Current Affairs · Topic 1
The economy, foreign relations, security and constitutional change.
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Study Pakistan's current affairs by theme: the economy, foreign relations, security and constitutional changes.
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Try each question, then open the answer. MCQs 1–50 of 253.
1.Pakistan's 12th general election was held on which date?
Answer: C. 8 February 2024
The general election was held on 8 February 2024.
2.Who was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan in March 2024?
Answer: D. Shehbaz Sharif
Shehbaz Sharif was elected for a second term on 3 March 2024.
3.Who was elected President of Pakistan in March 2024?
Answer: C. Asif Ali Zardari
Zardari was elected for a second term on 9 March 2024.
4.Asif Ali Zardari became the first civilian to be elected President of Pakistan how many times?
Answer: D. Twice
He was elected in 2008 and again in 2024.
5.Who became the first woman Chief Minister of Punjab in February 2024?
Answer: B. Maryam Nawaz
Maryam Nawaz took oath on 26 February 2024.
6.Who was elected Chairman of the Senate in April 2024?
Answer: A. Yousaf Raza Gilani
Former PM Yousaf Raza Gilani was elected Senate Chairman in April 2024.
7.Who was elected Speaker of the National Assembly in March 2024?
Answer: A. Ayaz Sadiq
Sardar Ayaz Sadiq was elected Speaker for a second time.
8.Who was appointed Federal Finance Minister in March 2024?
Answer: D. Muhammad Aurangzeb
Banker Muhammad Aurangzeb was given the finance portfolio.
9.Who was made Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan in April 2024?
Answer: D. Ishaq Dar
Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar was also made Deputy Prime Minister.
10.The 26th Constitutional Amendment was passed in which month?
Answer: D. October 2024
Parliament passed it on 20–21 October 2024.
11.Under the 26th Amendment, the Chief Justice of Pakistan is nominated by whom?
Answer: D. A Special Parliamentary Committee
The committee picks from the three most senior Supreme Court judges.
12.Under the 26th Amendment, what is the fixed term of the Chief Justice of Pakistan?
Answer: D. Three years
The CJP serves three years unless they retire or resign earlier.
13.Who became Chief Justice of Pakistan in October 2024?
Answer: A. Justice Yahya Afridi
Yahya Afridi was the first CJP chosen under the 26th Amendment.
14.Which court was created by the 27th Constitutional Amendment in 2025?
Answer: A. Federal Constitutional Court
The 27th Amendment set up a Federal Constitutional Court for constitutional cases.
15.General Asim Munir was promoted to which rank in May 2025?
Answer: C. Field Marshal
He became Pakistan's second Field Marshal, after Ayub Khan.
16.Who was Pakistan's first Field Marshal?
Answer: B. Muhammad Ayub Khan
Ayub Khan made himself Field Marshal in 1959.
17.The terrorist attack at Pahalgam, which led to the 2025 Pakistan-India crisis, took place in which month?
Answer: D. April 2025
The attack in Indian-administered Kashmir took place on 22 April 2025.
18.What name did Pakistan give to its military response against India in May 2025?
Answer: A. Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos
The name comes from a Quranic phrase meaning "a solid structure".
19.India's strikes on Pakistan on 7 May 2025 were called what?
Answer: C. Operation Sindoor
India launched Operation Sindoor on 7 May 2025.
20.A ceasefire between Pakistan and India was agreed on which date?
Answer: A. 10 May 2025
The ceasefire took effect on 10 May 2025.
21.Pakistan's 2019 response to India's Balakot strike was called what?
Answer: C. Operation Swift Retort
Pakistan shot down Indian aircraft on 27 February 2019.
22.In April 2025 India announced it was holding which treaty "in abeyance"?
Answer: D. Indus Waters Treaty
Pakistan said any attempt to stop its water would be treated as an act of war.
23.Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed a Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement in which month?
Answer: C. September 2025
It was signed in Riyadh on 17 September 2025.
24.Under the Pakistan-Saudi defence agreement of 2025, an attack on one is treated as what?
