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Solved PMS 2026 GK practice set: Pakistan and global issues MCQs (Set 3, Q101-150) with verified answers and explanations. A Sir Adnan practice set for PMS Screening preparation, not an official past paper.
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Set 3 (Q101-150) of Sir Adnan's '200-PMS 2026 CURRENT AFFAIRS' booklet from the monster-data 'PMS SCREENING 2026 GK UPDATED' pack: Pakistan & Global Issues, printed with options and a marked answer (14 pp booklet, 200 MCQs in four sets of 50). 38 items are published here with verified answers and explanations. DROPPED, never inferred: Q101 (major export destination in Europe — the marked option is the combined 'France & Germany', not a single destination, and the UK vs Germany single answers are both defensible), Q103 (first e-governance project 2010 — no identifiable standard milestone in 2010; the Electronic Government Directorate dates to 2002 and NADRA to 2000), Q104 (HDI rank — the UNDP 2025 report ranks Pakistan 168th of 193, absent from the options), Q106 (Climate Change minister 2025 — Musadik Malik, in office since March 2025, is absent; Sherry Rehman also appears twice as options A and C), Q112 (major Asian trade partner excluding China — the marked option is the combined 'Japan & South Korea', and the UAE, the actual largest Asian partner after China, is absent), Q116 (first woman Chief Justice — Justice Tahira Safdar, first woman chief justice of a high court in Pakistan in 2018, is absent from the options), Q118 (Finance minister 2025 — Muhammad Aurangzeb, in office since March 2024, is absent), Q122 (first national park — Lal Suhanra, established 1972, is absent from the options), Q125 (main cultural festival in Sindh — 'Sindh Cultural Festival' is generic, with no single identifiable standard festival), Q128 (UN climate programmes began 2000 — Pakistan signed the UNFCCC in 1992 and ratified in 1994; no 2000 milestone is identifiable), Q137 (first space programme 1992 — SUPARCO dates to 1961, Rehbar-I to 1962 and Badr-1 to 1990; no 1992 milestone is identifiable), Q141 (major CPEC road project — the Karakoram Highway and the Gwadar-Khunjerab corridor route are both defensible, so no single standard answer), Q140 (main labour-export country — verbatim repeat of Set 2 Q94 in the same booklet, already published there as Saudi Arabia, cross-linked not re-extracted). CORRECTIONS (standard answer, flagged in keyFlag, verified by web search where noted): Q109 major renewable source Hydro (not Wind & Solar), Q124 main agricultural export Rice (not Rice & Fruits), Q126 first literary festival Karachi Lit Fest, first held March 2010 (not Lahore, 2013), Q142 GDP composition majorly Services (not Agriculture & Services). DUPLICATE-OPTION FLAGS: Q102 (Qatar twice), Q119 (Manchar / Manchar Lake), Q129 (Port Qasim / Bin Qasim), Q130 (Indus twice), Q134 (1997 twice), Q135 (Tarbela twice), Q139 (Punjab twice), Q144 (Floods twice), Q146 (Mohenjo-Daro twice), Q147 (Qatar twice). NOTE FLAGS: Q114 (PSX merger 2016), Q124 (Rice / Rice & Fruits overlap), Q142 (agriculture + services about 80% combined, but two sectors), Q149 (UN Missions vs UN Peacekeeping overlap).
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Correct Answer: Qatar
Qatar is Pakistan's main supplier of natural gas through long-term LNG contracts and spot cargoes, ahead of other sources.
Correct Answer: Urdu
Urdu is Pakistan's national language under Article 251 of the Constitution; English is the official language for official business.
Correct Answer: 5%
Pakistan's forest cover is about 5% of its land area (FAO figures around 4.8-5.1%), one of the lowest forest-cover rates in the region.
Correct Answer: Overcrowding & housing
Rapid urban growth in Pakistan's cities has produced overcrowding and a large housing shortfall, with expanding informal settlements; traffic, pollution and crime follow from it.
Correct Answer: Hydro
Hydropower is Pakistan's major renewable energy source by generation, far ahead of wind and solar combined; coal and gas are fossil fuels, not renewables.
Correct Answer: 2018
Pakistan's first National Water Policy was approved in April 2018, setting targets for storage, conservation and integrated water management.
Correct Answer: All of the above
Pakistan's SDG agenda spans health, education and poverty alleviation together, so the combined option is the standard answer.
Correct Answer: Karachi & Chashma
Pakistan's nuclear power plants are at Karachi (KANUPP) and Chashma (CHASNUPP in Mianwali district); no plants operate at the other paired locations.
Correct Answer: Karachi SE
The Karachi Stock Exchange was historically Pakistan's main stock exchange; it merged with the Lahore and Islamabad exchanges into the Pakistan Stock Exchange in 2016.
Correct Answer: Faisalabad
Faisalabad, known as the Manchester of Pakistan, is the country's largest textile-manufacturing hub, with the densest concentration of textile mills.
Correct Answer: The Citizens Foundation (TCF)
The Citizens Foundation runs one of Pakistan's largest networks of low-cost schools for underprivileged children; Shaukat Khanum works in cancer care, Edhi in welfare, and Akhuwat in interest-free microfinance.
