Punjab School Educators NTS Test Basic MCQs of CURRENT AFFAIRS For SESE And SSE And All Other NTS Tests Part-1
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SOLVED MCQs OF CURRENT AFFAIRS Part-1
1. 1988 noble peace prize has been awarded to:a. Diego Cordovez
b. Anwar Sadat
c. United Nations
2. Dan Quayle is:
a. Mexican footballer
b. American Politician
c. Prime Minister of Brazil
3. Gen. Augusto Pinochet is:
a. Leader of Contrast in Nicaragua
b. Military Dictator of el-Salvador
c. President of Chile
4. Robert Mugabe is:
a. President of Zimbabwe
b. President of Kenya
c. Prime Minister of Angola
5. Sakharov is:
a. Anti-Soviet Polish Leader
b. Secretary General of the Hungarian Communist Party
c. Soviet Nuclear Scientist
6. The last day of the Quid-e-Azam was written by:
a. M. A. H. Isphani
b. Fatima Jinnah
c. Col. Illahi Bukhsh (probably, I am not sure)
7. The new Olympic Champion in Hockey is:
a. Australia
b. West Germany
c. England (during the year 1988)
8. The process of European integration is scheduled to be completed by:
a. 1990
b. 1992
c. 1994
(Do you have any idea about that? Wild guess is option c)
9. The Bofors Scandal occurred in:
a. Italy
b. India
c. Japan
10 .The Black Sea and the Mediterranean are connected by:
a. Shattal Arab
b. Dardanelles
c. Strait of Gibraltar
1989
11 .Which country makes the Entac Missiles:
a. U.S.A.
b. England
c. France
d. U.S.S.R.
12. How many Radio Stations are in Pakistan?
a. Twelve
b. Sixteen
c. Twenty (probably, I don’t know how many were there in 1989)
d. Twenty five
13. What is Cathay Pacific:
a. Island
b. Revolutionary leader
c. Air line
d. Newspaper
14. President of U.S.A. is:
a. George Hubert Norman Bush
b. George Hurbert Walker Bush
c. George Thomas Ross Bush
d. George Paul James Bush
15. The ‘Great Leap Forward’ was:
a. American Policy towards Latin America
b. Chinese Economic Programme
c. Russian Diplomatic move
d. Cuban Military Strategy
16. What is the actual name of F-16:
a. Fighting Falcon
b. Atomic Bomber
c. Concord
d. Jumbo Jet
17. “Daughter of the East” is an autobiography of:
a. Fatima Jinnah
b. Nusrat Bhutto
c. Rana Liaquat Ali
d. Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto
18. The Headquarters of Asian Development Bank is in:
a. Tokyo
b. Bangkok
c. Manila
d. Jakarta
19. Pakistan left CENTO in:
a. 1971
b. 1975
c. 1979 (when it was dissolved)
d. 1981
20. Gorbachev’s Peredyshka is:
a. Free Trade
b. Breathing space (I think, please comment)
c. Terrorist Movement
d. Non-Alignment
21. Premadasa is:
a. President of Chile
b. European Comedian
c. Terrorist Movement
d. President Sri Lanka
22. Sunsuke Uno is:
a. Maker of Micro-Computers
b. Prime Minister of Singapore
c. Chinese Town
d. Prime Minister of Japan
23. India launched its first Missile with the name of:
a. Indira
b. Verma
c. Agni
d. Monica
24. Who has been named as the first recipient of Gaddafi International Prize for Human
Rights:
a. Hosni Mubarak
b. Nelson Mandela
c. Rajiv Gandhi, d.Mrs. Margaret Thatcher
25. Literacy rate in Pakistan is:
a.15%
b.20%
c.30% (probably, I am not sure)
d.50%
26. How many people were stampeded in Football Match at Sheffield Hill Borough Stadium:
a.38
b.67
c.95
d.110
27. Venezuela President is:
a. Paul Alfonsin
b. Daniel Ortega
c. Carlos Andrez Perez
d. Augusto Pinochet
28. Jabar-bin-Hayyan was a:
a. Mathematician
b. Astronomer
c. Chemist
d. Philosopher
(actually he was an astronomer and philosopher as well, but more famous for
chemistry, so does that mean all the 3 are correct options but option C is more
suitable.)
