General Knowledge MCQs: Most Important Questions (Part II)
101. “The Last Days of United Pakistan” is written by
(a) G.W. Chaudhry (Correct)
(b) Ahmad Mushtaq
(c) Dr. Waheed Qureshi
(d) Chaudhry Muhammad Ahsan
102. In which year Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to the International Committee of the Red Cross?
(a) 1917
(b) 1944
(c) 1963
(d) All of these (Correct)
103. Which of the following is the power resource mineral?
(a) Coal (Correct)
(b) Iron ore
(c) Limestone
(d) Copper
104. The planet nearest to the Earth is
(a) Mercury
(b) Jupiter
(c) Venus (Correct)
(d) None of them
105. Swaziland is the landlocked country of
(a) Europe
(b) Asia
(c) Africa (Correct)
(d) South America
106. The Japanese Prime Minister at the time of World War II was:
(a) Hideki Tojo (Correct)
(b) Nobusuke Kis
(c) Akira Kurasowa
(d) Masayuki Mo
107. The headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency is located in:
(a) Geneva
(b) Washington
(c) Vienna (Correct)
(d) London
108. How many members are these of Commonwealth?
(a) 50
(b) 53 (Correct)
(c) 48
(d) 47
109. The Secretariat of Commonwealth was located in which city?
(a) Paris
(b) Geneva
(c) London (Correct)
(d) Oslo
110. “The Indus Saga and the making of Pakistan” book is written by
(a) R.L. Stevenson
(b) Aitzaz Ahsan (Correct)
(c) H.G. Wells
(d) None of these
111. Which of following places is the rainiest of Pakistan?
(a) Murree (Correct)
(b) Rawalpindi
(c) Karachi
(d) Quetta
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112. Who was the last ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate?
(a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(b) Ghiyas-ud-Din Tughlaq Shah-II
(c) Nasir-ud-Din-Mahmud (Correct)
(d) Nusrat Shah
113. Who amongst the following Sultans of the slave Dynasty reigned for the longest period?
(a) Qutub-ud-Din Aibak
(b) Ghiyas-ud-din Balban
(c) Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud
(d) Shams-ud-din Iltutmish (Correct)
114. ‘Chenab Formula’ to resolve the Kashmir dispute was presented by
(a) Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan (Correct)
(b) Ali Shah Gillani
(c) Barrister Sultan Mahmood
(d) None of the above
115. Dome of Rock is located in
(a) Jerusalem (Correct)
(b) Lebanon
(c) Jordan
(d) Iraq
116. ‘Broadway Street’ is famous for:
(a) Banking
(b) Stock Exchange
(c) Cinema Halls (Correct)
(d) Shopping Centres
117. Khyber Pass is situated in
(a) Himalaya Range
(b) Karakoram Range
(c) Hindukush Range
(d) Sulaiman Range (Correct)
118. Longest glacier of the world is Lambert situated in Antarctica, what is its length
(a) 320 miles (Correct)
(b) 390 miles
(c) 370 miles
(d) 479 miles
119. Which of the following is Russian airline?
(a) Aeroflot (Correct)
(b) Aero Asia
(c) Russian float
(d) Aero Russia
120. Asiana Airlines is the airline of:
(a) India
(b) China
(c) South Korea (Correct)
(d) Greece
121. The period of Rabi season is
(a) October-May (Correct)
(b) May-Aug.
