{"id":4960,"date":"2016-07-14T15:10:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T10:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/?p=4960"},"modified":"2019-11-16T12:40:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T07:40:13","slug":"world-in-focus-may-june-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/studykit\/mcqs\/world-in-focus-may-june-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"World in Focus (May-June 2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4972\" src=\"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016.jpg\" alt=\"World in Focus July 2016\" width=\"525\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">NATIONAL<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">May 18:<\/span> <\/strong>The jirga of Harban tribe of Khyber PK and Thor tribe of Gilgit-Baltistan settled the boundary dispute between the two sides.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">May 19:<\/span> <\/strong>The Japanese government approved a loan of $59 million for the polio eradication programme in Pakistan in collaboration with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 20:<\/strong><\/span> Pakistan applied for the membership of the NSG, a 48-nation cartel of nuclear technology holders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 21:<\/strong><\/span> A US air strike killed Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in Balochistan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 21:<\/strong> <\/span>Pakistan handed over the Angoor Adda border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan in South Waziristan to Afghan authorities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 21:<\/strong><\/span> The WHO extended for three months the international travel restrictions on Pakistan for its failure to eradicate the polio virus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 23:<\/strong><\/span> A Navy tribunal sentenced five officers to death in the Sept 6, 2014, Karachi Naval Dockyard attack case.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 23:<\/strong><\/span> The LHC restored a provision of the Christian Divorce Act, 1869, enabling men to divorce their wives in a dignified manner.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 24:<\/strong> <\/span>The US Senate Armed Services Committee approved a proposal to sets aside up to $800 million for reimbursing Pakistan for its efforts in the war against terror. The new fund also delinks the country from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[AdSense-B] &#8211; [AdSense-B]<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4965\" src=\"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016-1.jpg\" alt=\"World in Focus July 2016 1\" width=\"700\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016-1-300x91.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 26:<\/strong><\/span> Six agents of the Afghan intelligence agency, National Directorate of Security (NDS), were arrested.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 26:<\/strong><\/span> Pakistan became a signatory to the decent work country programme (DWCP III) of the International Labor Organisation (ILO).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 31:<\/strong> <\/span>Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif underwent successful open heart surgery at a London hospital.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 31:<\/strong> <\/span>The Senate Standing Committee on Law and Justice approved a constitution amendment bill seeking to bar appointment of ad hoc judges in the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 01:<\/strong> <\/span>President Mamnoon Hussain addressed the joint sitting of parliament at the start of the fourth parliamentary year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 01:<\/strong> <\/span>The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) started collection of Punjab Infrastructure Development Cess (PIDC) effective May 25, 2015, on imported goods and cleared on dry ports.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 01:<\/strong> <\/span>Punjab Ombudsman Javed Mahmood resigned from his office.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 02:<\/strong> <\/span>Economic Survey of Pakistan 2015-16 was released. According to the document, industry boomed while agriculture collapsed during the current financial year. A cotton-led collapse in agriculture dragged the economy down, leading the government to miss its growth target of 5.5 percent by a significant margin as real GDP grew at a rate of 4.7pc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 02:<\/strong> <\/span>There is no evidence so far to indicate direct complicity of Pakistan government or its agencies in the Pathankot attack, India&#8217;s probe chief has said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 02:<\/strong> <\/span>Pakistan&#8217;s Peacekeeping Day was marked at the UN by the appreciation of the country&#8217;s professional military by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and representatives of member countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 02:<\/strong> <\/span>The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced that it would give $21 million in food assistance to Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 02:<\/strong> <\/span>The Senate passed the 22nd amendment bill, changing the eligibility criteria for the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and four members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 03:<\/strong> <\/span>The Federal Budget for FY 2016-17 was announced. The budget contains new revenue measures of almost Rs 150 billion, while bowing to populist sentiment and fanning growth with incentives for exports, agriculture and increased salaries and pensions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 03:<\/strong> <\/span>Hamid Saeed Kazmi, a former religious affairs minister, was sentenced to 16 years in prison and fined Rs147.396 million in the Rs8.8 billion Haj corruption case.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 04:<\/strong> <\/span>Pakistan and the United States signed an action plan on women&#8217;s entrepreneurship and economic empowerment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 08:<\/strong> <\/span>President Mamnoon Hussain approved the 22nd Constitution Amendment after which bureaucrats, government officers and technocrats have become eligible for appointment as the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and members of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)in addition to serving or retired judges of apex courts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 10:<\/strong> <\/span>The Board of Investment (BoI) approved the status of Special Economic Zone (SEZ) for the three industrial estates in Punjab. These estates are: (1) Quaid-e-Azam Apparel Park (QAAP); (2) M3 Industrial City; and (3) Value Addition City.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 10:<\/strong> <\/span>The ECP approved the registration of Jamshed Dasti&#8217;s party with the name of Pakistan Awami Raaj.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 14:<\/strong> <\/span>The US Senate passed the National Defence Authorization Act for the next fiscal year that includes short leashed military assistance to Pakistan.