Pakistan Current Affairs MCQs with Explanations

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Mujahid Anwar Khan is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.

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Rilee Rossouw is a match-winner and his batting prowess is on full display against Quetta Gladiators. The left-handed batsman has smacked the fastest fifty in this season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), taking just 23 balls to get there. Later, he converted his fifty into the fastest ever century in the history of PSL, achieving the feat in just 43 balls. It’s the 7th PSL century overall and the first century by a Multan batsman.

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Health officials in Pakistan detected Wednesday the first two cases of coronavirus in the country, linking them with the outbreak in neighboring Iran. One patient, Yahya Jaffri, 22, had recently flown back with his family from Iran to Karachi, the capital of southern Sindh province. A provincial government spokesman, Murtaza Wahab, said the patient’s family also was placed in isolation to determine whether any other members had been infected with the virus, known as COVID-19.

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The government has sought technical advice and guidance from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations on international best practices and use of pesticides with safety standards, as Punjab is facing a locust attack. FAO representative in Pakistan Mina Dowlatchahi held a meeting with Minister for National Food Security and Research Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar here on Tuesday and discussed with him the current locust situation in Pakistan.

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The Flora of Pakistan — the most comprehensive and authentic scientific work ever on Pakistan’s flora initiated over four decades ago — has been completed. The book has 224 volumes containing details of over 6,000 indigenous flowering species. This was announced by Prof Muhammad Qaiser, a senior botanist and former vice chancellor of Karachi University, at the inaugural ceremony of an international symposium held at KU’s Dr A.Q. Khan Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering. Titled ‘Plant Life of South Asia’, the four-day event organised by KU’s Centre of Plant Conservation and its botany department, is being attended by local and international scholars from eight countries. Sharing details of Flora of Pakistan, Prof Qaiser informed the audience that the project funded by the US department of agriculture was initially christened the Flora of West Pakistan. It was launched in 1967 in two institutions, the Gordon College Rawalpindi and KU simultaneously, as they had the best taxonomists in the country at that time. The first volume came out in 1970. Flora of Pakistan in 224 volumes completed after 44 years

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6 is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.

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MOST SIXES IN PAKISTAN SUPER LEAGUE (PSL) Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s Kamran Akmal 2016-2020 49 48 2 1430 107* 31.08 1037 137.89 3 9 8 145 73 (Peshawar Zalmi) SR Watson 2016-2020 40 40 4 1164 91* 32.33 867 134.25 0 7 1 102 68 (Islamabad United, Quetta Gladiators) Asif Ali 2016-2020 37 31 8 611 70 26.56 371 164.69 0 2 3 36 47 (Islamabad United) L Ronchi 2018-2020 26 26 2 852 94* 35.50 506 168.37 0 9 4 98 44 (Islamabad United) KA Pollard 2017-2019 33 30 10 650 73 32.50 391 166.24 0 3 2 48 44 (Karachi Kings, Multan Sultans, Peshawar Zalmi) updated on: 25 Feb 2020. we will update this question after Completion of PSL 2020.

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Pakistan successfully conducted a flight test of air launched cruise missile Ra’ad-II, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Tuesday, 18th February 2020. According to a press release issued by the ISPR, the cruise missile, which has a range of 600 kilometers, is equipped with state-of-the-art guidance and navigation systems ensuring engagement of targets with high precision.

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VRT News Belgium is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday 20 February 2020, suspended Umar Akmal for breaching its ‘Anti-Corruption Code’ with immediate effect. The suspension comes hours ahead of the start of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2020.