(c) October-June
(d) January-May
122. In an Island near Alexandria an ancient wonder “The pharaohs of Alexandria” is situated. What is it?
(a) A Light House (Correct)
(b) Hanging Garden
(c) Great Wall
(d) A Wall
123. Who was the President of USA during World War I?
(a) Woodrow Wilson (Correct)
(b) George Truman
(c) Abraham Lincoln
(d) None of these
124. Battle of Holdighat was fought in 1576 AD between Raja Pratab Singh and
(a) Babar
(b) Aurangzeb
(c) Akbar (Correct)
(d) Jahangir
125. Muslims celebrated the “Day of Deliverance on
(a) 22nd December 1939 (Correct)
(b) 25th December 1939
(c) 24th December 1939
(d) 23rd December 1939
126. The famous resolution, which came to be known as Pakistan Resolution was moved by Maulvi Fazal-ul-Haq and passed unanimously
(a) 1940 (Correct)
(b) 1945
(c) 1947
(d) 1944
127. Homer was the greatest poet of the language namely:
(a) Greek (Correct)
(b) Latin
(c) English
(d) Spanish
128. In which year New Zealand government granted right of vote to women?
(a) 1793
(b) 1893 (Correct)
(c) 1785
(d) None of these
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129. Hollywood film industry of USA is situated in
(a) Washington
(b) New York
(c) California (Correct)
(d) Maryland
130. 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)
131. Tanzania is the new name of
(a) Zanzibar (Correct)
(b) Congo
(c) Nyasaland
(d) None of them
132. Old name of Faisalabad is
(a) Lyallpur (Correct)
(b) Montgomery
(c) None of them
(d) None of them
133. Where was Jesus Christ born?
(a) Iraq
(b) Jerusalem (Correct)
(c) Mecca
(d) Madina
134. Which Sea has no coastline?
(a) Japan Sea
(b) Sargasso Sea (Correct)
(c) Tasmanian Sea
(d) White Sea
135. In which country is the port of Jaffna?
(a) India
(b) Pakistan
(c) Sri Lanka (Correct)
(d) China
136. Who is known as the founder of Modern Turkey?
(a) TurgatOzal
(b) Kemal Ataturk (Correct)
(c) Ahmad Pasha
(d) None of them
137. Who is called “lion of the Punjab”?
(a) Sultan Tipu
(b) Ranjit Singh (Correct)
(c) Zaffar Ali Khan
(d) Akbar the Great
138. Which element is named after the country Cyprus?
(a) Chlorine
(b) Copper (Correct)
(c) Carbon
(d) Calcium
139. Which type of plants is suited to grow under drought conditions?
(a) Pteridophytes
(b) Xerophytes (Correct)
(c) Tropophytes
(d) Hygrophytes
140. Which of the following is the smallest ocean of the world?
(a) Pacific
(b) Indian
(c) Atlantic
(d) Arctic (Correct)
141. Kyzyl-Kum Desert is present in
(a) Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan (Correct)
(b) China
(c) Kazakhstan
(d) Morocco
142. Which one of the following is a Great Circle?
(a) The Arctic Circle
(b) The Tropic of Cancer
(c) The Equator (Correct)
(d) The Tropic of Capricorn
143. The foreign phrase Charge d’affaires means
(a) Deputy Ambassador (Correct)
(b) An affair of the heart
(c) An awkward situation
(d) None of these
144. Calcutta is situated on bank of river
(a) Indus River
(b) Hooghli River (Correct)
(c) Spree River
(d) None of these
145. Which of the following is the region of winter rainfall?
(a) Mediterranean (Correct)
(b) Tropical
(c) Arctic
(d) Monsoon
146. Name the Person who discovered Florida, Georgia and Mississippi in 1539.
(a) Sir James Clark (Correct)
(b) De Soto
(c) Capt Johnspeke
(d) None of these
147. The length of the Suez Canal is approximately
(a) 110 km
(b) 150 km
(c) 170 km (Correct)
(d) 125 km
148. How many species of the birds have been identified in Pakistan?
(a) Over 550
(b) Over 700
(c) Over 740 (Correct)
(d) Over 800
149. In which season reservoirs of Punjab and Sindh are alive with migrant birds?
(a) Winter
(b) Spring Season (Correct)
(c) Summer
(d) Spring & Winter
150. Violating International law, Israel has constructed a concrete wall to divide the Palestinians in:-
(a) Gaza (Correct)
(b) West Bank
(c) Easter Jerusalem
(d) Golan Heights
151. World press freedom day is observed on
(a) 3rd May (Correct)
(b) 13th May
(c) 15th May
(d) 18th May
152. Which is the country to have won the most Olympic titles?
(a) China
(b) USA (Correct)
(c) Russia
(d) France
153. What is the height of the wickets used in the game of cricket in inches?
(a) 26 inches
(b) 27 inches
(c) 28 inches (Correct)
(d) 29 inches
154. The winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature John Maxwell Coetzee belongs to which of the following countries?
