SOME IMPORTANT QUESTION ON CURRENT AFFAIRS
1.Iran Pakistan Gas Pipe line project (called Peace pipeline) length 2700 KM, it would start from Paris Gas field in Iran.
2.Pakistan’s Rank in Mobile utilizing is 9th in the world.
3.Malala got treatment in Queen Elizabeth Hospital City Bergin gum.
4.Human Rights day 10 December.
5.The name of the famous dance of West Indies, which performed by the
West Indian captain and team at the winning of T20 world cup in 2012, is
Canigganum.
6.Junior Hockey World Cup 2013, shall be played in India.
7.Azlan shah Hockey Cup 2012, won by NewZeland .
8.Founder of wiki leaks Jullen Assanj belongs to Australia, once got political indemnity in the country Ecuador .
9.Venezuelan Hogo Shavez came in presidency for the 3rd time in 2012,
Valadi Meer Putin also selected the President of the Russia for the 3rd
time in 2012.
10.New President of China Xi Jing Ping and Prime Minister Lee Keyang, Belong to Communist Party.
11.New President of Yamen Mansoor ul Hadi Malik.
12.M. Mursi New President of Egypt Belongs to Akhwan ul Muslimeen Party
(Which was Established in 1928), He took Oath as 5th President on
30.06.2012.
13.Famous female Activist Fatima who martyred in war Belongs to
Tarabluss, freedom fighter jamila Belongs to Al-Gezire, Famous militant
Laila Khalid Belongs to Palestine.
14.Andy Murray is the British Tennis Player who won US open Tournament of 2012 after 76 years.
15.Lionel Massy is the Best Footballer of 2012 belongs to Argentina his scored is 21 Goals 2012
16.London is the first and only City which holds Olympic Games for thrice, in 2012 &_____________.
17.Winner Country of 2012 Olympic Games is America Total Medals 104,
Gold 46,Best Athlete of 2012 Olympics is Michel Philips ,Total Medals 6
Gold 4 Silver 2, Belongs to America.
18.No. 1 Golfer in the year of 2012 is Rory Michelray belongs to
Ireland.(but i think Tiger Wood came back to ist position).not
sure......?
19.The Richest player of the 2012 Flied Mayvedar, He is Boxer and Belongs to America.
20.2nd Asian Kabadi Cup Played in Lahore, Won by Pakistan defeating India.
21.FIDE is the World Association of Chess Awarded the Certificate of
International Coach to Mehmood Lodhi, He Belongs to Pakistan.
22.Deadly Sectarian Violence occurred in Myanmar’s Western State Rakhine.
23.Death of Peer Pagarra 10.01.2012.
24.Releasing of Cricketer M. Amir on 01.02.2012.
25.20th Amendment Passed 14.02.2012 By NA.
26.Sharmeen Ubaid Chanay Documentary Film Saving Face Got Oscar Award 2012 on 27.02.2012, she also got Civil Award of Pakistan
.
27.DG ISI Gen Zaheer ul Islam Came in office on 09.03.2012.
28.Pakistan won Asian Cricket Cup on 22.03.2012 Defeating Bangladesh By 02 Runs.
29.Incident of Giyari Sector 07.04.2012.
30.Parliament allowed NATO Supply on 12.04.2012.
31.Yousaf Raza Gillani Awarded Punishment of one & Half Minute on 26.04.2012.
32.Releasing of Cricketer M. Asif on 03.05.2012.
33.Pakistani Prisoner Doctor Khalil Chishti Released on 14/15.05.2012 after Imprisonment of 20 years in India.
34.Sentence of 33 Years of Dr. Shakeel Afridi awarded on 23.05.2012.
35.Official Declaration regarding martyrdom of 139 soldiers of Giayari incident, on 29.05.2012.
36.Death of Mehdi Hassan 13.06.2012.
37.Death of Fozia Wahab 17.06.2012.
38.Disqualification of Yousaf Raza Gillani on 19.06.2012.
39.Releasing of Cricketer Salam Butt on 21.6.2012.
40.Raja Parvaiz Ashraf elected PM of Pakistan on 22.06.2012 by getting 211 votes.
41.Blockage of U Tube on 17.09.2012.
42.Protest day against humiliating sketches 21.09.2012.
43.Death of Razia Butt 03.10.2012.
44.Attack on Malala Yousaf Zaye 09.10.2012.