Correct Answer: Manchar Lake
Manchar Lake in Sindh is Pakistan's largest freshwater lake; Keenjhar is also a major Sindh lake but smaller, and Rawal is a reservoir near Islamabad.
Correct Answer: Gwadar & Karachi ports
Pakistan's oil and LNG imports arrive by sea, principally through the Karachi ports (Karachi Port and Port Qasim) and Gwadar, not overland from Iran or India.
Correct Answer: Both
Pakistan faces both destructive floods and recurring drought as its major climate-change impacts, as the 2010 and 2022 floods and repeated drought cycles show.
Correct Answer: Thar
The Thar Desert, spanning Sindh and into India, is Pakistan's largest desert, ahead of Cholistan, Thal and Kharan.
Correct Answer: Rice
Rice, led by basmati, is Pakistan's leading agricultural export by value; fruits such as mangoes and citrus are also major exports but rank behind rice.
Correct Answer: Karachi Lit Fest
The Karachi Literature Festival, first held in March 2010, was Pakistan's first literary festival; the Lahore Literary Festival followed in 2013, as did the Islamabad Literature Festival.
Correct Answer: Cricket & Hockey
Pakistan's headline international sporting achievements are the 1992 Cricket World Cup and a record four Hockey World Cups, alongside a long squash dominance led by Jahangir Khan and Jansher Khan.
Correct Answer: Gwadar
Gwadar Port is the centrepiece port development of CPEC, built and expanded as the corridor's deep-sea outlet on the Arabian Sea.
Correct Answer: Indus
The Indus, fed by Himalayan glaciers and monsoon flows, is the river system most exposed to climate change in Pakistan, affecting irrigation and flooding nationwide.
Correct Answer: Zero Hunger
UN Sustainable Development Goal 2 is Zero Hunger: ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition, and promoting sustainable agriculture.
Correct Answer: Coal Power Plant
The largest single CPEC power projects by capacity are the 1,320 MW coal plants at Sahiwal, Port Qasim and Hub, ahead of the largest CPEC hydro project, the 720 MW Karot plant.
Correct Answer: Digital Pakistan
Digital Pakistan is the flagship national digital initiative, launched with the Digital Pakistan Policy framework to digitise government services, payments and connectivity.
Correct Answer: 1997
Pakistan's women's national cricket team was formed in 1997 and played its first matches that year, later gaining full international status.
Correct Answer: Tarbela
Tarbela Dam on the Indus is Pakistan's largest hydroelectric dam by installed capacity (about 4,888 MW), ahead of Mangla and the Chashma barrage plant.
Correct Answer: Both
Pakistan's food security is hit by both droughts, which cut rain-fed output, and floods, which destroy crops and stored grain, as in 2022.
Correct Answer: Software & IT services
Software and IT-enabled services dominate Pakistan's IT exports, with computer services and software development far ahead of hardware exports.
Correct Answer: Punjab
Punjab is Pakistan's most densely populated province, combining the largest population with intensive settlement across its plains.
Correct Answer: Services
Services is the single largest sector of Pakistan's GDP, at roughly 57-58%, ahead of agriculture (about 24%) and industry (about 18%).
Correct Answer: All of the above
Pakistan's energy mix includes coal, hydro and solar generation together, alongside gas, nuclear and wind, so the combined option is the standard answer.
Correct Answer: Floods
Floods are Sindh's major recurring natural disaster, most severely in 2010 and 2022, when Indus flooding inundated much of the province.
Correct Answer: Swat Valley
Swat Valley, the Switzerland of Pakistan, is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's main tourism attraction; Murree is in Punjab, Lahore Fort in Punjab, and Mohenjo-Daro in Sindh.
Correct Answer: Mohenjo-Daro
Mohenjo-Daro, the Indus Valley city in Sindh, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site; Lahore Fort is in Punjab and Taxila in Punjab.
Correct Answer: Qatar
Pakistan's first LNG import deal was signed with Qatar (the 2016 long-term supply agreement with Qatargas), making Qatar its founding LNG supplier.
Correct Answer: Shrimp & Fish
Shrimp and fish together are Pakistan's main fisheries exports; tuna is a smaller segment and salmon is not a Pakistani export species.
Correct Answer: UN Peacekeeping
Pakistan is historically among the largest contributors of troops to UN peacekeeping missions, its major contribution to global peace; it is not a member of NATO or the EU.
Correct Answer: Energy & Strategic Cooperation
Pakistan's engagement in the Middle East centres on energy cooperation (oil, gas and LNG imports) and strategic/security ties, alongside labour migration and trade.
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No. It is Set 3 (Q101-150) 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.
Justice Syeda Tahira Safdar, sworn in as Chief Justice of the Balochistan High Court on 1 September 2018 — the first woman chief justice of any high court in Pakistan. That is why the booklet's Q116 was dropped: her name is absent from its options.
The Karachi Literature Festival, first held in March 2010. The Lahore Literary Festival followed in 2013, so the booklet's Q126 marking of Lahore is corrected to Karachi.
168th out of 193 countries in the UNDP Human Development Report 2025, down from 164th in the 2023-24 report. That is why the booklet's Q104 was dropped: 168 is absent from its options.
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