CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQs

MARCH 2024 TO JUNE 2024

NATIONAL
 The Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute and Research Centre (PKLI&RC) is located in
______.
(a) Lahore (b) Larkana (c) Hyderabad (d) Karachi
 On Mar. 08, CM Punjab Maryam Nawaz announced to increase the job quota of the
women in the PPSC jobs from 10% to ______.
(a) 12% (b) 15% (c) 17.5% (d) 20%
 On Mar. 08, ______ awarded prestigious Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science
and Technology of Japan (MEXT) Research Scholarships for Masters/Doctorate degrees
to 11 Pakistani students.
(a) Netherlands (b) Germany (c) Japan (d) China
 The International Women Safety App launched by the Punjab Government is named ____.
(a) Patron (b) Safe (c) Noonlight (d) Never Again
 On Mar. 08, Pakistan's first Shariah-compliant Human Milk Bank was established at the
Sindh Institute of Child Health and Neonatology in ______.
(a) Thatta (b) Hyderabad (c) Larkana (d) Karachi
 On Mar. 09, Asif Ali Zardari was elected as the ______ president of Pakistan.
(a) 14th (b) 16th (c) 18th (d) 20th
 Pakistan has been ranked ___ among 191 countries on the UN Human Development Index.
(a) 154th (b) 157th (c) 159th (d) 161st
 On ______, election for six vacant seats in the Senate of Pakistan was held.
(a) Mar. 11 (b) Mar. 12 (c) Mar. 13 (d) Mar. 14
 The first Pakistani woman to have been awarded the Diana Legacy Award is ______.
(a) Malala Yousafzai (b) Fouzia Viqar (c) Samina Baig (d) Alizey Khan
 On ______, Pakistan Railways ran the longest freight train of its history.
(a) Mar. 12 (b) Mar. 13 (c) Mar. 14 (d) Mar. 15
 On Mar. 16, Pakistan and ______ agreed to expand “counter-terrorism” cooperation and
continue working together in building fraternal bilateral relations.
(a) Afghanistan (b) Iran (c) India (d) Russia
 On Mar. 16, the Commander of the National Guard of the Kingdom of ______, General
Shaikh Mohamed bin Isa bin Salman AI-Khalifa, visited Pakistan.
 (a) Saudi Arabia (b) Bahrain (c) Qatar (d) UAE
 The current federal minister for power is ______.
(a) Awais Leghari (b) Musadiq Malik (c) Ahsan Iqbal (d) Ishaq Dar
 On Mar. 17, PM Shehbaz Sharif granted a ______ -year extension to PAF Chief Zaheer
Ahmed Babar Sidhu.
(a) One (b) Two (c) Three (d) Five
 On Mar. 19, Pakistan emerged as the ______ most polluted country in the world in 2023,
as per the IQAir's World Air Quality Report 2023.
(a) Second (b) Third (c) Fourth (d) Fifth
 On Mar. 24, Ghulam Nabi Memon was appointed the new Inspector General of Police
(IGP), ______.
(a) Sindh (b) Balochistan (c) AJK (d) Punjab
 The current head of the Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet is ______.
(a) Ishaq Dar (b) Rana Tanveer
(c) Muhammad Aurangzeb (d) Shamshad Akhtar
 The principal of Aitchison College, Lahore, who recently resigned was ______.
(a) Michael A. Thomson (b) Thibaw Min
(c) Amina Kamran (d) W. A. Robinson
 On Mar. 28, PM Shehbaz Sharif appointed ______ Coordinator to Prime Minister on
PM's Youth Programme.
(d) Mohsin Naqvi (b) Shaza Khawaja (c) Rana Sanaullah (d) Rana Mashhood
 On ______, the federal cabinet approved the appointment of an in-service army officer as
permanent chairman of Nadra.
(a) Mar. 27 (b) Mar. 29 (c) Mar. 30 (d) Mar. 31
 On Mar. 29, all 11 senate candidates from ______ were elected unopposed.
(a) Balochistan (b) Sindh (c) Punjab (d) KP
 On ______, Pakistan was unanimously elected as the chair of the UN Disarmament
Commission.
(a) Apr. 01 (b) Apr. 02 (c) Apr. 03 (d) Apr. 04
 The current number of seats in the Senate is ______.
(a) 92 (b) 96 (c) 100 (d) 104
 On Apr. 02, ______ was made the Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly.
(a) Gohar Khan (b) Omar Ayub (c) Hamid Raza (d) Asad Qaisar
 On Apr. 03, the National Logistics Cell successfully transported the first locally produced
potato consignment to ______.
(a) Tajikistan (b) Azerbaijan (c) Turkiye (d) Iran
 On Apr. 04, Hafiz Naeemur Rehman was elected as Ameer of the Jamaat-e-Islami
Pakistan for a ______-year term.
(a) Three (b) Four (c) Five (d) Seven
 On Apr. 04, Japan announced an additional grant of $5.5 million for a project for the
installation of weather surveillance radar in ______.
(a) Badin (b) Gwadar (c) Sukkur (d) Ormara
 On Apr. 07, ______ removed Pakistan from its 'National Threat Assessment List'.
(a) Switzerland (b) Norway (c) France (d) Denmark
 On Apr. 08, the first Home-Based Workers Union in ______ was registered.
(a) AJK (b) Punjab (c) Islamabad (d) Sindh
 On Apr. 09, ______ was elected as the Senate deputy chairman.
(a) Syedaal Khan (b) Raza Rabbani (c) Raza Abidi (d) Mirza Afridi
 Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani is the ______ chairman of the Senate of Pakistan.
(a) 4th (b) 6th (c) 9th (d) 12th
 On Apr. 09, ______ was appointed the leader of the House in the Senate.
(a) Ishaq Dar (b) Hamid Khan (c) Ali Zafar (d) Musadiq Malik
 On Apr. 13, a new ______ report revealed that Pakistan has the highest living cost in
whole of Asia.
(a) World Bank (b) IMF (c) UNDP (d) ADB
 On Apr. 14, the World Bank approved a $1 billion loan for the 2,160-megawatt ______
Hydropower Project.
(a) Dasu (b) Kohala (c) Karot (d) Daral Khwar
 On Apr. 15, Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim, the senior most judge of the ______ High Court, took
oath as acting Chief Justice.
