Famous Personalities of World
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Name the English poet of 18th century whose works included Rape of the Lock, Dunciad and Essay on Man.
(a) Edward Gibbon
(b) Alexander Pope (Correct)
(c) John Keats
(d) Johannes Keplar
Who was the first Secretary General of OIC?
(a) Abdul Rahman Tunku
(b) Anwar Saddat
(c) Nasser of Egypt (Correct)
(d) None of these
During World War II who was the President of USA?
(a) Franklin Roosevelt
(b) Theodore Roosevelt
(c) Henery Trueman (Correct)
(d) George Washington
Maulana Jalal-ud-Din Rumi was born in
(a) Konya (Turkey)
(b) Ispahan (Iran)
(c) Balkh (Afghanistan) (Correct)
(d) None of them
Abu-Al-Hassan Al-Mawardi was a great jurist, and an expert in political science born in
(a) Damascus (b) Bassrah (Correct)
(c) Baghdad (d) None of them
Empress Catherine II, known as Catherine the Great was herself a/an
(a) German by birth
(b) American by Birth (Correct)
(c) French by birth
(d) British by birth
Mrs. Gloria Macapagal Arroya assumed the office of president of Philippine in
(a) 2001 (Correct) (b) 2002
(c) 2000 (d) 1999
Dmity Ivanovich Medeleyer (Russian) published his first version of periodics table of elements in
(a) 1865 (b) 1869 (Correct)
(c) 1873 (d) 1879
Name the scientist who discovered that the germs of malaria was spread by mosquitoes
(a) Rober Koch
(b) Jeans Jacques Rousseau (Correct)
(c) Peter Muller
(d) Frank Whittle
Dr. Ahmad Sukarno was the President of:
(a) Malaysia (b) Indonesia (Correct)
(c) Maldives (d) None of them
Which of the President of USA was involved in Watergate Scandal?
(a) Richard M Nixon (Correct)
(b) Ronald Reagon
(c) George Bush
(d) Johnson
In which year did Dr. Abdus Salam receive the Nobel Prize in Physics
(a) 1980 (b) 1985
(c) 1979 (Correct) (d) 1984
The origin of the idea of Pakistan is associated with the name of
(a) Sir Sayed Ahmad Khan
(b) Allama Iqbal (Correct)
(c) Quaid-e-Azam
(d) Liaquat Ali Khan
“Decline of the West” book was written by German Philosopher
(a) Herbert Spencer (Correct)
(b) Spengler
(c) Spinoza
(d) None of these
Who is the only person to win the two Nobel Prizes for Peace and Chemistry?
(a) Bertrand Russel
(b) Romain Rolland
(c) Ernst Ludwig (Correct)
(d) Dr. Linus Pauling
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”, On 21 July 1969, these words were uttered by
(a) Neil Armstrong (Correct)
(b) Ernest Rutherford
(c) Albert Schweitzer
(d) None of them
Who is called Father of International law?
(a) Hugo Grotius (Correct)
(b) Jermmy Bantham
(c) Stark
(d) None of these.
Marie Curie won Nobel Prize for Isolation of Metallic radium in
(a) 1910 (b) 1911
(c) 1909 (Correct) (d) 1912
Who is called “lion of the Punjab”?
(a) Sultan Tipu
(b) Ranjit Singh
(c) Zaffar Ali Khan (Correct)
(d) Akbar the Great
The first person who sailed around the world was
(a) Robert Piere (b) Magellan (Correct)
(c) Captain Cook (d) None of these
The famous nursery rhyme “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” is written by
(a) William Shakespeare
(b) Jane Taylor (Correct)
(c) Charles Dickens
(d) William Wordsworth
Who invented the Steam Locomotive?
