07 · Current Affairs — Q181–200 — KIPS Mock Tests — CSS MPT 2026

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Study order: attempt the question → open the yellow hint only if needed → reveal the green answer → try the related question. Check the revision box only when you can explain the rule without looking.

20 original questions + 20 related recall exercises. Checked for revision on 1 October 2026. Historical events keep their dates; recheck current officeholders and scheduled events before an exam. These are study solutions, not the official KIPS key.

Q181

The 2026 NATO Summit was hosted by:

A) Türkiye

B) Germany

C) France

D) Italy

Source PDF page 17.

💡 Hint — try before revealing

The question asks for the country, not the city or alliance headquarters.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — Türkiye

Reasoning: Ankara hosted the summit on 7–8 July 2026. Country and city questions test the same event from different angles. NATO.

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Related practice: Which city hosted it?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Ankara.

Why / remember: Ankara is the city; Türkiye is the country. These are two versions of the same host-location fact.
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Q182

Who is the current President of Pakistan?

A) Arif Alvi

B) Mamnoon Hussain

C) Asif Ali Zardari

D) Shehbaz Sharif

Source PDF page 17.

💡 Hint — try before revealing

Separate the president from the prime minister in Pakistan’s parliamentary system.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — Asif Ali Zardari

Reasoning: The Presidency’s official website identifies Zardari as president; checked for 1 October 2026. The prime minister is a different office. Presidency.

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Related practice: Who heads Pakistan’s federal government?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: The Prime Minister.

Why / remember: The prime minister is head of government, while the president is head of state.
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Q183

The Pakistan–Türkiye–Saudi Arabia security agreement is primarily related to:

A) Currency union

B) Mutual security and defence cooperation

C) Agricultural cooperation

D) Space exploration

Source PDF page 18.

💡 Hint — try before revealing

Look at the agreement’s stated defence purpose rather than unrelated forms of integration.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — Mutual security and defence cooperation

Reasoning: The Makkah agreement concerns collective security/defence cooperation among the three states, not currency integration. MOFA.

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Related practice: Where was the trilateral agreement signed?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

Why / remember: Makkah is in Saudi Arabia; the three-country agreement was signed there in August 2026.
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Q184

According to recent reports, which regional elections in August 2026 were being held in phases because of security

concerns?

A) Gilgit-Baltistan elections

B) Azad Jammu and Kashmir elections

C) Punjab elections

D) Balochistan elections

Source PDF page 18.

💡 Hint — try before revealing

Use the dated election report and its reference to successive phases.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Reasoning: Radio Pakistan reported the third phase on 10 August 2026, following earlier phases amid security arrangements. Treat this as a dated event rather than a general rule for AJK elections. Radio Pakistan.

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Related practice: What does phased polling mean?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Voting takes place on different dates in different constituencies or areas.

Why / remember: Phases distribute voting across dates or areas; they do not necessarily create separate legislatures.
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Q185

―Operation Sindoor‖ was the name used by India for its military action against targets in:

A) Bangladesh

B) Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir

C) Afghanistan

D) Nepal

Source PDF page 18.

💡 Hint — try before revealing

Identify India’s operation name, and distinguish the claimed targets from independently established facts.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir

Reasoning: India used Operation Sindoor for strikes beginning on 7 May 2025. The label identifies the operation; competing claims about targets should be attributed to their sources. Indian parliamentary reply.

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Related practice: On which date was the subsequent ceasefire announced?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 10 May 2025.

Why / remember: The ceasefire date is 10 May 2025, after the strikes beginning on 7 May.
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Q186

The IMF's Resilience and Sustainability Facility for Pakistan primarily seeks to help Pakistan address:

A) Defence expenditure

B) Climate and natural-disaster vulnerabilities

C) Electoral reforms

D) Population growth

Source PDF page 18.

💡 Hint — try before revealing

The facility’s name emphasises resilience and sustainability.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — Climate and natural-disaster vulnerabilities

Reasoning: The RSF supports reforms that strengthen resilience against longer-term risks, including climate change; it is not a defence-financing programme. IMF.

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Related practice: Expand RSF.

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Resilience and Sustainability Facility.

Why / remember: RSF is the Resilience and Sustainability Facility; the name helps connect it with longer-term climate resilience.
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Q187

COP30's location in Belém was symbolically important because the city is located in the:

A) Sahara region

B) Amazon region

C) Andes region

D) Patagonian region

Source PDF page 18.

💡 Hint — try before revealing

The host city’s ecological region gives the symbolic connection.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — Amazon region

Reasoning: Belém is in Pará, Brazil, in the Amazon region. Its location linked the climate negotiations with forest conservation concerns. COP30.

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Related practice: Which country hosted COP30?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Brazil.

