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Contents
January 2023 ................................................................................................................................................. 2
Pakistan – Current Affairs ........................................................................................................................ 2
World – Current Affairs ............................................................................................................................ 7
Important International Days ................................................................................................................. 19
February 2023 ............................................................................................................................................. 20
Pakistan – Current Affairs ...................................................................................................................... 20
World – Current Affairs .......................................................................................................................... 24
March 2023 ................................................................................................................................................. 31
April – 2023 ................................................................................................................................................ 46
May 2023 .................................................................................................................................................... 62
Pakistan – Current Affairs ....................................................................................................................... 62
World – Current Affairs ........................................................................................................................... 66
June 2023 .................................................................................................................................................... 77
July 2023 ..................................................................................................................................................... 90
August 2023 .............................................................................................................................................. 101
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Current Affairs 2023

January 2023
Pakistan – Current Affairs
1. Which Pakistani singer has been featured on Rolling Stone's list of 200 Best Singers of All
Time?
Answer - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
2. Which news agency has recently announced to end Urdu Radio service in Pakistan after
nearly 2 decades?
Answer - BBC
3. Pakistan and Turkish warships have recently conducted naval drills in Arabian Sea, called__?
Answer- Turgutreis-VII
4. Which province to extend teaching of the Holy Quran as a compulsory subject from primary
to higher secondary?
Answer- Punjab
5. The PSL 8 is scheduled to be held from:
Answer – Feb 13 to Mar19, 2023
6. Which Pakistani bodybuilding star has won 3 World Titles in Thailand?
Answer – Ramiz Ibrahim
7. Six coronavirus cases belonging to the highly-contagious Omicron subvariant category XBB
were reported in which city?
Answer – Karachi
8. Which political party has recently issued white paper on economic situation of Pakistan?
Answer – PTI
9. PM Shehbaz has announced to extend the Daanish Schools System to which province?
Answer- Balochistan
10. Which country has consistently ranked among the top 10 most vulnerable countries on the
Climate Risk Index?
Answer - Pakistan
11. Army chief Asim Munir on first visit to Saudi Arabia and UAE is scheduled from:
Answer - 4-10 January
12. PM Shehbaz made a visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on:
Answer - January 12
13. World Bank projected Pakistan's growth at _____percent in FY2022/23, amid warning of
global recession.
Answer – 2%
14. Famous “Fifty Fifty” comedian Majid Jahangir passed away on:
Answer - 11 January, 2023
15. CM Pervaiz Elahi has taken the vote of confidence from the Punjab Assembly on:
16. CM Pervaiz Elahi won the confidence vote by securing ____ votes in the Punjab Assembly?
Answer – 186
17. Which country has officially nominated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for Nobel
Peace Prize?
Answer: Pakistan
18. The Senate of Pakistan has nominated Turkish President Erdogan for the Nobel Peace Prize
for his work on:
Answer: Settlement of the Ukrainian Crises
19. The Nobel peace prize is awarded in which city?
Answer: Oslo, the capital of Norway
20. Who has been nominated for ICC Player of the Month for December 2022?
Answer: Babar Azam
21. International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan was held in Geneva on:
22. Pakistan has secured ______ billion in pledges at Climate Resilience Conference?
Answer - $10b
23. What is the rank of Pakistan in Henley Passport Index 2023?
Answer - 106 in 2023, 108 in 2022
24. Pakistan has been ranked again as the ___ worst passport for International Travel in 2023.
Answer - 4th
25. An agreement to declare Punjab and California "sister provinces" was signed on:
Answer - January 9, 2023
26. Punjab cabinet approved upgrade of which district as division?
Answer – Mianwali
27. Which political party has won the most number of seats in the second phase of local
government elections held in Karachi, Haiderabad on 15 January 2023?
Answer – PPP
28. How many total seats won by PPP in Karachi, Hyderabad local polls?
Answer – 93, JI 86, PTI 40
29. Which country’s delegation visited Pakistan for talks on oil deal, gas pipeline project?
Answer – Russian
30. Ex-Supreme Court Bar president Abdul Latif Afridi shot dead at Peshawar High Court on:
Answer – 16 January, 2023
31. Pakistan Navy would host the 9th edition of AMAN-23, multinational maritime exercise on:
Answer - February 10-14, 2023
32. Which province has launched app to counter mobile theft?
Answer – KPK
33. Pakistan signed 39 MOUs to enhance bilateral trade with which neighboring country in
January 2023?
Answer – Iran
34. Which ministry to implement a ‘one room, one light’ policy in Pakistan?
Answer – Information Technology and Telecommunication
35. Governor KPK, Haji Ghulam Ali signed and approved CM Mahmood Khan’s summary for
the dissolution assembly on:
36. Which house of Parliament passed the resolution to teach Holy Quran with translation in
universities?
Answer – Senate of Pakistan
37. Who led the Russian delegation for talks on oil and gas deal, pipeline project with Pakistan?
Answer – Nikolay Shulginov (Energy Ministry of Russia)
38. Who has been appointed as caretaker Chief Minister of KPK?
Answer – Mohammad Azam Khan
39. Under which article of the constitution, when assemblies are dissolved, a general election
shall be held within ninety days after the dissolution?
Answer – Article 224
40. According to article 224 of the Constitution, elections for the national and provincial
assemblies are to be held within ______ days following the day the term of the assemblies
expire.
Answer – 60
41. When will Pakistan buy oil and gas from Russia in currencies of friendly countries?
Answer – March
42. 4-Nation Women's Football Cup was won by which country?
Answer – Saudi Arabia, Pakistan got 2nd
43. As per recent report of senate of Pakistan, how many journalists were killed in Pakistan over
the past four years?
Answer – 42
44. Who has been appointed as caretaker CM for Punjab?
Answer - Mohsin Naqvi
45. Byram Dinshawji Avari, a Pakistani businessman and twice Asian Games gold medalist died
on:
46. Who represented Pakistan at the 26th meeting of ECO Council of Ministers' meeting held on
23-24 January in Tashkent, Uzbekistan?
Answer – FM Bilawal Bhutto
47. Who has been appointed as chief selector of Pakistan Cricket team?
Answer – Haroon Rashid
48. Which two Pakistani players have been included in ICC Men's T20I Team of the Year 2022?
Answer – Mohammad Rizwan & Haris Rauf
49. Who has been appointed as IGP Punjab by caretaker government?

Answer – Usman Anwar
50. Improvised Explosive Device (IEDs) (recently in news) is a simple bomb made and used by
which group/forces?
Answer – Unofficial or Unauthorized forces/Terrorists
51. Pakistan hit with massive power outage on:
52. The electricity grid (recently in news) is an attractive target for _______ in modern era?
Answer – Cyber-attacks
53. Who will be the first Minister of Sports playing PSL in the history of Pakistan?
Answer – Wahab Riaz
54. Who has been declared ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year for the second time?
Answer – Babar Azam
55. The Senate of Pakistan adopted a unanimous resolution to condemn the desecration of Holy
Quran in Netherlands and Sweden on:
Answer - 27 January 2023
56. FM Bilawal Bhutto made an official visit to Moscow from:
Answer - 29-30 January
57. Who will inaugurate the Gwadar airport?
Answer - Chinese President Xi Jinping
58. Name the Turkish-Pakistani joint military drills, began in Tarbela on January 30, 2023?
Answer - ATTATURK-XII
59. In which city, a bomb blast at a mosque killed 100 people on 30 January, 2023?
Answer - Peshawar
60. Which militant group claimed the responsibility for the Peshawar Mosque blast that took
place on 30 January 2023?
Answer – TTP
61. After Zara Naeem, which Pakistani has achieved the highest score worldwide in the
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)?
Answer - Huzaifa Jamil
62. Who has become the first Pakistani to lead Baltimore’s Museum of Modern Art in its 109-
year-long history?
Answer - Asma Naeem
63. Recently, which neighboring country organized the ‘Operation Alert’ near the border of
Pakistan?
Answer – India
64. The creation of which award was approved by the President of Pakistan recently?
Answer – 'Pakistan Diamond Jubilee Award 2022'
65. Pakistan Diamond Jubilee Award 2022 will be given to_______.
Answer – Arm forces
66. How many Pakistanis out of 32 UN peacekeeping personnel were killed during 2022?
Answer - Seven
67. First round of talks on 9th review between Pakistan and the IMF was held in Islamabad on:
68. Pakistan has again been ranked __out of the total 180 countries on the Corruption Perception
Index (CPI) of Transparency International for 2022.
Answer - 140 (140th in 2021)
69. Famous Anchorperson and TV host Mishal Bukhari passed away on 3 January at:
Answer – 38
70. Pakistan's first electric bus service was launched in Karachi on:
71. Pakistan’s corruption perception score falls to worst level in 10 years. What is the CPI score
of Pakistan?
Answer - 27 out of 100
World – Current Affairs

72. Which country to assume the presidency of UNSC for January 2023?
Answer- Japan
73. Which country has officially adopted the euro as its currency and entered the borderless
Schengen zone?
Answer- Croatia as 20th member
74. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in as president of Brazil on:
Answer- 1 January, 2023
75. Name the first pontiff to resign in 600 years, who has recently died at 95?
Answer- Benedict XVI
76. Who has won all three world chess championship titles for the third time in his career?
Answer- Magnus Carlsen
77. The world’s first hydrogen powered train launched in which country?
Answer- China
78. Saudi Arabia got its first batch of woman train drivers recently. When were Saudi Arabia’s
women allowed to start driving?
Answer- June 24, 2018
79. According to the New FIFA Ranking which football team is placed at the top?
Answer- Brazil
80. Who has become the first person in history to lose $200 billion?
Answer- Elon Musk
81. UN General Assembly has recently referred Israeli occupation to which UN body for
consideration?
Answer- International Court of Justice (ICJ)
82. Which country declared Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) as 'terrorist group'?
Answer- Britain
83. Which country has taken over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the
first six months of 2023?
Answer – Sweden
84. Which country has recently announced the recovery of 2700-year old sarcophagus lid from
US?
Answer – Egypt
85. Name the extreme-right Israeli minister who made a controversial visit to al-Aqsa mosque
recently?
Answer- Ben-Gvir
86. Which two countries call for urgent UN Security Council meeting after Ben-Gvir's Al Aqsa
visit?
Answer- UAE and China
87. Name, the US astronaut who was the last surviving member of NASA's Apollo 7 mission,
has died aged 90.
Answer- Walter Cunningham
88. In which country, a transgender woman was executed for the first time in history for a
murder case?
Answer- U.S.
89. Which country to hold first polls in July since a huge economic and political crises?
Answer- Sri Lanka
90. Which country to sail Hypersonic Missiles into Atlantic Ocean in clear affront to U.S?
Answer- Russia
91. Which space agency to launch 54 upgraded Starlink internet satellites; nails rocket landing at
sea in 60th flight of the year?
Answer- SpaceX
92. Who has become the first FIFA female international referee from Saudi Arabia?
Answer: Anoud Al-Asmari
93. Which country to open its first-ever newly-built church?
Answer: Türkiye
94. In which country, the New British Indian Army Memorial will be built?
Answer: Scotland
95. Son of El Chapo Guzman, the world’s most wanted man arrested in Mexico. He is known as:
Answer - Drug lord
96. Which famous international tennis star announced retirement after Dubai Tennis
Championships?
Answer - Sania Mirza
97. “Nagorno-Karabakh” (recently in news) is a disputed region between?
Answer - Armenia and Azerbaijan
98. Who has been elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives?
Answer - Kevin McCarthy
99. Which province to launch digital land record system?

Answer - Punjab
100. Government has decided to sell two LNG plants to Qatar because of:
Answer - High Risk of Default
101. Which country has recently banned foreigners from buying homes?
Answer - Canada
102. Who has been named Men's World Best Player 2022 by the International Federation of
Football History and Statistics (IFFHS)?
Answer - Lionel Messi
103. Gianluca Vialli, who passed recently away at 58, was a legendary footballer of which
country?
Answer – Italy
104. Which country has approved the use of the world's first vaccine for honeybees?
Answer – United States
105. The 'World's First Robot Lawyer' is set to take on its first court case in:
Answer – February 2023
106. Which city has been ranked the best city in the world for 2023 to live, work, invest and
visit?
Answer – London (2nd Paris, 3rd New York)
107. AlUla listed among seven wonders of the world for 2023, located in:
Answer – Saudi Arabia
108. A four-month-old bar-tailed godwit known as B6 set a new world record by completing a
non-stop 11-day migration of 13560 km from:
Answer – Alaska to Australia
109. Which country has granted record permanent residency permits in 2022?
Answer – Canada
110. Which Australian player broke the record of the highest test centuries owned by Sir
Donald Bradman?
Answer – Steve Smith
111. PM Shahbaz announced which civil award for the two martyred CTD officials in
Khanewal?
Answer – Hilal-e-Shujaat
112. As per a new report “Global glacier change in the 21st century”, half of the earth’s
glacier will be disappeared by ____?
Answer – 2100
113. Name the NASA’s satellite which is returning to Earth after 38 years in space?
Answer - Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS)
114. Which country has reopened borders to tourists after three years of Covid closure?
Answer - China
115. Which international financial institution warned that the global economy could tip into
recession in 2023?
Answer - World Bank
116. 2022 was the hottest year on record of which country?
Answer - UK
117. Which country to host the ‘Voice of the Global South Summit’?
Answer - India
118. Kilauea Volcano, which was seen in the news, is located in which country?
Answer - Hawaii (USA)
119. Which region remained the two worst regions in terms of child mortality in 2021, as per
new UN report?
Answer - South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
120. A strange fossil with a dinosaur-like head & bird-like body found in:
Answer - China
121. Which country has topped the world's strongest passport list in 2023, according to the
Henley Passport Index report?
Answer - Japan, 2nd Singapore, 3rd South Korea
122. Name the former and last king of Greece, who passed recently away at the age of 82.
Answer - Constantine II
123. Who has been named the most influential person in the Arab world in 2022, according to
a poll by Russia Today?
Answer - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
124. As PTI decided to dissolve the provincial assemblies, Governor has power to dissolve
Provincial Assembly at the advice of Chief Minister under the which article?
Answer - Article 112
125. Which organization has recently published the Food Price Index (FFPI)?
Answer – FAO
126. Who has become the richest actor in the world with net worth of $1 billion?
Answer - Jerry Seinfeld
127. Which country has announced the inclusion of Punjabi language in schools?
Answer – Australia
128. Which country pull out of Afghan cricket series over Taliban crackdown on women?
Answer - Australia
129. Which country will host the Conference of Parties COP-28 in 2023?
Answer - The UAE
130. Which Telescope has recently confirmed its first exoplanet, LHS 475 b, one almost the
same size as Earth?
Answer – James Webb Space Telescope
131. NATO has decided to deploy surveillance planes in which country to monitor Russian
military activities?
Answer – Romania
132. Qatar signed a 27-year, world's 'longest' gas supply deal with which country?
Answer – China
133. Which country has executed more than 500+ people in 2022, constituting “the highest
rate in five years”?
Answer – Iran
134. Most known executions took place in which countries as per Amnesty International?
Answer – China, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Syria
135. What is the meaning of “Capital Punishment”?
Answer – The death sentence or penalty
136. Where is the 53rd annual meeting of the World Economic Forum being organized?
Answer – Switzerland
137. What is the theme of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2023?
Answer – Cooperation in a Fragmented World
138. Recently, an 11-year-old girl has become the youngest-ever mum of which country?
Answer – United Kingdom
139. What is the name of Sweden’s first satellite launch center?
Answer – Mainland Orbital
140. R Bonnie Gabriel, who was crowned as Miss Universe 2022, belongs to which country?
141. The number of persons aged 65 years or older worldwide is expected to double over the
next three decades as per which report?
Answer – UN World Social Report 2023
142. Which international organization has recently released the 18th edition of ‘Global Risks
Report 2023’?
Answer – World Economic Forum
143. As per ‘Global Risks Report 2023’, which are the two most severe risks facing the world
in the next decade?
Failure to mitigate climate change & failure of climate change adaptation
144. Recently, who created the Guinness World Record by making ‘mirror typing’ books?
Answer – Michel Saintelia from Italy
145. Archeologists found eight ostrich eggs dated between 4,000 and 7,500 years ago in which
country?
Answer – Israel
146. Which is the first European country to have a Reciprocal Access Agreement with Japan?
Answer – UK
147. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has recently
appointed whom as Chief Economist?
Answer – Clare Lombardelli
148. Which exam has been rated to be the toughest in the world?
Answer – China's Gaokao
149. Which country’s population fell to a 60 year low, to 1.41 billion with a fall of roughly
850,000?
Answer – China
150. Which country’s president has resigned in January 2023 due to corruption scandal?
Answer – Vietnam’s president, Nguyen Xuan Phuc
151. Who won the title of Spanish Super Cup Final 2023?
Answer – Barcelona
152. The world's oldest person, French nun Sister Andre, has died at the aged of:
Answer – 118
153. Which South African batting star announced his retirement from all formats of
international cricket?
Answer – Hashim Amla
154. Jacinda Ardern, who has recently announced her resignation, is the PM of which
country?
Answer – New Zealand
155. Which country’s plane has recently crashed, killing fourteen people, including its interior
minister?
Answer – Ukraine
156. Who has recently been declared as global terrorist by United Nations?
Answer – Abdul Rehman Makki
157. Where will 14th World Spices Congress 2023 be held?
Answer – India
158. Which country is famous for its spices in the world?
Answer – India
159. Which country has announced to change 'no-strings aid' policy for allies?
160. After scoring double century, which Indian player has joined the ICC elite group?
Answer – Shubman Gill
161. Which country has reported 60,000 Covid-Related deaths since restrictions lifted?
Answer – China
162. At least 68 killed in which country’s worst air crash in 30 years?

