General Knowledge Questions And Islamic Studies MCQs
1. The Head of the Bank of England is from which country?
- (A) USA
- (B) UK
- (C) Canada
- (D) Australia
- ✅ (C) Canada
2. The Latin term “Sui Generis” means:
- (A) Common
- (B) Unique
- (C) Special
- (D) Exclusive
- ✅ (B) Unique
3. Which gas is commonly used in balloons?
- (A) Oxygen
- (B) Helium
- (C) Hydrogen
- (D) Both B & C
- ✅ (D) Both B & C
4. The largest freshwater lake in the world is:
- (A) Lake Baikal
- (B) Lake Victoria
- (C) Lake Superior
- (D) Caspian Sea
- ✅ (C) Lake Superior
5. The English Channel separates England from:
- (A) Germany
- (B) Belgium
- (C) France
- (D) Netherlands
- ✅ (C) France
6. Babylon is a famous ancient city in:
- (A) Egypt
- (B) Iran
- (C) Iraq
- (D) Syria
- ✅ (C) Iraq
7. Dardanelles Strait is located in:
- (A) Greece
- (B) Turkey
- (C) Italy
- (D) Spain
- ✅ (B) Turkey
8. The USA consists of how many states?
- (A) 48
- (B) 49
- (C) 50
- (D) 52
- ✅ (C) 50
9. The first person to reach the South Pole was:
- (A) Robert Scott
- (B) Ernest Shackleton
- (C) Roald Amundsen
- (D) Edmund Hillary
- ✅ (C) Roald Amundsen
10. Child labor is prohibited under which act in Pakistan?
- (A) Act 1981
- (B) Act 1991
- (C) Act 2001
- (D) Act 2010
- ✅ (B) Act 1991
11. The ratio of circumference to radius is:
- (A) π
- (B) 2π
- (C) 4π
- (D) 58
- ✅ (B) 2π
12. Pakistan set the Guinness World Record for tree planting, with how many trees?
- (A) 541,176
- (B) 500,000
- (C) 600,000
- (D) 450,000
- ✅ (A) 541,176
13. The meaning of “Fluent” is:
- (A) Fast
- (B) Smooth
- (C) Clear
- (D) Easy
- ✅ (B) Smooth
14. Who headed the Cabinet Mission?
- (A) Lord Mountbatten
- (B) Lord Pethick-Lawrence
- (C) Lord Linlithgow
- (D) Clement Attlee
- ✅ (B) Lord Pethick-Lawrence
15. International Day of Disabled Persons is observed every year on:
- (A) 1st December
- (B) 2nd December
- (C) 3rd December
- (D) 4th December
- ✅ (C) 3rd December
16. The Lower House of Parliament in Malaysia is called:
- (A) Dewan Negara
- (B) Dewan Rakyat
- (C) Parliament House
- (D) Senate
- ✅ (B) Dewan Rakyat
17. World No Tobacco Day is observed on:
- (A) 31st May
- (B) 1st April
- (C) 25th July
- (D) 15th August
- ✅ (A) 31st May
18. Lake Ontario is located in:
- (A) USA
- (B) Italy
- (C) Canada
- (D) France
- ✅ (C) Canada
19. The world’s largest producer of tea is:
- (A) India
- (B) Sri Lanka
- (C) China
- (D) Kenya
- ✅ (C) China
20. The largest importer of tea is:
- (A) USA
- (B) Pakistan
- (C) Russia
- (D) UK
- ✅ (B) Pakistan
21. The nickname of Pakistan as a “Land of Silver Fiber” refers to:
- (A) Rice Production
- (B) Textile Industry
- (C) Cotton Production
- (D) Silk Production
- ✅ (C) Cotton Production
22. Wimbledon, the famous Lawn Tennis championship, is held in:
- (A) Paris
- (B) London
- (C) New York
- (D) Melbourne
- ✅ (B) London
23. Khyber Pass is 53 km long. What is its height?
- (A) 2,500 ft
- (B) 3,570 ft
- (C) 4,200 ft
- (D) 5,000 ft
- ✅ (B) 3,570 ft
24. Bolan Pass is located in:
- (A) Karakoram Range
- (B) Hindu Kush Range
- (C) Himalaya Range
- (D) Toba Kakar Range
- ✅ (D) Toba Kakar Range
25. Calcutta is situated on the bank of which river?
- (A) Yamuna River
- (B) Hooghly River
- (C) Ganges River
- (D) Brahmaputra River
- ✅ (B) Hooghly River
1. Etymology is the study of:
- (A) Plants
- (B) Earthquakes
- (C) Origin and history of words
- (D) Human behavior
- ✅ (C) Origin and history of words
2. Which Surah in the Quran is named after an insect?