(a) Germany
(b) USA
(c) South Africa (Correct)
(d) Belgium
155. Which of the following is considered the world’s oldest city:-
(a) Damascus
(b) Baghdad
(c) Jericho (Correct)
(d) Cairo
156. 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 (Correct)
(b) Gerald Ford
(c) Thomas Alva Edison
(d) Henry Ford II
157. Headquarter of International Association Development is located in
(a) Vienna
(b) New York
(c) Washington (Correct)
(d) None of these
158. Largest Airport of the world is
(a) New York Airport
(b) Chigaco Airport
(c) King Abdul Aziz Airport (Correct)
(d) None of the Above
159. What is the name of Belgium’s news Agency?
(a) SANA
(b) DPA
(c) Belga (Correct)
(d) AGI
160. When the British dominions became defined as free and equal countries within the British Empire?
(a) 1923
(b) 1925
(c) 1924
(d) 1926 (Correct)
161. The contemporary of Shakespeare was
(a) Akbar the great
(b) Elizabeth I
(c) Louis XIV
(d) All of them (Correct)
162. The world’s most famous painting ‘The Last Supper’ was created by:-
(a) Leonardo da vinci (Correct)
(b) Pablo Picasso
(c) Rembrandt
(d) Guljee
163. Nepolean Bona Part who conquered half of the Europe was afraid of
(a) Dog
(b) Monkey
(c) Cat (Correct)
(d) Rate
164. What is a Stripka?
(a) Mountain Pass of Russia
(b) Mountain Pass of Nepal
(c) Mountain Pass of Bulgaria (Correct)
(d) Mountain Pass of Spain
165. Brenner is a Mountain Pass (4508 ft high) situated in
(a) Italy-France
(b) Italy-Austria (Correct)
(c) France-Germany
(d) Italy-Britain
166. The largest railway station of the world is located in
(a) New York (Correct)
(b) Pakistan
(c) Russia
(d) None of these
167. Silk airways is a airline of
(a) Singapore (Correct)
(b) Hong Kong
(c) Malaysia
(d) France
168. Name the biggest airline of Pakistan is
(a) Blue air
(b) Ithiad airline
(c) PIA (Correct)
(d) none of these
169. Indicate the largest city of Pakistan population wise
(a) Islamabad
(b) Multan
(c) Lahore
(d) Karachi (Correct)
170. Saindak project is famous for
(a) Silver
(b) Copper
(c) Gold
(d) All of these (Correct)
171. The Potwar plateau is very famous and rich in
(a) Oil and gas (Correct)
(b) Chromite
(c) Aluminum
(d) None of these
172. Blue Airlines belongs to which country?
(a) Pakistan (Correct)
(b) India
(c) America
(d) Jordan
173. Which of following is Cottage Industry?
(a) Cement
(b) Sugar
(c) Handicraft (Correct)
(d) Textile
174. The agro based industry is : –
(a) Woodwork
(b) Dairy farms (Correct)
(c) Carpets
(d) Iron work
175. Who was the first and the last woman ruler of Delhi?
(a) Chand Bibi
(b) Noor Jahan
(c) Razia Sultana (Correct)
(d) None of these
176. Name the two regions won by British from French in 18th century?
(a) Ghana and Egypt
(b) Canada, USA
(c) Egypt
(d) Canada, India (Correct)
