{"id":3808,"date":"2016-02-12T18:00:30","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/?p=3808"},"modified":"2019-11-18T11:21:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T06:21:34","slug":"national-international-mcqs-dec-jan-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/studykit\/national-international-mcqs-dec-jan-16\/","title":{"rendered":"National, International MCQs (Dec-Jan ’16)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NATIONAL<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

1. First anniversary of APS attack was observed on ______.
\n(a) Dec 15\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Dec 16<\/span>
\n(c) Dec 17\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Dec 21<\/p>\n

2. On Dec 16, Pakistan confirmed its participation in a 34-nation military alliance led by ______.
\n(a) Iran\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) UAE
\n(c) Saudi Arabia<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Qatar<\/p>\n

3. TAPI gas pipeline will enter Pakistan near ______.
\n(a) Peshawar\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Chaman
\n(c) Zhob \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Quetta<\/span><\/p>\n

4. On Dec 18, the IMF executive board approved 10th tranche of around ______ for Pakistan.
\n(a) $400 million\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) $500 million<\/span>
\n(c) $800 million\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) $900 million<\/p>\n

5. National Economic Council, chaired by the Prime Minister of Pakistan, is constituted under Article ______ of the Constitution.
\n(a) 143\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 156<\/span>
\n(c) 158\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 160<\/p>\n

6. On Dec 20, a new programme ‘Beneficiaries Outreach and Communication Strategy,’ was launched by ______.
\n(a) Nadra\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) BISP<\/span>
\n(c) Ministry of Information
\n(d) Ministry of Communications<\/p>\n

7. On Dec 20, ______ was appointed as special public prosecutor on the cases against Dr Asim Hussain.
\n(a) Nisar Ahmad Durrani<\/span>
\n(b) Mushtaq Jahangiri
\n(c) Naved Khwaja \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Farogh Naseem<\/p>\n

8. On Dec 21, Pakistan and ______ signed an agreement on coal mining project and a 660-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Tharparkar.
\n(a) China\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Turkey
\n(c) Indonesia\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Germany<\/p>\n

9. On Dec 21, the federal government signed an agreement with ______ for provision of 162 billion rupees for the Orange Line Metro Train project.
\n(a) Asian Development Bank
\n(b) BRICS Bank
\n(c) Exim Bank of China<\/span>
\n(d) Bank of China\u200e<\/p>\n

10. The current chairman of the Pakistan Television Corporation is ______.
\n(a) Ataul Haq Qasmi<\/span>
\n(b) Zafar Samdani
\n(c) Muhamamd Malik
\n(d) Absar Alam<\/p>\n

11. On Dec 23, COAS Gen Raheel Sharif inaugurated the first Fata Youth Festival in ______
\n(a) S. Waziristan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Peshawar<\/span>
\n(c) N. Waziristan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Charsadda<\/p>\n

12. The PTI candidate Jehangir Khan Tareen won election in National Assembly constituency ______.
\n(a) NA-154<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) NA-153
\n(c) NA-158\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) NA-164<\/p>\n

13. On Dec 24, Raheela Durrani was elected unopposed speaker of the ______ Assembly.
\n(a) First Women\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Balochistan<\/span>
\n(c) Khyber PK\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Punjab<\/p>\n

14. On Dec 24, Barrister Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb took oath as the judge of the ______ High Court.
\n(a) Sindh\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Islamabad<\/span>
\n(c) Balochistan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Peshawar<\/p>\n

15. On Dec 24, Nawab Sanaullah Zehri of ______ was elected as the new chief minister of Balochistan.
\n(a) PML-N<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) PkMAP
\n(c) National Party\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) PML-Q<\/p>\n

16. On ______, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a surprise visit to Pakistan.
\n(a) Dec 24\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Dec 26<\/span>
\n(c) Dec 28\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Dec 30<\/p>\n

17. Narendra Modi is the ______ Indian Prime Minister to visit Pakistan.
\n(a) Third\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Fourth<\/span>
\n(c) Fifth\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Sixth<\/p>\n

18. On Dec 26, a new political party namely ‘Pakistan Justice Democratic Critic Party (PJDCP)’ was launched by ______.
\n(a) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry<\/span>
\n(b) Abid Hassan Manto
\n(c) Kamil Ali Agha
\n(d) Aitzaz Ahsan<\/p>\n

19. On Dec 26, Pakistan and Royal ______ Navies concluded bilateral exercise \u201cExercise Shaheen Al Jazeera\u201d.
\n(a) Saudi\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Bahrain<\/span>
\n(c) UAE\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Qatar<\/p>\n

20. On Dec 28, two INGOs ______ and Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) were formally allowed to operate in Pakistan under the new procedure.
\n(a) Oxfam\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Qatar Charity<\/span>
\n(c) Islamic Relief (d) World Vision<\/p>\n