29. Battle of Ohad was fought in:
a. 625 A.D.
b. 626 A.D.
c. 628 A.D.
d. 629 A.D.
30. How many times has Martina Navtatilova won the Wimbledon title:
a. Six times
b. Eight times
c. Nine times
d. Eleven times (counting both singles and doubles titles won)
2005
31. The world’s oldest International Human Rights Organization is:
a. Amnesty International
b. Freedom House
c. Anti Slavery (probably, its older then the other two)
d. None of these
32.The constitution of European Union has not been ratified by:
a. Italy
b. Netherlands
c. France
d. None of these
33. After United States, the largest contributor in the United Nations Budget is:
a. Germany
b. France
c. U.K.
d. None of these (Japan is and was in 2005 as well)
34. “Ariana” is an Airlines of:
a. Australia
b. Egypt
c. Iran
d. None of these
36. China’s fastest growing economy is facing a major challenge of:
a. Population Explosion (not sure, major problem facing Chinese economy, as I
found on the internet, was income inequalities, so I related it with population)
b. Shortage of Energy
c. Challenges of WTO regime
d. None of these
37. U.S. president George Bush has created Millennium Challenge Account to:
a. Improve national security network
b. Provide financial aid to Iraq and Afghanistan
c. Help poor countries pursuing democratic ideals
d. None of these
38. 38th parallel is a boundary line between:
a. Canada and America
b. North and South Vietnam
c. Greek and Turkish Port of Cyprus
d. None of these (its boundary line between North and South Koreas)
39. In which month does the U.N. General Assembly usually meet every year:
a. January
b. March
c. September
d. None of these
40. Pakistan has recently been given observer status in:
a. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
b. Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
c. Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
d. None of these
41. Pakistan and U.S. Navies recently conducted Joint exercises in the Arabian Sea by the
name:
a. Optimum Impact
b. Diver’s Move
c. Inspired Union
d. None of these
42. Which of the following Internet Search Engines will introduce the World’s Biggest digital
Library:
a. Yahoo
b. Google
c. Gigablast
d. None of these
43. The recently appointed United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio
Guterres is the former Prime Minister of:
a. Denmark
b. Romania
c. Canada
d. None of these (he was prime minister of Portugal)
44. When a country grants another country MFN (Most Favored Nations) status in mutual
trade, it implies:
a. Providing same trade concessions as are being given to other countries without
any discrimination
b. Trade will be through exchange of Commodities rather than foreign exchanges
c. Imports and Exports payments will be in local currencies only
d. None of these
45. The programme “United Nations Millennium Development Goals” is focusing on:
a. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
b. Achieve Universal Primary education
c. Promote gender equality and empower women
d. All of these
46. The largest Agency of FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) by area is:
a. North Waziristan
b. South Waziristan
c. Khyber Agency
d. None of these
47. Reuter’ is the news agency of:
a. USA
b. Germany
c. UK
d. None of these
48. SAARC Human Resource Development Center is located at:
a. Delhi
b. Colombo
c. Karachi
d. None of these (it is in Islamabad)
49. Under “Vision 2025” WAPDA will construct SATPARA Dam on Indus river in:
a. Balochistan
b. NWFP
c. Northern Areas
d. None of these
2006
50. How many medals were won by Pakistan in the 18th Commonwealth games:
a.3
b.5
c.7
d. None of these
51. The currency of China is:
a. Rouble
b. Yen
c. Yuan
d. None of these
52. In the absence of President, who becomes the acting President of Pakistan:
a. Speaker of the National Assembly
b. Chairman of the Senate
c. Chief Justice of Pakistan
d. None of these
53. Han Myung has become the First Woman Prime Minister of:
a. South Korea
b. North Korea
c. Vietnam
d. None of these
54. Zalmay Khalil is the US ambassador to:
a. Iraq
b. Syria
c. Lebanon
d. None of these
55. H5N1 is the name of a:
a. Medicine
b. Vaccine
c. Virus
d. None of these
56. Biman is the Airline of:
a. Sri Lanka
b. Nepal
c. Bangladesh
d. None of these
57. Which country’s border with Pakistan is called Durand Line:
a. Iran
b. Afghanistan
c. India
d. None of these
58. Xinhua is the news agency of:
a. China
b. Russia
c. North Korea
d. None of these
59. The Headquarters of the UN Security Council is located at:
a. Washington
b. Paris
c. New York
d. None of these
60. Who is the governor of the State Bank of Pakistan
a. Dr. Shamshad Akhtar (in 2006)
b. Dr. Ishrat Hussain
c. Sulman Shah
d. None of these
61. Nobel prize for the year 2005 was awarded to M. Elbardei together with:
a. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
b. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
c. World Health Organization (WHO)
d. None of these
62. Who is the United States, assistant secretary of state for South Asian and Central Asian
affairs:
a. Riyan C. Crooker
b. Nancy Powell
c. Richard A. Boucher
d. None of these
63. What was the magnitude of the Earthquake that shook northern Pakistan and Azad
Kashmir on October 8, 2005:
a.5.7
b.7.5
c.7.7
d. None of these (correct is 7.6)
64. Rafiq Bahauddin al Hariri had been the Prime Minister of:
a. Libya
b. Lebanon
c. Syria
d. None of these
65. Angela Merkel is:
a. President of France
b. First Lady of Britain
c. Chancellor of Germany
d. None of these
66. Fourth Estate applied to:
a. Executive
b. Secret Agency
c. Press
d. None of these
67. The “Spirit of Islam” author is:
a. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
b. Syed Amir Ali
c. Allama Iqbal
d. None of these
69. George Washington was the First President of USA. Who is the incumbent Vice President
of America:
a. Georgen Bush
b. Gerlad Ford
c. Dick Cheney (in 2006)
d. None of these
69. How many members the National Security Council (Pakistan) has:
a.11
b.13
c.15
d. None of these
70. PETRONAS towers are located in:
a. Singapore
b. Chicago
c. Kuala Lumpur
d. None of these
71. Name of the present UN Secretary General is:
a. Kofi Annan
b. Bon Ki Moon
c. Batrus Ghali
d. None of these
72. The length of common border between India and Pakistan is:
a. 900 miles
b. 1000 miles
c. 1100 miles
d. None of these (its 1809 miles)
73. SAARC conference was held in 2004 at:
a. Islamabad
b. Kathmandu
c. Colombo
d. None of these
74. China became the member of World Trade Organization in:
a. 1998
b.2002
c.2004
d. None of these (China officially became member of WTO on 11-12-2001)
75. The number of players in each team of basketball game is:
a.5
b.7
c.9
d. None of these
76. Which is the largest Surah of the Holy Quran:
a. Surah Al-Imran
b. Surah Al-Baqarah
c. Surah Yaseen
d. None of these
77. The Olympic games in 2004 were held in:
a. Athens
b. Sydney
c. California
78. Nobel Peace Prize for the year 2006 was awarded to
a. Dr. Mahatir Mohammad
b. Dr. Mohammad Yunus
c. Dr. Abdul Kalam
d. None of these
79. Denzil Washington is renowned as:
a. USA army general
b. British Naval Commander
c. Hollywood Actor
d. None of these
80. The number of OIC member states is:
a.55
b.57
c.59
d. None of these
81. Mahbub-ul-Haq Human Development Center is located at:
a. Karachi
b. Lahore
c. Islamabad
d. None of these
82. Hugo Chaves is the president of:
a. Venezuela
b. Brazil
c. Bolivia
d. None of these
83. What is the name of the only Pakistani who won a Nobel Prize:
a. Dr. Ashfaq Ahmed
b. Dr. Abdus-Salam
c. Dr. Abdul Qadeer
d. None of these
84. Maple leaf is the National emblem of:
a. Germany
b. China
c. Canada
d. None of these
85. Name of Bangladesh Parliament is:
a. People National Assembly
b. Majlis-i-Shoora
c. Jatia Sangsad
d. None of these
86. India has constructed ‘Baglihar Dam’ in occupied Kashmir’s district of:
a. Udhumpur