(a) Balochistan (b) Peshawar (c) Islamabad (d) Sindh
 “Chilum Joshi” is a festival celebrated in ______.
(a) Chitral (b) Hunza (c) Kalash Valley (d) Swat
 The Bari Doab is located between river Beas and ______.
(a) Chenab (b) Sindh (c) Jhelum (d) Ravi
 Chapter 1 of the 1973 constitution deals with ______.
(a) Duties of State (b) Federation of Pakistan
(c) President's powers (d) Fundamental rights
 The length of Pakistan-Afghanistan border is ______.
(a) 2300 km (b) 2500 km (c) 2,640 km (d) 2870 km
 The name of the daughter of Quaid-e-Azam was ______.
(a) Dina (b) Maryam (c) Khadija (d) Ratti
 The architect of Minar-e-Pakistan was ______.
(a) Nawab Zain Yar Jang Bahadur (b) Bhai Ram Singh
(c) Yahya Merchant (d) Nasreddin Murat-Khan

 The name of the cold desert located in Skardu is ______.

(a) Qaidam (b) Khaplu (c) Atacama (d) Katpana
 Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission was established in ______.
(a) 1947 (b) 1948 (c) 1954 (d) 1956
 Gwadar officially became a part of Pakistan in ______.
(a) Dec. 8, 1955 (b) Dec. 8, 1956 (c) Dec. 8, 1957 (d) Dec. 8, 1958
 The longest river in Pakistan is ______.
(a) Chenab (b) Indus (c) Hunza (d) Jhelum
 On Apr. 17, ______– Pakistan launched the Pakistan Climate Financing Activity.
(a) UNICEF (b) USAID (c) Unesco (d) UNDP
 On Apr. 17, the ______ government launched informal education initiative to reach out-of-
school children.
(a) Sindh (b) Punjab (c) KP (d) AJK
 President Asif Ali Zardari delivered his first address to the joint session of parliament on
______.
(a) Apr. 18 (b) Apr. 19 (c) Apr. 20 (d) Apr. 22
 PMLN's current parliamentary leader in the Senate is ______.
(a) Irfan Siddiqui (b) Ishaq Dar (c) Irfan Qadir (d) Mohsin Naqvi
 On Apr. 18, Mushahid Hussain Sayed launched Pakistan's first think tank on ______.
(a) AI (b) OBOR (c) Africa (d) Central Asia
 The current Chairman of Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) is ______.
(a) Khaqan Murtaza (b) Hashim Khan
(c) Ahmad Ali Randhawa (d) Shazia Memon
 On Apr. 19, President Zardari conferred Nishan-i-Imtiaz (Military) on Chief of ______
General Staff, General Metin Gurak.
(a) Turkish (b) Greek (c) Colombian (d) Syrian
 A 14-member provincial cabinet of Balochistan took oath on ______.
(a) Apr. 17 (b) Apr. 18 (c) Apr. 19 (d) Apr. 20
 On Apr. 19, Pakistan and ______ launched a vocational training program aimed at
boosting the skills of young Pakistanis.
(a) Saudi Arabia (b) Finland (c) UK (d) Turkiye
 On Apr. 20, Justice Hashim Khan Kakar took oath as the ______ High Court chief justice.
(a) Balochistan (b) Sindh (c) GB (d) Peshawar
 On Apr. 20, Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim took oath as chief justice of the ______ High Court.
(a) Peshawar (b) Sindh (c) Lahore (d) Balochistan
 On Apr. 21, Pakistan named the Eleventh Avenue in Islamabad the ______ Avenue.
(a) Iran (b) Ankara (c) China (d) Berlin
 On Apr. 22, Prof Dr Shazia Bashir became only the ______ woman VC in the 160-year
history of the GCU, Lahore.
 (a) First (b) Second (c) Third (d) Fifth
 On Apr. 22, CM Punjab Maryam Nawaz inaugurated Pakistan's first virtual women
police station, “Meri Awaz...Maryam Nawaz” in ______.
(a) Lahore (b) Rawalpindi (c) Multan (d) Gujranwala
 On Apr. 23, the UNDP ranked Pakistan ______ out of 52 countries on the World Internet
Development Index.
(a) 39th (b) 45th (c) 47th (d) 49th
 On Apr. 23, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and ______ signed a partnership agreement to boost
economic cooperation in the region.
(a) Iran (b) Uzbekistan (c) China (d) UAE
 On Apr. 24, ______ was appointed as convener of the Digital Pakistan committee.
(a) Fahad Husain (b) Tania Aidrus (c) Tariq Malik (d) Shaza Khawaja
 On Apr. 25, Pakistan became the ______ largest recipient of loans and grants from the
Asian Development Bank.
(a) Third (b) Fifth (c) Seventh (d) Ninth
 On Apr. 25, ______ and Pakistan renewed the Trade and Investment Framework
Agreement (TIFA).
(a) Turkiye (b) France (c) USA (d) UK
 The Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) was signed in ______.
(a) 1999 (b) 2002 (c) 2003 (d) 2007
 Pakistan's first hand-drawn animated movie is ______.
(a) Tinku & Tina (b) The Glassworker (c) Waadey (d) Terminal 3
 On ______, PM Shehbaz Sharif appointed Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar the Deputy
Prime Minister.
(a) Apr. 26 (b) Apr. 28 (c) Apr. 30 (d) May 01
 On Apr. 30, _____ was appointed as Adviser to Prime Minister on Political & Public
Affairs.
(a) Rana Sanaullah (b) Raza Rabbani (c) Rana Mashood (d) Saad Rafique
 On Apr. 30, Uber Technologies Inc. shut down its Pakistan operations, but announced to
continue operation on the ______ platform.
(a) Yango (b) Swvl (c) Careem (d) Carpool
 On May 02, the joint bilateral exercise of the Pakistan and ______ navies – 'Inspired
Union 2024' -- was held in Karachi.
(a) US (b) Turkish (c) Chinese (d) Russian
 On ______, the federal government established a new agency, the National Cyber Crime
Investigation Agency (NCCIA).
(a) Apr. 30 (b) May 01 (c) May 02 (d) May 03
 Pakistan's first satellite mission to the moon, iCube Qamar, was launched on ______.
