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Identify the first city to host the Paralympics twice?

(A) Osaka
(B) Tokyo
(C) Kyoto
(D) Beijing
Correct Option is:: B

Published on 31-08-2021
Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games is being played from 24th August 2021 to 05
September 2021 in?
(A) Beijing
(B) New York
(C) UAE
(D) Tokyo
Correct Option is:: D

”Women Safety App” launched by Police of which province?

(A) Sindh
(B) Punjab
(C) KPK
(D) Balochistan
Punjab government spokesman Fayyaz Chohan says the government has launched a `Women Safety App`
to provide them a sense of security as they move out of their homes across the province.
Recently in which country Co-education have been banned?

(A) Saudi Arabia
(B) Afghanistan
(C) Turkey
(D) Indonesia

In its first fatwa, Taliban has banned co-education in Afghanistan days after vowing to respect women’s
rights in Afghanistan. Taliban says its root of all evils.
Ramiz Raja becomes the __ chairman of PCB.

(A) 31st
(B) 36th
(C) 38th
(D) 42nd

Who is appointed as the new Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board?

(A) Ehsan Mani
(B) Inzamam Ul Haq
(C) Ramiz Raja
(D) Javed Miandad
Correct Option is:: C

Who won World Youth Scrabble Championship 2021 hosted by Pakistan?

(A) Syed Emad Ali
(B) Hisham Hadi Khan
(C) Salman Naeem
(D) None of the above
Correct Option is:: A
Which terror group has claimed the responsibility for the Kabul Airport blasts?
(A) Ansar al-Sharia
(B) Ansar al-Islam
(C) ISIS-K
(D) Boko Haram

According to the reports of Pentagon and Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health 2 bombing attacks
outside Kabul’s airport on 26 August 2021, killed at least 13 US service members and 60 Afghans while
left 18 US service members and more than 140 Afghans injured.
PM Imran Khan launched which housing scheme for oversease Pakistanis?

(A) Apna Ghar Loan Scheme
(B) Roshan Apna Ghar
(C) Roshan Ghar Scheme
(D) Oversease Roshan Ghar Loan Scheme

PM Imran Khan launched on 27 August 2021 a housing scheme, Roshan Apna Ghar, to enable overseas
Pakistanis to buy or obtain financing for a house in their home country through the Roshan Digital
Account.
Who is the only athlete to reach base camp of K-2 on bike?

(A) Raheel Baloch
(B) Atif Aslam
(C) Samar Khan

She is the first woman to reach the K2 basecamp on a bike and she’s not slowing down anytime soon.
She’s the first Pakistani to summit the 6,250-metre Burbucho peak in Shigar’s Arandu and Mount
Kilimanjaro on a bike also.
World largest and tallest observation wheel will be unveiled on 21 October 2021
in which country?
(A) UAE
(B) QATAR
(C) TURKEY
(D) IRAN

Observation wheel called as ‘Ain Dubai’, is 250 m in height, located at Bluewaters Island. The record-
breaking wheel is 42.5 m taller than the current world’s tallest observation wheel, High Roller, in Las
Vegas, measuring 167.6 m.
Barrister Sultan Mehmood takes oath as __ president of Azad Kashmir on 25

August 2021.
(A) 8th
(B) 9th
(C) 10th
(D) 12th

Pakistan conducts successful test of GMLRS Fatah-1 missile on 24 August

2021. Identify its range?
(A) 110 Km
(B) 123 Km
(C) 140 Km
(D) 150 Km

PM Imran Khan inaugurates Pakistan’s first-ever ”smart forest” in?

(A) Lahore
(B) Sheikhupura
(C) Faisalabad
(D) Sialkot
PMImran Khan 25 August 2021 inaugurated a “smart forest” in Rakh Jhok Forest, Sheikhupura as part of
the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project.
This is Pakistan’s first smart forest, PM Imran Khan said while addressing the inaugural ceremony.
World’s First fossil-free steel manufactured in which country?

