1. Babar came to India originally from _____?
A) Furghana
B) Afghanistan
C) UK
D) None
Answer: A) Furghana
2. The first person in Pakistan who received Nishan-i-Haider was?
A) Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed
B) Major Muhammad Akram Shaheed
C) Major Aziz Bhatti Shaheed
D) Captain Sarwar Shaheed
Answer: A) Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed
3. The book ‘The Sole Spokesman’ is authored by _____?
A) Mubarak Ali
B) Stanley Wolpert
C) Anatol Lieven
D) Ayesha Jalal
Answer: B) Stanley Wolpert
4. The book ‘Daughter of East’ was written by ______?
A) Fatima Jinnah
B) Benazir Bhutto
C) Ghanwa Bhutto
D) Begum Raina Liaqat Ali Khan
E) None of these
Answer: B) Benazir Bhutto
5. The synonym of ‘Paucity’ is?
A) Abundance
B) Scarcity
C) Stoppage
D) Quickness
E) None
Answer: B) Scarcity
6. Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy won an Oscar Award for the second time for her documentary movie titled _______?
A) Saving Face
B) Road to Forgiveness
C) In the Line of Duty
D) A Girl in the River
Answer: D) A Girl in the River
7. Complete the Proverb “A friend in need is a friend ______.”
A) Not enemy
B) Of others
C) Indeed
D) Of course
Answer: C) Indeed
8. Name the wife of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) who was the daughter of Umar Farooq (R.A)?
A) Hazrat Hafsah (رضہ)
B) Hazrat Juwairyyah (رضہ)
C) Hazrat Aisha (رضہ)
D) Hazrat Maimoonah (رضہ)
Answer: A) Hazrat Hafsah (رضہ)
9. Baglihar Dam is constructed by India on which river?
A) Sutlej
B) Ravi
C) Jhelum
D) Chenab
Answer: C) Jhelum
10. Who is the current Head Coach of the Pakistan men’s team in Test Cricket?
A) Matthew Hayden
B) Vernon Philander
C) Jason Gillespie
D) None of these
Answer: B) Vernon Philander
11. When did Hazrat Hamza embrace Islam?
A) Seventh Nabvi
B) Sixth Nabvi
C) Fifth Nabvi
D) Eighth Nabvi
Answer: B) Sixth Nabvi
12. “دو گز زمین بھی نہ ملی کوئے یار میں” یہ مصرعہ کس شاعر کا ہے؟
A) مرزا غالب
B) میر تقی میر
C) بہادر شاہ ظفر
D) احمد فراز
Answer: B) میر تقی میر
13. Who is the Current Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) of Pakistan?
A) Justice (R) Allah Nawaz
B) Dr Asif Mahmood Jah
C) Justice (R) Saleem Akhtar
D) None of these
Answer: C) Justice (R) Saleem Akhtar
14. پکائی تھی کھیر ہو گیا دلیا ۔ اس ضرب المثل سے کیا مراد ہے؟
A) بنابنایا کام بگڑ جانا
B) کام برا نتیجہ نکلنا
C) شیخی خور آدمی کو شرمندہ کرنا
D) ای اور بی دونوں
Answer: A) بنابنایا کام بگڑ جانا
15. ہو نہار بروا کے چکنے چکنے پات، اس ضرب مثل سے کیا مراد ہے؟
A) ہو نہار بچے کی ہر بات پیاری لگتی ہے۔
B) ہو نہار بچہ ہر جگہ کامیاب رہتا ہے۔
C) ہنر مند کبھی ناکام نہیں ہوتا۔
D) ہنر مند بچپن ہی سے پہچانا جاتا ہے۔
Answer: D) ہنر مند بچپن ہی سے پہچانا جاتا ہے۔
16. فیض احمد فیض کو لینن پرائز کب ملا؟
A) 1960
B) 1961
C) 1962
D) 1963
Answer: C) 1962
17. شاعری کی صنف ہائیکو کا تعلق کس ملک سے ہے؟
A) چین
B) جاپان
C) ایران
D) ترکی
Answer: B) جاپان
18. Complete the Idiom “Every cloud has a silver _______.”
A) Halo
B) Rain
C) Lining
D) Shadow
Answer: C) Lining
19. Following devastating floods, Pakistan on 24 May 2016 dispatched relief goods and a mobile hospital to which country in South Asia?