(a) May 03 (b) May 04 (c) May 07 (d) May 08
 On May 03, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution, sponsored by Pakistan and 8
other countries, to proclaim May 24 as the International Day of the ______.
 (a) Snow Leopard (b) Markhor (c) K2 (d) Ibex
 Sardar Saleem Haider Khan is the incumbent governor of ______.
(a) KP (b) Sindh (c) Punjab (d) GB
 The world's fifth highest peak, Makalu, at 8,485 metres, is located in ______.
(a) China (b) India (c) Pakistan (d) Nepal
 On ___, Sheikh Jaffar Khan Mandokhel was sworn in as the new governor of Balochistan.
(a) May 04 (b) May 05 (c) May 06 (d) May 07
 On May 08, President Zardari approved the appointment of ______ as Chairperson of the
Benazir Income Support Programme.
(a) Rubina Khalid (b) Sassi Palejo (c) Asifa Bhutto (d) Shazia Marri
 PM Shehbaz Sharif declared an education emergency in the country on ______.
(a) May 06 (b) May 07 (c) May 08 (d) May 09
 On May 14, a global collaborative investigative journalism project, the Organized Crime
and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), revealed the ownership of properties of the
global elite in ______ leaks.
(a) Beijing (b) Offshore (c) Property (d) Dubai
 On May 15, the Pakistan Army conducted successful training launch of ______ Guided
Rocket System with a range of 400 km.
(a) Shaheen-II (b) Ghauri-II (c) Ababeel-II (d) Fatah-II
 The National animal of Pakistan is ______.
(a) Lion (b) Tiger (c) Cat (d) Markhor
 The Durand Line Agreement was signed in November ______.
(a) 1890 (b) 1893 (c) 1894 (d) 1896
 Who was appointed as the Chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideological (CII) on May
21, 2024?
(a) Dr. Qibla Ayaz (b) Allama Dr. Raghib Hussain Naeemi
(c) Prof. Allama Allauddin Siddiqui (d) Justice Abu Saleh Muhammad Akram
 Pakistan launched satellite PakSat-MM1-ton on May 30, 2024. PakSat-MM1 is a _______
satellite.
(a) Low Earth orbit (LEO) (b) Medium Earth orbit (MEO)
(c) Geostationary orbit (GEO) (d) Geostationary transfer orbit (GTO)
 The Sindh Investment Department (SID) and Swiss Business Council (SBC) signed a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) on ___________, to promote trade and
investment.
(a) June 4, 2023 (b) June 4, 2024 (c) May 31, 2023 (d) April 30, 2024
 Pakistan elected to historic 8th term for UNSC by securing _________votes of 190.
(a) 181 (b) 182 (c) 183 (d) 184
 Pakistan elected to UNSC for historic __________term on 6 June 2024.
(a) 7th (b) 8th (c) 5th (d) 9th
 Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif left for a five-day official visit to Beijing China, starting
from____, 2024.
 (a) June 3 to June 7 (b) June 3 to June 8 (c) June 4 to June 8 (d) None of These
 On ______, the Punjab Assembly passed the Defamation Bill, 2024.
(a) May 20 (b) May 21 (c) May 22 (d) May 23
 On May 21, the National Commission on the Status of Women launched _____ phone app.
(a) Sath Sath (b) Madadgar (c) Humqadam (d) Humsafar
 On May 21, ______ became the second Pakistani climber to surmount Mount Everest
without the use of artificial oxygen.
(a) Sirbaz Khan (b) Hashim Khan (c) Shehroze Kashif (d) Ali Nawaz
 On May 22, PM Shehbaz Sharif allocated additional portfolio of Inter-Provincial
Coordination to ______.
(a) Rana Sanaullah Khan (b) Rana Mashood Ahmad
(c) Attaullah Tarar (d) Ali Pervez
 On May 23, Pakistan and ______ agreed to strike a deal to sell the former's 15% shares in
the Reko Diq project to the latter.
(a) UAE (b) Qatar (c) Saudi Arabia (d) China
 On May 24, noted Pakistani lady scholar Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper was appointed the new
director of the prestigious Folger Shakespeare Library in ______.
(a) Oxford (b) Washington, DC (c) Cambridge (d) California
 On May 29, the government enforced the Pakistan Essential Services (Maintenance) Act,
1952, for six months in ______.
(a) PIA (b) OGDCL (c) WAPDA (d) Utility Stores
 On May 29, Pakistan and ______, a Caribbean Island country, formalized their diplomatic
relations.
(a) Saint Lucia (b) Cayman Islands (c) Dominica (d) Aruba
 On May 29, the Federal Ministry of Education appointed Pakistan's renowned
mountaineer ______ its goodwill ambassador for girls' education.
(a) Samina Baig (b) Nadia Azad (c) Samia Khoja (d) Naila Kayani
 On May 29, the federal government appointed ______ the Managing Director of the
Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation (PASSCO).
(a) Sarfraz Durrani (b) Asif Bashir (c) Waqar Shah (d) Hassan Nawaz
 Established in 1973 PASSCO, which is headquartered in ______, commenced its
operations in May 1974.
(a) Lahore (b) Karachi (c) Faisalabad (d) Islamabad
 Established on September 16, 1961, the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research
Commission (Suparco) is headquartered in ______.
(a) Quetta (b) Islamabad (c) Badin (d) Karachi
 Suparco successfully launched Pakistan's Multi-Mission Communication Satellite, PakSat-
MM1, on ______.
 (a) May 28 (b) May 29 (c) May 30 (d) May 31
 On May 30, former foreign secretary ______ was nominated secretary general of the 10-
member Economic Cooperation Organisation.
(a) Aizaz Chaudhary (b) Dr Asad Majeed Khan
(c) Jalil Abbas Jilani (d) Salman Bashir
 On May 30, the ______ High Court restrained the intelligence agencies from conducting
surveillance of citizens.
(a) Lahore (b) Islamabad (c) Sindh (d) Balochistan
 On June 01, Brig. Helen Mary Roberts became the ______ female from Christian and a
minority community to be promoted to Pakistan Army's rank of one-star officer.