(A) Japan
(B) Sweden
(C) India
(D) UAE

Swedish green steel venture HYBRIT, which had made the ‘world’s first’ customer delivery of steel
produced without using coal.
World Economic Forum’s annual Sustainable Development Impact Summit will

take place on 20-23 September 2021 in?
(A) Paris
(B) Geneva
(C) London
(D) Beijing

Identify the name of first Pakistani woman to climb Gasherbrum II peak?

(A) Samina Baig
(B) Naila Kayani
(C) Arifa Hameed
(D) Salma Shaheen

Naila Kayani becomes the first Pakistani woman who climb Gasherbrum mount peak. The height of the
Gasherbrum II peak is 8035 meter.
Recently __ has launched a new ‘Cybersecurity Multi-Donor Trust Fund’.

(A) Asian Development Bank
(B) IMF
(C) World Bank
(D) Security Council

World Bank has launched a new ‘Cybersecurity Multi-Donor Trust Fund’, to better roll out cybersecurity
development agenda in a systematic manner. The World Bank has partnered with four countries to launch
the fund: Estonia, Japan, Germany and the Netherlands. The main purpose of the new fund is to enhance
the capabilities and capabilities of cyber and digital security in World Bank member countries, including
in the areas of global information development, national assessment, technical assistance, capacity
building and training, as well as infrastructure and technology.
Who is the current Ameer of Afghan Taliban?

(A) Hibatullah Akhundzada
(B) Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai
(C) Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai
(D) Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil

According to the Hurun Global 500 Most Valuable Companies list 2021 which
company is the most valueable company in the world?
(A) Amazon
(B) Apple
(C) Microsoft
(D) Tencent

According to the 2021 Global Crypto Adoption Index which country ranks at
top in terms of crypto adoption worldwide?
(A) UK
(B) USA
(C) India
(D) Vietnam
Recently which country approves three child policy to prevent demographic

crisis?
(A) Iran
(B) Singapore
(C) Vietnam
(D) China

Ismail Sabri Yaakob appointed as the new Prime Minister of?

(A) Indonesia
(B) Malaysia
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Somalia

Which province would be the first one to start Air Ambulance Service in the
Province?
(A) Punjab
(B) Sindh
(C) KPK
(D) Balochistan

According to UN E-Government Development Index (EGDI) report Pakistan

stands at which place in the list of 193 countries?
(A) 149th
(B) 151st
(C) 152nd
(D) 153rd
In which city of Pakistan bomb blast occur on the day of Ashura?

(A) Multan
(B) Bahawalpur
(C) Sukkur
(D) Bahawalnagar

2 people were killed and 59 injured in an explosion targeting an Ashura procession in Bahawalnagar.
Next Olympic games will be held in?

(A) 2023
(B) 2024
(C) 2025
(D) 2026

Olympic games 2024 will be held in?

(A) Paris
(B) Tokyo
(C) Qatar
(D) London

Who is elected as president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir?

(A) Abdul Qayyum Niazi
(B) Sultan Mehmood
(C) Nasir Sultani
The International Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens

SAGO is created by?
(A) UNO
(B) ILO
(C) UNICEF
(D) WHO

Function of SAGO will be to systematically study the emergence of future emerging pathogens with
pandemic potential, and advise the development in this regard to World Health Organization (WHO).
In which province Winder Dam foundation stone was laid on 09 August 2021?
(A) Balochistan
(B) Sindh
(C) Punjab
(D) KPK

The proposed Winder Dam Project is situated across Winder River 125 km from Karachi,66 km from
Uthal and 25 km from Winder Town; in Lasbela District of Balochistan Province.
Afghan Taliban took control of Afghanistan and return to power on 15 August

2021 after?
(A) 17 Years
(B) 19 Years
(C) 20 Years
(D) 22 Years

Pakistan have celebrated __ independence day on 14 August 2021.

(A) 73th
(B) 74th
(C) 75th
(D) 76th
Pakistan successfully test-fired a short-range surface-to-surface nuclear-capable

ballistic missile. Identify its range?
(A) 120 Km
(B) 134 Km
(C) 290 Km
(D) 310 Km

Who is the current chairman of National Commission for minorities?

(A) Ali Haider Khan
(B) Mustafa Kharal
(C) Chela Ram Kewlani
(D) Ram Gopal Prasad

Recently which country reports first case of Marburg Virus?

