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how many criminals were awarded death sentence between
April 1, 2019 and March 30, 2020 by courts in Pakistan?

874

how many criminals were awarded life imprisonment between

April 1, 2019 and March 30, 2020 by courts in Pakistan?

2616
‫یسکیھبےنیہمےکرکٹناریئفزیپڈیافیںیم‬
‫احلصرکےنےئلیکویویٹبرپچر رکں‬
The largest virus bank in Asia located in Wuhan, lately in
news in regards to the lab conspiracy theory is_____?

China Center for

Virus Culture
Collection
Who has been Appointed as Chairman of Kashmir
Committee in Pakistan?

Sheharyar Afridi

Minister of State for Ministry of States and

Frontier Regions (Safron) and Narcotics
Control Sheharyar Afridi has been appointed
as Chairman Parliamentary Special
Committee on Kashmir,
Before him, Fakhar Imam (National Food Security Minister) was
performing as Chairman Kashmir Committee
Pakistan marks ______ anniversary of its nuclear tests as on
28 may:

22nd
28 May 1998
Youm-e-Takbeer (the day of greatness)
On May 28, 1998, Pakistan became the
first Muslim nation to test a nuclear
weapon, and the seventh country in the
world to possess nuclear weapons.
‫یسکیھبےنیہمےکرکٹناریئفزیپڈیافیںیم‬
‫احلصرکےنےئلیکویویٹبرپچر رکں‬
Who is the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia is the most senior
and most influential Muslim religious and legal authority in
Saudi Arabia.

Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh

The Grand Mufti is the head of the

Permanent Committee for Islamic
Research and Issuing Fatwas.
The Grand Mufti is appointed by the
King.
Rahul Dev, first Hindu General Duty (GD) Pilot of Pakistan
belongs to which province?

Sindh

Rahul Dev has been recruited as a General

Duty Pilot Officer, the Pakistan Air Force
(PAF) said in a tweet.
Dev hails from Tharparkar district of Sindh
province.
Who is the Prime Minister Imran Khan’s military secretary?

Brig Muhammad Ahmed

Brig Muhammad Ahmad assumed charge

as Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Military
Secretary for a three-year term on
Wednesday.
He replaced Brig Waseem Iftikhar
Cheema (Lahore Corps).
 SBP fixes Nisab for Zakat deduction on bank accounts at
________ for 2020.

Rs 46,329

People maintaining a minimum of Rs46,329 balance in savings, profit and

loss sharing or similar bank accounts in Pakistan on the first day of
Ramazan will be liable to pay 2.5 per cent Zakat on the total balance.
The Nisab was fixed at Rs44,415 in the previous year of 2019.
 ‫سکیھبرپیپیکایتریےکےیل‬
‫‪PakMcqs Official‬‬
‫ویویٹبرپچر رکں‬
Pakistan ranks __________ in 2020 World Press Freedom
Index Reporters Without Borders?

145 out of 180 Countries

The top slot remained with Norway for a fourth

consecutive year, followed by other Scandinavian
countries,
while the lowest ranking was given to North Korea.
China maintained its 177th position this year.

https://rsf.org/en/ranking_table
 Pakistan becomes the only country in South Asia to achieve
the _________ status, in April 2020

4th Generation Regulator (G4)

Pakistan has been ranked as the 4th Generation

Regulator (G4) by the International Telecommunication
Union (ITU). After this ranking Pakistan has become the
only country in South Asia to have achieved this goalpost.
Out of thirty-eight economies in Asia-Pacific, only 8 per
cent states have managed to achieve the G4 status.
Which campaign was launched by Pakistan Football
Association (PFF) in collaboration with FIFA and WHO?

Be Active
The campaign gives the following suggestions:
Taking some online exercise classes,
Dancing,
Playing active video games,
Jumping rope, and
Practicing muscle strength and balance training.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=534517734162095
PIA passenger plane flying from Lahore has crashed into a
residential area of Karachi, killing at least _______ people as
on 22 may 2020.

97

Flight PK8303
Lhr to Khi
Total Passenger: 99
‫یسکیھبرپیپیکایتریےکےیلویویٹبرپچر رکں‬
‫‪Pakmcqs Official‬‬
‫اپاتسکناکبسےسڑبااپٹسرپیپ‪،‬رکٹناریئفلنیچ‬
Which country recently assumes presidency of the UN
security council for the month of May 2020?
Month Presidency End of Membership Term
January 2020 Viet Nam 31 December 2021
February 2020 Belgium 31 December 2020
March 2020 China Permanent Member
April 2020 Dominican Republic 31 December 2020
May 2020 Estonia 31 December 2021
June 2020 France Permanent Member
July 2020 Germany 31 December 2020
August 2020 Indonesia 31 December 2020
September 2020 Niger 31 December 2021
October 2020 Russian Federation Permanent Member
Saint Vincent and the
November 2020 31 December 2021 ‫سکیھبرپیپیکایتریےکےیل‬
Grenadines
PakMcqs Official
December 2020 South Africa 31 December 2020 ‫ویویٹبرپچر رکں‬
Pakistani American Doctor Develops a Splitter Which Lets 7
Patients Use a Single Ventilator

Dr Saud Anwar

Dr. Saud Anwar, a pulmonologist of Pakistani

origin and a State Senator in Connecticut
State Senate, has developed a 3D splitter
device that has made it possible for up to 7
patients to breathe through a single
ventilator.
Who is the Current President and CEO of the Bank of Punjab
(BoP)?

