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Q1. De jure means?(A) By right
(B) By law
(C) By the way
(D) By itself
Q2. What is half way between 103 and 301?
(A) 199
(B) 200
(C) 201
(D) 202
Q3. Capital city of Tajikistan is?
(A) Ashgabat
(B) Kunduz
(C) Samarkand
(D) Dushanbe
Q4. Which Surahs are called Muazatain?
(A) Surah Al-Feil & Surah Quraish
(B) Surah Al-Mulk & Surah Furqan
(C) Surah Al-Falak & Surah An-Nas
(D) None of these
Q5. UNO is considered to be a universal organization. Which organ of the UN has full representation of all member states of UN?
(A) ECOSOC
(B) General Assembly
(C) Security Council
(D) Secretariat
Q6. To investigate certain offences including corruption, federal Investigation Agency-FIA was established in Pakistan by?
(A) President Ayub Khan
(B) Prime Minister Z.A Bhutto
(C) General Yahaya Khan
(D) President Zia ul Haq
Q7. Ricky Ponting was the captain of?
(A) Australian Cricket Team
(B) English Cricket Team
(C) West Indies Cricket Team
(D) New Zealand Cricket Team
Q8. Who is the author of the book titled “Witness to Surrender”?
(A) Brig Siddiq Salik
(B) Col. Muhammad
(C) Lt. Gen. Shahid Aziz
(D) Hassan Askari Rizvi
Q9. Neelum Valley is in?
(A) Swat
(B) Gilgit
(C) Hunza
(D) Azad Jammu and Kashmir (J & K)
Q10. Acid rain contains high levels of?
(A) Oxalic Acid
(B) Sulphuric Acic
(C) Nitric Acid
(D) Both B and C
Q11. Select the most OPPOSITE word? Miscellaneous.
(A) Similar
(B) Vague
(C) Different
(D) Mingle
Q12. USB Flash Drive is commonly used portable device to store data. What does USB stand for?
(A) Universal Serial Bus
(B) Universal Storage Bank
(C) Unique Storage Bus
(D) Universal Storage for Business
Q13. Fill in the blank? “You must stick your promise”.
(A) in
(B) on
(C) by
(D) to
Q14. What number should come next?
3, 4, 7, 8,11,12
(A) 7
(B) 10
(C) 14
(D) 15
Q15. Seismograph is a scientific instrument used for?
(A) Recording Earthquakes
(B) Recording Fluctuations in blood pressure
(C) Detecting underground gas fields
(D) Recording depth of oceans
Q16. The United States of America at present is a Federation consisting of?
(A) 45 states
(B) 50 states
(C) 52 states
(D) 55 states
Q17. Find out the correct Passive Voice sentence? “People say that honesty is the best policy but they seldom set upon it".
(A) It is said that honesty is the best policy but that is seldom acted upon
(B) Honesty is said to be the best policy but it is seldom acted upon
(C) Honesty is that best policy which is seldom acted upon
(D) It is said the honesty was best policy which was seldom acted upon
Q18. Deficiency of vitamin 'A' causes?
(A) Night blindness
(B) Day blindness
(C) Complete blindness
(D) None of these
Q19. Which of the following countries was paid an official visit by the first Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1950?
(A) Saudi Arabia
(B) China
(C) USA
(D) Afghanistan
Q20. A car washer can wash 8 cars in 18 minutes. At this rate, how many cars can be washed In 3 hrs?
(A) 40
(B) 60*
(C) 80
(D) 90
Q21. The land lying between the river Ravi and river Chenab is called?
(A) Rachna poab
(B) Bari Doab
(C) ChajDoab
(D) Sindh Sagar Doab
Q22. The book “Friends Not Masters", was written by?
(A) Qudratullah Shahab
(B) Ayub Khan
(C) Dr. Parvez Iqbal Cheema
(D) Manzur Qadir
Q23. Who was the first Pakistani lady to obtain a commercial pilot's license. She died in May 2017 at the age of 82.
