NATIONAL

1. The Paigham-i-Pakistan fatwa has been signed by ______ scholars.

(a) 1124 (b) 1,829
(c) 1915 (d) 2029
2. On Jan 17, ______ was appointed chairman of the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC)
for a period of three years.
(a) Mohsin Razi
(b) Lt Gen (R) Maqsood Ahmad
(c) Abdul Rauf
(d) Syed Mubashar Raza
3. On Jan 17, the 11th Pak-Saudi joint-ministerial commission meeting was held in ______.
(a) Islamabad (b) Lahore
(c) Riyadh (d) Makkah
4. On Jan 18, ______ was appointed the Executive Director to Asian Development Bank (ADB) for
three years.
(a) Tauqeer Shah (b) Shahid Mehmood
(c) Fawad Hassan (d) Samiullah Mengal
5. On Jan 21, the Pak army acquired latest drone technology in form of a drone named ______ to
monitor CPEC, gas pipelines, sensitive installations, bridges, dams and borders.
(a) Khaled (b) Uqab
(c) Falcon (d) Shaheen
6. Munir Ahmed Qureshi, a.k.a Munoo Bhai, passed away on ______.
(a) Jan 16 (b) Jan 17
(c) Jan 18 (d) Jan 19
7. Army Institute of Military History was opened by the COAS on ______.
(a) Jan 18 (b) Jan 20
(c) Jan 22 (d) Jan 23
8. On Jan 23, ______, the culprit behind the brutal rape and murder of seven-year-old Zainab, was
arrested.
(a) Fayyaz Ali (b) Imran Ali
(c) Munir Ahmad (d) Shahzad Ali
9. On Jan 23, ______ was appointed the new prosecutor general of NAB.
(a) Syed Asghar Haider
(b) Akram A. Sheikh
(c) Kamran Murtaza
(d) Deedar Hussain Shah
10. The Senate Museum, which traces the evolution, history and reorganisation of the upper
house of parliament, was inaugurated on _____.
(a) Jan 20 (b) Jan 21
(c) Jan 22 (d) Jan 23
11. On Jan 26, ______ President Joko Widodo addressed a joint sitting of the parliament of
Pakistan.
(a) Indonesian (b) Malaysian
(c) Algerian (d) Moroccan
12. On Jan 28, ______ became the first Pakistani Golfer to win the Qatar Open Golf title (2018).
(a) Hameed Ali (b) Sajjad Ahsan
(c) Taqi Butt (d) Ahmed Baig
13. On Jan 29, the Sindh government appointed ______ the chairman of Sindh Higher Education
Commission
(a) Manzoor Wassan
(b) Dr Asim Hussain
(c) Saeed Ghani
(d) Sharmila Faruqui
14. On Jan 31, the Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered immediate removal of the chairman of
Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) ______.
(a) Shaista Parvez Malik
(b) Tariq Fazal Chaudhary
(c) Siddiqul Farooq
(d) Daniyal Aziz
15. PPP Senator Haji Saifullah Bangash died on ______.
(a) Feb 01 (b) Feb 02
(c) Feb 03 (d) Feb 04
16. On Feb 01, the Supreme Court convicted Senator Nehal Hashmi of contempt of court and sent
him to jail for ______.
(a) 15 Days (b) 21 Days
(c) One month (d) Two months
17. Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, who died on Feb 01, was Sindh minister for ____.
(a) Excise & Taxation
(b) Education & Literacy
(c) Planning and Development
(d) Livestock & Fisheries
18. Sonmiani Firing Range is in ______.
(a) Sindh (b) KP
(c) Balochistan (d) Gilgit-Baltistan
19. The FIFA World Cup trophy was brought to Lahore on ______.
(a) Feb 01 (b) Feb 03
(c) Feb 06 (d) Feb 08
20. The current FIFA World Cup trophy was introduced in ______.
(a) 1968 (b) 1970
(c) 1972 (d) 1974
21. Afghanistan-Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity (APAPPS) is an initiative of ______.
(a) United States (b) Pakistan
(c) China (d) Russia
22. On Feb 06, Pakistan and _____ signed Executive Programme of Cultural Agreement.
(a) Russia (b) China
(c) Japan (d) Indonesia
23. The federal cabinet approved the promulgation of Costs of Litigation Act, 2017, on ______.
(a) Feb 04 (b) Feb 06
(c) Feb 0 8 (d) Feb 10
24. On Feb 06, the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly and Kashmir Council declared
Ahmadis non-Muslims through ______ Amendment to the Interim Constitution of AJK.
(a) 10th (b) 11th
(c) 12th (d) 14th
25. On Feb 06, ______ scored 209 not out, the highest-ever score recorded in Pakistan’S domestic
cricket.
(a) Khalid Latif (b) Kamran Akmal
(c) Sharjeel Khan (d) Abid Ali
26. On Feb 07, Justice Muhammad Yawar Ali was sworn in as the ______ chief justice of the
Lahore High Court.
(a) 36th (b) 42nd
(c) 46th (d) 50th
27. Moxifloxacin Hydrochloride 400mg, the first-ever Pakistani drug accredited by WHO, has been
manufactured by ______.
(a) CCL Pharma (b) Getz Pharma
(c) Roche (d) Macter
28. On Feb 08, King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein of ______ opened his two-day working visit to
Pakistan.
(a) Oman (b) Qatar
(c) Kuwait (d) Jordan
29. ______ is the only Pakistani varsity in top 100 universities of Asia by Times Higher Education.
(a) LUMS, Lahore (b) COMSATS, Islamabad
(c) QAU, Islamabad (d) NUST, Islamabad
30. On Feb 10, the ______ government unveiled its first labour policy
(a) Sindh (b) Balochistan
(c) Punjab (d) KP
31. Veteran television, radio, film and theatre artist Qazi Wajid died on ______.
(a) Feb 10 (b) Feb 11
(c) Feb 12 (d) Feb 14
32. On ______, Asma Jahangir, an iconic lawyer, activist and champion of human rights, passed
away.
(a) Feb 10 (b) Feb 11
(c) Feb 12 (d) Feb 14
33. On Feb 13, ‘Chiefs of Defence Conference’ was held in ______.
(a) Islamabad (b) Beijing
(c) Kabul (d) Moscow
34. On Feb 15, the Islamabad High Court removed Additional District and Sessions Judge ______
for Acquitting Shoaib Sheikh, the CEO of Axact, in a fake degree case.
(a) Bashir Ahmad Memon
(b) Pervaizul Qadir Memon
(c) Abdul Qadir Junejo
(d) Rehmnan Khan Tareen
35. Nuclear physicist Dr Ishfaq Ahmad, who passed away on Jan 18, was a former head of ______.
(a) Khan Research Laboratories
(b) Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
(c) Pakistan Institute of Physics
(d) Project-706
36. Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park is located in ______.