(a) First (b) Second (c) Third (d) Fourth
 On June 03, Pakistan and ______ agreed to implement the mechanism of Temporary
Admission Document to streamline and regulate the movement of cargo vehicles.
(a) Iran (b) Russia (c) Afghanistan (d) Kazakhstan
 On June 04, the federal government restored the current budget of the HEC for the
financial year 2024-25 to ______.
(a) 60 billion (b) 65 billion (c) 70 billion (d) 75 billion
 On June 04, Pakistan and ______, an island country in the eastern Caribbean, established
formal diplomatic relations.
(a) Saint Lucia (b) Saint Vincent (c) Barbados (d) Guyana
 On June 06, Pakistan secured 182 votes to become a non-permanent member of the UNSC
for the ______ time.
(a) 5th (b) 6th (c) 8th (d) 10th
 On June 07, the Judicial Commission of Pakistan recommended elevation of chief justices
of the Lahore and ______ High Courts to the Supreme Court.
(a) Sindh (b) Balochistan (c) Peshawar (d) Islamabad
 On June 07, Pakistan and China signed ______ MOUs and agreements to deepen bilateral
cooperation in diverse areas.
(a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 22 (d) 23
 The number of the members of the current National Economic Council is ______.
(a) 13 (b) 14 (c) 17 (d) 18
 On June 07, Pakistan and ______ signed an MoU on cooperation in Railway sector.
(a) Saudi Arabia (b) Russia (c) China (d) Turkiye
 On June 08, an Oxford University student from Balochistan, ______, won the Oxford
Union Presidency, making history as the third Pakistani and the first person from
Balochistan to achieve this honour.
(a) Akhter Kasi (b) Hamid Shakil (c) Israr Kakar (d) Ali Baba Taj
 The National Economic Council approved the 13th Five-year Development Plan on
______.
 (a) June 07 (b) June 08 (c) June 09 (d) June 10
 On June 11, the World Bank approved $1 billion in the second round of additional
financing to fund the ______ Hydropower Project.
(a) Diamer Basha (b) Bunji (c) Dasu (d) Thakot
 The GDP growth rate in FY 2023-24 was recorded at ______.
(a) 2.38% (b) 2.48% (c) 2.58% (d) 2.68%
 On June 11, ______ was appointed the chairperson of the Board of Directors of the
Pakistan Stock Exchange.
(a) Farrukh H. Khan (b) Adnan Asad
(c) Dr Shamshad Akhtar (d) Nihal Cassim
 The outlay of the federal budget for FY 2024-25 is ______ trillion.
(a) PKR 15.8776 (b) PKR 16.8776 (c) PKR 17.8776 (d) PKR 18.8776
 On June 13, Mumtaz Ali Shah took oath of the office of Federal ______ Ombudsman.
(a) Women (b) Tax (c) Banking (d) Insurance
 On June 15, the World Bank approved $150 million to improve access to and delivery of
quality education services in ______.
(a) Balochistan (b) Sindh (c) KP (d) Punjab
 On June 15, the naval forces of Pakistan and ______ held Turgutreis-9 exercise in the
Eastern Mediterranean.
(a) Qatar (b) Türkiye (c) China (d) Greece
 Which Pakistani politician received significant legal relief from the Lahore High Court on
July 25, 2024?
(a) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (b) Maryam Nawaz
(c) Imran Khan (d) Shehbaz Sharif
 What initiative did the Punjab government launch involving members of the Provincial
Assembly in July 2024?
(a) Distribution of free laptops (b) Implementation of the Himmat Card
(c) New health insurance program (d) Educational reform policy
 On July 24, 2024, who was recognized as Pakistan's first AI influencer?
(a) Saima Xai (b) Shabnam Xai (c) Ayesha AI (d) Nadia AI
 Which Pakistani leader paid tribute to Shahnawaz Bhutto on his death anniversary on
July 19, 2024?
(a) Asif Ali Zardari (b) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
(c) Shehbaz Sharif (d) Imran Khan
 What economic decision did the Pakistani government make regarding pensions in the
2024-25 budget?
(a) Decrease by 10% (b) No change
(c) Increase by 15% (d) Increase by 5%
 How many new community schools were announced to enroll students in Punjab in July 2024 ?
(a) 100 (b) 200 (c) 300 (d) 400
 What significant infrastructure project did CM Murad inaugurate on July 25, 2024?
(a) A new hospital (b) A power plant
 (c) An underpass and regulator on LBOD (d) A new airport terminal

INTERNATIONAL
 On Mar. 04, ______ and the US militaries kicked off their spring drills – The Freedom
Shield.
(a) Japanese (b) South Korean (c) Thai (d) Ukrainian
 On Mar. 04, in a world first, ______ enshrined the right to abortion in its constitution.
(a) Italy (b) Germany (c) France (d) Iceland
 On Mar. 04, ______ opened a rebuilt Soviet-era air base – Kucova Air Base – to serve
NATO aircraft.
(a) Norway (b) Sweden (c) Albania (d) Finland
 Rosfinmonitoring is the financial monitoring agency of ______.
(a) Germany (b) Italy (c) Russia (d) Ukraine
 On Mar. 07, ______ formally joined NATO after handing over the final documentation to
the US government.
(a) Sweden (b) Finland (c) Iceland (d) Ukraine
 On Mar. 10, ______ and the four-member European trade bloc EFTA signed a $100
billion trade and economic partnership agreement.
(a) Russia (b) India (c) Japan (d) China
 On Mar. 11, “Oppenheimer,” the blockbuster biopic about the race to build the first
atomic bomb, claimed ______ Academy Awards.
(a) Six (b) Seven (c) Eight (d) Nine
 On Mar. 13, the US House of Representatives passed a bill seeking to ban ______ for users
across the country.
(a) Huwaei (b) Honour (c) TikTok (d) Daily Motion
 On Mar. 14, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas named ______ as prime minister of
the Palestinian Authority.
(a) Ramiz Jaraisy (b) Yahya Hammuda
(c) Mohammad Shtayyeh (d) Mohammad Mustafa
 On ____, President Vladimir Putin won a record post-Soviet landslide in Russia's election.
(a) Mar. 17 (b) Mar. 18 (c) Mar. 20 (d) Mar. 22
 On Mar. 17, ______ ruling junta revoked a military accord that allowed military
personnel and civilian staff from the US Department of Defence on its soil.
