General Knowledge And Islamic Studies Past Papers MCQs
1. Peru is a country of _____ America:
- (A) North
- (B) South
- (C) Central
- (D) West
- ✅ (D) West
2. Nelson Mandela was born in:
- (A) 1915
- (B) 1916
- (C) 1917
- (D) 1918
- ✅ (D) 1918
3. Quaid-e-Azam took admission in Lincoln’s Inn in:
- (A) 1892
- (B) 1893
- (C) 1894
- (D) 1895
- ✅ (B) 1893
4. Rabat is the capital of:
- (A) Tunisia
- (B) Algeria
- (C) Morocco
- (D) Egypt
- ✅ (C) Morocco
5. British killed Lakshmi in:
- (A) 1857
- (B) 1858
- (C) 1859
- (D) 1860
- ✅ (B) 1858
6. When was Punjab annexed by Britain?
- (A) 1846
- (B) 1847
- (C) 1848
- (D) 1849
- ✅ (D) 1849
7. Crimea is an independent state _____ of Ukraine:
- (A) North
- (B) South
- (C) East
- (D) West
- ✅ (B) South
8. Russia attacked Georgia in:
- (A) 2005
- (B) 2006
- (C) 2007
- (D) 2008
- ✅ (D) 2008
9. International Food Day is observed on:
- (A) 10 October
- (B) 12 October
- (C) 14 October
- (D) 16 October
- ✅ (D) 16 October
10. During the Second World War, the British Prime Minister was:
- (A) Neville Chamberlain
- (B) Winston S. Churchill
- (C) Harold Macmillan
- (D) Clement Attlee
- ✅ (B) Winston S. Churchill
11. Simla Conference was held in:
- (A) 1943
- (B) 1944
- (C) 1945
- (D) 1946
- ✅ (C) 1945
12. The Cabinet Mission delegation consisted of _____ members:
- (A) 2
- (B) 3
- (C) 4
- (D) 5
- ✅ (B) 3
13. There are _____ member states in the United Nations:
- (A) 190
- (B) 191
- (C) 192
- (D) 193
- ✅ (D) 193
14. Quaid-e-Millat Liaquat Ali Khan was murdered on _____ October 1951:
- (A) 14 October
- (B) 15 October
- (C) 16 October
- (D) 17 October
- ✅ (C) 16 October
15. Hanna Lake is located in:
- (A) Sindh
- (B) Punjab
- (C) KPK
- (D) Balochistan
- ✅ (D) Balochistan
16. Mossad is an intelligence agency of:
- (A) USA
- (B) Russia
- (C) Israel
- (D) Germany
- ✅ (C) Israel
17. The second-largest ocean in the world is:
- (A) Pacific Ocean
- (B) Atlantic Ocean
- (C) Indian Ocean
- (D) Arctic Ocean
- ✅ (B) Atlantic Ocean
18. Water covers about _____ of the Earth’s surface:
- (A) 50%
- (B) 60%
- (C) 70%
- (D) 75%
- ✅ (D) 75%
19. The paper used in fax machines is called:
- (A) A4 paper
- (B) Glossy paper
- (C) Thermal paper
- (D) Carbon paper
- ✅ (C) Thermal paper
20. The head of the Senate is called:
- (A) Speaker
- (B) President
- (C) Chairman
- (D) Prime Minister
- ✅ (C) Chairman
21. Who invented the light bulb?
- (A) Alexander Graham Bell
- (B) Thomas Edison
- (C) Nikola Tesla
- (D) Michael Faraday
- ✅ (B) Thomas Edison
22. The capital city of South Sudan is:
- (A) Juba
- (B) Nairobi
- (C) Khartoum
- (D) Kampala
- ✅ (A) Juba
23. The Indus Basin Treaty was signed in:
- (A) 1950
- (B) 1955
- (C) 1960
- (D) 1965
- ✅ (C) 1960
24. Who led the Khilafat Movement?
- (A) Allama Iqbal
- (B) Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar
- (C) Quaid-e-Azam
- (D) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
- ✅ (B) Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar
25. Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of Partition?
