PPSC General Knowledge Questions with Answers

  • Bogotá is the capital of? Colombia

  • First Prime Minister of England? Robert Walpole (note: correct spelling; served 1721–1742)

  • “Dasht-e-Lut” desert is in? Iran

  • Diseases related to Coronavirus? Both A and B

  • Muslim countries in ASEAN? 3 (Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei)

  • Paradise Lost author? John Milton

  • Air Commodore Muhammad Mahmood Alam died? 18 March 2013

  • Air Commodore Muhammad Mahmood Alam born? 6 July 1935

  • Number of prisons in Punjab (Pakistan)? 40

  • Harvard University is in which U.S. state? Massachusetts

  • National animal of Democratic Republic of the Congo? Okapi

  • National animal of Austria? Eagle (specifically, the golden eagle)

  • Young Blue Hole (YBH) depth? 300 m

  • Capital of Tonga? Nukuʻalofa

  • Tarawa is the capital of? Kiribati

  • Buka is the capital of? Bougainville

  • Papua New Guinea got independence in 1975 from? Australia

  • National animal of Mongolia? Przewalski’s Horse

  • “Kouprey” is the national animal of? Cambodia

  • International Committee of the Red Cross founded by? Henry Dunant

  • Chennai is the new name of? Madras

  • Albert Einstein was born in? Germany (Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg)

  • Width of badminton court for singles? 5.18 meters

  • Who constructed the Suez Canal? Ferdinand de Lesseps

  • Asteroid between Mars & Jupiter named after which Pakistani personality? Malala Yousafzai

  • International Women’s Year observed by UNO in? 1975

  • Old name of Korea? Choson (also spelled Joseon)

  • Landlocked countries in South America? 2 (Paraguay and Bolivia)

  • Country with three capitals? South Africa (Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein)

  • Younis Khan Sports Complex is in? Waziristan

  • Master of Greek comedy? Aristophanes

  • British Members of European Parliament? 73 (before Brexit)

  • Ruler of District Dir at Independence? Nawab Shah Jehan Khan

  • District Dir merged into Pakistan in? 1969

  • Capital of Malawi? Lilongwe

  • Capital of Kosovo? Pristina (note spelling correction from “Pristine”)

  • Largest city of South Africa? Johannesburg (not Cape Town)

  • Continents with no landlocked countries? North America, Australia, Antarctica (not “All”)

  • Old name of Jordan? Transjordan

  • Old name of Algeria? Numidia

  • National animal of China? Giant Panda

  • Country called “Land of Palms”? Brazil

  • Capital of Bangladesh? Dhaka

  • A quadrillion has how many zeros? 15 zeros

  • Country that won ICC Women’s T20 World Cup most times? Australia

  • Australian women’s cricket team won T20 World Cup how many times (2009–2020)? 5

  • Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 was the? 7th

  • Poetry first written by Allama Iqbal in Persian, later translated into Urdu by demand? Bang-e-Dara

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