(a) Sahiwal (b) Lodhran
(c) Multan (d) Bahawalpur
37. The Senate of Pakistan has ______ seats.
(a) 100 (b) 102
(c) 104 (d) 116

International
1. On Jan 16, Indian Premier Narendra Modi launched the construction of a $6.8 billion refinery in
______ state.
(a) Delhi (b) UP
(c) Rajasthan (d) Punjab
2. On Jan 17, Viorica Dancila was nominated as the first female premier of ______.
(a) Denmark (b) Romania
(c) Hungary (d) Latvia
3. On Jan 17, ______ World Cup winner Ronaldinho formally confirmed his retirement from
football.
(a) Argentina’s (b) Brazil’s
(c) Germany’s (d) Portugal’s
4. On Jan 18, the British government appointed ______ a “minister for loneliness”.
(a) Tracey Crouch (b) Nigel Adams
(c) Peter Aldous (d) Ann Coffey
5. Instagram, a popular Internet-based photo-sharing application and service, is owned by ______.
(a) Yahoo (b) Facebook
(c) Google (d) Apple
6. On Jan 20, Turkey launched Operation ______, a new offensive to oust Kurdish militia from a
northern Syrian enclave.
(a) Euphrates (b) Inherent Resolve
(c) Olive Branch (d) Shah Euphrates
7. On Jan 20, India defeated _____ to retain the Blind Cricket World Cup.
(a) Australia (b) England
(c) Pakistan (d) Sri Lanka
8. On Jan 22, former football star George Weah was sworn in as president of ______.
(a) Liberia (b) Kenya
(c) Senegal (d) Ethiopia
9. Oxfam, a confederation of 19 independent charitable organizations from around the world, is
headquartered in ______
(a) Chicago, USA (b) Oxford, UK
(c) Bonn, Germany (d) Paris, France
10. On Jan 23, the US State Department designated Mohammad Emwazi, also known as ______ a
global terrorist.
(a) John Akomfrah (b) Tomas Abyu
(c) Jihadi John (d) Amir Khattab
11. On Jan 24, ______ scientists cloned monkeys using the same technique that produced Dolly
the sheep.
(a) Indian (b) Chinese
(c) American (d) German
12. ______, the world’s largest furniture retailer, was founded by Ingvar Kamprad who died on 27
Jan 2018, in 1943.
(a) Conforama (b) Mocka
(c) Ikea (d) Starmark
13. With an elevation of 8,126 metres (26,660 ft), Nanga Parbat is the world’s ______ highest peak.
(a) Sixth (b) Ninth
(c) Thirteenth (d) Fifteenth
14. On Jan 31, the US put the head of Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, ____, on its terror
blacklist.
(a) Khaled Mashal (b) Ismail Haniyeh
(c) Marwan Issa (d) Tawfik Jaber
15. The theme of the 48th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum was ______.
(a) Fourth Industrial Revolution
(b) Responsible Leadership
(c) Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World
(d) Together Create a United World
16. On Feb 01, ______ successfully launched 11 satellites from its Vostochny cosmodrome.
(a) Russia (b) Germany
(c) Azerbaijan (d) India
17. On Feb 03, India beat Australia to win the ICC U-19 World Cup for a ______ time.
(a) Third (b) Fourth
(c) Fifth (d) Sixth
18. The People’s Majlis is the parliament of ______.
(a) Tibet (b) Maldives
(c) Sri Lanka (d) Myanmar
19. On Feb 03, Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain was appointed the new chief justice of ______.
(a) Bangladesh (b) Nigeria
(c) Afghanistan (d) Maldives
20. On Feb 04, ____ became the first player from Bangladesh to score a century in both innings of
a Test.
(a) Abu Jayed (b) Taskin Ahmad
(c) Mominul Haque (d) Imrul Kayes
21. Tawakkol Karman won the Nobel Peace Prize in ______.
(a) 2002 (b) 2008
(c) 2011 (d) 2014
22. On Feb 05, ______ airport was named the world’s busiest for international passengers in 2017.
(a) JFK (b) Dubai
(c) Beijing (d) Hartsfield
23. On Feb 06, the Maldives’ Chief Justice ______ and another Supreme Court judge were
arrested.
(a) Adam Abdullah (b) Abdulla Saeed
(c) Ali Hameed (d) Abdulla Areef
24. As per the latest report published by World Steel Association, ______ was the world’s largest
producer of steel in 2017.
(a) Russia (b) USA
(c) China (d) India
25. The world’s longest zip line has been launched by ______.
(a) UAE (b) Israel
(c) India (d) China
26. The current Chairman of the US Federal Reserve is ______.
(a) Janet Yellen (b) Jerome H. Powell
(c) Ben Bernanke (d) Randal Quarles
27. On Feb 06, ______ jockey Jorge Ricardo got his record-equalling 12,844th victory.
(a) Russian (b) American
(c) Brazilian (d) Swedish
28. On Feb 07, Saudi Arabia granted approval to ______ to use its airspace to operate direct flights
from New Delhi to Tel Aviv.
(a) Air India (b) Gulf Airways
(c) Kingfisher (d) Kuwait Airlines
29. The world’s most powerful rocket, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, blasted off on its highly anticipated
maiden test flight on ______.
(a) Feb 05 (b) Feb 06
(c) Feb 07 (d) Feb 09
30. On Feb 08, ______ was readmitted to the Commonwealth.
(a) Gambia (b) Bhutan
(c) Maldives (d) Sri Lanka
31. On Feb 09, the world’s first passenger drone named EHang 184 made its maiden public flight
in _____.
(a) China (b) USA
(c) France (d) Japan
32. On Feb 09, the Competition Commission of India imposed a Rs1.358 billion fine on ______ for
“search bias” and abusing its “dominant position”.
(a) Yahoo (b) Bing
(c) Google (d) AOL
33.On Feb 09, the ICC appointed ______, an Indian-American businesswoman and the current
Chairwoman and CEO of PepsiCo, its first female Independent Director.
(a) Anju Bhargava (b) Indra Nooyi
(c) Shanti Das (d) Seema Verma
34. The theme of the World Radio Day 2018 was ______.
(a) Radio and Peace (b) Radio and Sports
(c) Radio is You (d) Radio and World
35. The Pyeongchang Winter Olympics opened on ______.
(a) Feb 06 (b) Feb 08
(c) Feb 09 (d) Feb 12
36. On Feb 11, Gevora, the world’s new tallest hotel, opened in ______.
(a) New York (b) Dubai
(c) Makkah (d) Frankfurt
37. On Feb 15, Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in as the president of ______.
(a) South Africa (b) Poland
(c) Ghana (d) Ethiopia
38. On Feb 15, K. P. Sharma Oli was sworn in as prime minister of ______.
(a) Maldives (b) Bhutan
(c) Nepal (d) Chile
39. The world’s biggest air purifier has been built by ______.
(a) Saudi Arabia (b) Oman
(c) China (d) UAE
40. The 20th president of the United States was ______.
(a) James Madison (b) Ulysses S. Grant
(c) Andrew Johnson (d) James Garfield

National
1. On Feb 16, Munna Lahori, who played the beloved genie ______ in the famous children’s play
Ainak Wala Jinn, passed away.
