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1. The constitutional amendment under which the Federal Constitutional Court has been established is ______.

(a) 25th Amendment

(b) 26th Amendment

(d) None of these

2. On Nov. 17, PIA signed a cargo interline special agreement with Biman Airlines of ______.

(a) Nepal (b) Bangladesh

3. Pakistan's largest port is ______.

(a) Karachi Port (b) Pasni Port

4. On Nov. 18, Raja Faisal Mumtaz Rathore was sworn in as the ______ prime minister of AJK.

(a) 15th (b) 16th

5. The District Vulnerability Index for Pakistan was launched by the ______.

(a) UNDP (b) UNFPA

(d) None of these

6. As per the District Vulnerability Index for Pakistan, ______ out of 20 most vulnerable districts are in Balochistan.

(a) 10 (b) 12

7. The Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet approved the winding up of Passco on ______.

(a) Nov. 17 (b) Nov. 18

8. On Nov. 19, Pakistan's javelin ace Arshad Nadeem won a gold medal at the 6th Islamic Solidarity Games which were held in ______.

(a) Riyadh (b) Doha

9. On Nov. 20, British-Pakistani Lord ______ was appointed Honorary Colonel in British Army's 31 Signal Squadron.

(a) Qurban Ali (b) Zameer Choudry

10. The 7th EU-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue was held in ______.

(a) Islamabad (b) Brussels

11. On Nov. 23, Pakistan Shaheens defeated ______ to claim the ACC Men's Asia Cup Rising Stars title.

(a) Bangladesh A (b) India A

12. On Nov. 24, Justice (R) Yar Muhammad Nasir was appointed as the caretaker CM of ______.

(a) Balochistan (b) KP

13. On Nov. 24, ______ was appointed as the new Federal Secretary for Information and Broadcasting.

(a) Ashfaq A. Khalil (b) Rabia Agha

14. On Nov. 26, Pakistan was re-elected to the Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons for ______ term.

(a) 2026-2035 (b) 2026-2030

15. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons headquarters are located in ______.

(a) The Hague (b) Rome

16. On Nov. 26, the joint counter-terrorism drills between troops of the Pakistan Army and the Royal ______ Land Forces – Al Battar-II – concluded.

(a) Saudi (b) Bahraini

17. On Nov. 27, ______ was appointed as Inspector General of National Highways and Motorway Police.

(a) Usman Anwar (b) Sultan Chaudhry

18. On Nov. 27, ______ was posted as Secretary, FPSC.

(a) Bushra Aman (b) Dr Tariq Moza

19. On Nov. 27, Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza retired as the ______ and final occupant of the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee post.

(a) 15th (b) 18th

20. On Nov. 28, Guinness World Records recognized ______, Chancellor of the National Institute of Technology, as the youngest university chancellor (male) globally.

(a) Shahzeb Awan (b) Dr. M. Ali

21. On Nov. 29, the Supreme Court held that divorce cannot be effective until after the expiration of ____ days.

(a) 30 (b) 60

22. On Dec. 01, the KP Assembly passed a resolution calling for amendments to the Constitution for the creation of a separate ______ province.

(a) Khyber (b) Pakhtoonkhwa

23. On Dec. 01, Pakistan's Ch Saad Muhammad was appointed to the Governing Body of the ______, becoming the youngest member ever to hold the position in the organization's 105-year history.

(a) FIFA (b) IOC

24. On Dec. 01, ______ defeated Pakistan to win the IMC Over-40s T20 World Cup 2025.

(a) Australia (b) England

25. On ______, a joint sitting of the National Assembly and Senate passed the landmark National Commission for Minorities Rights Bill, 2025.

(a) Nov. 30 (b) Dec. 01

26. On Dec. 02, ______ was appointed as the first Senior Superintendent of Federal Prisons.

(a) Ali Akbar (b) Hamza Shafqaat

27. On Dec. 03, ______ President Sadyr Zhaparov reached Islamabad for a two-day visit.

(a) Kazakh (b) Azeri

28. President Zardari approved the summary for the appointment of COAS Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir concurrently as Chief of Defence Forces for a period of five years on ______.

