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Which city recently exhibited a wax figure of former prime minister

Benazir Bhutto?
(A) Paris
(B) Dubai
(C) Beijing
(D) Karachi

Correct Option is: B

Which nation holds the top spot in the 2023 Henley Passport Index?
(A) Finland
(B) Switzerland
(C) Japan
(D) Singapore

Correct Option is: D

Who made 500 international appearances in cricket, becoming the 10th

player to do so?
(A) Virat Kohli
(B) Rohit Sharma
(C) Babar Azam
(D) Steve Smith
Correct Option is: A

Which nation formally joined ASEAN’s Treaty of Amity and Cooperation

(TAC) as the 51st member?
(A) Iran
(B) Nepal
(C) Saudi Arabi
(D) Yemen

Correct Option is: C

__ is the current Hijri year.

(A) 1444 AH
(B) 1445 AH
(C) 1446 AH
(D) 1447 AH

Correct Option is: B

Which nation enacted a contentious judicial reform bill to limit the power
of the Supreme Court to overrule rulings by government ministers?
(A) India
(B) Pakistan
(C) Israel
(D) Finland

Correct Option is: C

Who won men’s single Wimbeldon tennis 2023 title?

(A) Novak Djokovic
(B) C. Alcaraz Garfia
(C) Rafael Nadal
(D) Andy Murry

Correct Option is: B

Which country is Carlos Alcaraz from, who just won his first Wimbledon
title?
(A) Spain
(B) UK
(C) Russia
(D) Switzerland

Correct Option is: A

Recently which country appointed its first female head of central bank?
(A) India
(B) Pakistan
(C) Iran
(D) Australia

Correct Option is: D

Which border crossing will the ‘Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (UAP)’

train connection enter Pakistan?
(A) Kharlachi Border Crossing
(B) Torkham Border Crossing
(C) Pak-Afghan Ghulam Khan Border Crossing

(D) None of the above

Correct Option is: A

When was a trilateral agreement struck in Islamabad between

‘Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (UAP)’ to develop a 573-kilometer rail
link?
(A) 16 July 2023
(B) 18 July 2023
(C) 19 July 2023
(D) 21 July 2023

Correct Option is: C

What city hosted the world’s first human-robot press conference?
(A) Beijing
(B) Tokyo
(C) Moscow
(D) Geneva

Correct Option is: D

The International Telecommunication Union organised the ‘AI for Good’ conference in
Geneva, which included nine humanoid robots, making it the world’s first human-robot
press conference.

Which country launched world first methane fuelled space rocket?

(A) Japan
(B) Russia
(C) USA
(D) China

Correct Option is: D

A private Chinese business dubbed “Zhuque-2” launched the world’s first methane-fueled
space rocket into orbit.

Which nation bestowed the Global Woman Inspiration Award to

Pakistani entrepreneur Huma Fakhar?
(A) United States
(B) United Kingdom
(C) Qatar
(D) Dubai

Correct Option is: B

Which Pakistani won Global man of the decade award 2023?

(A) Imran Khan
(B) Malik Riaz
(C) Dr Amjad Saqib
(D) Sadruddin Hashwani
Correct Option is: C

Pakistani philanthropist and founder of the largest interest-free microfinance platform Dr

Amjad Saqib has been named ‘Global Man of the Decade’ for his extraordinary
contributions. He got the award at the Global Women Awards ceremony held in the United
Kingdom.

Recently Pakistan gets another ___ million loan from China.

(A) $600
(B) $1000
(C) $2000
(D) $1500

Correct Option is: A

Recently which two nations have agreed to work together to stop border
attacks by militants?
(A) India and Pakistan
(B) China and India
(C) Iran and Pakistan
(D) Pakistan and Afghanistan

Correct Option is: C

According to NASA out of 111 lunar missions in last seven decades how
many were successful?
(A) 34
(B) 62
(C) 78
(D) 93

Correct Option is: B

Which country just gave SpaceX a license to operate as a supplier of

internet services?
(A) Pakistan
(B) India
(C) Mongolia
(D) Iran

Correct Option is: C

Who is the new Chief Minister of Gilgit Baltistan?

(A) Syed Mehdi Shah
(B) Haji Gulbar Khan
(C) Javed Ali Manwa
(D) Syed Sohail Abbas

Correct Option is: B

When Haji Gulbar Khan takes oath as the Chief Minister of Gilgit
Baltistan?
(A) 09 July 2023
(B) 11 July 2023
(C) 13 July 2023
(D) 14 July 2023

Correct Option is: C

In which country food and drug administration authority give approval to

first ever counter birth control pill?
(A) India
(B) USA
(C) UK
(D) Pakistan

Correct Option is: B

Federal authorities made the first over-the-counter birth control pill available in the United
States on 13 July 2023, marking a watershed moment in decades-long attempts to make
oral contraceptives more accessible, particularly to teens and women who don’t visit a
doctor on a regular basis.