(a) Samari (b) Zakoota
(c) Nastoor (d) Hamoon
2. Imran Ali, the rapist and killer of Zainab Ansari, a little girl from Kasur, has been awarded death
sentence on ______ counts.
(a) Two (b) Four
(c) Five (d) Six
3. On Feb 17, ______ was appointed the brand ambassador of the PCB.
(a) Shoaib Akhtar (b) Wasim Akram
(c) Shahid Afridi (d) Darren Sammy
4. The winner of the 13th Cholistan Desert Rally was ______.
(a) Roni Patel (b) Nadir Magsi
(c) Jaffar Magsi (d) Maqsood Alam
5. As per a Unicef report titled “Every Child Alive: the urgent need to end newborn deaths,”
______ is the riskiest place in the world to be born in.
(a) Bangladesh (b) Pakistan
(c) Afghanistan (d) India
6. On Feb 20, the Generalised System of Preferences Plus (GSP+) status accorded by the EU to
Pakistan was extended by ______ year(s).
(a) One (b) Two
(c) Three (d) Four
7. The incumbent Federal Secretary for Commerce is ______.
(a) Fayyaz Khan (b) Younus Dagha
(c) Sh. Naseem (d) Akbar Durrani
8. On Feb 21, the NAB arrested former LDA head Ahad Khan Cheema in ______ Housing Society
scam.
(a) Ashiyana-i-Iqbal
(b) Ashiyana-i-Quaid
(c) Ashiyana-i-Jinnah
(d) Ashiyana-i-Iqbal Extension
9. On Feb 21, ______ won the Jubilee Insurance 43rd National Snooker Championship.
(a) M. Asif (b) Khurram Agha
(c) Asjad Ali (d) Shokat Ali
10. On Feb 23, the TAPI gas pipeline was inaugurated in Serhetabat, ______.
(a) India (b) Afghanistan
(c) Pakistan (d) Turkmenistan
11. The first gas flow under the TAPI gas pipeline is expected in ______.
(a) 2020 (b) 2022
(c) 2023 (d) 2025
12. On Feb 25, WHO revealed that over 65pc of the total measles cases reported in the eastern
Mediterranean in 2017 were from ______.
(a) Nepal (b) India
(c) Sri Lanka (d) Pakistan
13. On Feb 26, renowned mountaineer Samina Baig was appointed the ‘National Goodwill
Ambassador’ for Pakistan by the ______.
(a) WHO (b) UNDP
(c) UNICEF (d) UNHCR
14. ______ is the first Pakistani woman to have climbed Mount Everest.
(a) Shaista Malik (b) Uzma Yousaf
(c) Samina Baig (d) Shakeela Numa
15. On Feb 27, ______ was sworn in as Federal Ombudsperson on Protection against Harassment
of Women at Workplace.
(a) Kashmala Tariq (b) Marvi Sarmad
(c) Nuzhat Sadiq (d) Sadia Abbasi
16. On Mar 01, the Pakistani armed forces ranked ______ amongst the 25 most powerful world
militaries.
(a) 10th (b) 12th
(c) 13th (d) 15th
17. Renowned filmmaker Mahmud Sipra passed away on ______.
(a) Feb 26 (b) Feb 28
(c) Mar 01 (d) Mar 04
18. Baloch Culture Day 2018 was observed on ______.
(a) Feb 28 (b) Mar 01
(c) Mar 02 (d) Mar 04
19. On Mar 02, the 12th meeting of Pak-Russia Consultative Group on Strategic Stability was held
in ______.
(a) Moscow (b) Islamabad
(c) Beijing (d) Karachi
20. Elections to 52 Senate seats from all the four provinces, Fata and the federal capital were held
on ______.
(a) Feb 26 (b) Feb 28
(c) Mar 01 (d) Mar 03
21. Veteran politician and PPP leader Jam Saqi, whom Mohtarma Bhtto called “The patriotic
citizen of the state,” breathed his last on ______.
(a) Mar 02 (b) Mar 03
(c) Mar 05 (d) Mar 07
22. On Mar 06, Sindh cabinet was expanded with the induction of ______ as provincial minister for
planning and development.
(a) Abdul Bari (b) Saeed Ghani
(c) Krishna Kohli (d) Murtaza Shah
23. The current Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is ______.
(a) Maj. Gen. Saeed Aleem
(b) Lt. Gen. Omar Mahmood Hayat
(c) Lt. Gen. Farooq Ahmad Khan
(d) Lt. Gen. Nadeem Ahmad
24. The Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) was established on
October 24, ______.
(a) 2004 (b) 2005
(c) 2006 (d) 2007
25. The Senate of Pakistan passed a bill aimed at protecting the rights of transgender persons on
______.
(a) Feb 28 (b) Mar 01
(c) Mar 07 (d) Mar 09
26. On Mar 08, the British High Commission announced a new annual scholarship honouring
______.
(a) Dr Ruth Pfau (b) Jam Saqi
(c) Qazi Wajid (d) Asthma Jehangir
27. On Mar 08, the government named ______ as the next ambassador to the United States.
(a) Aizaz Chaudhary
(b) Ali Jahangir Siddiqui
(c) Sohail Malik (d) Zubair Gul
28. On Mar 12, Sadiq Sanjrani was elected as the ______ Senate chairman from Balochistan.
(a) First (b) Second
(c) Third (d) Fourth
29. Sadiq Sanjrani is the ______ Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan.
(a) Sixth (b) Seventh
(c) Eighth (d) Tenth
30. The longest-serving chairman of the Senate of Pakistan, to date, is ______.
(a) Wasim Sajjad (b) Farooq Naek
(c) Habibullah Khan
(d) Ghulam Ishaq Khan
31. PPP’s Saleem Mandviwalla is the ______ Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan.
(a) 10th (b) 12th
(c) 13th (d) 14th
32. To date, the only woman to have served as Deputy Chairman Senate of Pakistan is ______.
(a) Sherry Rehman
(b) Dr Noor Jehan Panezai
(c) Sitara Ayaz (d) Rahila Magsi
33. On ______, Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman was awarded the United States Legion of Merit, the
highest military award of the US armed forces awarded to any foreign military official.
(a) Mar 10 (b) Mar 11
(c) Mar 12 (d) Mar 14
34. On______, the Federation Internationale de Football Association lifted ban on Pakistan.
(a) Mar 10 (b) Mar 13
(c) Mar 14 (d) Mar 15
35. On Mar 15, senior lawyer Rauf Ata was appointed Advocate General for ______.
(a) Punjab (b) Balochistan
(c) Sindh (d) KP
36. The OIC’s subsidiary organ the Islamic Centre for the Development of Trade (ICDT) is
headquartered in ______.
