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1. Chandragupt Volcano is located in which country?

a) India
b) Indonesia
c) Pakistan
d) Japan

Answer: c) Pakistan


2. Kot Diji Fort is in which city of Sindh?

a) Sukkur
b) Hyderabad
c) Karachi
d) Khairpur

Answer: d) Khairpur


3. The idiom “to give up the ghost” means?

a) To stop trying
b) To surrender
c) To die
d) To disappear

Answer: c) To die


4. Kathmandu is the capital of which country?

a) Bhutan
b) Nepal
c) Myanmar
d) Sri Lanka

Answer: b) Nepal


5. The gathering in Arafat during Hajj occurs on which date?

a) 8th Zil Hajj
b) 9th Zil Hajj
c) 10th Zil Hajj
d) 11th Zil Hajj

Answer: b) 9th Zil Hajj


6. Nehru Report was published in which year?

a) 1928
b) 1930
c) 1940
d) 1947

Answer: a) 1928


7. “Tanha Tanha” is the first poetry collection of which poet?

a) Ahmed Faraz
b) Faiz Ahmed Faiz
c) Mir Taqi Mir
d) Ghalib

Answer: a) Ahmed Faraz


8. To create a chart in Excel, which key is used?

a) F10
b) F11
c) F9
d) F12

Answer: b) F11


9. Transition options in PowerPoint are used for?

a) Adding animations
b) Moving between slides
c) Editing slide content
d) Changing fonts

Answer: b) Moving between slides


10. The 24-second rule applies to which game?

a) Football
b) Hockey
c) Basketball
d) Tennis

Answer: c) Basketball


11. The Berlin Wall was constructed by Germany under USSR to:

a) Unite East and West Germany
b) Prevent escape of citizens to the West
c) Divide Germany into two parts
d) Both b and c

Answer: d) Both b and c


12. The Partition of Bengal was annulled in which year?

a) 1911
b) 1905
c) 1947
d) None of these

Answer: a) 1911


13. Hockey was included in the Olympics in which year?

a) 1900
b) 1908
c) 1920
d) 1936

Answer: b) 1908


14. M-11 Motorway connects which two cities?

a) Lahore and Karachi
b) Lahore and Multan
c) Lahore and Sialkot
d) Lahore and Islamabad

Answer: c) Lahore and Sialkot


15. The freezing point of water in Fahrenheit is:

a) 0
b) 32
c) 100
d) -32

Answer: b) 32


16. The study of reptiles is known as?

a) Ornithology
b) Herpetology
c) Ichthyology
d) Entomology

Answer: b) Herpetology


17. Add ___ to injury?

a) Pain
b) Insult
c) Misery
d) Humiliation

Answer: b) Insult


18. Large: Immense (analogy) :: Dislike: ?

a) Hatred
b) Anger
c) Love
d) Friendship

Answer: a) Hatred


19. Makli Graveyard is located in which country?

a) India
b) Bangladesh
c) Pakistan
d) Afghanistan

Answer: c) Pakistan


20. In card games, a yellow card indicates?

a) A foul
b) A 5-minute pause
c) Substitution
d) A timeout

Answer: b) A 5-minute pause


21. Pakistan joined the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in which year?

a) 1961
b) 1973
c) 1979
d) 1985

Answer: c) 1979


22. SAARC was founded in which year?

a) 1980
b) 1985
c) 1990
d) 1995

Answer: b) 1985


23. Which country became the 5th member of BRICS in 2010?

a) Brazil
b) South Africa
c) Russia
d) India

Answer: b) South Africa


24. What percentage of East Bengal’s population spoke Bengali at the time of Partition?

a) 10%
b) 32%
c) 56.4%
d) 80%

Answer: c) 56.4%


25. Who was elected as UK’s Prime Minister in July 2024?

a) Boris Johnson
b) Rishi Sunak
c) Keir Starmer
d) Jeremy Hunt

Answer: c) Keir Starmer


26. Who was the first President of the USA?

a) John Adams
b) George Washington
c) Thomas Jefferson
d) Abraham Lincoln

Answer: b) George Washington

30. Which is the heaviest planet?

a) Earth
b) Jupiter
c) Neptune
d) Saturn

Answer: b) Jupiter


31. The color of a star is determined by its?

a) Age
b) Size
c) Distance
d) Temperature

Answer: d) Temperature


32. “Her” is an example of?

