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Q201.In which year did Tethyan Copper Company (TCC) file its arbitration claim against Pakistan at ICSID after Balochistan rejected its mining lease?
Correct Answer: C
TCC filed its claim at ICSID in January 2012 seeking compensation for the cancellation of the Chagai district mining project.
Q202.Which joint venture company between Barrick Gold and Antofagasta PLC sued Pakistan in the Reko Diq arbitration?
Correct Answer: A
TCC was a 50-50 joint venture between Barrick Gold Corporation of Canada and Antofagasta PLC of Chile.
Q203.The 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill passed by the National Assembly on May 13, 2019, increased the seats of tribal districts (ex-FATA) in the KP Assembly from 16 to:
Correct Answer: B
The 26th Amendment increased ex-FATA seats in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from 16 to 24 and preserved 12 seats in the National Assembly.
Q204.Federal Minister for Narcotics Control Sardar Ali Muhammad Khan Mahar passed away on May 21, 2019. He had previously served as Chief Minister of which province?
Correct Answer: B
Sardar Ali Muhammad Mahar served as the 25th Chief Minister of Sindh from 2002 to 2004 and was serving as Federal Minister for Narcotics Control at the time of his passing.
Q205.Prime Minister Imran Khan and former Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar laid the foundation stone of the Mohmand Dam on which date?
Correct Answer: A
PM Imran Khan, accompanied by Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Bajwa and former CJP Saqib Nisar, formally performed the groundbreaking ceremony of the Rs 183 billion Mohmand Dam on May 2, 2019.
Q206.In Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2018, what was Pakistan's rank out of 180 countries?
Correct Answer: D
Pakistan ranked 117th out of 180 nations in the CPI 2018 released on January 29, 2019, with a score of 33 out of 100.
Q207.What score did Pakistan achieve out of 100 in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index 2018?
Correct Answer: A
Pakistan scored 33 out of 100 in the 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index, maintaining the same score as the previous year.
Q208.The first-ever dedicated Cardiac Hospital in Gilgit-Baltistan was inaugurated in January 2019 by:
Correct Answer: A
Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Hafiz Hafeez-ur-Rehman inaugurated the region's first 50-bed cardiac hospital in Gilgit on January 30, 2019.
Q209.Which political party introduced a constitutional amendment bill in the National Assembly on January 28, 2019, for the creation of Bahawalpur and South Punjab provinces?
Correct Answer: C
PML-N MNAs submitted a private member bill in the National Assembly on January 28, 2019, seeking the restoration of Bahawalpur province and creation of South Punjab province.
Q210.In which year did the Supreme Court of Pakistan impose a countrywide ban on the kite-flying festival of 'Basant' due to fatal glass-coated wire injuries?
Correct Answer: B
The Supreme Court banned Basant in 2005 under Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry following public safety hazards caused by metallic and chemical string usage.
Q211.When did Finance Minister Asad Umar present the Finance Supplementary (Second Amendment) Bill 2019 (Mini-Budget) in the National Assembly?
Correct Answer: B
Finance Minister Asad Umar presented the second mini-budget of FY 2018-19 in the National Assembly on January 23, 2019, focusing on business tax incentives.
Q212.The Provincial Cabinet of Sindh approved a historic bill on January 21, 2019, replacing the 125-year-old Colonial Prisons Act 1894 with the:
Correct Answer: C
Sindh Cabinet approved the Sindh Prisons and Correction Services Act 2019 on January 21, 2019, transforming prisons from punitive centers into correctional facilities.
Q213.Which sitting Chief Justice of India attended the oath-taking ceremony of CJP Justice Asif Saeed Khosa in Islamabad on January 18, 2019?
Correct Answer: A
Indian Supreme Court CJP Justice Ranjan Gogoi (along with CJP of Northern Cyprus) attended CJP Asif Saeed Khosa's swearing-in ceremony at Aiwan-e-Sadr.
Q214.CJP Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, who took oath as the 26th Chief Justice of Pakistan on January 18, 2019, originally belonged to which High Court Bar?
Correct Answer: B
Justice Asif Saeed Khosa was elevated to the Supreme Court from the Lahore High Court in 2011 and served as 26th CJP from Jan 18 to Dec 20, 2019.
Q215.For the first time in the constitutional history of the Punjab Assembly, Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi issued a production order on January 15, 2019, for which jailed MPA?
Correct Answer: C
Speaker Pervaiz Elahi issued production orders for PML-N MNA Khawaja Saad Rafique and MPA Khawaja Suleman Rafique under newly amended assembly rules on Jan 15, 2019.
Q216.How much total amount was collected in the Supreme Court and Prime Minister's Diamer Bhasha and Mohmand Dams Fund on the day of CJP Saqib Nisar's retirement (Jan 17, 2019)?
Correct Answer: C
By January 17, 2019, when CJP Mian Saqib Nisar retired, the official Dam Fund account had accumulated Rs 9.2 billion in voluntary contributions.
Q217.Who was appointed as the first Sikh Public Relations Officer (PRO) to the Governor of Punjab in January 2019?
Correct Answer: B
Sardar Pawan Singh Arora was appointed PRO to Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar on January 12, 2019, becoming the first Sikh to hold the post.
Q218.Justice Sardar Muhammad Shamim Khan took oath as the _______ Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court on January 1, 2019?
Correct Answer: B
Justice Sardar Muhammad Shamim Khan served as the 48th Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court from January 1, 2019, until his retirement in July 2019.