(a) Istanbul (b) Dhaka
(c) Riyadh (d) Casablanca
37. Dapsang is another name of ___.
(a) K2 (b) Nanga Parbat
(c) Rakaposhi (d) Mount Everest

International
1. “Knight Grand Cross First Class of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant” is an order of
____.
(a) Philippines (b) Malaysia
(c) Thailand (d) South Korea
2. The 19-year-old gunman who gunned down 17 people in a high school in Florida was ______.
(a) Bailey Nicole (b) Nikolas Cruz
(c) Ryan Cope (d) Austin Rollins
3. Record for the highest successful run chase in Twenty20 history is held by _____.
(a) England (b) Australia
(c) India (d) Sri Lanka
4. _____ is, to date, the oldest world number one in tennis rankings.
(a) Roger Federer (b) Rafael Nadal
(c) Ken Rosewall (d) Marin Cilic
5. On Feb 17, India and Iran signed agreement to lease to New Delhi operational control of the east
coast Chabahar port for______.
(a) 12 months (b) 18 months
(c) 24 months (d) 30 months
6. On Feb 20, Bangladesh agreed to sell a large stake in its Dhaka Stock Exchange to a ______
consortium.
(a) Indian (b) Japanese
(c) Chinese (d) German
7. The 54th Munich Security Conference was held in ______.
(a) Australia (b) Belgium
(c) Germany (d) France
8. Billy Graham, the renowned Christian evangelist who passed away on Feb 21, belonged to
______.
(a) USA (b) Australia
(c) Austria (d) Ethiopia
9. On Feb 21, the 15-year-old ______ skater Alina Zagitova set the world record for short skate in
women’s Olympic singles.
(a) Czech (b) Russian
(c) Serbian (d) Croatian
10. On Feb 22, the _____ parliament passed a motion recognising as genocide the massacre of as
many as 1.5 million Armenians in 1915.
(a) Swedish (b) Greek
(c) Dutch (d) Turkish
11. Bollywood icon Sridevi died on ______.
(a) Feb 23 (b) Feb 24
(c) Feb 25 (d) Feb 26
12. On Feb 24, ______ runner Tamira Mola won the first international half-marathon held in the
Saudi capital Riyadh.
(a) Iraqi (b) Jamaican
(c) Ethiopian (d) Kenyan
13. On Feb 27, a Turkish court jailed a paedophile a record _____ for abusing 18 children.
(a) 436 years (b) 572 years
(c) 618 years (d) 720 years
14. Kamal Abdalmarouf is the current army chief of ______.
(a) Afghanistan (b) Sudan
(c) Iran (d) Syria
15. The headquarters of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is in ______.
(a) Moscow (b) New Delhi
(c) Beijing (d) Shanghai
16. On Feb 28, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) lifted a doping ban against ______.
(a) Russia (b) Germany
(c) Iran (d) India
17. On Mar 02, ______ declared its waters a shark sanctuary.
(a) Nauru (b) Samoa
(c) Palau (d) Kiribati
18. On Mar 02, armed men attacked the French embassy in ____ and the country’s military
headquarters.
(a) Algeria (b) Burkina Faso
(c) South Sudan (d) Chad
19. The 2018 football World Cup is scheduled to take place in ______, from 14 June to 15 July.
(a) Russia (b) Qatar
(c) Denmark (d) Germany
20. Italian elections 2018 were held on ______.
(a) Mar 01 (b) Mar 03
(c) Mar 04 (d) Mar 06
21. On Mar 05, Saudi Arabia and ______ set up a $10 billion joint fund to develop a mega city,
NEOM.
(a) UAE (b) Kuwait
(c) Egypt (d) Malaysia
22. ______ won the Oscars Award 2018 for best film.
(a) Call Me by Your Name
(b) The Shape of Water
(c) Dunkirk (d) Lady Bird
23. The Louvre, the world’s largest art museum, is located in______.
(a) Philadelphia (b) Paris
(c) Hamburg (d) Beijing
24. Nobel prize-winning British scientist John Sulston died on ______.
(a) Mar 03 (b) Mar 04
(c) Mar 06 (d) Mar 08
25. As per Forbes magazine’s annual billionaires list, ______ is the world’s richest person.
(a) Jeff Bezos (b) Bill Gates
(c) Carlos Slim (d) Warren Buffet
26. The 2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize, architecture’s highest honour, was awarded to ______.
(a) Kazuyo Sejima (b) Balkrishna Doshi
(c) Zaha Hadid (d) Carme Pigem
27. On Mar 08, ______ countries signed the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for
TransPacific Partnership (CPTPP).
(a) Eight (b) Ten
(c) Eleven (d) Twelve
28. On Mar 09, the Supreme Court of _____ issued permitted the removal of life-support systems
for terminally ill or those in incurable comas.
(a) India (b) Pakistan
(c) Indonesia (d) Kuwait
29. On ______, China removed presidential term limits from its constitution, giving President Xi
the right to remain in office indefinitely.
(a) Mar 08 (b) Mar 10
(c) Mar 11 (d) Mar 14
30. On March 11, ______ launched a hypersonic missile named Kinzhal.
(a) Russia (b) India
(c) Japan (d) China
31. French fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy died on ______.
(a) March 12 (b) March 14
(c) March 15 (d) March 16
32. ______ won the 2018 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.
(a) South Korea (b) China
(c)Australia (d) The Netherlands
33. Ipoh is a city in ______.
(a) Indonesia (b) Malaysia
(c) China (d) South Korea
34. On Mar 13, Bidya Bhandari, the first female head of the state of ______, was elected for
another term as president.
(a) Sri Lanka (b) Nepal
(c) Bhutan (d) The Maldives
35. On Mar 13, ______ was appointed the new US Secretary of State, replacing Rex Tillerson.
(a) Gina Haspel (b) Edward Flynn
(c) Mike Pompeo (d) William Mueller
36. On Mar 13, ______ was appointed the first female director of the Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA).
(a) Jovita Carranza (b) Gina Haspel
(c) Nikki Haley (d) Sarah Sanders
37. Stephen Hawking, the legendary theoretical physicist, died on ______.
(a) Mar 14 (b) Mar 15
(c) Mar 16 (d) Mar 17
38. On Mar 14, Angela Merkel was sworn in for her ______ term as German chancellor.
(a) Second (b) Third
(c) Fourth (d) Fifth
39. As per the World Happiness Report 2018, ______ is the happiest country in the world.
(a) Norway (b) Fiji
(c) Finland (d) Mauritius
40. On Mar 15, ______ the law firm at the heart of the “Panama Papers” scandal, announced to
shut down operations.
(a) Maples (b) The Walkers
(c) Carey Olsen (d) Mossack Fonseca

National
1. WWF-Pakistan was formed in ______ and it has its headquarters in Lahore.
(a) 1968 (b) 1970
(c) 1985 (d) 1988
2. On Mar 17, ______ was installed as new colonel commandant of the Frontier Force (FF)
Regiment.
