1. Which one of the following is the largest sector of Pakistan’s economy?
- (a) Agriculture
- (b) Banking
- (c) Industry
- (d) Manufacturing
Answer: (a) Agriculture
2. The first railway track was established between:
- (a) Karachi and Koer
- (b) Lahore and Amritsar
- (c) Peshawar and Quetta
- (d) Quetta and Chaman
Answer: (b) Lahore and Amritsar
3. Which is the highest point above sea level in Pakistan?
- (a) Pamir
- (b) Nanga Parbat
- (c) K-2 (Mount Godwin-Austen)
- (d) Siachen Glacier
Answer: (c) K-2 (Mount Godwin-Austen)
4. Hangol Dams is located in:
- (a) Sindh
- (b) Balochistan
- (c) Punjab
- (d) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Answer: (b) Balochistan
5. Name the longest river of Pakistan:
- (a) Chenab
- (b) Jhelum
- (c) Indus
- (d) Ravi
Answer: (c) Indus
6. Which country’s parliament is the oldest?
- (a) Iceland
- (b) China
- (c) India
- (d) Greece
Answer: (a) Iceland
7. Who was the founder of the Mughal Empire?
- (a) Babur
- (b) Akbar
- (c) Shah Jahan
- (d) Aurangzeb
Answer: (a) Babur
8. The coin mint was first issued by:
- (a) Sher Shah Suri
- (b) Akbar
- (c) Aurangzeb
- (d) Shah Jahan
Answer: (a) Sher Shah Suri
9. FIR stands for:
- (a) First Investigation Report
- (b) First Information Report
- (c) Final Information Record
- (d) First Information’s Report
Answer: (b) First Information Report
10. Saindak project is famous for:
- (a) Copper
- (b) Lead
- (c) Gold
- (d) All of these
Answer: (a) Copper
11. Name the person who was the first to translate the Holy Quran into Persian:
- (a) Shah Rafi-ud-Din
- (b) Shah Waliullah
- (c) Khalifa bin Waleed
- (d) Mullah Ali Quli
Answer: (d) Mullah Ali Quli
12. What is the total length of the coastline of Pakistan?
- (a) 1020 km
- (b) 1040 km
- (c) 1095 km
- (d) 1126 km
Answer: (d) 1126 km
13. The highest lake in the world is:
- (a) Lake Hanna
- (b) Lake Tanganyika
- (c) Lake Toba
- (d) Lake Titicaca
Answer: (d) Lake Titicaca
14. Which continent has no desert?
- (a) Europe
- (b) Africa
- (c) Australia
- (d) North America
Answer: (a) Europe
15. How many members were there in the Constituent Assembly when it was formed?
- (a) 69
- (b) 79
- (c) 59
- (d) 49
Answer: (b) 79
16. The highest peak of the Hindu Kush is:
- (a) Tirich Mir
- (b) Nanga Parbat
- (c) K-2
- (d) Pamir
Answer: (a) Tirich Mir
17. Where did Quaid-e-Azam die in 1948?
- (a) Karachi
- (b) Lahore
- (c) Rawalpindi
- (d) Islamabad
Answer: (a) Karachi
18. The headquarters of which religion is located in:
- (a) Buddhism
- (b) Judaism
- (c) Christianity
- (d) None of these
Answer: (d) None of these
19. Which is the largest sea in the world?
- (a) South China Sea
- (b) Mediterranean Sea
- (c) Black Sea
- (d) Red Sea
Answer: (a) South China Sea
20. Which is the deepest lake in the world?
- (a) Baikal
- (b) Victoria
- (c) Tanganyika
- (d) Superior
Answer: (a) Baikal
