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Solved PMS 2026 GK practice set: Pakistan current affairs and global relations MCQs (Set 2, Q51-100) with verified answers and explanations. A Sir Adnan practice set for PMS Screening preparation, not an official past paper.
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Set 2 (Q51-100) of Sir Adnan's '200-PMS 2026 CURRENT AFFAIRS' booklet from the monster-data 'PMS SCREENING 2026 GK UPDATED' pack: Pakistan current affairs and global relations, printed with options and a marked answer (14 pp booklet, 200 MCQs in four sets of 50). 42 items are published here with verified answers and explanations. DROPPED, never inferred: Q62 (main source of energy - thermal/fossil fuels are the largest share at about 49-55%, hydro only about 23-28%, and no combined thermal option is offered), Q63 (active population percentage - no verifiable standard definition for the booklet's 50%), Q64 (Chief Justice 2025 - Yahya Afridi, in office since October 2024, is absent from the options), Q73 (Finance Minister 2025 - Muhammad Aurangzeb, in office since March 2024, is absent from the options), Q76 (main industrial city - Karachi is Pakistan's largest industrial city and is offered as option A, so the booklet's Faisalabad is not uniquely standard), Q91 (main regional cooperation forum - Pakistan belongs to both ECO and SAARC, so no single standard answer), Q92 (chief election commissioner 2025 - Sikandar Sultan Raja is absent from the options), Q95 (first digital currency project 2023 - no verifiable first digital-currency launch in 2023 is identifiable). CORRECTIONS (standard answer, flagged in keyFlag): Q53 Indus Waters Treaty 1960 (not 1959), Q54 SCO full membership 2017 (not 2021), Q57 largest port by volume Karachi (not Port Qasim; Karachi about 54M tonnes FY2024-25 vs Port Qasim about 45M), Q60 first satellite 1990 Badr-1 (not 2011), Q71 population 2025 about 250M closest option (not 240M, the 2023 census figure), Q79 largest stadium National Stadium Karachi about 34,228 (not Gaddafi Stadium about 27,000), Q93 largest religious minority Hindus by the 2023 census (not Christians), Q94 main labour-export country Saudi Arabia (not the Middle East region), Q96 budget about 18 trillion PKR (not 12 trillion). DUPLICATE-OPTION FLAGS: Q55 (Karachi Nuclear Power Plant is KANUPP), Q57 (Port Qasim is Bin Qasim), Q67 (Indus twice), Q83 (OIC twice), Q93 (Christians twice). NOTE FLAGS: Q84 (census growth 2.55%, 2.4% closest option), Q90 (Indus river system vs River Indus overlap).
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Correct Answer: Warsak
Warsak was the first main hydropower project executed in Pakistan after independence; its first phase was completed in 1960-61 on the Kabul River.
Correct Answer: Tarbela
Tarbela Dam, on the Indus, is Pakistan's largest dam by installed generation capacity (about 4,888 MW), well ahead of Mangla.
Correct Answer: 1960
The Indus Waters Treaty was signed on 19 September 1960 in Karachi, with the World Bank as a signatory.
Correct Answer: 2017
Pakistan became a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation at the Astana summit in June 2017, together with India.
Correct Answer: Kanupp
KANUPP (Karachi Nuclear Power Plant), commissioned in 1972, was Pakistan's first nuclear power plant; Chashma came later.
Correct Answer: High
Pakistan has historically been among the largest contributors of troops to UN peacekeeping missions, so its share is high.
Correct Answer: Karachi
Karachi Port is Pakistan's largest and busiest port by cargo volume (about 54 million tonnes in FY2024-25, ahead of Port Qasim's about 45 million tonnes).
Correct Answer: Wheat
Wheat is Pakistan's main staple and largest-area food crop, grown in every province.
Correct Answer: Karachi
Karachi is Pakistan's largest city by population, far ahead of Lahore and Faisalabad.
Correct Answer: 1990
Badr-1, Pakistan's first satellite, was launched on 16 July 1990 from Xichang, China, on a Long March 2E rocket.
Correct Answer: Textiles
Textiles and textile articles (cotton yarn, fabrics and garments) are Pakistan's major exports to China.
Correct Answer: Nishan-e-Pakistan
Nishan-e-Pakistan is Pakistan's highest civilian award; Nishan-e-Haider is the highest military gallantry award.
Correct Answer: Islamabad International Airport
Islamabad International Airport, opened in 2018, is Pakistan's largest airport by area and terminal capacity; Jinnah International, Karachi, remains the busiest by passenger traffic.