Zafar Masud
Zafar Masud was appointed Bank of Punjab
president on March 17, 2020. He brings with him
27 years rich experience as international banker.
He served at top positions at multinational banks
in Pakistan and abroad.
Pakistani Short Film Wins First Prize At Girls Impact The
World Festival is filmed by?

Sarah Jehaan Khan

Passoon’ ‫پاسون‬is a short film by Sarah based

on a young climate activist in Dir, Pakistan
named Manal Shad. In Pashto, ‘Passoon’ ‫پاسون‬
means to rise for a cause. The film
documents indigenous and innovative
sustainability methods from Pakistan and
celebrates the leadership of young,
https://www.facebook.com/100002511423546/videos/3043082685785416/
Which famous Pakistani comedian, poet, actor and writer
died on 10th May 2020?

Athar Shah Khan alias Jaidi

Athar Shah Khan alias Jaidi has breathed his

last on 10th May 2020 in Karachi. Born in
Rampur in 1943,
His radio programme Rung He Rung Jaidi key
sung was aired for 19 years, a record in itself.
When the Supreme Court allowed the federal government to
conduct the coming general elections in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB)
under the Election Act 2017

30th April 2020

“After hearing the parties we allowed

the federal government’s application
with consensus, the reasons of which
will be recorded later,” Chief Justice
Gulzar Ahmed said.
Which South Korea’s party has won election held in Apr,
2020?

Liberal Democratic Party

Liberal Democratic Party Won 180

Seats
2nd Largest Party: conservative
United Future Party won 103 seats

Election Held on: Apr 15,2020

 ‫سکیھبرپیپیکایتریےکےیل‬
‫‪PakMcqs Official‬‬
‫ویویٹبرپچر رکں‬
Pakistan has about 759 pharmaceutical manufacturing units,
but the only WHO approved manufacturing facility is?

Getz Pharma

The pharmaceutical industry consists of 759

manufacturing units, including those
operated by 25 multinational companies.
Getz Pharma (PVT) Limited is the largest
branded generic pharmaceutical company in
Pakistan and is operating worldwide.
Who is the Current Minister of Food in Punjab?

Aleem Khan

Aleem Khan replaced Samiullah

Chaudhary
Pakistan receives orders for face masks from which
countries?

US, Canada, Europe

‫یسکیھبرپیپیکایتریےکےیلویویٹبرپچر رکں‬
‫‪Pakmcqs Official‬‬
‫اپاتسکناکبسےسڑبااپٹسرپیپ‪،‬رکٹناریئفلنیچ‬
Missing Baloch journalist Sajid Hussain found dead in____

Sweden

Pakistani journalist Sajid Hussain, who

was living in exile in Sweden and had
been missing since March 2, has been
found dead on 1st May 2020
 Who become first British-Pakistani woman hijab-wearing
judge?

Raffia Arshad

Raffia Arshad, 40, was appointed

deputy district judge on the Midlands
circuit last week following a 17-year
career in law.
According to a new UN report, Africa continent could see
------ COVID-19 deaths this year?

300,000

U.N. Agency Fears 'Vulnerable' Africa

May Suffer At Least 300,000 COVID-19
Deaths
which global credit rating agency announced that it is
putting Pakistan under watch for possible downgrade of its
long-term local and foreign credit ratings?

Moody’s Corporation
Moody’s will review ratings of five major
Pakistani banks
The five banks to be reviewed are Allied Bank
Limited (ABL), Habib Bank Ltd. (HBL), MCB Bank
Limited (MCB), National Bank of Pakistan (NBP)
and United Bank Ltd. (UBL).
Ocean researchers have found the world’s “longest animal
ever, 150ft long” in a deep-sea canyon off the Australian
coast. The name of the animal is__________?

Siphonophore
‫سیفونوفور‬

Siphonophores are colonial

hydrozoans that reproduce asexually
through a budding process. Zooids
are the multicellular units that build
the colonies.
 ‫سکیھبرپیپیکایتریےکےیل‬
‫‪PakMcqs Official‬‬
‫ویویٹبرپچر رکں‬
Who has been named as The Leading Cricketer in the 2020
edition of Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanack?

Ben Stokes

Due to a remarkable 2019 in which he

guided England to their maiden World Cup
title before producing one of the great Test
innings to beat Australia in the Headingley
Ashes Test
The virtual Summit of the Non Aligned Movement (NAM) on
COVID-19 pandemic has been organized at the initiative of
which country?