(a) Edison (b) Stephenson (Correct)
(c) JRD Tata (d) Alexander
Which American industrialist was praised by Adlof Hitler in his autobiography, Mein Kampf. In fact, he was the only American to be praised by Hitler
(a) Henry Ford
(b) Gerald Ford (Correct)
(c) Thomas Alva Edison
(d) Henry Ford II
He was the first to make his clothes available as ready-to-wear collections. Who is he?
(a) Pierre Cardin (Correct) (b) Benetton
(c) Armani (d) Lacoste
One among the two most powerful leaders in the world, he now occasionally goes on lecture tours, and acts in Pizza Hut commercials. Name him:
(a) Ronald Reagan
(b) George Bush
(c) Mikhail Gorbachev (Correct)
(d) Leonid Brezhnev
Michelangelo was a famous:
(a) Artist (Correct) (b) Politician
(c) Singer (d) None of them
Mozart Wolfgang was a famous Austrian:
(a) Art designer
(b) Music Composer (Correct)
(c) Drama Actor
(d) Poet
Who was the second Governor-General of Pakistan
(a) Ghulam Muhammad
(b) Liaquat Ali Khan
(c) Skindar Mirza
(d) Khawaja Nazimuddin (Correct)
Name the English mathematician who first stated the laws of gravitation and light
(a) Isaq Newton
(b) Richard Gatling
(c) Jhones Elva Addison (Correct)
(d) Edwin Armstrong
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Name the person who devised shorthand system:
(a) Sir Isac Pitman (Correct)
(b) Sir Isac Newton
(c) J. Philip Reis
(d) David Bushnell
The winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature John Maxwell Coetzee belongs to which of the following countries?
(a) Germany (Correct) (b) USA
(c) South Africa (d) Belgium
Who among the following has won the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) Goh Chok Tong
(b) Vaclav Havel
(c) Pope John Paul II
(d) Shirin Ebadi (Correct)
Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work on
(a) Special theory of relativity
(b) General theory of relativity (Correct)
(c) Theory of photoelectric effect
(d) Theory of Brownian motion
The scientist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with his son was
(a) Henri Antoine Becquerel
(b) Pierre Curie
(c) Louis De Broglie
(d) W. H. Bragg (Correct)
Who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in the year 2005?
(a) Robert Crwsi (Correct) (b) Harold Pinter
(c) Neil Gilbert (d) Roger Moore
Earnest Hemingway was awarded Nobel Prize for
(a) Chemistry (b) Physics
(c) History (d) Literature (Correct)
Abu Abdullah al-Battani (859-929) was famous Muslim
(a) Painter
(b) Astronomer and Mathematician (Correct)
(c) Educationist
(d) None of them
Who advocated the theory of laissez faire?
(a) Marshall (b) Malthus
(c) Adam Smith (Correct) (d) None of these
The contemporary of Shakespeare was
(a) Akbar the great (b) Elizabeth I
(c) Louis XIV (d) All of them (Correct)
A german scientist who discovered x-rays
(a) Rontegen (Correct) (b) H. Morgan
(c) G. Mendel (d) C. B. Bridges
Who among the following proposed the theory that “life could have arisen from non-organic molecules”?
(a) Miller
(b) Oparin and Haldane (Correct)
(c) Darwin
(d) Louis Pasteur
Otto Von Bismarck is called the?
(a) Grand Commoner
(b) Man of Blood and Iron (Correct)
(c) Grand Old Man
(d) Man of Destiny
Where was Albert Einstein born?
(a) UK (b) USA
(c) Germany (Correct) (d) Albania
John Maynard Keynes was a?
(a) Poet (b) Scientist
(c) Mathematician (d) Economist (Correct)
Abu Raihan Al-Biruni (973-1048) was one of the well-known figures associated with the court of
(a) Mahmood Ghauri (Correct)
(b) Sultan Mahmood Ghaznvi
(c) Akbar the Great
(d) None of them
Abu-Al-Nasr-Al-Farabi (870-950), a well-known Muslim philosopher, mathematician was in Europe as
(a) Al-Hazan
(b) Al-Phrarabius (Correct)
(c) Avicened
(d) None of them
Some personalities and their countries are matched below. Which of these is wrong?
