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GEN KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS

Q.1

Who is the Secretary General of OIC?

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Mr Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu

Q.2

Total membership of the UNO has risen to?

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191 Members

Q.3

Countries looking for permanent seats in the Security Council are?

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Brazil, Germany, India and Japan

Q.4

G8 countries are?

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US, Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia

Q.5

SCO is an abbreviation of?

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Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Q.6

Which is the Worlds longest fiber optic link?

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SEA-ME-WE

Q.7

Who is the new Prime Minister of France?

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Mr Dominique de Ville pin

Q.8

Who is the new President of Iran?

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Mr Mahmood Ahmadinejad

Q.9

The total external debt and liabilities of Pakistan are?

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$ 36.62 billion

Q.10 What is the GDP growth rate of Pakistan?

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8.4%

Q.11

Who is the leader of JKLF?

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Mr Yasin Malik

Q.12 What do you know about Operation Spear and Operation Matador?
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Operation Spear was launched by US forces in West Iraq and Operation Matador was
launched near the Syrian Border in Iraq.

Q.13 Which country has withdrawn its military from Lebanon this year?
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Syria

Q.14 WTO deals with?

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The rules of trade between nations.

Q.15 The total membership of WTO is?

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148 countries

Q.16 What is GATT?

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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

Q.17 Which organization replaced GATT and when?

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WTO in 1995

Q.18 Who all are the sponsor of Middle East Road Map?
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US, Russia, EU and UNO

Q.19 What is the proposed route of India-Pakistan-Iran gas pipline?

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Assaluyah Bandar Abbas Iranshahr (In Iran), Khuzdar Karachi and Sui Multan (In
Pakistan), Dehli (India)

Q.20 What is GULAG?

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Labour Camp in Siberia established by Stain

Q.21 Which is the capital of Mangolia?

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Ulaanbaatar

Q.22 India signed the recent 10 years defence pact with which country?
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USA

Q.23 Who has won the Confederation Football World Cup 2005?
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Brazil

Q.24 How many Muslim countries are there in the World?

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Fifty Seven (57)

Q.25 Who is the Defence Minister of Pakistan?

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Rao Sikander Iqbal

Q.26 The Secretary General of the UNO belongs to which country?

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Ghana

Q.27 SALT stands for?

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Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

Q.28 STRAT stands for?

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Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

Q.29

When Pakistan became a member of the U.N.O.?

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30 September, 1947.

Q.30

What all are the neighbouring countries of Iraq?

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Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey and Jordan.

Q.31

Who is the designated US Secretary of States for Foreign Affairs?

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Condoleezza Rice

Q.32

What does SAFMA means ?

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South Asian Free Media Conference (4th Conf was opened by Gen Musharraf on 20th Nov
2004 in Lahore).

Q.33

The recent Great Lakes Peace Pact was signed among which countries?

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Eleven African countries on 20 Nov 2004.

Q.34

Who is Mikhail Soakasvili?

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Georgian President, who is also a US-educated lawyer.

Q.35

What is the purpose of Red Cross talks between North and South Korea?

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Reunion of families separated by Korean war.

Q.36

Are there any Hungarian Troops present in Iraq?

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Hungary has some 300 non-combat troops serving under Polish command in
Transportation contingent in Hillah, south of Baghdad.

Q.37

Which is the Iraqs third largest city?

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Mosul which is in the north.

Q.38

Who is the President of Taiwan?

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Chen Shui-ban.

Q.39

Who is John Anderson?

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Australias Deputy Prime Minister.

Q.40

Fallajah is compared to which city of Vietnam?

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Tet.

Q.41

Who is Iyad Allawi?

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Iraqi Prime Minister

Q.42

Who is the President of BJP?

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L K Advani

Q.43

Who is Roger Federer and to which country he belongs?

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World no 1 Lawn tennis player from Switzerland.

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Q.44

What is P-3 C ?

