1. The boundary commission appointed at the time of Independence was headed by?
A) Lord Wavell
B) Lord Mountbatten
C) Lord Radcliffe
D) Lord Cripps
E) None of these
Answer: C) Lord Radcliffe
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: D) Captain Sarwar Shaheed
3. 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
4. Among the following, which is the oldest English language newspaper of Pakistan?
A) Dawn
B) The News
C) Pakistan Time
D) Frontier Times
Answer: A) Dawn
5. 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
6. What is the Antonym of Virtue?
A) Variable
B) Fraud
C) Crime
D) Vice
Answer: D) Vice
7. The largest district of the Punjab by area is ____?
A) Bahawalpur
B) Rahim Yar Khan
C) Rajanpur
D) Dera Ghazi Khan
Answer: B) Rahim Yar Khan
8. Complete the Proverb “A friend in need is a friend ______.”
A) Not enemy
B) Of others
C) Indeed
D) Of course
Answer: C) Indeed
9. In which battle a tooth (or part of it according to some sources) of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) was broken?
A) Uhad
B) Khandaq
C) Badr
D) Hunain
Answer: A) Uhad
10. After the death of Zia ul Haq on 7th August 1988, who was made the President of Pakistan?
A) Muhammad Khan Junejo
B) Ghulam Ishaq Khan
C) Farooq Ahmad Leghari
D) None
Answer: B) Ghulam Ishaq Khan
11. Name the wife of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) who was 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)
12. Who is the current Head Coach of Pakistan men’s team in Test Cricket?
A) Matthew Hayden
B) Vernon Philander
C) Jason Gillespie
D) None of these
Answer: B) Vernon Philander
13. When did Hazrat Hamza embrace Islam?
A) Seventh Nabvi
B) Sixth Nabvi
C) Fifth Nabvi
D) Eighth Nabvi
Answer: A) Seventh Nabvi
14. Simplify the equation 5 + 2 × 6 ÷ 3 (2)=?
A) 9
B) 13
C) 7
D) 5
Answer: C) 7
15. ابر نیساں کی ترکیب کا مفہوم کیا ہے؟
A) بر بہاری
B) طوفانی بادل
C) آندھی اور بارش
D) ان میں سے کوئی بھی نہیں
Answer: B) طوفانی بادل
16. 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
17. ملی اور قومی شاعری کے بانی کون سے شاعر ہیں؟
A) الطاف حسین حالی
B) مرزا غالب
C) ابراہیم ذوق
D) اختر جعفری
Answer: A) الطاف حسین حالی
18. 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: B) Dr Asif Mahmood Jah
19. علامہ اقبال کا مزار کس شہر میں واقع ہے؟
A) لاہور
B) سیالکوٹ
C) کراچی
D) دہلی
Answer: A) لاہور
20. 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
21. What is the meaning of the proverb “Ho Nahar Barwa Ke Chakne Chakne Paat”?
A) A rainy child finds everything adorable.
B) A rainy child is successful everywhere.
C) An expert is never unsuccessful.
D) An expert is recognized from childhood.
Answer: C) An expert is never unsuccessful.
22. Which of the following novels is written by Mirza Hadi Ruswa?
A) Umrao Jaan Ada
B) Khayaalistan
C) Fasana-e-Azad
D) Ali Pur Ka Aili
Answer: A) Umrao Jaan Ada
23. When did Faiz Ahmed Faiz receive the Lenin Prize?
A) 1960
B) 1961
C) 1962
D) 1963
Answer: C) 1962
24. The poetic form “Haiku” is associated with which country?
A) China
B) Japan
C) Iran
D) Turkey
Answer: B) Japan
25. In which city was Mir Taqi Mir born?
A) Lucknow
B) Delhi
C) Akbarabad
D) Agra
Answer: B) Delhi
26. Complete the idiom: “Every cloud has a silver _______.
A) Halo
B) Rain
C) Lining
D) Shadow
Answer: C) Lining
27. 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: D) Nepal
28. The removal of topsoil by wind or water is called?
A) Erosion
B) Silting
C) Water logging
D) Creeping
Answer: A) Erosion
29. 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
30. Which Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army also concurrently served as Defense Minister in the Cabinet?
A) General Frank Messervy
B) General Ayub Khan
C) General Yahya Khan
D) General Jahangir Khan
Answer: B) General Ayub Khan
31. Which punishment was introduced by Hazrat Umar (RA)?
A) Exile
B) Death
C) Imprisonment
D) Cutting of hands
Answer: C) Imprisonment
32. Pakistan protested against the construction of Baglihar Dam because?
A) It was in violation of the UN Charter
B) It was a violation of the Simla Agreement
C) It was a violation of LOC
D) It was a violation of the Indus Water Treaty
Answer: D) It was a violation of the Indus Water Treaty
33. Which of the following is the second source of Islamic laws?
A) Qiyas
B) Hadith
C) History
D) Ijma
Answer: B) Hadith
34. 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
35. After the death of Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansur, who has been chosen as their leader by the Taliban?
