Solved MCQs From Past Papers of General Knowledge

 

  1. The Shandur Pass connects Chitral with:
    Answer: (A) Gilgit
  2. Karakoram Highway between Pak & China was completed in:
    Answer: (B) 1978
  3. Tomb of Khwaja Farid is in:
    Answer: (C) Mithan Kot
  4. Nanga Parbat is the highest peak of:
    Answer: (D) Himalayas
  5. River Kabul joins Indus River near:
    Answer: (B) Attock
  6. The Chairman of National Economic Council is:
    Answer: (C) Prime Minister
  7. Who was the first Muslim Governor of Punjab?
    Answer: (A) Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar
  8. Objectives Resolution was presented in the Constituent Assembly on:
    Answer: (B) 7th March 1949
  9. The first Vice-President of Pakistan was:
    Answer: (A) Noorul Amin
  10. What is the maximum age of a senator under the 1973 Constitution?
    Answer: (B) 30 years
  11. Term of the office of Election Commissioner of Pakistan:
    Answer: (D) 6 years
  12. On the advice of Prime Minister, President and Governors are bound to dissolve the assemblies within:
    Answer: (C) 48 hours
  13. The only Muslim woman who attended the Round Table Conference (RTC) was:
    Answer: (C) Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz
  14. Broad area of the Salt Range is:
    Answer: (A) District of Jhelum
  15. Dr. Abdus Salam, 1st Nobel Prize recipient of Pakistan, got his Ph.D. degree from which university?
    Answer: (C) Cambridge University
  16. Lowari Pass connects:
    Answer: (D) Chitral with Malakand
  17. Dr. Ruth Pfau, the “Mother Teresa” of Pakistan, campaigned against which disease?
    Answer: (B) Leprosy
  18. The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2021-30 as:
    Answer: (B) The decade for ecosystem restoration
  19. The decade for environmental change has been declared for peace and stability of:
    Answer: (D) The world
  20. The most benefited sector of Pakistan because of GPS-plus (duty-free access to European Union)?
    Answer: (C) Textile and garments
  21. The title of “Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity” was given to Quaid-e-Azam by:
    Answer: (B) Sarojini Naidu
  22. The Treaty of Versailles settled issues related to:
    Answer: (D) Germany
  23. Which country has a claim on part of Indian province Arunachal Pradesh?
    Answer: (A) China
  24. The political term “Shadow Cabinet” stands for:
    Answer: (B) A group of specialized critics in the official opposition party
  25. The “Deal of the Century” presented by US President Donald Trump was related to:
    Answer: (A) Israel-Palestine Conflict
  26. The founder of the Khilafat Movement was:
    Answer: (C) Maulana Mohammad Ali Johar
  27. Who wrote “The Wealth of Nations”?
    Answer: (A) Adam Smith
  28. Statue of Liberty was given to the USA by:
    Answer: (B) France
  29. Watergate scandal was related to:
    Answer: (A) Political issues
  30. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN relate to:
    Answer: (D) Environment, hunger, health, gender equality, etc.
  31. Who was the first Muslim recipient of the Nobel Prize?
    Answer: (C) Anwar Sadat
  32. Who resigned from the Imperial Legislative Council on account of Rowlatt Act?
    Answer: (A) Quaid-e-Azam
  1. Who among the following is the current Secretary General of SAARC?
    Answer: Ghulam Sarwar from Bangladesh.
  2. Who was the first governor general of the State Bank of Pakistan?
    Answer: Zahid Hussain
  3. Kurt Waldheim was an Austrian diplomat and statesman who served two terms as the Secretary General of the United Nations.
    Answer: Fourth
  4. The General Assembly and the Security Council elect the judges of the International Court of Justice for a period of 9 years. The ICJ is composed of how many judges?
    Answer: 15
  5. Kirthar Range is a mountain range in Pakistan extending about 190 miles. In which province of Pakistan does the range’s largest portion reside?
    Answer: Sindh
  6. When Balochistan was given the status of a province?
    Answer: July 1, 1970
  7. What is the length of the Karakoram Highway?
    Answer: 810 miles
  8. Who among the following was the penultimate viceroy of British India?
    Answer: Lord Wavell
  9. “Jinnah, Pakistan and Islamic Identity: The Search for Saladin” is a book based on conversations and interviews of those who were close to Jinnah. Who wrote this book?
    Answer: Akbar S. Ahmed
  10. Taj Mahal was built by Shah Jahan to immortalize his wife Mumtaz Mahal. Its construction spanned 22 years. When was the work commenced?
    Answer: 1632
  1. The milk needs to be heated for complete pasteurization at
    Answer: 161°F
  2. Vitamin that is produced by the body and is not found in fruit and vegetables?
    Answer: Vitamin D
  3. Coniferous forests have low biodiversity than
    Answer: Tropical Rain Forest
  4. Rocks that contain fossils are
    Answer: Sedimentary rocks
  5. Depletion of the ozone layer is caused due to
    Answer: Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
  6. Deforestation at a large scale can be observed in
    Answer: Amazon forest
  7. Which of the following can be recycled many times?
    Answer: Aluminum
  8. Blank DVDs on which data can be erased and rewritten are identified as
    Answer: DVD + RW
  9. Who gave the idea to combine the internet with the hypertext concept?
    Answer: Tim Berners-Lee
  10. The first mechanical calculating machine was invented by
    Answer: Charles Babbage
  11. There are two different ways to insert content from one application into another:
    Answer: Linking and Embedding
  12. What is the name for a webpage address?
    Answer: URL
  13. The function is a __________ which can calculate the values given in a specific order.
    Answer: Predefined formula
  14. Average age of A and B is 30 years, that of B and C is 28 years, and the average age of C and A is 33 years. The age of C is
    Answer: 31 years
  15. Complete the sequence 6, 12, 21, 33, 48, ?
    Answer: 66
  16. In an examination, 1100 boys and 900 girls appeared. If 55% of the boys and 45% of the girls passed, what is the percentage of students who failed?
    Answer: 50%
  17. Consider the given words and choose the word from below that reveals the opposite meaning:
    Answer: Union
  18. The average rate of standard deviation is called?
    Answer: Variance
  19. In the United States, the largest number of Nobel Laureates is from
    Answer: United Kingdom
  20. Operation Zarb-e-Azb launched in the former FATA zone was named after the sword of
    Answer: Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
  21. Study of life in outer space is known as
    Answer: Exobiology
  22. Which of the following studies the interactions between living things and their environment?
    Answer: Ecology
    1. Jabir bin Hayyan is famous for his work on:
      Answer: (B) Medicine
    2. The Pakistani scientist who worked under Albert Einstein:
      Answer: (A) Dr. Saleem uz Zaman Siddique
    3. India represents what percent of South Asia’s population?
      Answer: (C) 75%
    4. When was Sui Gas first discovered in Pakistan?
      Answer: (A) 1952
    5. Oceans cover how much of the Earth’s surface?
      Answer: (B) 75%
    6. How many members are there in the UN Security Council?
      Answer: (B) 15
    7. SAPTA is a trade agreement by:
      Answer: (C) SAARC Nations
    8. What is the brightest planet in the solar system?
      Answer: (B) Venus
    9. What is the total length of the coastline of Pakistan?
      Answer: (C) 1046 km
    10. Dome of Rock is located in:
      Answer: (A) Jerusalem
    11. How many countries are members of SAARC?
      Answer: (B) 8
    12. How many official working languages are recognized by the UN?
      Answer: (B) 6
    13. The second largest desert in the world is:
      Answer: (B) Arctic
    14. Which of the following countries has no boundary with Syria?
      Answer: (D) Iran
    15. Sindh was separated from Bombay in which year?
      Answer: (C) 1937
    16. Vasco da Gama was the first to reach India from Europe. He was from:
      Answer: (B) Portugal
    17. The largest area filled by sand in the world is:
      Answer: (A) Sahara
    18. The Aswan Dam was built by Egypt with support from which country?
      Answer: (D) USSR
    19. Timbuktu is the famous city of:
      Answer: (C) Mali
    20. Three Gorges Dam is located in:
      Answer: (B) China
    21. Approximately what fraction of the human body is water?
      Answer: (B) 70%
    22. Which of the following reactions occurs in the stroma of the chloroplast?
      Answer: (C) Calvin Cycle
    23. Stimulus intensity is detected in the brain by:
      Answer: (C) The number of synapses crossed
    24. Cirrhosis is a disease that affects which organ?
      Answer: (A) Liver
    25. According to science, the Earth is __________ million years old.
      Answer: (B) 4.5 billion years
    26. Which element makes up 14 to 17 percent of the skeleton?
      Answer: (D) Phosphorus
    27. The vitamin that controls the browning in fruits by the help of enzymes is:
      Answer: (C) Vitamin C
    28. The energy value of fats and oils is __________ times more than carbohydrates and proteins.
      Answer: (C) 9The Wakhan Corridor is located to the __________ of Pakistan.
      Answer: North

