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Recently first neutral internet exchange in Pakistan powered by DE-CIX

launched by?
(A) Fiberlink
(B) PTCL
(C) StormFiber
(D) Optix

Correct Option is: B

The world’s top Internet exchange (IX) operator, DE-CIX, and Pakistan
Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the largest integrated ICT company in
Pakistan, jointly launched “Pakistan Internet Exchange (PIE) powered by DE-CIX,” the
nation’s first carrier-neutral IX, on January 29, 2024.

In which case Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years jail?

(A) Toshakhana Case
(B) Cypher Case
(C) 9-May incidents case
(D) All of the above

Correct Option is: B

In a case involving the leakage of state secrets, a Pakistani court has sentenced former
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Prime Minister Imran Khan to ten years in
prison.

Who wins the 2023 ICC Awards as the captain of the ICC Men’s ODI team of
the year?
(A) Rohit Sharma
(B) Pat Cummins
(C) Jos Buttler
(D) Kane Williamson

Correct Option is: A

Recently which logistics company launched World’s Largest Ship Fueled by

Methanol?
(A) Americold
(B) Maersk
(C) DB Schenker
(D) J.B. Hunt

Correct Option is: B

With its distinction as the largest container ship in the world powered by green methanol, a
byproduct of green hydrogen, the Ane Maersk symbolizes a daring step towards a more
environmentally friendly future. With this cutting-edge propulsion technology,
environmentally responsible maritime transportation enters a new chapter.

Which nation became the 5th to land a spacecraft on the moon named “Slim”?
(A) Japan
(B) Russia
(C) China
(D) France

Correct Option is: A

With the historic landing of SLIM on the moon, Japan’s Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency (JAXA) cemented its membership in the exclusive club of countries that have made
lunar surface landings, which also includes the US, the USSR, India, and China.
Who is appointed as new Director General of Federal Investigation Agency
FIA?
(A) Zaheer Abbas
(B) Ahmad Ishaque Jehangir
(C) Mohsin Hassan Butt
(D) Saleem Durani

Correct Option is: B

A Grade-21 officer in the Pakistani Police Service, Ahmad Ishaque Jehangir is also the
leader of the newly established Joint Investigation Team (JIT) looking into the purported
anti-judiciary campaign.

Recently who ordered Israel to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza?

(A) United Nations
(B) International Court of Justice
(C) Court of Justice of the European Union
(D) International Criminal Court

Correct Option is: B

On the request of South Africa, International Court of Justice ordered Israel to prevent
acts of Genocide in Gaza.

Recently which muslim country allow alcohol sales to non-Muslim diplomats

for first time?
(A) Pakistan
(B) Iran
(C) Saudi Arabia
(D) Qatar

Correct Option is: C

Saudi Arabia intends to relax the stringent laws controlling alcohol in the conservative
nation by permitting the sale of alcohol to non-Muslim ambassadors for the first time.

In which country solar power stations are being installed at world heritage
sites?
(A) Egypt
(B) India
(C) Nepal
(D) Pakistan

Correct Option is: A

At Egyptian World Heritage Sites, solar power plants were officially opened, helping to
significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions and supporting global sustainability
objectives, especially Sustainable Development Goals 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) and
13 (Climate Action).

Pakistan, Iran`s envoys set to make comeback by __ January.

(A) 25th
(B) 26th
(C) 28th
(D) 29th

Correct Option is: B

Following a diplomatic disagreement that intensified with Iranian assaults on Pakistani

territory, Pakistan and Iran decided on January 22, 2024, to reinstall their ambassadors by
January 26. In addition, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has accepted
an offer from his Pakistani colleague Jalil Abbas Jilani to visit Islamabad on January 29.
The two foreign ministers had their third phone contact since the Iranian attacks, during
which they came to this arrangement.

Which nation tested its undersea nuclear weapons system recently?

(A) South Korea
(B) North Korea
(C) Pakistan
(D) Japan

Correct Option is: B

North Korea strategically tested its undersea nuclear weapons system, known as “Haeil-5-
23.”

What is the name of temple that India is building on the site of the demolished
Babri Mosque?
(A) Jagannath Temple
(B) Badrinath temple
(C) Ram Temple
(D) Kashi Vishwanath Temple

Correct Option is: C

Recently Pakistan received an installment of __ from IMF.

