{"id":6445,"date":"2016-12-10T16:19:33","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T11:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/?p=6445"},"modified":"2019-11-16T12:57:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T07:57:52","slug":"national-international-mcqs-october-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/studykit\/mcqs\/national-international-mcqs-october-november\/","title":{"rendered":"National &#038; International MCQs (October-November)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mcq-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6235\" src=\"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mcq-2.jpg\" alt=\"MCQs\" width=\"472\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mcq-2.jpg 472w, https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mcq-2-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mcq-2-110x75.jpg 110w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">National <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">1.<\/span> On Oct 16, ______ became the first head of the Saarc&#8217;s Anti-Corruption Forum (ACF).<br \/>\n(a) Sri Lanka\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) India<br \/>\n(c) Bhutan\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(d) Pakistan<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">2. <\/span>The country director of the United Nations Population Fund is ______.<br \/>\n(a) Haji Ahmed Malik<br \/>\n(b) Syed Qamaruzzaman Shah<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Dr Hassan Mohtashami<\/span><br \/>\n(d) Christine Lagarde<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">3.<\/span> The reverse side of the 10-rupee coin, issued by SBP recently, contains the picture of ______.<br \/>\n(a) Lahore Fort\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Faisal Mosque<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Gwadar Port\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Rohtas Fort<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">4.<\/span> Qamar Zaman Chaudhry is the current Chairman of ______.<br \/>\n(a) Nepra\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> \u00a0(b) NAB<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Ogra\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Pemra<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">5.<\/span> On World Economic Forum&#8217;s Global Gender Gap Report 2016, Pakistan ranks ______ out of 144 countries.<br \/>\n(a) 100th\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 109th<br \/>\n(c) 123rd\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) 143rd<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">6.<\/span> On Oct 26, the 15th ministerial meeting of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) programme was held in ______.<br \/>\n(a) Dushanbe\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Bishkek<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Istanbul \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Baku<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">7.<\/span> Pakistan has been ranked 144th out of 190 economies for 2017 on the ______ Ease of Doing Business Index.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) Word Bank&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(b) IMF&#8217;s<br \/>\n(c) WEF&#8217;s\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) ADB&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">8.<\/span> The Pakistan Microfinance Investment Company (PMIC) was launched on ______.<br \/>\n(a) Oct 25\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(b) Oct 27<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Oct 28\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Oct 30<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">9.<\/span> The first Chairman of PMIC is _____.<br \/>\n(a) AK Dhedhi \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) \u200e Zubyr Soomro<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Ishaq Dar\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Aslam Memon<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">10.<\/span> Total number of districts in Balochistan is ______.<br \/>\n(a) 28\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 30<br \/>\n(c) 32\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) 34<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">11.<\/span> On Oct 30, ______ beat Pakistan to reclaim the Asian Champions Trophy hockey.<br \/>\n(a) Japan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Malaysia<br \/>\n(c) S. Korea\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) India<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">12.<\/span> Ms Maryam Aurangzeb was appointed as Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting on ____.<br \/>\n(a) Oct 28\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Oct 31<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Nov 01\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Nov 02<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">13.<\/span> On Oct 31, ______ was elected as President of Supreme Court Bar Association for the year 2016-17.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) Rasheed A. Rizvi\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n(b) Hamid Khan<br \/>\n(c) Kamran Murtaza<br \/>\n(d) Aftab Ahmad Bajwa<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">14.<\/span> First trade activities under the CPEC project began on ______ with the arrival of 100+ Chinese containers at the Sust port in Gilgit-Baltistan.<br \/>\n(a) Oct 26\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Oct 31<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Nov 01\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Nov 05<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">15.<\/span> On the 2016 Global Youth Development Index, compiled by the Commonwealth Secretariat, Pakistan was ranked at ______ out of 183 countries.<br \/>\n(a) 116th\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> \u00a0(b) 154th<\/span><br \/>\n(c) 159th\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 166th<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">16.<\/span> On Nov 02, Pakistan&#8217;s ______ won Free Press Award in the \u201cMost Resilient Journalist Award\u201d category.<br \/>\n(a) AG Noorani\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(b) Hamid Mir<\/span><br \/>\n(c) PJ Mir\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Kashif Abbasi<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">17.<\/span> On Nov 03, the BOI announced that ______ multinational automobile company, Renault, will be producing vehicles in Pakistan from 2018.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) Renault<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Volkswagen<br \/>\n(c) Venturi\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Peugeot<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">18.