a) Possessive Adjective
b) Pronoun
c) Noun
d) Conjunction

Answer: a) Possessive Adjective


33. “She would have reached the station on time if she had set the alarm and it had gone off on time.” What is the sentence type?

a) Compound sentence
b) Conditional sentence
c) Exclamatory sentence
d) Interrogative sentence

Answer: b) Conditional sentence


34. “She had better ___.” What fits the blank?

a) Go home
b) Look for
c) Study well
d) Leave now

Answer: b) Look for


35. Correct capitalization: “harry potter and the philosopher’s stone fantasy film directed by chris columbus.”

a) Harry potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Fantasy Film Directed by Chris columbus
b) Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone fantasy Film Directed by Chris Columbus
c) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Fantasy Film Directed by Chris Columbus
d) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus

Answer: d) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus


36. What is the next number in the sequence -5, 7, 11, -19, 35?

a) -47
b) -57
c) -67
d) -77

Answer: c) -67


37. Who was the Foreign Minister under PM Bhutto?

a) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto himself
b) No FM was appointed
c) Shah Mehmood Qureshi
d) Agha Shahi

Answer: b) No FM was appointed


38. Who was the Army Chief from 1951 to 1958?

a) Ayub Khan
b) General Tikka Khan
c) General Yahya Khan
d) General Asif Nawaz

Answer: a) Ayub Khan


39. The headquarters of the Pakistan Air Force is located in?

a) Rawalpindi
b) Islamabad
c) Karachi
d) Peshawar

Answer: b) Islamabad


40. The office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is located in?

a) Lahore
b) Islamabad
c) Karachi
d) Rawalpindi

Answer: b) Islamabad


41. Who is the supreme commander of the Armed Forces of Pakistan?

a) Prime Minister
b) Chief of Army Staff
c) President
d) Defense Minister

Answer: c) President


42. Nishan-e-Haider has been awarded to?

a) Major Shabbir Sharif
b) Col Sher Khan
c) Aziz Bhatti
d) All of these

Answer: d) All of these


43. Quaid-e-Azam inaugurated the State Bank of Pakistan on which date?

a) 1 July 1947
b) 1 July 1948
c) 14 August 1948
d) 23 March 1949

Answer: b) 1 July 1948


44. The official biography of Quaid-e-Azam was written by?

a) Stanley Wolpert
b) Hector Bolitho
c) Khalid Bin Sayeed
d) Ian Talbot

Answer: b) Hector Bolitho


45. Which blood cells fight foreign invaders in the body?

a) Red blood cells
b) Platelets
c) Leukocytes
d) Plasma

Answer: c) Leukocytes


46. The meaning of “Vocation” is?

a) Holiday
b) Occupation
c) Relaxation
d) Passion

Answer: b) Occupation


47. Prague is the capital of which country?

a) Poland
b) Hungary
c) Czech Republic
d) Austria

Answer: c) Czech Republic


48. One horsepower is equal to?

a) 746 watts
b) 640 watts
c) 750 watts
d) 720 watts

Answer: a) 746 watts


49. Benjamin Franklin is known for the invention of?

a) Lightning rod
b) Electricity
c) Telescope
d) Printing press

Answer: a) Lightning rod


50. Robert Watson-Watt is credited with inventing?

a) Radio
b) Radar
c) Television
d) Sonar

Answer: b) Radar


51. In an email address, which symbol separates the username from the domain name?

a) #
b) &
c) @
d) $

Answer: c) @


52. In “Pakistan.docx,” the “.docx” is a?

a) File extension
b) File name
c) File format
d) Shortcut

Answer: a) File extension


53. Indira Gandhi was assassinated in which year?

a) October 1964
b) October 1984
c) October 1974
d) October 1994

Answer: b) October 1984


54. The book “On the Origin of Species” was written by?

a) Gregor Mendel
b) Charles Darwin
c) Isaac Newton
d) Albert Einstein

Answer: b) Charles Darwin


55. The minimum age to cast a vote in Pakistan is?

a) 16 years
b) 18 years
c) 21 years
d) 25 years

Answer: b) 18 years


56. The meaning of “de facto” is?

a) In law
b) In writing
c) In reality
d) In theory

Answer: c) In reality


57. Narration: “I said to her, ‘Please sit down.'”

a) Requested her to sit down
b) Ordered her to sit down
c) Asked her to sit down
d) Advised her to sit down