Azerbaijan
Held on 4 may, 2020

The meeting is being convened at the

initiative of President Ilham Aliyev of
Azerbaijan, in his capacity as the
current chair of the movement.
Who is the Current Ambassador of the European Union to
Pakistan?

Androulla Kaminara

The European Union has designated Androulla

Kaminara as its new envoy to Pakistan in what will be
the European body's first-ever female ambassador to
Pakistan. Kaminara has been working in Brussels, at
the EU headquarters, before being appointed as
ambassador to Pakistan.
World Hemophilia Day observed as on?

April 17th
World Hemophilia Day is an
international awareness day for
hemophilia and other bleeding
disorders.
It is held annually on April 17, date of
the birthday of Frank Schnabel, founder
of the World Federation of Hemophilia.
Singapore based Pakistani filmmaker _____ documentary
series on Afghanistan has won two Silver awards at the
prestigious World Media Festivals 2020 at Hamburg,
Germany.

Shehzad Hameed Ahmad`s

Pakistan begins Afghan transit trade via Gwadar port as
on___?

29 May 2020

Pakistan operationalised the Gwadar port

for Afghan transit trade, with the first-ever
cargo ship berthing at the seaport to mark
the beginning of a new era of trade via sea
route from Gwadar to Afghanistan.
A ship carrying 16,400 tonnes of DAP fertiliser for
Afghanistan anchored at the Gwadar Port on May 29,
2020.
‫یسکیھبےنیہمےکرکٹناریئفزیپڈیافیںیم‬
‫احلصرکےنےئلیکویویٹبرپچر رکں‬
Who is Pakistani peacekeeper awarded Dag Hammarskjold
medal
Sepoy Amir Aslam
Given by the United Nations to military personnel,
police, or civilians who lose their lives while serving in
a United Nations peacekeeping operation.
Pakistani peacekeeper Sepoy Amir Aslam, who served
the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic
Republic of Congo,
At the ceremony a total of 83 military, police, and
civilian personnel from 39 countries who lost their
lives while serving in peacekeeping operations last
year were honoured.
Which among the following tennis tournaments has been
cancelled for the first time since World War II?

Wimbledon

The Wimbledon tennis tournament,

scheduled for June 29 to July 12, was
cancelled due to the coronavirus
pandemic.
 The US state department has accused which nation of
secretly carrying out low-level underground nuclear test
explosions?

China stayhome

‫زیلپوڈیویوکالکئرضوررکدں۔اتہکایسرطحاوکپیپڈیافییتلمرںیہ‬
China approves controversial Hong Kong security law as on
___?

May 28, 2020

China`s parliament approved plans

on May 28, 2020 to impose a security
law on Hong Kong that has ratcheted
up tensions with the US and sparked
new protests over fears the city is
losing its special freedoms.
Name the woman who discovered the first coronavirus in
1964 at the St Thomas Hospital in London?

June Almeida

The woman who discovered the first human

coronavirus was the daughter of a Scottish bus
driver, who left school at 16.
June Almeida went on to become a pioneer of virus
imaging, whose work has come roaring back into
focus during the present pandemic.
Who is the director of the famous Tom and Jerry animated
series?
Gene Deitch
Tom & Jerry , Popeye director Gene
Deitch passed away at age of 95 in
Prague.
Gene Deitch, an American Oscar-
winning illustrator, animator, film
director and producer known for his
direction of Tom and Jerry and some
of the Popeye the Sailor series,
‫یسکیھبےنیہمےکرکٹناریئفزیپڈیافیںیم‬
‫احلصرکےنےئلیکویویٹبرپچر رکں‬
Who was appointed as the new chancellor of Queen’s
University Belfast in Ireland?

Hillary Clinton

The former US secretary of

state is the university's 11th
chancellor and first woman to
take up the post.
 For how many poorest countries the G20 have delay debt
payments as they wage an economic battle against
coronavirus ?

77
Nations belonging to the G20 group
of leading economies have agreed to
suspend debt payments owed to
them by some of the world's poorest
countries.
Which of the following country has stopped its funding in
may-20 to world health organization ( WHO)?

USA

Trump has suspended funding to the

World Health Organization over its
coronavirus response
WHO Established: April 7th 1948
Headquartered: Geneva, Switzerland
Which country will be hosting the 3rd edition Asian Youth
Games in 2021?

China

China, the epicentre of COVID-19

pandemic, will host the third edition
of the Asian Youth Games in Shantou
in November, 2021, the Olympic
Council of Asia said.
‫وکنےسکلمںیمرکوانیکوہجےسبسےسزایدہاوماتوہیئ۔‬
‫اورویکں؟‬

‫ن‬ ‫م‬
‫کںیماتبںیئ‬
‫اینپیتمیقراےئںیمہ ٹ‬