Answer – Nepal
163. Iran has recently executed which British-Iranian national accused of spying for Britain?
Answer - Alireza Akbari
164. In which country, Europe's largest deposit of rare earth metals were found, which could
become 'more important than oil and gas?
Answer - Sweden
165. Which country has announced to downsize military by half by 2030?
Answer - Sri Lanka
166. UNESCO has decided to dedicate the 2023 International Day of Education to the women
of which country?
Answer – Afghanistan
167. International Day of Education is celebrated on:
Answer - 24th January
168. The 10th International Conference on Education and Social Sciences (INTCESS 2023)
was held in Istanbul on:
Answer - 23-25 January 2023
169. Which institution released the report titled ‘Survival of the Richest’?
Answer - Oxfam International
170. Name the Kashmiri calligrapher who has broken the world record by writing the Holy
Quran on a 500-meter scroll?
Answer - Mustafa-Ibn-Jameel
171. Which organization published the World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2023
report?
Answer - ILO
172. Where was a Think-20 meeting of the G20 organized?
Answer - India
173. The 26th meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Economic Cooperation Organisation
(ECO) was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on:
Answer - 23, 24 January, 2023
174. The 25th meeting of COM was held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, in:
Answer - November 2021
175. The theme of the 26th meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Economic Cooperation
Organisation (ECO) is:
Answer - “Year of Strengthening Connectivity”
176. Who has become the first woman president of Columbia University for the first time in
its 268-year history?
Answer - Nemat Shafik
177. The fifth International Day of Education was celebrated on 24 January 2023 under the
theme of:
Answer – “To invest in people, prioritize education”
178. Recently, who has registered his name in the Guinness World Records as the world’s
oldest living person?
Answer – María Branyas Morera, 115 years old
179. Which two countries will create common currency to facilitate trade?
Answer – Brazil and Argentina
180. Chris Hipkins sworn in as the ___ Prime Minister of New Zealand on January 25, 2023.
Answer – 41st
181. Which space agency to test ‘DRACO’ rocket engine that’ll send humans to Mars?
Answer – NASA & DARPA
182. As per recent documentary of BBC, who is directly responsible for Gujarat 2002 anti-
Muslim riots?
Answer – Narendra Modi
183. How many Muslims were burned and hacked to death in India during Gujarat 2002 anti-
Muslim riots?
Answer – 2000
184. Germany announced deliveries of the world’s leading battle tanks, Leopard 2, to which
country?
Answer – Ukraine
185. In which city is the world’s longest calligraphic mural built?
Answer – Mecca
186. An 1,800-year-old “complete residential city from the Roman-era” was discovered in
which country?
Answer – Egypt
187. Which city has been designated an endangered World Heritage site by UNESCO?
Answer – Odessa, Ukraine
188. Which country is the host of the ‘FIDE World Championship 2023’?
Answer – Kazakhstan
189. Recently, scientists of the Field Museum have discovered a large meteorite of 17 pounds
in which continent?
Answer – Antarctica
190. Where will Shanghai Cooperation Organization film festival be held from January 27 to
31?
Answer – India
191. Data Privacy Day or Data Protection Day is celebrated every year on:
Answer - 28 January
192. The process of safeguarding important information from corruption, compromise or loss
is called:
Answer - Data protection
193. Which famous city of the world got first Muslim mayor (Amira Elghawaby)?
Answer - Johannesburg, South Africa
194. Which country has recently appointed its first adviser to combat Islamophobia?
Answer - Canada
195. Which country will commercialize the world's first photonic-based quantum computer?
Answer - Canada
196. Who has won the Czech Republic's presidential election 2023?
Answer - Petr Pavel
197. Xenophobia , which was seen in news recently, is the fear of:
Answer - Strangers or foreigners
198. 15th BRICS summit to be held in August in which country?
Answer - South Africa
199. Khalistan referendum took place in Australia on 29 January 2023, organized by which
famous Sikhs organization?
Answer - The Sikhs for Justice (SFJ)
200. The 15th edition of 2023 Men’s FIH Hockey World Cup was held in India from:
Answer - 13 Jan to 29 Jan
201. Which country has won the 15th Hockey World Cup title?
Answer - Germany
202. Which team is the runner up of FIH Men's Hockey World Cup 2023?
Answer - Belgium
203. Which country has won the first edition of Women's Under-19 Cricket T-20 World Cup
title?
Answer – India
204. Who has won his 10th Australian Open Men’s Singles Title?
Answer - Novak Djokovic
205. Who has won the Australian Open Women’s Singles Title?
Answer - Aryna Sabalenka
206. Which institution released the ‘World Economic Situation and Prospects 2023’ report?
United Nations
207. Which currency has become the least valued currency in the world?
Answer - The Iranian Rial [1 USD = 42, 250 IRR]
208. Who has become the first Asian woman to receive an Oscar Award nomination for the
best actress?
Answer - Michelle Yeoh, from Malaysia
209. The term “two-state solution", which was seen in the news recently, is related to which
international conflicts?
Answer – Israel and Palestine
210. In which country is the International Tourism Trade Fair 'FITUR-2023' being organized
from 18 to 22 January, 2023?
Answer – Spain
211. Which automotive manufacturer company won the title as world's top-selling automaker
in 2022?
Answer - Toyota
212. Toyota Motor Corporation is a multinational automotive manufacturer company,
headquartered in:
Answer - Japan
213. What is the name of the first Indian space mission to observe the Sun?
Answer - Aditya-L1
214. Which city has been named as UNESCO World Book Capital for 2023?
Answer - Accra
215. Which country holds the presidency of G20 in 2023?
Answer – India
216. Which country is honored to be the Chair of ASEAN in 2023?
Answer – Indonesia
Important International Days

217. World Leprosy Day is observed internationally every year on ______ of January?
Answer - last Sunday
218. The World Leprosy Day 2023 will be observed on:
219. Leprosy is the oldest disease in the world, caused by which microorganism?
Answer – Bacteria
220. World Braille Day is celebrated every year on:
Answer - January 4th
221. A form of written language for blind people is known as:
Answer – Braille
222. The 12th edition of the World Radio Day is being celebrated on:
Answer – 13 February 2023
223. The theme of 2023 World Radio Day is:
Answer – "Radio and Peace"
224. World Interfaith Harmony Week’ is observed in which month?
Answer – First Week of February
225. When is the World Pulses Day observed, across the world?
Answer - February 10, 2023
226. The theme of World Pulses Day 2023 is:
Answer - "Pulses for Sustainable Future"
227. International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, is celebrated on:
Answer – 6 February
228. What is the theme of International Day of Zero Tolerance 2023?
Partnership with Men & Boys to transform Social & gender Norms to End FGM"
229. World Wetlands Day is annually celebrated on:
230. Data Privacy Day or Data Protection Day is celebrated every year on:
Answer - 28 January
231. International Day of Education is celebrated on:
Answer - 24th January
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February 2023
1. Who is the winner of the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Men's Cricketer of the year
2022?
Answer – Babaer Azam
2. Which country issued a notice to Pakistan seeking modification of the 1960 Indus Waters
Treaty (IWT)?
Answer – India
3. In which country, Inflation jumped to 48-year high of 27.6pc in January?
Answer – Pakistan
4. PM Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated K-3, the third unit of Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
(KANUP) on:
Answer – 2 February, 2023
5. K-3, the third unit of Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUP) will produce ___megawatts of
electricity.
Answer – 1,100
6. Who has been appointed as Attorney General of Pakistan in February 2023?
Answer – Barrister Shehzad Ata Elahi
7. Kashmir Solidarity Day is observed in Pakistan on:
Answer – 5th February
8. Ex. President Parvez Musharraf (1943-2023) passed away at the age of 79 on:
9. Which country banned Wikipedia over blasphemous content in February 2023?
Answer – Pakistan
10. Who has become the Pakistan’s first ACCA qualified transgender?
Answer – Sana Khan
11. Who is the first Pakistani transgender doctor?
Answer – Sara Gill
12. The first transgender lawyer in Pakistan is:
Answer – Nisha Rao
13. Which country has the poorest economy in South Asia as per World Bank?
Answer – Pakistan
14. Which Pakistani boxer has won World Boxing Organization Youth World Champion in
Dubai?
Answer – Usman Wazeer
15. Which Pakistani video gamer won the Tekken World Tour Finals 2022?
Answer – Atif Butt
16. The recent report “Pakistan is on the brink” was published by_________?
Answer - Financial Times
17. Which Pakistani educator was awarded the prestigious Brain of the Year award by the UKs
Brain Trust?
Answer - Sania Alam
18. The Pakistan Railways will launch Railway Automated Booking and Travel Assistance
(RABTA app) with the help of which country?
Answer - China
19. The National Assembly passed the Trade Dispute Resolution Bill on:
Answer - 6 February 2023
20. Pakistan Govt. to make new law proposing ____year jail terms for defamation of army and
judiciary.
Answer - 5-year
21. As per which news agency, Dollars smuggled from Pakistan provide lifeline for the Taliban?
Answer - Bloomberg
22. Which Pakistani cricketer announced retirement from all forms in February 2023?
Answer - Kamran Akmal
23. Which country has signed deal with International Monetary Fund (IMF) over stalled bailout
package in February 2023?
Answer – Pakistan
24. Renowned writer and poet Amjad Islam Amjad passed away at 78 on:
25. The first ever digital census in Pakistan will be held from:
Answer – 1 to 31 March, 2023
26. A mob has killed a man for allegedly burning pages of the Qurran in:
Answer – Khanewal
27. What is the prize money for PSL 8?
Answer – Rs120m
28. The second round of mid-level defence dialogue between Pakistan and the United States was
held from:
February 13-16
29. Which credit rating agency downgraded Pakistan’s long-term foreign-currency issuer default
rating (IDR) to ‘CCC-’?
Answer – Fitch Ratings
30. Which institution has recently launched the National Telecom Security Operations Centre
(NTSOC)?
Answer – Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)
31. Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director-General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),
made a visit Pakistan from:
Answer – February 15-16
32. Who has become the first Pakistani to score century in Women’s T20Is?
Answer – Muneeba Ali
33. Who is the first Pakistani to score century in Men’s T20Is?
Ahmed Shahzad
34. Name the US Ambassador to Pakistan who has recently inaugurated a US government-
funded preservation project at the Lahore Fort?
Answer – Donald Blome
35. PM Shehbaz made a visit to Türkiye to show solidarity with the people of Turkey on:
Answer – 16-17 February 2023
36. Name the Pakistan's new airline which is going to introduce Embraer E190?
Answer - K2 Airways
37. Which country called for emergency OIC moot to help Turkish earthquake-affectees?
Answer – Pakistan
38. President Alvi has announced Punjab and K-P elections on:
Answer – April 9, 2023
39. The National Assembly passed the Finance (Supplementary) Bill, 2023 on:
40. Aftab Sultan resigned as the chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on:
41. Who has been appointed as acting chairman of The National Accountability Bureau (NAB)?
Answer - Zahir Shah
42. A high-ranking delegation of Pakistan led by the Minister for Defence made a visit to Kabul
on:
Answer - 22 February, 2023
43. Which political party has launched Jail Bharo Tehreek on 22 February 2023?
Answer - PTI
44. Which country to host OIC conference on women’s rights at UN headquarters on 8 March,
2023?
Answer - Pakistan
45. February 27th is celebrated as______________ across Pakistan.

Answer - Surprise Day
46. Pakistan to celebrates ____ Surprise Day on 27 February 2023 as a tribute to the retaliatory
attack by the Pakistan Air Force after India’s botched Balakot airstrike in 2019?
Answer - 4th
47. Who has become the first woman Secretary of the Lahore High Court Bar Association
(LHCBA)?
Answer - Sabahat Rizvi
48. Which political party won the by-election for Rajanpur’s NA-193 constituency?
Answer - PTI
49. Which country to raise policy interest rate by 200 bps for IMF Bailout?
Answer – Pakistan
50. Zia Mohyeddin, legendary Pakistani artist and orator passed away at 91 on:
51. Name the Pakistan's first Hindu female civil servant who has recently posted as Assistant
Commissioner in Hassanabdal?
Answer – Dr Sana Ramchand Gulwani
52. Which provincial assembly passed a resolution to remove discrimination between locals and
non-locals?
Answer - Balochistan Assembly.
53. When is the World Inter-Religious Harmony Week celebrated?

Answer – 1 to 7 February
54. Which country has taken over the UN Security Council Presidency for the month of February
2023?
Answer – Malta
55. Which country is recently hit by deadliest earthquake on 6 February 2023 with a magnitude
7.8 earthquake?
Answer – Turkey and Syria
56. According to recent estimation of UN, the death toll from massive earthquake in Turkiye and
Syria could rise above____________.
50,000+
57. Which three countries to establish a Global Biofuel Alliance?
Answer – India, US and Brazil
58. Which institution launched the ‘Zero-Draft’ of the Pandemic Treaty?
Answer – World Health Organisation
59. Which international organization has recently released the report “World Economic
Outlook”?
Answer – IMF
60. According to World Economic Outlook, what was the estimated global growth in 2022?
Answer – 3.4% (2.9% in 2023. 3.1% in 2024)
61. As per new study, global temperature to rise by more than ____degree Celsius by 2050?
Answer – 2 degree Celsius
62. Which country has recently opened its embassy in Solomon Islands to counter China's push
into the Pacific?
Answer – The United States
63. Manuela Roka Botey has been appointed as the first female Prime Minister of which
country?
Answer - Equatorial Guinea
64. Which country to give U.S. troops access to another four bases to counter China?
Answer – Philippines
65. Which country to remove the British monarchy from its bank notes?
66. The cough syrups made by which country, caused the death of 300 kids worldwide according
to WHO in February 2023?
Answer – India
67. Which country has recently blamed Israel for drone attack on its defense site?
Answer – Iran
68. Which country has recently sent its controversial balloon into the airspace of the USA?
Answer – China
69. Which famous Australian cricketer has recently announced his retirement from international
cricket?
Answer - Aaron Finch
70. According to the estimation of WHO, the death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck
Turkey and Syria could rise above_____?
Answer - 50,000
71. Which country has found the radioactive capsule that went missing in January?
Answer - Australia
72. After discovering 12 new moons, which planet has now become the planet with the
maximum number of moons?
Answer – Jupiter (92 moons)
73. Who has been appointed as the new inspector general of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa police?
Answer – Akhtar Hayat
74. Which country launched ‘Operation Dost’ to extend assistance to Turkey and Syria after
devastating earthquake?
Answer - India
75. Eighth edition of ICC Women's T20 World Cup tournament is scheduled to be held in South
Africa, from:
Answer - 10 to 26 February 2023
76. Where were the largest reserves of Lithium found in India recently?
Answer – Jammu and Kashmir
77. Which country to remove Chinese-made cameras from its offices over spying concerns?
78. Which country has recently unveiled ‘record’ number of nuclear and intercontinental ballistic
missiles (ICBMs) recently?
Answer – North Korea
79. Which company has recently developed Chat-GPT’s rival Bard?
Answer – Google
80. What is the only solution to Pakistan’s economic problem as per recent roadmap unveiled by
World Bank?
Answer – Productivity enhancing reforms
81. Iran celebrated 44th anniversary of Islamic Revolution on:

Answer -11 February, 2023
82. According to new study, the world lost about ____of its natural wetlands between 1700 and
2022?
20%
83. Who is the current NATO Chief (recently in news)?
Jens Stoltenberg
84. Nikos Christodoulides will be the next president of which country?
Answer – Cyprus
85. Name the Saudi Arabia’s first woman who will be sent into space?
Answer – Rayyana Barnawi
86. Which airline has recently suspended services to Pakistan?
Answer – Virgin Atlantic
87. Who has become the 2nd cricketer in test history to score centuries for two country?
Answer – Gary Balance
88. Which country has unveiled an underground air force base “Eagle 44” on 7 February 2023?
Answer – Iran
89. The 3rd ASEAN Digital Ministers Meeting (ADGMIN) was held in Boracay Island, Aklan,
Philippines on:
9-10 February 2023
90. Who has recently become the 22nd President of Bangladesh?
Answer – Mohammad Shahabuddin Chupu
91. Which institution has recently confirmed Marburg disease outbreak?
Answer – World Health Organisation (WHO)
92. Which country has recently been hit by Cyclone Gabrielle?
93. The 8th edition of the multinational maritime exercise Aman-2023 was held from:
Answer – 10-14 February 2023
94. The slogan of the 'AMAN-2023' was:
Together for Peace'
95. Pak Navy conducted 'AMAN-23' exercise with how many states?
52 states
96. The 3rd ASEAN Digital Ministers Meeting (ADGMIN) was held in:
Answer – Boracay Island, Aklan, Philippines
97. The theme of the 3rd ASEAN Digital Ministers Meeting (ADGMIN) was:
“Synergy Towards a Sustainable Digital Future”
98. Which country's former captain Eoin Morgan has retired from all formats of cricket?
Answer – England
99. Which Telescope has been selected for the ‘2023 John L. Jack Swigert, Jr.’ Award for Space
Exploration?
Answer – James Webb Telescope
100. Which company launched the World’s first satellite-based two-way messaging system?
Answer – Qualcomm
101. The recently concluded joint military exercise “Al Kassa-IV,” is a military exercise
between:
Answer - Pakistan and Saudi Arabia
102. Who has been appointed as the new CEO of YouTube?
Answer - Neel Mohan
103. Which country has passed law allowing anyone over 16 to change registered gender?
Answer - Spain
104. Which city will host the ‘World Government Summit 2023’?
Answer - Dubai
105. Who has recently become first Black South African Test captain in history?
Answer - Temba Bavuma
106. World's highest weather station installed on which highest mountain?
Answer - Mount Everest
107. Which country has recently fired the Hwasong-15 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
(ICBM) into Japan’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)?
Answer - North Korea
108. Name the famous Ghanaian footballer who found dead after Turkey earthquake?
Answer - Christian Atsu
109. The world's first international summit on the Responsible use of Artificial Intelligence in
the Military Domain (REAIM 2023) was held in:
Answer – Netherlands
110. REAIM 2023 was held at the World Forum, The Hague, Netherlands on:
15 -16 February 2023
111. The theme of the Responsible use of Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain
(REAIM 2023) was:
Mythbusting AI: breaking down the characteristics of AI
112. Who has become highest wicket taker in Women’s T20Is?
Answer - Nida Dar
113. Bucher Papers was seen in news, is a document related to which disputed region?
Answer - Kashmir
114. Which country will launch Mega Project to develop World's largest modern downtown?
115. Which company has launched ‘Sapphire Rapids’ processor for professional creators?
Answer – Intel
116. Which country has suspended the participation in New START treaty, last nuclear
weapons pact with U.S?
Answer - Russia
117. Which country’s president’s visit to Ukraine is considered as the high risk visit of the
year?
Answer - US president Joe Biden
118. USA President Biden made a dramatic, unannounced visit to Kyiv, on 20 February.
119. Which country has hosted the ‘Munich Security Conference’?
Answer - Germany
120. As per Guinness world records, which country has world's fastest police car?
Answer – Dubai
121. Who has been nominated as President of World Bank by US?
Ajay Banga
122. Which Oscar-winning ex-producer has been sentenced to 16 years in a rape case?
Harvey Weinstein
123. The inaugural I2U2 Business Forum was held in which country?
Abu Dhabi, UAE
124. Who has won the Berlin lifetime award?
American Director Steven Spielberg
125. As per the ‘Global Labour Resilience Index 2023’, labour market resilience is highest in
which region?
North America
126. Financial Action Task Force (FATF) suspended which country’s membership on 24
February 2023?
Answer – Russia
127. FATF put which two countries on money laundering grey list in February 2023?
Answer – South Africa and Nigeria
128. Which country has recently launched the Zhongxing-26 satellite?
Answer – China
129. UNGA has recently passed a resolution calling for immediate end to hostilities between
which two countries?
Answer – Ukraine and Russia
130. After Saudi Arabia, which Islamic country has opened its airspace to Israel?
Answer – Oman
131. ULTRASAT will be launched by NASA, ULTRASAT is the first telescope mission of
which country?
Answer – Israel
132. 2023 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup final will be played between Australia and South
Africa on:
133. Which city has become the first city in America to ban caste discrimination?
Answer – Seattle
134. Scientists from which country have found evidence of a new layer within the Earth's
inner core?
Answer – Australian
135. Who has won the Argentina Open Title 2023?
Answer - Carlos Alcaraz
136. Which telescope has discovered six monster galaxies?
Answer - James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
137. Which team won the Women's T20 World Cup for sixth time?
Australia
138. Which team recorded lowest score in T20 against Spain?
Isle of Man
139. Which country’s fertility rate is the lowest in the world at 0.78 in 2022?
South Korea
140. Which country has launched ‘Commercial Arms Transfer (CAT) Policy’?
USA
141. Who won the ‘Best FIFA Player of 2022 Award’?
Lionel Messi

142. International Mother Language day is celebrated every Year on:
143. The theme of the 2023 International Mother Language Day is:
Answer – “Multilingual education – a necessity to transform education”
144. World Scout Day is observed annually on:
Answer - 22 February
145. The theme of World Scout Day 2023 is
“Our World: Our Equal Future: The Environment and Gender Equality”
146. The World Day of Social Justice is observed every year on:
Answer - February, 20
147. The Theme of 2023 The World Day of Social Justice is :
Overcoming Barriers and Unleashing Opportunities for Social Justice
148.
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March 2023
1. Baloch Culture Day is celebrated all over Pakistan every year on:
Answer – March 2
2. Who has been appointed as new governor of Balochistan?

Answer - Abdul Wali Kakar
3. What is the rank of Pakistan’s army in the Global Firepower Index 2023?
Answer –7th
4. Who has become the youngest cricketer to receive Sitara-e-Imtiaz?
5. Name the new app launched by NADRA to protect citizens’ data recently?
Answer - ‘Ijazat Aap Ki’
6. Which Pakistani climate defender has been named among Women of the Year 2023 by
American Time Magazine?
Answer - Ayisha Siddiqa
7. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)?
Answer - Lt Gen (retd) Nazir Ahmad
8. Which house of the parliament celebrated its golden jubilee in March 2023?
Answer – The Senate of Pakistan
9. The Senate of Pakistan was formed in:
Answer – 1973
10. The State Bank of Pakistan issued a Rs 50 commemorative coin to mark the golden jubilee
(50th anniversary) of the Senate on:
17 March 2023
11. Who has been appointed as Inspector General of Police, Gilgit-Baltistan?
Answer – Dar Ali Khattak
12. The final of PSL Season 8, 2023 was played between:
Multan Sultan and Lahore Qalanders
13. Which team is the winner of PSL Season 8, 2023?
Lahore Qalanders
14. Lahore Qalanders claimed 2nd title of PSL after beating Multan Sultans by __run?
Answer – 01
15. Who was the top scorer of PSL Season 8, 2023?
Muhammad Rizwan, 550 runs
16. Who was the highest wicket taker in PSL Season 8, 2023?
Abbas Afridi, 23 wickets
17. Who won the Player of the Match award in the final of PSL-8?
Shaheen Afridi
18. Who won the Player of the Series award in PSL-8?
Ihsanullah
19. Which team scored (263 runs) the highest team total in Pakistan Super League history?
Answer - Multan Sultan
20. According to the World Happiness Index 2023, what is the rank of Pakistan?
Answer – 103rd
21. Which country has been removed from EU’s High Risk Third Countries list?
Answer - Pakistan
22. Who will represent Pakistan in 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed
Countries (LDCs)?
Answer - Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif
23. Name the Pakistan’s special representative to Afghanistan who has resigned recently?
Answer – Mohammad Sadiq
24. Which former Pakistani hockey player died in Italian shipwreck tragedy?
Answer – Shahida Raza
25. As per which article, Supreme Court ordered to hold elections within 90 days in KP and
Punjab?
Answer – Article 224
26. The Election Commission of Pakistan postponed the Punjab and KP elections till_?
Answer – October 8
27. Before the postponement, Elections in Punjab was schedule on:
Answer - 30 April, 2023
28. Which country became 17th most expensive country in world where Inflation hit half-century
peak at 31.5%?
Answer – Pakistan
29. Which country demanded the appointment of a UN Special Envoy to combat Islamophobia?
Answer – Pakistan
30. Renowned actor Qavi Khan passed away on 5 March 2023 at the age of:
Answer: 80
31. Pakistan’s first 3D concrete printer was developed by which university?
Answer: National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)
32. Which country has recently improved its ranking in global Anti-Money Laundering Index as
per the Basel Anti-Money Laundering (AML)?
Answer: Pakistan
33. Toshakhana, which was seen in news, was formed in:
Answer: 1974
34. Hijab was made mandatory for female teachers and students in which region of Pakistan?
Answer: AJK
35. Name the Tech House, launched by Prince Fahad bin Mansour Alsaud in Pakistan recently?
Answer-- Saudi-Pakistan Tech House
36. Pakistan’s textile sector exports experienced a significant decline of how much percent in
February 2023?
Answer: 28%
37. The Aurat March (Women Day on 8 March ) day first time observed in Pakistan in:
Answer – 2018
38. Which country to host OIC conference on women’s rights at UN headquarters on 8 March,
2023?
Answer – Pakistan
39. According to a survey titled Public Pulse Report published by Gallup Pakistan, who is the
most popular leader in Pakistan?
Answer – Imran Khan
40. Which Pakistani won gold medal in the 25th International Open Karate Championship?
Answer – Anahita Fatima Khan
41. Which city became the most polluted city in 2022, according to an annual global survey by a
Swiss maker of air purifiers?
Answer – Lahore
42. Which country made Toshakana gifts record public for the first time in history?
Answer – Pakistan
43. Which country to help Pakistan move towards 60pc clean energy by 2030?
Answer – US
44. Which Pakistani umpire has recently announced retirement from ICC Elite panel after record
435 international matches?
Answer – Aleem Dar
45. Which country has the most human rights violations in 2022 as per US HR report?
Answer – Pakistan
46. Which province of Pakistan has recently signed a sister-province agreement with the US state
of Georgia to promote trade, educational and cultural relations?
Answer – Sindh
47. Which Country is recently hit by an earthquake on 21st March 2023 with a magnitude 6.5?
Answer – Pakistan✓
48. Which country has recently approved its first National Clean Air Policy (NCAP)?
Answer – Pakistan✓
49. Name the app which was launched by Pakistan to save earth?
Answer – Planet Champs✓
50. PM Shehbaz Sharif launched ‘Teleschool Pakistan’ for free online education on:
Answer – 21 March 2023 ✓
51. The joint session of parliament was held on:
Answer – 22 March 2023 ✓
52. Pakistan Day is celebrated each year on:
Answer – 23 March
53. Pakistan celebrated its _____ Pakistan Day on 23rd March 2023.
Answer – 83rd
54. PM Shehbaz inaugurated 1,650MW coal-fired power plants in Thar on:
Answer – 22 March, 2023
55. Name the Attorney General of Pakistan who has resigned from his post recently?
Answer – Barrister Shahzad Atta Elahi
56. Who has been appointed as new Attorney General Pakistan?
Answer - Mansoor Usman Awan
57. UN Institute of Water, Environment, and Health has placed Pakistan in which category in
terms of water security?
Answer - “Critically Water Insecure”
58. Who has become Scotland's first Muslim leader?
Answer - Humza Yousaf
59. Who will become the first female Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court?
Answer - Justice Musarrat Hilali
60. Which country to skip the second 'Summit for Democracy' hosted by United State?
Answer - Pakistan
61. Who became the leading wicket-taker (100 wickets) for Pakistan in T20I?
Answer - Shadab Khan
62. The NA passed the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure), Bill 2023 on:
Answer - 29 March 2023
63. The Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure), Bill was presented by:
Answer - Federal Minister for Law and Justice Azam Nazeer Tarar
64. The main purpose of the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure), Bill is to limit which
powers of the CJP?
Answer - To take Suo-Motu Notice
65. Under which article, Chief Justice of Pakistan has power to take Suo-Motu notice?
Answer - Article 184 (3)
66. Lahore High Court (LHC) annulled which section of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), dealing
with sedation?
Answer - Section 124-A
67. Which country has recently been removed from EU’s High Risk Third Countries list?
Answer – Pakistan
68. Who has become the first hijab-wearing judge in US court?
Answer – Nadia Kahf
69. After National Assembly, Senate passed the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure), Bill
2023 on:
Answer - 30 March 2023
70. Which country beat Pakistan for first time in T20 cricket?
Answer - Afghanistan

71. Which country has taken over the UN Security Council Presidency for the month of March
2023?
Answer – Mozambique
72. Which country has been ranked worst country in internet freedom, according to the Internet
advocacy watchdog?
Answer – India
73. Who has won the general election of Estonia?
Answer: Kaja Kallas
74. 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) will be held in
Doha from:
Answer - March 5 to 9
75. Who has become the Nigeria's new elected President?
Answer – Bola Tinubu
76. As per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, who regained his spot as the world's richest person
with $187 billion?
Answer - Elon Musk
77. Just Fontaine, who scored a record 13 goals in 1958 FIFA World Cup, died at 89. He was a
legendary footballer of which country?
Answer - France
78. US Govt. has recently approved the sale of F-16 fighter jets worth $619 million to which
country?
Answer - Taiwan
79. Vo Van Thuong has been elected as new president of which country?
Answer - Vietnam
80. Which country’s passport is the most powerful in the world as per Nomad Capitalist?
Answer - UAE
81. Name the disease which affected 1 million Americans after Covid?
Answer - POTS
82. Who has been declared as China’s president for a historic third term?
Answer – Xi Jinping
83. Who was appointed by Amir Tamim as the new Prime Minister of Qatar?
Answer – Sheikh Mohammed
84. Which is the “most repressive country in the world” for women’s rights as per UN?
85. Which country has opened military service to women for the first time in 2023?
Answer – Colombia
86. Which organisation released the ‘Women, Business and the Law Index’?
Answer – World Bank
87. Which city will be the new capital of Indonesia?
Answer – Nusantara
88. Which two Islamic countries agreed to normalize their diplomatic relations after mediation
by China?
Answer – Saudi Arabia and Iran
89. Muhyiddin Yassin was charged with corruption, he was the prime minister of which country?
Answer – Malaysia
90. Who has been declared as China’s president for a historic third term?
Answer – Xi Jinping
91. Who was appointed by Amir Tamim as the new Prime Minister of Qatar?
Answer – Sheikh Mohammed
92. Who has been elected as Nepal’s third president?
Answer – Ram Chandra Paudel
93. Presidential elections are scheduled to take place in Turkey on:
Answer – 14 May 2023
94. Which institution introduced the ‘Global Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Infrastructure’?
Answer – World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
95. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak as
global pandemic on:
Answer – March 11, 2020
96. Which country is the most effected country by Covid-19?