Answer: a) Requested her to sit down


58. In the SI system of units, how many basic units are there?

a) 5
b) 7
c) 10
d) 12

Answer: b) 7


59. What is the average of the first 100 natural numbers?

a) 50
b) 50.5
c) 51
d) 49.5

Answer: b) 50.5


60. Calculate 0.04×0.0162×0.0010.04 \times 0.0162 \times 0.001:

a) 6.48×10−66.48 \times 10^{-6}
b) 6.48×10−76.48 \times 10^{-7}
c) 6.48×10−86.48 \times 10^{-8}
d) 6.48×10−56.48 \times 10^{-5}

Answer: b) 6.48×10−76.48 \times 10^{-7}

61. A number is twice the second and thrice the third number. Their average is 154. What is the difference between the first and the third number?

a) 160
b) 165
c) 168
d) 170

Answer: c) 168


62. Complete the sentence: “She will be a doctor ___ next year.”

a) For
b) By
c) On
d) In

Answer: b) By

64. Five persons can complete a task in one hour. How much time will it take for 13 persons to complete the same task?

a) 513\frac{5}{13} hours
b) 2 hours
c) 135\frac{13}{5} hours
d) 1 hour

Answer: a) 513\frac{5}{13} hours


65. Which is the deepest lake in the world?

a) Caspian Sea
b) Baikal Lake
c) Superior Lake
d) Victoria Lake

Answer: b) Baikal Lake


66. The literal meaning of “Zakat” is?

a) Charity
b) Purification
c) Tax
d) Donation

Answer: b) Purification


67. Who won the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761?

a) Marathas
b) Ahmad Shah Abdali
c) Mughal Empire
d) British East India Company

Answer: b) Ahmad Shah Abdali


68. The Pascal programming language was developed by?

a) Dennis Ritchie
b) Niklaus Wirth
c) James Gosling
d) Alan Turing

Answer: b) Niklaus Wirth


69. Which is the last planet in the solar system?

a) Uranus
b) Pluto
c) Neptune
d) Saturn

Answer: c) Neptune


70. The energy stored in coal is classified as?

a) Thermal energy
b) Electrical energy
c) Chemical energy
d) Nuclear energy

Answer: c) Chemical energy


71. The “Day of Deliverance” was observed on which date?

a) 14-Aug-1947
b) 22-Dec-1939
c) 23-Mar-1940
d) 15-Aug-1947

Answer: b) 22-Dec-1939


72. How many members of the Muslim League were part of the 1946 Interim Government?

a) 5
b) 4
c) 6
d) 7

Answer: a) 5


73. If a triangle has angles in the ratio 5:4:3, how many degrees is the smallest angle?

a) 30°
b) 40°
c) 45°
d) 60°

Answer: c) 45°


74. The idiom “Small wits, Great Boast” means?

a) Big talk, no action
b) Little knowledge, big talk
c) Wise and humble
d) Foolish and silent

Answer: b) Little knowledge, big talk


75. Simplify: (50−18)÷2(\sqrt{50} – \sqrt{18}) \div 2:

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

Answer: b) 2


76. The Colosseum is located in?

a) Paris
b) Rome
c) Athens
d) Istanbul

Answer: b) Rome


77. The Indus Water Treaty was mediated by?

a) United Nations
b) World Bank
c) International Court of Justice
d) United States

Answer: b) World Bank


78. At the time of Partition, in which state were Muslims in the majority?

a) Punjab
b) Sindh
c) Bengal
d) None of these

Answer: d) None of these


79. Rehman Baba was a poet during which era?

a) Mughal Era
b) British Era
c) Pre-Mughal Era
d) Sultanate Era

Answer: a) Mughal Era


80. By which tab can you insert a picture in PowerPoint?

a) Design
b) Insert
c) Format
d) Home

Answer: b) Insert


81. The idiom “Andhon mai Kana Raja” translates to?

a) A hero in disguise
b) A figure among ciphers
c) A fool among the wise
d) A genius