(A) South Africa
(B) Uganda
(C) West Africa
(D) North America

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) West Africa on 09 August 2021, confirmed the first
case of the extremely contagious and deadly hemorrhagic Marburg virus in the Guinea region.
Lionel Messi left Barcelona Football Club after?

(A) 18 Years
(B) 19 Years
(C) 21 Years
(D) 23 Years
Lionel Messi joined Barcelona Football Club in 2003 and left in 2021. Now Messi joined the Paris Saint-
Germain Football club.
What is the current Hijri year?

(A) 1442 AH
(B) 1443 AH
(C) 1444 AH
(D) 1445 AH

Which is first airport to have a rapid Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing
facility?
(A) Kohat Airport
(B) Jinnah International Airport Karachi
(C) Islamabad International Airport
(D) Sialkot International Airport

Where PM Imran Khan inaugurated world`s biggest Miyawaki urban forest

under the 10 Billion Tree Tsunami project?
(A) Lahore
(B) Multan
(C) Islamabad
(D) Faisalabad

Which country won most number of medals in Tokyo Olympics 2020 and
finished at the top of the table?
(A) China
(B) USA
(C) Japan
(D) Russia

USA have won how many Gold medals in the Tokyo Olympics 2020?
(A) 35
(B) 36
(C) 37
(D) 39

USA have won how many total medals in Tokyo Olympics 2020?
(A) 105
(B) 107
(C) 109
(D) 113

China have won how many medals in the Tokyo Olympics 2020?
(A) 84
(B) 85
(C) 87
(D) 88

Which country finished second in the points table in Tokyo Olympics 2020?
(A) Japan
(B) USA
(C) China
(D) Russia
Which country finished 3rd at the points table in Tokyo Olympics 2020?
(A) China
(B) Japan
(C) Russia
(D) UK

Which country have won most Gold medals in Tokyo Olympics 2020?
(A) UK
(B) China
(C) Japan
(D) USA

USA have won 39 gold medals in Tokyo Olympics 2020 which is most by any team.
China have won how many gold medals in Tokyo Olympics 2020?
(A) 34
(B) 36
(C) 38
(D) 40

According to Forbes Real-time Billionaires list published on 05 August 2021

who is the richest man in the world?
(A) Bill Gates
(B) Bernard Arnault
(C) Elon Musk
(D) Mukesh Ambani
Pakistani Arshad Nadeem finishes at which place in Javelin Throw at Tokyo

Olympics 2020?
(A) 2nd
(B) 3rd
(C) 4th
(D) 5th

Ebrahim Raisi sworn in as new President of?

(A) Iraq
(B) Kuwait
(C) Iran
(D) Indonesia

Who becomes 1st player to claim hat-trick in T20I debut?

(A) Ashton Agar
(B) Nathan Ellis
(C) Ashton Turner
(D) Adam Zampa

In which province hindu temple was vandalised by people on 04 August 2021?

(A) KPK
(B) Sindh
(C) Punjab
(D) Balochistan

On 04 August 2021, hundreds of people had vandalised the temple in Bhong(A town in Rahim Yar Khan)
and blocked the Sukkur-Multan Motorway after a nine-year-old Hindu boy, who allegedly urinated in a
local seminary was granted bail by a local court.
New Zealand cricket team will tour Pakistan in September 2021 for the first
time in?
(A) 14 Years
(B) 15 Years
(C) 16 Years
(D) 18 Years

Who is elected as the Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir?

(A) Riaz Ahmed
(B) Anwar-Ul-Haq
(C) Abdul Qayyum Niazi

Abdul Qayyum Niazi elected as the __ Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and
Kashmir.
(A) 9th
(B) 10th
(C) 11th
(D) 13th

Who is appointed as the Speaker of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative

Assembly?
(A) Riaz Ahmed
(B) Chaudhry Anwar-Ul-Haq
(C) Masoom Malik
Who is appointed as the Deputy Speaker of Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Legislative Assembly?
(A) Riaz Ahmed
(B) Mansoor Ali Khan
(C) Asim Salim Malik

Nikol Pashinyan Re-appointed as Prime Minister of?

