General Knowledge And Islamic Studies MCQs with Answers
1. A Portuguese explorer discovered the sea route from Europe to India:
- (A) Ferdinand Magellan
- (B) Christopher Columbus
- (C) Vasco Da Gama
- (D) Bartolomeu Dias
- ✅ (C) Vasco Da Gama
2. Harappa is a city in Punjab, about 24 km southwest of:
- (A) Lahore
- (B) Multan
- (C) Sahiwal
- (D) Faisalabad
- ✅ (C) Sahiwal
3. The headquarters of the International Court of Justice is situated in:
- (A) Geneva
- (B) The Hague
- (C) New York
- (D) Paris
- ✅ (B) The Hague
4. In which province is the town of Dalbandin located?
- (A) Punjab
- (B) Sindh
- (C) KPK
- (D) Balochistan
- ✅ (D) Balochistan
5. Lack of vitamin C causes:
- (A) Rickets
- (B) Scurvy
- (C) Beriberi
- (D) Night blindness
- ✅ (B) Scurvy
6. What is the meaning of “Itikaf”?
- (A) Charity
- (B) Seclusion
- (C) Prayer
- (D) Pilgrimage
- ✅ (B) Seclusion
7. The capital city of Albania is:
- (A) Tbilisi
- (B) Tirana
- (C) Sofia
- (D) Belgrade
- ✅ (B) Tirana
8. In which year was Nelson Mandela of South Africa awarded Nishan-e-Pakistan?
- (A) 1990
- (B) 1992
- (C) 1994
- (D) 1996
- ✅ (B) 1992
9. Islam was declared as the state religion under the:
- (A) Constitution of 1956
- (B) Constitution of 1962
- (C) Constitution of 1973
- (D) None of these
- ✅ (C) Constitution of 1973
10. Who scored the first cricket Test century for Pakistan in 1952?
- (A) Hanif Mohammad
- (B) Nazar Mohammad
- (C) Imtiaz Ahmed
- (D) Fazal Mahmood
- ✅ (B) Nazar Mohammad
11. Optical Fiber Systems are used in:
- (A) Power Supply
- (B) Telecommunication systems
- (C) Medical Research
- (D) Road Construction
- ✅ (B) Telecommunication systems
12. Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy was:
- (A) A scientist
- (B) Prime Minister of Pakistan
- (C) A poet
- (D) Chief of Army Staff
- ✅ (B) Prime Minister of Pakistan
13. Ahmed Shah Masoud was a prominent leader of the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan. To which ethnic group did he belong?
- (A) Pashtun
- (B) Tajik
- (C) Uzbek
- (D) Hazara
- ✅ (B) Tajik
14. What is Sonia Gandhi’s relationship with Mahatma Gandhi?
- (A) Daughter
- (B) Granddaughter
- (C) No Family Relationship
- (D) Niece
- ✅ (C) No Family Relationship
15. Which Prime Minister of India received the Nishan-e-Pakistan award?
- (A) Jawaharlal Nehru
- (B) Indira Gandhi
- (C) Morarji Desai
- (D) Manmohan Singh
- ✅ (C) Morarji Desai (1990)
16. Which Prophet was titled as “Zabeeh Ullah”?
- (A) Hazrat Ibrahim (A.S)
- (B) Hazrat Ismaeel (A.S)
- (C) Hazrat Musa (A.S)
- (D) Hazrat Yusuf (A.S)
- ✅ (B) Hazrat Ismaeel (A.S)
17. “Bait-e-Rizwan” was made to take revenge for:
- (A) Hazrat Umar (R.A)
- (B) Hazrat Usman (R.A)
- (C) Hazrat Bilal (R.A)
- (D) Hazrat Ali (R.A)
- ✅ (B) Hazrat Usman (R.A)