(A) 550 Million Dollar
(B) 600 Million Dollar
(C) 650 Million Dollar
(D) 700 Million Dollar

Correct Option is: D

Which nation’s company, Betavolt, introduced a nuclear battery that promises

to provide electricity for 50 years without requiring maintenance?
(A) China
(B) India
(C) United States
(D) Japan

Correct Option is: A

Recently Japan signed a deal to buy 400 long-range Tomahawk missiles from
which country?
(A) United Kingdom
(B) China
(C) United States
(D) Germany

Correct Option is: C

On January 18, 2024, Japan and the United States reached an agreement to purchase 400
long-range Tomahawk missiles as part of Japan’s military buildup to combat challenges to
regional security. In response to the expanding military might of China and North Korea,
which possesses nuclear weapons, the Japanese government intends to raise defense
expenditure to two percent of GDP, the level set by NATO, by 2027.
Which nation has consented to hold the international peace conference
intended to end the war that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine started?
(A) India
(B) Saudi Arabia
(C) Switzerland
(D) Argentina

Correct Option is: C

On January 15, 2024, at the request of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy,

Switzerland consented to hold an international peace conference on Ukraine.

Who is the host of ICC under 19 men’s cricket world cup 2024?
(A) Pakistan
(B) South Africa
(C) India
(D) Sri Lanka

Correct Option is: B

South Africa is the Host of ICC Men’s under 19 cricket world cup. The tournament is
being played from January 19 to February 11 2024.

Which country population fell for a second consecutive year in 2023?

(A) India
(B) Pakistan
(C) China
(D) United Kingdom

Correct Option is: C

In 2023, China’s population declined for a second year in a row due to a record low birth
rate and a wave of Covid-19 fatalities that followed the lifting of stringent lockdowns. This
decline will have a significant long-term impact on the country’s prospects for economic
progress. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, China’s population fell by 2.08
million, or 0.15 percent, to 1.409 billion in 2023. That was much more than the 850,000
population decrease in 2022—the first since 1961, during the Great Famine of the Mao
Zedong regime.
Recently which country deadly strike on Pakistan territory and violated air
space policy?
(A) India
(B) Afghanistan
(C) Iran
(D) China

Correct Option is: C

Pakistan has said that following airstrikes by neighboring Iran that it described as a
breach of its airspace, two children were slain and three more were wounded.

Which nation’s experts studied how wind turbines affected woodland bat
activity?
(A) Pakistan
(B) India
(C) China
(D) Germany

Correct Option is: D

German scientists studied how wind turbines affected the activity of woodland bats. The
study, which examined three different bat foraging groups, found that as wind speeds rose
close to functioning wind turbines, the activity of narrow-space foraging bats—who are
especially dependent on forest habitat—declined significantly.

Which country launched lotus-shaped satellite to study cosmic rays?

(A) Pakistan
(B) UAE
(C) Russia
(D) China

Correct Option is: D

China launched a lotus-shaped satellite as part of the Einstein Probe mission, from the
Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in the Sichuan Province in southwest China. The satellite
is intended to demonstrate China’s progress in space research by observing enigmatic
fleeting occurrences in the universe.
21 Years old Pakistan shooter Kashmala Talat qualifies for?
(A) Paris Olympics
(B) Asian Games
(C) 2024 Summer Olympics
(D) None of the above

Correct Option is: A

Kishmala Talat, a shooter from Pakistan, won a silver medal at the Asian Shooting
Championship, which allowed her to qualify for the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

Tshering Tobgay has been elected for a second term as the Prime Minister of
which country?
(A) Nepal
(B) Bhutan
(C) Vietnam
(D) Cambodia

Correct Option is: B

According to the Skytrax awards 2023 which airport named World’s Best
Airport?
(A) Seoul Incheon International Airport
(B) Hamad International Airport
(C) Tokyo Haneda International Airport
(D) Singapore’s Changi Airport

Correct Option is: D

Gabriel Attal 34 years old, recently became youngest-ever Prime Minister of

which country?
(A) Japan
(B) Spain
(C) Argentina
(D) France

Correct Option is: D

President Emmanuel Macron nominated 34-year-old Gabriel Attal as France’s youngest-
ever prime minister. Being the first out homosexual official to occupy such a prominent
position, Attal also created history.

Scientists of which organization have said that 2023 was the hottest year ever
recorded?
(A) SpaceX
(B) European Union
(C) ILO
(D) World Meteorological Organization

Correct Option is: B

Out of 104 countries Pakistani passport ranks at which position at the start of
year 2024?
(A) 97th
(B) 99th
(C) 100th
(D) 101th

Correct Option is: D

The nation’s passport has a score of 34 on the Henley Passport Index, placing it 101st out
of 104 countries, according to the company’s Global Mobility Report 2024. This indicates
that among the 227 places in the index, only 34 are accessible without a visa for persons
holding a regular Pakistani passport.