(a) Mozambique's (b) Niger's (c) Somalia's (d) Chad's
 On Mar. 17, the European Union announced a 7.4 billion euro funding package and an
upgraded relationship with ______.
 (a) India (b) Turkiye (c) Egypt (d) Ukraine
 On Mar. 18, the third Summit for Democracy conference, an initiative of US President Joe
Biden, was held in ______
(a) Washington, DC (b) New York (c) Tokyo (d) Seoul
 On Mar. 20, ______ president Vo Van Thuong resigned.
(a) Venezuela's (b) Vietnam's (c) Cambodia's (d) Taiwan's
 On ______, the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted the first global resolution on
artificial intelligence.
(a) Mar. 21 (b) Mar. 22 (c) Mar. 23 (d) Mar. 24
 On Mar. 22, ______ and Russia vetoed a US-sponsored resolution in the UN Security
Council, which linked the immediate ceasefire in Gaza to the release of all prisoners held
by Hamas.
(a) France (b) China (c) UK (d) Germany
 On Mar. 25, the ______ hit Apple, Google parent Alphabet and Meta with the first-ever
probes under its Digital Markets Act.
(a) UNGA (b) World Bank (c) EU (d) UNICEF
 On Mar. 25, the United States beat ______ to win the CONCACAF Nations League final.
(a) Argentina (b) Brazil (c) Austria (d) Mexico
 On Mar. 27, presidents of Brazil and ______ launched a billion euro Amazonian green
investment plan.
(a) France (b) Argentina (c) USA (d) Cuba
 On Mar. 29, the ______ Army lifted the ban on serving soldiers having beards.
(a) British (b) Indian (c) Italian (d) French
 On Mar. 31, ______ and Romania joined Europe's vast Schengen area of free movement.
(a) Finland (b) Bulgaria (c) Sweden (d) Norway
 On Apr. 01, an Israeli airstrike hit the Iranian embassy in ______.
(a) Damascus (b) Cairo (c) Baghdad (d) Beirut
 Judith Suminwa is the first ever female prime minister of ______.
(a) Kenya (b) Nigeria (c) DR Congo (d) South Africa
 On Apr. 02, China renamed about 30 places in India's Arunachal Pradesh, which its calls
_____.
(a) Xaidulla (b) Zangnan (c) Kun Lun (d) Xinhai
 On Apr. 02, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in for a ______ term.
(a) Second (c) Third (b) Fourth (d) Fifth
 On Apr. 03, _____ president Alexander Stubb signed a 10-year security deal with Ukraine.
(a) Germany's (b) Greece's (c) Belgium's (d) Finland's
 On Apr. 03, ______ officially revived their bid for a full member state in the United
Nations.
 (a) Myanmar (b) Afghanistan (c) Cuba (d) Palestine
 On Apr. 05, the United States and ______ held talks on safety in interactions between their
armed forces.
(a) Mexico (b) Venezuela (c) China (d) Canada
 On Apr. 05, ______ replaced its local dollar with a new gold-backed currency, the ZiG.
(a) Kenya (b) Zimbabwe (c) Chad (d) Mali
 On Apr. 11, a court in ______ handed the death sentence to real estate tycoon Truong My
Lan for her role in a $12.5-billion fraud, the country's biggest on record.
(a) Cambodia (b) South Korea (c) Vietnam (d) China
 On Apr. 12, Britain's defence ministry announced to install lasers on warships designed to
cheaply shoot down drones from ______.
(a) 2025 (b) 2026 (c) 2027 (d) 2030
 On Apr. 14, ______ dismissed from service dozens of Indian staffers working at its
diplomatic missions in India.
(a) Canada (b) USA (c) Ireland (d) Australia
 On Apr. 14, ______ became the first country in the world to roll out the Men5CV vaccine
against meningitis.
(a) Russia (b) Nigeria (c) Japan (d) China
 On Apr. 15, Donald Trump became the _____ former US president to stand a criminal
trial.
(a) First (b) Second (c) Third (d) None of these
 On Apr. 15, Open AI opened its first office in Asia in ______.
(a) Shanghai (b) Mumbai (c) Tokyo (d) Seoul
 India developed its BrahMos missile in collaboration with ______.
(a) USA (b) Canada (c) Japan (d) Russia
 On Apr. 18, the world's largest general election got underway in ______.
(a) USA (b) Turkiye (c) India (d) France
 On Apr. 18, ______ won the prestigious 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award.
(a) Mohamed Mahdy (b) Mads Nissen
(c) Evgeniy Maloletka (d) Mohammed Salem
 On Apr. 19, ______ agreed to return several villages to Azerbaijan.
(a) Russia (b) Iran (c) Georgia (d) Armenia
 On Apr. 19, ______ announced the creation of a new military cyber corps 'The
Information Support Force'.
(a) UK (b) Japan (c) China (d) France
 On Apr. 20, the US House of Representatives passed a $95 billion legislative package
providing security assistance to Ukraine, Israel and ______.
(a) Taiwan (b) Hong Kong (c) Japan (d) South Korea
 On Apr. 22, Turkiye and ______ agreed to cooperate against Kurdish militants, boost
economic ties via a new trade corridor and consider the latter's needs for water.
(a) Jordan (b) Iraq (c) Greece (d) Syria
 The State of the Climate in Asia 2023 report has been launched by ______.
(a) WMO (b) ADB (c) UNEP (d) UNDP
 On Apr. 30, the ICJ judges ruled against issuing emergency orders to stop ______ arms
exports to Israel.
(a) French (b) German (c) British (d) US
 On May 01, ______ announced to break diplomatic relations with Israel over its
actions in Gaza.
(a) Ecuador (b) South Africa (c) Colombia (d) Turkiye
 On May 02, ______ stopped all exports and imports to and from Israel.
(a) Colombia (b) China (c) Austria (d) Turkiye
 On May 02, China-friendly Jeremiah Manele was elected as the prime minister of ______.
(a) Solomon Islands (b) Vanuatu (c) Cambodia (d) Vietnam
 On May 04, Sadiq Khan made history by becoming the first ever person in British history
to clinch ______ terms as London Mayor.