<\/span> Former PTV producer and a TV genius Yawar Hayat died on ______.<br \/>\n(a) Oct 31\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Nov 01<br \/>\n(c) Nov 02\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) Nov 03<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">19.<\/span> On Nov 03, Pakistani singer ______ was awarded Afghanistan&#8217;s Mir Bacha Khan Milli medal.<br \/>\n(a) Farhad Darya\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Zeek Afridi<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Khyal Muhammad\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n(d) Ustad Awalmir<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">20.<\/span> Pakistan ratified the Conference of the Parties COP21 on ______.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) Nov 04<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Nov 06<br \/>\n(c) Nov 08\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Nov 10<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">21.<\/span> On Nov 05, Sultan Mohammad Ali won the first-ever Thal Jeep Rally that was held in ______ district.<br \/>\n(a) Rajanpur\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) DG Khan<br \/>\n(c) Bahwalpur\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) Muzaffargarh<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">22.<\/span> The current Chairman of Pakistan Agricultural Research Council is ____.<br \/>\n(a) Javed Iqbal\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Dr Yusuf Zafar<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Sohail Lashari\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Uzma Bangash<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">23.<\/span> On Nov 06, Pakistan&#8217;s ______, the founder and CEO of Digital Rights Foundation, won the 2016 Human Rights Tulip Award.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) Nighat Dad\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(b) Sultan Ali<br \/>\n(c) Sana Yusuf\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Tahira Rashid<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">24.<\/span> Famous playback singer Arthur Nayyar, popularly known as A. Nayyar, passed away on ______.<br \/>\n(a) Nov 08\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Nov 09<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Nov 11\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Nov 14<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">25.<\/span> On Nov 11, Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui was sworn in as the ______ Governor of Sindh.<br \/>\n(a) 28th\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 31st<\/span><br \/>\n(c) 34th\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 36th<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">26.<\/span> Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inaugurated the operational activities of the revamped strategic Gwadar port in Balochistan on______.<br \/>\n(a) Nov 06\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Nov 08<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Nov 13\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Nov 15<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">27.<\/span> Pakistan played their historic 400th test match against ______.<br \/>\n(a) Sri Lanka\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) New Zealand<br \/>\n(c) India\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) West Indies<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">28.<\/span> Current Chairman Pemra is______.<br \/>\n(a) Ansar <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Abbasi\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Absar Alam<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Pervez Rashid\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Mohd. Malick<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">29.<\/span> The World Justice Project has ranked Pakistan at ______ place among 113 countries in terms of Rule of Law experienced by the citizens.<br \/>\n(a) 104th\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) 106th<\/span><br \/>\n(c) 108th\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 110th<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">30.<\/span> The SBP has opened nostro accounts in Chinese yuan and ______.<br \/>\n(a) Saudi Riyal\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(b) Japanese yen<\/span><br \/>\n(c) UAE Dirham \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) British Pound<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">31.<\/span> ______ has been ranked as the most affordable country for ICT services by the World Economic Forum<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) Pakistan\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(b) China<br \/>\n(c) Thailand\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Nepal<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">32.<\/span> According to the study, &#8216;Caught Short&#8217; published by______, as many as 9.9 million Pakistani children under the age of five are stunted<br \/>\n(a) ADB\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) World Bank<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) WaterAid<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) AUSAID<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">33.<\/span> Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui remained the Chief Justice of Pakistan from July 1, 1999 to Jan 26, ______.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) 2000\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 2001<br \/>\n(c) 2002\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 2003<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">34.<\/span> The Companies Law promulgated on Nov 11, 2016, replaces the Companies Ordinance ______.<br \/>\n(a) 1958\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 1964<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) 1984\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 1992<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">35.<\/span> ______, a disabled youth worker from Pakistan, won the Commonwealth Youth Worker Award 2016 from Asia Region.<br \/>\n(a) Fakhira Batool\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Suleman Arshad<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Sumail Hussain\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Abrar Nadeem<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">International <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">1.<\/span> On Oct 16, ______ Andy Murray won his third Shanghai Masters title.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) Britain&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Australia&#8217;s<br \/>\n(c) Serbia&#8217;s\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Germany&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">2.<\/span> \u201cClimate is changing. Food and agriculture must too,\u201d was the theme of ______ 2016.