<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4971\" src=\"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016-7.jpg\" alt=\"World in Focus July 2016\" width=\"700\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016-7.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016-7-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Economy<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 16:<\/strong> <\/span>The SBP introduced \u201cRegulations for Mobile Banking Interoperability\u201d to facilitate the branchless banking service providers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 21:<\/strong><\/span> The SBP slashed the policy interest rate by 25 basis points to a 40-year low from six per cent to 5.75pc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 10:<\/strong><\/span> The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a $100 million loan for a highway project in Pakistan that will mark its first co-financing with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 10:<\/strong> <\/span>Pakistan awarded a $395 million 4G licence to Norwegian telecom giant Telenor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 14:<\/strong> <\/span>The government permanently waived off the condition of international competitive bidding in Chinese deals and approved to award the construction contract of Eastbay expressway to link Gwadar port with coastal highway to one of three Chinese bidders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 15:<\/strong> <\/span>Pakistan stocks hit a record closing high, after the country&#8217;s stock market was upgraded overnight and included in the MSCI&#8217;s (emerging market) index.<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Education<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 04:<\/strong> <\/span>The World Bank approved a $300 million-loan for Punjab to improve school participation, completion, and teaching-learning practices over the next five years.<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Elections, Transfers &amp; Appointments<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 20:<\/strong> <\/span>National Party&#8217;s Mir Hasil Bizenjo and PML-N&#8217;s Sheikh Aftab Ahmed were administered oath as federal ministers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 11:<\/strong> <\/span>Justice Athar Minallah of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) took oath as a permanent judge of the IHC.<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Legislation<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 19:<\/strong> <\/span>The National Assembly unanimously passed the 22nd Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 20:<\/strong> <\/span>The Senate passed the \u201cUnattended Orphans (Rehabilitation and Welfare) Bill, 2016\u201d which calls upon the government to protect the rights of unattended orphans below the age of 15 and provide them free education and healthcare facilities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 26:<\/strong> <\/span>The Punjab Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2015 and the Fatima Jinnah Medical University Lahore (Amendment) Bill 2015 were passed by the provincial assembly.<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4970\" src=\"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016-6.jpg\" alt=\"World in Focus July 2016\" width=\"700\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016-6.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016-6-300x102.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sports<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 16:<\/strong><\/span> Wapda won the 62nd National Men&#8217;s Cycling Championship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 18:<\/strong> <\/span>Wapda defeated PAF to retain the National Volleyball title.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 01:<\/strong> <\/span>Punjab Blues beat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Colours to clinch the inaugural National Junior U-18 Hockey Championship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 06:<\/strong> <\/span>Pakistani athlete Arshad Nadeem won bronze medal in the 17th Asian Junior Athletics Championship at Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">June 12:<\/span> <\/strong>Pakistan&#8217;s Danyal Ali clinched the U17 singles title in the Adria International Badminton Tournament in Croatia.<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Obituaries<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 04:<\/strong><\/span> Retired Lt-Gen Abdul Majeed Malik, who despite being a retired army general set a rare example of getting elected to the National Assembly five consecutive times, passed away in Islamabad at the age of 97.<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">People in News<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Dr Ishrat Hussain<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 16:<\/strong><\/span> The Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars appointed Dr Ishrat Hussain its public policy fellow for 2016-17.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Mark Humayun<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 20:<\/strong><\/span> Mark Humayun, a grandson of personal physician of Quaid-e-Azam, was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. He is the co-inventor of &#8216;Argus II&#8217; series of retina implants, which restores sight for those suffering from blindness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Nadia Bukhari<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 28:<\/strong> <\/span>A British Pakistani, Nadia Bukhari, 38, became the youngest Asian female ever to be awarded the status of Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (FRPharmS).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 31:<\/strong> <\/span>Scientists from Punjab University including Dr Nasir Ahmad, Dr Muhammad Saleem Haider, Dr Naeem Rashid and Dr Muhammad Akhtar, discovered a novel thermo-acidophilic enzyme which can efficiently hydrolyze starch into glucose and maltose syrups in a single step and in a simpler way in the absence of any other enzyme.<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Places in News<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Karachi<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 19:<\/strong><\/span> The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) held a forum on \u201cPakistan&#8217;s Power Sector: Electricity Availability and Cost\u201d.<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4968\" src=\"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016-4.jpg\" alt=\"World in Focus July 2016 4\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016-4.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016-4-290x195.