Why / remember: Brazil hosted COP30 in Belém; Rio de Janeiro hosted the 2025 BRICS summit. Different events used different cities.
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Q188

What was the primary stated reason for Pakistan‘s airstrikes on Kabul in Feb-March 2026?

A) Capturing TTP leaders hiding in Kabul

B) Targeting militant camps linked to TTP and ISIS-K used to attack Pakistan

C) Retaliating for Afghan trade disruptions

D) Securing water rights from the Kabul River

Source PDF page 18.

💡 Hint — try before revealing

The question asks for a stated justification and compresses several separate strike episodes.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — Closest to Pakistan’s stated counterterrorism justification; question conflates events

Reasoning: Pakistan cited militant threats linked to TTP and ISIS-K, but strikes across February–March and against Taliban military targets had different immediate contexts. Do not present an allegation about a particular Kabul target as independently established. Reuters explainer.

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Related practice: Are TTP and ISIS-K the same organisation?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: No; they are distinct militant organisations.

Why / remember: TTP and ISIS-K differ organisationally and ideologically; citing both in a claim does not make them one group.
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Q189

Pakistan held its 5G spectrum auction on March 10, 2026, raising approximately how much money?

A. US$200 million

B. US$350 million

C. US$507 million

D. US$750 million

Source PDF page 18.

💡 Hint — try before revealing

Keep the auction stage and reporting date attached to the dollar figure.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — Approximately US$507 million

Reasoning: This figure refers to the allocation stage of the 10 March 2026 spectrum auction. Keep the stage and date attached to the number. APP/PTA report.

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Related practice: Which Pakistani regulator manages spectrum auctions?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, PTA.

Why / remember: PTA regulates telecommunications; spectrum allocation concerns licensed use of radio-frequency bands.
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Q190

Who is the Current IG of Punjab Police?

A. Dr. Usman Anwar

B. Rao Abdul Kareem

C. Mohammad Aamir Zulfiqar

D. Rao Sardar Ali Khan

Source PDF page 18.

💡 Hint — try before revealing

Use the provincial police source, not the FIA appointment report.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — Rao Abdul Kareem

Reasoning: Punjab Police’s official reporting identifies him as IGP after the February 2026 appointment. Checked for 1 October 2026. Punjab Police.

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Related practice: What does IGP stand for?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Inspector General of Police.

Why / remember: Inspector General of Police is the expansion; the office concerns provincial police leadership in this question.
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Q191

Reports in mid-January 2026 suggested a partnership between a Pakistani firm and which Trump-family linked crypto

project?

A. Truth Crypto

B. World Liberty Financial

C. MAGA Coin

D. Liberty Blockchain

Source PDF page 18.

💡 Hint — try before revealing

Distinguish the project’s public name from the legal affiliate named in the reported arrangement.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — World Liberty Financial

Reasoning: The January report concerned Pakistan’s government and SC Financial Technologies, an affiliate connected to World Liberty Financial. The mock’s vague “Pakistani firm” wording is imprecise. Reuters.

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Related practice: What is a dollar-linked stablecoin intended to track?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: The value of the US dollar; the peg is an aim, not a risk-free guarantee.

Why / remember: A stablecoin targets a reference value; mechanisms and reserves matter, so dollar-linked does not mean risk-free.
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Q192

Who won the final of Shandur Festival 2025?

A. Team Chitral

B. Team Gilgit

C. Team Ghizar

D. Team Laspur

Source PDF page 18.

💡 Hint — try before revealing

Identify the final winner rather than every participating regional team.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — Team Chitral, specifically Chitral-A

Reasoning: Chitral-A won the Shandur polo tournament final on 22 June 2025. Radio Pakistan.

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Related practice: Which sport is associated with Shandur Festival?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Polo.

Why / remember: Polo is the festival’s featured sporting contest; Chitral-A is the specific winning team in the 2025 report.
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Q193

What is the name of Military Operation Launched by Pakistan in response to alleged indian aggression , Particularly after the

terrorist attack in Pahalgam ?

A. Bunyan Al Marsoos

B. Rising Lion

C. True Promise 3

D. Al-Habib

Source PDF page 19.

💡 Hint — try before revealing

Place the Pakistani operation after the May Indian strikes rather than on the April attack date.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — Bunyan al-Marsoos

Reasoning: Pakistan launched the operation on 10 May 2025 during its confrontation with India. Distinguish the April Pahalgam attack, India’s Operation Sindoor and Pakistan’s subsequent operation. Official announcement.

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Related practice: Which country used the name Operation Sindoor?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: India.

Why / remember: Operation Sindoor was India’s name; Bunyan al-Marsoos was Pakistan’s. Timeline and actor distinguish them.
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Q194

Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir has promoted to the rank of Field Marshal on which date?

A. 17th May 2025

B. 18th May 2025

C. 19th May 2025

D. 20th May 2025

Source PDF page 19.

