Emergency | MCQs

Explanation

NACTA was established in 2009

NACTA stands for National Counter Terrorism Authority

NACTA is a Pakistani internal security organization responsible for making counter-terrorism and counter-extremism policies and strategies.

 NACTA was created as an Administrative Wing within the Ministry of Interior 

The headquarters is in Islamabad, Pakistan 

The NACTA 2013 Act sets up the framework of the organization

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Explanation

Singular verb is used after an indefinite pronoun.

Everybody, anybody, everything etc. are called Indefinite Pronouns.

Explanation

 An emergency was declared for the first time in the history of Pakistan on August 27, 1948,

Specifically for the rehabilitation of refugees who had migrated from India during the Partition in 1947.

Explanation

She was crying for help

وہ مدد کے لیے پکار رہی تھی۔

Here, "for" is a preposition that connects the action (crying) with the reason or purpose (help).

Explanation

Know everything about Musharraf

Born: Delhi (August 11, 1943)

Graduated: Pakistan Military Academy at Kakul (1964)

Appointed chief of army staff: October 1998

Appointer: Nawaz Sharif

Musharraf became 10th president of Pakistan in 2001 until 2008.

Coup: October 12, 1999 (declared a state of emergency)

In June 2001, Musharraf became the president of Pakistan.

In 2006, Musharraf’s autobiography titled In the Line of Fire was published.

In March 2007, Musharraf suspended then chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.

Musharraf imposed a state of emergency on November 3, 2007.

Resigned from his position of army chief November 2007

Replacer: General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani

Musharraf lifted the emergency on December 15, 2007.

In 2010, Musharraf launched his political party — All Pakistan Muslim League (APML).

He flew to Dubai on March 17, 2016

On December 17, 2019, a special court handed Musharraf death sentence in the high treason case (only military ruler to be sentenced to death)

Died: 5 February 2023

Dying place: Dubai, UAE

Disease: amyloidosis

Aged: 79

Buried: Karachi

Explanation

NCOC was formed in April 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prime Minister Imran Khan ordered its establishment to centralize information from all provinces and territories.

Explanation

"He has been trying to contact the nearest police station for the last twenty minutes." 

The time frame "for the last twenty minutes" indicates a continuous action that began in the past and continues up to the present.

This makes the present perfect continuous tense (has/have been + verb - ing) the most suitable choice.

Explanation

"Shaked" is incorrect; the past tense of "shake" is "shook."

Corrected sentence: "Houses shook like leaves when the earthquake hit the region."

Explanation

After a gap of 37 years, two healthcare centres will be established in the federal capital as Prime Minister Imran Khan laid the foundation stone of a 200bed Emergency and Trauma Centre at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) and a 300-bed hospital in G-11 on 21-03-2022.

The emergency centre will be completed in two years while the hospital will be constructed in 30 months.

Updated: 24-03-2022

Explanation

On 8 May 2025, The Punjab government declared emergency in all hospitals of the province, allocating 50 percent of the total beds to meet any emergency situation, given the Indian missile attacks in various parts of the province.

Additional Information:

India launched military attack on Pakistan on 7 May 2025

Pakistani military brought down five Indian jets in retaliation.

India targeted Kotli, Bahawalpur, Muridke, Bagh and Muzaffarabad.

India termed this aggression as “Operation Sindoor”.

As per Pakistan, 31 civilians killed and 46 injured.