Answer: b) A figure among ciphers


82. The meaning of “Dilettante” is?

a) Expert
b) Professional
c) Dabbler
d) Scholar

Answer: c) Dabbler


83. The meaning of “Altruistic” is?

a) Selfish
b) Generous
c) Selfless service
d) Rude

Answer: c) Selfless service


84. Hazrat Khalid bin Walid received his title during which battle?

a) Ghazwa Badar
b) Ghazwa Moata
c) Ghazwa Hunain
d) Ghazwa Tabuk

Answer: b) Ghazwa Moata


85. Who killed Umro bin Abdo?

a) Hazrat Umar
b) Hazrat Ali
c) Hazrat Khalid bin Walid
d) Hazrat Hamza

Answer: b) Hazrat Ali


86. Abul Kabba was the name of which Sahabi before Islam?

a) Hazrat Umar
b) Hazrat Abu Bakr
c) Hazrat Ali
d) Hazrat Usman

Answer: b) Hazrat Abu Bakr


87. The nation of Samood belonged to which prophet?

a) Hazrat Saleh
b) Hazrat Shoaib
c) Hazrat Musa
d) Hazrat Ibrahim

Answer: a) Hazrat Saleh


88. “Ahsan ul Qasas” is the title of which prophet?

a) Hazrat Musa
b) Hazrat Yusuf
c) Hazrat Isa
d) Hazrat Ibrahim

Answer: b) Hazrat Yusuf


89. Which Sahabi is mentioned in the Quran?

a) Hazrat Abu Bakr
b) Hazrat Umar
c) Hazrat Zaid bin Harith
d) Hazrat Ali

Answer: c) Hazrat Zaid bin Harith


90. What natural disaster is caused by a volcanic eruption in the ocean?

a) Earthquake
b) Tsunami
c) Cyclone
d) Hurricane

Answer: b) Tsunami

91. The phrase “Aftab Lab Baam Hona” means:

a) Rising sun
b) Close to setting
c) Near to death
d) End of life

Answer: c) Near to death


92. Which term is used for a “Jumla Matarfa” (Complete Sentence)?

a) Jumla Mubtada
b) Jumla Kamil
c) Qosain
d) Jumla Faeliya

Answer: c) Qosain


93. In Urdu grammar, what are “Yeh, Wo, Tou, Iss” referred to as?

a) Zameer
b) Ism
c) Fail
d) Harf

Answer: a) Zameer


94. Which is the correct phrase in Urdu?

a) Hum doston ke sath ja rahe hain.
b) Hum doston ke sath ja raha hai.
c) Hum doston ke sath ja rahi hoon.
d) Hum doston ke sath chal raha hai.

Answer: a) Hum doston ke sath ja rahe hain.


95. What are the words used at the end of sentences called?

a) Haroof
b) Lahkay
c) Fail
d) Ism

Answer: b) Lahkay


96. What was a significant turning point in Urdu Ghazal’s history?

a) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
b) Ghalib’s Poetry
c) Shams-ul-Rehman Faruqi
d) Mir Taqi Mir

Answer: c) Shams-ul-Rehman Faruqi


97. In “Him urooz,” what are the primary components?

a) Two short phrases
b) One long word
c) Two half sentences
d) One poetic verse

Answer: a) Two short phrases


98. Allama Iqbal’s poem “Hamdard” resembles the poetry of which poet?

a) William Wordsworth
b) William Cooper
c) Percy Bysshe Shelley
d) John Keats

Answer: b) William Cooper


99. The correct punctuation for “Abba Jan! Asslam o Alaikum” in Urdu is?

a) Abba Jan Asslam o Alaikum!
b) Abba Jan! Asslam o Alaikum!
c) Abba Jan, Asslam o Alaikum!
d) Abba Jan, Asslam o Alaikum

Answer: b) Abba Jan! Asslam o Alaikum!


100. The book “Dastan Sahar-ul-Bayan” is written by whom?

a) Ghulam Ali Ishra
b) Mir Amman
c) Shams-ul-Rehman Faruqi
d) Ahmed Ali

Answer: a) Ghulam Ali Ishra