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Orion surveillance aircraft valued at up to $ 970 million which Pentagon has indicated to
give Pakistan.

Q.45

Where is Niigata?

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Near Tokyo where recently an earthquake hit.

Q.46

What is F/A-22 RAPTOR?

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The most sophisticated jet fighter ever made by USA. It can fly at 1500 kph without being
detected.

Q.47

Who suggested the name of Pakistan?

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Ch. Rahmad Ali.

Q.48

Who put forward the Two Nation Theory?

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Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

Q.49

What is the total area of Pakistan?

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310,403square Miles

Q.50

Pakistan has coastal area with which sea?

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Arabian Sea

Q.51

What is the length of Common border with China?

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595 Kms

Q.52

What is the length of Common border with Afghanistan?

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2252 kms

Q.53

What is the length of Common border with Iran?

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805 Kms

Q.54

What is the length of Common border with India?

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1610 Kms

Q.55 What is the rank of Pakistan population wise in the world?

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9th

Q.56 How much of total area of Pakistan actually covered by the forests?
Ans. 3.7 to 4 percent
Q.57 Which is the largest desert of Pakistan?
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Thar Desert

Q.58 Which areas of Pakistan are the driest ones?

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Thar

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Q.59 Which is the coldest place in Pakistan?
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Ziarat

Q.60 Name the radio station existing in Pakistan at independence?

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Lahore

Q.61 When was the first television station started in Pakistan?

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1964

Q.62 What is the name of the highest place of the Salt Range?
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Skesar

Q.63 How much of the total area of Pakistan is mountainous terrain?

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183840 square miles

Q.64 In which year National Anthem of Pakistan was written?

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1954.

Q.65 What is the highest civil award of Pakistan?

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Nishan-i-Pakistan

Q.66 Who was the first commanderIn-Chief of Pakistan Army?

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Major General Sir Douglas Gracy

Q.67 Who was awarded Nobel Prize in Pakistan?

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Dr. Abdul Salam

Q.68 Bosnia got Independence from which country?

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Yugoslavia

Q.69 Where is Bosnia Located?

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Eastern Europe

Q.70 Where Etna peak is located?

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Italy

Q.71 Where Dead Sea is located?

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Asia

Q.72 Where Madagascar Island is located?

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Indian Ocean

Q.73 Where River Nile is located?

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Mediterranean

Q.74 Where River Amazon is located?

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Atlantic

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Q.75 Where River Mississippi is located?
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Gulf of Mexico

Q.76 Where River Mekong is located?

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Pacific

Q.77 Where Caspian Sea is located?

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Asia

Q.78 Where Great Bear Lake is located?

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Canada

Q.79 Where Lake Victoria is located?

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East Africa

Q.80 Who sold Alaska to USA?

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USSR

Q.81 Who used SEIREN GAS during attack over Laos?

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USA

Q.82 When the Apartheid period came to an end in South Africa?

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1992

Q.83 Which treaty gave the foundation of nation state system?

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Treaty of Westphalia.

Q.84 When Israel was declared an independent state?

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1948

Q.85 Who has historically ruled China from 1644 -1911?

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Qin Dynasty

Q.86 Which city is known as Paris of the East?

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Shanghai

Q.87 Which was the Insurgency movement initiated by Sikhs of India?

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Khalistan

Q.88 What is IRA?

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Irish Republic Army

Q.89 What is KLA?

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Kosovo Liberation Army

Q.90 Spain was ruled by how many years by the Muslims?

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800 years.

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Q.91
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War and Peace and Anna Karenina novels are written by?
Tolstoy

Q.92 Who is Megawati Soekarnoputri?

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Indonesian President

Q.93 In which year did Hitler invade Russia?

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1941

Q.94 Which is the longest river in the world?

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Nile

Q.95 With which author would you associate Robinson Crusoe & Moll Flanders?
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Daniel Defoe

Q.96 Which is the largest ocean of earth?