<br \/>\n(a) World Cities Day<br \/>\n(b) World Climate Day<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> (c) World Food Day<\/span><br \/>\n(d) World Science Day<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">3.<\/span> Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah is the emir of ______.<br \/>\n(a) Qatar\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Sharjah<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) Kuwait\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0(d) Bahrain<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">4.<\/span> On Oct 16, the ______ BRICS summit, under the theme \u201cBuilding Responsive, Inclusive and Collective Solutions\u201d concluded in Goa, India.<br \/>\n(a) 6th\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) 8th<\/span><br \/>\n(c) 9th\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 10th<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">5.<\/span> The term BRIC was first coined by ______ of Goldman Sachs in 2001.<br \/>\n(a) Joshua Bolten\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Cliff Asness<br \/>\n(c) John H. Bryan\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> \u00a0(d) Jim O&#8217;Neil<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">6.<\/span> On Oct 16, the first-ever BRICS-BIMSTEC Outreach Summit was held in ______, India.<br \/>\n(a) Hyderabad\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Chennai<br \/>\n(c) New Delhi\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) Goa<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">7.<\/span> \u201cShenzhou-11\u201d a manned spacecraft has been successfully launched by ______.<br \/>\n(a) North Korea\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Japan<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) China\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Russia<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">8.<\/span> The International Day for the Eradi-cation of Poverty is observed on _____.<br \/>\n(a) October 15<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) October 17<\/span><br \/>\n(c) October 18\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) October 19<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">9.<\/span> On Oct 19, The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI) was opened at ______ University.<br \/>\n(a) Harvard\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> \u00a0(b) Cambridge<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Oxford\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Stanford<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">10.<\/span> ______ has topped the 2016 Global Power City Index (GPCI).<br \/>\n(a) Tokyo \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Rio de Janeiro<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(c) London<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Mumbai<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">11.<\/span> On Oct 19, Morinari Watanabe of ______ became the president of the International Gymnastics Federation.<br \/>\n(a) Thailand\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) S. Korea<br \/>\n(c) China\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(d) Japan<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">12.<\/span> The world&#8217;s oldest existing inter-national sports organization is ______.<br \/>\n(a) Int&#8217;l Olympic Committee<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> (b) Int&#8217;l Gymnastics Federation<\/span><br \/>\n(c) FIFA\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) WADA<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">13.<\/span> On Oct 21, ______ announced to pull out of the ICC.<br \/>\n(a) Zambia\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) South Africa<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Kenya\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Ghana<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">14.<\/span> The ICC&#8217;s judges are elected by the Assembly of States Parties for a non-renewable term of ______ years.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) Nine\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Twelve<br \/>\n(c) Fifteen\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Twenty<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">15.<\/span> The first woman to climb Mount Everest was ______.<br \/>\n(a) Ang Rita\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Phurba Tashi<br \/>\n(c) Lev Sarkisov\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(d) Junko Tabei<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">16.<\/span> The official mascot of the 2018 Football World Cup, to be held in Moscow, has been named ______.<br \/>\n(a) Zakumi \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Zabivaka<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Goleo\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Pique<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">17.<\/span> On Oct 23, the ______ agreed to buy Time Warner for about $85.4 billion.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(a) AT&amp;T\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Netflix<br \/>\n(c) Aviat Network\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Spectrum<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">18.<\/span> On Oct 25, ______ legendary footballer Carlos Alberto died.<br \/>\n(a) Germany&#8217;s \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Argentina&#8217;s<br \/>\n(c) Portugal&#8217;s \u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0(d) Brazil&#8217;s<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">19.<\/span> On Oct 26, ______ of the US won the 2016 Man Booker Prize.<br \/>\n(a) David Cox\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Paul Beatty<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Marlon James\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Eleanor Catton<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">20.<\/span> European Union&#8217;s prestigious Sakharov Prize for year 2016 was awarded to Lamiya Bashar and ______.<br \/>\n(a) Daria Gavrilova<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> (b) Nadia Murad<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Svetlana Kuznetsova<br \/>\n(d) Aung San Suu Kyi<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">21.<\/span> Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is a free trade deal between EU and ______.<br \/>\n(a) Japan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(b) Canada<\/span><br \/>\n(c) Australia \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) United States<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">22.<\/span> Oct 28, Ross Sea in ______ was declared world&#8217;s largest Marine Protected Area (MPA).<br \/>\n(a) N. America\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) S. 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