1. The immediate cause of invasion of Ahmad Shah Abdali on India was:
(a) The Indian rulers were weak
(b) He had a strong army
(c) He was invited by Shah Nawaz Khan
(d) He was attracted by its wealth
Answer: a
2. The first Battle of Panipat was fought in the year:
(a) 1526
(b) 1528
(c) 1530
(d) 1531
Answer: a
Britain’s highest military award is:
(a) Victoria Cross
(b) Iron Cross
(c) Military Cross
(d) Medal of Honour
Answer: a
France’s highest military award is:
(a) Medal of Honor
(b) Legion of Honour
(c) Iron Cross
(d) Military Cross
Answer: b
Germany’s highest military award is:
(a) Iron Cross
(b) Military Cross
(c) Order of the Rising Sun
(d) None of these
Answer: a
The real cause of war-like tension between North Korea and US is:
(a) North Korea’s refusal to allow full inspection of its nuclear installations.
(b) US’s urge to rule over North Korea.
(c) Japan-US threat of Patriot defence missiles in South Korea.
(d) None of these
Answer: a
The Gulf War of 1991 was precipitated by Iraqi annexation of:
(a) Bahrain
(b) Kuwait
(c) South Yemen
(d) Saudi Arabia
Answer: b
President Reagan’s strategic defence initiative programme was popularly known as:
(a) Nuclear Umbrella
(b) NATO seize
(c) Star Wars
(d) Killar Shark Programme
Answer: c
North-South Summit is a dialogue between:
(a) Rich and poor countries
(b) Non-aligned countries
(c) Communist countries and non-communist countries
(d) None of these
Answer: a
The book, ‘A farewell to Arms’ was written by:
(a) Charles Dickens
(b) Ernest Hemingway
(c) Huxley
(d) Thomas Hardy
Answer: b
A famous novel “Pride and Prejudice” is written by:
(a) R. L. Stevenson
(b) Jane Austen
(c) George Eliot
(d) Shakespeare
Answer: b
Who has written the book “India Wins Freedom”?
(a) Mulana Abul Kalam Azad
(b) Ghandi
(c) Nirad Ch.
(d) K.M. Munshi
Answer: a
Who is the author of “Nineteen Eighty-Four”?
(a) George Orwell
(b) Shakespeare
(c) R. K. Laxman
(d) None of these
Answer: a
Who wrote the book “Gandhi and Stalin”?
(a) Louis Fisher
(b) Rajmohan Gandhi
(c) Walter Scot
(d) Thomas Hardy
Answer: a
The colour of the sky looks blue because:
(a) Sky is made up of blue colour particles
(b) Blue color of light is of shorter wavelength, so these waves are easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour
(c) Blue colour is more prominent in sunlight
(d) Blue colour is of longer wavelength
Answer:b
Clear nights are colder than cloudy, nights because of:
(a) Conduction
(b) Radiation
(c) Condensation
(d) Insolation
Answer: b
Oil rises up the wick in a lamp because:
(a) Oil is very light
(b) Of the diffusion of oil through the wick
(c) Oil is volatile
(d) Of the capillary action phenomenon
Answer: d
The dress made out of which of the following materials is safe to wear while cooking?
(a) Silk
(b) Cotton
(c) Nylon
(d) Terelene
Answer: b
Pak-Iran border line was demarcated on
• 24th September 1872
Line of control is between
• Azad Kashmir & Occupied Kashmir.
Mc Mohan line is the boundary line between India and China. It was demarcated in
• 1914.
Radcliff line is the boundary between Pakistan and India. It was demarcated in 1947 by
• Sir Cyril Radcliff.
24th parallel Line lies in Rann of Kutch. It is frontier between
• Pakistan and India.
Durand line is 1300 mile long frontier b/w Pakistan & Afghanistan demarcated in 1893. It has over
• 200 passes.
The largest district of Punjab by area is
• Bahawalpur.
Pakistan Environmental Protection Ordinance was enforced in
• 1984.
Qadir Pur gas field is in
• Sindh
‘Uranium’ is extracted in Pakistan from area of
• Dera Gazi Khan
Allama Mashriqi was the founder of
• Khaksar Tehreek
1. What is average depth of oceans?
(a) 5,730 metres (Correct)
(b) 3,760 metres
(c) 4,690 metres
(d) 2,930 metres
2. Which of following is the largest ocean that covers about one-third of the surface of earth?
(a) Indian Ocean
(b) Atlantic Ocean
(c) Pacific Ocean (Correct)
(d) Arctic Ocean
3. The Arctic Ocean is the smallest ocean and many oceanographers consider it to be a sea of Atlantic. What is its total area?
(a) 11,900,000 sq km
(b) 13,800,000 sq. km
(c) 14,100,000 sq km (Correct)
(d) 12,400,000 sq. km
1. The oldest monarchy in the world is:
(a) Nepal
(b) Japan (Correct)
(c) Britain
(d) Russia
2. The world’s largest monolithic statue of Buddha was installed in December 1992 in:
(a) India (Correct)
(b) Myanmar
(c) China
(d) Nepal
3. The first woman in space was:
(a) Jumbo Tabei
(b) Valentina Tereshkova (Correct)
(c) Sally Ride
(d) Bachandri Pal
4. The first railway line was laid in:
(a) US
(b) Japan (Correct)
(c) England
(d) Russia
5. Which of the following countries has the briefest constitution in the world?
(a) Britain
(b) US (Correct)
(c) Russia
(d) France
Largest bird | Important World Records
• Ostrich of North Africa
Smallest bird
• Male bee hummingbird of Cuba.
The first to launch earth satellite or artificial body to moon
• USSR
The first President of the U.S.A.
• George Washington
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