Recently which country launched its first open source computer

operating system named OpenKylin?
(A) India
(B) Japan
(C) China
(D) Russia

Correct Option is: C

China released the country’s first open-source desktop operating system (OS), OpenKylin
1.0, with the goal of developing an independent software system and reducing dependency
on US technology.

Which country has been named the most peaceful country in the world
for the 15th time in a row, according to the Global Peace Index?
(A) New Zealand
(B) Switzerland
(C) Ireland
(D) Iceland

Correct Option is: D

Longest-serving After __ years in charge, Dutch Prime Minister Mark

Rutte is stepping down.
(A) 10
(B) 13
(C) 15
(D) 16

Correct Option is: B

Which country just found the world’s greatest high-grade phosphate

reserves?
(A) Norway
(B) Denmark
(C) Finland
(D) Italy

Correct Option is: A

When did Pakistan strike an agreement with Switzerland to combat
natural disasters?
(A) 01 July 2023
(B) 03 July 2023
(C) 07 July 2023
(D) 08 July 2023

Correct Option is: D

Which country former foreign minister becomes EU’s first openly gay
head of state?
(A) Estonia
(B) Lithuania
(C) Latvia
(D) Russia

Correct Option is: C

__ is the first country to prohibit the use of plastic produce bags.

(A) Australia
(B) United Kingdom
(C) Spain
(D) New Zealand

Correct Option is: D

Recently which nation becomes full member of Shanghai Cooperation

Organization?
(A) Cambodia
(B) Iran
(C) Nepal
(D) Sri Lanka

Correct Option is: B

Which company has unveiled an app called Threads to rival Twitter?

(A) Google
(B) Meta
(C) Microsoft
(D) Apple

Correct Option is: B

When Mark Zuckerberg officially launched the app thread?

(A) 01 July 2023
(B) 03 July 2023
(C) 06 July 2023
(D) 07 July 2023

Correct Option is: C

Gilgit Baltistan CM Khalid Khursheed Khan disqualified by the Gilgit

Baltistan Chief Court over the allegation of?
(A) Fake Degree
(B) Nepotism
(C) Misuse of Govt resources
(D) Fake appointments in the Govt Jobs

Correct Option is: A

Recently UK, Sweden, Canada and Ukraine launched a case against __

at the International Court of Justice.
(A) Iran
(B) Pakistan
(C) India
(D) Saudi Arabia

Correct Option is: A

On July 5, 2023, the United Kingdom, Canada, Sweden, and Ukraine filed a complaint
against Iran at the International Court of Justice over the downing of a Ukrainian
passenger plane in 2020, which killed all 176 passengers and crew.
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the State Bank of Pakistan,
Pakistan released a __ commemorative banknote.
(A) Rs.65
(B) Rs.70
(C) Rs.75
(D) Rs.80

Correct Option is: C

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will continue to lead the

organisation for another?
(A) 1 year
(B) 1.5 years
(C) 2 years
(D) 2.5 years

Correct Option is: A

According to the QS World University Rankings 2024, which university

holds the highest ranking?
(A) University of Cambridge
(B) University of California, Berkeley
(C) National University of Singapore
(D) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Correct Option is: D

What is Pakistan rank in the Global Competitiveness Index 2023?

(A) 101
(B) 110
(C) 123
(D) 128

Correct Option is: B

After receiving the loan of $3 Billion from IMF, Pakistan will become the
___ largest IMF borrower in the world.
(A) 3rd
(B) 4th
(C) 5th
(D) 7th

Correct Option is: B

Recently which country launches “digital nomad strategy” for foreign

workers?
(A) UK
(B) USA
(C) Canada
(D) Russia

Correct Option is: C

Foreign employees are allowed to stay in Canada for up to six months under the digital
nomad policy. If students obtain employment offers during their stay, they have the option
to extend their stay. This effort aims to address the scarcity of competent individuals in
Canada’s technology sector.

Which country tested on high speed train at up to 453 km/h, fastest in

world?
(A) Russia
(B) Japan
(C) China
(D) United Kingdom

Correct Option is: C

On July 1, 2023, China Railway announced the successful completion of performance tests
of new high-tech components critical to CR450 high-speed trains at speeds exceeding 400
kilometres per hour (km/h), said to be the fastest in the world, marking another milestone
in China’s world-leading high-speed rail technology.

On which date Pakistan and IMF reached staff level agreement of bailout
package?
(A) June 25, 2023
(B) June 26, 2023
(C) June 28, 2023
(D) June 30, 2023

Correct Option is: D

Pakistan has reached a staff level agreement with the IMF for a __
bailout package.
(A) $2 Billion
(B) $3 Billion
(C) $4 Billion
(D) $5 Billion

Correct Option is: B