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Pacific Ocean

Q.97 Thimphu is the capital of which country?

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Bhutan

Q.98 Phnom Penh is the capital of which country?

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Cambodia.

Q.99 Sanaa is the capital of which country?

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Yemen

Q.100 Which continent is known as Dark Continent?

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Africa

Q.101 Which city is known as the City of Temples?

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Amritsar

Q.102 Which city is known as the City of Palaces?

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Calcutta

Q.103 Which place is known as the Land of Rising Sun?

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Japan

Q.104 Which place is known as the Holy Land?

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Palestine

Q.105 What is Acupuncture?

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System of Medicine

Q.106 What is the speed of sound in air?

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12.7 miles per minute

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Q.107 What is dry ice?
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Solid Carbon dioxide

Q.108 Who invented the Atomic Bomb?

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Otto Hahn

Q.109 When charter of the UNO came into force?

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1945

Q.110 Where is the Headquarters of the UNO?

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New York

Q.111 The permanent members of the UNO Security Council are?

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Five

Q.112 The Secretariat of the UNO is headed by?

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Secretary General of the UNO

Q.113 What is the strength of non permanent members of the UNO Security Council?
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Ten.

Q.114 Where is the Headquarters of the WHO?

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Switzerland

Q.115 SAARC consists of the countries from?

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South Asia

Q.116 How many countries are the members of SAARC?

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Seven

Q.117 SAARC was formed in?

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December 1985

Q.118 When Treaty of Versailles was signed?

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1919

Q.119 Geneva Accord was signed on which issue?

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Afghanistan

Q.120 Which is the longest river in Baluchistan?

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Hingol River

Q.121 Wali Tangi Dam is located in?

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Baluchistan

Q.122 Warsak Dam is constructed on which river?

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River Kabul

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Q.123 When Pakistan joined Commonwealth?
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1948

Q.124 ABM is the abbreviation of?

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Anti Ballistic Missile

Q.125 Davis Cup is associated with?

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Lawn Tennis

Q.126 The boundary between India and China is called?

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Mc Mohan Line

Q.127 Who was last Governor General of India?

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Raj Gopalachari

Q.128 Battle of Waterloo was fought between?

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Britain, Holland, Belgium, Prussia, France.

Q.129 Shora is the name of parliament in?

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Afghanistan

Q.130 Periodic rise and fall of water in sea causes?

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Tides

Q.131 Ecology deals with?

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Relation between organisms and environment

Q.132 Karl Marx belonged to which country?

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Germany

Q.133 The UN Charter was adopted in the city of?

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San Francisco

Q.134 Who came to Power in Russia after Lenin?

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Stalin

Q.135 What is the number of players on each side in Water Polo?

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Q.136 The SALT-I and SALT-II Agreements were signed between?

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USA and USSR

Q.137 Cuban Missile crisis was emerged because of?

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Deployment of Russian Missiles in Cuba

Q.138 Cuban Missile crisis emerged in?

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1962

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Q.139 In Crimean war, England and France declare war against which country?
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Russia

Q.140 The American civil war started in?

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1861

Q.141 Mussolini was the prime minister of?

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Italy

Q.142 Which Org has been struggling to end the British rule in Northern Ireland?
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IRA

Q.143 Mixed economy refers to?

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Coexistence of Public and Private sector

Q. 144 Who is the head of IAEA ?

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Muhammad Elbradi

Q. 145 What is the name of Malaysian President?

Ans. Abdul Waheed Badawi
Q. 146 SAFTA stands for?
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South Asian Free Trade Agreement

Q. 147 SPI stands for ?

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Strategic Proliferation Initiative

Q. 148 Total members of Non Alignment Movement are?

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115 members

Q. 149 IPI stands for?

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Iran Pakistan India gas pipe line

Q.150 What is the name of Pakistani scientist who won Noble Prize?
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Dr Abdussalam