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Solved PMS 2026 GK practice set: Pakistan current affairs and foreign relations MCQs (Set 1, Q1-50) with verified answers and explanations. A Sir Adnan practice set for PMS Screening preparation, not an official past paper.
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Set 1 (Q1-50) of Sir Adnan's '200-PMS 2026 CURRENT AFFAIRS' booklet from the monster-data 'PMS SCREENING 2026 GK UPDATED' pack: Pakistan current affairs and foreign relations, printed with options and a marked answer (14 pp booklet, 200 MCQs in four sets of 50). 34 items are published here with verified answers and explanations. DROPPED, never inferred: Q5 (literacy 62% - published PSLM 2024-25 figure is 63%, 60.6% for FY2024-25), Q6 (water-scarcity rank in Asia 3rd - no such verified Asia ranking; WRI-based global reports put Pakistan about 14th), Q17 (CPEC energy import - garbled 'Coal and Hydro' option, no single standard answer), Q22 (Afghanistan Peace Agreement - Pakistan was a facilitator, not a signatory, of the 2020 Doha deal), Q32 (water minister 2025 - Muhammad Mueen Wattoo since 7 March 2025, absent from the options), Q33 (global water-stress rank 4th - reports put Pakistan about 14th), Q34 (export destination 'USA and China' - the top destination is the USA alone), Q35 (EU trade MoU year - no single identifiable MoU), Q37 (unemployment 5.5% - Labour Force Survey FY2024-25 is 7.1%, absent from the options), Q41 (internal duplicate of Q7, cybercrime/PECA), Q42 (sports export 'Hockey & Squash' - Sialkot footballs are the leading sports-goods export), Q43 (foreign minister 2025 - Ishaq Dar since March 2024, absent from the options), Q46 (GDP rank in Asia 7th - IMF 2025 nominal Asia rank is 18th), Q47 (inflation 11% - FY2024-25 average CPI was 4.49%, absent from the options), Q48 (debt-to-GDP 74% - FY2025 is about 70-71%, 74% was the FY2022 figure, absent from the options), Q50 (major culture festival - Basant vs Lahore Literary Festival, no single standard answer). CORRECTIONS (standard answer, flagged in keyFlag): Q1 Prime Minister 2025 Shahbaz Sharif (not caretaker premier Kakar), Q19 GDP growth about 3% (not 4%), Q20 reserves about $20B total liquid (not $25B), Q24 strategic partnership since 2005 (not 2013). DUPLICATE-OPTION FLAGS: Q4, Q9, Q26, Q30.
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34 solved MCQs shown directly below
Correct Answer: Shahbaz Sharif
Shehbaz Sharif has been Prime Minister since March 2024, after the February 2024 general election. Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar was only the caretaker prime minister until March 2024.
Correct Answer: Balochistan
Balochistan, at about 347,000 square kilometres, is by far Pakistan's largest province by area.
Correct Answer: Pakistani Rupee
Pakistan's official currency is the Pakistani rupee (PKR); the taka is Bangladesh's currency.
Correct Answer: Abdus Salam
Physicist Abdus Salam won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979, Pakistan's first Nobel laureate; Malala Yousafzai, the 2014 Peace Prize winner, was the second.
Correct Answer: Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016
The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2016 is Pakistan's dedicated cybercrime law.
Correct Answer: India
The Pakistan-India border, about 3,323 km including the Line of Control, is Pakistan's longest international border, longer than the roughly 2,670 km border with Afghanistan.
Correct Answer: 1947
Pakistan joined the United Nations on 30 September 1947, weeks after independence.
Correct Answer: Border security and terrorism
Cross-border militancy and border management, including the Durand Line fencing dispute, dominate Pakistan-Afghanistan relations.
Correct Answer: OIC
Pakistan was a founding member of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, formed in 1969.
Correct Answer: Gwadar
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor runs from Gwadar port on the Arabian Sea to Kashgar in China.
Correct Answer: Textiles
Textiles and apparel are Pakistan's largest export category.
Correct Answer: China
China is Pakistan's largest source of imports, well ahead of the other options.
Correct Answer: Kashmir dispute and security issues
The Kashmir dispute and related security issues are the central, defining issue in Pakistan-India relations.
Correct Answer: SCO
Pakistan is a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (since 2017); it is not a member of NATO, the EU or the African Union.
Correct Answer: Port Qasim
Pakistan's first LNG terminal, Engro Elengy, began operating at Port Qasim in 2015.
Correct Answer: 3%
Pakistan's economy grew by about 3% in FY2024-25 (provisional national accounts about 3.07%, IMF about 3.2%), not the booklet's 4%.
Correct Answer: $20B
Pakistan's total liquid foreign exchange reserves at end-June 2025 were about $19.7 billion (State Bank about $14.5 billion plus banks about $5.3 billion), so $20 billion is the closest option; $25 billion is too high.
Correct Answer: Asim Munir
General Asim Munir has been Chief of Army Staff since November 2022 (promoted to Field Marshal in May 2025 while remaining army chief).
Correct Answer: Military, trade & strategic cooperation
Pakistan-US relations span military and security cooperation, trade and strategic dialogue, not any single one of these alone.
Correct Answer: 2005
The 2005 Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Good-Neighbourly Relations gave the legal foundation to the China-Pakistan strategic partnership; it was upgraded to an all-weather strategic cooperative partnership in 2015.
Correct Answer: Energy and military cooperation
Pakistan-Russia engagement centres on energy (including the gas pipeline discussions) and military/defence cooperation.
Correct Answer: 1985
Pakistan is a founding member of the Economic Cooperation Organization, established in 1985 as the successor to the RCD.
Correct Answer: 1985
Pakistan was a founding member of SAARC at its establishment in December 1985.
Correct Answer: Kashmir and border security
Kashmir and border security, including the Line of Control, are Pakistan's principal issues with India.
Correct Answer: 1960s
Pakistan first contributed troops to a UN peacekeeping mission in Congo in 1960 and has since been among the largest contributors.
Correct Answer: Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, Pakistan's first female Nobel laureate.
Correct Answer: Energy, security, trade
Pakistan's Middle East ties combine energy imports, labour and remittances, security cooperation and trade.
Correct Answer: Debt & inflation
Pakistan's most pressing current economic pressures are its heavy public debt burden together with inflation, which is why the combined option is the standard answer.
Correct Answer: Both
Pakistan's security concerns combine terrorism, particularly cross-border militancy, with border tensions.
Correct Answer: Energy and strategic cooperation
Pakistan-Saudi relations centre on energy, including oil supplies, and strategic and defence cooperation.
Correct Answer: Security & trade cooperation
Pakistan uses SCO membership chiefly for regional security cooperation and trade and connectivity.
Correct Answer: Peacekeeping, SDGs
Pakistan's UN cooperation spans its large peacekeeping contribution and the Sustainable Development Goals agenda.
Correct Answer: Sectoral cooperation
Pakistan is a Sectoral Dialogue Partner of ASEAN (since 1997), not a member or an observer in the booklet's sense.
Correct Answer: Trade & aid
Pakistan-EU relations are driven principally by trade, including GSP+ preferences, and development assistance.
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Questions
No. It is Set 1 (Q1-50) of Sir Adnan's 200-MCQ current-affairs practice booklet for PMS Screening 2026. It is published as paperType 'practice', never as a past paper, and the year 2026 is the booklet's label, not a claimed exam session.
Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister since March 2024. The booklet marks caretaker premier Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, whose tenure ended in March 2024; the published answer corrects this.
30 September 1947, weeks after independence.
China, Pakistan's largest source of imports.
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