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">INTERNATIONAL<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 16:<\/strong> <\/span>A 25-member group, consisting of the US, Italy and Libya&#8217;s friends and neighbours, agreed to arm the country&#8217;s unity government to fight the IS group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 16:<\/strong> <\/span>The International Space Station, the space laboratory that showcases cooperation between Russia and the United States, orbited Earth for the 100,000th time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 17:<\/strong> <\/span>South Korean author Han Kang won the Man Booker International Prize for fiction for her novel \u201cThe Vegetarian\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 18:<\/strong> <\/span>The US Senate unanimously approved legislation that would allow victims of 9\/11 to sue Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 18:<\/strong> <\/span>Afghanistan signed a draft agreement with the Hezb-e-Islami militant group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 18:<\/strong><\/span> Maldives, a staunch supporter of Saudi Arabia, severed ties with Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 19:<\/strong> <\/span>An Egypt Air flight from Paris to Cairo carrying 66 people crashed in the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 19:<\/strong> <\/span>International humanitarian assistance given last year totalled a record $28 billion, new figures revealed in the run-up to the first World Humanitarian Summit in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 20:<\/strong><\/span> Turkey&#8217;s parliament adopted a bill that would lift immunity for dozens of pro-Kurdish and other MPs and could see them evicted from parliament.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 20:<\/strong> <\/span>Israel&#8217;s defence minister, Moshe Yaalon, resigned, saying the nation was being taken over by \u201cextremist and dangerous elements\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 23:<\/strong> <\/span>US President Barack Obama scrapped a Cold War-era ban on weapons sales to Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 25:<\/strong> <\/span>Afghan Taliban acknowledged the death of their emir Mullah Akhtar Mansour and announced the appointment Haibatullah Akhundzada, a cleric with no fighting experience, as his successor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 29:<\/strong> <\/span>German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande together marked the 100-year anniversary of the Battle of Verdun, laying a wreath at a cemetery in north-eastern France for the 300,000 soldiers killed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 30:<\/strong> <\/span>A special court in Senegal sentenced former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre to life in prison for war crimes, crimes against humanity and a litany of other charges, including rape.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 30:<\/strong><\/span> Mohammed Alloush, Syrian opposition&#8217;s chief negotiator in UN-brokered peace talks announced his resignation, branding the stalled Geneva negotiations a failure on both the security and humanitarian fonts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 31:<\/strong> <\/span>The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation&#8217;s Standing Committee on Science and Technological Cooperation (Comstech) approved a 10-year action plan for scientific development in the Muslim world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 31:<\/strong> <\/span>About 45.8 million people around the world are trapped in modern-day slavery, almost a third more than estimated two years ago, according to Walk Free Foundation&#8217;s Global Slavery Index.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 01:<\/strong> <\/span>Switzerland opened the world&#8217;s longest and deepest rail tunnel, the 57-kilometre-long Gotthard Base Tunnel, through the heart of the Alps.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 02:<\/strong> <\/span>India&#8217;s eastern Odisha state became the first region in the country to give transgender people social welfare benefits such as pension, housing and food grains.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 02:<\/strong><\/span> Turkey recalled its envoy to Berlin and threatened further measures after Bundestag, Germany&#8217;s lower house of parliament, labelled the World War I killings of Armenians by Ottoman forces as \u201cgenocide\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 04:<\/strong><\/span> Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a $290 million hydro-electric dam with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 42 megawatt Salma dam in western Herat province, bordering Iran, is one of two major projects carried out under India&#8217;s development partnership with Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 07:<\/strong> <\/span>Just one percent of the world&#8217;s population are millionaires or richer. But together they hold almost half the world&#8217;s wealth, and their share is growing, according to Boston Consulting Group&#8217;s annual report on global private wealth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some 18.5 million households around the world have at least $1m worth of assets, for a total of $78.8 trillion or about the same size as global annual economic output.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 07:<\/strong> <\/span>The United Nations announced to remove the Saudi-led Arab coalition from a black list over the deaths of hundreds of children in Yemen pending a review of the facts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 07:<\/strong> <\/span>German Chancellor Angela Merkel emerged as the most powerful woman in the world for the eleventh time by Forbes magazine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 08:<\/strong><\/span> Hillary Clinton clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, becoming the first woman in American history to win the ticket of a major political party.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 10:<\/strong> <\/span>European Union countries agreed new measures to tighten gun controls. The measures include stricter rules on buying and owning semi-automatic weapons, steps to stop deactivated guns being put back into use, and better tracing of trafficked weapons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 11:<\/strong> <\/span>Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, in an online audio message, pledged allegiance to the new head of the Afghan Taliban, Haibatullah Akhundzada.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 11:<\/strong> <\/span>Thousands of people from the worlds of sports, entertainment, politics and Muhammad Ali&#8217;s native Louisville bid farewell to the boxing legend eulogised by Bill Clinton as a \u201cuniversal soldier for our common humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 12:<\/strong><\/span> Fifty people died in the worst mass shooting in US history when 29-year-old Omar Mateen opened fire at a packed gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 13:<\/strong> <\/span>Rayani Air, Malaysia&#8217;s first Islamic-compliant airline, was shut down.<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4967\" src=\"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016-3.jpg\" alt=\"World in Focus July 2016\" width=\"700\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016-3.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016-3-300x154.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Elections &amp; Appointments<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 17:<\/strong> <\/span>Ri Yong-ho, a career diplomat familiar to American and South Korean officials who have negotiated over NK&#8217;s nuclear weapons programme, was appointed as country&#8217;s new foreign minister.