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 201–250 of 253.
201.Has Pakistan ever won a Test series in Australia?
Answer: A. No, never
Pakistan has drawn some series in Australia but never won one.
202.Which Pakistani batter scored a century in the 2017 Champions Trophy final?
Answer: A. Fakhar Zaman
He scored 114 against India.
203.Arshad Nadeem won gold in javelin at which Commonwealth Games?
Answer: D. Birmingham 2022
He threw 90.18 m, breaking the 90-metre mark for the first time.
204.Which Pakistani won a silver medal in javelin at the 2023 World Athletics Championships?
Answer: C. Arshad Nadeem
It was Pakistan's first medal at the World Championships.
205.The Pakistan-China "Iron Brothers" friendship is marked by which anniversary year in 2021?
Answer: D. 70 years of diplomatic ties
Diplomatic relations began in 1951.
206.Pakistan and the United States established diplomatic relations in which year?
Answer: C. 1947
The US was among the first countries to recognise Pakistan.
207.Which country was the first to recognise Pakistan in 1947?
Answer: D. Iran
Iran was the first country to recognise Pakistan.
208.The Kashmir earthquake that devastated northern Pakistan struck on which date?
Answer: B. 8 October 2005
It measured 7.6 and killed more than 70,000 people.
209.Which town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was almost destroyed in the 2005 earthquake?
Answer: B. Balakot
A new Balakot city was planned after the disaster.
210.The great floods of 2010 in Pakistan affected about how many people?
Answer: D. About 20 million
Floods covered about a fifth of the country.
211.The Awaran earthquake in Balochistan took place in which year?
Answer: D. 2013
It killed several hundred people.
212.The Attabad landslide, which blocked the Hunza River, took place in which year?
Answer: A. 2010
It created Attabad Lake.
213.Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan from exile in which month?
Answer: D. October 2007
A bomb attack hit her welcome procession in Karachi.
214.The Lawyers' Movement restored Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry in which year?
Answer: D. 2009
He was reinstated on 16 March 2009.
215.General Pervez Musharraf resigned as President in which year?
Answer: C. 2008
He resigned to avoid impeachment in August 2008.
216.The 7th NFC Award was signed in which city?
Answer: A. Gwadar
It was agreed in December 2009.
217.The Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan package was announced in which year?
Answer: D. 2009
It aimed to address grievances in Balochistan.
218.Malala Yousafzai was attacked by militants in which year?
Answer: A. 2012
She was shot in Swat in October 2012.
219.The Army Public School attack in Peshawar took place on which date?
Answer: D. 16 December 2014
More than 140 people, mostly children, were killed.
220.Pakistan's National Action Plan against terrorism has how many points?
Answer: C. 20
It was agreed after the Army Public School attack.
221.The first CPEC project, the Sahiwal coal power plant, began operating in which year?
Answer: B. 2017
It was completed in record time.
222.Which Pakistani city's metro bus was the first in the country, opened in 2013?
Answer: C. Lahore
The Rawalpindi-Islamabad metro followed in 2015.
223.Peshawar's bus rapid transit system is called what?
Answer: C. Zu Peshawar (BRT)
It began operating in 2020.
224.Karachi's Green Line bus rapid transit began operating in which year?
Answer: B. 2021
It runs through central Karachi.
225.The new Islamabad International Airport opened in which year?
Answer: B. 2018
It replaced the old Benazir Bhutto International Airport.
226.The Lowari Tunnel was opened for traffic in which year?
Answer: B. 2017
Work on it had started decades earlier.
227.The Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project began producing electricity in which year?
Answer: A. 2018
It generates about 969 MW.
228.The Tarbela 4th extension hydropower project added how much capacity?
Answer: C. About 1,410 MW
It was completed in 2018.
229.Pakistan's first LNG terminal began operating at which port?
Answer: D. Port Qasim
It opened in 2015.
230.The Thar coal power projects are located in which district?
Answer: B. Tharparkar
They use local lignite coal.
231.The Pakistan Super League's first match in Pakistan took place in which year?
Answer: C. 2017
The 2017 final was held in Lahore.
232.The entire PSL season was played in Pakistan for the first time in which year?
Answer: A. 2020
Earlier seasons were mostly played in the UAE.
233.Pakistan won the ICC World Twenty20 in which year?
Answer: A. 2009
Pakistan beat Sri Lanka in the final at Lord's.
234.Pakistan reached the final of the first ICC World Twenty20 in which year, losing to India?
Answer: B. 2007
The final was played in Johannesburg.
235.Pakistan reached the final of the 2022 T20 World Cup, losing to which team?
Answer: D. England
The final was played in Melbourne.
236.Pakistan won the Asia Cup in cricket in which years?
Answer: D. 2000 and 2012
Pakistan won both titles in Bangladesh.
237.The Pakistan hockey team won the Asian Games gold most recently in which year?
Answer: A. 2010
Pakistan won in Guangzhou in 2010.
238.Which Pakistani snooker player won the World Amateur Championship in 2012?
Answer: C. Muhammad Asif
He won it again in 2019.
239.Which Pakistani won the World Amateur Snooker Championship in 1994?
Answer: B. Muhammad Yousuf
He won the title in Johannesburg.
240.Pakistan's Talha Talib won bronze in which sport at the 2022 Commonwealth Games?
Answer: A. Weightlifting
Nooh Dastgir Butt won weightlifting gold at the same Games.
241.Which Pakistani won gold in weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games?
Answer: D. Nooh Dastgir Butt
He won the +109 kg category.
242.Which Pakistani wrestler won Commonwealth Games gold in 2018?
Answer: B. Inam Butt
He won the 86 kg freestyle title on the Gold Coast.
243.Shah Hussain Shah won which medal for Pakistan at the 2014 Commonwealth Games?
Answer: D. Silver in judo
He is the son of Olympic boxing medallist Hussain Shah.
244.Pakistan's Hamza Khan won which junior world title in 2023?
Answer: B. World Junior Squash Championship
He was the first Pakistani to win it in 37 years.
245.Pakistan's women's football team returned to international play in which year after a long break?
Answer: B. 2022
They played in the SAFF Women's Championship.
246.Which Pakistani city hosted the South Asian Games in 2004?
Answer: C. Islamabad
Islamabad hosted the 9th South Asian Games.
247.The PIA plane crash in Karachi's Model Colony took place in which year?
Answer: B. 2020
The aircraft crashed on 22 May 2020.
248.The Airblue plane crash in the Margalla Hills took place in which year?
Answer: B. 2010
All 152 people on board were killed.
249.Which Pakistani city was hit hardest by the 2015 heatwave?
Answer: B. Karachi
More than 1,000 people died.
250.The Murree tragedy, in which tourists died trapped in snow, took place in which year?
Answer: A. 2022
More than 20 people died in January 2022.
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