Economy of Pakistan

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Q1.When Pakistan joined the IMF?

Medium
A 1949
B 1950
C 1951
D 1952
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Correct Answer: B

Pakistan joined the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 1950.

Q2.The Karachi Stock Exchange (now PSX) was established in which year?

Hard
A 1947
B 1948
C 1949
D 1950
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Correct Answer: C

The Karachi Stock Exchange was established on 18 September 1949.

Q3.WAPDA was established in which year?

Medium
A 1948
B 1952
C 1958
D 1962
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Correct Answer: C

The Water and Power Development Authority was created in 1958.

Q4.EOBI provides?

Medium
A Health insurance
B Old-age benefits to private sector employees
C Export finance
D Crop insurance
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Correct Answer: B

The Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution provides pensions to private-sector workers.

Q5.Pakistan Railways headquarters is located in?

Easy
A Karachi
B Lahore
C Rawalpindi
D Multan
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Correct Answer: B

Pakistan Railways is headquartered in Lahore.

Q6.PIA was established in which year?

Medium
A 1947
B 1951
C 1955
D 1960
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Correct Answer: C

Pakistan International Airlines was formed in 1955 from Orient Airways.

Q7.The Planning Commission of Pakistan was established in which year?

Hard
A 1948
B 1953
C 1958
D 1962
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Correct Answer: B

The Planning Commission was set up in 1953 (as Planning Board, renamed 1958).

Q8.Pakistan joined the WTO in which year?

Hard
A 1947 (GATT) / 1995 (WTO founding member)
B 2001
C 2005
D 1990
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Correct Answer: A

Pakistan was a GATT member from 1948 and a founding WTO member in 1995.

Q9.SECP regulates?

Medium
A Banks
B Corporate sector and capital markets
C Taxes
D Trade
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Correct Answer: B

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan oversees companies and capital markets.

Q10.The three stock exchanges merged into PSX in which year?

Medium
A 2012
B 2014
C 2016
D 2018
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Correct Answer: C

Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad exchanges merged into the Pakistan Stock Exchange in January 2016.

Q11.Pakistan first approached the IMF in which year?

Hard
A 1950
B 1958
C 1965
D 1972
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Correct Answer: B

Pakistan's first IMF program dates to 1958.

Q12.Which regulator oversees the Pakistan Stock Exchange?

Easy
A Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan
B State Bank of Pakistan
C Ministry of Finance
D None of these
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Correct Answer: A

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan regulates the Pakistan Stock Exchange.