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 24:<\/strong> <\/span>Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, a hardline Iranian cleric who has been in the country&#8217;s power structure since its 1979 Islamic Revolution, was chosen to lead the Assembly of Experts, a clerical body that picks the country&#8217;s next supreme leader.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 29:<\/strong> <\/span>Jordan&#8217;s King Abdullah appointed veteran politician Hani Mulgi as prime minister after dissolving parliament by royal decree, following the end of its four-year term.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 29:<\/strong> <\/span>Moderate conservative Ali Larijani was re-elected as the temporary speaker of Iran&#8217;s new parliament which is dominated by first-term deputies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 30:<\/strong> <\/span>Rodrigo Duterte was proclaimed as the next Philippine president after an official vote count by the Philippine Congress determined that he was elected president in elections held on May 9. Duterte, known as The Punisher, got more than 16 million votes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 09:<\/strong> <\/span>United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of Maj Gen Per Lodin of Sweden as chief military observer and head of mission for the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (Unmogip).<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sports<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 19:<\/strong> <\/span>Spain&#8217;s Sevilla Futbol Club third straight Europa League title, and a fifth in 11 seasons after they defeated England&#8217;s Liverpool 3-1.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 21:<\/strong> <\/span>China beat South Korea 3-1 in the final to maintain their Uber Cup hegemony, claiming the biennial women&#8217;s badminton team championship for the 14th time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 29:<\/strong> <\/span>The Tenzing-Hillary Everest Marathon, an annual event which began in 2003, was held in the snow-covered foothills of Mount Everest. The event is meant to mark the anniversary of the first summit of the peak by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on May 29, 1953.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 29:<\/strong> <\/span>Real Madrid won Champions League 2016 on penalties against Atl\u00e9tico. This was RM&#8217;s 11th European Cup win.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 30:<\/strong> <\/span>Sunrisers Hyderabad edged out Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League final.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 04:<\/strong> <\/span>Garbine Muguruza won her first Grand Slam title at the French Open defeating top seed and defending champion Serena Williams.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 05:<\/strong> <\/span>Novak Djokovic joined the tennis greats when he downed British second seed Andy Murray to claim his maiden French Open title and hold all four Grand Slams at the same time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 08:<\/strong> <\/span>Maria Sharapova was banned for two years after failing a drugs test but insisted she will appeal a decision.<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">People in News<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Manny Pacquiao<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">May 19:<\/span> <\/strong>Philippine boxing star Manny Pacquiao, WBO world welterweight champion, was elected as a member of the upper house of Congress.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Frances Arnold<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">May 24:<\/span> <\/strong>US biochemical engineer Frances Arnold won a million-euro technology prize in Finland for her work on \u201cdirected evolution\u201d, a method of rewriting DNA to improve medicines and develop green fuels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Deshauna Barber<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 06<\/strong><\/span>: Deshauna Barber was crowned Miss USA. She is a 26-year-old Army officer from the District of Columbia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sedat Ergin<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 13:<\/strong><\/span> Sedat Ergin, the chief editor of Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, was presented with a Freedom of Speech award by German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle.<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Places in News<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Istanbul, Turkey<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 23:<\/strong><\/span> The First World Humanitarian Summit, an ambitious summit to revamp humanitarian aid and global responses to modern-day crises, opened in Istanbul, Turkey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Shima, Japan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 27:<\/strong><\/span> The 42nd summit of the G7 countries was held in Shima, Japan. The declaration issued at the end of the summit warned that a British secession from the European Union in June referendum could have disastrous economic consequences.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 13:<\/strong> <\/span>Fiji&#8217;s ambassador to the United Nations, Peter Thomson, was elected president of the General Assembly. He beat out Cyprus&#8217;s former deputy minister for European affairs, Andreas Mavroyiannis, by a vote of 94 to 90 in the 193-country assembly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 14:<\/strong><\/span> Israel won an election to chair the United Nations&#8217; legal committee, the first time that it will head one of the world body&#8217;s six permanent committees since joining the UN in 1949.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While it is a largely symbolic and procedural role, chairing the committee will give Israel a chance to have a higher profile in routine affairs at the United Nations. The so-called Legal Committee, or Sixth Committee, oversees issues related to international law.<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Obituaries<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 16:<\/strong><\/span> Deepak Shodhan, the first Indian to make a Test century in his debut innings, died aged 87.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>May 18:<\/strong><\/span> Luis H. \u00c1lvarez, a leading figure in the conservative National Action Party in Mexico who dedicated his life to the fight for democracy there, died. He was 96.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 01:<\/strong> <\/span>Veteran Bollywood star Razak Khan passed away.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 10:<\/strong> <\/span>Thomas J. Perkins, who nurtured Silicon Valley&#8217;s venture capital industry into a force that later helped foster the growth of companies like Google and Amazon, died at his home in Marin County, California. He was 84.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>June 12:<\/strong><\/span> Former England captain Donald Carr died at the age of 89.