(A) Shukria Khanam
(B) Huma Liaqat
(C) Ayesha Farooq
(D) Maryam Masood
Q24. The idea of establishing SAARC was first mooted by?
(A) Gen. Zia ul Haq (Pakistan)
(B) Gen Zia ur Rehman (Bangladesh)
(C) Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (Pakistan)
(D) Indira Ghandi (India)
25. Miss World, the oldest surviving major international beauty contest, was started in?
(A) USA
(B) UK
(C) Italy
(D) Canada
(A) 6
(B) 7
(C) 8
(D) 9
Q27. The Pakistani film “Zarqa" became very popular in Pakistan and the Middle East. Who played the character of Zarqa the movie?
(A) Neelo
(B) Mussarat Nazir
(C) Zeba
(D) None of these
Q28. Which of the following cities is not on the Pacific Coast?
(A) Taipei
(B) Shanghai
(C) San Francisco
(D) New York
Q29. Which tribe of Quraish, Hazrat Umar (R.A), belonged to?
(A) Banu Hashim
(B) Banu Umayyah
(C) Banu Addi
(D) None of these
Q30. Fill in the blank. "Please send his letter my address".
(A) in
(B) on
(C) toward
(D) to
Q31. Name the parliament of Tajikistan?
(A) Council
(B) People’s Council
(C) Union Council
(D) Majlisi Oli
Q32. What is the meaning of the idiom/proverb “A pipe dream"?
(A) A peasant dream
(B) A bad dream
(C) An impracticable wish
(D) A foolish idea
Q33. Which Article of the 1973 Constitution deals with impeachment of the President?
(A) Article 45
(B) Article 46
(C) Article 47
(D) Article 48
Q34. What is the synonym of Lurid ?
(A) Gory
(B) Appear
(C) Natural
(D) Discreet
Q35. Who is the founder of Wikileaks?
(A) Bill Gates
(B) Julian Assange
(C) Shave jobs
(D) Mark Zuckerberg
Q36. Find out the correct Passive Voice sentence. “Circumstances will oblige me to go".
(A) I shall be obliged to go by circumstances
(B) I shall have to be obliged to go
(C) I shall not go except if he circumstances oblige me to go
(D) I shall go if circumstances oblige me to go
Q37. When Hajj was made compulsory?
(A) 9th Hijri
(B) 10th Hijri
(C) 11th Hijri
(D) 8th Hijri
38. The Madrassah Deoband started in Deoband, a small town of?
(A) Shikarpur
(B) Nurpur
(C) Ambala
(D) Sharanpur
Q39. Bengal was partitioned in Oct. 1905 when
Lord was Viceroy.
(A) Curzon
(B) Mayo
(C) Ripen
(D) Lytton
Q40. The longest river of Baluchistan is?
(A) Dasht
(B) Zhob
(C) Rakshahan
(D) Hingol
Q41. Choose synonym for the underlined word? One normally expects mvopic people not to be able to see over great distances.
(A) Nearsighted
(B) Healthy
(C) Old
(D) Wise
Q42. Fill in the blank? He became addicted drugs at quite any early age.
(A) For
(B) into
(C) to
(D) in
Q43. (9 + 43 - 4)+ 24 - 2 = ?
(A) 0
(B) 2.181
(C) 3
(D) 2
Q44. What is the meaning of idiom/proverb “To take the bull by the horns"?
(A) To punish a person severely for his arrogance
(B) Jo deal with a difficult situation in a direct way
(C) To handle it by fierce attack
(D) To bypass the legal process and take action to one’s own wish
Q45. The official languages of Shanghai Cooperation Organization are?
(A) English and Chinese
(B) Russian and Chinese
(C) English Chinese and Russian
(D) French and Chinese
Q46. The program that contains instructions to operate a device is called?
(A) Device operator
(B) Device driver
(C) Device linking
(D) Device system
Q47. For galvanizing of iron which of the following metals is used?
(A) Aluminum
(B) Copper
(C) Lead
(D) Zinc
Q48. Pope Benedict XV, who died in 2013, was from which country?
(A) Italy
(B) Poland
(C) Argentina
(D) Germany
Q49. Twitter is a?