21. On Jan 02, the ______ Islamic Development Bank (IDB) approved financing of $90 million to assist the polio eradication programme in Pakistan during 2016-18.
\n(a) Jeddah-based<\/span> (b) Riyadh-based
\n(c) Dubai-based\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Jakarta-based<\/p>\n

22. On Jan 06, Pakistan approached the ______ government to withdraw one of its senior diplomats, Moshumi Rahman.
\n(a) Afghanistan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Bangladesh<\/span>
\n(c) India\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Maldives<\/p>\n

23. The first women assembly of Swat has been formed under ______ voice & accountability programme, Awaz.
\n(a) Blue Veins’\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) APWA’s
\n(c) Tehrik-e-Niswan’s
\n(d) Aurat Foundation’s<\/span><\/p>\n

24. On Jan 07, Netflix, the world’s leading video-streaming network, based in ______ announced the launch of its services in Pakistan.
\n(a) Washington\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) California<\/span>
\n(c) Paris\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Rome<\/p>\n

25. Gautam Bambawale is the current ______ High Commissioner to Pakistan.
\n(a) Nepalese\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Bhutanese
\n(c) Maldivian\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Indian<\/span><\/p>\n

26. On Jan 12, the Balochistan cabinet consisting of ______ ministers took oath.
\n(a) 08\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 10
\n(c) 12\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 15<\/p>\n

27. On Jan 13, the government allowed PSO to sign LNG Sale Purchase Agreement\u00a0 with\u00a0 ______.
\n(a) RasGas\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Qatargas<\/span>
\n(c) Qatar Pet\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Sonatrach<\/p>\n

29. Pakistan’s foreign policy \u201cis determined basically by the fact of geography which cannot change with shifts in the global policies of the Big Powers,\u201d this was stated by ______.
\n(a) ZA Bhutto\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Ayub Khan<\/span>
\n(c) Sir Zafrullah\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Fatima Jinnah

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

1. World Falconry Day is observed on ______.
\n(a) Nov 15 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Nov 16<\/span>
\n(c) Nov 17\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Nov 19<\/p>\n

2. Exim Bank of China is headquartered at ______.
\n(a) Shanghai \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Hong Kong
\n(c) Beijing<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Guangzhou<\/p>\n

3. On Dec 17, Afghanistan became the ______ member of WTO.
\n(a) 162nd\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 164th<\/span>
\n(c) 166th \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 174th<\/p>\n

4. RUSADA is the anti-doping agency of ______.
\n(a) Russia<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) USA
\n(c) FIFA\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Germany<\/p>\n

5. On Dec 17, delegates from ______ warring factions signed a UN-brokered agreement to form a national government.
\n(a) Syria’s\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Philippines’
\n(c) Libya’s<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Malaysia’s<\/p>\n

6. On Dec 19, the Geneva-based ______ agreed to abolish all agricultural export subsidies of developed countries immediately.
\n(a) UNAIDS\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) ILO
\n(c) WTO<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) WMO<\/p>\n

7. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is an ethnic conflict between Armenia and ______.
\n(a) Turkmenistan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Turkey
\n(c) Russia\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Azerbaijan<\/span><\/p>\n

8. On Dec 19, ______ Mireia Lalaguna Royo was named the winner of the Miss World 2015 competition.
\n(a) Latvia’s\u200e\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Spain’s<\/span>
\n(c) France’s\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Palestine’s<\/p>\n

9. On Dec 20, ______ first Islamic-compliant airline Rayani Air began operations.
\n(a) Indonesia’s\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Saudi Arabia’s
\n(c) Kuwait’s\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Malaysia’s<\/span><\/p>\n

10. On Dec 21, China appointed ______ as its first counter-terrorism chief.
\n(a) Li Zhaoxing\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Liu Yuejin<\/span>
\n( c)\u00a0\u00a0 Yang Jiechi\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Wang Yi<\/p>\n

11. On Dec 21, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach of ______ was crowned Miss Universe 2015.
\n(a) Croatia\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Colombia
\n(c) Denmark\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Philippines<\/span><\/p>\n

12. The first Asian country to approve the sale of the world’s first-ever dengue vaccine is ______.
\n(a) S. Korea \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Philippines<\/span>
\n(c) China \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Thailand<\/p>\n

13. Japanese fiscal year starts on ______
\n(a) April 01\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(b) July 01
\n(c) September 01\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) December 01<\/p>\n

14. On Dec 24, India’s Reliance Defence signed a manufacturing and maintenance deal potentially worth $6 billion with ______ Almaz-Antey.
\n(a) China’s\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Japan’s
\n(c) Russia’s\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Germany’s<\/p>\n

15. On Dec 02, the new building of Afghanistan parliament was inaugurated by ______.
\n(a) Ashraf Ghani\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) John Kerry
\n(d) Xi Jinping \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Narendra Modi<\/span><\/p>\n

