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Current Affairs MCQs with Answers

Current Affairs questions can decide your result in competitive exams. Practice MCQs on recent national and international news, politics, economy, sports, awards and science. Regular practice keeps you updated and prepared for the latest test patterns.

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Q41. The Orange Line Metro Train, opened in 2020, is in the city of:

  1. Lahore
  2. Rawalpindi
  3. Islamabad
  4. Karachi
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Correct answer: A. Lahore

Lahore's Orange Line is Pakistan's first metro train.

Q42. Pakistan's first satellite, Badr-1, was launched in:

  1. 2011
  2. 1962
  3. 2001
  4. 1990
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Correct answer: D. 1990

Badr-1 was launched in July 1990 from China.

Q43. Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission is abbreviated as:

  1. NASTP
  2. SUPARCO
  3. NESCOM
  4. PAEC
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Correct answer: B. SUPARCO

SUPARCO was founded in 1961.

Q44. Pakistan's first remote-sensing satellite PRSS-1, launched in 2018, was launched from:

  1. Russia
  2. China
  3. India
  4. USA
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Correct answer: B. China

PRSS-1 was launched from Jiuquan in China in July 2018.

Q45. In 2024 Pakistan's ICUBE-Q satellite travelled to the Moon aboard the mission of:

  1. China's Chang'e-6
  2. NASA's Artemis I
  3. Japan's SLIM
  4. India's Chandrayaan-3
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Correct answer: A. China's Chang'e-6

ICUBE-Q, built with SUPARCO involvement, rode on Chang'e-6 in May 2024.

Q46. Pakistan conducted its nuclear tests in the Chagai hills on:

  1. 23 March 1998
  2. 14 August 1998
  3. 11 May 1998
  4. 28 May 1998
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Correct answer: D. 28 May 1998

28 May is observed as Youm-e-Takbeer.

Q47. Youm-e-Takbeer is observed every year on:

  1. 5 February
  2. 23 March
  3. 6 September
  4. 28 May
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Correct answer: D. 28 May

It marks the 1998 nuclear tests.

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

  1. Dr A.Q. Khan
  2. Malala Yousafzai
  3. Dr Abdus Salam
  4. Dr Ishrat Husain
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Correct answer: C. Dr Abdus Salam

Abdus Salam won the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Q49. Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize in:

  1. 2014
  2. 2018
  3. 2009
  4. 2012
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Correct answer: A. 2014

She shared the 2014 prize with Kailash Satyarthi and is the youngest laureate.

Q50. Dr Abdus Salam won the Nobel Prize in:

  1. Peace
  2. Physics
  3. Chemistry
  4. Medicine
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Correct answer: B. Physics

He shared the 1979 Physics prize for electroweak unification.

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