1. Who wrote and published Project 2025?
A) the republican party (GOP)
B) Cato Institute
C) Brookings Institution
D) The Heritage Foundation
Answer: D) The Heritage Foundation
2. Who would have been the vice president if Kamala Harris had won the 2024 presidential
elections?
A) Pete Buttigieg
B) Mike Pence
C) Tim Walz
D) JD Vance
Answer: C) Tim Walz
3. A series of protests erupted in Turkey after the arrest and cancellation of the university
degree of which candidate?
A) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
B) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
C) Selahattin Demirtaş
D) Ekrem İmamoğlu
Answer: D) Ekrem İmamoğlu
4. According to the 2022 capital city bill, construction began for Indonesia’s new capital city
called:
A) Jakarta
B) Bandung
C) Palembang
D) Nusantara
Answer: D) Nusantara
5. Egypt plans to eventually move its capital to:
A) Alexandria
B) Port Said
C) Old administrative capital (OAC)
D) New Administrative Capital (NAC)
Answer: D) New Administrative Capital (NAC)
6. Which South Korean president declared martial war on December 3, 2024?
A) Moon Jae-in
B) Park Geun-hye
C) Lee Myung-bak
D) Yoon Suk Yeol
Answer: D) Yoon Suk Yeol
7. Who won the United Kingdom’s prime ministership on July 5, 2024?
A) Boris Johnson
B) David Cameron
C) Rishi Sunak
D) Karl Starmer
Answer: D) Karl Starmer
8. Who holds the record for the longest speech in the US Senate’s history?
A) Senator Bernie Sanders
B) Senator Abraham
C) Senator Mitch McConnell
D) Senator Cory Brooker
Answer: D) Senator Cory Brooker
9. On what date did rebel forces first enter Damascus, leading President Bashar al-Assad to
flee?
A) November 15, 2024
B) December 8, 2024
C) January 1, 2025
D) October 31, 2024
Answer: B) December 8, 2024
10. On which date did Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, resign from office and
flee the country?
A) July 20, 2024
B) August 15, 2024
C) September 1, 2024
D) August 5, 2024
Answer: D) August 5, 2024
11. When did the helicopter of Iranian Prime Minister Ebrahim Raisi crash land in Iran’s East
Azerbaijan province?
A) April 25, 2024
B) May 19, 2024
C) May 30, 2024
D) June 10, 2024
Answer: B) May 19, 2024
12. What was the name of the foreign minister who died alongside the Prime Minister of Iran
in 2024?
A) Mohammad Javad Zarif
B) Ali Akbar Salehi
C) Sadeq Qotbzadeh
D) Hossein Amirabdollahian
Answer: D) Hossein Amirabdollahian
13. When was Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, assassinated by Israel in Iran?
A) July 4, 2024
B) June 15, 2024
C) August 5, 2024
D) July 31, 2024
Answer: D) July 31, 2024
14. When did Israel carry out a series of coordinated explosions targeting handheld pagers in
parts of Lebanon and Syria?
A) August 2024
B) September 2024
C) October 2024
D) November 2024
Answer: B) September 2024
15. On which date did President Donald Trump sign an executive order renaming the Bay of
Mexico to the Bay of America?
A) December 25, 2024
B) February 14, 2025
C) January 1, 2025
D) January 20, 2025
Answer: D) January 20, 2025
16. When did Justin Trudeau formally step down?
A) February 20, 2025
B) March 1, 2025
C) March 14, 2025
D) April 1, 2025
Answer: C) March 14, 2025
17. Who took office after Justin Trudeau resigned?
A) Pierre Poilievre
B) Chrystia Freeland
C) Joshua grant
D) Mark Carney
Answer: D) Mark Carney
18. When did the Hungarian parliament pass a law under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán that
effectively bans pride events?
A) March 10, 2025
B) February 28, 2025
C) April 1, 2025
D) March 18, 2025
Answer: D) March 18, 2025
19. When was President Trump shot in a failed assassination attempt?
A) July 4, 2024
B) July 13, 2024
C) June 30, 2024
D) August 1, 2024
Answer: B) July 13, 2024
20. Who was supposed to co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) with Elon
Musk but stepped down?
A) alex Jones
B) joe Rogan
C) Ben Shapiro
D) Vivek Ramaswarmy
Answer: D) Vivek Ramaswarmy
21. Ratan Tata passed away on which date?
A) September 30, 2024
B) October 15, 2024
C) November 1, 2024
D) October 9, 2024
Answer: D) October 9, 2024
22. What is the capital of Burma?
A) Yangon
B) Mandalay
C) Naypyidaw (Nypyidaw)
D) Bagan
Answer: C) Naypyidaw (as provided: Nypyidaw)
23. What was the magnitude of the earthquake that struck Myanmar and Thailand on March
28, 2025?