(a) Pablo Picasso – Spain (Correct)
(b) Jesus Christ – Bethlehim
(c) Nicolas Copernicus – Italy
(d) Gengis Khan – Mongolia
Marco Polo was the famous
(a) Traveller (Correct) (b) Scientist
(c) Musician (d) Conqueror
Pablo Picasso was a
(a) Italian painter (Correct)
(b) American scientist
(c) British jurist
(d) German sportsman
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‘Tim Berners’Lee’ is famous because he
(a) Invented synthetic plastic
(b) Designed the world wide web (Correct)
(c) Invented mobile phone
(d) Designed lap top
Which of the following gases is used for purification of water?
(a) Oxygen (b) Ammonia
(c) Chlorine (Correct) (d) Carbon dioxide
Penicillin was discovered by
(a) Alfred Nobel
(b) Alexander Fleming (Correct)
(c) Louis Pasteur
(d) S. A. Waksman
Actor Michael Sheared, who played Adolf Hitler’s character for five times died on 31th August, 2005 belonged to
(a) USA (b) Britain (Correct)
(c) France (d) Spain
Who is the father of modern “Psychology”?
(a) Segment Phonic
(b) Segmund Freud (Correct)
(c) Marshall Jan
(d) Matheow Hall
He invented the process of the vulcanisation of rubber and gave his name to a famous tyre company. Name him.
(a) Dunlop
(b) Charles Goodyear (Correct)
(c) Pirelli
(d) Michelin
In the 19th century, he changed his name to Paul Julius Reuter and founded the news agency, Reuter. Who was he?
(a) John D Rockefeller, Sr
(b) Israel ben Beers (Correct)
(c) Rupert Murdoch
(d) Kerry Packer
Who was the painter of Mona Lisa?
(a) Leonardo da Vinci (Correct)
(b) F.A. Bartholdi
(c) Henry Smith
(d) None of these
J.B. Priestly was a well-known
(a) French scientist
(b) German scientist
(c) British author (Correct)
(d) Italian author
Which one of the following scientists started the modern system of using symbols for the elements?
(a) Jons Jacobs Berzelius
(b) Joseph Priestley
(c) Ernest Rutherford
(d) John Dalton (Correct)
‘Razia Sultana’ was the ruler of
(a) Ghori dynasty
(b) Tughlaq dynasty
(c) Slave dynasty (Correct)
(d) Khilji dynasty
The only secretary general of united nations from Asian Continent was
(a) U Thant (b) Goutros Ghali
(c) Ban Ki Moon (d) Both a and c (Correct)
Sun Yat-sen was the
(a) First President of the Chinese Republic (Correct)
(b) First Chairman of Communist Party of China
(c) First Premier of China
(d) None of these
Name the President of Palestine?
(a) Mahmoud Abbas (Correct)
(b) Mohammad Najib
(c) Abu Bakr
(d) None of them
Which of the following statements is correct?
