Current Affairs - 600 MCQs (2019- 2020) 01. The theme of World Water Day 2020 is 06. Which country hosted the inaugural G20 ? finance ministers’ and central bank A. Water and Climate Change governors’ meeting ? B. Water and Jobs A. Saudi Arabia C. Nature for Water D. Water and Energy B. USA C. China 02. Which country has recently pledged 5 D. UAE Million US dollars to COVID-19 SAARC emergency fund ? 07. Recently Huntington disease is in news. (a) Afghanistan Which body part gets affected by (b) Bangladesh Huntington disease ? (c) Nepal A. Brain (d) Sri Lanka B. Lung C. Heart Compiled & Edited by Aamir Mahar 03. Sindh Govt. has imposed a province- D. Skin wide lockdown for 15 days in order to contain the spread of COVID-19 on ? 08. Which country has recommended the A. Mar 21, 2020 use of Bear bile as a cure of COVID-19 ? B. Mar 23, 2020 A. Germany C. Mar 25, 2020 B. France D. Mar 24,2020 C. US D. China 04. Who is the Current Prime Minister of Itlay ? 09. The theme for Global Recycling Day A. Giuseppe-Conto 2020 was ? B. Nicola-Sturgeon A. Practicing 3R’s C. Pedro-Sanchez B. Recycling Heroes D. Conto-Pedro C. Recycling into the future D. Recycle and Reproduce 05. Scientists at which US University have found that cold plasma can kill 99.9% of 10. 7th World Cities Summit 2020 to be airborne viruses ? held in which country from July 5 to 9 ? A. Clemson University A. China B. University of Michigan B. UK C. Stanford University C. Saudi Arabia D. Yale University D. Singapore 1 Current Affairs - 600 MCQs (2019- 2020) 11. Which organization has announced USD 15. Who is the current head of World 6.5 billion package for developing member Health Organization (WHO) ? countries for COVID-19 ? A. Antonio Guterres A. ADB B. Robert Redfield B. World Bank C. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus C. IMF D. Henrietta H Fore D. NDB 16. The theme for International Day of 12. Which is NASA’s mission to study Giant Forests 2020 ? Solar Particle Storms ? A. Forests and Biodiversity A. Stormy B. Forests and Sustainable Cities B. SunRISE C. Forests and Education C. Sincerity D. Forests and Energy D. Solidarity Compiled & Edited by Aamir Mahar 17. Which city will host the International 13. First virtual G20 summit 2020 was held Olympic Committee’s (IOC) session in 2023 on ? ? A. March 27th A. Abha B. March 26th B. Hyderabad C. March 28th C. Mumbai D. March 29th D. Abu Dhabi The first G-20 virtual summit held on March 26, 2020. It will be held under the 18. Denys Shmygal became the new Prime chairmanship of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman. Minister of which country ? The summit is bring together the world’s 20 A. Croatia major economies to discuss measures to B. Serbia respond to COVID 19 pandemic. C. Ukraine D. Austria 14. Which country was world’s second- largest arms importer in 2015-19 according 19. World Future Energy Summit 2020 was to a report of Stockholm International held in which country ? Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) ? A. Abu Dhabi (a) Saudi Arabia B. New Delhi (b) India C. Colombo (c) Egypt D. Tokyo (d) Russia 20. The theme for this year’s World Future 2 Energy Summit 2020 ? Current Affairs - 600 MCQs (2019- 2020) A. Powering the future of Energy and D. Italian Sustainability B. Rethinking Global Consumption, 25. Hantaviruses are spread to humans Production, and Investment through contact with certain animals. C. Embracing the future, Welcoming Animals are ? Disruption A. Deer mice D. Driving the Global Energy transformation B. New World rats C. White-footed mice 21. Tsai Ing-wen has won the second D. All of the above presidential term, she belongs to which country ? 26: What group(s) of people has/have a A. Hong Kong higher risk of developing severe disease and B. Vietnam death due to Coronavirus (Covid-19) ? C. Thailand I. Women and Children D. Taiwan Compiled & Edited by Aamir Mahar II. 60 years old or above III. people already underlying medical 22. After __ years the United States & conditions Taliban signed historic peace agreement in A. I only Doha, Qatar ? B. II only A. 16 C. I and II B. 18 D. II and III C. 19 D. 17 27: Which from the following is NOT a common symptom of Covid-19 infection ? 23. The name of Pak-Bahrain joint exercise (A) Fever held in National Counter Terrorism Center (B) Tiredness Pabbi in February 2020 ? (C) Headache A. Al-Saif IV (D) Dry cough B. Al-Asr III C. Al-Badar IV 28: US President Donald Trump was D. Al-Salat acquitted from abuse of power and obstruction of Congress (impeachment) 24.The Rising Blue mural at Centre point in charges on ? Karachi has been designed by ___ artist (A) 5 February 2020 Giuseppe Percivati ? (B) 7 February 2020 A. German (C) 9 February 2020 B. French (D) 11 February 2020 3 C. Spanish Current Affairs - 600 MCQs (2019- 2020) 29: The Coronavirus causes ? 