehran<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Dubai\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Moscow<\/p>\n<p>11. Steven Spielberg is a______.<br \/>\n(a) Scientist\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Director<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Politician\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Philanthropist<\/p>\n<p>12. On Nov 26, India test-fired an indigenously developed nuclear capable missile ______ having a range of 350 km.<br \/>\n(a) Dhanush-I\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Prithvi-I<br \/>\n(c) Dhanush-II\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(d) Prithvi-II<\/span><\/p>\n<p>13. Nov 27, the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was held in ______ capital, Valetta.<br \/>\n(a) Finland&#8217;s \u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(b) Malta&#8217;s<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Luxembourg&#8217;s\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Bolivia&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>14. On Nov 27, the Commonwealth appointed Dominica-born ______ as its first female secretary-general.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) Patricia Scotland<\/span><br \/>\n(b) Tessa Sanderson<br \/>\n(c) Valerie Amos\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Janet Kay<\/p>\n<p>15. On Nov 30, ______ ratified an FTA with China that would remove most tariffs between Asia&#8217;s largest and fourth-largest economies.<br \/>\n(a) Indonesia\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Malaysia<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) South Korea<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Japan<\/p>\n<p>16. The Chinese yuan has been included in IMF&#8217;s currency basket with\u00a0 US dollar, euro, ______ and British pound<br \/>\n(a) Danish krone\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(b) Japanese yen<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Polish z\u0142oty\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Brazilian real<\/p>\n<p>17. On Dec 01, Nato announced to keep some ______ troops in Afghanistan for an extra year in 2016.<br \/>\n(a) 10,000\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(b) 12,000<\/span><br \/>\n(c) 15,000\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 20,000<\/p>\n<p>18. On Dec 02, the EU and _____, one of the world&#8217;s last communist states, signed a free trade deal<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) Vietnam<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Cambodia<br \/>\n(c) Nepal\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Cuba<\/p>\n<p>19. On Dec 02, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) invited ______ to become its 29th member.<br \/>\n(a) Austria\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Cyprus<br \/>\n(c) Sweden\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(d) Montenegro<\/span><\/p>\n<p>20. On Dec 03, ______ joined the US-led bombing campaign against IS over Syria.<br \/>\n(a) Saudi Arabia\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Britain<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Qatar\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Turkey<\/p>\n<p>21. The Global Geothermal Alliance, established on Dec 07, aims at a six-fold increase in geothermal electricity production and a tripling of geothermal-derived heating by ______.<br \/>\n(a) 2020\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 2025<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) 2030<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 2050<\/p>\n<p>22. On Dec 08, the ______ lodged with the World Trade Organisation a complaint accusing China of tax discrimination against foreign-made aircraft.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) United States\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Malaysia<br \/>\n(c) India\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Japan<\/p>\n<p>23. On Dec 08, Canada and ______ won WTO approval to impose up to $1 billion a year in trade sanctions against the US.<br \/>\n(a) Australia\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) France<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Mexico\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(d) China<\/p>\n<p>24. The World Trade Organization (WTO) is headquartered at ______.<br \/>\n(a) Rome \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Amsterdam<br \/>\n(c) Paris\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) Geneva<\/span><\/p>\n<p>25. On Dec 08, ______ first female premier, Laimdota Straujuma, announced her resignation.<br \/>\n(a) Cambodia&#8217;s\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Latvia&#8217;s<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Malta\u2019s \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Spain&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>26. On Dec 09, Time magazine named ______ as its \u201cPerson of the Year 2015\u201d,<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) Angela Merkel<\/span><br \/>\n(b) Francois Hollande<br \/>\n(c) Malala Yousafzai<br \/>\n(d) Narendra Modi<\/p>\n<p>27. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded every year in the Norway&#8217;s capital Oslo on ______.<br \/>\n(a) Nov 30\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Dec 01<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Dec 10<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Dec15<\/p>\n<p>28. On Dec 10, ______ signed the International Convention for the Protection Of All Persons Against Enforced Disappearances.<br \/>\n(a) China\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) India<br \/>\n(c) Russia\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) Sri Lanka<\/span><\/p>\n<p>29. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) is the main intelligence agency of ______.<br \/>\n(a) Turkey\u200e\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Afghanistan<\/span><br \/>\n(c) China\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Iran<\/p>\n<p>30. On Dec 11, three astronauts, from the United States, Russia and______, successfully completed a rare night-time landing on Earth<br \/>\n(a) India\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) China<br \/>\n(c) France\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) Japan<\/span><\/p>\n<p>31. The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference or COP 21 was held in ______ near Paris, France, from 30 Nov to 12 Dec 2015.<br \/>\n(a) Montmartre\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Le Bourget<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Marseille\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Nantes<\/p>\n<p>32. On Dec 12, the President of ______ declared the West African country an Islamic republic.<br \/>\n(a) Benin\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Gambia<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Burundi\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Ghana<\/p>\n<p>33. On Dec 14, the European Union and the UN refugee agency launched a joint programme in ______ to create 20,000 places for asylum-seekers eligible for relocation in the bloc and in Greece.<br \/>\n(a) Valetta\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Geneva<br \/>\n(c) Oslo\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) Athens<\/span><\/p>\n<p>34. Addis Ababa is the capital of ______.<br \/>\n(a) Gambia \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Ethiopia<\/span><br \/>\n\u00a9 Ghana\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Algeria<\/p>\n<p>35. On Dec 15, Saudi Arabia announced the formation of a 34-nation Islamic military coalition to fight terrorism, with a joint operations centre based in ______.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) Riyadh\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Kuwait City<br \/>\n(c) Abu Dhabi\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Dubai<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sports<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1. On Nov 17, the PCB inducted Misbah-ul-Haq and ______ in its Board of Governors.<br \/>\n(a) Mohd. Hafeez\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Shahid Afridi<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Younis Khan<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) waqar Younis<\/p>\n<p>2. The fastest ODI hundred by an Englishman has been hit by ______.<br \/>\n(a) Alex Hales\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Jos Buttler<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Chris Jordan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Ben Stokes<\/p>\n<p>3. On Nov 23, Pakistani bodybuilder Salman Ahmed won Gold medal at World Muscle Mania held in ______.<br \/>\n(a) England \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) New Zealand<br \/>\n(c) Japan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(d) USA<\/span><\/p>\n<p>4. The first-ever day-night Test match was played between New Zealand and ______.<br \/>\n(a) Sri Lanka\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) India<br \/>\n(c) England\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(d) Australia<\/span><\/p>\n<p>5. On Dec 01, Asian Tennis Federation (ATF) elected Syed Dilawar Abbas as its ______.<br \/>\n(a) President<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Senior Vice President<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Director-General<br \/>\n(d) Secretary<\/p>\n<p>6. The number of teams participating in Pakistan Super League (PSL) is ______.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) 5<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 8<br \/>\n(c) 10\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 12<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Obituaries<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1. Pakistan&#8217;s Renowned fiction writer, Ishtiaq Ahmed, died on ______.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) Nov 17\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Nov 18<br \/>\n(c) Nov 24\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Nov 26<\/p>\n<p>2. 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