<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4969\" src=\"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016-5.jpg\" alt=\"World in Focus July 2016\" width=\"700\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016-5.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/World-in-Focus-July-2016-5-300x63.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">MCQs<\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">National<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1.<\/strong> On May 18, the jirga of Harban tribe of ______ and Thor tribe of Gilgit-Baltistan settled a boundary dispute between the two sides.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) AJ&amp;K\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) Khyber PK<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Balochistan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) None of these<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2.<\/strong> On May 19, the ______ government approved a loan of $59 million for polio eradication programme in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Chinese\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) US<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Japanese\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span>(d) German<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3.<\/strong> The 22nd Constitutional Amendment Bill was passed by the National Assembly on ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) May 17\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) May 18<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) May 19\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(d) May 20<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>4.<\/strong> Pakistan applied for the membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group on ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) May 18\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) May 20<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) May 22\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) May 24<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>5.<\/strong> On May 20, National Party&#8217;s Mir Hasil Bizenjo and PML-N&#8217;s ______ were administered oath as federal ministers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Sheikh Waqas Akram<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) Sheikh Aftab Ahmed<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Capt Muhammad Safdar<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(d) Maryam Aurangzeb<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>6.<\/strong> On May 21, the SBP slashed the policy interest rate by 25 basis points to make it ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) 6.50%\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 6.25%<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a9 6.00%\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(d) 5.75%<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>7.<\/strong> The Angoor Adda border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan is located in ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) S. Waziristan\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0(b) N. Waziristan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Kurram \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Bajaur<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>8.<\/strong> On May 26, Pakistan became a signatory to the decent work country programme (DWCP III) of the ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) IMF\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) ILO<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) World Bank\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) ADB<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>9.<\/strong> Pakistan became a member of International Labor Organisation (ILO) on ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) 14.08.1947\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 14.09.1947<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u00a9 31.10.1947\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0(d) 01.01.1948<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>10.<\/strong> On May 31, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif underwent successful open heart surgery at London&#8217;s ______<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) Harley Street Clinic<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(b) Lambeth Hospital<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) King George Hospital<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(d) St Ann&#8217;s Hospital<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>11.<\/strong> The fourth parliamentary year started on ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) May 28\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) June 01<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) June 04\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) June 06<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>12.<\/strong> In the third parliamentary year, the National Assembly passed ______ bills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) 45\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 50<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) 53\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 55<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>13.<\/strong> On June 01, Punjab Ombudsman ______ resigned from his office.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Yasmin Abbasi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) Javed Mahmood<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Mira Phailbus<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(d) Naseem Sadiq<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>14.<\/strong> Naseer Bunda was a famous player of ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Cricket\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) Hockey<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Basketball\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Lawn Tennis<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>15.<\/strong> According to Economic Survey of Pakistan 2015-16, the real GDP grew at the rate of ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) 4.7%\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 4.9%<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a9 5.1%\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 5.3%<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>16.<\/strong> On June 02, USAID announced that it would give $21 million in ______ to Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Polio Eradication Programme<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) Food Assistance<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Power Generation<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(d) Supplementary Grant<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>17.<\/strong> The 22nd amendment bill sailed through the Senate on ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) June 01\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) June 02<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) June 04\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) June 06<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>18.