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Pakistan Energy Sector and Circular Debt 2026
What is the correct value/answer for Nuclear share in installed electricity capacity?
A. 4.5%
B. 7.1%
C. 20.3%
D. 18.5%
Correct Answer: B
Nuclear accounted for 7.1% of installed capacity.
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Pakistan Energy Sector and Circular Debt 2026
What is the correct value/answer for Thermal share in installed electricity capacity?
A. 23.4%
B. 49.2%
C. 20.3%
D. 46.9%
Correct Answer: B
Thermal sources represented 49.2% of installed electricity capacity.
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Pakistan Energy Sector and Circular Debt 2026
What is the correct value/answer for Hydel share in installed electricity capacity?
A. 20.3%
B. 23.4%
C. 7.1%
D. 30.1%
Correct Answer: B
Hydel accounted for 23.4% of installed capacity in the Economic Survey.
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Pakistan Energy Sector and Circular Debt 2026
What is the correct value/answer for Pakistan's total installed electricity capacity reported for July-March FY2026?
A. 39,651 MW
B. 49,651 MW
C. 92,835 MW
D. 59,651 MW
Correct Answer: B
Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26 reports installed electricity capacity of 49,651 MW.
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Pakistan RemittancesExports and Trade Balance
For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies The most direct way to reduce a merchandise trade deficit, arithmetically, is to?
A. Raise imports relative to exports
B. Raise exports relative to imports
C. Reduce remittances
D. Increase fiscal spending regardless of trade
Correct Answer: B
Because trade balance equals exports minus imports, improving exports relative to imports narrows a deficit.
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Pakistan RemittancesExports and Trade Balance
For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies The August 2026 workers' remittances press release was issued by?
A. NDMA
B. Finance Commission
C. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics
D. State Bank of Pakistan
Correct Answer: D
SBP's media center lists the Workers' Remittances press release for August 2026 dated 9 September 2026.
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Pakistan RemittancesExports and Trade Balance
For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies The August 2026 merchandise trade advance release was published by?
A. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics
B. NDMA
C. NEPRA
D. PTA
Correct Answer: A
PBS issued the advance release for August 2026 merchandise trade statistics.
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Pakistan RemittancesExports and Trade Balance
For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies Hundi/hawala flows are problematic for official statistics because they?
A. May bypass formal financial reporting
B. Are always recorded by PBS as exports
C. Are central-bank reserves
D. Are customs duties
Correct Answer: A
Informal channels may not be captured fully in official remittance statistics and pose AML/CFT concerns.
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Pakistan RemittancesExports and Trade Balance
For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies Formal remittance channels are encouraged because they?
A. Are excluded from balance of payments
B. Avoid all banking records
C. Improve transparency and official foreign exchange inflows
D. Reduce official reserves
Correct Answer: C
Formal channels strengthen documentation and ensure inflows are captured in official data.
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Pakistan RemittancesExports and Trade Balance
For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies A rise in global oil prices can worsen Pakistan's trade balance because Pakistan?
A. Records oil as remittances
B. Imports significant energy products
C. Exports all its oil
D. Uses no imported fuel
Correct Answer: B
Higher prices for imported petroleum can increase the import bill.
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Pakistan RemittancesExports and Trade Balance
For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies The trade balance is part of Pakistan's?
A. Provincial budget only
B. Public Sector Development Programme
C. Monetary base only
D. Current account of the balance of payments
Correct Answer: D
Trade in goods is a major component of the current account.
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Pakistan RemittancesExports and Trade Balance
For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies Value-added exports generally involve?
A. No production process
B. Greater processing or transformation before export
C. Only remittance transfers
D. Only raw-material shipment
Correct Answer: B
Value addition increases processing, sophistication or branding before a product is exported.
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Pakistan RemittancesExports and Trade Balance
For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies Export diversification means?
A. Banning all imports
B. Using one export product only
C. Expanding the range of products and markets for exports
D. Fixing the exchange rate
Correct Answer: C
Diversification reduces dependence on a narrow set of products or destinations.
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Pakistan RemittancesExports and Trade Balance
For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies A weaker rupee can make imported goods?
A. More expensive in PKR terms
B. Cheaper in PKR terms automatically
C. Free of customs duties
D. Part of remittances
Correct Answer: A
When more rupees are needed per foreign currency unit, imports tend to cost more in rupee terms.
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Pakistan RemittancesExports and Trade Balance
For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies A weaker rupee can, other things equal, make Pakistani exports?
A. Legally prohibited
B. Automatically tax-free
C. Cheaper in foreign-currency terms
D. More expensive in every currency
Correct Answer: C
Currency depreciation can improve price competitiveness of exports, though outcomes depend on costs and demand.
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Pakistan RemittancesExports and Trade Balance
For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies Workers' remittances are recorded under BPM6 mainly as?
A. Foreign direct investment
B. Official reserves
C. Secondary income
D. Merchandise exports
Correct Answer: C
Under BPM6, personal transfers including workers' remittances are mainly reflected in secondary income.
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Pakistan RemittancesExports and Trade Balance
For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies The current account is broader than the trade balance because it also includes?
A. Only public debt
B. Only provincial taxes
C. Services, primary income and secondary income
D. Only currency notes
Correct Answer: C
The current account includes goods, services, primary income and secondary income.
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Pakistan RemittancesExports and Trade Balance
For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies An increase in exports with imports unchanged will?
A. Improve the trade balance
B. Worsen the trade balance
C. Eliminate remittances
D. Have no effect
Correct Answer: A
Higher exports, with imports constant, improve the merchandise trade balance.
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Pakistan RemittancesExports and Trade Balance
For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies An increase in imports with exports unchanged will?
A. Leave the trade balance unchanged
B. Widen the trade deficit
C. Create a trade surplus automatically
D. Narrow the trade deficit
Correct Answer: B
If imports rise while exports are unchanged, exports minus imports becomes more negative.
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Pakistan RemittancesExports and Trade Balance
For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies Pakistan's textile sector is important to external trade mainly because it is?
A. A disaster agency
B. A major export-earning sector
C. A provincial tax authority
D. The central bank
Correct Answer: B
Textiles and apparel have historically formed a major share of Pakistan's merchandise exports.