21. Which of the following countries has the largest area in the world?
- (a) Canada
- (b) China
- (c) USA
- (d) Russia
Answer: (d) Russia
22. Where was Albert Einstein born?
- (a) UK
- (b) USA
- (c) Germany
- (d) Albania
Answer: (c) Germany
23. Who is the author of “India Wins Freedom”?
- (a) I.H. Qureshi
- (b) M.K. Gandhi
- (c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
- (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: (c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
24. The first census in Pakistan was held in:
- (a) 1948
- (b) 1951
- (c) 1959
- (d) 1961
Answer: (b) 1951
25. The major segment of “Wali” speaking population lives in:
- (a) Punjab
- (b) NWFP
- (c) Azad Kashmir
- (d) Sindh
Answer: (b) NWFP
26. The Eiffel Tower is located in:
- (a) Germany
- (b) France
- (c) Italy
- (d) Australia
Answer: (b) France
27. Napoleon Bonaparte was the King of:
- (a) France
- (b) Italy
- (c) England
- (d) Spain
Answer: (a) France
28. The battle between Muhammad bin Qasim and Raja Dahir was fought in:
- (a) 712
- (b) 711
- (c) 713
- (d) 710
Answer: (b) 711
29. Who is the first woman speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan?
- (a) Fehmida Mirza
- (b) Asma Jahangir
- (c) Hina Rabbani Khar
- (d) Benazir Bhutto
Answer: (a) Fehmida Mirza
30. “Roman” is the language of:
- (a) India
- (b) Arabia
- (c) France
- (d) Bangladesh
Answer: (c) France
31. The agency of Scotland Yard is located in:
- (a) United Kingdom
- (b) Russia
- (c) China
- (d) Australia
Answer: (a) United Kingdom
32. Scotland Yard’s headquarters is located in the city:
- (a) London
- (b) New York
- (c) Tokyo
- (d) Paris
Answer: (a) London
33. Which UN agency has its headquarters in Paris?
- (a) UNICEF
- (b) UNDP
- (c) UNESCO
- (d) FAO
Answer: (c) UNESCO
34. Who was the first Asian to receive the Nobel Prize?
- (a) C.V. Raman
- (b) Rabindranath Tagore
- (c) Mother Teresa
- (d) A.Q. Khan
Answer: (b) Rabindranath Tagore
35. Who invented the steam locomotive?
- (a) Thomas Edison
- (b) George Stephenson
- (c) J.L. Tata
- (d) Alexander Graham Bell
Answer: (b) George Stephenson
36. Which is the largest district of Punjab province?
- (a) Khanewal
- (b) Lahore
- (c) Multan
- (d) Faisalabad
Answer: (c) Multan
37. The highest capital city in the world is:
- (a) Belize
- (b) La Paz
- (c) Quito
- (d) None of these
Answer: (b) La Paz
38. The Riksdag is the Parliament of:
- (a) Iran
- (b) Japan
- (c) Sweden
- (d) United States
Answer: (c) Sweden
39. Masjid Wazir Khan is located in:
- (a) Mianwali
- (b) Faisalabad
- (c) Karachi
- (d) Lahore
Answer: (d) Lahore
40. When did Pakistan win the Cricket World Cup?
- (a) 1992
- (b) 1996
- (c) 1999
- (d) 2003
Answer: (a) 1992
41. Name the king who fell from the horse while playing polo and died.
- (a) Akbar
- (b) Sultan Mahmud
- (c) Muhammad Ghori
- (d) Qutbuddin
Answer: (b) Sultan Mahmud
42. ‘Davis Cup’ is associated with:
- (a) Cricket
- (b) Volleyball
- (c) Football
- (d) Tennis
Answer: (d) Tennis
43. The historical city of Agra is located in:
- (a) Punjab
- (b) Sindh
- (c) Lahore
- (d) Delhi
Answer: (d) Delhi
44. Hepatitis and jaundice are diseases of the:
- (a) Heart
- (b) Brain
- (c) Liver
- (d) Kidney
Answer: (c) Liver
45. Quaid-e-Azam joined the Muslim League in:
- (a) 1913
- (b) 1914
- (c) 1915
- (d) 1916
Answer: (a) 1913
46. Derawar Fort is located near:
- (a) Mohenjo-Daro
- (b) Bahawalpur
- (c) Rahim Yar Khan
- (d) Ahmadpur East
Answer: (b) Bahawalpur
47. Who was the first governor of the State Bank of Pakistan?
- (a) Ishrat Hussain
- (b) Syed Ahmed
- (c) Zahid Hussain
- (d) Rashid Naqvi
Answer: (c) Zahid Hussain
48. An ordinary television set mixes colors by using which three different colors?
- (a) Blue, Green, and Yellow
- (b) Blue, Red, and Yellow
- (c) Blue, Green, and Red
- (d) Green, Black, and Red
Answer: (c) Blue, Green, and Red
49. Hamid Lal Shah is buried in:
- (a) Kalar
- (b) Pakistan
- (c) Sharan
- (d) Multan
Answer: (b) Pakistan
50. Riksdag is the Parliament of:
- (a) Iran
- (b) Japan
- (c) Sweden
- (d) United States
Answer: (c) Sweden
51. Which gas is used in decorative lighting?
- (a) Oxygen
- (b) Hydrogen
- (c) Nitrogen
- (d) Neon
Answer: (d) Neon
52. The Nobel Prize was first awarded in the year:
- (a) 1900
- (b) 1901
- (c) 1904
- (d) 1905
Answer: (b) 1901
53. Changa Manga Forest and National Park is located near:
- (a) Lahore
- (b) Sheikhupura
- (c) Faisalabad
- (d) Sargodha
Answer: (a) Lahore
54. Niagara Falls are situated in:
- (a) Canada
- (b) USA
- (c) Mexico
- (d) None of these
Answer: (a) Canada
55. The first census in Pakistan was held in:
- (a) 1948
- (b) 1951
- (c) 1952
- (d) 1970
Answer: (b) 1951
56. Akbar bought a sweater for Rs. 100 and sold it for Rs. 250. How much profit did Akbar make?
- (a) Rs. 40
- (b) Rs. 20
- (c) Rs. 150
- (d) Rs. 200
Answer: (c) Rs. 150
57. The number whose 20% is 100 is:
- (a) 400
- (b) 500
- (c) 600
- (d) 700
Answer: (b) 500
58. Salaam bought a pair of shoes for Rs. 300 and sold it for Rs. 370. How much profit did Salaam make?
- (a) Rs. 80
- (b) Rs. 70
- (c) Rs. 75
- (d) Rs. 20
Answer: (a) Rs. 70
59. If 80 men dug 4 holes in 12 months, how many men would be required to dig 8 holes in 4 months?
- (a) 160 men
- (b) 40 men
- (c) 60 men
- (d) 100 men
Answer: (d) 100 men
60. If 15 men can do a piece of work in 5 days, how many men will finish it in 10 days?
- (a) 30
- (b) 12
- (c) 16
- (d) 8
Answer: (b) 12
61. 13 men or 6 boys can do a piece of work in 20 days. How many days will 6 men and 8 boys take?
- (a) 6 days
- (b) 8 days
- (c) 9 days
- (d) 20 days
Answer: (b) 8 days
62. The number whose 25% is 150 is:
- (a) 600
- (b) 700
- (c) 750
- (d) 900
Answer: (c) 750
63. 120 men can do a piece of work in 8 days. How many men will finish it in 10 days?
- (a) 150 men
- (b) 180 men
- (c) 120 men
- (d) 90 men
Answer: (d) 90 men
64. Akbar sold his old gun for Rs. 900, which he had bought for Rs. 2500. What is his loss percentage?
- (a) 64%
- (b) 62%
- (c) 74%
- (d) 15%
Answer: (c) 64%
65. This road is 50 km long. We covered a distance of 20 km. What percentage of the distance have we covered?
- (a) 40%
- (b) 50%
- (c) 60%
- (d) 70%
Answer: (a) 40%
66. Identify the correct word:
- (a) Subsistence
- (b) Subsistanc
- (c) Subsistence
- (d) Subsixtence
Answer: (a) Subsistence
67. He looked strong objection _ the proposal:
- (a) on
- (b) to
- (c) against
- (d) with
Answer: (c) against
68. She was mistaken _ a switch:
- (a) for
- (b) by
- (c) with
- (d) from
Answer: (a) for
69. I am badly in need _ money:
- (a) of
- (b) for
- (c) with
- (d) to
Answer: (a) of
70. Adam was married _ Amina:
- (a) by
- (b) to
- (c) with
- (d) for
Answer: (b) to
71. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in:
- (a) America
- (b) Norway
- (c) Sweden
- (d) Denmark
Answer: (b) Norway
72. Which is the deepest ocean in the world?
- (a) Atlantic
- (b) Indian
- (c) Arctic
- (d) Pacific
Answer: (d) Pacific
73. The Manchester of Pakistan is the name of:
- (a) Faisalabad
- (b) Sialkot
- (c) Multan
- (d) Karachi
Answer: (a) Faisalabad
74. Which is the hottest place in Pakistan?
- (a) Sibbi
- (b) Jacobabad
- (c) Larkana
- (d) Mianwali
Answer: (b) Jacobabad
75. The first summit of SAARC was held in 1985 in:
- (a) Dhaka
- (b) Colombo
- (c) Kathmandu
- (d) Islamabad
Answer: (c) Kathmandu
76. The tallest mountain in the world is:
- (a) Mount Everest
- (b) K2
- (c) Kanchenjunga
- (d) Makalu
Answer: (a) Mount Everest
77. The smallest country in the world by area is:
- (a) Monaco
- (b) Vatican City
- (c) San Marino
- (d) Liechtenstein
Answer: (b) Vatican City
78. The Great Wall of China was primarily built to protect against:
- (a) Mongol invasions
- (b) Japanese invasions
- (c) Korean invasions
- (d) Russian invasions
Answer: (a) Mongol invasions
79. The Statue of Liberty was a gift from:
- (a) France
- (b) Italy
- (c) Germany
- (d) Spain
Answer: (a) France
80. The capital of Australia is:
- (a) Sydney
- (b) Melbourne
- (c) Canberra
- (d) Brisbane
Answer: (c) Canberra
81. The United Nations was established in:
- (a) 1943
- (b) 1944
- (c) 1945
- (d) 1946
Answer: (c) 1945
82. The Eiffel Tower was completed in:
- (a) 1887
- (b) 1889
- (c) 1891
- (d) 1899
Answer: (b) 1889
83. The currency of Japan is:
- (a) Won
- (b) Yen
- (c) Ringgit
- (d) Peso
Answer: (b) Yen
84. The official language of Brazil is:
- (a) Spanish
- (b) English
- (c) Portuguese
- (d) French
Answer: (c) Portuguese
85. The longest river in the world is:
- (a) Nile
- (b) Amazon
- (c) Yangtze
- (d) Mississippi
Answer: (a) Nile
86. The Sahara Desert is located in:
- (a) Africa
- (b) Asia
- (c) South America
- (d) Australia
Answer: (a) Africa
87. The Great Barrier Reef is located in:
- (a) Australia
- (b) Philippines
- (c) Indonesia
- (d) Thailand
Answer: (a) Australia
88. The largest ocean on Earth is:
- (a) Atlantic
- (b) Indian
- (c) Arctic
- (d) Pacific
Answer: (d) Pacific
89. The Taj Mahal was built by:
- (a) Akbar
- (b) Shah Jahan
- (c) Aurangzeb
- (d) Babur
Answer: (b) Shah Jahan
90. The currency of the United Kingdom is:
- (a) Dollar
- (b) Euro
- (c) Pound Sterling
- (d) Yen
Answer: (c) Pound Sterling
91. The largest country by area is:
- (a) USA
- (b) China
- (c) Canada
- (d) Russia
Answer: (d) Russia
92. The Mona Lisa is housed in:
- (a) The Louvre
- (b) The Vatican
- (c) The British Museum
- (d) The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Answer: (a) The Louvre
93. The inventor of the telephone was:
- (a) Thomas Edison
- (b) Alexander Graham Bell
- (c) Nikola Tesla
- (d) Michael Faraday
Answer: (b) Alexander Graham Bell
94. The first human to set foot on the Moon was:
- (a) Neil Armstrong
- (b) Buzz Aldrin
- (c) Michael Collins
- (d) Yuri Gagarin
Answer: (a) Neil Armstrong
95. The capital city of Canada is:
- (a) Toronto
- (b) Montreal
- (c) Vancouver
- (d) Ottawa
Answer: (d) Ottawa
96. The primary language spoken in Egypt is:
- (a) Arabic
- (b) English
- (c) French
- (d) Spanish
Answer: (a) Arabic
97. The currency used in India is:
- (a) Rupee
- (b) Dollar
- (c) Euro
- (d) Yen
Answer: (a) Rupee
98. The famous Christ the Redeemer statue is located in:
- (a) Argentina
- (b) Brazil
- (c) Chile
- (d) Peru
Answer: (b) Brazil
99. The largest island in the world is:
- (a) Greenland
- (b) New Guinea
- (c) Borneo
- (d) Madagascar
Answer: (a) Greenland
100. The official language of Switzerland is:
- (a) German
- (b) French
- (c) Italian
- (d) All of the above
Answer: (d) All of the above