    Provincial Management Service (PMS) MCQs:

    1. The first written constitution of the world is:
      Answer: (A) USA (1787)
    2. The “Rex” stands for:
      Answer: (C) The King
    3. The total shelf limits of Pakistan is:
      Answer: (C) 350 Nautical Miles whereas Exclusive Economic Zone is 200 Nautical Miles.
    4. Soviet Union was replaced by Russian Federation in:
      Answer: (B) November 1991
    5. Settlement of border disputes and signing of border agreement with China proved a turning point in Sino-Pak relations. Which one of the following diplomats rendered his services in this regard?
      Answer: (D) Z.A. Bhutto
    6. Kyoto Protocol came into force in:
      Answer: (C) 2005
    7. Pakistan installed its first nuclear power station in Karachi with the cooperation of:
      Answer: (C) Canada in 1972 (KANNUP)
    8. The Quran and Sunnah are declared the supreme law of Pakistan under the:
      Answer: (B) Objective Resolution and Article 272 of the constitution
    9. “Kapas Ka Phool” is written by:
      Answer: (A) Saadat Hassan Manto
    10. Hugo Chavez was the leader of:
      Answer: (C) Venezuela
    11. The Bolshevik Revolution took place in:
      Answer: (C) 1917
    12. Jahangir Khan won the World Open Championship 10 times:
      Answer: (B) British Open 10 times and World Open 6 times.
    13. Angela Merkel became German Chancellor for the:
      Answer: (C) Third time
    14. The World Water Day is celebrated every year on:
      Answer: (A) March 22
    15. A nautical mile is a unit of measurement used in air, marine, and space navigation, and for defining territorial waters. It is equivalent to:
      Answer: (C) 1852 meters (6076 ft, 1.151 mi)
    16. Who was Pakistan’s first ambassador to the US?
      Answer: (D) Abdul Hassan Asfahani

     

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