b. Doda
c. Jammu
d. None of these
87. ‘Hamas’ was founded by:
a. Yasser Arafat
b.Ismail Haniye
c.Khalid Meshaal
d. None of these (it was founded by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi
and Mohammad Taha)
88. Which of the following regions of Balochistan will be irrigated through Kachi Canal
Project:
a. Quetta
b. Zhob
c. Nasirabad
d. None of these
89. Transparency International is based in:
a. New York
b. London
c. Berlin
d. None of these
90. The largest source of electricity generation in Pakistan comes through:
a. Thermal
b. Hydel
c. Coal
d. None of these
91. Pakistan’s largest export partner is:
a. Saudi Arabia
b. America
c. Japan
d. None of these
92. India is constructing Kishanganda Dam in:
a. Jammu
b. Sri Nagar
c. Baramula
d. None of these
93. WAFA is the news agency of:
a. Syria
b. Jordan c.Egypt
d. None of these (it is the news agency of Palestine)
94. Former US Vice-President Al Gore has won Nobel Peace Prize 2007 for his campaign
against:
a. Child Labour
b. Human Rights Violations
c. Global Warming
d. None of these
95. May 3, each year is Internationally observed as:
a. World Environment Day
b. Human Rights Day
c. Global Warming
d. None of these (its knows globally as World Press Freedom Day)
96. The world’s largest producer of uranium is:
a. Australia
b. Canada
c. South Africa
d. None of these
97. The district of the country having lowest population density is:
a. Khuzdar
b. Kalat
c. Kharan (with a population density of only 4 ppl/km2, Awaran and Chagai share
the same with Kharan.)
d. None of these
98. Qantas is an airlines of:
a.USA
b. Australia
c. Singapore
d. None of these
99. The first Muslim Nobel Laureate was:
a. Anwar Sadaat of Egypt
b. Yasser Arafat of Palestine
c. Abdul Salam of Pakistan
d. None of these
100. Darfur conflict is in:
a. Somalia
b. Sudan(Probablt correct ans)
c. Liberia
d. None of these
101. Parachinar is the main town of:
a. Khyber Agency
b. North Waziristan
c. South Waziristan
d. None of these (it’s capital town of Kurram agency)
102. One US barrel is equal to:
a. 20 litres
b. 30 litres
c. 50 litres
d. None of these (its equivalent to 159 litres)
103. Ringgit is the currency unit of:
a. Singapore
b. Philippines
c. Malaysia
d. None of these
104. Pakistan is the Chairman of:
a. Non-Aligned movement
b. SAARC
c. Group of 77
d. None of these
105. The first President of America who made an official visit to Pakistan was:
a. Richard Nixon
b. Dwight D. Eisenhower
c. Lyndon B. Johnson
d. None of these
106. The ‘Aid to Pakistan Consortium’ meets every year in:
a. London
b. New York
c. Paris
d. None of these
107. General Michael Hayden is the:
a. President of Chile
b. Defense Secretary of United States
c. Commander NATO’s forces in Afghanistan
d. None of these (he was director of the CIA)
108. Which of the following International Organizations has no formal structure and
secretariat:
a. Green Peace
b. D-8
c. G-8
d. None of these
109. Who is Nicolas Sarkozy:
a. German Chancellor
b. Canadian President
c. French President
d. President of Georgia
110. What position Hu Jantao holds:
a. General Secretary of Communist Party
b. President of the Country
c. Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
d. None of these
111. Who is the president of World Bank:
a. Robert Brace Zoellick
b. Robert Bruce Gate
c. Robert Bruce Lohaf
d. Bill Gates
112. Where is the headquarter of the Amnesty International located:
a. Geneva
b. London
c. Paris
d. New York
113. Asian Development Bank (ADB) was established in:
a.1964
b.1966
c.1968
d. None of these
114. Who were the three statesmen who formulated Non-Aligned Movement (NAM):
a. Gandhi, Nasser, Tito
b. Nehru, Nasser, Tito
c. Chou-en-Lai, Bhutto, Nehru
d. Soe Karno, Nasser, Tito
115. The permanent Secretariat of SAARC is established at:
a. Khatmandu
b. Dhaka
c. Dehli
d. Islamabad
116. Who was the founder of HAMAS in 1987:
a. Sheikh Ahmed Yasin
b. Yasser Arafat
c. Abu Nidal
d. None of these