Answer – The United States
97. Which country introduced the ‘Illegal Migration Bill’?
Answer - UK
98. Which city has been named as world’s cleanest city in consecutive 3 years?
Answer - Dubai
99. Merapi volcano, which erupted recently, is located in which country?
Answer – Indonesia
100. Which country has recently been hit by ‘Cyclone Freddy?
Answer – Malawi and Mozambique
101. “FRINJEX-23 “is an ongoing Joint Military Exercise between which two countries?
Answer: India and France
102. Which space agency to launch Artemis 2 mission by November 2024?
Answer – NASA
103. NASA’s Curiosity Rover recently captured the crepuscular rays on which planet?
Answer – Mars
104. Name the US foreign policy spokesperson who has announced to step down recently?
Answer – Ned Price
105. What will be new at the 2026 FIFA World Cup for the first time in history?
Answer – 104 matches & 48 teams
106. The multilateral exercise ‘La Perouse’ was conducted by which country?
Answer – French Navy
107. After Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, which country experienced the second-largest bank
failure in its history?
Answer – US
108. Through which rocket did SpaceX launch 40 OneWeb internet satellites?
Answer – Falcon 9
109. Which country became the first country in the world to import CO2 and store it under the
sea?
Answer – Denmark
110. Which country to receive five U.S. nuclear-powered submarines under AUKUS Deal?
111. McMahon Line, which was seen in news, is a boundary line between:
Answer – China and India
112. Which country has become the first NATO ally to give fighter jets to Ukraine?
Answer – Poland
113. Where has the first International Conference on Buddhists’ Heritage been held?
Answer – New Delhi, India
114. According to the SIPRI report 2023, which is the world’s largest arms importer?
Answer – India
115. Which country is the world’s second largest arms importer?
116. According to the Global Firepower Index ranking released for 2023, which country’s
military was ranked number one?
117. Recently, which island of New Zealand experienced a 7.1 magnitude earthquake?
Answer – Kermadec Island
118. The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against which country’s
president?
Answer – Russian President Vladimir Putin
119. Which country has recently been taken out of the list of least developed countries by the
United Nations?
Answer – Bhutan
120. Which country is the host of the ‘United Nations 2023 Water Conference’?
Answer – USA
121. Which Space agency to build a nuclear reactor on the moon?
Answer – UK’s space agency “UKSA”
122. The World Happiness Report 2023 has been published by which institution?
United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network
123. Raccoon Dog, which was seen in the news, is endemic to which region?
Answer – Asia
124. Recently, which country’s president has faced a vote of no confidence in the country's
parliament after nationwide protests?
Answer – French President Emmanuel Macron
125. What is the name of the form of artificial intelligence that can take actions using past
data?
Answer – Generative AI
126. Which country has launched its first submarine base ‘BNS Sheikh Hasina’?
Answer – Bangladesh
127. Polio cases were recently recorded in which country for the first time in 30 years?
Answer-- Burundi
128. ChatGPT, which was seen in news, launched by:
Answer—OpenAI
129. ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence chatbot launched in:
November 2022
130. Which country announced a hike in defence spending by 7.2% to $225 bn in 2023?
Answer: China
131. Which country is the second biggest spender on defence after US ($816bn in 2023)?
Answer: China
132. Which country has recently claimed to have unearthed 8.5 million metric tons of lithium
ore deposits?
Answer: Iran
133. Who won the title of Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2023?
Answer – Sergio Perez
134. Which two Middle Eastern countries have recently agreed to reopen their embassies after
cutting diplomatic ties more than a decade ago?
Answer – Syria and Saudi Arabia
135. According to the new report of which institution, 26% of the world’s population does not
have safe drinking water?
Answer – UNESCO
136. UN 2023 Water Conference was held at UN Headquarters in New York from:
22-24 March, the 2023
137. Which country launched the ‘2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices’?
Answer – USA
138. Siniyah Island, which was seen in the news, is situated in which country?
Answer – UAE
139. Who has recently become the first British Muslim to head UK’s diplomatic mission?
Answer - Fouzia Younis
140. Which institution released the ‘Triple Threat Report’?
Answer - UNICEF
141. Which country conducts the multi-domain air-land exercise named ‘Exercise Vayu
Prahar’ near Line of Actual Control (LAC)?
Answer - India
142. Which institution released the ‘Technology and Innovation Report 2023’?
Answer - UNCTAD
143. Amritpal Singh, who was seen in news, is a leader of:
Answer - Khalistan Movement
144. 2023 Summit for Democracy will be held in in Washington, DC, USA from:
Answer - March 28-30, 2023
145. Which country has announced to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus?
Answer - Russia
146. Which country launched the ‘Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM4C)’
along with the US?
Answer - UAE
147. Hopi which was seen in the news, is an ethnic group of people living in which country?
Answer – USA
148. Which country has decided to join Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)?
Answer - Saudi Arabia
149. Which space agency to send 4 humans to live on Mars from June 2023?
Answer - NASA
150. Which country to host SCO-National Security Advisors meeting?
Answer - India
151. 49th Session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) was held on 16-17 March
2023 in:
Nouakchott, Mauritania
152. Who has been appointed as crown prince of Abu Dhabi?
Answer - Sheikh Khaled
153. Who has been appointed as UAE Vice President?
Answer - Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed
154. Name the joint military drills between South Korea and US that will begin on March 13,
2023 despite North Korea warning?
Answer - Freedom Shield (FS23)
155. Who has become the first ex-US president to face criminal charges?
Answer – Donald Trump
156. Who became the highest wicket-taker in T20 cricket?
Answer – Shakib Al Hasan

157. International Day to Combat Islamophobia is celebrated on:
Answer – 15th March
158. The UN designated March 15 the International Day to Combat Islamophobia, proposed
by which country?
Answer – Pakistan
159. World Consumer Rights Day is observed on:
Answer – March 15th
160. International Women’s Day is celebrated every year on:
Answer – 8 March
161. The theme of 2023 International Women’s Day is:
Answer – DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality
162. Commonwealth Day 2023 was celebrated on:
Answer – Monday, 13 March 2023
163. How many countries are members of Commonwealth?
Answer – 56
164. Which country has celebrated Flag Day for the first time in its history?
165. International Day of Awesomeness is celebrated every year on:
Answer – March 10
166. International Day of Women Judges is observed on:
Answer – March 10
167. World Kidney Day 2023 observed on :
168. The theme for World Kidney Day 2023 is:
"Kidney Health for All – Preparing for the unexpected, supporting the vulnerable."
169. World Wildlife Day is celebrated on:
Answer - 3 March
170. Theme of the World Wildlife Day 2023 is:
"Partnerships for wildlife conservation"
171. International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations
and for the Dignity of Victims is observed annually on:
172. World Meteorological Day takes place every year on:
23 March
173. World Tuberculosis Day is observed on:
Answer – March 24th
174. The theme for this year’s World Tuberculosis Day is:
Answer – “Yes! We can end TB!”
175. World Water Day is observed each year on:
Answer – 22 March
176. The theme of World Water Day 2023 is:
Answer – Accelerating change
177. International Day of Forest is celebrated on___________?
Answer – March-21
178. The theme of International Day of Forest 2023 is:
Answer – “Forests and health”
179. World Poetry Day is celebrated on:

Answer – March-21
180. World Oral Health Day is celebrated on:
Answer – 20 March
181. International Day of Happiness is celebrated on:
Answer – March 20
182. World water day is celebrated on:
Answer – 22 March
183. The Global Recycling Day observed on which date?
Answer – On 18 March
184. International Transgender Day of Visibility is observed on:
Answer – 31st March
185. Theme of the International Transgender Day of Visibility is:
Answer - I am enough
186. World Backup Day 2023 is observed on:
Answer – 31st March
187. When is the ‘International Day of Zero Wastes’ observed?
Answer - March 30
188. World Theatre Day 2023 is celebrated on:
Answer - 27th March
189. The theme of World Theatre Day is:
“Theatre and a Culture of Peace”
190. World Purple Day is celebrated each year on:
Answer - 26 March
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April – 2023
1. Justice Musarrat Hilali was sworn in as the first woman Chief Justice of the Peshawar High
Court (PHC) on:
Answer – 1 April 2023
2. Golden Jubilee of 1973 Constitution was celebrated on:
Answer - 10th April, 2023
3. National Assembly approved the Constitution of 1973 on:
4. 1973 constitution was enforced on:
Answer – 14 August 1973
5. Who has become the first AJK PM to be disqualified for contempt of court?
Answer - Sardar Tanveer Ilyas
6. AJK High Court disqualified Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir Sardar Tanveer Ilyas for
contempt of court on:
Answer - 11 April 2023
7. Khunjrab pass, which was recently reopened after 3 years, connects Pakistan to which
country?
Answer – China
8. Khunjerab Pass reopened after three years on:
9. Who has been appointed as the captain of the Pakistan women's cricket team for all formats?
Answer - Nida Dar
10. Who has been appointed as head coach of Pakistan women’s team?
Answer - Mark Coles
11. Which Pakistani gamer won Tekken 7 competition at EVO Japan 2023?
Answer - Arslan Ash
12. Supreme Court ordered the government to hold Punjab election on:
Answer – May 14
13. According to the World Bank, what is the expected GDP growth of Pakistan in FY 2023?
Answer – 0.4%
14. As per the IMF’s recent World Economic Outlook report (April 2023), what is Pakistan’s
2023 GDP forecast?
Answer – 0.5 %
15. Which Pakistani academic and policy expert was recently named the new president of the
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)?
Answer – Dr Adil Najam
16. Which country made the study of the Holy Quran (Translation) compulsory for
undergraduate degrees in universities recently?
Answer – Pakistan
17. The National Assembly passed a resolution rejecting the decision of the Supreme Court in
the Punjab elections delay case on:
18. Name Pakistan’s first mental health assistance App launched by PM Shahbaz on the World
Health Day?
Answer - Humraaz
19. Pakistan’s first lung transplant centre was inaugurated in which city?
Answer - Khairpur
20. The 11th anniversary of the Gayari tragedy was observed on:
21. Gayari Tragedy was occurred on:
22. The 34th National Games will be held in Quetta from:
Answer – May 15 to 23
23. Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif secured vote of confidence in National Assembly on:
24. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif successfully obtained a vote of confidence from the National
Assembly by securing _____votes.
Answer –180
25. Balochistan is going to host the 34th National Games after almost __years.
Answer – 19 Years
26. Who has been nominated as the ICC International Panel of Umpires by PCB?
Answer - Aleem Dar
27. Shehbaz Sharif was elected as the 23rd prime minister of Pakistan on :
Answer - April 11, 2022
28. Which country has recently used ChatGPT-4 in a court of law to make a decision?
Answer - Pakistan
29. Which country to boost anti-aircraft capacity to counter 'Pakistan threat'?
30. Which country closed its embassy in Pakistan recently?
Answer – Sweden
31. Pakistan’s first anti-riot women police unit has been established in which province?
Answer - Baluchistan.
32. Which ministry formed a 15-member National Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to
develop a 10-year roadmap?
Answer - Ministry of Planning and Development
33. Who is the Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives?
Answer - Ahsan Iqbal
34. Pakistan’s inflation to further rise to 29.5pc in FY23 according to which institution?
Answer - World Bank
35. Who became the first Pakistani to scale the 8,091m tall Annapurna peak in Nepal - the
world’s 10th highest peak without oxygen?
Answer - Sajid Sadpara
36. Name the elephant that was died, after falling into a pound at Karachi Zoo?
Answer – Noor Jehan
37. Name the Federal Minister for Religious Affairs who died in a road accident in Islamabad on
15 April 2023?
Answer – Mufti Abdul Shakoor
38. The Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Abdul Shakoor died at the age of:
Answer – 55 years
39. Who has been appointed as New Minister for Religious Affairs?
Answer –Muhammad Talha Mahmood
40. Who has become the first captain to score three hundreds in T20I?
41. Who has become the first Pakistani woman to scale Nepal’s Annapurna peak, the world’s
tenth-highest peak situated in Nepal?
Answer - Naila Kiani
42. Who has attained the title of being the youngest Pakistani mountaineer to ascend the
Annapurna peak?
Answer - Shehroze Kashif
43. Which hospital has become the first govt. hospital to perform robotic surgery in Pakistan?
Answer - Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute (PKLI)
44. Which province has recently established its first Civil Service Academy?
Answer - Balochistan
45. Who was sworn in as the 15th prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK)?
Answer – Chaudhry Anwarul Haq
46. Chaudhry Anwar ul Haq was sworn in as the 15th prime minister of Azad Jammu and
Kashmir (AJK) on:
47. Who will represent Pakistan from 4-5 May at Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
Summit in Goa, India?
Answer – Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari
48. Which country received the highest funding from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in
2022?
Answer – Pakistan
49. Pakistan was the recipient of projects worth _____ billion in 2022 from the Asian
Development Bank (ADB)?
Answer – $5.5 billion
50. According to Annual Report of Asian Development Bank, Floods in Pakistan caused loss of
___ to Pakistan’s economy.
Answer – $30 Billion
51. COAS Asim Munir made a four day visit to China from:
Answer - 25 to 28 April
52. Name the Nadra’s cutting-edge identification system, which was recently launched?
Answer – Nadir
53. Who became the first Pakistani to receive prestigious int’l award from Oxford University?
Answer – Malala Yousafzai
54. Tarek Fatah, a Pakistani-born Canadian columnist, journalist, and television personality,
passed away on 24 April 2023 at the age of:
Answer – 73
55. Which country has recently launched Asia's biggest visa center in Karachi?
Answer – The United Arab Emirates (UAE)
56. Which team has recently become third team to complete 500 ODI wins?
Answer – Pakistan
57. Recently. In which two countries, a “very rapid” increase in malaria infections and deaths
cases were reported as per WHO?
Answer – Pakistan and Malawi
58. Who has become the first ever and only Pakistani to be a world champion in Karting race?
Answer – Enaam Ahmad
59. PM Shehbaz to visit UK to attend King Charles III’s coronation on:
Answer – May 6, 2023
60. Which Pakistani writer’s short story has been selected as Commonwealth Short Story Prize
2023?
Answer - Usama Lali
61. 85th death anniversary of Allama Iqbal was observed on:
62. Which political party will win the 2023 general elections in Pakistan as per The Economist?
Answer – PTI
63. Government has approved the construction of which two dams due to the acute shortage of
water in the garrison city?
Answer – Mujahid Dam and Mohata Dam
64. Pakistan has placed its first order for discounted crude oil from which country?
Russia
65. The first open-heart surgery performed on 5-year-old in which city of Pakistan recently?
Karachi
66. Which Pakistani female was awarded the 2023 Royal Gold Medal – one of the world's
highest honors for architecture?
Answer – Yasmeen Lari