45.Death of Sher Afghan Niazi on 11.10.2012.
46.World record of singing National anthem by 70000 people on 20.10.2012.
47.D8 conference on 22.09.2012, Pakistan elected new president country in place of Nigeria.
48.Death of Arad Shir Qawas Jee on 24.09.2012.
49.Snooker Player Muhammad Asif belongs to Fsd. Won world professional Snooker cup on 02.12.2012.
50.Pakistani Deaf Cricket team won the Asia Deaf Cricket Cup on 17.12.2012.
51.Pakistan won Asian Hockey Championship 2012 by defeating India
52.Australian High Commissioner in Pakistan .Tim George.
53.First lady, who served voluntarily in Pakistan army was Begum Rana Liaqut.. joined Pakistan army in 1948..
54.Imam-ul-Hind is the title of Maulana Abu-ul-kalam Azad.
55.writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was Irish National
56.NATO was created on April 4,1949 singing a treaty by 12 countries.
57.Death of Martin Luther king ..April 4,1968
58.US withdrawal from Afghanistan by the end of 2014 was decided in Summit held in Chicago on May 20.21. 2012..
59.New sociologist president of France ,Francoise Hollande Garnered
60.Swat valley is generally know as Switzerland of Asia .
61.16th summit of NAM held in Tehran August .30,31.2012.
62.Russia becomes 156the member of WTO on 22.08.2012
63.Miss China Yu. crowned as Miss world 2012 on 18.08.2012.
64.OIC suspended the membership of Syria on 16.08.2012.
65.Singapore airline is silk airline
66.UAE airline is Ittehad air line
67.Israeli prime minister bin yaamin netan yahoo elected again
68.president of Srilanka Mahindra .......
69.president of Brazil zalma zoseef
70.peace noble prize Ang san Sochi
71.Qantas is the name of the airline of Australia.
72.Antra is the news agency of Indonesia.
73.Silk Air is airline of Singapore
74. Commonwealth Games 2010 were held in New Delhi India.
75. Asian games 2010 were held in Guangzhou, China.
76. Hockey world cup 2010 was played in India
77.The headquarter of Palestinian authority is Rammala
78.Ariana is airline of Afghanistan.
79.Olympics games are to be held in 2012 in London, England
80.Olympics games 2016 are to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
81.Olympics games 2008 were held in Beijing, China
82. The first Chinese aircraft equipped with an early warning system,
known as the Karakoram Eagle, was inducted into Pakistan Air Force fleet.
83. The Karakoram Eagle is also known as ZDK-03 with advanced air-borne
warning and control system with sophisticated integrated sensors and
communication suits.
84. Pakistan and US signed a $ 375 million agreement to carry out a 150 megawatts wind power generation project.
85. The wind power generation project, to be completed in 2 years, will
be setup at three places Gharo, Thatta and a site near Karachi.
86. Inflation rose to 15.48 % in October indicating an upward in the price spiral showing impact of the flood on food prices.
87. Iran said its first atomic power plant build by Russia in Bushehr has begun operation.
88. North Korea is supplying banned nuclear and ballistic equipment to
Iran, Syria and Myanmar using ‘surreptious’ means to avoid international
sanctions, according to a UN report released.
89.UNESCO declared French cuisine a world intangible heritage, the first
time gastronomy is added to a list aiming to protect cultural
practices.
90. 2018 FIFA world cup will be held in Russia.
91.2022 FIFA world cup will be held in Qatar.
92. US announced $ 2 billion military package for Pakistan on the final day of the latest US-Pakistan strategic dialogue.
93. Pakistan has moved up the corruption, from 42nd rung in 2009 to 34th this year out of 178 countries.
94.. Diamer Bhasha Dam is constructed on Indus River.
95.. More than half of the 20 richest women in the world are Chinese.
96. Myanmar ruling military changed the country’s flag, national anthem
and official name. The new name of Myanmar is Republic of the Union of
Myanmar.
97.India, Germany, South Africa, Columbia and Portugal won non-permanent seats in the 15 member UN Security Council.
98. Canadian Muslims have built the Arctic’s first minaret.
99.Interfax is news agency based at? Moscow, Russia.
100.which country has provided JF-17 thunder to Pakistan? China - Combat aircraft developed jointly by China and Pakistan.
