Sports, World Current Affairs
A. Shashank Manohar
B. Ehsan Mani
C. Manu Sawhney
D. Colin Graves
Answer & Solution Option: B
Explanation :The International Cricket Council (ICC) has appointed Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ehsan Mani as the head of its most powerful committee known as Finance & Commercial Affairs (F&CA).
Ehsan Mani’s appointment will put an end to the power-plays of big-three boards, which included Indian, Australian and English boards.
The appointment of Ehsan Mani might come as a shock to some since Pakistan is largely neglected on the international stage. However, Ehsan Mani has previously also served as the F&CA chairman from 1996 and 2002.
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Sports, World Current Affairs
A. Sri Lanka
B. West indies
C. South Africa
D. Australia
Answer & Solution Option: D
Explanation :Now that the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 is over with England emerging as Champions, the next big event is the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia in 2020. It will be played from 18th October to 15th November.
Cricket’s governing body has announced the schedule and ticket prices for the fixtures. Ticket prices for kids start from 5 Australian Dollars (AUD) while for adults, the tickets will be available starting from AU$20 for the first round and Super 12 stage fixtures.
Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will play the group stage along with 6 other qualifier teams and 4 out of these 8 teams will make it to the Super 12 stage of the World Cup.
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General and Mixed Information About Pakistan, World Current Affairs
A. Cricket Ball
B. Cricket Bat
C. Cricket Kit
D. All of these
Answer & Solution Option: B
Explanation :Prime Minister Imran Khan has been gifted a cricket bat by the President of the United States Donal Trump during his visit to the White House on Monday-22-july-2019
Imran Khan was present in the United States to address the Pakistani community in Washington, where he also claimed that he will do everything in his power to return Pakistan cricket to the top-level. He assured everyone that the next time Pakistan will go to play the World Cup, it will be the best team the country has seen.
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Discoveries and Inventions, General and Mixed Information About Pakistan, World Current Affairs
A. NUST
B. LUMS
C. BUITEMS
D. FAST
Answer & Solution Option: C
Explanation :In a bid to minimize the risks encumbering the miners Ali Gul a Computer Engineering graduate of Balochistan University of Information Technology Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS) got an idea of an ‘eye smart helmet’.
The ‘eye smart helmet’ utilizes modern technology to monitor the mine’s conditions, explosion risks, amount of toxic gases, and the health vitals of workers in a particular mine. Ali Gul stated in his tweet that the device is a need of the hour and should be installed into the operating mines immediately.
Ali developed the device with the help of two other individuals, Muhammad Azeem, an entrepreneurship and business operations expert, and Muhammad Jawad, a chartered accountant well-versed in finance modeling, operations, investments, and corporate affairs.
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General and Mixed Information About Pakistan
A. Sindh
B. Baluchistan
C. Punjab
D. KPK
Answer & Solution Option: D
Explanation :Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly has passed the bill for increasing the retirement age for government servants to 63 years.
The decision comes following Imran Khan’s direction to the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to consider increasing the retirement age limit of civil servants and the early retirement. He suggested an increase in retirement age by at least 3 years considering the increase in average life expectancy to 69 years.
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General and Mixed Information About Pakistan, World Current Affairs
A. Thai Lion Air
B. Thai Airways International
C. Bangkok Airways
D. Thai AirAsia
Answer & Solution Option: B
Explanation :Thai Airways International has resumed its flights to Pakistan days after the country lifted a ban on its airspace.
Thai Airways will continue flying from Lahore and Islamabad to Bangkok and beyond three days a week. The official resumption was today when their first flight landed at Islamabad airport after a break of over five months.
The airline had temporarily closed its operation in February after Pakistan closed its airspace following a military standoff with India.
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First Tallest Longest Shortest Smallest Highest in Pakistan, Largest And Smallest, World Current Affairs
A. Pakistan
B. India
C. Australia
D. UK
Answer & Solution Option: A
Explanation : A 10-year-old girl from Pakistan Selena Khawaja who is known as the Mountain Princess has successfully scaled Spantik Peak on Wednesday-17-July-2019. By doing so she has become the youngest ever mountaineer to summit a 7000m.
The prodigy already holds the record of summiting 5,000 and 6,000-meter peaks. In June this year, she scaled Mingli Sar (6050m) whereas in 2018 she made headlines when she climbed 5,765-metre Quz Sar Peak. No person younger than her has achieved these milestones ever in mountaineering history.
The young mountaineer has now set her eyes on (Broad Peak 8,047 meters) and if she is able to successfully scale the peak, she will be youngest to climb an 8000m. Earlier, she had said that she aspires to summit the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest (8,848 meters) in 2019.
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General and Mixed Information About Pakistan
A. $40000
B. $50000
C. $30000
D. $60000
Answer & Solution Option: B
Explanation : Prime Minister Imran Khan is currently in the US on an official visit after President Donald Trump’s official invitation. While the visit itself is quite a talk of the town, there is another notable aspect around it. It is going to cost $50,000 to the national exchequer.
The cost of this visit is way lower than the usual official visits. The last visit to the US by the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif cost $460,000; over nine times more than the current executive’s visit. This comparison has been made by Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs, Naeem ul Haque.
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First Tallest Longest Shortest Smallest Highest in Pakistan, Sports in Pakistan, World Current Affairs
A. Pretoria
B. Chennai
C. Pakistan
D. Loughborough
Answer & Solution Option: C
Explanation : A biomechanics lab at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) has been awarded ICC accreditation, becoming only the 5th such lab in the world. The other four are located in Pretoria, Loughborough, Brisbane, and Chennai.
The accreditation marks a landmark achievement for LUMS and the Pakistan Cricket Board since it now has a modern and world-class facility. What it means is that the ICC can test the bowling actions of international and domestic cricketers reported for suspect actions.
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First Tallest Longest Shortest Smallest Highest in Pakistan, General and Mixed Information About Pakistan
A. Dr. Nosheen Rehman
B. Tasleem Aslam
C. Naseem Hameed
D. Namira Salim
Answer & Solution Option: D
Explanation : Namira Salim born in Karachi is a Pakistani explorer and artist based in Monaco and Dubai. She is the first Pakistani to have reached the North Pole in April 2017 and the South Pole in January 2008. She is the first Asian to skydive over Mount Everest during the First Everest Skydives 2008.
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