(a) Socrates was disciple of Plato (Correct)
(b) Plato was disciple of Aristotle
(c) Plato was disciple of Aristotle
(d) Socrates and Plato were disciple of Aristotle
Freud is associated with
(a) Detective
(b) Psychology
(c) Physiology and medicine (Correct)
(d) Leprosy control
The first woman to climb Mount Everest was:
(a) Marie Jose Perec
(b) Florence Griffith Joyner
(c) Junko Tabei (Correct)
(d) Jackie Joyner Kersee
Who is the founder of Chemistry
(a) Muhammad Bin Zikrya Al-Razi
(b) Jabir Bin Hayyan (Correct)
(c) Ibn-ul-Haitham
(d) Al-Bairuni
The acid prepared by Jabir Bin Hayyan is
(a) Phosphoric Acid
(b) Carbonic Acid
(c) Sulphuric Acid (Correct)
(d) Citric Acid
Method for the preparation of Varnish was discovered by
(a) Jabir Bin Hayyan (Correct)
(b) Muhammad Bin Zikrya Al-Razi
(c) Al-Bairuni
(d) Ibn-ul-Haitham
The book “Kitab-al-Shafa” is written by
(a) Ibn-ul-Haitham
(b) Al-Bairuni
(c) Bu Ali Sina (Correct)
(d) Jabir Bin Hayyan
The Construction and working of different parts of human body was explained by Bu Ali Sina in his book
(a) Kitab-al-Shafa
(b) Al-Qanoon-fil-Tib (Correct)
(c) Kitab-ul-Minazir
(d) Al-Kitab
Only Pakistani scientist who won the Noble prize is
(a) Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan
(b) Dr. Abdus Salam (Correct)
(c) Dr. Munir Ahmed Khan
(d) Dr. Samar Mubarak Mand
Which research scientist is one of the co-founders of Sony Corporation, the other being Akio Morita?
(a) Masao Morita
(b) Masaru Ibuka (Correct)
(c) Kaoru Shoki
(d) Shuzaburo Tachikawa
Which term, used to describe well-to-do businessmen, comes from the Japanese words meaning “Great Lord” or “Great Prince”?
(a) Business Magnate
(b) Samurai
(c) Shogun
(d) Tycoon (Correct)
Saudi billionaire Osama Bin Laden made his money through which business?
(a) Drug trafficking
(b) Weapons trading
(c) Petroleum trading
(d) Construction (Correct)
Software King Bill Gates was a dropout from which University?
(a) Harvard (Correct)
(b) Stanford
(c) Ohio State University
(d) MIT
English translation of the book “Al-Chemia” of Jabir Bin Hayyan was done by
(a) A.W. Willson
(b) Rober of Chester (Correct)
(c) P. Mathew
(d) Mu Aw Homus
Who was an experienced surgeon.
(a) Jabir Bin Hayyan
(b) Bu-Ali-Sina
(c) Muhammad Bin Zikrya Al-Razi (Correct)
(d) Al-Bairuni
Muhammad Bin Zikrya Al-Razi prepared alcohol by using the process of
(a) Distillation (b) Fermentation (Correct)
(c) Crystallization (d) Evaporation
Who founded the famous Philips company in 1891 and began manufacturing of incadescent lamps?
(a) Gerard Philips (Correct)
(b) Thomas Alva Edison
(c) John Logi Baird
(d) Charles Goodyear
Dr. Abdus Salam served Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission from
(a) 1955 to 1970 (b) 1958 to 1970
(c) 1958 to 1974 (Correct) (d) 1962 to 1975
First Chairman of SPARCO was
(a) Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan
(b) Dr. Munir Ahmed Khan
(c) Dr. Atta-ur-Rehman
(d) Dr. Abdus Salam (Correct)
Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan did his Ph.D. from Leaven University of
(a) Germany (b) Holland
(c) Belgium (Correct) (d) Austria
Henry Kissinger was the former US:
(a) PM
(b) President
(c) Secretary of State (Correct)
(d) Defence Minister
Leo Tolestoy a Novelist and Philosopher was
(a) Russian (Correct) (b) English
(c) German (d) Greek
Famous drama Hamlet was written by:
(a) Marlowe
(b) Goethe
(c) Bernard Shaw
(d) W. Shakespeare (Correct)
Omar Khayyam was a Persian:
(a) Novelist (b) Poet (Correct)
(c) Actor (d) Author
Name the Mangolian Emperor who conquered most of Asia and used missile as war weapon for the first time in history.