(a) Dec. 02 (b) Dec. 03

29. On Dec. 04, the world's largest sculpture of the markhor, Pakistan's national animal, was installed in ______ Valley.

(a) Kaghan (b) Hunza

30. On Dec. 04, the PTA approved the merger of ______ with PTCL.

(a) Telenor (b) Zong

31. On Dec. 05, Karachi Blues outsmarted defending champions ______ in the final of the 68th edition of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.

(a) Peshawar (b) Lahore

32. The current chairman of the Evacuee Trust Properties Board (ETPB) is ______.

(a) Shaukat Siddiqi (b) Qamar-uz-Zaman

33. On Dec. 06, Allama Raghib Hussain Naeemi was appointed as the chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology for a period of ______ years.

(a) Five (b) Four

34. The 35th National Games were held in ______.

(a) Lahore (b) Islamabad

35. On Dec. 08, PML-N leader ______ was elected unopposed to the Senate on the general seat left vacant following the death of Senator Irfan Siddiqui.

(a) Abid Sher Ali (b) Dr. Saeed Elahi

36. On Dec. 09, during the visit of President Prabowo Subianto, Pakistan and ______ signed seven MoUs and agreements.

(a) Cambodia (b) Malaysia

37. On ______, the Field General Court Martial sentenced former DG ISI Faiz Hameed to 14 years rigorous imprisonment.

(a) Dec. 08 (b) Dec. 10

38. On Dec. 14, a meeting of Special Representatives for Afghanistan from neighbouring countries, plus Russia, was held in ______.

(a) Islamabad (c) Tehran

(b) Moscow (d) None of these

39. On Dec. 15, Lt. Gen. (R) Hassan Azhar Hayat was appointed as the ______ of Pakistan Land Port Authority.

(a) Chairman (b) MD

40. The terrorist attack in Pahalgam which ignited the May 2025 Pakistan-India war took place on _______.

(a) 20 April (b) 22 April

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1. On Nov. 17, Bangladesh's ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, was sentenced to ______.

(a) Death (b) Life term

2. On Nov. 17, Presidents of _____ and Ukraine signed an accord for Kyiv to acquire up to 100 fighter jets and other hardware.

(a) Germany (b) France

3. On Nov. 17, India signed a deal with ______ whereby the latter will supply nearly 10 percent of the former's LPG imports.

(a) Russia (b) Qatar

4. On ______, the UNSC endorsed Trump's Gaza peace plan.

(a) Nov. 16 (b) Nov. 17

5. On Nov. 18, ______ tested new anti-drone defences – the Merops system – to counter Russia.

(a) Nato (b) USA

6. On Nov. 19, Bana al Abed, a 16-year-old ______ girl, won the Kids Rights Prize.

(a) Syrian (b) Lebanese

7. On Nov. 19, President Trump announced that the US will formally designate ______ a major non-Nato ally.

(a) Saudi Arabia (b) Qatar

8. On Nov. 20, the US State Department approved the sale of Javelin anti-tank missile system and Excalibur guided artillery munitions worth $93 million to ______.

(a) Taiwan (b) India

9. On ______, the UN General Assembly adopted Olympic truce resolution.

(a) Nov. 20 (b) Nov. 22

10. ______ is the capital of the Kyrgyz Republic.