A) Maldives
B) Sri Lanka
C) Bangladesh
D) Nepal
Answer: B) Sri Lanka
20. Removal of top soil by wind or water is called?
A) Erosion
B) Silting
C) Water logging
D) Creeping
Answer: A) Erosion
21. Name the Prime Minister of Turkey who resigned early in May 2016.
A) Binali Yildirim
B) Ahmet Davutoglu
C) Abdullah Gul
D) Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Answer: B) Ahmet Davutoglu
22. Which punishment was introduced by Hazrat Umar (RA)?
A) Exile
B) Death
C) Imprisonment
D) Cutting of hands
Answer: D) Cutting of hands
23. A Barometer is a device used to measure ______?
A) Humidity
B) Atmospheric Pressure
C) Room Temperature
D) Salt in sea water
Answer: B) Atmospheric Pressure
24. Bhagat Singh was hanged by the British in _____?
A) Gujranwala
B) Faisalabad
C) Lahore
D) Delhi
Answer: C) Lahore
25. The concept of Carbon Credits originated from which of the following?
A) Gary Summit, Rio de Janeiro
B) Kyoto Protocol
C) Montreal Protocol
D) Conference of Parties (COP) 19
Answer: B) Kyoto Protocol
26. Pakistan has recently applied to become a member of the NSG. What does NSG stand for?
A) Nuclear Suppliers Group
B) Nuclear Support Group
C) Nuclear Strategic Group
D) Non-Nuclear Suppliers Group
Answer: A) Nuclear Suppliers Group
27. Complete the Proverb “Fortune favours the ______ “?
A) Rich
B) Poor
C) Innocent
D) Bold
Answer: D) Bold
28. What is the Antonym of Opaque?
A) Misty
B) Shiny
C) Covered
D) Transparent
Answer: D) Transparent
29. Hazrat Imam Hussain’s (RA) title was _____?
A) Shabbir
B) Shabbar
C) Saifullah
D) None of these
Answer: A) Shabbir
30. Before giving up singing, Junaid Jamshed was part of which group music?
A) Strings
B) Vital Signs
C) Janoon
D) Fuzon
Answer: B) Vital Signs
31. In which province is the town Dalbandin located?
A) Punjab
B) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
C) Sindh
D) Balochistan
Answer: D) Balochistan
32. Complete the number series 4, 9, 13, 22, 35, _____?
A) 57
B) 70
C) 63
D) 75
Answer: A) 57
33. The disease Diphtheria affects which part of the human body?
A) Lungs
B) Intestines
C) Throat
D) Joints
Answer: C) Throat
34. If two angles of a triangle are 60 degrees each, what is the value of the third angle?
A) 46 degrees
B) 50 degrees
C) 80 degrees
D) 60 degrees
Answer: C) 60 degrees
35. Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, belongs to which country?
A) Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
B) Republic of Korea
C) Vietnam
D) Singapore
Answer: B) Republic of Korea
36. What is the Antonym of Haughty?
A) Humble
B) Heavy
C) Scared
D) Cowardly
Answer: A) Humble
37. The World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) conference was held on 23-24 May, 2016 in ______?
A) Cairo, Egypt
B) New York, USA
C) Istanbul, Turkey
D) Paris, France
Answer: C) Istanbul, Turkey
38. In a row, if a student is standing 13th from the right and 8th from the left, how many students are there in total?
A) 18
B) 19
C) 20
D) 21
Answer: D) 21
39. Which of the following is used for disinfection of water?
A) Oxygen
B) Hydrogen
C) Fluorine
D) Chlorine
Answer: D) Chlorine
40. There are 8 mango trees in a straight line. The distance between each tree is 3 meters. What is the distance between the first tree and the eighth tree?