Correct Answer: Indus
The Indus is Pakistan's major and longest river, on which the country's irrigation and hydropower systems depend.
Correct Answer: China
China is Pakistan's largest source of imports, well ahead of the other options.
Correct Answer: USA
The United States is Pakistan's largest export destination, principally for textiles and apparel.
Correct Answer: Coal Plant
The Sahiwal coal-fired power plant, completed in 2017, was the first CPEC energy project to be completed.
Correct Answer: 250M
Pakistan's population in 2025 is estimated at about 255 million (UN/World Bank), having crossed 250 million during 2025; 240 million is the 2023 census count, not the 2025 estimate.
Correct Answer: ₨
The Pakistani rupee is denoted by Rs or ₨; ₹ is the Indian rupee symbol.
Correct Answer: China
China is Pakistan's largest single bilateral creditor and the largest country source of its external debt.
Correct Answer: Punjab
Punjab is Pakistan's main agricultural province, producing most of its wheat, cotton and sugarcane.
Correct Answer: 263,000 km
Pakistan's road network totals about 263,000 km, including national highways, provincial roads and local roads.
Correct Answer: Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto became Pakistan's first woman prime minister in December 1988, and the first woman to lead a Muslim-majority country.
Correct Answer: National Stadium
National Stadium, Karachi, seats about 34,228, making it Pakistan's highest-capacity cricket ground, ahead of Multan (about 30,000) and Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore (about 27,000 after redevelopment).
Correct Answer: 1998
Pakistan conducted its first nuclear tests on 28 May 1998 at Chagai, Balochistan.
Correct Answer: Diversified energy mix
No single source solves Pakistan's energy crisis; the standard answer is a diversified energy mix combining hydro, coal, gas, nuclear and renewables.
Correct Answer: All of the above
Pakistan plays hockey, cricket and squash at international level, so the combined option is the standard answer.
Correct Answer: OIC
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is the major Islamic intergovernmental organisation; Pakistan is a founding member.
Correct Answer: 2.4%
The 2023 census recorded an average annual growth rate of 2.55% for 2017-2023, making 2.4% the closest option.
Correct Answer: All of the above
Deforestation, water pollution and climate change are all major environmental challenges for Pakistan, so the combined option is the standard answer.
Correct Answer: Security & trade
Pakistan's foreign policy centres on security cooperation together with trade and economic connectivity.
Correct Answer: All of the above
Literacy, health and poverty are all central human-development issues for Pakistan, so the combined option is the standard answer.
Correct Answer: 2014
Pakistan's National Action Plan against terrorism was launched in December 2014 after the Army Public School attack in Peshawar.
Correct Answer: DRC & Sudan
Pakistan's largest UN peacekeeping deployments have been in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and in Sudan/South Sudan (UNAMID/UNMISS).
Correct Answer: Indus river system
Pakistan's water supply depends chiefly on the Indus river system, including its tributaries, reservoirs and canal network, rather than on rainfall or groundwater alone.
Correct Answer: Hindus
Hindus are Pakistan's largest religious minority: the 2023 census counts about 3.8 million Hindus (about 2.17%) against about 3.3 million Christians (about 1.37%).
Correct Answer: Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia hosts the largest number of Pakistani workers abroad (about 2.6 million), ahead of the UAE, so it is the main single-country labour destination.
Correct Answer: 18 trillion PKR
Pakistan's federal budget outlay was about Rs 18.9 trillion in FY2024-25 and about Rs 17.6 trillion in FY2025-26, making 18 trillion the closest option in either year.
Correct Answer: All of the above
Earthquakes, floods and cyclones are all major natural hazards for Pakistan, so the combined option is the standard answer.
Correct Answer: Trade & disputes
Pakistan's WTO participation centres on trade rules and the settlement of trade disputes.
Correct Answer: Clothing & textile products
Clothing and made-up textile products (garments, bedwear and towels) are the leading segment of Pakistan's textile exports, ahead of raw yarn and fabric alone.
Correct Answer: All of the above
Inflation control combines monetary policy (State Bank rates), fiscal policy and targeted subsidies, so the combined option is the standard answer.
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No. It is Set 2 (Q51-100) 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.
19 September 1960, not 1959 as the booklet marks; the published answer corrects this.
Badr-1, launched on 16 July 1990 from Xichang, China. The booklet's 2011 is the year of the PAKSAT-1R communications satellite, not the first satellite.
Hindus, about 3.8 million (about 2.17%) by the 2023 census, ahead of Christians at about 3.3 million (about 1.37%).
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