16. On Dec 28, South Korea and ______ reached agreement on their dispute over wartime sex slaves.
\n(a) N. Korea\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Japan<\/span>
\n(c) Cambodia\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) China<\/p>\n

17. Ramadi is a famous town in ______.
\n(a) Syria\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Iraq<\/span>
\n(c) Iran\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Turkey<\/p>\n

18. On Dec 29, Saudi Arabia and ______ agreed on the need to set up a \u201cstrategic cooperation council\u201d to strengthen military, economic and investment cooperation between the two countries.
\n(a) Turkey<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Pakistan
\n(c) Russia \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Indonesia<\/p>\n

19. Frank Worrell Trophy is related to ______.
\n(a) Tennis\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Soccer
\n(c) Badminton\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Cricket<\/span><\/p>\n

20. On Dec 29, Roch Marc Kabore was sworn in as the new president of ______.
\n(a) Niger\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Burkina Faso<\/span>
\n(c) Kenya\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Somalia<\/p>\n

21. On Dec 30, ______ closed its oldest nuclear reactor, Wylfa 1, after nearly 45 years of operation.
\n(a) Russia\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Germany
\n(c) Britain<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) France<\/p>\n

22. Asean Economic Community was officially launched on ______.
\n(a) Dec 31, 2015\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0(b) Jan 01, 2016
\n(c) Jan 03, 2016\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Jan 04, 2016<\/p>\n

23. Kiev is the capital of ______.
\n(a) Canada\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Serbia
\n(c) Ukraine\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Croatia<\/p>\n

24. The universal government of the Catholic Church and operates from Vatican City State is known as ______.
\n(a) Vatican Govt\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) The Holy City
\n(c) Papal Rule\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) The Holy See<\/span><\/p>\n

25. Saudi Arabia executed Shia religious leader Nimr al-Nimr on ______.
\n(a) Dec 30\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Dec 31
\n(c) Jan 02\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0(d) Jan 03<\/p>\n

26. Makarim Wibisono, a United Nations special investigator into alleged Israeli human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories, belonged to ______.
\n(a) Indonesia\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Malaysia
\n(c) Thailand\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Sudan<\/p>\n

27. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is headquartered at ______.
\n(a) New York \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) California
\n(c) The Hague<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Paris<\/p>\n

28. Marissa Mayer is the Chief Executive of ______.
\n(a) AOL\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Google
\n(c) Microsoft\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Yahoo!<\/span><\/p>\n

29. The Dag Hammarskj\u00f6ld Library is located in ______.
\n(a) Bonn\u200e\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) New York<\/span>
\n(c) Bern\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Geneva<\/p>\n

30. Minsk is the capital of ______.
\n(a) Laos\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Latvia
\n(c) Portugal\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Finland

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Sports<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

1. On Dec 17, Pakistan’s Kaleemullah signed a contract with Tulsa Roughnecks FC based in ______.
\n(a) Madrid\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Oklahoma<\/span>
\n(c) Paris\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Brasilia<\/p>\n

2. On Dec 21, ______ won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award for 2015.
\n(a) Rafael Nadal \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Andy Murray<\/span>
\n(c) Alastair Cook (d) Wayne Rooney<\/p>\n

3. On Dec 23, ______ joined Pakistan Super League (PSL) team, Peshawar Zalmi as mentor.
\n(a) Wasim Akram\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Javed Miandad
\n(c) Zaheer Abbas\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Imran Khan<\/span><\/p>\n

4. On Dec 28, ______ star football player Lionel Messi won the best player of the seventh edition of the Globe Soccer Awards.
\n(a) Brazil\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Portugal
\n(c) Argentina\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Spain

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Obituaries<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

1. Popular playwright and actor Syed Kamal Ahmed Rizvi passed away on ______.
\n(a) Dec 15\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Dec 16
\n(c) Dec 17<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Dec 18<\/p>\n

2. ______, who died on Dec 29 was the first MD and executive of PTV, and was widely hailed as the \u201cFather of Pakistan Television\u201d.
\n(a) Aslam Azhar<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Zafar Alam
\n(c) Azhar Lodhi\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Zafar Meraj<\/p>\n

3. Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, the chief minister of India-held Kashmir, died on ______.
\n(a) Jan 07<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Jan 08
\n(c) Jan 09\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Jan 10<\/p>\n

4. Princess Ashraf Pahlavi, the twin sister of Iran’s shah, ______, died on Jan 09.
\n(a) Abdul Reza Pahlavi
\n(b) Mohammad Ali Foroughi
\n(c) Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi<\/span>
\n(d) Hamid Reza Pahlavi<\/p>\n

5. On Jan 11, a famous ______ music legend David Bowie died at the age of 69.
\n(a) Spanish\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) British<\/span>
\n(c) Finnish\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) America<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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