67. Which country assumed the Presidency of UN Security Council for April 2023?
Answer – Russia
68. Which country became 31st NATO member after turkey’s approval?
Answer – Finland
69. Who has become the first female umpire to officiate men’s T20I match?
Answer - New Zealand’s Kim Cotton
70. Which country’s president was recently awarded the highest award of Poland, the Order of
the White Eagle?
Answer - Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky
71. Who has become the world's youngest individual to publish a book?
Answer - Saeed Rashed from Abu Dhabi
72. Which Islamic country has been ranked in the top ten science and technology superpowers in
the world by ASPI?
Answer – Iran
73. National League for Democracy’ which was seen in news, is a famous political party based
in which country?
Answer – Myanmar
74. As per the recent rankings of Airports Council International (ACI), which was the world's
busiest airport in 2022?
Answer – Atlanta (USA)
75. Who has overtaken Barack Obama as the most followers on Twitter?
Answer – Elon Musk (133,068,709 followers)
76. Which country has recently claimed underwater drone test?
77. Astronomers of which country found ultramassive black hole 30 times larger than the sun
recently?
Answer – UK
78. IMF’s Extended Fund Facility has been recently approved for which country?
Answer - Ukraine
79. World Health Organization certified which countries as Malaria-free in April?
Answer - Azerbaijan and Tajikistan
80. Which country is the host of the first ‘International Conference on Human-Wildlife Conflict
and Coexistence’?
Answer - UK
81. Which country to ban English in official communication?
Answer - Italy
82. Which internationally famous boxer has been handed a 2-year ban for falling dope test?
Answer – Amir Khan
83. Who became the winner of Australian Grand Prix 2023?
Answer – Max Verstappen
84. Which country has become the first European country to ban ChatGPT?
Answer – Italy
85. Which country launched new Ofek-13 spy satellite into orbit?
Answer – Israel
86. Which is the world’s first liquid hydrogen powered boat?
Answer – MF Hydra
87. The world’s first liquid hydrogen powered boat was launched by:
Answer – Norwegian company Norled
88. Iran appointed an ambassador to which country for the first time since 2016?
Answer – United Arab Emirates
89. Name the ambassador appointed by Iran to UAE for the first time since 2016?
Answer – Reza Ameri
90. Who has won the men’s single title Miami Open 2023?
Answer - Daniil Medvedev from Russia
91. Which country banned UN's women staff from working recently?
Answer - Afghanistan (Taliban)
92. Football 2024 Asia Cup will be held in Qatar from:
Answer - Jan 12 to Feb 10, 2024
93. This year, the World Health Organization is celebrating its ___ anniversary.
Answer - 75th
94. Which country has recently voted to ban rental e-scooters?
Answer - France
95. Which country has recently installed cameras in public places to identify, penalize unveiled
women?
Answer – Iran
96. Who has become the first woman and person of colour to direct a Star Wars film?
Answer – Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
97. Which company successfully launched Tianlong-2 Rocket into Orbit recently?
Answer – Space Pioneer
98. According to World Trade Organization (WTO), Global trade is expected to grow _____in
2023.
Answer – 1.7%
99. The new WTO forecast estimates world GDP at market exchange rates will grow by 2.8% in
2022 and _____in 2023.
Answer – 2.3%
100. Who has been appointed as the President of European Football Associations (UEFA) till
2027?
Answer – Alexander Ceferin
101. Which country has recently announced to end its 8 year war on Yemen?
102. Who is the founder of homeopathy?
Answer - Samuel Hahnemann
103.
104. Which country to build the “world’s tallest tower” – the Burj Mubarak?
Answer - Kuwait
105. Which country's first woman to go into space will be Rayana Barnawi?
106. Which Asian country has been elected to UN Statistical Commission for a 4-year-term?
Answer – India
107. Which country to launch the world’s first self-driving bus fleet?
Answer - Scotland
108. Which country’s prime minister has hired the world's first AI government adviser?
Answer - Romania
109. Which country launched its first aircraft carrier, the TCG Anadolu recently?
Answer - Turkiye
110. The third meeting of G20 Tourism Working Group under India’s G20 Presidency will be
held in Srinagar from:
Answer - May 22 to 24
111. The first death from H3N8 bird flu has been reported in which country?
Answer - China
112. ‘Juice Mission’, which was seen in the news, is associated with which space agency?
Answer – European Space Agency (ESA)
113. Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) Mission is scheduled to be launched on:
April 13, 2023
114. Tropospheric Emissions Monitoring of Pollution Instrument’ is a device of which space
agency?
Answer - NASA
115. Who has been named as the first female director of UK’s intelligence communications
agency GCHQ?
Answer - Anne Keast-Butler
116. Which country has become the first country to approve Oxford malaria vaccine for
children?
Answer – Ghana
117. Name the malaria vaccine for children developed by Oxford?
Answer – R21/Matrix-M
118. Who won the ICC Player of the Month awards for March 2023?
Answer - Shakib Al Hasan & Ishimwe
119. Who has won the 2023 International Prize in Statistics?
Answer - Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao
120. Which country chairs the 2nd G20 finance and central bank governors meeting?
Answer - USA
121. Which city is the host of ‘Global Clean Energy Action Forum’?
Answer - Pittsburg
122. Which space agency has successfully launched Europe’s first-ever Jupiter mission
“JUICE Mission” to Study Jupiter’s Icy Moons?
Answer - The European Space Agency's (ESA)
123. Baisakhi festival, which was recently celebrated, is specially related to which
community?
Answer - Sikh
124. Recently, an assassination attempt made on Fumio Kishida, he is the PM of which
country?
Answer – Japan
125. Which space agency has released the image of Crab Nebula?
Answer – NASA
126. Incident and Trafficking Database (ITDB) is the information database of which
international organization?
Answer – International Atomic Energy Agency
127. As per the recently released annual fact sheet of ITDB a total of how many incidents of
illegal activities were reported in the year 2022?
Answer – 146
128. Which country claimed to achieve 100% oxygen regeneration in orbit by its Space
Station?
Answer – China
129. Which country conduced the ‘International Aviation Safety Assessment’?
Answer - USA
130. Which country is the host of the first-ever ‘Global Buddhist Conference’?
Answer - India
131. Which country has declared a drug named ‘xylazine’ as an emerging threat?
Answer - USA
132. Which country unveiled a global alliance, the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA)?
Answer – India
133. Which country has recently offered to facilitate Israel-Palestine peace talks?
Answer - China
134. Which country has now become the world’s largest narco-state?
Answer - Syria
135. Which institution released the ‘Status of Women in Agrifood Systems’ Report?
Answer – FAO
136. Which country has developed the ‘Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile’?
137. Which country announced the dissolution of National Assembly and called for new
elections?
Answer - Kuwait
138. Which country has surpassed China to become the world’s most populous nation with
142.86 crore people?
Answer - India
139. Which former Chancellor of Germany has been awarded Germany’s highest honor, Order
of Merit?
Answer - Angela Merkel
140. Which country has surpassed China to become the world’s most populous nation with
142.86 crore people?
Answer - India
141. Who has been appointed as Director Pakistan men’s cricket team?
Answer – Mickey Arthur
142. Which is the richest city in the world?
Answer – New York
143. Which country launched its first operational earth observation satellite “Taifa-1?
Answer – Kenya
144. Which country has recently launched a satellite named Fengyun-3?
Answer – China
145. Nagorno-Karabakh, which was seen in news, is a disputed region between?
Answer – Armenia and Azerbaijan
146. Who will host the FIFA U-20 World Cup instead of Indonesia?
Answer – Argentina
147. The Civil war in Sudan began after years of tension between which two leaders?
Answer – Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo
148. World Immunization Week is celebrated in the last week of which month?
Answer - April
149. World Immunization Week 2023 was celebrated from:
Answer - April 24th to April 30th
150. The theme for this year’s World Immunization Week is:
Answer – “The Big Catch-Up”
151. ‘Big Catch-up’ Initiative is launched by which organization?
Answer – WHO
152. Which country has launched the ‘1 Billion Meals Endowment’ Campaign?
Answer – UAE
153. Which country has topped the 2023 Logistics Performance Index report by World Bank?
Answer – Singapore
154. Which institution launched the ‘State of World Population’ Report?
Answer – United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
155. The years between 2015-2022 were the warmest on record as per which institution?
156. In which two countries, a “very rapid” increase in malaria infections and deaths cases
were reported as per WHO?
Answer – Pakistan and Malawi
157. Which lunar exploration company to attempt the world's first commercial moon landing?
Answer - Japan's ispace
158. Which country has recently released the first feature film shot in space?
Answer - Russia
159. Who was sworn in as the 22nd president of Bangladesh on April 24?
Answer - Mohammed Shahabuddin
160. Which country is the host of the multinational air Exercise INIOCHOS-23?
Answer – Greece
161. ‘TeLEOS-2’ that was launched as the primary satellite of PSLV, belongs to which
country?
162. Which country has approved first abortion pill in its history?
Answer – Japan
163. Which lunar exploration company announced failure of 1st private moon landing attempt
recently?
Answer – Japanese ispace Inc
164. Jerry Springer, passed away recently at 79. He was related to which profession?
Answer – TV host
165. Which institution released a report titled ‘State of Global Climate’?
Answer – WMO
166. Which country has developed ‘GRX-810’, a 3D printed superalloy?
Answer – USA
167. Which country to Introduce Gold-Backed Digital Currency?
Answer – Zimbabwe
168. Name the world’s oldest newspaper which was recently moved online by ending daily
print?
Answer – Austria’s Wiener Zeitung
169. Name the UAE astronaut who has recently become 1st Arab to complete spacewalk?
Answer – Sultan Al Neyadi
170. Which airline introduced the world’s first robotic check-in assistant named Sara?
Answer – Emirates
171. Which country to host men's basketball World Cup in 2027 for the first time?
Answer – Qatar
172. Which space agency has successfully extracted Oxygen from lunar soil simulant?
Answer – NASA
173. Which country launched the ChatGPT rival ‘GigaChat- AI chatbot?
Answer – Russia
174. Which country organises the ‘Astana International Forum’?

175. International Day for Mine Awareness is observed on:
Answer – 4th April
176. The Theme of the International Day for Mine Awareness 2023 is:
Answer – “Mine Action Cannot Wait”
177. International Conscience Day is celebrated on:
Answer – April 5
178. The theme of International Conscience Day 2023 is:
Answer – 'Building a Culture of Peace'
179. World Chagas Disease Day 2023 is observed on:
Answer - 14th April
180. The theme for World Chagas Disease Day 2023 is:
Time To Integrate Chagas Disease Into Primary Health Care
181. International Day of Human Space Flight is observed on:
Answer - 12 April
182. Yuri Gagarin became the first human to journey into outer space on:
April 12, 1961
183. Global Day to End Child Sexual Abuse is observed annually on:
Answer - April 11
184. The theme of the World Homeopathy Day 2023 is:
Answer - ‘One Health, One Family’
185. World Homoeopathy Day (WHD) is celebrated on:
Answer - 10 April
186. World Health Day is celebrated every year on:
Answer - 7 April
187. The theme for the World Health Day 2023 is:
Answer - "Health For All"
188. International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP) is observed on:
Answer - 6 April
189. The theme for the International Day of Sport for Development & Peace 2023 is:
Answer – 'Scoring for People and the Planet'
190. Which country was recently hit by ‘Cyclone Ilsa’?
Answer - Australia
191. World Liver Day is observed on:
Answer - 19th April
192. Theme of 2023 World Liver Day is:
Answer – Be alert, do regular liver check-ups, fatty liver can affect anyone'
193. World Heritage Day is observed on:
Answer - April 18
194. The World Heritage Day 2023 theme is:
Answer - Heritage Changes
195. World Hemophilia Day is celebrated on:
Answer - 17 April
196. The theme of World Hemophilia Day 2023 is:
"Access for All: Prevention of bleeds as the global standard of care"
197. The World Voice Day is celebrated on which date?
Answer – 16 April
198. Save Elephant Day is celebrated on which date?
199. The theme for Save the Elephant Day 2023 is:
Safeguarding Elephant Habitats for a Sustainable Tomorrow
200. World Art Day is celebrated globally on:
Answer - 15 April
201. The theme for World Art Day 2023 is:
Answer - Art is good for the health
202. World Day for Safety and Health at Work is observed on:
Answer – 28 April
203. This theme for the World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2023 is:
Answer – "A safe and healthy working environment as a fundamental principle and right at
work"
204. World Veterinary Day is observed on:
205. The theme for World Veterinary Day 2023 is:
Answer – “Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness in the Veterinary Profession”
206. International dance day is celebrated on:
207. When is World Malaria Day observed every year?
Answer - 25 April
208. This year, the theme for World Malaria Day is:
Answer - "Time to deliver zero malaria: invest, innovate, implement"
209. On which date International Mother Earth Day is observed?
Answer – 22 April
210. The theme of World Earth Day 2023 is:
Answer – "Invest in Our Planet"
211. World Book Day is celebrated on?
Answer – 23 April
212. World Creativity and Innovation Day is celebrated annually on:
Answer – April 21
213. World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated on:
Answer – 26 April
214. The theme for the 2023 celebration of World Intellectual Property Day is:
Answer – "Women and IP: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity,"
215. On which date the International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day is observed?
Answer – 26 April
May 2023
1. What is the rank of Pakistan in World Press Freedom Index 2023, published by Reporters
without Borders (RSF)?
Answer - 150th (157 in 2022 & 145 in 2021)
2. Which article of 1973 constitution (recently in news) provides freedom of the Press and
freedom of the expression?
Answer - 19
3. In which city of Pakistan, 'Blue Road' was recently introduced to fight pollution?
Answer - Lahore
4. In which country, inflation jumped to a 59-year highest level of 36.4% in April?
Answer - Pakistan
5. Who represented Pakistan in the UN-led talks on Afghanistan Crisis in Doha from 1-2 May
2023?
Answer - Hina Rabbani Khar, Minister of State for Foreign
6. Who has been honored with the ‘Press Freedom Award’ 2023’ by the Pakistan Press
Foundation (PPF)?
Answer – Arshad Sharif
7. The first case of mpox in Pakistan has been confirmed in which city?
Answer – Karachi
8. Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari attended a meeting of foreign ministers from the
SCO in the Indian state of Goa on:
Answer – May 4-5
9. China’s FM Qin Gang made a two-day official visit to Pakistan from:
Answer – May 5-6
10. Who has become the fastest batter to complete 5,000 ODI runs?
Answer - Babar Azam
11. The Supreme Court (Review of Judgments of Orders) Bill, 2023 was passed by the Senate
on:
Answer - 5 May 2023
12. A first premarital counselling clinic was inaugurated in which city?

Answer - Rawalpindi
13. Who has represented Pakistan in coronation ceremony of King Charles III?
PM Shehbaz Sharif
14. China, Afghanistan, Pakistan trilateral dialogue was held on:
Answer - 6 May, 2023
15. Which country was the host of the trilateral dialogue between China, Pakistan Afghanistan in
May 2023?
Answer - Pakistan
16. Which political party won the most number of seats in LG by-election held in Sindh in May
2023?
Answer - PPP (7 out of 11)
17. Pakistan and China decided to extend CPEC to which country recently?
18. Who has won ICC Player of Month Award for April 2023?
Answer - Fakhar Zaman
19. When were riots erupted in Pakistan after the arrest of Imran Khan on the orders of NAB?
Answer - 9 May 2023
20. Which country has recently opened embassy in Islamabad?
Answer - Ethiopia
21. According to the latest data shared by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), what is the
current population of Karachi?
Answer - 18.6 million
22. Who has recently become the second Pakistani woman to summit Mount Everest?
23. Who is the first Pakistani woman to summit Mount Everest?
Samina Baig (2013)
24. Name the platform which was recently introduced by NADRA to identify and track sex
offenders?
Answer - National Sex Offenders Registry ( NSOR)
25. 17th anniversary of historic Charter of Democracy was observed on:

Answer - 14 May 2023
26. Charter of Democracy was signed between:
Answer - Nawaz Sharif & Banezir Bhutto in 2006
27. Legendary playwright Shoaib Hashmi passed away at 84 on:
28. The National Assembly (NA) passed the Contempt of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) Bill,
2023 on:
29. What is the punishment for the Contempt of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)?
Answer - Six months imprisonment and Rs1m fine
30. Which Canadian airline to operate direct passenger flights from Canada Toronto to Pakistan
(Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad)?
Answer - ZARA Airways
31. Which Pakistani woman mountaineer will be awarded civil award Sitara-i-Imtiaz?
32. Which Pakistani mountaineer has become the youngest to climb 12 peaks above 8000m?
Answer - Shehroze Kashif
33. Saudi Arabia signed a “Road to Makkah” project with which country to simplify the
immigration procedures?
Answer - Pakistan
34. Direct shipping service between Pakistan and Russia to begin on:
Answer - 25 May
35. Who has become the first Pakistan’s transgender to be appointed at a senior govt. role?
Answer - Reem Sharif
36. Who’s the first Pakistani transgender MBBS doctor in Pakistan?
Answer - Sarah Gill
37. Who is the first Pakistani transgender Lawyer?
Answer - Nisha Rao
38. Which city of Pakistan has recently become Asia’s largest market for honey business?
Answer - Peshawar
39. The government has decided to observe “Pakistan Martyrs Day” on:
Answer - May 25th
40. Who has recently assumed charge as PM's special assistant for Afghanistan?
Answer - Asif Durrani
41. Pakistani PM and Iranian President jointly inaugurated a border market and an electricity
transmission line on:
42. Under Gabd-Polan power transmission line, Iran will supply _____ megawatts of electricity
daily to Gwadar.
100 megawatts
43. The National Assembly passed the Pakistan Ruet e Hilal Bill 2022 Bill on:
44. What will be the punishment for false moon sighting report?
Answer – 3-year jail and Rs 0.5m fine
45. Who will represent Pakistan in the 2nd EU Indo-Pacific Forum?
Answer - Hina Rabbani Khar
46. Who has been appointed as the head coach of Pakistan’s men’s cricket team?
Answer - Grant Bradburn
47. As per which int’l national institution, recent use military courts in Pakistan to try civilians is
a clear violation of international law?
Answer - Amnesty International
48. Military courts, recently in news, were established under which amendments?
Answer - 21st
49. Military courts in Pakistan were established in:
Answer – 2015
50. Pakistan won the ODI series against which country after 12 years in May 2023?
51. Which Pakistani mountaineer has become the youngest to climb 12 peaks above 8000m?
Answer – Shehroze Kashif
52. Which ministry launched “Share Pakistan Portal” to enhance communication with missions?
Answer – Foreign Ministry
53. Which ministry launched “Share Pakistan Portal” to enhance communication with missions?
Answer – Foreign Ministry
54. What is the rank of Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem in the javelin rankings?
Answer – 5th
55. Which famous Pakistani javelin thrower has won a Gold medal in the ongoing 34th National
Games?
Answer – Arshad Nadeem
56. Who has won Mr Pakistan Olympic 2023 title?
Answer – Yasin Khan
57. Pakistan celebrated Silver Jubilee of Youm-e-Takbeer on:
58. Name the British Army Chief who visited Pakistan for Defense Cooperation in May 2023?
Answer – Patrick Sanders
59. Famous actor Shabbir Rana has passed away at 69 on:
Answer - 7 May 2023
60. The first-ever 100- bed National Police Hospital will be established in:
Answer - Islamabad
61. Who has been appointed as the chairman of PTA?
Answer – Major General (r) Hafeezur Rehman