💡 Hint — try before revealing

Separate the promotion announcement from the date of military operations.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: D — 20 May 2025

Reasoning: The promotion was announced on 20 May. Do not confuse it with the operation or ceasefire date of 10 May. Radio Pakistan.

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Related practice: Who was Pakistan’s first field marshal?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Ayub Khan.

Why / remember: Ayub Khan held the field-marshal rank earlier; Asim Munir’s 2025 promotion was a later historical event.
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Q195

Which new department has been created in Punjab Police to control crime?

A. Crime Task Force

B. Crime Control Department

C. Crime Investigation Unit

D. Rapid Response Force

Source PDF page 19.

💡 Hint — try before revealing

Compare CCD with the similarly abbreviated CTD.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — Crime Control Department

Reasoning: The CCD is the Punjab Police department named in the question. Distinguish it from CTD, the Counter Terrorism Department. Punjab Police CCD.

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Related practice: Expand CTD.

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Counter Terrorism Department.

Why / remember: Crime Control Department and Counter Terrorism Department have different names and remits; one letter changes the department.
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Q196

The UN Convention on Biodiversity (CBD). will hold its COP17 in October 2026 in which city?

A. Antalya, Türkiye

B. Yerevan, Armenia

C. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

D. Baku, Azerbaijan

Source PDF page 19.

💡 Hint — try before revealing

This is a biodiversity COP, not the UN climate negotiations.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — Yerevan, Armenia

Reasoning: CBD COP17 is scheduled for 19–30 October 2026. As of this set’s 1 October check, it is a future scheduled event. CBD’s full name is Convention on Biological Diversity. CBD notification.

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Related practice: Is CBD COP17 the same conference as a UN climate COP?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: No; CBD concerns biodiversity, while climate COPs concern the UNFCCC.

Why / remember: CBD is the Convention on Biological Diversity; UNFCCC is the climate convention. Their COP numbers are unrelated sequences.
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Q197

Iran responded to the killing of Ali Khamenei by closing which vital waterway to shipping?

A. Suez Canal

B. Bosphorus Strait

C. Strait of Hormuz

D. Strait of Malacca

Source PDF page 19.

💡 Hint — try before revealing

Think of the Gulf’s petroleum-shipping chokepoint, while avoiding an over-simple causal claim.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — Strait of Hormuz; simplified event wording

Reasoning: Reporting in March 2026 linked Iran’s wartime position to blocking the Hormuz route. The question compresses a complex conflict into one cause; “closure” need not mean every vessel stopped in every period. Reuters reporting in Gulf Times.

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Related practice: What bodies of water does Hormuz connect?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: The Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman.

Why / remember: Hormuz links the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman; it is not the Suez Canal or Strait of Malacca.
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Q198

The ―AI for Good Global Summit‖ 2026 is organized by which UN agency?

A. UNESCO

B. ITU (International Telecommunication Union)

C. WHO

D. UNDP

Source PDF page 19.

💡 Hint — try before revealing

Connect a summit about information and communication technology with the relevant UN specialised agency.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — International Telecommunication Union

Reasoning: ITU organised the summit in Geneva, 7–10 July 2026. ITU.

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Related practice: Expand ITU.

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: International Telecommunication Union.

Why / remember: ITU expands to International Telecommunication Union; UNESCO and WHO have different core fields.
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Q199

Which organization coordinates the activities for World Wildlife Day (March 3)?

A. UNESCO

B. UN-Water

C. UNEP (UN Environment Programme)

D. WHO

Source PDF page 19.

💡 Hint — try before revealing

Identify the designated coordinating secretariat, not simply its parent administrative organisation.
⚠️ Answer & question issue

Answer: No exact correct option — CITES Secretariat

Reasoning: The UN-designated coordinator is the CITES Secretariat. UNEP administers that secretariat, but choosing UNEP without this distinction would hide the defective options. World Wildlife Day.

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Related practice: On which date is World Wildlife Day observed?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 3 March.

Why / remember: World Wildlife Day is 3 March, marking the date CITES was signed in 1973; CITES coordination is the precise institutional answer.
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Q200

Which Pakistani leader attended the oath-taking ceremony of Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on 17 February

2026?

A. Shehbaz Sharif

B. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

C. Ahsan Iqbal

D. Khawaja Asif

Source PDF page 19.

💡 Hint — try before revealing

The Pakistani representative was a federal minister, not necessarily the prime minister himself.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — Ahsan Iqbal

Reasoning: Pakistan’s planning minister represented Pakistan at the 17 February 2026 ceremony. MOFA announcement.

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Related practice: Which political party does Tarique Rahman lead?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Bangladesh Nationalist Party, BNP.

Why / remember: BNP means Bangladesh Nationalist Party; distinguish it from the Awami League and Jamaat-e-Islami.
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