101. Upcoming 19th SAARC summit shall be held in Maldives
102. Nobel prize for literature 2012..Mo Yan of China, he is first Chinese to get Nobel prize in literature.
103.Nobel peace prize for 2012 won by European union
104.Nobel prize for Economics won by American scholars Alvin Roth & Lloyed shapely.
105.15-10-2012 Myanmar bars OIC from opening its office: Myanmar's
president blocked the world Islamic body, OIC, from opening an office in
the country, bowing to rallies against its efforts to help Muslims in
unrest-hi Rakhine state
106.16-10-2012 Announcement made by the Government of Pakistan that, .Sittara e Shujaat to Malla Yusaffzai
107.11-10-2012 General Joseph Dunford has been nominated as New Commander to ISAF in Afghanistan.
108.10-10-2012 Ale Zeidan elected as new PM of Libya
109.UN General assembly elected Argentina, Australia ,Luxemburg, Rwanda
& South Korea to serve as non permanent members for UN security
council for a two years term starting from January 2013.,these five will
replace India ,Germany, Columbia ,Portugal & south Africa .the
other five non permanent members, Pakistan (elected for the 7th time),
Azerbaijan ,Guatemala, Morocco & Togo shall continue their status
till the end of 2013..
110.Richard Falk, UNO,s special reporter on Human Rights in occupied territories.
111.New PM of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvilli
112.EU prize for human Rights & freedom of thought awarded to two Iranians, lawyer & filmmaker.
113.29-10-2012 New FM of India Suleman Khursheed
114.Sanquhar post office in Dumfries is the world’s oldest PO, started working from 1712.
115.8-11-2012 first female president of Interpol French police commissioner Mirelli Blesstrazzi
116.CIA chief David Patraeus resigned on 9-11-2012.
117.PM of Canada Stephan Harper
118.president of Philippians Benigno Aquino
119.11-10-2012 IJF internal Jodo federation awarded the black belt to Russian president Vladimir Putin
120.11-10-2012 .Indian female Monisha Kaltenborn became the frist female president of F1..formula one
121.T20 women Asia cup 2012.played in Guangzhou china ,won by India defeating Pakistan.
122.Pakistan won Asian kabaddi cup 2012 by defeating India.
123.Envoy of China in Pakistan ..Leo Jiyaaan
124.Capacity of Neelum Jhelum Hydro power project ..969.MW..
125.12th summit of OIC held in Cairo, Egypt. on 6.7/02/2013.
126. D-8 passed their Global vision document for 2012 to 2030 in 8th
summit held in Pakistan from 21-22/11/2012,Pakistan became the new
president country of D-8,former was Nigeria
127.High commissioner of Malaysia in Pakistan Dr.Hasrul Sani Bin Mujtabar.
128.Pakistan won a seat for the third time in UNO Human Rights Council
on 12-11-2012,by securing 171 votes .Venezuela is also won the same
seat, while from the western nations ,Germany & US are selected.
129.Pakistani artist Imran Qureshi recently selected the Artist of Deutsche,sBank for the year of 2013.
130.Global Index of terrorism 2012, ranked Pakistan on 2nd among the 158
terror hit countries, while Iraq is on top, Afghanistan at 3rd &
India at 4th .
131.8-12-2012.Malala yusaf Zai,s father Zia ud din nominated as special
UN adviser of Global Education, his nomination announced by Gordon
Brown, who is special Envoy of UN on Global Education.
132.9-12-2012.NA passed unanimously the resolution on giving the title to Malala Yusaf as ‘Daughter of Pakistan.
133.the Titan ,a Cray XK7 system installed at (ORNL) Oak Ridge National
Laboratory in Tennessee in US, has been named the fastest supercomputer
of the world.
134.Omnishambles, means badly mismanagement ,also declared the word of the year of 2012,for British Government.
135.A planet that had stayed from its stars system and wondering alone
in deep space is CFBDSIR2149, is believed to be lonely & cold star.
136.the journalists of China, Kirgizstan, Liberia & Brazil got the international press freedom award for the year of 2012.
137.Myanmar’s Aung Sung suu Kyi has been appointed as Ambassador on UN programmes on HIV & AIDS.19-11-2012.
138.Sina-7 is the name of submarine. prepared by Iran in Persian Gulf.
139.first sms of the mobile technology was sent by British Software
Engineer Neil Papworth on 12.03.1992.this sms was ‘Marry Christmas
& sent to director British Telecommunication Vodafone.
140.Country Canada, recently threatened to Commonwealth about Boycott.