117. How many official working languages are recognized by UNO:
a. 8
b. 6
c. 4
d. None of these
118. In which month does the UN General Assembly usually meet every year:
a. August
b. September
c. October
d. None of these
119. Which of the following countries have the power of veto in the General Assembly of UNO:
a.USA
b. Russia
c. China
d. All of these
120. The term of office of a judge of the International Court of Justice is:
a. 5 years
b. 7 years
c. 9 years
d. None of these
121. Alliance among India, Germany, Japan and Brazil to support each other’s bid for
permanent seat on UN Security Council is called:
a. Alliance 4
b. G 4
c. Big 4
d. None of these
122. The Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline is also known as:
a. Friendly Pipeline
b. Peace Pipeline
c. Great pipeline
d. None of these
123. The first parliamentary elections in Afghanistan were held in:
a.2004
b.2005
c.2006
d. None of these (it was held in 1965 for the first time, please consider reviewing)
124. Which is the National Flower of Pakistan:
a. Tulip
b. Rose
c. Jasmine
d. None of these
125. After ‘Pushtuns’, the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan is:
a. Uzbeks
b. Hazaras
c. Tajiks
d. None of these
126. The capital of Argentina is:
a. Columbia
b. Barcelona
c. Buenos Aires
d. Peru
127. Which is the largest country in Africa:
a. Sudan
b. Nigeria
c. Libya
d. None of these
128. Name the currency of Sri Lanka:
a. Rupiyah
b. Lek
c. Ringgit
d. None of these
129: Which of the following country is the world's largest emitter of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere?
a)China
b) America
c) Russia
d) India
130) Who is Stanley McChrystal?
a) Commander US forces in Afghanistanb) Head of the US Central Command (CENTCOM)
c) NATO Commander in Afghanistan
d) None of these
131) The headquarters of Green Peace International is located at:
a) Vancouver
b) Amsterdam
c) London
d) Paris
132) The oldeest internet search engine among the following is:
a) Google
b) MSN Search
c) Yahoo
d) Ask.com
133) The power generating capacity of Diamer-Basha Dam would be:
a) 3450 MW b) 3800 MW
b) 4500 MW d) None of these
134) ANTARA is the news agency of:
a) Indonesia
b) Malaysia
c) Turkey
d) None of the these
135) The largest opium producer province in Afghanistan is:
a) Helmand
b) Nangarhar
c) Badakhshan
d) None of these
137) Channel Tunnel is an under sea rail tunnel linking:
a) England and Ireland
b) England and France
c) France and Germany
d) None of these.
138) The Strait of Malacca is the main shipping channel between the India Ocean and:
a) The North Pacific Ocean
b) South Pacific Ocean
c) South Atlantic Ocean
d) None of these
139) The recently published book " Between Dreams and Realities" is written by:
a) Shamshad Ahmad Khan
b) Gohar Ayub c)
Sahibzada Yakoob Ali Khan
d) None of these ( by Sirtaj Aziz)
140) The largest Agency of FATA by population is:
a) Bajaur Agency
b) North Wazirstan
c)South Waziristan
d) None of these
141) Which of the following categories of Nobel Prise was established in 1968?
a) Medicine
b) Literature
c) Economics
d) None of these
142) Total cultivable Land of Pakistan is approximately:
a) 80 million hectares
b) 120 million hectares
c) 150 million hectares
d) None of these.
143) Who is Francois Fillon?
a) Prime Minister of Italy
b) President of Germany
c) Foreign Minister of France
d)None ofthese (He was Prime Minister of France)
144) The largest island in Indian Ocean is:
a) Sri Lanka
b) Sumatra
c) Madagascar
d) None
145) 3 May is observed Internationally as:
a) Environment Day
b) Population Day
c) Press Freedom Day
d) None of these
146 2016 Summer Olympics will be held at:
a) Sydney
b) Madrid
c) Chicago
d) Rio de Janerio
147) Kyat is the currency of:
a) Nepal
b) Myanmar
c) Bhutan
d) None
148 Environment Treaty Kyoto Protocol will be expired in:
a) 2012
b) 2014
c) 2015
d) None of these.
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