PPSC Revenue Officer (BS-16) Current Affairs: CPEC MCQs

Practice CPEC MCQs for PPSC Revenue Officer (BS-16) Current Affairs — topic-wise sets with solved answers.

PPSC Revenue Officer (BS-16) Current Affairs: CPEC MCQs — sample questions

  1. Question 1

    Q1. What is the total committed investment figure associated with the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)?

    • A) Approximately 65 billion US dollars
    • B) Approximately 46 billion US dollars
    • C) Approximately 80 billion US dollars
    • D) Approximately 52 billion US dollars

    Answer: Approximately 65 billion US dollars

    Explanation: CPEC's total committed investment stands at approximately $65 billion, making it one of the largest bilateral infrastructure programmes in the world. The corridor connects Gwadar Port in Pakistan to Kashgar in China.

  2. Question 2

    Q2. Which Pakistani port city is considered the flagship project and southern terminus of CPEC?

    • A) Gwadar
    • B) Karachi
    • C) Pasni
    • D) Ormara

    Answer: Gwadar

    Explanation: Gwadar, located in Balochistan on the Arabian Sea, is the flagship port of CPEC. Its deep-sea port gives China overland access to warm-water trade routes, reducing dependence on the Strait of Malacca.

  3. Question 3

    Q3. Which Chinese city serves as the northern starting point of CPEC, connecting to Gwadar through the Karakoram Highway network?

    • A) Urumqi
    • B) Kashgar
    • C) Lanzhou
    • D) Chengdu

    Answer: Kashgar

    Explanation: Kashgar in China's Xinjiang region is the northern anchor of CPEC. The corridor runs roughly 3,000 km from Kashgar through the Karakoram Highway, across Pakistan, to the port of Gwadar on the Arabian Sea.

  4. Question 4

    Q4. The CPEC corridor fundamentally benefits China by giving it overland access to which strategic body of water, bypassing the Strait of Malacca?

    • A) The Persian Gulf
    • B) The Arabian Sea
    • C) The Red Sea
    • D) The Gulf of Oman

    Answer: The Arabian Sea

    Explanation: CPEC grants China direct overland access to the Arabian Sea through Gwadar Port, dramatically shortening the route for Chinese energy imports and exports and reducing dependence on the vulnerable Strait of Malacca chokepoint.

  5. Question 5

    Q5. What is the primary strategic rationale Pakistan cites for maintaining close ties with China despite Western criticism?

    • A) China provides nuclear technology under NPT exemptions
    • B) China offers development finance without political conditionalities
    • C) China guarantees Pakistan's UNSC veto by proxy
    • D) China provides a defence treaty with mutual defence clauses

    Answer: China offers development finance without political conditionalities

    Explanation: Pakistan consistently argues that Chinese investment and loans, particularly under CPEC, come without the governance conditionalities attached by Western lenders and the IMF, making China a more politically convenient development partner.

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