62. Which country has taken over the UN Security Council Presidency for the month of May
2023?
Answer - Switzerland
63. Who has won Paraguay’s presidential election, 2023?
Answer - Santiago Peña
64. The United Nations to hold a two-day talks on Afghanistan crisis in Qatar from:
Answer - 1-2 May 2023
65. Which organization has recently released the World Development Report 2023?
Answer - World Bank
66. Which space agency is currently working on the first phase of its Future Circular Collider
(FCC) project?
Answer - CERN
67. Which country has been ranked top in the Press freedom Index 2023?
Answer - Norway
68. Which country has been ranked bottom in the Press freedom Index 2023?
69. Which country has recently become the Europe’s largest supplier of refined oil?
Answer – India
70. The 30th edition of Arabian Travel Market took place in Dubai on:
Answer - 1 - 4 May 2023
71. ‘Washington Declaration’ is a bilateral agreement that was recently signed between the US
and which country?
Answer – South Korea
72. Which team qualified for the Asia Cup for the first time?
Answer – Nepal
73. Which US state has recently designated January as 'Muslim Heritage Month'?
Answer – New Jersey
74. Who has become the world’s highest-paid athlete in 2023 by Forbes?
Answer – Cristiano Ronaldo ($136 million)
75. Which country launched the 'Machines Can See 2023' Summit?
Answer - UAE
76. Which institution recently declared Covid is no longer a global public health emergency?
Answer - World Health Organization (WHO)
77. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19, as “global pandemic” on:
Answer - 11th March 2020
78. COVID-19 killed more than _____ people during the last three years?
Answer - 6.9 million
79. Who has become the new King of United Kingdom?

Answer - Charles III
80. King Charles III has been crowned monarch of the United Kingdom on:
Answer - 6 May 2023
81. Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch died on:
Answer - September 8, 2022
82. Who has been selected as 14th President of the World Bank?
Answer - Ajay Banga
83. Which country adopted the ‘Basic Plan on Ocean Policy’?
Answer - Japan
84. Which country has recently shut down its last three nuclear reactors in order to prevent
disaster?
Answer - Germany
85. Which institution launched the Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats (PRET)
Initiative?
Answer – WHO
86. Which country has been readmitted by Arab league after 12 Years Suspension?
Answer - Syria
87. Syria’s membership of Arab League was suspended in _____after bloody crackdown on
street protests?
Answer - 2011
88. Which Norwegian climber became the fastest woman to summit all 8000m mountains?
Answer - Kristin Harila
89. Liren has become the first world chess champion from which country?
Answer - China
90. Famous Golden Temple, where explosion took place recently, is a holy place of which
religion?
Answer - Sikhs
91. Where will the world's first largest franchise chess league be organized?
Answer - Dubai
92. Which institution released the ‘Business Ready (B-READY) project?

Answer - World Bank
93. The 42nd ASEAN Summit was took place in Indonesia on:
Answer - 9-11 May
94. Name the Uzbekistan’s President who has recently called presidential election on July 9?
Answer - Shavkat Mirziyoyev
95. Which country celebrated the 78th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during
World War II?
Answer - Russia
96. Which country hosted the ‘Petersberg Climate Dialogue’?
Answer - Germany
97. Who won Laureus Sportsman of the Year 2023 award?
Answer - Argentina’s Lionel Messi
98. Who has won ICC Player of Month Award for April 2023?
Answer- Fakhar Zaman
99. Who has won the ICC Women’s Player of the Month Award for April 2023?
Answer - Naruemol Chaiwai
100. Which country will host the 6th Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) on 12-13 May?
Answer- Bangladesh
101. Which country introduced the China Competition 2.0 Bill to limit the flow of the
advanced technology and investment to China?
Answer- USA
102. The World Health Organization has recently announced the end of global health
emergency for which disease?
Answer- mpox
103. WHO declared monkeypox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International
Concern (PHEIC) on:
Answer- July 23, 2022
104. Which countries were recently hit by Cyclone Mocha?
Answer- Bangladesh and Myanmar
105. Which institution has set up the ‘Agriculture and Market Information System (AMIS)’?
Answer- FAO
106. Which country has deployed the Tu-160 strategic bomber (blackjet) in Ukraine?
Answer- Russia
107. The ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 is scheduled to be held in India from:
Answer - Oct 23 to Nov 26
108. The 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup will be the ___ edition of the Cricket World
Cup?
Answer - 13th
109. The EU’s second Indo-Pacific ministerial forum took place in Sweden on:
Answer - May 13
110. Turkey will hold 2023 presidential and parliamentary elections on:
Answer - 14 May
111. The first round of the Presidential elections were held in Turkiye on:
112. The 2nd round of the Presidential elections were held in Turkiye on:
113. Who has won the Turkey’s presidential election 2023?
Answer – Recep Tayyip Erdogan
114. Who was the main rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey’s presidential
elections 2023?
Answer – Kemal Kilicdaroglu
115. Which country hosted the First China-Central Asia Summit?
Answer – China
116. How many countries are there in Central Asia?
Answer – 5 = Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan
117. Who has recently been appointed as Twitter CEO?
Answer – Linda Yaccarino
118. The 7th UN Global Road Safety Week will be held from:
Answer – 15-21 May 2023
119. Which institution released a report titled ‘Race to Net Zero’?

Answer – UN ESCAP
120. According to the report titled ‘Race to Net Zero’ most of the countries in which region
are “insufficiently prepared” to face extreme weather events and natural disasters?
Answer – Asia-Pacific
121. Who has been appointed as US Ambassador at Large for Global Women’s Issues?
Answer – Geeta Rao Gupta
122. Which country Supreme Court has recently decriminalized homosexuality?
Answer – Sri Lanka
123. Which space agency has developed the ‘Aeolus Satellite’?
Answer – ESA
124. Which country to host ASEAN Tourism Forum 2024?
Answer – Laos
125. Who has broken the record of longest time living underwater?
Answer – Joseph Dituri
126. Which company has launched ‘Watsonx’ AI and data platform?
Answer – IBM
127. Who has been appointed as acting prime minister of Afghanistan?
Answer – Maulvi Abdul Kabir
128. Which country to host G7 summit from May 19-21?
Answer – Japan (Hiroshima)
129. Who made record by climbing Mount Everest for 27th times?
Answer – Nepali climber Kami Rita Sherpa
130. As per a new report, which country’s e-waste generation per person tripled over the last
two decades?
Answer – Canada
131. Recently Ludovit Odor has taken charge as the Acting Prime Minister of which country?
Answer - Slovakia
132. Which country will skip the G20 Tourism Working Group meeting in a disputed region
Srinagar?
Answer – China
133. Recently, which country has legalized euthanasia (physician-assisted suicide)?

Answer – Portugal
134. Which was the first country to legalize euthanasia?
Answer – Netherlands
135. Name the 5,000-year-old tree in Chile which has been officially recognized as the
world’s oldest?
Answer – ‘Great Grandfather Tree’
136. Which planet has recently regained its status as planet with most moons in solar system?
Answer – Saturn (145 moons)
137. Which planet has the second with most moons in solar system?
Answer – Jupiter (92 Moons)
138. Name the Nepalese double amputee who made history by summiting Mount Everest?
Answer – Hari Budha Magar
139. Which institution released the ‘World Tourism Barometer’ Report?
Answer – UNWTO
140. Amy Pope, the first woman Director General of the International Organization for
Migration, is from which country?
141. Who became the first Arab woman astronaut to go into space on May 21, 2023?
Answer - Rayyanah Barnawi
142. Rayyanah Barnawi, the first Arab female astronaut reached the International Space
Station (ISS) on:
143. Which country declared Bird flu as animal health emergency after several cases found?
Answer - Brazil
144. Which institution released the ‘World Economic Situation and Prospects report’?
Answer - UN
145. According to the World Economic Situation and Prospects report, the global economic
growth is expected to ____ percent in 2023.
Answer - 2.3 % and 2.5% growth in 2024
146. Which institution released the ‘Turning off the Tap: How the world can end plastic
pollution and create a circular economy’ Report?
Answer - UNEP
147. Who has recently become the world’s number one player in the javelin rankings?
Answer – Neeraj Chopra
148. ‘Tiger Shark 40’ is a recent naval exercise between which two countries?
Answer –Bangladesh and America
149. Which country is set to manufacture generic variant of long-acting cabotegravir (CAB-
LA) drug, used for HIV prevention?
Answer – South Africa
150. Which institution released the ‘Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update’?
Answer – WMO
151. Which author recently won the International Booker Prize?
Answer – Georgy Gospodinov from Bulgaria
152. Which country has recently launched 2,000 km-Range Ballistic Missile Kheybar?
Answer – Iran
153. Name the new board for the development of telecommunication services across the
country?
Answer – Universal Service Fund (USF)
154. Which country has unveiled a Semiconductor Strategy to minimize its dependence on
Asian production?
Answer – UK
155. Vladivostok Port, which was seen in the news, is located in which country?
Answer – Russia
156. Which country to launch road and rail project to link Asia and Europe?
Answer – Iraq
157. Which became the first country to implement health warnings on alcohol?
Answer – Ireland
158. Which country to build the world’s first ‘Bitcoin Tower’?
Answer – Dubai
159. Which country is the largest troop contributor to UN peacekeeping?

160. Which country banned domestic flights on short routes that can be covered by train?
Answer – France
161. Which country to introduce direct universal suffrage in 2024?
Answer – Somalia
162. Who was awarded the prestigious Palme d’Or at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival?
Answer – Justin Truyet
163. Which institution released the ‘Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather,
Climate and Water-related hazards’?
164. Which institution released the report titled “Thriving: Making Cities Green, Resilient,
and Inclusive in a Changing Climate”?
Answer – World Bank
165. China will send its first civilian astronaut into space as part of which mission?
Answer – Crewed Mission
166. Which country recently launched its home-grown space rocket ‘Nuri’?
Answer: South Korea
167. Which famous city recorded the hottest day in 100 years in May 2023?
Answer – Shanghai

168. World Asthma Day 2023 is observed on:
Answer - 2 May
169. The theme for World Asthma Day 2023 is:
Answer - “Asthma Care for All”
170. World Tuna Day is observed every year on:
Answer - 2 May
171. The theme for World Tuna Day 2023 is:
Answer - Yes We Can
172. Press freedom Day or World Press Freedom Day is observed on:
Answer - 3rd May
173. The theme for Press freedom Day 2023 is:
“Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of expression as a driver for all other human rights”
174. World Athletics Day is celebrated annually on:
Answer - May 7th
175. The theme for World Athletics Day 2023 is:
Answer - 'Athletics for All – A New Beginning'
176. Europe Day is celebrated by European Union on:
Answer - 9 May
177. The Schuman Declaration (foundation stone of EU) was presented on:
Answer - 9 May 1950
178. International Mother Day is celebrated on the 2nd Sunday of which month?
Answer - May
179. International Mother Day 2023 was celebrated on:
180. International Nurses Day is observed every year on:
Answer- 12th May
181. The theme for Nurses Day 2023 is:
Answer- “Our Nurses. Our Future”
182. The International Day of Argania is observed on:
Answer - 10 May
183. International Day of Families is celebrated on:
Answer – May 15
184. The theme of International Day of Families 2023 is:
Answer – Demographic Trends and Families
185. World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is celebrated on:
Answer – 17 May
186. The theme for World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 2023 is:
Answer – "Empowering the least developed countries through information and
communication technologies."
187. The International Day of Living Together in Peace is celebrated annually on:
Answer – May 16
188. World AIDS Vaccine Day is observed on:
Answer – May 18
189. On which date the World Bee Day is observed?
Answer – May 20
190. The chosen theme for World Bee Day 2023 is:
Answer – Engaging in Pollinator-Friendly Agricultural Production
191. Which country has approved the use of the world's first vaccine for honeybees?
192. World Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development is celebrated on:
Answer – May 21st
193. International Tea Day is celebrated on:
Answer – May 21st
194. International Tea Day 2023 theme is:
Answer – “Bee engaged in pollinator-friendly agricultural production”
195. International Day for Biological Diversity is observed on:
Answer – 22 May
196. The theme for International Day for Biological Diversity 2023 is:
Answer – “From Agreement to Action: Build Back Biodiversity"
197. World Turtle Day is celebrated on:
Answer - 23rd May
198. The theme of World Turtle Day 2023 is:
Answer - I Love Turtles
199. International Day of Action for Women's Health is celebrated on:
Answer – 28 May
200. The theme for International Day of Action for Women's Health 2023 is:
Our Voices, Our Actions, Our Demand: Uphold Women's Health and Rights Now
201. World Vape Day is an annual event that is celebrated on:
Answer – May 30th
202. World No Tobacco Day 2023 is observed on:

Answer – May 31
203. What is the theme of the World No Tobacco Day 2023?
Grow Food, Not Tobacco
June 2023
1. PM Shahbaz attended the Swearing Ceremony of Turkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
in Ankara on:
Answer - June 03, 2023
2. Which region of Balochistan has recently been declared as a tax-free zone?
Answer - Gwadar
3. Who has been nominated for ICC Player of the Month for May?
Answer - Babar Azam
4. Pakistan's budget for 2023-24 was presented on:
Answer - 9 June 2023
5. What is total outlay of the federal budget of 2023-24?
Answer - Rs. 14.460 trillion
6. Who presented a Rs 14.46 trillion federal budget for the fiscal year 2023-24?
Answer - Finance Minister Ishaq Dar
7. The budget for the fiscal year 2023-24 in Sindh province was presented on:
8. Who presented the budget for the fiscal year 2023-24 in Sindh Assembly?
Answer - Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah
9. What is the total outlay of the budget 2023-24 of Sind Province?
Answer - Rs2,244 billion
10. The 2023–24 Balochistan budget was presented on:
11. Balochistan Finance Minister Zamrak Khan Achakzai unveiled _____ provincial budget for
the fiscal year 2023-24.
Answer - Rs750 billion
12. The caretaker Punjab government has presented a _____spending plan for four months —
July to October — of the fiscal year 2023-24.
Answer - Rs1.72tr
13. What is total outlay of Gilgit-Baltistan budget for the fiscal year 2023-24?
Answer - Rs116 billion
14. The AJK Legislative Assembly presented Rs ____ billion budget for the fiscal year 2023-24.
Answer - Rs232.047 billion
15. Which country was recently elected as member of UN Economic and Social Council for
three year term?
Answer – Pakistan
16. In May 2023, inflation rate was hit 38% for the first time in 76 years in which country?
Answer - Pakistan
17. Which country launched the Green Revolution 2.0 to make the country achieve self-
sufficiency in the agriculture field?
Answer - Pakistan
18. Roosevelt hotel of PIA, which was seen in news, is located in which city?
Answer - New York
19. Name the Iraqi Foreign Minister who met with his Pakistani counterpart recently?
Answer - Fuad Husseein
20. Who has been elected as new speaker of Gilgit Baltistan Assembly?
Answer - Nazir Ahmed Advocate
21. Article 25 of the Constitution of 1973, which was seen in news, deals with:
Answer - Equality of citizen
22. Which PNS (Pakistan Navy Ship) recently visited the port of Makassar, Indonesia for
participation in Multinational Exercise KOMODO-23?
Answer - PNS TIPPU SULTAN
23. Which hospital has successfully conducted the first of its kind heart surgery of a child
without cutting the chest recently?
Answer - Peshawar Institute of Cardiology (PIC)
24. Name the Chairman of the NADRA who resigned from his post recently.
Answer - Tariq Malik
25. Who has been assumed additional charge as the new chairman of the National Database and
Registration Authority (NADRA)?
Answer - Asad Rehman Gilani
26. The first-ever Russian oil ship carrying over 45,000 metric tons of crude has arrived at
Karachi Port on:
27. Pakistan paid for its first government-to-government import of discounted Russian crude oil
in which currency?
Answer - Chinese currency
28. Name the first ever Russian oil ship carrying over 45,000 metric tons of crude arrived at
Karachi Port on 11 June 2023?
Answer - Pure Point
29. Who has become the first woman judge of the Supreme Court from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
(KP)?
Answer - Justice Musarrat Hilali
30. Justice Musarrat Hilali is the second woman judge of the Supreme Court, who is the first
woman judge of Supreme Court?
Answer - Justice Ayesha Malik
31. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif made an official two-day visit to Azerbaijan from:
Answer - 14-15 June 2023
32. Who has been elected as the Karachi mayor?
Answer - Murtaza Wahab
33. Who has been appointed as the first woman envoy to Pakistan by UK?
Answer - Jane Marriott
34. Which Pakistani women batsman has recently retired from international cricket?
Answer - Nahida Khan
35. Who has been nominated for the International Police Officer of the Year Award?
Answer - Shamroz Khan
36. Which country has recently unveiled the ‘Economic Revival Plan’?
Answer - Pakistan
37. PM Shehbaz to leave for 2-day visit to which country on 22 June, 2023?
Answer - France
38. Who has been appointed as Chief Justice of Federal Shariat Court?
Answer - Justice Iqbal Hameed Ur Rahman
39. Greece boat tragedy, in which hundreds of Pakistani died, occurred on:
40. How many Pakistani lost their lives in Greece boat tragedy?
Answer - 300
41. What is the rank of Pakistan in in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap
Report 2023?
Answer - 142 out of 146 countries (145 in 2022)
42. Who will be the 29th Chief Justice of Pakistan in September 2023?
Answer - Justice Qazi Faez Isa
43. Which country offered to acquire the Karachi Port terminals on lease for 50 years?
Answer - The United Arab Emirates
44. Which two famous Pakistani places have recently been designated as UNESCO biosphere
reserves?
Answer - Garamchashma in Chitral & Gallies (Galiyat)
45. Who approved the amended Finance Bill 2023-24 and the Elections (Amendment) Bill 2023
on 26 June 2023?
Answer - Acting President Sadiq Sajrani
46. Recently, 62 coal mines were reopened after 16 years in which district of Pakistan?
Answer - Karam
47. What is the rank of Karachi in the most liveable city in the world?
Answer - 169 out of 173 countries
48. The Karakoram International Boxing Championship began at Lalik Jan Stadium in:
Answer - Gilgit
49. Which province launched Pakistan’s first artificial intelligence AI Security Surveillance
System?
Answer - KPK
50. Pakistan won how many medals in the 2023 Special Olympics World Summer Games?
Answer - 80 medals
51. Pakistan won how many Gold medals in the 2023 Special Olympics World Summer Games?
Answer - 11 gold medals
52. Pakistan won how many silver medals in the 2023 Special Olympics World Summer Games?
Answer - 29 Silver medals
53. Pakistan won how many bronze medals in the 2023 Special Olympics World Summer
Games?
Answer - 40 bronze medals
54. Which country has reached a staff-level agreement with the IMF for a USD 3 billion bailout
package on 30 June 2023?
Answer - Pakistan
55. Pakistan has reached a staff-level agreement with the IMF for a ___bailout package in June
2023?
Answer - $ 3 billion
56. In June 2023, State Bank of Pakistan increased interest rate to:
Answer - 22%
57. Which country to set up a 1, 200-megawatt nuclear power plant in Pakistan?
Answer – China
58. SCAT Air, the first flight of SCAT Air recently landed in Pakistan, is the airline of which
country?
59. The World Bank has projected Pakistan’s economy to grow by ___ per cent in the next fiscal
year of 2023-24?
Answer - 2%

60. Which country has launched the ‘Shenzhou-16’ Mission?
Answer - China
61. A Submarine Mud Volcano has been recently spotted in which country?
Answer - Norway
62. Recently, Bola Tinubu was sworn in as the President of which country?
Answer - Nigeria
63. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan took the oath of office for a new five-year presidential
term on:
64. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who was re-elected President in the elections on May 28 with ___
per cent of the votes.
Answer - 52.18
65. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan won a ________ presidential term.
Answer - 3rd
66. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is serving as the ____and current president of Turkey since 2014.
Answer - 12th
67. Who has been appointed as Vice president of Turkiyie?
Answer - Cevdet Yılmaz
68. Which country won the Presidency of World Meteorological Organization?
Answer - UAE
69. Name the UAE Meteorologist who has been elected as the new President of the World
Meteorological Organization (WMO)?
Answer - Dr Abdulla Al Mandous
70. Who has been appointed as the first female Secretary-General of the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO)?
Answer - Celeste Saulo of Argentina
71. Who has got the world's richest man's title once again?
Answer - Elon Musk ($192 billion)
72. After 7-year closure, Iranian embassy reopened in Saudi Arabia on:
73. Name the recently appointed Iranian ambassador to Saudi Arabia?
Answer - Alireza Enayati
74. Sabang port, which was seen in the news, is located in which country?
Answer - Indonesia
75. Name the former PM of New Zealand who was honoured with the title of dame?
Answer - Jacinda Ardern
76. Which country proposed peace plan to end war between Russia and Ukraine recently?
Answer - Indonesia
77. Which institution decided to set up the ‘Global Alliance for Drowning Prevention’?
Answer - World Health Assembly (WHA)
78. Which country to host the World Conservation Congress (WCC) in 2025?
Answer - The United Arab Emirates (UAE)
79. Which country hosts first successful trial of medication delivery via drones?
Answer - Dubai
80. Which country has recently presented its first hypersonic ballistic missile named Fattah?
Answer - Iran
81. Which country has recently unveiled the world's first homegrown 5G large cruise ship,
Adora Magic City?
Answer - China
82. Who has become the most valuable football club in the World as per Forbes Report?
Answer - Real Madrid
83. Who has been elected as the new President of the United Nations General Assembly
(UNGA)?
Answer - Denis Francis
84. Which country holds the presidency of the United Nations Security Council for June 2023?
United Arab Emirates
85. Which country has approved ‘Debt Ceiling Deal’ to raise the government’s borrowing limit?
Answer – USA
86. Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani visited Russia along with a delegation of
senators from:
Answer - June 5 to June 9
87. Which country has become the champion of Hockey Junior Asia Cup?
Answer - India
88. Edgars Rinkevic has been elected as the President of which country?
Answer - Latvia
89. Kakhovka Dam, which was seen in the news, is located in which country?
Answer - Ukraine
90. The United States and the United Kingdom have recently unveiled a groundbreaking
strategic pact known as:
Answer - Atlantic Declaration
91. Atlantic Declaration, the first Economic Partnership between US and UK signed on:
92. Which cyclonic storm developed over the east-central and Arabian Sea?
Answer - Biporjoy
93. Name the former PM of UK who quit as lawmaker after it was told that he will be sanctioned
for misleading Parliament?
Answer - Boris Johnson
94. Which building of the world has been recognized as the world's most expensive building?
Answer - Masjid Al Haram
95. Which team won the World Test Championship final, defeating India by 209 runs?
Answer - Australia
96. Which team became the first men’s team in world cricket to win an ICC world title in all
three formats?
Answer - Australia
97. Which space agency’s researchers conducted ‘Fried space food experiment’?
Answer - European Space Agency (ESA)
98. Silvio Berlusconi, who recently passed away, was the former prime minister of which
country?
Answer - Italy
99. Which country unveiled World’s Most Powerful Hypersonic Wind Tunnel for Advancing
Aerospace Ambitions?
Answer – China
100. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) elected five countries to the United
Nations Security Council (UNSC) on:
Answer – 6 June 2023
101. What are the names of the new five non-permanent member counties of the UNSC?
Answer – Algeria, Guyana, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia
102. “Kilauea volcano” which erupted recently, is located in:
Answer - Hawaii
103. Who became the winner of FIFA U20 World Cup 2023?
Answer – Uruguay
104. Which country’s doctors set Guinness World Record by removing world's largest kidney
stone (weighed 801 grams)?
Answer - Sri Lankan
105. Where was the Special Olympics World Summer Games 2023 held?
Answer – Berlin, Germany
106. Name the former US president who has recently been arrested?
Answer - Donald Trump
107. Which country to rejoin the UNESCO?
Answer - United States
108. Who has become the first Muslim woman federal judge of U.S.?
Answer - Nusrat Jahan Choudhury
109. Which institution released the ‘2022 Global Trends Report’
Answer - UNHCR
110. Name the Chinese third aircraft carrier, which was recently launched?
Answer - Fujian
111. Which is now the fastest warming continent on the planet?
Answer - Europe
112. Which country returned remains of Indigenous Maori and Moriori people to New
Zealand?
Answer - Germany
113. Which institution has released the report named – “Detox Development: Repurposing
Environmentally Harmful Subsidies”?
Answer - World Bank
114. The first-ever treaty to safeguard high seas marine life was adopted by which
Answer - United Nations
115. Petteri Orpo has recently become the Prime Minister of which country?
Answer - Finland
116. Which country has become the first central European country to legalize same-sex
marriage?
Answer - Estonia
117. Who has been awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for 2023?
Answer - Salman Rushdie
118. Which country has created the national record by launching 41 satellites with a single
under the “Silent Barker Project?
Answer - China
119. Which country will be the host of FIFA U-17 World Cup?
Answer - Indonesia
120. Which footballer created the Guinness World Record for playing 200 international
matches?
Answer - Cristiano Ronaldo
121. Which is the most liveable city in the world, as per the ‘EIU Global Liveability Index’?
Answer - Vienna (Austria)
122. Name the submarine which recently got destroyed by an explosion during its mission to
explore the century-old wreck of the Titanic?
Answer - Titan
123. Which country was the host of the biggest ever air exercise of NATO forces in June
2023?
Answer - Germany
124. Kyriakos Mitsotakis has recently become the Prime Minister of which country?
Answer - Greece
125. The 2023 Special Olympics World Summer Games, was held in Berlin from:
Answer - 17 to 25 June 2023
126. Where did at least 288 people kill in a deadliest train crash in two decades in June 2023?
Answer - India
127. Name the Nobel-winning and inventor of lithium battery who passed recently away?
Answer - John Goodenough
128. Which institute has topped the QS World University Rankings 2024?
Answer - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 2nd Cambridge, 3rd Oxford
129. Recently, Indian PM Narendra Modi has been conferred with which country's highest
honor 'Order of the Nile'?
Answer - Egypt
130. Which company has successfully completed its first manned mission to the edge of
space?
Answer - Virgin Galactic
131. Famous TV actor Yousuf Kamal, better known as Shakeel, passed away in Karachi at the
age of:
Answer - 85
132. Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will depart for Japan a four-day on:
Answer - 1 July 2023
133. Archaeologists have unearthed a 4,000-year-old sanctuary in which country?
Answer - Netherlands
134. Which country leads the ‘Minerals Security Partnership (MSP)’?
Answer - USA
135. Which famous social site company released 'human-like' AI image creation model, (I-
JEPA), in June 2023?
Answer – Meta

136. International Children's Day is celebrated on:
Answer - 1 June
137. The theme for International children's day is:
Answer - Inclusion, for every child
138. When the ‘World Bicycle Day’ is celebrated every year?

Answer - June 3
139. The theme for this year's World Bicycle Day is:
Answer - Riding Together for a Sustainable Future
140. When is World Environment Day celebrated?
Answer - June 5th
141. Which country is the global host of World Environment Day 2023?
Answer - Ivory Coast
142. The theme for World Environment Day 2023 is:
Answer - Beat Plastic Pollution
143. World Food Safety Day is celebrated on:
Answer - 7 June
144. The theme of this year's World Food Safety Day is:
Answer - Food standards save lives
145. World Oceans Day is celebrated on:
Answer - 8 June
146. This year, the theme of World Oceans Day 2023 is:
Answer - “Planet Ocean: The Tides are changing.”
147. World Brain Tumor Day celebrated on which date?
Answer - 8th June
148. The theme for World Brain Tumor Day 2023 is:
Answer - 'Protect yourself-keep away from stress'
149. World Day Against Child Labour is celebrated on:
Answer - 12 June
150. The theme for World Day Against Child Labour 2023 is:
Answer - 'Social Justice for All. End Child Labour!'
151. When is World Blood Donor Day observed?
Answer - 14 June
152. The theme for World Blood Donor Day 2023 is:
Answer - Give blood, give plasma, share life, share often
153. The world Elder Abuse Awareness Day is celebrated on:
Answer - June 15
154. The theme for the World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is:
Answer - "Closing the Circle: Addressing Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Older Age
Policy, Law and Evidence-based Responses"
155. On which date is the Global Wind Day observed?
Answer - June 15
156. International Family Remittance Day is observed on which date?
Answer - June 16
157. "World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought" is celebrated on:
Answer - 17 June
158. The theme for World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is:
Answer - Her Land. Her Rights
159. International Picnic Day is celebrated on:
Answer - 18 June
160. The theme for International Picnic Day 2023 is:
Answer - Embrace Nature and Togetherness
161. World Sickle Cell Awareness Day is observed on:
Answer - June 19th
162. The World Sickle Disease Day 2023 theme is:
Answer - “Building and strengthening Global Sickle Cell Communities, Formalizing New-
born Screening and Knowing your Sickle Cell Disease Status”.
163. World Refugee Day is celebrated on:
Answer - 20 June
164. The 2023 theme is “Hope away from Home is:
Answer - A world where refugees are always included
165. International Pineapple Day is observed on:
Answer - June 27
166. International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is observed on:
Answer - 26 June
167. The theme for this year is:
Answer - "People First: stop stigma and Discrimination, strengthen Prevention"
168. On which date the International Day of the Tropics is observed?