<\/strong> On June 03, Hamid Saeed Kazmi, a former religious affairs minister, was sentenced to ______ in prison in Haj corruption case.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) 16 Years\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 20 years<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Life Imprisonment<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(d) None of these<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>19.<\/strong> Total outlay of the Federl Budget for FY 2016-17 is ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) 4690.8 billion\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u00a0(b) 4894.9 billion<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a9 4949.9 billion\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 4978.3 billion<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>20.<\/strong> On June 04, Pakistan and _____ signed an action plan on women&#8217;s entrepreneurship and economic empowerment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) UK\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) USA<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) China\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Japan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>21.<\/strong> On June 10, ADB approved a $100 million loan for a highway project in Pakistan that will mark its first co-financing with the ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) AIIB\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) IDB<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) World Bank \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) BISP<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>22.<\/strong> Lahore-Islamabad Motorway is also called ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) M1\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) M2<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) M3\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) M4<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>23.<\/strong> On June 10, the ECP approved the registration of ______ party with the name of Pakistan Awami Raaj.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Farooq Sattar&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(b) Mustafa Kamal&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Jahangir Tareen&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(d) Jamshed Dasti&#8217;s<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>24.<\/strong> On June 10, Pakistan awarded a $395 million 4G licence to ______ telecom giant Telenor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Swedish \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) Norwegian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) German\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Finnish<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>25.<\/strong> The US Senate passed the National Defence Authorization Act for the next fiscal year that includes short leashed military assistance to Pakistan on ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) June 11\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) June 12<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) June 13\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(d) June 14<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>26.<\/strong> On June 14, the government permanently waived off the condition of international competitive bidding in ______ deals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Turkish\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Iranian<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Chinese<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Russian<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>27.<\/strong> Total length of Pakistan-Afghanistan border is ______ kilometres.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) 1976\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u00a0(b) 2250<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) 2447\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 2500<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>28:<\/strong> Babusar Pass connects Kaghan Valley with ______ in Gilgit-Baltistan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) Chilas<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Astore<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Ghanche\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Skardu<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">International<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1.<\/strong> World Telecommunication and Information Society Day and World Hypertension Day are observed, annually, on ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) May 16\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(b) \u200eMay 17<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) May 18\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) May 27<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2.<\/strong> The International Space Station (ISS), the space laboratory that showcases cooperation between Russia and the United States, was launched in ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) 1969\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 1984<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) 1998\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 2003<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3.<\/strong> On May 17, ______ author Han Kang won the Man Booker International Prize for fiction for her novel \u201cThe Vegetarian\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Chinese\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong> \u00a0(b) South Korean<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Malaysian\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Japanese<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>4.<\/strong> On May 17, Ri Yong-ho was appointed as new foreign minister of ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) North Korea\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(b) China<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Cambodia\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) South Korea<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>5.<\/strong> The Communist Party of Cuba, only political party permitted to rule in Cuba, was founded by in ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Raul Castro\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Che Guevara<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Fidel Castro<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Hugo Chavez<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>6.<\/strong> On May 18, the US Senate unanimously approved legislation that would allow victims of 9\/11 to sue ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Pakistan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Al-Qaeda<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Saudi Arabia<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Iran<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>7.