Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
A federal officer is dealing with a matter whose principal institutional task is to cooperate with the IAEA on peaceful nuclear applications and technical programmes. Which option most accurately identifies the relevant mandate?
A. PAEC: cooperate with the IAEA on peaceful nuclear applications and technical programmes
B. PAEC: develop and operate national satellite programmes
C. PAEC: support federal revenue policy implementation and revenue collection
D. PAEC: license and regulate CNG, LPG and LNG activities under applicable rules
Correct Answer: A
The task matches PAEC's mandate to cooperate with the IAEA on peaceful nuclear applications and technical programmes.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
A federal officer is dealing with a matter whose principal institutional task is to apply radiation and nuclear techniques in agriculture and biotechnology. Which option most accurately identifies the relevant mandate?
A. PAEC: develop and operate hydropower projects
B. PAEC: set university accreditation policy
C. PAEC: apply radiation and nuclear techniques in agriculture and biotechnology
D. PAEC: provide identity verification and authentication services
Correct Answer: C
The task matches PAEC's mandate to apply radiation and nuclear techniques in agriculture and biotechnology.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
In which year/date did this PAEC milestone occur: Karachi Nuclear Power Plant Unit K-2 entered commercial operation.
A. 2021
B. 1965
C. 1953
D. 1961
Correct Answer: A
Karachi Nuclear Power Plant Unit K-2 entered commercial operation.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
For exam preparation, “Karachi Nuclear Power Plant units K-2 and K-3” should be studied primarily under which Pakistani organization?
A. National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA)
B. Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR)
C. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)
D. Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
Correct Answer: D
Karachi Nuclear Power Plant units K-2 and K-3 is a high-yield sub-area of PAEC.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
Which Pakistani organization is primarily responsible to support industrial applications of nuclear and radiation technologies?
A. Higher Education Commission (HEC)
B. National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA)
C. Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
D. Council of Islamic Ideology (CII)
Correct Answer: C
This responsibility belongs primarily to PAEC.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
Which organization is most directly associated with “peaceful nuclear research and isotope applications”?
A. National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA)
B. Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
C. Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO)
D. National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
Correct Answer: B
peaceful nuclear research and isotope applications belongs to or is administered/regulated by PAEC.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
Which city hosts the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant complex?
A. Islamabad
B. Chashma, Mianwali District
C. Quetta
D. Karachi
Correct Answer: B
The Chashma nuclear power complex is in Mianwali District, Punjab.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
Which organization is most directly associated with “National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE)”?
A. Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)
B. Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
C. National Accountability Bureau (NAB)
D. Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Correct Answer: B
National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE) belongs to or is administered/regulated by PAEC.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
Which of the following is correctly associated with PAEC when the examination focus is “PAEC cancer hospitals and nuclear-medicine centres”?
A. Quality Assurance Agency (QAA)
B. PAEC cancer hospitals and nuclear-medicine centres
C. PCSIR Laboratories Complex Karachi
D. Pakistan Anti-Corruption Academy (PACA)
Correct Answer: B
PAEC cancer hospitals and nuclear-medicine centres is directly associated with PAEC.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
Which activity would fall OUTSIDE PAEC's core mandate in a question involving “set university accreditation policy”?
A. develop scientific and technical human resources in nuclear fields
B. develop and operate nuclear power for peaceful electricity generation
C. set university accreditation policy
D. apply radiation and nuclear techniques in agriculture and biotechnology
Correct Answer: C
Set university accreditation policy is primarily the responsibility of another institution, not PAEC.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
Which international agency is Pakistan's principal multilateral partner for peaceful nuclear cooperation and safeguards?
A. World Trade Organization
B. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
C. International Labour Organization
D. International Maritime Organization
Correct Answer: B
The IAEA is the central international agency for peaceful nuclear cooperation and safeguards.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
Which of the following correctly states a core responsibility of PAEC concerning this mandate area: apply nuclear techniques in medicine and cancer diagnosis and treatmen?
A. promote space education, training and human-resource development
B. apply nuclear techniques in medicine and cancer diagnosis and treatment
C. prescribe standards and type-approve telecommunication terminal equipment
D. conduct space science and upper-atmosphere research
Correct Answer: B
PAEC's mandate includes the responsibility to apply nuclear techniques in medicine and cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
Which legal framework most directly underpins PAEC when it performs the responsibility “develop scientific and technical human resources in nuclear fields”?
A. Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority Ordinance, 2002
B. Federal Board of Revenue Act, 2007
C. Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organization) Act, 1996
D. Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Ordinance, 1965
Correct Answer: D
PAEC performs this responsibility under its principal legal framework: Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Ordinance, 1965.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
Which of the following is correctly associated with PAEC when the examination focus is “Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA)”?
A. NEOC
B. constitutional advice on Islamic conformity of laws
C. National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP)
D. Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
Correct Answer: D
Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is directly associated with PAEC.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
Which event is correctly associated with PAEC and the year/date 1972?
A. Karachi Nuclear Power Plant Unit K-2 entered commercial operation.
B. PTA was established in January under the Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organization) Act, 1996.
C. KANUPP entered commercial operation as Pakistan's first nuclear power plant.
D. The Central Board of Revenue was created on 1 April under the Central Board of Revenue Act, 1924.
Correct Answer: C
KANUPP entered commercial operation as Pakistan's first nuclear power plant.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
Which statement correctly answers this PAEC point: “Which field is NOT a peaceful application commonly associated with PAEC?”
A. Agricultural biotechnology
B. Nuclear medicine
C. Nuclear power generation
D. Telecom operator licensing
Correct Answer: D
Telecom licensing is PTA's domain, not PAEC's.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
Which activity would fall OUTSIDE NDMA's core mandate in a question involving “approve university degrees”?
A. coordinate national disaster risk management and emergency response
B. approve university degrees
C. support disaster risk reduction and resilience planning
D. facilitate national and international disaster-management cooperation
Correct Answer: B
Approve university degrees is primarily the responsibility of another institution, not NDMA.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
Which organization is abbreviated as NDMA?
A. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority
B. National Disaster Management Authority
C. Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority
D. National Accountability Bureau
Correct Answer: B
The abbreviation NDMA refers to National Disaster Management Authority.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
Which of the following is correctly associated with NDMA when the examination focus is “emergency logistics coordination”?
A. public hearings on regulated oil and gas matters
B. emergency logistics coordination
C. type approval of telecom terminal equipment
D. Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
Correct Answer: B
emergency logistics coordination is directly associated with NDMA.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
Which body operates at district level in the disaster-management system?
A. OGRA
B. NEPRA
C. PCSIR
D. District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA)
Correct Answer: D
DDMAs form the district-level tier of the disaster-management structure.