(a) Ganges Khan (b) Halaku Khan
(c) Akuba Khan (d) Kublai Khan (Correct)
Inertia of matter was identified by
(a) Muhammad Bin Zikrya Al-Razi
(b) Al-Bairuni (Correct)
(c) Bu Ali Sina
(d) Ibn-ul-Haitham
The famous book of Ibn-ul-Haitham is
(a) Al-Chemia (b) Al-Kitab
(c) Kitab-ul-Minazir (Correct) (d) Al-Khalis
Meir Golda was Former Prime Minister, former Labour and Youth Leader and Former Foreign Minster of
(a) Macedonia (b) Chile (Correct)
(c) Israel (d) None of these
Name the English poet whose famous works include The Prelude, The Recluse etc.
(a) William Wordsworth (Correct)
(b) T. S. Elliot
(c) Charles Dickens
(d) None of them
In American history only preseident who give resign
(a) Richard Nixon (Correct) (b) Eisen Hower
(c) Ronald Reagon (d) Truman
John Keats and Shelley were English:
(a) Scientists (b) Statesmen
(c) Poets (Correct) (d) Critics
Famous Poet Hafiz Shirazi belonged to:
(a) India (b) Pakistan
(c) Syria (d) Iran (Correct)
King of Macedonia who conquered most of Asia Minor and defeated Porus in 327 BC was
(a) Augusts the Great
(b) Alexander the Great (Correct)
(c) Nicolas Ceausecus
(d) Neville Arthur
Name the Greek mathematician who propounded the geometrical theorems
(a) Homer (b) Pluto
(c) Euclid (Correct) (d) Archimedes
Name the famous Pakistani poet who won Lenin Award.
(a) Ahmad Faraz
(b) Ahmad Nadim Qasmi
(c) Faiz Ahmed Faiz (Correct)
(d) Joosh Malie Abadi
The first Muslim scientist who presented the law of reflection and refraction is
(a) Ibn-ul-Haitham
(b) Al-Bairuni
(c) Muhammad Bin Zikrya Al-Razi (Correct)
(d) Jabir Bin Hayyan
Who is called “Father of Economic”
(a) Marshall
(b) Maynard Keynes
(c) Adam Smith (Correct)
(d) None of these
Name the French traveller who served as physician to Moghal emperor Aurangzeb during his stay in India?
(a) Maria Arovet
(b) Gabrial Danial
(d) Francis Xavier
(d) Francois Bernier (Correct)
Galilao the Italian astronomer, who developed the telescope and discovered for satellites of:
(a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (Correct)
(c) Neptune (d) Venice
Name the US policy advisor who remiained secretary of state under President Nixon?
(a) Joseph Estrade
(b) Henry Kissinger (Correct)
(c) Arnald Alemen
(d) None of these.
Name the Itlaian poet, author of Divine Commedia, a Philosophical poem telling the story of an imaginary journey through hell
(a) John Sebastian (Correct)
(b) Enrico Fermi
(c) Alighieri Dante
(d) Simon Bolwar
Who made the revolutionary discovery of the Theory of Relativity in 1905 and was awarded Nobel Prize in Physics
(a) Albert Einstein (Correct)
(b) Alexander Fleming
(c) William Pitt
(d) Rudoulf Henry
Name the Greek scientist and methamatician known for the discovery of the unique principle of buoyancy (Law of Floating)
(a) Aristotle (b) Pluto
(c) Galileo (Correct) (d) Archimedes
“Prince” is a famous book written by
(a) Macchiavelli (Correct) (b) Khaleel Jibran
(c) Cronwell (d) Ivan the Great
Name the US statesman who promoted the American Declaration of Independence (1776) and was involved in drafting the constitution of America?
(a) George Washington (Correct)
(b) Benjamin Franklin
(c) Abraham Lincoln
(d) George David
Al-Bairuni was a
(a) Physician (Correct)
(b) Chemist
(c) Physicist
(d) Only (a) and (c)
Al-Bairuni discovered the radius of the earth, which was
(a) 6000 km (b) 6255 km (Correct)
(c) 6338 km (d) 6585 km
He founded the oil company Shell in 1897 and named it after his father’s hobby of collecting shells. Who was he?