<\/strong> On May 18, Afghanistan signed a draft agreement with the Hezb-e-Islami militant group which is led by______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Mohammad Rabbani<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(b) Haji Ayub Afridi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(d) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>8.<\/strong> On May 19, an ______ flight from Paris to Cairo carrying 66 people crashed in the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Air France\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(b) Egypt Air<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) French Blue\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) OpenSkies<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>9.<\/strong> The NATO-Russia Council (NRC) was established in ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) 1998\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 2000<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) 2001\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong> \u00a0(d) 2002<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>10.<\/strong> The current Secretary General of Nato is ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Anders Fogh Rasmussen<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) Jens Stoltenberg<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(d) Frank-Walter Steinmeier<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>11.<\/strong> <\/span>On May 19, ______ achieved a significant milestone in its bid to become entirely reliant on renewable energy sources after running for 107 hours without using any fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Finland\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Austria<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Switzerland\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) Portugal<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>12<\/strong>. On May 20, ______ defence minister, Moshe Yaalon, resigned saying the nation was being taken over by \u201cextremist and dangerous elements\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) France&#8217;s\u00a0\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> \u00a0(b) Israel&#8217;s<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a9 Algeria&#8217;s\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Sweden&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>13.<\/strong> On May 24, Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati was chosen to lead the Assembly of Experts, a clerical body that picks the country&#8217;s next ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) President \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Supreme Leader<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Prime Minister\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Foreign Minister<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>14.<\/strong> Haibatullah Akhundzada was appointed as the new Afghan Taliban chief on ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) May 22\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) May 24<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) May 25\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span>(d) May 26<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>15.<\/strong> Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary were the first to summit Mount Everest. They achieved the feat on ______, 1953.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) May 26\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) May 27<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(d) May 28 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) May 29<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>16.<\/strong> On May 29, Hani Mulgi was appointed as the new prime minister of ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Australia\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Jordan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Haiti\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Albania<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>17.<\/strong> Battle of Verdun, one of the longest, bloodiest, and most-ferocious battles of the WWI, was fought between Germany and ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) USA\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u00a0(b) France<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Turkey\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Japan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>18.<\/strong> On May 30, Rodrigo Duterte was proclaimed as the next president of ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) Philippines\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span>(b) Thailand<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Maldives\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Bhutan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>19.<\/strong> On May 30, Syrian opposition&#8217;s chief negotiator in UN-brokered peace talks, ______, resigned.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Salim al-Muslet<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(b) Staffan de Mistura<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Asaad al-Zoabi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(d) Mohammed Alloush<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>20.<\/strong> On June 01, ______ opened the world&#8217;s longest and deepest rail tunnel Gotthard Base Tunnel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Japan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) Switzerland<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Germany\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) China<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>21.<\/strong> Bundestag is the lower house of the parliament of ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Sweden\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Norway<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Germany\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span>(d) Turkey<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>22.<\/strong> On June 04, Indian Premier Narendra Modi inaugurated the 42-megawatt Afghanistan-India Friendship Dam or ______ which is located in western Herat province of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) Salma Dam\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span>(b) Kajaki Dam<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Band-e Amir\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Kunar Dam<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>23.<\/strong> On June 05, ______ became the first country in the world to commit to zero deforestation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Belgium\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Latvia<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Norway\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span>(d) Nigeria<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>24.<\/strong> On June 09, Maj Gen Per Lodin of ______ was appointed as the chief military observer and head of mission for the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (Unmogip).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Australia \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) Sweden<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Canada\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) S. Africa<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>25.