A) 24 meters
B) 27 meters
C) 30 meters
D) 21 meters
Answer: B) 21 meters
41. If 10 cats catch 10 rats in 10 seconds, how many cats are required to catch 100 rats in 100 seconds?
A) 100
B) 10
C) 20
D) 50
Answer: B) 10
42. Who is the author of the book “Kashmir: A Disputed Legacy”?
A) Alistair Lamb
B) Josef Korbel
C) Lawrence Ziring
D) Dr. Akbar S. Ahmad
Answer: A) Alistair Lamb
43. Which poet received the Lenin Peace Prize?
A) Allama Iqbal
B) Rabindranath Tagore
C) Faiz Ahmed Faiz
D) Ahmad Faraz
Answer: C) Faiz Ahmed Faiz
44. If
, then
A) 4
B) 5
C) 6
D) 8
Answer: A) 4
45. Quaid-e-Azam resigned from Congress in the year:
A) 1925
B) 1922
C) 1920
D) 1913
Answer: B) 1920
46. Solve for
:
A) 4
B) -4
C) -2
D) 2
Answer: D) 2
47. Who is the current Governor of Balochistan?
A) Abdul Wali Kakar
B) Mir Jan Mohammad Jamali
C) Jaffar Khan Mandokhail
D) None of these
Answer: A) Abdul Wali Kakar
48. Gas can be converted into liquid by?
A) Cooling
B) Heating
C) Both A and B
D) None
Answer: A) Cooling
49. Which country started the first newspaper in the world?
A) China
B) USA
C) United Kingdom
D) Germany
Answer: A) China
50. What was the election symbol of Fatima Jinnah in the Presidential Election 1965?
A) Laltain
B) Moon
C) Star
D) None
Answer: A) Laltain
51. What is the similar meaning word of “Virtue”?
A) Vice
B) Appropriate
C) Evil
D) Goodness
Answer: D) Goodness
52. I was surprised by the large ________ people who came.
A) Number of
B) Amount of
C) Sum of
D) None of these
Answer: A) Number of
53. Taliban opened an office in which country?
A) Doha
B) Turkey
C) America
D) None of these
Answer: A) Doha
54. The only Pakistani who has served as president of the UN’s General Assembly is?
A) Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan
B) Pitras Bukhari
C) Hussain Haroon
D) Maleeha Lodhi
Answer: A) Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan
55. Mangla Dam was constructed on which river?
A) Indus
B) Sutlej
C) Jhelum
D) None of the above
Answer: C) Jhelum
56. Which is the National game of Pakistan?
A) Hockey
B) Cricket
C) Badminton
D) Boxing
Answer: A) Hockey
57. What is the age of retirement for a Judge of the Supreme Court in Pakistan?
A) 55
B) 60
C) 62
D) 65
Answer: D) 65
58. Harappa is located in which division of Pakistan?
A) Sahiwal Division
B) Pakpattan Division
C) Sargodha Division
D) None
Answer: A) Sahiwal Division
59. Sohni Mahiwal is written by ___________?
A) Fazal Shah Sayyad
B) Khawaja Khan
C) Ishaq Shamim
D) Hafiz Barkhurdar
Answer: A) Fazal Shah Sayyad
60. The antonym of ‘Frugal’ is?
A) Rich
B) Miserable
C) Happy
D) Extravagant
Answer: D) Extravagant
61. Which is the World’s tallest mammal?
A) Ostrich
B) Brown bears
C) Camels
D) Giraffe
Answer: D) Giraffe
62. The Old name of Sahiwal is
A) Montgomery
B) Jacob Abad
C) Lahore
D) Fort Sandeman
Answer: A) Montgomery
63. Common name for Sodium chloride (NaCl) is?
A) Baking soda
B) Sugar
C) Salt
D) None
Answer: C) Salt
64. Who succeeded Zia Ul Haque as President of Pakistan?
A) Rafiq Tarar
B) Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari
C) Ghulam Ishaq Khan
D) Benazir Bhutto
Answer: C) Ghulam Ishaq Khan
65. رباعی میں کتنے مصرے ہوتے ہیں؟
A) چار
B) پانچ
C) چھ
D) سات
Answer: A) چار
66. Which is the second highest award after Nishan-e-Haider?
A) Hilal-i-Jurat
B) Nishan-i-Haider
C) Sitara-i-Jurat
D) None
Answer: A) Hilal-i-Jurat
67. Wana is the main town of which Agency in FATA?
A) North Waziristan
B) South Waziristan
C) Khyber Agency
D) None
Answer: B) South Waziristan
68. Who chanted the slogan of “Divide and Quit India”?
A) Allama Iqbal
B) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Nelson Mandela
Answer: B) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
69. Where was the second OIC Summit Conference held?
A) Lahore
B) Islamabad
C) Karachi
D) None of the above
Answer: B) Islamabad
70. Pakistan won a gold medal for the first time in Olympics in _____?