Next summit of C.W shall be held in Colombo, Srilanka from 15 to 17
November 2013.it is held after every two years
141.Khaled Meshal,a active militant of Hamas
142.Mercosur South American Regional trading Bloc, Venezuela became the
full member of that organization 7.8./12/2012.while Bolivia took first
step joining.
143.12.11,2012.Chris Gayle became the first cricketer to hit a six on
the first ball of test match. He made this record against Bangladesh.
144.Irish Jim Leasey elected new president of IBSF international
Billiard and snooker federation on 3.12.2012 for next two years
145.Pakistan won bronze medal in 34th champion hockey trophy, while
Australia won the title for the 5th times defeating Netherland, shakeel
Abbasi of Pakistan declared as player of the tournament.
146.Book ‘Pakistan between Mosque and military’ written by Hussain Haqqani.
147.Nobel peace prize 2012 for children won by South African handicapped girl
148.Nimoo-Bazgo hydropower project having generation capacity of 45 MG is being built ---------------------------….?
149.Derawar Fort is situated in Cholistan desert.
150.New ambassador of America in Pakistan Richard Olson came into office on 24-09-2012.
151. Investigation for Fair Trial Bill (IFT) passed ……………2012?
152.20th commonwealth games will played in 2014 in Glasgow Scotland
from 23 july-3 august
153.chief justice of America john Robert.
154.Obama born in Hawaiian
155.vice president of America Joe Biden
156.chairman joint chiefs of staff is general martin e Dempsey
157.Olympics games will be held in 2014 at Sochi
158.next will in 2016 in rio de janero
159.commander US forces in Afghanistan is john r Allen
160.Yukiya Amano: IAEA current chief belongs to Japan
Iran Pakistan Gas pipeline: $1.5 Billion deal, 785 km line in Pakistan area,
provide 750 Million cubic feet of natural gas per day (MMCFD)
Contract is between Iran’s Tadbir Energy and Pakistan’s Interstate Gas Company (ISGC)
163.Pakistan Foreign secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani
164.James Cunningham is a US ambassador to Afghanistan
165.Afghan High Peace Council headed by Salahuddin Rabbani,
166.67th General assembly meeting held on 25 September.
167.21st ASEAN summit held on 18th November in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
168.US Ambassador to Pakistan, Richard Olson
169.On June 19th 2012 Yousuf Raza Gilani, disqualified from holding his post.
170.since the 26th of April. Mars rover curiosity landed on Mars on August-2012
171.The summer Olympic 2012 held at London from 27-July to 12-Aug 2012
172.Olympic result: USA-1st, China-2nd, UK-3rd
173.John Brennan is the new Chief Of CIA
174.Kazakhstan is the largest producer of Uranium
175.The recent most ISAF Commander is Gen Joseph Dunford.
176.The secretary general of UNO is currently Ban Ki-moon
177.The current US Secretary of the State is John Carry
178.Vice President of the United States Joseph R. Bide
179. Mongolia has world's 6% of Uranium reserves.
180. Mao movement is connected with Naxalites.
181.Black Widow is a rebellious gang in Assam
182.Barack Obama (born August 4, 1961) became the forty-fourth President
of the United States, 9. Barrack Obama is a member of the US Democratic
Party. Their symbol is donke
183.Osama Bin Laden: Date of Death – 2nd May 2011
184.US special representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan is…….
185.Senator John Kerry and Richard Lugar put forward Kerry-Lugar Bill..
186.ISRO is Indian Space Research Organization.
187.Muammar Gaddafi, the deposed leader of Libya, died on 20 October 2011
188.Director General of Int. Atomic Energy Agency is …….?
189.UEFA president is Michel Platni.
190.Dal Lake is in occupied Kashmir.
191. Shoe thrower on Bush Muntazer al Zaidi worked for Al-Baghdadi newspaper, Egypt.
192.Mother Tressa belonged to Albania and came to India in 1951. She died on Sep:5, 19997 and is buried at Kolkata.
193.Current Pakistan state bank governor….?
194.Head of WTO is Pascal Loamy.
195.Garden of Five Senses is in Delhi.
196.Obama is US's 44th President.
197.Danny Boyle is the director of Slum Dog Millionaire.
198.President of Chechnya is Ramzan A. Kadyrov.
199.Ahmadinejad defeated Mir Hussain Moussavi in his re-election.