(a) Two (b) Three (c) Four (d) None of these
 On May 05, the 15th Summit of the OIC Member States was held in Banjul, the capital
of______.
(a) Chad (b) Gambia (c) Somalia (d) Morocco
 On May 07, Scottish parliament approved John Swinney as the country's First Minister,
succeeding ______.
(a) Humza Yousaf (b) Nicola Sturgeon (c) Henry McLeish (d) Alex Salmond
 On May 08, EU member states agreed to use billions of euros in profits from frozen
______ central bank assets to arm Ukraine and fund its post-war reconstruction.
(a) Iranian (b) Afghan (c) Russian (d) Polish
 On May 10, Russia appointed Mikhail Mishustin as the country's ______.
(a) Foreign Minister (b) Prime Minister (c) Finance Minister (d) Defence Minister
 On May 11, ______ defeated Pakistan in penalty shoot-out to clinch the 30th Sultan Azlan
Shah Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia.
(a) India (c) Japan (b) South Korea (d) Malaysia
 On May 12, Rick Slayman, the man who became the first human to receive a new kidney
from a genetically modified ______, died.
(a) Monkey (b) Dog (c) Chimpanzee (d) Pig
 On May 12, ______ won the famed Eurovision Song Contest.
(a) Belgium (b) Italy (c) Norway (d) Switzerland
 On ______, India and Iran signed a 10-year contract to develop and equip the strategic
Chabahar port in Iran.
(a) May 11 (b) May 12 (c) May 13 (d) May 14
 OpenAI released GPT-4, a higher performing and more efficient version of the
artificial intelligence technology, on ______.
(a) May 11 (b) May 12 (c) May 13 (d) May 14
 On May 14, ______ parliament adopted a controversial “foreign influence” law.
(a) Georgia's (b) Poland's (c) Ecuador's (d) Italy's
 On May 15, India granted citizenship to a first batch of ______ people under the
controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
(a) 14 (b) 18 (c) 26 (d) 30
 On May 15, the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, the world's newest, was
launched in ______.
(a) Kenya (b) USA (c) England (d) Australia
 On May 15, Lawrence Wong was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of ______.
(a) Cambodia (b) Thailand (c) Singapore (d) Hong Kong
 On May 15, ______ Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot multiple times in a failed
assassination attempt.
(a) Serbia's (b) Latvia's (c) Slovakia's (d) Finland's
 The term 'Globalization' was coined by ______.
(a) Karl Marx (b) J. M. Keynes (c) Theodore Levitt (d) Henry J. Aaron
 Adolf Hitler was born in ______.
(a) Austria (b) Germany (c) Italy (d) Hungary
 The document that outlines the fundamental rights and freedoms of the citizens in the
United States is ______.
(a) Liber Ignium (b) Bill of Rights (c) Federal Charter (d) Magna Carta
 A Grammar of Politics' was written by ______.
(a) Harold Laski (b) Karl Marx (c) Joseph Stalin (d) Leo Tolstoy
 The Storting is the parliament of ______.
(a) Australia (b) Norway (c) Denmark (d) New Zealand
 The number of official languages of the United Nations is ______.
(a) Four (b) Five (c) Six (d) Seven
 A distinct geographical region with specific climate, vegetation, and animal life is
called a ______.
(a) National Park (b) Sanctuary (c) Biome (d) Bema
 South Africa followed the system of Apartheid from 1948 to ______.
(a) 1990 (b) 1992 (c) 1994 (d) 1998
 The Saltire, also known as St. Andrew's cross, is the national flag of ______.
(a) Russia (b) Scotland (c) Denmark (d) USA
 According to SIPRI, ______ was the world's leading arms importer from 2019 to 2023.
(a) Israel (b) Saudi Arabia (c) Qatar (d) India
 Which two states on May 21, 2024, signed a “strategic partnership” on artificial
intelligence (AI) aimed at boosting cooperation between them?
(a) The USA and the UAE (b) France and the UAE
(c) KSA and the USA (d) The UK and the UAE
 Masatsugu Asakawa, President of Asian Development Bank, belongs to__________.
(a) China (b) Japan (c) South Korea (d) Philippines
 On May 16, ____ imposed first-ever sanctions on “extremist” Israeli settlers in the West Bank.
(a) Canada (b) USA (c) EU (d) UK
 On May 17, Noted Pakistani-American Dr Asif Mahmood was appointed a new
commissioner of the US Commission on International ______ Freedom.
(a) Press (b) Religious (c) Civic (d) None of these
 On May 17, ______ held its first fashion show featuring swimsuit models.
(a) UAE (b) Qatar (c) Saudi Arabia (d) None of these
 On May 17, the WHO released updated Bacterial Priority Pathogens List 2024, featuring
______ families of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) 15
 On May 19, Elon Musk launched his Starlink service on ______ resort island of Bali.
(a) Malaysia's (b) Thailand's (c) Indonesia's (d) Philippine's
 On May 19, US troops began withdrawing from the military-led state of ______.
(a) Niger (b) Nigeria (c) Ethiopia (d) Chad
 On May 19, ______ created English football history by winning their fourth straight
Premier League title.
(a) Chelsea (b) Manchester City (c) Arsenal (d) Liverpool
 On May 22, the Asian Kabaddi Federation imposed a ban on the ______ federation and its
national team's international participation.
(a) Indian (b) Pakistani (c) Chinese (d) Iranian
 On May 22, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the next general election
in the United Kingdom would be held on ______.
(a) July 3 (b) July 4 (c) July 5 (d) July 6
 Jenny Erpenbeck and Michael Hofmann have won the 2024 International Booker Prize for
the novel ______.
(a) In Ascension (b) After Sappho (c) Kairos (d) Old God's Time
 On May 22, ______ parliament voted in public security minister To Lam as the country's
new president.
(a) Mexico (b) Mozambique (c) Cambodia (d) Vietnam's
 On May 23, President Putin signed a decree allowing the confiscation of assets inside
Russia belonging to the ______, its citizens and companies.
(a) United States (b) Germany (c) France (d) EU
 On May 23, the UN General Assembly voted to establish July 11 as International Day of
Remembrance of the ______.
 (a) Slave Trade Victims (b) Srebrenica Genocide
(c) Victims of Terrorism (d) Nakba
 On May 26, ______ swore in President Azali Assoumani for his fourth term.