(a) Lt. Gen Aamer Riaz
(b) Lt. Gen Ghayur Mahmood
(c) Lt. Gen Asim Bajwqa
(d) Lt. Gen Bashir Raza
3. On Mar 18, Federal Minister for Interior, Planning Development and Reform Prof. Ahsan Iqbal
inaugurated University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore’s _____ sub campus.
(a) Narowal (b) Vehari
(c) Sargodha (d) Sialkot
4. Khan Bahadur Chaudhary Mushtaq Ahmad Para-Veterinary School is located in ______.
(a) Narowal (b) Vehari
(c) Sargodha (d) Sialkot
5. On Mar 18, Punjab government and Pakistan Air Force signed an agreement to establish a cadet
college at ______.
(a) Layyah (b) Fort Munro
(c) Multan (d) Bahawalpur
6. On Mar 19, Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan took over Pakistan Air Force as its ______
chief.
(a) 18th (b) 22nd
(c) 24th (d) 32nd
7. On Mar 20, ______ was appointed the president of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal.
(a) Sirajul Haq (b) Fazlur Rehman
(c) Samiul Haq (d) Liaquat Baloch
8. On Mar 20, ______ clinched the 4th Inter-Provincial Games with 139 medals scoring 3235 points.
(a) Punjab (b) Balochistan
(c) Sindh (d) KP
9. On Mar 21, _____ won the three-day Bolan Jeep Rally.
(a) Jaffar Magsi (b) Nadir Magsi
(c) Asjad Ali (d) Roni Patel
10. The Nauroz festival is observed in Gilgit-Baltistan every year on ______.
(a) Mar 18 (b) Mar 21
(c) Mar 24 (d) Mar 26
11. On ______, the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco) inked
a deal to acquire communication satellite PakSat Multi Satellite (PakSat-MM1).
(a) Mar 18 (b) Mar 20
(c) Mar 21 (d) Mar 22
12. The Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco) is headquartered
in _____.
(a) Lahore (b) Karachi
(c) Quetta (d) Islamabad
13. On Mar 22, Senator ______ of the PPP became the first woman to get the office of the
opposition leader in the Senate in its 45-year history.
(a) Rukhsana Shah (b) Sherry Rehman
(c) Keshoo Bai (d) Sassui Palijo
14. The Senate of Pakistan was constituted in ______.
(a) 1956 (b) 1962
(c) 1973 (d) 1985
15. The Punjab Tianjin University of Technical Education is in______.
(a) Rawalpindi (b) Faisalabad
(c) Lahore (d) Multan
16. The Earth Hour 2018 was observed on ______.
(a) Mar 18 (b) Mar 20
(c) Mar 24 (d) Mar 26
17. On Mar 25, the final of Pakistan Super League was played at ______.
(a) Lahore (b) Karachi
(c) Hyderabad (d) Sharjah
18. ______ won the Pakistan Super League 2018 title.
(a) Multan Sultans (b) Quetta Gladiators
(c) Peshawar Zalmi (d) Islamabad United
19. Pakistan’s first transgender news anchor Marvia Malik has been hired by ______.
(a) Express News (b) ARY News
(c) Kohinoor (d) Channel 7
20. On Mar 26, Prime Minister Abbasi reconstituted the 13-member Economic Advisory Council
(EAC) with ______ as its Chairman.
(a) Sima Kamil (b) Shaukat Tarin
(c) Ali Cheema (d) Shahid Kardar
21. ______ individuals from Pakistan featured on Forbes magazine’s annual ’30 Under 30′ Asia list
for 2018.
(a) 7 (b) 9
(c) 11 (d) 14
22. On Mar 28, ___ smashed the fastest T20I fifty from Pakistan woman team.
(a) Bsmah Maroof (b) Javeria Khan
(c) Sidra Ameen (d) Sana Mir
23. On Mar 28, the cabinet approved signing of extradition treaties with ______ and Saudi Arabia
for transfer of sentenced or convicted individuals.
(a) UK (b) Switzerland
(c) China (d) Malaysia
24. On Mar 29, Pakistan conducted another successful test fire of indigenous developed
Submarine Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM) Babur III that has a range of______.
(a) 325 kms (b) 370 kms
(c) 400 kms (d) 450 kms
25. The current president of All Pakistan Newspaper Society is ______.
(a) Sarmad Ali (b) Hameed Haroon
(c) Bilal Mehmood (d) Kazi Asad Abid
26. ____ won Pakistan its first medal at the Commonwealth Games 2018.
(a) Talha Talib (b) Nooh Butt
(c) M. Inam Butt (d) Inamullah
27. The government unveiled another ‘one-time’ amnesty scheme on ______.
(a) Apr 01 (b) Apr 02
(c) Apr 05 (d) Apr 07
28. On Apr 06, PIA introduced a new livery and added a portrait of the ______ on its aircraft.
(a) Markhor (b) Blind Dolphin
(c) Cheetah (d) Eagle
29. On Apr 09, Pakistan’s weightlifter ______ smashed a record at the Commonwealth Games 2018
by registering the highest-ever weight by a junior in the +105kg event.
(a) Nooh Butt (b) Talha Talib
(c) M. Inam Butt (d) Inamullah
30. Cricket’s Asia Cup 2018 has been moved from India to ______.
(a) Sri Lanka (b) UAE
(c) Australia (d) England
31. On Apr 13, ______, the last serving member of the National Assembly who signed 1973
Constitution, bade farewell to politics.
(a) M. Gohar Shah
(b) Qari Mohammad Yousif
(c) Nazeer Sultan
(d) Muhammad Shahbaz Babar
32. On Apr 13, the Supreme Court shut the doors of parliament permanently on the politicians
disqualified under Article ______ of the Constitution by ruling that such ineligibility is for life.
(a) 62(1)(a) (b) 62(1)(f)
(c) 63(1)(c) (d) 63(1)(g)
33. The Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project is located in ______.
(a) Punjab (b) AJK
(c) Gilgit-Baltistan (d) KP
34. The Senate approved a bill seeking to extend jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and the
Peshawar High Court to Fata on ______.
(a) Apr 10 (b) Apr 11
(c) Apr 12 (d) Apr 13
35. On Apr 15, Pakistan finished overall at the ______ spot in the 21st Commonwealth Games.
(a) 24th (b) 29th
(c) 37th (d) 47th

International
1. On Mar 16, ______ took back control of the Grand Mosque by terminating Saudi Arabia’s lease
of the building with immediate effect.
(a) Norway (b) Germany
(c) Belgium (d) Russia
2. On Mar 16, foreign ministers of Iran, Russia and ______ held talks on Syria in Astana, the
capital city of Kazakhstan.
(a) Afghanistan (b) Turkey
(c) China (d) Kazakhstan
3. On Mar 17, Phan Van Khai, a former Prime Minister of ______ died.
(a) Thailand (b) Vietnam
(c) Malaysia (d) Sri Lanka
4. On Mar 17, FIFA lifted its three-decade ban on ______ hosting international football.
(a) Iraq (b) Russia
(c) Saudi Arabia (d) Iran
5. On Mar 17, China’s parliament unanimously elevated ______ to the vice presidency.
(a) Zhao Hongzhu (b) Wang Qishan
(c) Li Yuanchao (d) Zhao Leji
6. On Mar 17, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, the president of ______ and Africa’s only female head of
state, resigned.