(A) Azerbaijan
(B) Georgia
(C) Armenia

UK court orders NAB to pay __ to Broadsheet.

(A) $1.0m
(B) $1.1m
(C) $1.2m
(D) $1.5m

A London High Court has ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and Pakistan government
to pay a sum of 1.2 million dollars to asset-recovery firm Broadsheet LLC by next week.
2021 meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was held on?

(A) 10 July 2021
(B) 11 July 2021
(C) 12 July 2021
(D) 14 July 2021
Which province has become the first one in the country for take a historic step
of enforcing single curriculum from 02 August 2021?
(A) Sindh
(B) KPK
(C) Balochistan
(D) Punjab
Who became the first German man to become an Olympic tennis champion?
(A) Alexander Zverev
(B) Daniil Medvedev
(C) Stefanos Tsitsipas
(D) Andrey Rublev

Afghanistan first gym for women opens in?

(A) Kabul
(B) Kandhar
(C) Herat
(D) Jalalabad

Amid the Taliban fighters rapidly gaining ground in entire Afghanistan, a woman has opened the first
gym for women in the Kandahar city of Afghanistan.
Recently which social media platform introduced ‘Marketplace` for Pakistani

entrepreneurs?
(A) Instagram
(B) Twitter
(C) Facebook
(D) Pinterest

A new chapter of e-commerce is said to start in the country after social media giant Facebook introduced its
customer-to-customer platform that will enable people to buy and sell items.
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Current Affairs Mcqs PDF August 2021

Identify the first city to host the Paralympics twice?

Correct Option is:: B

Correct Option is:: D

”Women Safety App” launched by Police of which province?

Recently in which country Co-education have been banned?

Correct Option is:: B

Ramiz Raja becomes the __ chairman of PCB.

Correct Option is:: B

Who is appointed as the new Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board?

Correct Option is:: C

Who won World Youth Scrabble Championship 2021 hosted by Pakistan?

Correct Option is:: C

PM Imran Khan launched which housing scheme for oversease Pakistanis?

Correct Option is:: C

Who is the only athlete to reach base camp of K-2 on bike?

Correct Option is:: C

Correct Option is:: A

Barrister Sultan Mehmood takes oath as __ president of Azad Kashmir on 25

Correct Option is:: C

Pakistan conducts successful test of GMLRS Fatah-1 missile on 24 August

Correct Option is:: C

PM Imran Khan inaugurates Pakistan’s first-ever ”smart forest” in?

World’s First fossil-free steel manufactured in which country?

Correct Option is:: B

World Economic Forum’s annual Sustainable Development Impact Summit will

Correct Option is:: B

Identify the name of first Pakistani woman to climb Gasherbrum II peak?

Correct Option is:: B

Recently __ has launched a new ‘Cybersecurity Multi-Donor Trust Fund’.

Correct Option is:: C

Who is the current Ameer of Afghan Taliban?

Correct Option is:: A

Correct Option is:: B

Recently which country approves three child policy to prevent demographic

Correct Option is:: D

Ismail Sabri Yaakob appointed as the new Prime Minister of?

Correct Option is:: B

Correct Option is:: A

According to UN E-Government Development Index (EGDI) report Pakistan

In which city of Pakistan bomb blast occur on the day of Ashura?

Correct Option is:: D

Next Olympic games will be held in?

Correct Option is:: B

Olympic games 2024 will be held in?

Correct Option is:: A

Who is elected as president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir?

The International Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens

Correct Option is:: D

Correct Option is:: A

Afghan Taliban took control of Afghanistan and return to power on 15 August

Correct Option is:: C

Pakistan have celebrated __ independence day on 14 August 2021.

Pakistan successfully test-fired a short-range surface-to-surface nuclear-capable

Correct Option is:: C

Who is the current chairman of National Commission for minorities?

Correct Option is:: C

Recently which country reports first case of Marburg Virus?

Correct Option is:: C

Lionel Messi left Barcelona Football Club after?

What is the current Hijri year?

Correct Option is:: B

Correct Option is:: D