(a) John D Rockefeller
(b) Marcus Samuel
(c) James J. Hill (Correct)
(d) Norman Kittson
Name the English novelist whose famous works are ‘David Copperfield’, ‘Oliver Twist’ and ‘Great Expectation’.
(a) Charles Dickens (Correct)
(b) Shakespear
(c) John Milton
(d) John Keats
Who was the Viceroy of India from 1889 to 1905:
(a) Lord Curzon (Correct)
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Lord Irwin
(d) Lord Attlec
Sigmund Freud was:
(a) Politician (b) Painter
(c) Psychologist (Correct) (d) Poet
Name the first Prime Minister of Malaysia who negotiated with the British for the independence of Malaysia
(a) Tunku Abdur Rashid
(b) Mahatar Muhammad
(c) Tunku Abdul Muhammad
(d) Tunku Abdul Rehman (Correct)
Dara Sheiko was the son of ________ Mughal Emperor:
(a) Jahangir (Correct) (b) Aurangzeb
(c) Shah Jahan (d) Humayun
John Keats, poet and author of La Bella Dame Sans Merci is a poet of
(a) France (b) England (Correct)
(c) German (d) USA
John Logie Baird, a Scotlish who invented television in:
(a) 1915 (b) 1920
(c) 1924 (d) 1926 (Correct)
Who was the youngest President of USA.
(a) George Trueman
(b) Benjamin Franklin
(c) John F Kennedy (Correct)
(d) George W Bush
Who is known as the founder of Modern Turkey.
(a) Turgat Ozal
(b) Kemal Ataturk (Correct)
(c) Ahmad Pasha
d) None of them
Dr. Robert Edward and his colleagues done great job in 1978
(a) They discovered virus
(b) They discovered virus of aids
(c) Successful experiment of first test tube baby (Correct)
(d) None of these
Name the British Chemist and physicist who discovered the element Thalluim in 1861
(a) Dmitri Mendeleev (Correct)
(b) John Loudon Macadam
(c) William Crooks
(d) Robert John
Nucleon was famous artist and painter of
(a) Spain (Correct) (b) Italy
(c) Netherlands (d) France
Name the celebrated Mughal court poet and Prime Minister during Akbar’s reign who wrote Ain-i-Akbari and Akbarnama.
(a) Abul Fazal (Correct) (b) Sheikh Saadi
(c) Al Biruni (d) Ibn-Ishaq
Who was the author of many moral Falies with animal protagonists like “The Tortoise and the Hare”.
(a) John Lock
(b) Aesop (Correct)
(c) Charles Dickon
(d) Rone Descartes
Name the famous Arab historian who visited India along-with the armies of Mahmood of Ghaznvi and wrote an account of India?
(a) Jamal-ud-Din Afghani
(b) Al-Hazan
(c) Al Biruni (Correct)
(d) Ibn al-Haitham
He was Governor-General of India for two terms and is well-known for his and Reforms. Whom we are talking about?
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Cornwallis (Correct)
(c) Robert Clive
(d) Woodrow Wilson
Born in Basra in the beginning of 19th century, is called, “Philosopher of Arabs” in west. What is his name?
(a) Ibn Ishaq Al Kindi
(b) Abu’al Qasim Al-Zahrawi (Correct)
(c) Abu al-Wafa
(d) Ibn-e-Sina
Who was the Prime Minister of Italy during world war II. He was associated near Como in 1945.
(a) Mussolini (Correct) (b) Parodi Nariag
(c) Nansen Fridjof (d) Moliere
Who among the following is regarded as the forerunner of revenue administration in medival India?