18. Who succeeded President Zia-ul-Haq as the President of Pakistan?
- (A) Benazir Bhutto
- (B) Ghulam Ishaq Khan
- (C) Nawaz Sharif
- (D) Pervez Musharraf
- ✅ (B) Ghulam Ishaq Khan
19. To copy a picture of the screen to the clipboard, use:
- (A) Shift + C
- (B) Ctrl + P
- (C) Print Screen Key
- (D) Alt + Tab
- ✅ (C) Print Screen Key
20. A small town in Sindh, “Keti Bunder,” is famous for:
- (A) Textile Industry
- (B) Fish Harbour
- (C) Agriculture
- (D) Handicrafts
- ✅ (B) Fish Harbour
21. UPS is now widely used in households. What does UPS stand for?
- (A) Unstoppable Power Supply
- (B) Universal Power Source
- (C) Uninterruptible Power Supply
- (D) Ultimate Power Solution
- ✅ (C) Uninterruptible Power Supply
22. Jaundice is a disease in which the color of the skin becomes:
- (A) Reddish
- (B) Yellowish
- (C) Bluish
- (D) Greenish
- ✅ (B) Yellowish
23. Pakistan joined the UNO in:
- (A) 1945
- (B) 1947
- (C) 1949
- (D) 1951
- ✅ (B) 1947
24. Reykjavik is the capital city of:
- (A) Finland
- (B) Denmark
- (C) Iceland
- (D) Norway
- ✅ (C) Iceland
25. The capital of the Byzantine Empire was:
- (A) Rome
- (B) Constantinople
- (C) Athens
- (D) Alexandria
- ✅ (B) Constantinople
26. The first President of the Palestinian Authority, Yasir Arafat, died on:
- (A) 9th October 2004
- (B) 11th November 2004
- (C) 15th December 2004
- (D) 20th January 2005
- ✅ (B) 11th November 2004
27. The phenomenon of the ‘Arab Spring’ was sparked by the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, a fruit-seller in:
- (A) Egypt
- (B) Syria
- (C) Tunisia
- (D) Libya
- ✅ (C) Tunisia
28. The imaginary line of zero-degree longitude, which passes through Greenwich, is called:
- (A) Equator
- (B) Tropic of Cancer
- (C) Prime Meridian
- (D) Arctic Circle
- ✅ (C) Prime Meridian
29. The famous book “East of Eden” is written by:
- (A) Ernest Hemingway
- (B) F. Scott Fitzgerald
- (C) John Steinbeck
- (D) Mark Twain
- ✅ (C) John Steinbeck
30. Bastille Day commemorates the storming of the Bastille fortress-prison, a symbol of revolutionary uprising in:
- (A) Russia
- (B) Germany
- (C) France
- (D) Spain
- ✅ (C) France
31. The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is headed by:
- (A) UN Secretary-General
- (B) NATO Commander
- (C) Host nation’s head of state
- (D) European Parliament
- ✅ (C) Host nation’s head of state
32. “Sui generis” is a Latin term meaning:
- (A) New beginning
- (B) Unique
- (C) Outdated
- (D) Philosophical
- ✅ (B) Unique
33. The Strait of Hormuz falls between:
- (A) Iran and Iraq
- (B) Iran, Oman, and UAE
- (C) Saudi Arabia and Bahrain
- (D) Qatar and Kuwait
- ✅ (B) Iran, Oman, and UAE
34. ‘Rand’ is the currency of:
- (A) Nigeria
- (B) South Africa
- (C) Egypt
- (D) Brazil
- ✅ (B) South Africa
35. Total number of districts in Punjab (Pakistan) is:
- (A) 32
- (B) 34
- (C) 36
- (D) 38
- ✅ (C) 36
36. The headquarters of the International Labour Organization (ILO) is established in:
- (A) New York
- (B) Geneva
- (C) London
- (D) Paris
- ✅ (B) Geneva
37. Under the Employment of Children Act 1991, employment of children is banned for those aged below:
- (A) 12
- (B) 14
- (C) 16
- (D) 18
- ✅ (B) 14
38. Trachoma is a disease of the:
- (A) Heart
- (B) Lungs
- (C) Eye
- (D) Liver
- ✅ (C) Eye
39. Which of the following is NOT a function performed by Punjab Employees Social Security Institution (PESSI)?
- (A) Provision of free medical treatment
- (B) Provision of financial assistance to workers
- (C) Provision of free quality education to the children of industrial workers
- (D) Pension management
- ✅ (C) Provision of free quality education to the children of industrial workers
40. Out of the 14 highest independent peaks in the world (the eight-thousanders), Pakistan has:
- (A) 3
- (B) 4
- (C) 5
- (D) 6
- ✅ (C) 5
41. The birth name of Sher Shah Suri was:
- (A) Bahlol Khan
- (B) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
- (C) Farid Khan
- (D) Nasiruddin Shah
- ✅ (C) Farid Khan
42. “Southern Cross,” a constellation found in the southern night sky, consists mainly of:
- (A) Three stars
- (B) Four stars
- (C) Five stars
- (D) Six stars
- ✅ (C) Five stars
43. Sylhet District at the time of partition was part of which province?
- (A) Bengal
- (B) Assam
- (C) Bihar
- (D) Uttar Pradesh
- ✅ (B) Assam
44. Hepatitis C is a leading cause of:
- (A) Kidney failure
- (B) Chronic liver disease
- (C) Lung cancer
- (D) Diabetes
- ✅ (B) Chronic liver disease
45. “Euphonious” is the opposite of:
- (A) Melodious
- (B) Loud
- (C) Harsh
- (D) Lethargic
- ✅ (D) Lethargic
46. The highest rate of child labor in Punjab is reported in:
- (A) Textile industry
- (B) Agriculture sector
- (C) Brick-kilns
- (D) Carpet weaving
- ✅ (C) Brick-kilns
47. The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its radius is:
- (A) π
- (B) 2π
- (C) π/2
- (D) 4π
- ✅ (B) 2π
48. An important river in the Pothohar Plateau is:
- (A) Indus River
- (B) Swan River
- (C) Ravi River
- (D) Sutlej River
- ✅ (B) Swan River
49. The capital city of Libya is:
- (A) Benghazi
- (B) Tripoli
- (C) Cairo
- (D) Khartoum
- ✅ (B) Tripoli
50. The Yangtze River does NOT pass through which country?
- (A) China
- (B) Mongolia
- (C) Thailand
- (D) Taiwan
- ✅ (B) Mongolia, (C) Thailand, (D) Taiwan