Answer: D. An attack on both
The pact commits each side to treat aggression against one as aggression against both.
25.The IMF approved a 37-month Extended Fund Facility for Pakistan of about how much in September 2024?
Answer: B. 7 billion dollars
The IMF Executive Board approved about $7 billion on 25 September 2024.
26.Pakistan's IMF Stand-By Arrangement of 2023 was for how much?
Answer: A. 3 billion dollars
The nine-month SBA of July 2023 was worth $3 billion.
27.Which body was set up in June 2023 to attract foreign investment, with the army chief as a member?
Answer: B. Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC)
SIFC focuses on agriculture, IT, mining, energy and defence production.
28.The government's five-year economic plan launched in December 2024 is called what?
Answer: B. Uraan Pakistan
Uraan Pakistan sets export, growth and investment targets up to 2029.
29.The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor was formally launched in which year?
Answer: A. 2015
Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit in April 2015 launched CPEC.
30.CPEC connects Gwadar with which Chinese city?
Answer: A. Kashgar
The corridor links Gwadar port with Kashgar in Xinjiang.
31.The new Gwadar International Airport was built with which country's help?
Answer: D. China
The China-funded airport began operating in January 2025.
32.What was Pakistan's population in the 2023 census?
Answer: D. About 241.5 million
The 2023 census counted 241.49 million people.
33.What annual population growth rate did the 2023 census show?
Answer: B. About 2.55 per cent
The growth rate between 2017 and 2023 was 2.55 per cent.
34.Which province had the highest population in the 2023 census?
Answer: A. Punjab
Punjab had about 127.7 million people.
35.Which city was the largest in the 2023 census?
Answer: D. Karachi
Karachi had more than 20 million people.
36.Arshad Nadeem won which medal at the Paris Olympics 2024?
Answer: A. Gold in javelin throw
He threw 92.97 m, an Olympic record.
37.Arshad Nadeem's 2024 gold was Pakistan's first Olympic gold in an individual event. In which sport had Pakistan won its earlier golds?
Answer: B. Hockey
Pakistan's earlier Olympic golds were in field hockey (1960, 1968 and 1984).
38.Arshad Nadeem belongs to which city?
Answer: B. Mian Channu
He is from Mian Channu in Khanewal district.
39.Pakistan's last Olympic medal before 2024 was won in which year?
Answer: B. 1992
The hockey team won bronze at Barcelona 1992.
40.Pakistan hosted which ICC tournament in 2025?
Answer: D. Champions Trophy
The 2025 Champions Trophy was Pakistan's first ICC event since 1996.
41.Which team won the ICC Champions Trophy 2025?
Answer: C. India
India beat New Zealand in the final in Dubai on 9 March 2025.
42.Pakistan last won the ICC Champions Trophy in which year?
Answer: D. 2017
Pakistan beat India in the 2017 final at The Oval.
43.Islamabad hosted the SCO Council of Heads of Government meeting in which month?
Answer: D. October 2024
The meeting was held on 15–16 October 2024.
44.Pakistan held the presidency of the UN Security Council in which month?
Answer: B. July 2025
Pakistan presided over the Council in July 2025.
45.The hijacking of the Jaffar Express by militants took place in which month?
Answer: A. March 2025
The train was attacked in Bolan, Balochistan, on 11 March 2025.
46.The Jaffar Express runs between Quetta and which city?
Answer: C. Peshawar
The Jaffar Express links Quetta with Peshawar.
47.Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed a ceasefire after border clashes in October 2025 through talks in which city?
Answer: B. Doha
Qatar and Turkey mediated the talks in Doha.
48.Pakistan's first lunar mission iCube-Qamar was launched in which year?
Answer: C. 2024
It flew aboard China's Chang'e-6 in May 2024.
49.The 2022 floods in Pakistan caused losses and damage estimated at about how much?
Answer: A. More than 30 billion dollars
The Post-Disaster Needs Assessment put damage and losses above $30 billion.
50.About how many people were affected by the 2022 floods in Pakistan?
Answer: A. About 33 million
Around 33 million people were affected and more than 1,700 died.
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