A) 1960
B) 1964
C) 1968
D) 1972
Answer: D) 1968
71. Who was the first Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Army?
A) Gen. George Murphy
B) G.M. Ayub Khan
C) Gen. Frank Meservy
D) Gen. Sadique Chaudhry
E) None of these
Answer: C) Gen. Frank Meservy
72. Who is the current chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)?
A) Ramiz Raja
B) Ehsan Mani
C) Najam Sethi
D) Syed Mohsin Naqvi
E) Zaka Ashraf
Answer: E) Zaka Ashraf
73. In which year did the Urdu-Hindi controversy occur?
A) 1867
B) 1868
C) 1866
D) 1860
Answer: A) 1867
74. Sohni Mahiwal is the love story of __________?
A) Sindhi
B) Punjabi
C) Pushto
D) Siraki
Answer: B) Punjabi
75. Richter Scale is used for measuring?
A) Rainfall
B) Magnitude of velocity
C) Magnitude of earthquakes
D) Water level in the dam
Answer: C) Magnitude of earthquakes
76. Which article of the Constitution of Pakistan deals with Kashmir?
A) 157
B) 257
C) 45
D) 225
Answer: B) 257
77. Which country won the second ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in 2009?
A) India
B) Australia
C) Pakistan
D) England
E) New Zealand
Answer: C) Pakistan
78. The National Flag of Pakistan was designed by:
A) Hafeez Jalandhri
B) Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chaghla
C) Amir udin Kidwai
D) Hafiz Jalandhri
Answer: B) Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chaghla
79. President Yahya Khan, while addressing the Nation, announced the issuance of the Legal Framework Order on
A) Nov 25, 1969
B) Nov 28, 1969
C) Nov 30, 1969
D) None of these
Answer: B) Nov 28, 1969
80. Which is the best night mentioned in the Holy Quran?
A) Shab-e-Qadar
B) Shab-e-Miraj
C) Shab-e-Bara’at
D) All of these
E) None of these
Answer: A) Shab-e-Qadar
81. According to Islamic law, the share of a wife in property is:
A) 2/3rd
B) 1/8th
C) Half
D) None of these
Answer: B) 1/8th
82. The country Panama is situated in:
A) North America
B) Central America
C) South America
D) None of the above
E) Asia
Answer: B) Central America
83. How many Muslims participated in the Battle of Uhad?
A) 200
B) 400
C) 600
D) 1000
Answer: C) 600
84. Pakistan conducted its first nuclear test in:
A) Turbat
B) Chaghi
C) Quetta
D) None of the above
Answer: B) Chaghi
85. In which cave did Muhammad PBUH stay during the migration from Makkah to Madina?
A) Ghar e Sor
B) Ghar e Hira
C) Gar Alperovitz
D) None
Answer: B) Ghar e Hira
86. Synonym of Grisly is _____?
A) Earthly
B) Horrible
C) Naughty
D) Falling
Answer: B) Horrible
87. Birds of a feather _______ together.
A) Fly
B) Sit
C) Flock
D) Swim
E) None of the above
Answer: C) Flock
88. Who was the hero of the 1857 war?
A) Bakhth Khan
B) Tipu Sultan
C) Bhadur Shah Zafar
D) None
Answer: A) Bakhth Khan
89. Correct spelling: imminant, emminent, immenant, imminent
A) Imminant
B) Emminent
C) Immenant
D) Imminent
Answer: D) Imminent
90. Synonym of FRUGAL
A) Thrifty
B) Healthy
C) Miserly
D) None
Answer: A) Thrifty
91. Protein fibers like actin and myosin take part in muscle:
A) Repair
B) Formation
C) Expansion
D) Contraction
Answer: D) Contraction
92. کتنے بدنصیب ظفر دفن کے لئے دو گز زمین بھی نہ ملی؟
A) اغیار میں
B) ہندوستاں میں
C) کوئے یار میں
D) بغل میں
E) کونے میں
Answer: C) کوئے یار میں
93. کیا آپ بتا سکتے ہیں کہ میر تقی میر کے کلیات میں غزلوں کے کتنے دیوان ہیں؟
A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 9
Answer: C) 7
94. The Memogate controversy is also called?
A) Mullen memo controversy
B) Pakistan memo controversy
C) Dawn memo controversy
D) Haqani memo controversy
Answer: D) Haqani memo controversy
95. Complete the series: 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12 ___.
A) 15
B) 10
C) 18
D) 16
Answer: B) 10
96. اُمراؤ جان ادا کس کی تحریر ہے؟
A) علامہ اقبال
B) مرزا ہادی رسوا
C) مرزا غالب
D) کوئی بھی نہیں
Answer: B) مرزا ہادی رسوا
97. The word “Imminent” means what?
A) Close
B) Far
C) Distance
D) All Of The Above
E) None Of The Above
Answer: A) Close