(a) Chad (b) Senegal
(c) Mauritius (d) Somalia
7. ______ has the world’s greatest freshwater reserves.
(a) Australia (b) Belgium
(c) Brazil (d) France
8. On Mar 18, the 8th World Water Forum opened in ______.
(a) Brasilia (b) Canberra
(c) Vienna (d) Geneva
9. On Mar 19, China appointed General Wei Fenghe as the country’s new ______ minister.
(a) Finance (b) Defence
(c) Internal (d) Foreign
10. On Mar 20, a ______ mathematician Robert Langlands won the prestigious Abel Prize.
(a) German (b) French
(c) Canadian (d) Finnish
11. The Abel Prize was established by the Norwegian government in ______ on the occasion of the
200th birthday of Niels Henrik Abel.
(a) 2000 (b) 2002
(c) 2004 (d) 2006
12. On Mar 20, ______, the last male northern white rhino, died in Kenya.
(a) Mamba (b) Trush
(c) Sudan (d) Kenyatta
13. “Cultural Schizophrenia: Islamic Societies Confronting the West” has been written by ______.
(a) Bijan Abdolkarimi
(b) Dariush Shayegan
(c) Dariush Ashoori (d) Ahmad Fardid
14. The 2018 World Poetry Day (WPD) was observed on ______.
(a) Mar 20 (b) Mar 21
(c) Mar 22 (d) Mar 24
15. The theme of 2018 International Day of Happiness was ______.
(a) Happiness (b) Happy Heroes
(c) Happy Planet (d) Share Happiness
16. The World Water Day (WWD) is observed every year on ______.
(a) 22 March (b) 24 March
(c) 26 March (d) 28 March
17. On Mar 23, the United States formally approved weapons sales to ______ totalling more than
$1 billion.
(a) Saudi Arabia (b) Qatar
(c) South Korea (d) Iraq
18. On Mar 23, President Donald Trump named ______ as his new National Security Adviser.
(a) Bernie Gunther (b) John Bolton
(c) H.R. McMaster (d) John Dowd
19. On Mar 24, Martin Vizcarra was sworn in as ______ new president.
(a) Azerbaijan’s (b) Peru’s
(c) Bolivia’s (d) Hungary’s
20. On Mar 25, ______ and India signed 101 agreements during the visit of a trade promotion
group to India.
(a) China (b) Qatar
(c) Afghanistan (d) Norway
21. The 2-day Tashkent Conference on Afghanistan was held in the capital of ______.
(a) Tajikistan (b) Kazakhstan
(c) Uzbekistan (d) Azerbaijan
22. On Mar 28, ______ signed the largest arms procurement deal in its history, with the United
States.
(a) UAE (b) Kuwait
(c) Poland (d) Malaysia
23. On Mar 28, Win Myint was elected the president of ______.
(a) Mauritius (b) Myanmar
(c) Cuba (d) Libya
24. On Mar 31, scientists discovered ______, a previously undetected feature of the human
anatomy – that could be the largest organ of the human body.
(a) Brass (b) Pectora
(c) Interstitium (d) Otic
25. On Apr 02, the Tiangong-1, a defunct Chinese space lab, plunged towards a watery grave in
the______.
(a) South Pacific (b) Arabian Sea
(c) Atlantic (d) South China Sea
26. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, an anti-apartheid campaigner and second wife of the late Nelson
Mandela, passed away on ______.
(a) Apr 01 (b) Apr 02
(c) Apr 03 (d) Apr 04
27. The 114th meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) between India and Pakistan was
held in ______.
(a) Lahore (b) Karachi
(c) New Delhi (d) Mumbai
28. ______ has been elected the new President of Egypt.
(a) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
(b) Moussa Mostafa
(c) Ahmed Shafik Sisi
(d) El-Sayyid el-Badawi
29. The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Mid-Term Ministerial Conference 2018 was held in Baku,
the capital of ______.
(a) Tajikistan (b) Kazakhstan
(c) Azerbaijan (d) Uzbekistan
30. On Apr 04, Turkey, ______ and Iran held a summit in Ankara to achieving a “lasting ceasefire”
in Syria.
(a) Russia (b) India
(c) Pakistan (d) China
31. On Apr 06, ______ disgraced former president Park Geun-hye was jailed for 24 years for
corruption.
(a) South Korea’s (b) Peru’s
(c) Thailand’s (d) Brazil’s
32. The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), often called Summer Davos, started at Boao on ______.
(a) Apr 04 (b) Apr 06
(c) Apr 08 (d) Apr 11
33. The joint military exercise “Desert Tiger 5” was held between UAE and ______.
(a) Pakistan (b) Malaysia
(c) China (d) India
34. On Apr 09, the International Conference on Human Rights in South Asia started in______.
(a) Colombo (b) Kathmandu
(c) Dhaka (d) Male
35. On Apr 11, ______ strongman Ilham Aliyev secured a fourth consecutive term in a snap
election.
(a) Kazakhstan (b) Uzbekistan
(c) Azerbaijan (d) Tajikistan
36. The world’s biggest oil company is ______.
(a) Sinopec (b) Saudi Aramco
(c) PetroChina (d) Rosneft
37. On Apr 14, the United States, ______ and the United Kingdom launched a missile assault on
the Syrian regime.
(a) France (b) Germany
(c) Japan (d) Australia
38. The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM 2018) was held in ______.
(a) Canberra (b) Montreal
(c) London (d) Zurich
39. Dr Martin Luther King, Nobel Peace Prize-winner American leader, was assassinated on Apr 4,
______.
(a) 1961 (b) 1962
(c) 1968 (d) 1971
40. The first reusable manned spacecraft to travel into space was named ______.
(a) Calder (b) Walkers
(c) Olsen (d) Columbia
National
1. On Apr 16, the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, declared Pakistan the world’s largest host of
refugees with their number reaching ______.
(a) 1.25 million (b) 1.45 million
(c) 2.32 million (d) 3.29 million
2. The current Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir is ______.
(a) Raja Farooq Haider Khan
(b) Raja Muhammad Naseer Khan
(c) Yaseen Gulshan
(d) Ahmed Raza Qadri
3. On Apr 16, the government launched savings certificates for ____.
(a) Teachers (b) Pensioners
(c) Special people (d) Businessmen
4. On April 16, ______ government approved the province’s first-ever agriculture and youth
policies.
(a) Sindh (b) Punjab
(c) Balochistan (d) KP
5. On Apr 16, , the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) issued its annual report the
“State of Human Rights in 2017” that was dedicated to ______.
(a) Madeeha Gohar (b) Asma Jehangir
(c) IA Rehman (d) Malala Yousafzai
6. On Apr 16, the Judicial Commission of Pakistan approved the elevation of Justice Munib Akhtar
of _____ High Court as a judge of the Supreme Court.