- (A) Surah An-Naml
- (B) Surah Al-Fil
- (C) Surah Al-Ankabut
- (D) Surah Al-Baqara
- ✅ (A) Surah An-Naml
3. Satpara Lake is located near:
- (A) Swat
- (B) Hunza
- (C) Skardu
- (D) Gilgit
- ✅ (C) Skardu
4. The last king of Afghanistan was:
- (A) Amanullah Khan
- (B) Mohammad Zahir Shah
- (C) Hamid Karzai
- (D) Babrak Karmal
- ✅ (B) Mohammad Zahir Shah
5. River Nile flows through which city?
- (A) Khartoum
- (B) Alexandria
- (C) Cairo
- (D) Tripoli
- ✅ (C) Cairo
6. The Watergate Scandal led to the resignation of which U.S. President?
- (A) Ronald Reagan
- (B) Richard Nixon
- (C) John F. Kennedy
- (D) Jimmy Carter
- ✅ (B) Richard Nixon
7. The Treaty of Versailles ended which war?
- (A) World War II
- (B) Cold War
- (C) World War I
- (D) Crimean War
- ✅ (C) World War I
8. The Badshahi Mosque was built by:
- (A) Shah Jahan
- (B) Jahangir
- (C) Akbar
- (D) Aurangzeb
- ✅ (D) Aurangzeb
9. The Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan was brokered by:
- (A) United Nations
- (B) USA
- (C) World Bank
- (D) IMF
- ✅ (C) World Bank
10. The material used in computer chips is:
- (A) Copper
- (B) Silicon
- (C) Silver
- (D) Aluminum
- ✅ (B) Silicon
11. Whom did Lord Mountbatten replace as the Viceroy of India in 1947?
- (A) Lord Linlithgow
- (B) Lord Wavell
- (C) Lord Curzon
- (D) Lord Ripon
- ✅ (B) Lord Wavell
12. The Interim Constitution of Pakistan was based on:
- (A) The British Constitution
- (B) Government of India Act 1935
- (C) Indian Independence Act 1947
- (D) Objectives Resolution
- ✅ (B) Government of India Act 1935
13. S.H.O. stands for:
- (A) Station House Officer
- (B) Senior Head Officer
- (C) Special Home Office
- (D) Security Handling Officer
- ✅ (A) Station House Officer
14. PNG is a file extension of:
- (A) Audio File
- (B) Video File
- (C) Image File
- (D) Document File
- ✅ (C) Image File
15. The first Chief Justice of Pakistan was:
- (A) Abdul Rashid
- (B) Hamood-ur-Rehman
- (C) S.A. Rahman
- (D) Cornelius
- ✅ (A) Abdul Rashid
16. The Durand Line, which separates Pakistan and Afghanistan, was drawn in:
- (A) 1885
- (B) 1893
- (C) 1901
- (D) 1920
- ✅ (B) 1893
17. The Mughal Emperor who introduced Din-i-Ilahi was:
- (A) Babur
- (B) Humayun
- (C) Akbar
- (D) Jahangir
- ✅ (C) Akbar
18. The output quality of a printer is measured by:
- (A) Bits per second
- (B) Dot per inch (DPI)
- (C) Pages per second
- (D) Hertz
- ✅ (B) Dot per inch (DPI)
19. The Chenab River meets the Jhelum River at:
- (A) Panjnad
- (B) Head Trimmu
- (C) Marala
- (D) Taunsa
- ✅ (B) Head Trimmu
20. The largest district in Punjab (by area) is:
- (A) Bahawalpur
- (B) Dera Ghazi Khan
- (C) Multan
- (D) Faisalabad
- ✅ (A) Bahawalpur
21. The playground for baseball is called:
- (A) Court
- (B) Field
- (C) Diamond
- (D) Track
- ✅ (C) Diamond
22. Ornithology is the scientific study of:
- (A) Insects
- (B) Birds
- (C) Animals
- (D) Plants
- ✅ (B) Birds
23. The Madame Tussaud’s Museum, famous for wax figures, is located in:
- (A) Paris
- (B) New York
- (C) London
- (D) Los Angeles
- ✅ (C) London
24. The Babri Mosque, demolished by Hindu extremists, was located in:
- (A) Madhya Pradesh
- (B) Uttar Pradesh
- (C) Rajasthan
- (D) Maharashtra
- ✅ (B) Uttar Pradesh
25. Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy won an Oscar Award for her documentary:
- (A) Saving Face
- (B) A Girl in the River
- (C) Malala’s Story
- (D) Pakistan: The Struggle
- ✅ (B) A Girl in the River