(a) Akbar (b) Sher Shah (Correct)
(c) Balban (d) Shahjahan
Which of the following was the companion of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and the first Interpreter of the Quran
(a) Abu Bakr (RA)
(b) Ibn Abbas (RA) (Correct)
(c) Saad Bin Abi Waqas (RA)
(d) Bilal (RA)
Who amongst the following is the inventor of telephone?
(a) Dmitri Ivanovich
(b) Alexander Graham Bell (Correct)
(c) Robert Orwell
(d) Sir Isaac Newton
Who was the second vice president of USA?
(a) George Washington
(b) John Adam (Correct)
(c) Benjamin Franklin
(d) Abraham Lincoln
Name the famous Muslim scientist who discovered sun spot
(a) Ibn Rushd (Correct) (b) Ibn Zubir
(c) Ibn-Tubrezi (d) None of them
Name the first President of Egypt who was put under house arrest in 1954 by Jamal Abdul Nasser.
(a) Mohammad Najib
(b) Jamal Abdul Nassir (Correct)
(c) Yaser Arafat
(d) None of them
Who was the first Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party and Prime Minister during 1958-64
(a) Joseph Stalin
(b) Andre Gromeako (Correct)
(c) Lenin
(d) Nikita Khrushchev
What did Rudolf Diesel, a German engineer invented in 1893?
(a) Diesel engine (Correct)
(b) Gun powder
(c) Magnifying glass
(d) None of them
Name the Famous English writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1909
(a) Bernard Shaw
(b) Rudyard Kipling
(c) Lock John
(d) D.H. Lawrence (Correct)
Stalin became the Prime Minister of former USSR in
(a) 1941 (Correct) (b) 1943
(c) 1940 (d) 1942
When did Tamuir Lane, the powerful Chaghta Turk attacked and plundered Delhi
(a) 1458 (b) 1425
(c) 1354 (d) 1398 (Correct)
Who was the President of USA during World War?.
(a) W. Wilson (Correct)
(b) George Bush
(c) Abraham Lincoln
(d) G. Washington
Willy Brandt was a Chancellor of Germany. When did he win Nobel Prize for Peace?
(a) 1972 (b) 1974 (Correct)
(c) 1971 (d) 1975
Which of the English scientists discovered hydrogen and chemical composition of water?
(a) Robert Koch
(b) Sir Ronald Ross
(c) Henry Cvendish
(d) George Stevenson (Correct)
Who was the well-known Russian writer and novelist with the famous works like “Doctor Zhivago” to his credit
(a) Sir Thomas More
(b) Ham Otto
(c) Boris Leonidovich (Correct)
(d) None of them
Which of the following is the famous humorist and critic, formerly principal of Government College, Lahore.
(a) Dr. Taseer
(b) Patras Bukhari (Correct)
(c) Hasrat Mohani
(d) Mushkoor Hussain Yad
Who was known as “Man of Destiny”?
(a) Napoleon (Correct) (b) Nehru
(c) Hitler (d) Musolini
Britain’s Clive Granger and Robert Engle from the US have won 2003 Nobel Prize for
(a) Chemistry (b) Economics (Correct)
(c) Physics (d) Peace
Turgat Ozal was the president of:
(a) Indonesia (b) Nigeria
(c) Sudan (d) Turkey (Correct)
Robert Edwin Peary reached the North Pole on:
(a) April 6, 1909 (Correct)
(b) July 6, 1908
(c) June 16, 1909
(d) September 6, 1907
Pablo Ruiz Picasso, a famous painter and Sculptor belonged to
(a) Italy (Correct) (b) Spain
(c) Germany (d) Norway
Who became the Prime Minister of England at the age of 24 and held the office for 17 years?
(a) Pitt William
(b) Attee George
(c) Rober Harry
(d) George Orwin (Correct)
Who was awarded Nobel Prize for Physics in 1918 for introducing his law of radiation which laid the foundation of uantum Theory?
(a) William Tell
(b) A.A. Volta
c) Karl Erns Ludwig (Correct)
(d) Pierre Curie