A) 6.5
B) 7.0
C) 7.7
D) 8.0
Answer: C) 7.7
24. Following the fall of the Assad regime in Syria in 2024, who serves as the president?
A) Bashar al-Assad
B) Maher al-Assad
C) Abdullah Gül
D) President Ahmad al-sharaa
Answer: D) President Ahmad al-sharaa
25. Who serves as the chief advisor to the interim government of Bangladesh?
A) Sheikh Hasina
B) Khaleda Zia
C) Hussain Muhammad Ershad
D) Muhammad Yunus
Answer: D) Muhammad Yunus
26. What was the name of the military operation conducted by the Pakistan Army to free
hostages in the Jaffar Train Incident?
A) Operation Thunderbolt
B) Operation Falcon
C) Operation Desert Storm
D) Operation Green Bolan
Answer: D) Operation Green Bolan
27. Which country became the 31st member of NATO on April 4, 2024?
A) Sweden
B) Norway
C) Denmark
D) Finland
Answer: D) Finland
28. In 2024, Pakistan was elected as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security
Council for the 2025–26 term. This marks Pakistan’s which tenure in this role?
A) 7th
B) 8th
C) 9th
D) 10th
Answer: B) 8th
29. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Annual Council of Heads of Government Summit
held in Islamabad, Pakistan in 2024 was the:
A) 22nd edition
B) 21st edition
C) 24th edition
D) 23rd edition
Answer: D) 23rd edition
30. Which country is hosting the G20 Summit in 2025?
A) India
B) Germany
C) Brazil
D) South Africa
Answer: D) South Africa
31. Which country will host the NATO Summit in 2025?
A) United States
B) United Kingdom
C) Canada
D) The Netherlands
Answer: D) The Netherlands
32. Which country will host the G7 Meeting Summit in 2025?
A) France
B) Italy
C) Japan
D) Canada
Answer: D) Canada
33. Where will the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting be held in 2025?
A) New York
B) Geneva
C) London
D) Davos, Switzerland
Answer: D) Davos, Switzerland
34. Who is the current Chief Justice of Pakistan?
A) Asif Ali Zardari
B) Nawaz Sharif
C) Imran Khan
D) Mr. Justice Yahya Afridi
Answer: D) Mr. Justice Yahya Afridi
35. On what date was the former director general of ISI, Faiz Hameed, arrested?
A) July 15, 2024
B) August 5, 2024
C) September 1, 2024
D) August 12, 2024
Answer: D) August 12, 2024
36. When did the Netherlands officially retire the name “Holland”?
A) 2018
B) 2019
C) 2020
D) 2021
Answer: C) 2020
37. The current Secretary General of NATO was also the former Prime Minister of which
country?
A) Germany
B) France
C) Italy
D) The Netherlands
Answer: D) The Netherlands
38. What is the capital of Taiwan
A) Taipei
B) Kaohsiung
C) Tainan
D) Taipie city
Answer: D) Taipie city
39. What were Pakistan’s total liquid foreign currency reserves as of January 2025?
A) 10 billion
B) 14 billion
C) 16 billion
D) 20 billion
Answer: C) 16 billion
40. What is the theme of World Cancer Day 2025?
A) Fight Cancer Together
B) Hope and Healing
C) United Against Cancer
D) United by Unique
Answer: D) United by Unique
41. Who is the current Inspector General (IG) of KPK Police?
A) Muhammad Yunus
B) Naim Qassem
C) Ebrahim Raisi
D) Zulfiqar Hameed
Answer: D) Zulfiqar Hameed
42. How many Pakistani universities were listed in the 2025 world rankings?
A) 10
B) 5
C) 15
D) none of the above
Answer: D)
43. Which country joined BRICS as a partner country on January 17, 2025?
A) Egypt
B) Turkey
C) Saudi Arabia
D) Nigeria
Answer: D) Nigeria
44. Who is the current Chairman of SUPARCO?
A) Abdul Qadeer Khan
B) Pervez Musharraf
C) Wasim Akram
D) Muhammad Yousaf Khan
Answer: D) Muhammad Yousaf Khan
45. What is the name of Pakistan’s National Economic Transformation Plan 2024–29?
A) Pakistan Vision 2025
B) Naya Pakistan Initiative
C) Pakistan Economic Revival Program
D) Uraan Pakistan: Homegrown National Economic Plan
Answer: D) Uraan Pakistan: Homegrown National Economic Plan
46. According to a recent Forbes report, which is the world’s strongest currency?
A) US Dollar
B) Euro
C) British Pound
D) Kuwaiti Dinar
Answer: D) Kuwaiti Dinar
47. Which U.S. constitutional amendment limits the president to two terms?
A)2nd Amendment
B) 22th Amendment
C) 5th Amendment
D) 23rd Amendment
Answer: B) 22th Amendment
48. Donald Trump became only the second man in U.S. history to win two nonconsecutive
terms. Who was the first?
A) Franklin D. Roosevelt
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) Andrew Jackson
D) Grover Cleveland
Answer: D) Grover Cleveland
49. Who has been elected as the new secretary-general of Hezbollah on October 29, 2024?
A) Hassan Nasrallah
B) Ali Khamenei
C) Bashar al-Assad
D) Naim Qassem
Answer: D) Naim Qassem
