CSS Paper Current Affairs 2014 MCQs

Kazakhstan, with an area of 2,727,300 km², is the world’s largest landlocked country and the ninth largest overall, surpassing the combined size of Western Europe.

The Khyber Pass is a 53 km mountain corridor through the Hindu Kush, linking Pakistan’s northern frontier with Afghanistan and lending its name to roads and suburbs as far afield as Auckland and Delhi .

The Suez Canal, connecting the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea’s Gulf of Suez, officially opened in November 1869 and today spans 193.3 km in length and up to 205 m in width.

The Pakistan People’s Party held its founding convention in Lahore on November 30–December 1, 1967, electing Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as chairman and adopting a manifesto for egalitarian democracy and economic justice.

“Viva voce” is Latin for “with the living voice,” commonly understood to mean “by word of mouth” and used to describe oral examinations or testimony 1.

The Latin phrase “ad hoc” literally means “for this,” denoting solutions or committees created for a specific task without general applicability 1.

“Status quo” is a Latin term meaning “the state in which,” referring to the current state of affairs and often used to denote preserving existing conditions 1.

Nicknamed “The Killer Mountain” due to numerous fatal climbs in the early 20th century, Nanga Parbat is the world’s ninth highest peak and remains unclimbed in winter 1.

Covering roughly 3.5 million square miles (9 million km²), the Sahara spans northern Africa from the Red Sea to the Atlantic and transitions to the Sahel in the south 1.

Martin Cooper of Motorola made the first practical mobile phone call on April 3, 1973, using the DynaTAC prototype he and his team developed 1.

The bilateral bus service linking Quetta (Pakistan) and Mashhad (Iran) commenced in 2008 under President Pervez Musharraf’s Vision 2030 initiative to enhance regional connectivity.

Persona ficta is a Latin term meaning “fictitious person” and refers to a juridical or artificial person created by law. It denotes an organization or collective—such as a corporation or public body—that the legal system treats as a single entity capable of holding rights, incurring obligations, owning property, and suing or being sued independently of its individual members. This legal fiction, rooted in Roman and medieval canon law, underpins modern corporate and administrative law by granting such bodies perpetual existence and distinct legal personality from the humans who compose them.

When a court hears proceedings in camera, it does so behind closed doors, excluding the general public to protect confidentiality or sensitive information.

The Pacific Ocean reaches its greatest depth in the Mariana Trench—about 10,920 meters below sea level—making it the deepest of the world’s oceans and covering more than 63 million square miles.

Ultra vires (“beyond the powers”) describes actions taken without the legal authority to do so, rendering such actions invalid in law.

Straddling the Paraná River on the Brazil–Paraguay border, Itaipu Dam was completed in 1984. With a concrete structure spanning 7,919 meters in length and a height of 196 meters, it remains the world’s largest by volume.

China has led the world in Internet users since 2008, with over 700 million people online by 2014. Its massive user base has driven the growth of domestic tech giants and shaped global digital trends.

Carbon dioxide is dissolved under pressure in soft drinks, creating effervescence when bottles or cans are opened and giving sodas their characteristic fizz.

Straddling Pakistan and India, the Thar Desert lies in the subtropical region, characterized by extreme temperatures and scarce rainfall.

Afghanistan’s National Day commemorates the signing of the 1919 Treaty of Rawalpindi on 19 August, which recognized the country’s full independence from British influence.