The Post’s Weekly News Quiz: Fake Bhutanese refugee scam, chief justice nomination, Kailash Manasarovar tour
How closely did you follow the news this week? Take our quiz and find out. Police take Nepali Congress leader and former home minister Bal Krishna Khand to the Kathmandu District Court from Metropolitan Police Range, Teku, after his arrest on Wednesday. Angad Dhakal/TKP
When did the government introduce an ordinance to criminalise loan sharking?
May 3, 2023
May 4, 2023
April 39, 2023
March 27, 2023
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According to statistics, which of the following provinces has an annual paddy production of 218,997 tonnes?
Gandaki
Bagmati
Madhesh
Sudurpaschim
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Development of the 683MW Sunkoshi 3 hydropower project is a bilateral agenda between Nepal and which other South Asian nation?
India
China
Bangladesh
Bhutan
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Apart from the TU International Cricket Ground, the ACC Trophy 1998 were played on which other two grounds?
Pulchowk Engineering Campus ground and St Xavier’s School ground
Pokhara Cricket Ground and Mechi Campus ground
Jaleswar Stadium and Narayani Cricket Ground
Laboratory School ground and Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya ground
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China has increased the “grass damage charge” for Nepali workers entering Tibet to…. per person from $100.
$200
$300
$500
$600
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Since when is Acting Chief Justice Hari Krishna Karki leading the Supreme Court?
September 2022
October 2022
July 2022
March 2023
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How many members are there in Parliamentary Hearing Committee?
15
12
19
22
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According to Nepal Demographic and Health Survey-2022, what percent of the children aged 12 to 23 months have not received any of the routine vaccines recommended by the World Health Organisation?
20 percent
10 percent
4 percent
30 percent
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Jaimini Municipality of Baglung district is considering building a ‘conservation park’ to prevent the menace of which animal?
Elephant
Leopard
Monkey
Cows
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India government panel has proposed a ban on diesel 4-wheeler vehicles by when?
2024
2030
2027
2025
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When did the group resettlement program of refugees from Bhutan in Nepal end?
2016
2022
2015
2012
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Who was the prime minister when a committee under the then joint secretary Bal Krishna Panthi was formed to recommend ways to manage the Bhutanese refugees who remain in Nepal following the cessation of the third country resettlement programme?
Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Madhav Nepal
KP Sharma Oli
Jhalanath Khanal
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When did Nepal introduce the value-added tax (VAT) system?
1998
1995
2000
1997
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When was the free visa, free ticket policy for Nepali migrant workers introduced?
April 2021
May 2005
July 2015
January 2023
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In which year was the Gorkha Association in Dharamshala, India, established?
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