34: On 10 January 2020, PM inaugurated (A) respiratory infections Dry Port in which district of Khyber (B) Blood Cancer Pakhtunkhwa ? (C) Heart Attack (A) Bannu (D) T.B (B) Abbottabad (C) Peshawar 30: The recent leap year, where February (D) Nowshera has/had 29 days, is/was ? (A) 2017 (B) 2018 been selected for UN peacekeeping force, (C) 2019 What is her name ? (D) 2020 (Ring of Fire) A. MahoorNaz B. Mahnoor Ali 31. Gunmen attacked on Sikh temple on 25 C. IqraHaider March 2020 in ? Compiled & Edited by Aamir Mahar D. Gull Nisa A. Pakistan B. India 36. A video conference of SAARC leaders on C. Afghanistan CoronaVirus was held on ? D. Iran A. 12 March 2020 B. 13 March 2020 32. Summer Olympics 2020 has been C. 14 March 2020 postponed for one year that was planned to D. 15 March 2020 be held in ? A. Italy 37. Muhammad Qasim Khan has sworn in as B. China new Chief Justice of______ on 19 March C. Japan 2020 ? D. USA A. Peshawar High Court B. Islamabad High Court 33: On 21 December 2019 Justice Gulzar C. Lahore High Court Ahmed took oath as _____ chief justice of D. Karachi High Court Pakistan ? (A) 23rd 38. Which Pakistani scientist has been (B) 25th elected as Chair of Consultative Group of (C) 27th Experts (CGE) of United Nations Framework (D) 29th Convention on Climate Change ? A. ArifGoheer B. Waqar Hassan 4 C. NaeemGoheer Current Affairs - 600 MCQs (2019- 2020) D. AkramGhafoor 44: First Pakistani to climb seven peaks of over 8,000 metres in the world is ? 39: PM Imran Khan recently wrote an article (a) SaminaBaig in ? (b) Ali Sadpara (a) Washington Post (c) Mirza Ali Baig (b) New York Times (d) None of These (c) USA today (d) None of These 45. Who has recently been nominated as Prime Minister of Iraq by President Barham 40: Pakistan will send first astronaut into Salih ? space in 2022 with help of ? A. Mohammad Mosaddek (a) Qatar B. Adnan Jurfi (b) China C. Akbar Hashmi Rafsanjani (c) USA D. Hussain Dehqan (d) None of These Compiled & Edited by Aamir Mahar 46.__ nation’s leader called ‘Coronavirus’ its 41: Which Government has Launch biggest challenge since World War II ? Helicopter Service to Promote Tourism ? a) France (a) Sindh b) Germany (b) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa c) Italy (c) Punjab d) Spain (d) Balochistan 47. Members of Quadrilateral group are US, 42: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan awarded honorary Pakistan, China and ___ ? doctorate degree by ? (a) India (a) Cambridge University (b) Russia (b) Harvard University (c) Afghanistan (c) Oxford University (d) None of the above. (d) None of These 48. What is the rank of Pakistan in the (EIU) 43: How many medals won by Team Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Pakistan in World Memory Sports Council’s Index 2019 ? UK Open Championships 2019 ? A. 102 (a) 5 Medals B. 104 (b) 7 Medals C. 106 (c) 3 Medals D. 108 (d) None of These 5 Current Affairs - 600 MCQs (2019- 2020) 49. Which university in Pakistan developed 54. The name of PAF’s Wing Commander testing kits for detecting Covid-19 ? who embraced martyrdom in F-16 crash in A. NUST Islamabad on 11th march 2020 ? B. Avicenna Medical College A. Hassan Siddiqui C. GIKI B. Naveed Ali D. CIIT C. Noman Akram D. Ali Imran 50. Noman Akram was PAF’s _____ who embraced martyrdom in F-16 crash on 11th 55. The theme for World Wildlife Day 2020 march 2020 ? was ____ ? A. Squadron leader (a) Sustaining all life on Earth B. Group captain (b) Wildlife Crime is serious, let’s get serious C. Wing Commander about wildlife crime D. Air commodore (c) Big cats: predators under threat Compiled & Edited by Aamir Mahar (d) Listen to the young voices 51. Which billionaire donated 500K coronavirus test kits and 1 million face 56. The 43rd session of International Fund masks to US ? for Agricultural Development (IFAD) was A. Jeff Bezos held in was held in _______ city from 11-12 B. Jack Ma Feb 2020 ? C. Bill Gates A. Rome, Italy D. Mark Zukerberg B. Islamabad, Pakistan C. Delhi, India 52. IMF announces ____ program to fight D. Paris, France Coronavirus outbreak ? A. $35 billion 57. Who is the Current IG of National B. $43 billion Highways and Motorway Police (NHMP) ? C. $50 billion A. Amjad Javid Saleemi D. $54 billion B. Allah Dino Khawaja C. Muhammad Aamir Zulfiqar Khan 53. Which Global organization says it’s D.