Answer - June 29
169. International Day of Parliamentarism is celebrated on:
Answer - June 30
170. The theme for International Day of Parliamentarism is:
Answer - ‘Parliaments for the Planet’
171. World Asteroid Day is celebrated on:
Answer - June 30
July 2023
1. Pakistan has recently become the ____ largest borrower of IMF?
Answer – 4th
2. What is the rank of Pakistan in the 2023 Global Peace Index, released by the Institute for
Economics and Peace (IEP)?
Answer – 146th
3. What is the rank of Pakistan in the Global Competitiveness Index 2023?
Answer – 110th
4. FM Bilawal made a four-day visit to Japan from:
Answer – July 1-4
5. Who has become the first women Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court and the second
women judge of Supreme Court?
Answer – Mussarat Hilali
6. Justice Musarrat Hilali took her oath as a Supreme Court of Pakistan judge on:
Answer – 7 July 2023
7. Who is the first women judge of Supreme Court?
Answer – Justice Ayesha Malik
8. Who has recently been appointed as Acting Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court?
Answer – Muhammad Ibrahim Khan
9. Who has become the first CM of Gilgit Baltistan to be disqualified for holding fake degree?
Answer – Khalid Khursheed
10. Who has been elected as Gilgit Baltistan new Chief Minister?
Answer – Haji Gulbar Khan
11. Haji Gulbar Khan took oath as CM Gilgit Baltistan on:
12. What is the rank of Pakistan in the FIFA men's football rankings?
Answer – 201
13. 24th Shahadat Anniversary of Capt Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed, Nishan-e-Haider was
celebrated on:
14. Captain Karnal Sher Khan was martyred at Kargil on:
Answer – 5th July 1999
15. Who has become the first Pakistani women to scale world’s 9th highest peak Nanga Parbat?
Answer – Naila Kiani & Samina Baig
16. Who took charge as PCB interim committee chairman?
Answer – Zaka Ashraf
17. Yaum-e-Taqaddus-e-Quran was observed on ______in Pakistan in response to the recent
desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden.
18. The 24th Martyrdom anniversary of Kargil Hero Havildar Lalkak Jan Nishan-e-Haider was
observed on:
19. Which country amended its Election Act to limit the disqualification of lawmakers to five
years with retrospective effect?
Answer – Pakistan
20. State Bank of Pakistan issued which currency note on its 75th anniversary?
Answer – Rs75
21. The picture on the recently issued 75 Rupees Pakistani Note?
Answer – Quid e Azam, Fatima Jinnah
22. The 56th death anniversary of Madar-e-Millat Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah was observed on:
23. Madar-i-Millat Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah died in Karachi on:
Answer – July 9, 1967
24. State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced to launch which type of currency for the first time?
Answer – Digital Currency
25. Pakistan won how many medals at the South Asian Bodybuilding Championship in Male,
Maldives?
Answer – Three (One Gold, Two Bronze)
26. PM Shehbaz has inaugurated the Land Information and Management System (LIMS) on:
27. Who has been appointed as the new IG Gilgit Baltistan?
Answer – Afzal Mehmood Butt
28. Which country to help Pakistan against natural disasters with advanced technology?
Answer – Switzerland
29. Which country has become the fifth country to enter $664 million deal with Pakistan for
purchase of JF-17 Thunder aircraft?
Answer – Iraq
30. The three-day Shandur Polo festival took place from:

Answer – July 7-9
31. Which team won the Shandur Polo festival 2023?
Answer – Chitral
32. Which is the world’s highest polo ground?
Answer – Shandur Polo Ground
33. Bolochistan’s Green Line bus service was begun on:
34. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated the first phase of FATA University in Peshawar,
costing Rs1.8 billion on:
35. Chief of the Army Staff Gen. Asim Munir reached Iran on a two-day official visit on:
36. Which two countries have recently agreed to work together to stop border attacks by militant
during Asim Munir’s visit?
Answer – Pakistan and Iran
37. Which Pakistani philanthropist has been named as ‘Global Man of the Decade’ for his
extraordinary contributions?
Answer – Dr Amjad Saqib
38. Which Pakistani entrepreneur won the Global Woman Inspiration Award in the UK?
Answer – Huma Fakhar
39. Who has become the first woman deputy speaker of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly?
Answer – Sadia Danish
40. Pakistan’s first public-sector cancer hospital to be built at:
Answer – PIMS Islamabad
41. The first ever Green Bus Service launched in Quetta on:
42. What is the Current Islamic Hijri Year?
Answer – 1445 AH
43. Which is the first month of Islamic calendar?
Answer – Muharrram
44. Pakistan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan finalized a joint protocol for a significant railway
project on:
45. ‘Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (UAP)’train connection enter Pakistan through which
border crossing?
Answer – Kharlachi Border Crossing
46. Name the modern navy warships which were recently inducted in Pakistan’s Navy?
Answer – PNS Tipu Sultan and PNS Shahjahan
47. What is the rank of Pakistan in Nuclear Security Index 2023 by Nuclear Threat Initiative
(NTI)?
Answer – 32
48. What is the rank of Pakistan in the Henley Passport Index 2023?
Answer – 100th out of 103
49. For the third consecutive year, Pakistani passport has been ranked ____ worst in the world by
the Henley Passport Index 2023.
Answer – 4th
50. In which country, the highest number of skilled nationals left their country in 2022?
Answer - Pakistan
51. What is the rank of Pakistan in the top wheat producing countries according to world
statistics?
Answer - 8th
52. Who has become the first Pakistani to win World Junior Squash Championship since 1986?
Answer - Hamza Khan
53. Pakistan signed a ‘historic’ liquefied natural gas (LNG) purchase agreement with Azerbaijan
on:
Answer - July 24
54. Federal cabinet approved National Adaptation Plan to boost climate resilience on:
55. What is the rank of Pakistan in the Global Hunger Index (GHI-2022)?
Answer – 99th /121
56. Which team won Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Men’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023 by
defeating India A?
Answer – Pakistan A
57. The 75th martyrdom anniversary of Captain Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed, Nishan-e-Haider
was observed on:
58. The first recipient of Nishan-e-Haider in Pakistan Army was:
Answer – Captain Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed
59. Captain Sarwar Shaheed died during the first war between India and Pakistan in:
Answer – 1948
60. “Pakistan Army (Amendment) Act, 2023” was passed by Senate on:
61. What is the punishment for disclosing sensitive information pertaining to the security of the
country or the Pakistan Army as per Pakistan Army (Amendment) Act, 2023?
Answer – Five years jail
62. Which famous city of the world has recently exhibited a wax figure of Benazir Bhutto?
Answer – Dubai
63. Name the Chinese Vice Prime Minister who visited Pakistan on July 30 to attend the 10th
anniversary celebrations of the CPEC?
Answer – He Lifeng
64. MoU on China-Pak Economic Corridor (CPEC) was signed on:
Answer – 5th July 2013
65. CPEC was formally launched in which year with the value of $46 billion?
Answer – 2015
66. Recently, as part of second phase of CPEC, Pakistan and China signed how many new
agreements?
Answer – Six
67. Which award was conferred by President Arif Alvi on Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng?
Answer – Hilal-i-Pakistan
68. The highest civil award of Pakistan is:
Answer – Nishan-e-Pakistan
69. Pakistan’s second-highest civil award is:
Answer – Hilal-e-Pakistan
70. The Bank of China was recently launched in which city of Pakistan on the occasion of the
10th anniversary of CPEC?
Answer – Islamabad
71. Name the Ukraine Foreign Minister who is going to visit Pakistan next week?
Answer – Dmytro Kuleba
72. Name the Swiss Foreign Minister who visited Pakistan in July 2023?
Answer – Ignazio Cassis
73. The first suspected case of brain eating amoeba –Naegleria- has been reported in which city
of Pakistan?
Answer – Lahore
74. Which country ranked third in the world for imposing internet restrictions?
Pakistan
75. PM Shehbaz visited the UAE and met the country's president to offer his condolences over
the passing of his brother on:
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76. Which country has been ranked the world’s most peaceful country for the 15th consecutive
year, according to the 2023 Global Peace Index?
Answer – Iceland
77. Which country has been described as the most troubled country, which is ranked bottom,
)163rd( according to the 2023 Global Peace Index?
78. Iran was officially elected as a permanent member at the 23rd Summit of the SCO Council of
Heads of State, held virtually on:
Answer – July 4
79. Which company launched the Twitter rival “Threads”?
Answer – Meta (the owner of Instagram & FB)
80. When Meta launched the app thread?
81. Which country has recently found the world’s greatest high-grade phosphate reserves?
Answer – Norway
82. Which country has topped the list of world’s most powerful passports?
83. Which country launched historic Chandrayaan-3 mission to land spacecraft on the moon?
Answer – India
84. Recently, which country has become the 51st country to sign ASEAN’s Treaty of Amity and
Cooperation (TAC)?
85. Which country became the first Arab country to get observer status on Asia-Pacific money
laundering?
Answer – UAE
86. Which country has launched world’s first methane-fuelled space rocket named “Zhuque-2”?
Answer – China
87. Which two-time champions team failed to qualify for 2023 ODI World Cup for the first
time?
Answer – West Indies
88. Which institution leads the ‘Trans-Asia Railway (TAR) network’
Answer – UN
89. Which country has won the Asian Kabaddi Championship 2023?
Answer – India
90. 247th Independence Day of the United States was celebrated on:
91. Which country has become the first country to ban plastic produce bags?
92. Which country has won the Asian Kabaddi Championship 2023?
Answer – India
93. Jens Stoltenberg has been elected as the head of which grouping for third time in a row?
Answer – NATO
94. Which organization has released the ‘Ozone-UV bulletin’?
95. Which Bangladeshi captain and batting star announced his retirement from international
cricket?
Answer – Tamim Iqbal
96. The U.N. Security Council hosted the first meeting on the potential threats of Artificial
Intelligence (AI) to international peace and security on:
97. Which country is organizing the UNSC’s first ever meeting on threats of Artificial
Intelligence?
Answer – UK
98. In which country, brain-eating amoeba (recently in news) was discovered for the first time?
Answer – South Korea
99. Which institution released the ‘World Investment Report 2023’?
Answer – UNCTAD
100. Name the longest-serving Dutch PM who quit politics after 13 years?
Answer – Mark Rutte
101. Where was the “AI for Good global summit” held from 4-5 July 2023 by International
Telecommunication Union?
Answer – Geneva
102. What is Leqembi, which is in news recently?
Answer – Medication for Alzheimer’s disease
103. Which country launched first open-source desktop computer operating system
OpenKylin?
Answer – China
104. The remains of ‘Wilson’s little Penguin’ have been discovered in which country?
105. Recently UK, Sweden, Canada and Ukraine launched a case against which country at the
International Court of Justice over the downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in 2020?
Answer – Iran
106. How many passengers were killed by Iran after the downing of a Ukrainian passenger
plane in 2020?
Answer – 176
107. Which space agency has identified the farthest active supermassive black hole in a galaxy
named CEERS 1019?
Answer – NASA
108. According to NASA out of 111 lunar missions in last seven decades how many were
successful?
Answer – 62
109. Scientists have recently discovered the formation of phosphine in which planet?
Answer – Venus
110. Who has topped the Forbes 2023 rich women list?
Answer – Dianne Hendrix
111. Which disease, listed among WHO’s 9 priority diseases, is spreading across Europe,
Africa and Middle East?
Answer – Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
112. “Security Bond-2023” is a joint naval exercise between which countries?
Answer – China, Russia & Iran
113. Who has become the world’s most-paid athlete in 2023?
Answer – Cristiano Ronaldo
114. Who won the Wimbledon tennis tournament men’s singles title 2023?
Answer – Carlos Alcaraz from Spain
115. Who won the Wimbledon tennis tournament women’s singles title?
Answer – Marketa Vondrousova
116. Which country recently launched its latest intercontinental ballistic missile ‘Hwasong-
18’?
117. Which country has become the world’s largest exporter of dates?
118. Which Islamic country has expelled Swedish ambassador over the recent burning of a
Quran?
Answer – Iraq
119. According to world statistics, which country is the world's largest producer of wheat?
Answer - China
120. Who has become the first woman to lead US Navy?
Answer - Admiral Lisa Franchetti
121. Recently, which bowler has registered the record of taking 600 wickets in Test cricket?
Answer - Stuart Broad
122. Which technology company has unveiled a generative artificial intelligence (AI) model
called “CM3leon”?
Answer – Meta
123. Which countries are hosting the FIFA Women’s Football World Cup 2023?
Answer – Australia and New Zealand
124. Which country ranked top in the world for imposing internet restrictions?
Answer – Iran 1st, India 2nd, Pakistan 3rd
125. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently identified a case of Middle East
Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in which country?
Answer – UAE
126. Who has been appointed as China’s new Foreign Minister?
Answer – Wang Yi
127. China removed Foreign Minister Qin Gang from his post on_____ after a one-month
absence from public duties.
128. Recently, which country has passed a bill to take away the powers of the judiciary?
Answer – Israel
129. Which two countries were omitted from Paris Olympics invitees over Ukraine invasion?
Answer – Russia and Belarus
130. Which country tested high speed train at up to 453 km/h, fastest in world?
Answer – China
131. The military coup was recently carried out in which country?
Answer – Niger
132. Who has been appointed as Prime Minister of Cambodia?
Answer – Hun Manet
133. Which country has launched the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) to conserve the
world’s 7 Big Cat Alliance?
Answer – India
134. Which company has announced plans to create a colony on Venus and transport 1,000
people there by 2050?
Answer – OceanGate
135. Which is the first African country to initiate a debt-for-nature swap?
Answer – Gabon
136. X-59, also known as the ‘Son of Concorde, is an experimental supersonic aircraft of
which country?
Answer – USA
137. Name the famous England’s Pacer who has announced his retirement from cricket after
the Ashes?
Answer – Stuart Broad
138. Which space agency launched World's largest private communications satellite named
"Jupiter-3"?
Answer – SpaceX
139. What will be the new logo of Twitter after replacing the iconic bird logo?
Answer – Alphabet ‘X’
140. Which countries has recently announced the appointment of ambassadors to each other’s
countries for the first time in decade?
Answer – Egypt and Turkiye
141. Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel laureate who was seen in the news, is from which country?
142. Who has been elected as the chair of the World Trade Organisation’s 13th Ministerial
Conference?
Answer – UAE Minister for Foreign Trade Dr. Thani Al Zeyoudi
143. According to WTA Rankings, which tennis player begins Week 70 as World No. 1?
Answer – Polish tennis player Iga Swiatek
144. Who has become the highest goal scorer with headers in football history?
Answer – Cristiano Ronaldo
145. Which country has recently appointed its first female head of central bank?
146. The world's first robot-only press conference was held in Geneva under which
Answer – United Nations
147. Recently, which country rejoined UNESCO after 5 Years?
148. Who was re-elected as director-general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO)?
Answer – Qu Dongyu from China

149. International Cooperative Day is celebrated on:
Answer – in July 1st Saturday
150. International Joke Day is celebrated in the world on:
Answer – 1 July
151. World Sports Journalist Day is celebrated worldwide on:
Answer – July 2nd
152. When is the World Unidentified flying objects (UFO) Day observed?
Answer – July 2
153. International Plastic Bag Free Day is observed every year on:
Answer – July 3rd
154. When is the World Zoonoses Day celebrated?
Answer – 6th July
155. The theme for World Zoonoses Day 2023 is:
Answer – “One World, One Health: Prevent Zoonoses, Stop the Spread”
156. World Swahili Language Day is celebrated on:
Answer – July 7
157. The theme for World Swahili Language Day 2023 is:
Answer – 'Kiswahili and Multilingualism: Achieving more together'
158. World Population Day is celebrated on:
Answer – 11 July
159. The theme for World Population Day 2023 is:

Answer – “Unleashing the power of gender equality: Uplifting the voices of women and girls
to unlock our world's infinite possibilities”
160. World Youth Skills Day is celebrated on:
Answer – July 15
161. This theme for 2023 World Youth Skills Day is:
Answer – Skilling teachers, trainers, and youth for a transformative future
162. The World International Day of Justice observed on which date?
Answer – 17th July
163. The theme for the 2023 World International Day of Justice is:
Answer – Overcoming Barriers and Unleashing Opportunities for Social Justice
164. Nelson Mandela International Day is celebrated on:
Answer: 18 July
165. The theme for International Nelson Mandela Day 2023 is:
Answer – The Legacy Lives on Through You: Climate, Food and Solidarity
166. When is the 'International Moon Day' celebrated annually?
Answer – 20 July
167. The theme for the International Moon Day 2023 is:
Answer – Lunar Exploration Coordination & Sustainability
168. International Malala Day is celebrated on:
Answer – 12 July
169. International Rock Day is celebrated on:
Answer – 13 July
170. Theme for International Rock Day 2023:
Answer – “Rockin' Together, Forever!”
171. World Brain Day is celebrated globally on:
Answer - July 22nd
172. The theme for World Brain Day 2023 is:
Answer - Brain Health and Disability: Leave No One Behind
173. The International Day for Conservation of Mangrove Ecosystem is observed on which
date?
Answer – 26 July
174. World Hepatitis Day is celebrated on:
Answer – July 28
175. The theme for World Hepatitis Day (WHD) 2023 is:
Answer – ‘One Life One Liver’
176. International Tiger Day is celebrated on:
Answer – 29 July
177. On which date World Ranger Day observed?
Answer – 31 July
178. The World Ranger Day 2023 theme is:

Answer –’30 by 30‘
179. On which date International Friendship Day is celebrated?
Answer – 30 July
180. The theme for International Friendship Day 2023 is:
Answer- Sharing the human spirit through friendship
181. On which date the World Day against Human Trafficking is observed?
Answer- 30 July
182. The theme for the World Day against Human Trafficking 2023 is:
Answer- Reach every victim of trafficking, leave no one behind
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