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NTS / PTS Current Affairs MCQs with Answers

123 practice MCQs on Current Affairs for NTS / PTS tests. Think of your answer first, then open "Show answer and explanation". These are practice questions, not official examination papers.

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Q41. The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) was founded in:

  1. 1969
  2. 2001
  3. 1980
  4. 1947
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Correct answer: A. 1969

It was founded in Rabat in 1969.

Q42. SAARC was founded in:

  1. 1971
  2. 1985
  3. 1991
  4. 2001
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Correct answer: B. 1985

SAARC was founded in Dhaka in December 1985.

Q43. The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) was established in 1985 by Pakistan, Iran and:

  1. Turkey
  2. Afghanistan
  3. Iraq
  4. Saudi Arabia
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Correct answer: A. Turkey

ECO grew out of the RCD, whose members were Iran, Pakistan and Turkey.

Q44. NATO was established in:

  1. 1939
  2. 1991
  3. 1949
  4. 1955
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Correct answer: C. 1949

NATO was formed in April 1949.

Q45. The Warsaw Pact was dissolved in:

  1. 1991
  2. 1999
  3. 1975
  4. 1985
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Correct answer: A. 1991

It ended in 1991 with the fall of the Soviet bloc.

Q46. The Soviet Union collapsed in:

  1. 1991
  2. 1989
  3. 1999
  4. 1985
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Correct answer: A. 1991

The USSR dissolved in December 1991.

Q47. The Berlin Wall fell in:

  1. 1975
  2. 1989
  3. 1961
  4. 1991
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Correct answer: B. 1989

The wall opened on 9 November 1989.

Q48. The first woman to win a Nobel Prize was:

  1. Malala Yousafzai
  2. Marie Curie
  3. Florence Nightingale
  4. Mother Teresa
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Correct answer: B. Marie Curie

Marie Curie won in Physics in 1903.

Q49. The highest mountain in the world is:

  1. Kangchenjunga
  2. Mount Everest
  3. K2
  4. Nanga Parbat
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Correct answer: B. Mount Everest

Everest is 8,849 m; K2 (8,611 m) is second.

Q50. K2, the second highest peak in the world, is located in:

  1. Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
  2. Chinese Tibet
  3. Nepal
  4. Indian Kashmir
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Correct answer: A. Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

K2 stands in the Karakoram range on the Pakistan-China border.

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