(a) Lahore (b) Peshawar
(c) Balochistan (d) Sindh
7. On April 18, China and Pakistan Media Forum was held in ______.
(a) Shanghai (b) Beijing
(c) Islamabad (d) Karachi
8. On Apr 19, ______ Pakistani peacekeepers who laid down their lives for global peace and
security were honoured with the UN medal.
(a) Seven (b) Eight
(c) Nine (d) Eleven
9. On Apr 20, the government received the Commonwealth Government Award for Women’s
______ Empowerment.
(a) Economic (b) Social
(c) Political (d) Financial
10. On Apr 20, the ______ government decided to provide District Management Group training to
new officers of provincial civil services.
(a) KP (b) Balochistan
(c) Punjab (d) Sindh
11. ______ led the Pakistani delegation that participated in the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings
2018.
(a) Waqar Ahmed (b) Younas Dhaga
(c) Ahsan Khalid (d) Miftah Ismail
12. On Apr 22, the HEC appointed ______ permanent Director General for its Quality Assurance
Division.
(a) Uzma Qureshi (b) Farmanullah Anjum
(c) Saadia Abbasi (d) Alia Zaidi
13. On Apr 22, Nimroz Khan, former vice-president of the _____, died.
(a) JUI-F (b) ANP
(c) PML-N (d) PTI
14. On Apr 22, _____ retained the Mohenjo-Daro by winning the 17th Sindh Games.
(a) Larkana (b) Hyderabad
(c) Karachi (d) Sukkur
15. On Apr 23, a moot of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation (SCO) was held in ______.
(a) Islamabad (b) Karachi
(d) Shanghai (d) Beijing
16. The CCI formally approved the National Water Policy on ______.
(a) Apr 18 (b) Apr 20
(c) Apr 24 (d) Apr 26
16. Ajoka Theatre was founded by noted playwright and actor ______.
(a) Alia Gohar (b) Faryal Gohar
(c) Savera Ali (d) Madeeha Gohar
17. During FY 2017-18, Pakistan’s economy grew at ______.
(a) 5.2 percent (b) 5.8 percent
(c) 6.8 percent (d) 6.2 percent
18. Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif was disqualified for not disclosing his salary drawn from a
______ company.
(a) Saudi (b) Chinese
(c) Qatari (d) UAE
19. The current PML-N government presented its sixth budget on ______.
(a) Apr 25 (b) Apr 26
(c) Apr 27 (d) Apr 28
20. On Apr 27, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Tariq Fazal Chaudhry and ______ were given the status of
federal ministers.
(a) Laila Khan (b) Anusha Rehman
(c) Talal Chaudhry (d) Daniyal Aziz
21. The first-ever Science Festival for schoolchildren in Gwadar district was held on ______.
(a) Apr 27 (b) Apr 28
(c) Apr 29 (d) Apr 30
22. On Apr 30, Pakistan became the hottest place on earth when the temperature crossed 50
degrees Celsius in ______.
(a) Multan (b) Nawabshah
(c) Sibbi (d) Larkana
23. The Islamabad International Airport, Pakistan’s largest and the first greenfield airport, was
inaugurated on ______.
(a) Apr 28 (b) Apr 30
(c) May 01 (d) May 03
24. On May 02, National Human Development Report (NHDR) – Unleashing the Potential of a
Young Pakistan was released by ______.
(a) Ministry of Youth Affairs (b) Ministry of Finance
(c) Ministry of Education (d) UNDP
25. On May 03, the resolution calling for renaming the Physics department of QAU Islamabad after
Abu al Fatah Abdul Rehman Al-Khazini was presented by ______.
(a) Maiza Hameed (b) Captain (R) Safdar
(c) Marvi Memion (d) Laila Khan
26. On May 05, Noor Fatima, an Assistant Professor at IIUI won the prestigious Martin Luther King
Junior Award, becoming the ______ South Asian woman to receive this honour.
(a) First (b) Second
(c) Third (d) Fourth
27. On May 05, the ______ annual Judicial Conference, organised by the Law and Justice
Commission of Pakistan, was held in Islamabad.
(a) Fifth (b) Seventh
(c) Eighth (d) Eleventh
28. ______ and Pakistan have signed $200 million cooperation agreement to execute Phase III of
UAEPAP.
(a) UAE (b) China
(c) Afghanistan (d) Turkey
29. On May 06, Federal Areas defeated ______ by 5 wickets and retained their Cool & Cool
presents Pepsi Pakistan Cup title.
(a) KP (b) Punjab
(c) PIA (d) Sindh
30. On May 07, ______ was made the 40th chief of the Intelligence Bureau, the civilian spy agency
of the country.
(a) Aftab Sultan Cheema
(b) Dr Mohammad Suleman Khan
(c) Syed Ziaullah Shah
(d) Munib Akhtar Sial
31. Justice (R) Mehta Kalash Nath Kohli is the current chairman of ______ Public Service
Commission.
(a) Punjab (b) Sindh
(c) Balochistan (d) KP
32. On May 07, the Punjab government revived 20 percent public sector job quota for 3 divisions
of south Punjab – Multan, Bahawalpur and DG Khan – besides the districts of Bhakkar and
______.
(a) Kamalia (b) Mianwali
(c) Rajanpur (d) Layyah
33. On May 08, the SCP suspended the notification of Senator-elect ______ for his failure to
appear in court despite repeated summons.
(a) Saadia Abbasi (b) Ishaq Dar
(c) Ch. Sarwar (d) Nehal Hashmi
34. On May 08, Daraz Group, Pakistan’s leading online retailer announced its complete acquisition
by ______ Group.
(a) BidPay (b) In-Q-Tel
(c) NexTag (d) Alibaba
35. On May 10, the COAS Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa was ranked the ______ most powerful person
in the world.
(a) 68th (b) 70th
(c) 74th (d) 75th
36. On May 11, _____ won the first Pakistan Super Kabaddi League.
(a) Peshawar Haiders (b) Multan Sikandars
(c) Gujrat Warriors (d) Faisalabad Sherdils
37. On May 12, the government appointed ______ the Chairman SECP.
(a) Shaukat Hussain (b) Murad Ali
(c) Ghazanfar Ali (d) Zafar Alvi
38. On ______, Rao Tehsin Ali Khan was appointed DG Radio Pakistan.
(a) May 11 (b) May 12
(c) May 14 (d) May 15
39. On May 15, Brig (Retd) Khalid Sajjad Khokhar was re-elected as the president ______ for a
second term.
(a) PHF (b) PCB
(c) PKL (d) PSB
40. Arif Nawaz Khan is the incumbent Inspector General of Police ______.
(a) Sindh (b) Punjab
(c) Balochistan (d) KP

International
1. ______ countries participated in Joint Gulf Shield-1 military drill held in Saudi Arabia’s Jubail
city.