A) Mullah Fazlullah
B) Maulvi Haibatullah Akhundzada
C) Sirajuddin Haqqani
D) Zabihullah Mujahid
Answer: B) Maulvi Haibatullah Akhundzada
36. Bhagat Singh was hanged by the British in _____?
A) Gujranwala
B) Faisalabad
C) Lahore
D) Delhi
Answer: C) Lahore
37. After the secession of East Pakistan to Bangladesh, General Yahya Khan, CMLA, resigned on _____?
A) 17 Dec 1971
B) 18 Dec 1971
C) 19 Dec 1971
D) 20 Dec 1971
Answer: A) 17 Dec 1971
38. Solve the equation 9 – 3 ÷ 1/3 + 1 = _____?
A) 1
B) 3
C) 9
D) None
Answer: D) None
39. Who was the founder of the Usmaniya University of Hyderabad?
A) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
B) Sultan Mahmud
C) Nizam of Hyderabad
D) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
Answer: C) Nizam of Hyderabad
40. The most common form of solar cell is made from which type of silicon?
A) Polycrystalline
B) Monocrystalline
C) Amorphous
D) None
Answer: B) Monocrystalline
41. The poet who introduced the “sonnet” form in Urdu literature is?
A) Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
B) Parveen Shakir
C) Faiz Ahmed Faiz
D) Allama Iqbal
Answer: B) Parveen Shakir
42. Which of the following is an example of a renewable source of energy?
A) Coal
B) Natural Gas
C) Solar Energy
D) Nuclear Energy
Answer: C) Solar Energy
43. “Commonwealth” is a term used to describe?
A) A group of nations
B) A national budget
C) A type of economy
D) A legal system
Answer: A) A group of nations
44. What is the largest land mammal?
A) Elephant
B) Rhinoceros
C) Hippopotamus
D) Giraffe
Answer: A) Elephant
45. The capital of the state of California is?
A) Los Angeles
B) San Francisco
C) Sacramento
D) San Diego
Answer: C) Sacramento
46. The main language of Brazil is?
A) Spanish
B) Portuguese
C) French
D) English
Answer: B) Portuguese
47. The term “Osmosis” is related to?
A) Economics
B) Biology
C) Chemistry
D) Astronomy
Answer: B) Biology
48. What is the main function of the “Liver” in human body?
A) Digestion
B) Respiration
C) Detoxification
D) Circulation
Answer: C) Detoxification
49. The primary color combination that forms Green is?
A) Red and Blue
B) Blue and Yellow
C) Red and Yellow
D) Blue and Black
Answer: B) Blue and Yellow
50. The person who wrote “The Republic” is?
A) Aristotle
B) Plato
C) Socrates
D) Pythagoras
Answer: B) Plato
51. The largest desert in the world is?
A) Sahara
B) Arabian
C) Gobi
D) Kalahari
Answer: A) Sahara
52. The famous “Taj Mahal” is located in?
A) Delhi
B) Mumbai
C) Agra
D) Jaipur
Answer: C) Agra
53. The first manned mission to land on the Moon was?
A) Apollo 11
B) Apollo 12
C) Apollo 13
D) Apollo 14
Answer: A) Apollo 11
54. The chemical symbol for Gold is?
A) Au
B) Ag
C) Pb
D) Fe
Answer: A) Au
55. The primary unit of currency in Japan is?
A) Yen
B) Won
C) Peso
D) Dollar
Answer: A) Yen
56. The Pythagorean theorem is related to which type of triangle?
A) Isosceles
B) Equilateral
C) Right-angled
D) Scalene
Answer: C) Right-angled
57. The process of converting a solid directly into a gas is known as?
A) Melting
B) Sublimation
C) Evaporation
D) Condensation
Answer: B) Sublimation
58. The smallest bone in the human body is located in the?
A) Ear
B) Arm
C) Leg
D) Finger
Answer: A) Ear
59. Who is known as the “Father of Computers”?
A) Charles Babbage
B) Alan Turing
C) John von Neumann
D) Bill Gates
Answer: A) Charles Babbage
60. The current Secretary-General of the United Nations is?
A) Kofi Annan
B) Ban Ki-moon
C) António Guterres
D) Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Answer: C) António Guterres
