China-Pakistan Economic Corridor CPEC MCQs - 1

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor CPEC MCQs - 1

1. PAKISTAN-China economic Corridor is a proposal to create an Economic Corridor from Gwadar in Baluchistan to ____________ in the Western Chinese province of Sinkiang
(a) Beijing
(b) Sinkiang
(c) Kashgar  ✓
(d) Shanghai

Note: Two necessary conditions of the Corridor were - and are - development of the port at Gwadar and creating surface transport connectivity between Gwadar and Kashgar.

2. When China and Pakistan signed an agreement on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) plan?
(a) 21 April 2015  ✓
(b) 23 April 2015
(c) 27 April 2015
(d) 29 April 2015

3. The China Pakistan Economic Corridor often referred to by the acronym CPEC, is a collection of projects currently under construction at a cost of
(a) $44 billion
(b) $45 billion
(c) $46 billion ✓
(d) $50 billion

4. On 21st April 2015 China, Pakistan signed an agreement on Economic Corridor plan worth 46 billion US dollars. What is the name of Economic Corridor?
(a) China Friendship Economic Corridor (CFEC)
(b) China Korakaram Economic Corridor (CKEC)
(c) China Pak Economic Corridor (CPEC) ✓
d) China Pak Peace Economic Corridor (CPPEC)

5 The economic corridor is considered central to China-Pakistan relations and will run from Gwadar to Kashgar with length of
(a) 2,700 km
(b) 3,800 km
(c) 3,800 km
(d) 3,000 km ✓

6. Under Pak-China Economic Corridor, a high-speed railway track will be laid at a cost of 2.8 billion dollars from Peshawar to
(a) Lahore
(b) Karachi ✓
(c) Gwadar
(d) Kashgar

7. China will grant Pakistan how much amount to construct a new international airport in Gwadar which is to be operational by December 2017?
(a) $130 million
(b) $230 million ✓
(c) $330 million
(d) $430 million

8. The China Pakistan Economic Corridor is considered to be an extension of China's ambitious proposed 21st century Silk Road initiative and the importance of CPEC to China is reflected by its inclusion as part of Chinas
(a) 11th five-year development plan
(b) 12th five-year development plan
(c) 13th five-year development plan ✓
(d) 15th five-year development plan

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