(a) 18 (b) 20
(c) 24 (d) 26
2. On Apr 16, _______ was appointed a Commonwealth Youth Ambassador.
(a) Prince Charles (b) Prince Harry
(c) Meghan Markle (d) Prince Williams
3. Former US first lady Barbara Bush, who died on Apr 17, was the wife of the 41st US president,
George H.W. Bush, and mother of the______, George W. Bush.
(a) 42nd (b) 43rd
(c) 44th (d) 45th
4. On Apr 18, President Erdogan of Turkey called snap elections in his country to be held on
______.
(a) June 24 (b) June 26
(c) June 28 (d) June 30
5. On Apr 18, Saudi Arabia launched its first commercial movie theatre with screening of the
movie ______.
(a) X-Men (b) Black Panther
(c) Deadpool 2 (d) Avatar
6. Sooronbai Jeenbekov is the current president of ______.
(a) Ukraine (b) Solvakia
(c) Kyrgyzstan (d) Azerbaijan
7. Moroni is the capital of ______.
(a) South Sudan (b) Chad
(c) Comoros (d) Senegal
8. On Apr 19, Iran, Iraq, Syria and ______ held a meeting of military and security officials in
Baghdad.
(a) Russia (b) China
(c) France (d) Germany
9. On Apr 19, Miguel Diaz-Canel was elected as the new president of ______.
(a) Brazil (b) Cuba
(c) Argentina (d) Venezuela
10. On Apr 19, the Commonwealth Summit kicked off in ______.
(a) Dublin (b) Canberra
(c) London (d) Toronto
11. On Apr 19, the king of Swaziland announced that his country had changed its name to ______.
(a) Rhodes (b) eSwatini
(c) Comoron (d) Swazica
12. North and South Korea opened a hotline between their leaders on ____.
(a) Apr 18 (b) Apr 19
(c) Apr 20 (d) Apr 22
13. Blue House is the official residence of the President of ______.
(a) North Korea (b) South Korea
(c) Thailand (d) Mongolia
14. On Apr 20, an Indian court acquitted ______ who was sentenced to 28 years in jail in 2012 over
the killing of 97 Muslims in the worst massacre during Gujarat riots.
(a) Narendra Modi (b) Maya Kodnani
(c) Nirmala Panday (d) Nanavati Mehta
15. On Apr 21, India’s cabinet approved the death penalty for rapists of girls below ______ of age.
(a) 10 years (b) 12 years
(c) 14 years (d) 16 years
16. On Apr 21, Indian veteran Rahil Gangjee won the Panasonic Open that was held in ___.
(a) Japan (b) China
(c) Nepal (d) Australia
17. On Apr 21, ______ centre-left Social Democrats elected Andrea Nahles as the first woman
leader of the 155-year-old party.
(a) Germany’s (b) France’s
(c) Sweden’s (d) Norway’s
18. On Apr 23, Mario Abdo Benitez was elected the president of ______.
(a) Vietnam (b) Paraguay
(b) Brazil (c) Peru
19. On Apr 23, ______ world champion Marc Marquez won his 6th MotoGP Grand Prix of the
Americas.
(a) German (b) Spanish
(c) British (d) Australian
20. Covering an area of roughly 1,249,000 sq km, the East China Sea is a part of the ______ Ocean.
(a) Pacific (b) Indian
(c) Arctic (d) Atlantic
21. On Apr 25, the United Nations launched a project to support youth-driven initiatives in
education, science, culture and the media in Jordan, Libya, Morocco and ______.
(a) Tajikistan (b) Afghanistan
(c) Tunisia (d) Pakistan
22. On Mar 28, ______ signed the largest arms procurement deal in its history, with the United
States.
(a) UAE (b) Kuwait
(c) Poland (d) Malaysia
23. On Apr 26, the ICC announced that all its 104-member nations – both men and women’s team –
will be granted ______ status.
(a) Test (b) T20I
(c) ODI (d) T10I
24. On Apr 26, former CIA director ___ was approved as secretary of state.
(a) Gina Haspel (b) Gary Cohn
(c) Mike Pompeo (d) Joe Hagin
25. A historic summit between the leaders of North and South Korea was held on ______.
(a) Apr 27 (b) Apr 28
(c) Apr 29 (d) Apr 30
26. The world’s only handwritten newspaper is ______.
(a) Nawa-i-Islam (b) The Musalman
(c) Islami Akhbar (d) The Muslim
27. Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil and gas company by revenue, is based in ______.
(a) Riyadh (b) Jeddah
(c) Dhahran (d) Makkah
28. On Apr 29, Rafael Nadal won his ______ career clay-court title.
(a) 55th (b) 58th
(c) 60th (d) 64th
29. On Apr 30, Japan and its top trade partner in the Middle East, ___, signed an investment
protection agreement.
(a) Qatar (b) Saudi Arabia
(c) UAE (d) Iraq
30. The world’s oldest known spider that died in Australia on Apr 30, was named ______.
(a) Number 16 (b) Sudan
(c) Bluey (d) Tuatara
31. On Apr 30, British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed Sajid Javid the Britain’s ______.
(a) Interior Minister (b) Foreign Minister
(c) Justice Minister (d) Finance Minister
32. On May 01, Liverpool’s ______ forward Mohamed Salah was voted Footballer of the Year by
the Football Writers’ Association (FWA).
(a) Saudi (b) Iraqi
(c) Egyptian (d) Jordanian
33. On May 02, ______, the data firm embroiled in a scandal for handling Facebook user data
ceased operations.
(a) SCL Elections (b) Cambridge Analytica
(c) Oxford Observers (d) Electobooks
34. A per a WHO report, released on May 02, ______ is home to the world’s 14 most polluted cities.
(a) Pakistan (b) China
(c) India (d) Japan
35. On May 05, Nasa launched its latest Mars lander, called ______.
(a) InSight (b) Tess
(c) RedFace (d) Challenger
36. The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 was held in ______.
(a) Canberra (b) Montreal
(c) London (d) Zurich
37. On ______, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin was sworn in for a new term that will see him in
office until 2024.
(a) May 04 (b) May 05
(c) May 06 (d) May 07
38. On ______, President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran Nuclear Deal.
(a) May 06 (b) May 07
(c) May 08 (d) May 10
39. On May 10, ______ was sworn in as the world’s oldest elected leader.
(a) Kim Yong-nam (b) Beji Caid Essebsi
(c) Mahathir Mohamad (d) Najib Razak
40. On May 10, a 104-year-old Australian scientist ______ committed assisted suicide in
Switzerland.
(a) Carol O’Neill (b) David Goodall
(c) David William (d) F. G. Gregory
41. On May 11, ______ Supreme Court ousted its chief justice, Maria Lourdes Sereno.
(a) Cambodian (b) Thai
(c) The Philippine (d) Austrian
42. On May 14, Kevin O’Brien scored ______ first hundred in Test Cricket.
(a) Ireland’s (b) Zimbabwe’s
(c) Jamaica’s (d) Hong Kong’s