China Pakistan Economic Corridor MCQs

1. Pakistan-China economic Corridor is a proposal to create an Economic Corridor from Gwadar in Baluchistan to _________ in the Western Chinese province of Sinklang 
(A) Beijing
(B) Sinkiang
(C) Kashgar ✓
(D) Shanghai

Note: Two necessary conditions of the Corridor were - and are - development of the port at Gwadar ana 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 highspeed 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 centunf Silk Road initiative and the importance of CPEC to China is reflected by its inclusion as part of Chinas
(A) 11 th five-year development p an
(B) 12th five-year development p an
(C) 13th five-year development plan ✓
(D) 15th five-year development plan

9 Proposed infrastructure Preets are worth approximately $11 billion, and will be financed bv heavily-subsidized concessionary loans that will be dispersed to the Government of Pakistan by the
(A) Exim Bank of China b China Development Bank
(C) Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
(d) All of the above ✓

10. Which city of Pakistan is the crux of the CPEC project, as it is envisaged to be the link between China's ambitious One Belt, One Road project, and its Maritime Silk Road project?
(A) Islamabad
(B) Lahore
(C) Gwadar ✓
(D) Karachi

11. The Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-century Maritime Silk Road is also known as
(A) One Belt, One Road ✓
(B) Two Belts, One Road
(C) One Belt, Two Roads
(d) Two Belts, Two Roads

12. The Belt and Road Initiative is a development strategy and framework, proposed by which Chinese Paramount leader?
(A) Hu Jintao
(B) Ye Jianvinq
(C) Xi Jinping ✓
(D) Liu Shaoqi

13. What is the total length of Western Route (Route-1 via Quetta) of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor?
(A) 2674 Km ✓
(B) 2756 Km
(C) 2781 Km
(D) 2956 Km

Note: The Western Route is stipulated to pass through: Gwadar-T urbat-Panjgur-Khuzdar-
Kalat-Quetta-Zhob-Dera Ismail KhanBannu-Kohat-Peshawar-Hasanabdal-and onwards.

14. What is the total length of Central Route (Route-2 via Indus Highway) of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor?
(A) 2674 Km
(B) 2756 Km ✓
(C) 2781 Km
(D) 2956 Km

Note. The Central Route is stipulated to pass through: Gawadar-Turbat-Panjgur-Khuzdar-Ratodero-Kashmore-Rajanpur-Dera Ghazi Khan- Dera Ismail Khan- Bannu-Kohat--Peshawar-Hasanabdal and onwards

15. What is the total length of Eastern Route (Route-2 via Motorway) of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor?
(A) 2674 Km
(B) 2756 km
(C) 2781 km ✓
(D) 2956 Km

Note: The Eastern Route is stipulated to pass through: Gwadar-Turbat-Panjgur-Khuzdar-Ratodero-Kashmore-Rajanpur-Dera Ghazi Khan-Multan-Faisalabad-Pindi Bhatian-Rawalpindi-Hasanabdaland onwards.