<\/strong> Orlando, located in American state of\u00a0 ______, is famous for\u00a0 Walt Disney World.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Ohio\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) New Jersey<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Florida\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span>(d) Atlanta<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>26.<\/strong> On June 13, Rayani Air, ______ first Islamic-compliant airline, was shut down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) Malaysia&#8217;s\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Kuwait&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a9 Indonesia&#8217;s\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Nigeria&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>27.<\/strong> On June 13, ______ was elected as the president of the UN General Assembly, a 193-country body.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Kevin Rudd<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(b) Andreas Mavroyiannis<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Peter Thomson<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(d) Per Lodin<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>28.<\/strong> United Nations Legal Committee, or Sixth Committee, oversees issues related to______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Refugee rights<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(b) International conflicts<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Arms treaties<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(d) International law<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>29.<\/strong> The mausoleum of modern Turkey&#8217;s founder Mustafa Kamal Ataturk is named\u00a0 ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Mezgitkale\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong> \u00a0(b) Anitkabir<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) T\u00fcrbe\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Green Tomb<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>30.<\/strong> The 4th Islamic Solidarity Games will be held from May 12-22, 2017, in Baku, the capital of ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Turkmenistan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Kazakhstan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Kyrgyzstan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(d) Azerbaijan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>31.<\/strong> Tim Cook is the chief executive of ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(a) Apple Inc.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Amazon<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Google\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Snapchat<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>32.<\/strong> Charles de Gaulle airport is in ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Berne\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Paris<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Bonn\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Baghdad<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sports<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1.<\/strong> On May 16, ______ won the 62nd National Men&#8217;s Cycling Championship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Punjab \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Pak Army<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Wapda\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span>(d) Balochistan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2.<\/strong> On May 16, ______ became the youngest ever Formula One winner.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Nico Rosberg<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) Max Verstappen<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Louis Hamilton<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(d) Daniil Kvyat<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3.<\/strong> On May 21, China beat ______ claiming the biennial women&#8217;s badminton team championship for the 14th time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Japan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) South Korea<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Indonesia \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) India<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>4.<\/strong> ______ won Champions League 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Arsenal \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Chelsea<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Sevilla\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(d) Real Madrid<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>5.<\/strong> Indian Premier League 2016 title was won by ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Mumbai Indians<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(b) Pune Warriors<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Sunrisers Hyderabad<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(d) Royal Challengers Bangalore<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>6.<\/strong> On June 05, Novak Djokovic won his maiden French Open title, becoming the ______ man in history to complete the career Grand Slam.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) 6th\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(b) 8th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) 10th\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 12th<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>7.<\/strong> On June 12, Pakistan&#8217;s Danyal Ali clinched the U17 singles title in the Adria International ______ Tournament in Croatia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Table Tennis\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u00a0(b) Badminton<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Lawn Tennis\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Snooker<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Obituaries<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1.<\/strong> On May 16, Deepak Shodhan, the first ______ to make a Test century in his debut innings, died.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Bangladeshi\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Pakistani<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(c) Indian\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Sri Lankan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2.<\/strong> Veteran Bollywood star Razak Khan passed away On ______.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) May 28\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) May 30<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) May 31\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u00a0(d) June 01<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3.<\/strong> On June 04, Retired Lt-Gen Abdul Majeed Malik, who despite being a retired general set a rare example of getting elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan for &#8212;&#8211; 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