177. Name the German scientist who invented the atom bomb?
(a) Hahn Otto (Correct)
(b) John Walker
(c) John Gutenberg
(d) William Hunt
178. “Decline of the West” book was written by German Philosopher
(a) Spencer
(b) Spengler (Correct)
(c) Spinoza
(d) None of them
179. Kosovo, the latest independent nation in the world was ruled by?
(a) Indonesia
(b) Australia
(c) Malaysia
(d) Serbia (Correct)
180. Who was the British Prime Minister at the time of Second Round Table Conference?
(a) Ramsay MacDonald (Correct)
(b) Clement Attlee
(c) Neville Chamberlain
(d) None of these
181. Who was the Viceroy during the time Mr. Attlee of England declared the British intention to transfer power to Indians?
(a) Lord Irwin
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Lord Wavell (Correct)
(d) Lord Linlithgow
182. Quaid-e-Azam became the permanent president of Muslim League
(a) 1935
(b) 1937
(c) 1934 (Correct)
(d) 1939
183. How the future status of Sindh was to be decided under 3rd June plan?
(a) By the Commission
(b) By plebiscite
(c) By majority vote of assembly members (Correct)
(d) None of the above
184. How the future status of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was to be decided under June 3rd Plan?
(a) By majority vote of assembly
(b) By the Commission
(c) By plebiscite (Correct)
(d) None of the above
185. Name the person who was the first to translate the Holy Quran in Persian
(a) Shah Rafi-ud-Din
(b) Shah Walliullah (Correct)
(c) Khalid bin Waleed
(d) Mujadid AIf Sani
186. The total period of Abbasids caliphate was
(a) 400 years
(b) 508 years (Correct)
(c) 600 years
(d) 708 years
187. Salahuddin Ayubi emerged as the hero of the Muslims in
(a) First Crusade
(b) Second Crusade
(c) Third Crusade (Correct)
(d) Fourth Crusade
188. Latani River is located in:
(a) Syria
(b) Lebanon (Correct)
(c) Turkey
(d) Iran
189. Which is the broadest strait in the world?
(a) Northumberland Strait
(b) Messina Strait
(c) Mozambique Strait (Correct)
(d) None of these
190. Which of the following countries has the largest area in the world?
(a) Canada
(b) China
(c) U.S.A.
(d) Russia (Correct)
191. The foreign phrase Aqua pura means
(a) Air
(b) Water (Correct)
(c) Mineral
(d) None of these
192. Name the longest river of Pakistan
(a) Chenab
(b) Karaola
(c) Indus (Correct)
(d) Jehlum
193. Who advocated the theory of laissez faire?
(a) Marshall
(b) Malthus
(c) Adam Smith (Correct)
(d) None of these
194. Where was Albert Einstein born?
(a) UK
(b) USA
(c) Germany (Correct)
(d) Albania
195. The Keil canal links the
(a) Pacific and Atlantic Ocean
(b) Mediterranean and Red Sea
(c) Mediterranean and Black Sea
(d) North Sea and Baltic Sea (Correct)
196. Who was the first Asian to have received the Nobel Prize?
(a) C.V. Raman
(b) R.N. Tagore (Correct)
(c) Mother Teresa
(d) I.A. Bunin
197. Name the author of “Ulema in Politics”
(a) K.K. Aziz
(b) I.H. Qureshi (Correct)
(c) S.M. Ikram
(d) Hassam Askari Rizvi
198. “Wings of Fire” is autobiography of
(a) Dr. Abdul Kalam (Correct)
(b) Prevez Musharaf
(c) Zameer Jaffery
199. Who was the oldest person so far to have been awarded Nobel Prize and what was his age at that time?
(a) Prof William Lawrence Bragg, 88 years
(b) Prof Francis Peyton Rous, 87 years (Correct)
(c) Prof Frederic Sanger, 90 years
(d) Sir John Bardeen, 89 years
200. Torah is the religious book of which religion?
(a) Judaism (Correct)
(b) Christianity
(c) Taoism
(d) None of them