61. The “Great Wall of China” was primarily built to protect against which group?
A) Mongols
B) Huns
C) Japanese
D) Turks
Answer: A) Mongols
62. Who is the author of “War and Peace”?
A) Leo Tolstoy
B) Fyodor Dostoevsky
C) Anton Chekhov
D) Ivan Turgenev
Answer: A) Leo Tolstoy
63. The smallest planet in the solar system is?
A) Mercury
B) Mars
C) Venus
D) Pluto
Answer: A) Mercury
64. The largest ocean on Earth is?
A) Atlantic Ocean
B) Indian Ocean
C) Arctic Ocean
D) Pacific Ocean
Answer: D) Pacific Ocean
65. Secretary General of 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
66. What is the Antonym of Haughty?
A) Humble
B) Heavy
C) Scared
D) Cowardly
Answer: A) Humble
67. 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
68. What is the Synonym of Imminent?
A) Upcoming
B) Impure
C) Prominent
D) Royal
Answer: A) Upcoming
69. In a row 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
70. What is the Antonym of Paucity?
A) Presence
B) Poverty
C) Abundance
D) Scarcity
Answer: C) Abundance
71. Which of the following is used for disinfection of water?
A) Oxygen
B) Hydrogen
C) Fluorine
D) Chlorine
Answer: D) Chlorine
72. There are 8 mango trees in a straight line. Distance between each tree is 3 meters. What is the distance between the first tree and the eighth tree?
A) 24
B) 27
C) 30
D) 21
Answer: D) 21
73. Name the largest mammal in the world?
A) Elephant
B) Giraffe
C) Octopus
D) Blue Whale
Answer: D) Blue Whale
74. 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
75. 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
76. Quaid-e-Azam resigned from Congress in the year:
A) 1925
B) 1922
C) 1920
D) 1913
Answer: B) 1922
77. 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
78. Who is the current Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan?
A) Ayesha Farooqi
B) Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri
C) Asim Iftikhar
D) Mumtaz Zahra Baloch
Answer: D) Mumtaz Zahra Baloch
79. 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
80. Mangla Dam was constructed on the river:
A) Indus
B) Sutlej
C) Jhelum
D) None of the above
Answer: C) Jhelum
81. Complete the series: 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, _________?
A) 43
B) 47
C) 51
D) 57
Answer: A) 43
82. Which is the National game of Pakistan?
A) Hockey
B) Cricket
C) Badminton
D) Boxing
Answer: A) Hockey
83. What is the age of retirement of a Judge of the Supreme Court in Pakistan?
A) 55
B) 60
C) 62
D) 65
Answer: D) 65
84. The old name of Sahiwal is:
A) Montgomery
B) Jacobabad
C) Lahore
D) Fort Sandeman
Answer: A) Montgomery
85. Common name for Sodium chloride (NaCl) is:
A) Baking soda
B) Sugar
C) Salt
D) None
Answer: C) Salt
86. What was the code name of the first Indian nuclear test at Pokhran in 1974?
A) Shining Shiv
B) Smiling Buddha
C) Bang of Brahma
D) Pokhran Visphot
Answer: B) Smiling Buddha
87. رباعی میں کتنے مصرے ہوتے ہیں؟
A) چار
B) پانچ
C) چھ
D) سات
Answer: A) چار
88. Which is the second highest award after Nishan-e-Haider?
A) Hilal-e-Jurat
B) Nishan-e-Haider
C) Sitara-e-Jurat
D) None
Answer: A) Hilal-e-Jurat
89. 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
90. “Qissa Sohni Mahinwal” was written by ____________?
A) Fazal Shah
B) Hashim Shah
C) Hafiz Barkhurdar
D) None
Answer: B) Hashim Shah
91. Pakistan won a gold medal for the first time in the Olympics in _____?
A) 1960
B) 1964
C) 1968
D) 1972
Answer: B) 1964
92. The First Constituent Assembly of Pakistan was dissolved by Governor General Malik Ghulam Muhammad on ____________?
A) October 24, 1954
B) October 24, 1956
C) October 24, 1955
D) None of these
Answer: A) October 24, 1954
93. 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
94. In which year did the Urdu-Hindi controversy begin?
A) 1867
B) 1868
C) 1866
D) 1860
Answer: D) 1860
95. 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
96. 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
97. Which night is better than a thousand nights?
A) Lailat-ul-Miraj
B) Lailat-ul-Qadar
C) Lailat-ul-Bara’at
D) None of these
Answer: B) Lailat-ul-Qadar
98. Pakistan hosted the second Islamic Summit of OIC in ______:
A) 1963
B) 1969
C) 1971
D) 1974
Answer: B) 1969
99. Macbeth is a drama written by ______?
A) William Shakespeare
B) Charles Dickens
C) Jane Austen
D) John Milton
E) None of these
Answer: A) William Shakespeare
100. Governor of a province is appointed by?
A) Chief Minister
B) Prime Minister
C) President
D) None
Answer: C) President
101. Synonym of Grisly is _____?
A) Earthly
B) Horrible
C) Naughty
D) Falling
Answer: B) Horrible
102. In which district is the archaeological site Harappa located?
A) Multan
B) Sahiwal
C) Sargodha
D) Okara
Answer: B) Sahiwal
103. The first Mughal Emperor Babar’s Tomb is situated in:
A) Agra
B) Kabul
C) Lahore
D) Delhi
Answer: B) Kabul
104. Birds of a feather _______ together.
A) Fly
B) Sit
C) Flock
D) Swim
E) None of the above
Answer: C) Flock