Pakistan will start receiving PayPal payments for freelancers from which
month?
(A) February 2024
(B) March 2024
(C) August 2024
(D) November 2024

Correct Option is: A

When First ever Global Health Security Summit started in Pakistan?

(A) January 5, 2024
(B) January 6, 2024
(C) January 7, 2024
(D) January 10, 2024

Correct Option is: D

On January 10, 2024, the inaugural two-day Global Health Security Summit got underway
with the goal of addressing the serious issues raised by threats to global health. Under the
theme “Together for a Healthy Planet,” the conference seeks to improve global health
security by promoting cross-border collaboration, information sharing, and strategic
alliances.

Which Pakistan Court sustain Pervez Musharraf’s death sentence in treason

case?
(A) Islamabad High Court
(B) Supreme Court of Pakistan
(C) Lahore High Court
(D) The Anti Terrorism Court of Pakistan

Correct Option is: B

On January 10, 2024, the Supreme Court of Pakistan affirmed the execution sentence of
General Pervez Musharraf, the late military dictator, which had been imposed by a special
court in 2019 in connection with a high treason case.

Which province Chief Minister announces 26,000 interest-free e-bikes for

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

Correct Option is: B

Sheikh Hasina re-elected as the PM of Bangladesh for the __ times.

(A) 3rd
(B) 4th
(C) 5th
(D) 6th
Correct Option is: C

Recently Kyrgyzstan declares which of the following as its national symbol?

(A) Lion
(B) Snow Leopard
(C) Eagle
(D) None of the above

Correct Option is: B

Long March-11 carrier rocket recently launched by which country?

(A) India
(B) Pakistan
(C) China
(D) USA

Correct Option is: C

From the seas off Yangjiang, Guangdong Province, China successfully launched the Long
March-11 carrier rocket, putting three satellites in the intended orbit for space science and
technology studies.

In Arton capital passport index 2024 ranking, Pakistan lies at which position in
the list?
(A) 94th
(B) 97th
(C) 98th
(D) 99th

Correct Option is: A

Which country ranked first in the Arton Capital Passport index 2024?
(A) Japan
(B) China
(C) UAE
(D) UK
Correct Option is: C

With a mobility score of 180, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) passport is the strongest in
the world.A UAE passport bearer does not need a previous visa in order to enter 130
countries. Because of the travel document’s immense strength, its bearer can obtain a visa
in 50 countries right away.

Former PM Imran Khan article is recently published in which newspaper?

(A) The Sun
(B) Daily Mail
(C) The Daily Telegraph
(D) The Economist

Correct Option is: D

Pakistan Former PM write an article for the top English Newspaper from jail. The title of
the article was “Imran Khan warns that Pakistan’s election could be a farce”.

When is Angola scheduled to leave the Organization of the Petroleum

Exporting Countries (OPEC)?
(A) January 1, 2024
(B) January 2, 2024
(C) January 5, 2024
(D) January 10, 2024

Correct Option is: A

ngola, a major producer of oil, announced that it will be leaving the Organization of the
Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) as of January 1, 2024. This action continues a
pattern of countries with relatively modest oil output severing ties with the powerful oil-
exporting organization, as seen with Ecuador in 2020 and Qatar in 2019.

What medal did Shehzad Qureshi win in the WBPF World Bodybuilding and
Physique Sports Championships 2023?
(A) Silver
(B) Gold
(C) Bronze
(D) Both A and B
Correct Option is: A

What was the annual short-term inflation rate in the year ending 2023 in
Pakistan?
(A) 42.56%
(B) 43.25%
(C) 44.89%
(D) 48.70%

Correct Option is: B

According to official figures released on December 29, 2023, the annual short-term
inflation rate increased marginally to 43.25 percent in the week ending on December 28,
mostly due to a sharp rise in gas prices. According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, the
weekly inflation rate was above 41 percent for the sixth consecutive week with the most
recent data. Gas (1,109%), cigarettes (93%), chilli powder (81.7%), wheat flour (73.8%),
garlic (70.7%), tomatoes (65.3%), IRRI-6/9 and broken basmati rice (58.5%), men’s
sponge chappal (58%), and sugar (54.3%) were the products whose costs climbed the
highest on an annual basis.

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) recently sign its second Free Trade
Agreement (FTA) this year with which country?
(A) South Korea
(B) North Korea
(C) China
(D) Pakistan

Correct Option is: A

With the signing of its second Free Trade Agreement (FTA) this year with South Korea, the
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) demonstrated its commitment to fortifying investment ties
and broadening its economic base.