(a) Chad (b) The Comoros (c) Somalia (d) Morocco
 On May 28, Spain, Ireland and ______ formally recognized a Palestinian state.
(a) Norway (b) Denmark (c) Sweden (d) Scotland
 On May 29, the world's first wooden satellite was built by ______ researchers.
(a) Chinese (b) Japanese (c) American (d) Italian
 On May 30, the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum was held in ____.
(a) Shanghai (c) Beijing (b) Makkah (d) Riyadh
 On May 30, a ______ jury convicted Donald Trump on all charges in his hush money case
– historic first criminal trial of a former US president.
(a) Florida (b) New Jersey (c) California (d) New York
 On _____, US President Joe Biden approved Ukraine using US weapons to strike targets
inside Russia.
(a) May 28 (b) May 29 (c) May 30 (d) May 31
 On May 31, the UN Security Council unanimously decided that the United Nations
political mission in Iraq would leave the country at the end of ______.
(a) 2024 (b) 2025 (c) 2026 (d) 2027
 Nayib Bukele is the president of ______.
(a) Ecuador (b) Chile (c) El Salvador (d) Mexico
 On June 02, businesswoman Halla Tomasdottir was declared the winner of ______
presidential election.
(a) Iceland's (b) Poland's (c) Ecuador's (d) El Salvador's
 On June 03, Claudia Sheinbaum was elected ______ first woman president.
(a) Mexico's (b) Vietnam's (c) Ireland's (d) Latvia's
 Brigitte Bierlein was the first Chancellor of ______.
(a) Germany (b) Austria (c) Switzerland (d) None of these
 On June 05, ______ recognized the state of Palestine.
(a) Italy (b) Slovenia (c) Denmark (d) Finland
 On June 06, ______ became the first European country to ask the ICJ for permission to
join South Africa's case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza.
(a) Italy (b) Iceland (c) Spain (d) Norway
 In this year's general election in India, as many as ______ Muslim contestants have made
it to Lok Sabha.
(a) 20 (b) 22 (c) 24 (d) 26
 On June 07, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres added ______ military to a global
list of offenders for committing violations against children in 2023.
(a) North Korea's (b) Russia's (c) Israel's (d) Chad's
 On ______, Narendra Modi was sworn in as India's prime minister for a record-equalling
third term.
 (a) June 9 (b) June 10 (c) June 11 (d) June 12
 On June 09, Benny Gantz, a former Israeli general and ______ minister in Israel's war
cabinet, resigned.
(a) Security (b) Defence (c) War (d) Foreign
 On June 10, ______ Vice President Saulos Chilima was killed in a plane crash.
(a) Malawi's (b) South Africa's (c) Armenia's (d) Kenya's
 On June 12, Ariarne Titmus of ______ broke 200m freestyle swimming world record,
touching in 1 min 52.23 secs.
(a) Norway (b) Australia (c) Denmark (d) New Zealand
 On ______, Presidents Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelensky signed a landmark US-Ukraine
security deal.
(a) June 11 (b) June 12 (c) June 13 (d) June 14
 On June 13, the UNHCR reported that around ______ million people are living forcibly
displaced by war, violence and persecution.
(a) 80 (b) 100 (c) 120 (d) 150
 On June 13, ______ and the United States signed a contract for the sale of F-16 warplanes.
(a) India (b) Ukraine (c) Taiwan (d) Turkiye
 On June 13, the EU's top court fined ______ 200 million euros for failing to follow the
bloc's asylum laws and illegally deporting migrants.
(a) Finland (b) Poland (c) Hungary (d) Georgia
 On June 15, ______ filed a claim with the UN to an extended continental shelf in the South
China Sea.
(a) Thailand (b) The Philippines (c) Taiwan (d) Indonesia
 On June 15, ______, the imam of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, delivered the Hajj 2024
sermon.
(a) Abdul-Rahman Al-Sudais (b) Sheikh Abdullah Awad Al-Juhany
(c) Sheikh Yasir bin Al-Dossary (d) Sheikh Maher Al-Muaiqly
 Where was the UEFA Champions League final held on June 1, 2024?
(a) Munich, Germany (b) Paris, France
(c) London, England (d) Rome, Italy
 Which significant weather event caused widespread damage across the United States on
July 15, 2024?
(a) Hurricane (b) Derecho (c) Flooding (d) Wildfires
 Which international arts festival took place from July 15, 2024, showcasing diverse
performances and exhibitions?
(a) Edinburgh International Festival (b) Cannes Film Festival
(c) Galway International Arts Festival (d) Venice Biennale
 What was the outcome of the UEFA Euro 2024 final held on July 14, 2024?
(a) Germany defeated Italy (b) Spain defeated England
(c) France defeated Netherlands (d) Italy defeated France

 When was the 2024 Copa América held?

(a) June 1 - June 20, 2024 (b) June 10 - July 10, 2024
 (c) June 20 - July 14, 2024 (d) July 1 - July 31, 2024
 Which event marked the final stage of the Tour de France on July 21, 2024?
(a) Paris Marathon (b) Wimbledon Finals
(c) The Tour de France final stage (d) London Marathon

SPORTS
 On Mar. 01, Ireland claimed their first test victory by defeating ______.
(a) Afghanistan (b) Sri Lanka (c) New Zealand (d) Zimbabwe
 On Mar. 02, Yang Siqi, a 14-year-old from ______, became the youngest surfer to qualify
for the sport at the Olympics.
(a) Philippines (b) China (c) South Korea (d) Austria
 On Mar. 11, the US women's national team defeated____ to win the inaugural
CONCACAF W Gold Cup.
(a) Argentina (b) Croatia (c) Brazil (d) Mexico
 On Mar. 15, Pakistan's rising golf star Ahmad Baig won the Lexus Challenge 2024 which
was held in ______.
(a) USA (b) Vietnam (c) UAE (d) India
 On Mar. 16, former Pakistan pacer Aaqib Javed was appointed the fast bowling coach of
the ______ cricket team.
(a) Sri Lankan (b) UAE (c) Zimbabwean (d) Nepalese
 On Mar. 18, Islamabad United won a record third HBL PSL title by defeating ______.
