Current Affair Old Paper PPSC solved

1) Which of the following countries is the world's largest emitter of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere?
a) China b) America c) Russia d) India

2) Who is Stanley McChrystal?
a) Commander US forces in Afghanistan b) Head of the US Central Command (CENTCOM) c) NATO Commander in Afghanistan d) None of these

3) The headquarters of Green Peace International is located at:
a) Vancouver b) Amsterdam c) London d) Paris

4) The oldeest internet search engine among the following is:
a) Google b) MSN Search c) Yahoo d) Ask.com

5) The power generating capacity of Diamer-Basha Dam would be:
a) 3450 MW b) 3800 MW c) 4500 MW d) None of these

6) ANTARA is the news agency of:
a) Indonesia b) Malaysia c) Turkey d) None of the these

7) The largest opium producer province in Afghanistan is:
a) Helmand b) Nangarhar c) Badakhshan d) None of these

8) Silk Air is an airline of:
a) Sri Lanka b) Switzerland c) Singapore d) China

9) Channel Tunnel is an under sea rail tunnel linking:
a) England and Ireland b) England and France c) France and Germany d) None of these.

10) The Strait of Malacca is the main shipping channel between the India Ocean and:
a) The North Pacific Ocean b) South Pacific Ocean c) South Atlantic Ocean d) None of these

11) The recently published book " Between Dreams and Realities" is written by:
a) Shamshad Ahmad Khan b) Gohar Ayub c) Sahibzada Yakoob Ali Khan d) None of these

12) The largest Agency of FATA by population is:
a) Bajaur Agency b) North Wazirstan c) South Waziristan d) None of these

13) Which of the following categories of Nobel Prise was established in 1968?
a) Medicine b) Literature c) Economics d) None of these

14) Total cultivable Land of Pakistan is approximately:
a) 80 million hectares b) 120 million hectares c) 150 million hectares d) None of these.

15) Who is Francois Fillon?
a) Prime Minister of Italy b) President of Germany c) Foreign Minister of France d) None of these

16) The largest island in Indian Ocean is:
a) Sri Lanka b) Sumatra c) Madagascor d) None

17) 3 May is observed Internationally as:
a) Environment Day b) Population Day c) Press Freedom Day d) None of these

18) 2016 Summer Olympics will be held at:
a) Sydney b) Madrid c) Chicago d) Rio de Janerio

19) Kyat is the currency of:
a) Nepal b) Myanmar c) Bhutan d) None

20 Environment Treaty Kyoto Protocol will be expired in:
a) 2012 b) 2014 c) 2015 d) None of these.

Benazir Bhuttto was awarded UN Human Rights Award 2008.

-10th December was celebrated as Human Rights day.

-1st December was celebrated as world AIDS Day.

-UNEP (United Nations Environment Program has declared 2009 as “Year of Gorilla”.

-Somali Prime Minister Hassan Hussein Nur was sacked from his post on December 14, 2008.
-Harold Pinter , a Nobel Prize-winning eminent British Playwright died on Dec24,2008

-J.K. Rowling is the creator of Harry Potter series and his latest book is “The Tales of Beedle the Bard”.

-In USA presidential elections Barak Obama got 364 electoral college votes.

-Highest number of electoral votes in America belongs to Califonia

-The operation to flush out Mumbai terrorists was Operation Black Tornado.

-Carla Bruni has been made the first ambassador to the Geneva based Globa Funds to Fight AIDS TB and Malaria.

-APEC is Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation . Its HQ are at Singapore

-Recently ASEAN concluded an agreement as first step in establishment of a free trade area FTA in the region by the year 2016.