(a) Jalal-Abad (b) Bishkek

11. On Nov. 21, an Indian Tejas fighter jet crashed during an aerial display at the ______ Airshow.

(a) Paris (b) Abu Dhabi

12. On Nov. 21, Miss ______ Fatima Bosch was crowned Miss Universe.

(a) Turkey (b) Lebanon

13. On Nov. 22, this year's G20 summit concluded in ______.

(a) South Africa (b) Canada

14. The UN's COP30 climate summit was held in the ______ city of Belém.

(a) Brazilian (b) Argentinian

15. On Nov. 23, ______ beat Nepal to win the first Blind Women's T20 World Cup.

(a) Pakistan (b) India

16. On Nov. 24, ______ Hayli Gubbi volcano erupted for the first time in nearly 12,000 years, with its ash clouds reaching over the northern Pakistan.

(a) Ethiopia's (b) Egypt's

17. On Nov. 24, ______ paramilitary Rapid Support Forces group announced a unilateral three-month ceasefire.

(a) South Sudan's (b) Rwanda's

18. On ______, India's hugely popular Bollywood star Dharmendra died aged 89.

(a) Nov. 22 (b) Nov. 24

19. On Nov. 25, the European Commission gave ______ exemption from the bloc's defence spending rules.

(a) Greece (b) France

20. On Nov. 26, India went down to ______ by 408 runs to suffer their biggest test defeat by runs.

(a) West Indies (b) England

21. On Nov. 26, a group of army officers seized power in ______.

(a) DR Congo (b) Rwanda

22. On Nov. 29, ______ announced plans to close down its embassies in Islamabad, Kabul and Yangon in 2026.

(a) Iceland (b) Poland

23. On Nov. 30, ______ and Turkiye agreed to begin constructing a new joint rail link to serve as a strategic gateway between Asia and Europe.

(a) Greece (b) Iran

24. On Dec. 01, Saudi Arabia and ______ signed an agreement to implement a visa-free regime for tourists and business people from the two countries for up to 90 days.

(a) Russia (b) Iran

25. On Dec. 03, the US government halted immigration applications for citizens from ______ nations including Afghanistan, Yemen and Haiti.

(a) 15 (b) 18

26. On Dec. 03, ______ and Israeli civilian representatives held their first direct talks in decades.

(a) Qatari (b) Lebanese

27. On Dec. 04, DR Congo and ______ signed a peace deal in Washington.

(a) Ethiopia (b) Rwanda

28. On Dec. 04, ______ Mitchell Starc broke Pakistan legend Wasim Akram's long-standing record of 414 wickets to become the most prolific left-arm quick in Test history.

(a) England's (b) New Zealand's

29. On Dec. 05, ______ agreed to buy the film and streaming businesses of Warner Bros Discovery for $72 billion.

(a) Meta (b) Netflix

30. On ______, the Trump administration released a new National Security Strategy 2025.

(a) Dec. 03 (b) Dec. 04

31. On Dec. 05, President Trump became the first-ever recipient of ______ new peace prize.

(a) ILO's (b) FIFA's

32. On Dec. 05, the European Commission imposed a 120 million euro penalty on ______ for breaching EU's online content rules.

(a) Meta (b) X

33. On Dec. 09, ______ was elected president of Britain's Royal Society of Literature.

(a) Elif Shafak (b) Mohsin Hamid

34. On Dec. 09, ______ banned young teenagers from social media, launching a world-first crackdown designed to unglue children from addictive scrolling.

(a) South Africa (b) Australia

35. On Dec. 10, Amazon and ______ announced a combined $52.5bn investment plan for India over the coming years.

(a) Tesla (b) SpaceX

36. On Dec. 11, Time magazine named ______ as its Person of the Year.

(a) “The Peacemakers”

(b) The Protesters

(d) None of these

37. Barham Salih, the next UN High Commissioner for Refugees, is from ______.

(a) Libya (b) Kuwait

38. On Dec. 14, ______ oldest pro-democracy party – The Democratic Party, which was founded in 1994 – decided to disband.

(a) Singapore's (b) Macau's

39. World Computer Literacy Day is observed every year on ______.

(a) Dec. 01 (b) Dec. 02

40. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission is a project of ______.

(a) ESA (b) ISRO

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