- (A) Lord Curzon
- (B) Lord Ripon
- (C) Lord Mountbatten
- (D) Lord Wavell
- ✅ (C) Lord Mountbatten
26. The highest peak of the Hindu Kush is:
- (A) K2
- (B) Nanga Parbat
- (C) Tirich Mir
- (D) Rakaposhi
- ✅ (C) Tirich Mir
27. The height of Nanga Parbat is:
- (A) 8100 meters
- (B) 8125 meters
- (C) 8150 meters
- (D) 8200 meters
- ✅ (B) 8125 meters
28. When was the 1956 constitution implemented?
- (A) 14 August
- (B) 23 March
- (C) 1 January
- (D) 15 December
- ✅ (B) 23 March
29. The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) was founded in:
- (A) 1975
- (B) 1980
- (C) 1985
- (D) 1990
- ✅ (C) 1985
30. The total length of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border is:
- (A) 2000 km
- (B) 2252 km
- (C) 2500 km
- (D) 2750 km
- ✅ (B) 2252 km
31. The Gulf Cooperation Council consists of _____ member states:
- (A) 4
- (B) 5
- (C) 6
- (D) 7
- ✅ (C) 6
32. Which pass links Pakistan and China via the Silk Route?
- (A) Khyber Pass
- (B) Bolan Pass
- (C) Khunjerab Pass
- (D) Lowari Pass
- ✅ (C) Khunjerab Pass
33. Most dry fruits in Pakistan are cultivated in which province?
- (A) Punjab
- (B) Sindh
- (C) KPK
- (D) Balochistan
- ✅ (D) Balochistan
34. When was the first Five-Year Plan started in Pakistan?
- (A) 1950
- (B) 1953
- (C) 1955
- (D) 1958
- ✅ (C) 1955
35. Who was the first Secretary-General of the UN?
- (A) Dag Hammarskjöld
- (B) Trygve Lie
- (C) U Thant
- (D) Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
- ✅ (B) Trygve Lie
36. The First Round Table Conference was held in:
- (A) Delhi
- (B) London
- (C) Karachi
- (D) Lahore
- ✅ (B) London
37. How many seats did the All India Muslim League win in the Central Legislative Assembly in the 1945 elections in India?
- (A) 20
- (B) 25
- (C) 30
- (D) 35
- ✅ (C) 30
38. Gandhi raised the slogan of “Quit India.” Which slogan did Quaid-e-Azam raise to counter it?
- (A) Separate and Survive
- (B) Divide and Quit
- (C) Pakistan Zindabad
- (D) Freedom Now
- ✅ (B) Divide and Quit
39. “Yaum-e-Takbeer” in Pakistan is celebrated on:
- (A) 6 September
- (B) 23 March
- (C) 28 May
- (D) 14 August
- ✅ (C) 28 May
40. The largest cricket stadium in the world is:
- (A) Lord’s, England
- (B) Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia
- (C) Eden Gardens, India
- (D) National Stadium, Karachi
- ✅ (B) Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia
41. In which Surah is the obligation of ablution described?
- (A) Al-Baqarah
- (B) Al-Maida
- (C) Al-Nisa
- (D) Al-Anfal
- ✅ (B) Al-Maida
42. Which one of the following is considered to be one of the “Fathers of the Internet”?
- (A) Bill Gates
- (B) Tim Berners-Lee
- (C) Steve Jobs
- (D) Vinton Gray Cerf
- ✅ (D) Vinton Gray Cerf
43. The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) consisted of:
- (A) Five agencies
- (B) Six agencies
- (C) Seven agencies
- (D) Eight agencies
- ✅ (C) Seven agencies
44. “Qazaf” means:
- (A) False accusation of theft
- (B) False accusation of adultery
- (C) False testimony
- (D) Defamation
- ✅ (B) False accusation of adultery
45. If A and B together can complete a job in 15 days and B alone can complete it in 20 days, in how many days can A alone complete the job?
- (A) 30
- (B) 40
- (C) 50
- (D) 60
- ✅ (D) 60
46. In Information Technology, what does HTML stand for?
- (A) Hyper Transfer Markup Language
- (B) Hyper Text Markup Language
- (C) High Transfer Machine Language
- (D) Hyper Tool Markup Language
- ✅ (B) Hyper Text Markup Language
47. The head office of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is located in:
- (A) Tokyo
- (B) Dubai
- (C) Beijing
- (D) Singapore
- ✅ (C) Beijing
48. The UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan was established to report on ceasefire violations in:
- (A) 1947
- (B) 1948
- (C) 1949
- (D) 1950
- ✅ (C) 1949
49. The ruling Muslim dynasty of India from 1320 to 1414 AD was:
- (A) Slave Dynasty
- (B) Tughlaq Dynasty
- (C) Lodhi Dynasty
- (D) Mughal Dynasty
- ✅ (B) Tughlaq Dynasty
50. The tragic incident of Karbala took place in Muharram in which Hijri year?
- (A) 50 AH
- (B) 55 AH
- (C) 61 AH
- (D) 70 AH
- ✅ (C) 61 AH