Duplicate of Q104; retained for completeness.

Launched in 2015 to advance manufacturing (Chinese policy documents).

The Satpara Dam is located in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan, formerly known as the Northern Areas 1. While the Indus River itself does not flow through Skardu where the dam is located, the dam is located on a tributary of the Indus, and the dam project is part of a broader strategy related to the Indus River Basin.

In May 2025, following pivotal diplomatic developments, transitional security arrangements, and humanitarian reconstruction agreements, the European Union moved to lift its long-standing comprehensive economic and sectoral sanctions on Syria to support national recovery and normal commercial engagement.

Operation Midnight Hammer was the codename for the high-precision military strike conducted by the US military on June 22, 2025, utilizing USAF B-2 Spirit stealth bombers equipped with GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bunker-buster bombs along with submarine-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles to target fortified nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.

Diplomatic and political tensions between Thailand and Cambodia flared over overlapping territorial and maritime boundary claims in the Gulf of Thailand (specifically involving resource-rich offshore zones and the area around the island of Koh Kood governed under the 2001 Memorandum of Understanding).

María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan democratic opposition leader, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her tireless, courageous, and non-violent struggle to defend democratic principles, human rights, and a peaceful transition to democracy in Venezuela against authoritarian rule.

French President Emmanuel Macron’s diplomatic visit to China focused primarily on addressing the widening European trade deficit with Beijing, securing fair market access for European companies, promoting economic "de-risking" without decoupling, and discussing cooperation on global economic governance and conflict de-escalation.

Saudi Arabia and Iran officially restored diplomatic ties on 10 March 2023. [13](https://pakmcqs.com/past-papers/css-past-papers-mcqs/css-current-affairs-past-paper-mcqs/css-2025-current-affairs-past-paper-mcqs/saudi-arabia-re-established-its-diplomatic-relations-with-iran-on)

The UK’s uncodified constitution may be altered by a simple majority vote in Parliament rather than the two-third or three-fourth majorities used in rigid constitutions. [8](https://pakmcqs.com/past-papers/css-past-papers-mcqs/css-current-affairs-past-paper-mcqs/css-2025-current-affairs-past-paper-mcqs/british-constitution-can-be-amended-through--majority)