200.Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was ousted in a military coup. He was deported to Costa Rica.
201.Arfa Karim, the world's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional from Pakistan 14th January 2012
202.Iceland swears its first female PM Johanna Sigurdard Ottir.
203.Baitullah Mehsud killed on Aug: 5, 2009..
204.Jacob Zuma won elections in South Africa.
205.Abdullah Abdullah contested elections against Hamid Karzai.
206.Mother-in-Law of Obama is Marian Robinson.
207.President of Bangladesh is Zia ur Rahman.
208.23 Oct 2011 – Former First Lady of Pakistan, Begum Nusrat Bhutto was
82 years old at the time of her death. She died of protracted illness
209. Pakistan Ambassador to UN is Sheri Rehman
210.President of Sri Lanka is Mahindra Percy Rajapaksa and PM is Ratnasiri Wickremanyake.
211.Michael Jackson died on 25th June, 2009 at the age of 50.
212.LTTE chief Prabhakaran killed on 18th May, 2009.
213.Titanic Museum opened in UK on 31st March, 2009.
214.The International Airport of Washington DC is known as Dulles International Airport.
215.Michael Sleiman has taken over as the President of Lebanon.
216.5th World Water Forum concluded in Istanbul on 22nd March, 2009.
217.China celebrated its 60th Aniversary on 1st Oct: 2009.
218.Common Wealth Games of 2010 were played in India.
219.Jill Baden is the wife of Joe Biden, VP USA.
220.Michelle Obaman is the wife of Barack Obama.
221.CIA director is Leon Panetta.
222.Secretary General of OIC is Ikmalluddin Ihsan Iglo (Turkey).
223.US Ambassador to Iraq is Christopher Hill.(not sure)
224.Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self Governance Order 2009 came on
Sep:7, 2009. Qamar-uz-Zaman Qaira made governer on 15th Sep: 2009.
225.The book "Jinnah- India, Partition, Independence" is written by Jaswant Singh.
226.The World Athletics Championship 2009 was held in Berlin in 2009.
227.Arab League Sectary General is Amr Moosa.
228.Commander of ISAF forces in Afghanistan is General Joseph Dun ford
229.Operation Rah-e-Nijat conducted in South Waziristan on June 19, 2009.
230.Operation Rah-e-Rast began in Sawat in May 2009...
231.First East Timore President is Jose Gusmao.
232.President of Palestine is Mehmood Abbas.
233.The next two World Cups will be hosted by Brazil in 2014, Russia in
2018 The next Hockey world cup will be held at The Hague, Netherlands
from 2-Jun to 14-June 2014
234.US Secretary of Defence is Chick Hegel
235.Secretary General of SAARC is Sheel Kant Sharma.
236.OPEC chief is Abdullah Salem al-Badri.
237.NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen..
238..On 9 September 2008, Asif Ali Zardari was sworn in as President of Pakistan.
239.Burj Khalifa — The Tallest Building in the World has 162 stories,
828 meters or 2,717 feet in height and was constructed by Skidmore,
Owings & Merrill, inaugurated on 4th Jan: 2010.
240.NRO was promulgated on oct 5 2007 and has 7 sections.
241. Pakistan lift World T20 Cup, beat Sri Lanka by 8 wkts on 21 June 2009.
242.When Kerry Lugar bill was passed, Sept 24, 2009
243.Luger Bill will provide Pakistan an aid of....1.5 billion dollars annually
244.The Way Of The World: A Story Of Truth And Hope In An Age Of Extremism by Ron Susskind
245.A book of 2008"A way of hope and extremism”...... Ayesha Jalal
246.The first negro to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was Ralph Johnson Bunche
247..The first Muslim Nobel Laureate was: Anwar Sadaat of Egypt
248. . Nobel Prize holder UN institutions.....UNHCR, UAEA
249. Largest Library of the world?? U.S. Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
250.Name of the Central Bank of USA?? Federal Reserve Bank
251.Capital of Hungry?? Budapest
252.Currency of China Yuan
253.Agriculture share in GDP. 23%
254.Inflation rate in Pakistan. 13.4%
255.Growth rate during 2011-2012…. 2.3%
256.Who is responsible for Fiscal Policy in Pakistan??
257.Who is responsible for Monetary Policy in Pakistan??
258.RAM stands for random access memory
259. Seats of National Assembly. 342
260. Which areas/States choose to join Pakistan after partition.?