(a) Karachi Kings (b) Quetta Gladiators (c) Multan Sultans (d) Lahore Qalandars
 On Mar. 19, ______ called off a T20 series against Afghanistan citing a deteriorating
human rights situation for women and girls in the Taliban-ruled country.
(a) South Africa (b) India (c) England (d) Australia
 On Mar. 21, ______, one of Pakistan's cricketing stalwarts, declared her retirement from
international cricket.
(a) Bisma Maroof (b) Aliya Riaz (c) Javeria Khan (d) Fatima Sana
 On Apr. 13, ______ batsman Dipendra Singh Airee became just the third man to hit six
sixes in one over in a T20 International match.
(a) Kenya (b) UAE (c) Nepal (d) South Africa
 On Apr. 16, ______ became the first player under 12 in Pakistan to attain the esteemed
title of FIDE Arena Candidate Master.
(a) Ashaz Merchant (b) Amer Karim (c) Sibt Ali (d) Kazim Ali
 On ______, the torch for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was lit in ancient Olympia.
(a) Apr. 16 (b) Apr. 17 (c) Apr. 18 (d) Apr. 20

 On Apr. 17, former Pakistan player Mushtaq Ahmed joined _____ as their spin-bowling
coach.
(a) West Indies (b) Bangladesh (c) England (d) UAE
 On May 17, ______ became Pakistan's first taekwondoka to win silver medal in the Asian
Taekwondo Championship.
(a) Shahzeb Khan (b) Sirbaz Khan (c) M. Waseem (d) Imdad Ali
 On May 17, Pakistan defeated ______ to win the Central Asian Volleyball League.
(a) Iran (b) Turkmenistan (c) Azerbaijan (d) Kazakhstan
 On May 18, Pakistan's _____ became the leading wicket-taker in Women's T20 Internationals.
(a) Nida Dar (b) Nahida Khan (c) Diana Baig (d) Sadia Iqbal
 On May 19, Pakistan hosted an internationally recognized marathon, ONE RUN, in
______, for the first time.
(a) Karachi (b) Lahore (c) Gujranwala (d) Islamabad
 On May 28, ______ broke the record for the most goals in a Saudi Pro League season.
(a) Lionel Messi (b) Mo Salah (c) Cristiano Ronaldo (d) Neymar
 On ______, Pakistan Football League, the first-ever franchise-based league in Pakistan's
football history, was officially launched.
(a) June 04 (b) June 05 (c) June 07 (d) June 08
 Who will host the 2024 T20 World Cup?
(a) West Indies (b) United States and the West Indies
(c) England (d) South Africa
 The US cricket team orchestrated a shocking defeat of Pakistan Team following a
dramatic Super over victory at the Men's T20 Cricket World Cup on ______ in Dallas.
(a) June 04 (b) June 05 (c) June 06 (d) June 08
 On June 10, Pakistan men's volleyball team lost to ______ in the final of the AVC
Challenge Cup.
(a) Iran (b) Azerbaijan (c) Saudi Arabia (d) Qatar
 Where was the UEFA Champions League final held on June 1, 2024?
(a) Munich, Germany (b) Paris, France (c) London, England (d) Rome, Italy
 Which significant weather event caused widespread damage across the United States on
July 15, 2024?
(a) Hurricane (b) Derecho (c) Flooding (d) Wildfires
 Which international arts festival took place from July 15, 2024, showcasing diverse
performances and exhibitions?
(a) Edinburgh International Festival (b) Cannes Film Festival
(c) Galway International Arts Festival (d) Venice Biennale
 What was the outcome of the UEFA Euro 2024 final held on July 14, 2024?
(a) Germany defeated Italy (b) Spain defeated England
(c) France defeated Netherlands (d) Italy defeated France
 When was the 2024 Copa América held?
(a) June 1 - June 20, 2024 (b) June 10 - July 10, 2024
(c) June 20 - July 14, 2024 (d) July 1 - July 31, 2024
  Which event marked the final stage of the Tour de France on July 21, 2024?
(a) Paris Marathon (b) Wimbledon Finals
(c) The Tour de France final stage (d) London Marathon

DEATHS
 On Mar. 01, former Canadian prime minister ______, who was a key figure behind the
ground-breaking NAFTA, died.
(a) Jean Chrétien (b) Brian Mulroney (c) Kim Campbell (d) John Turner
 On Mar. 01, Japanese comic creator Alcira Toriyama, who was best known for ______
series, died.
(a) Dragon Ball (b) Shueisha (c) Manga (d) Kung-Fu Master
 On ______, renowned singer Dr Amjad Pervaiz passed away.
(a) Mar. 02 (b) Mar. 03 (c) Mar. 04 (d) Mar. 05
 On Mar. 11, the Indian government announced rules to implement the “anti-Muslim”
Citizenship Amendment Act which was passed in ______.
(a) 2019 (b) 2020 (c) 2021 (d) 2022
 On ______, 2024 a master diplomat and a former chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board
Shaharyar Khan passed away.
(a) Mar. 20 (b) Mar. 23 (c) Mar. 25 (d) Mar. 27
 On Apr. 09, ______ physicist Peter Higgs, whose theory of a mass-giving particle – the so-
called Higgs boson – jointly earned him the Nobel Prize for Physics, died at 94.
(a) British (b) German (c) Swiss (d) Australian
 On Apr. 15, former ______ bowler Derek Underwood, who was the country's highest
wicket-taking spinner of all time in test cricket, died.
(a) Australia (b) England (c) West Indies (d) New Zealand
 Former bureaucrat Roedad Khan passed away on ______.
(d) Apr. 18 (b) Apr. 19 (c) Apr. 20 (d) Apr. 21
 On May 15, Nobel Prize-winning ______ writer Alice Munro died.
(a) Danish (b) Canadian (c) Swiss (d) French.
 On ______, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister were killed in a
helicopter crash in Iran's northwest.
(a) May 16 (b) May 17 (c) May 18 (d) May 19
 Talat Hussain, 83, Pakistani actor, often described by his admirers as the ‘Pakistani
Laurence Olivier’, died on: ______.
(a) May 26, 2023 (b) May 26, 2024 (c) May 25, 2024 (d) April 26, 2024

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