January 2025 Edition

January 2025 Current Affairs MCQs & Solutions

Top national & international current affairs questions for CSS, PMS, FPSC, PPSC, and NTS screening tests.

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#2321

In 2025, Pakistan evacuated thousands of families due to surging floods in:

(a) Sindh
(b) KPK
(c) Baluchistan
(d) Punjab
#2322

The current president of the United Nations General Assembly, as of January 2026, is:

(a) Antonio Guterres
(b) Philemon Yang
(c) Annalena Baerbock
(d) Kaja Kallas
#2323

An unexpected diplomatic handshake in late December 2025 between National Assembly speaker Ayaz Sadiq in Bangladesh, with:

(a) Jaishankar
(b) Amit Shah
(c) Shaikh Haseena
(d) Shashi Tharoor
#2324

In January 2026, the US conducted a military operation in Venezuela, resulting in the capture of:

(a) Hugo Chavez
(b) Nicolas Maduro
(c) Fidel Castro
(d) Batista
#2325

The 2025 India-Pakistan conflict began after a terrorist attack in the city:

(a) Pahalgam
(b) Phatan Kot
(c) Panjgur
(d) Pisheen
#2326

Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, after defeating:

(a) Joe Biden
(b) Barack Obama
(c) Kamal Haris
(d) Hillary Clinton
#2327

The current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, as of January 2026, is:

(a) Keir Starmer
(b) Boris Johnson
(c) Theresa May
(d) Rishi
#2328

The current Chancellor of Germany, as of January 2026, is:

(a) Angela Merkel
(b) Friedrich Merz
(c) Bistmar
(d) Olaf Scholz
#2329

In 2025, Pakistan signed a mutual defence agreement with:

(a) Turkey
(b) China
(c) Saudi Arabia
(d) Malaysia
#2330

India targeted Pakistan with missile strikes in 2025 with an operation named:

(a) Operation Swift Retort
(b) Operation Sindoor
(c) Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos
(d) Operation Zarb-e-Azb
#2331

The current Air Chief Marshal, as of January 2026, is:

(a) Aurangzeb Khan
(b) Sohail Amin
(c) Zaeher Ahmed
(d) Rao Qamar
#2332

In late 2025, the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh passed away:

(a) Shaikh Hasseena
(b) Khaleda Zia
(c) Muhammad Yunus
(d) Ziaur Rahman
#2333

The current Vice President of the US, as of January 2026, is:

(a) Mike Pompeo
(b) Kamala Harris
(c) JD Vance
(d) Nikki Haley
#2334

A square portrait whose area is 2025 cm. Each side of the portrait is ____cm.

(a) 45
(b) 55
(c) 65
(d) 75
#2335

Ethiopia announced an agreement with Somaliland to use the port of ______ in January 2024.

(a) Berbera
(b) Busan
(c) Keit Bandar
(d) None of these
#2336

Bernardo Arevalo was inaugurated as the 52nd president of ______ in January 2024.

(a) Guatemala
(b) Congo
(c) Luxemburg
(d) None of these
#2337

What major development took place in Iran-Pakistan relations in January 2024?

(a) Joint pipeline agreement
(b) Military clashes followed by diplomacy
(c) Border trade expansion
(d) None of these
#2338

Pakistan faced a major electricity blackout in January 2023 during its?

(a) Fuel shortage
(b) Cyberattack
(c) Faulty grid synchronization
(d) None of these
#2339

In 2025, the African Peace Initiative led by leaders from South Africa, Senegal, and Egypt focused on mediating which major global conflict?

(a) Armenia-Azerbaijan border clashes
(b) Iran-Israel regional escalation
(c) Russia-Ukraine war
(d) None of these
#2340

In 2025, which country became the first in the world to grant full legal rights to natural ecosystems like rivers and forests?

(a) Costa Rica
(b) Canada
(c) New Zealand
(d) None of these