(A) Search engine
(B) Social network service
(C) E-mail service
(D) Blog page
Q50. The Lucknow Pact between Congress and the Muslim League was signed in which year?
(A) 1912
(B) 1916
(C) 1920
(D) 1919
Q51. What is the old name of Zohb?
(A) Fort Sandman
(B) Fort Munro
(C) Montgomery
(D) Saiwan Kot
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(A) A Universal Pumping Station
(B) Universal Power Supply
(C) Un-interrupted Power Supply
(D) Un-interruptible Power Supply
Q53. Who was the Secretary General of the United Nations before Ban ki Moon?
(A) Kofi Annan
(B) Boutros-Boutros Ghali
(C) Javier Perez de Cuellar
(D) None of these'
Q54. “The Da Vinci Code” is?
(A) A bestselling novel
(B) An ancient legal code
(C) The History of Jews
(D) None of these
Q55. Who is considered as the Father of Psychoanalysis?
(A) TB Watson
(B) Albert
(C) Adler
(D) Sigmund Freud
Q56. What does OIC stand for?
(A) Organization of Islamic Conference
(B) Organization of Islamic Cooperation
(C) Organization for integrated Cooperation
(D) Organization for International Cooperation
Q57. Which country is called Playground of Europe?
(A) Switzerland
(B) Denmark
(C) Sweden
(D) Holland
Q58. RAM stands for?
(A) Read After Memory
(B) Random Access Memory
(C) Read All memory
(D) None of these
Q59. Who postulated the Theory of Natural Selection in Evolution?
(A) Talbot
(B) John Laszlo
(C) Joseph Lister
(D) Darwin
Q60. Valletta is the capital of?
(A) Slovenia
(B) Albania
(C) Malta
(D) Mali
Q61. When was the state of Israel admitted to the UNO?
(A) 1947
(B) 1948
(C) 1949
(D) 1950
Q62. In which district of Pakistan is the famous Katas Raj Temples complex located?
(A) Sargodha
(B) Sahiwal
(C) Chakwal
(D) Peshawar
Q63. Vitamin C is essential for?
(A) Appetite
(B) Growth & repair of tissues
(C) Muscles
(D) Brain
Q64. In which district is the archaeological site Harappa located?
(A) SukHer
(B) Sahiwal
(C) Thatta
(D) Chakwal
Q65. Which one of the following shapes has four equal sides and right angles?
(A) Rhombus
(B) Square
(C) Rectangle
(D) Parallelogram
Q66. When did five prayers become an obligation (Farz)?
(A) 10thNabvi
(B) 11th Nabvi
(C) 12th Nabvi
(D) 13thNabvi
Q67. Constantinople fell into the hands of the Muslims in which year?
(A) 1453 A.D
(B) 1543 A.D
(C) 1354 A. D
(D) 1398 A.D
Q68. Which of the following infectious diseases is conveyed from one person to another through air is?
(A) Cholera
(B) Scaret fever
(C) Tuberculosis
(D) Malaria
Q69. Fill in the blank. “He was meditating the problem".
(A) of
(B) to
(C) on
(D) with
Q70. Complete the sentence? Justice delayed is justice
(A) Denied
(B) Delayed
(C) Deprived
(D) Deferred
Q71. Abdus-Sattar Edhi, a Pakistani philanthropist and humanitarian died on?
(A) 8th July 2014
(B) 8th July 2015
(C) 8th July 2016
(D) 8th July 2013
Q72. What is the synonym of Notion?
(A) Country
(B) ignore
(C) Infamous
(D) Belief
Q73. Which number will complete the number series? 2,5,12,23,38,57,
(A) 69
(B) 76
(C) 80
(D) 84
Q74. Which of the following animals is depicted In ' the logo of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)?
(A) Snow Leopard
(B) Panda
(C) Rhinoceros
(D) Lion
Q75. “Malakhara" is a popular game played in the province of?
(A) Punjab
(B) Sindh
(C) Baluchistan
(D) N.W.F.P
Q76. ‘A’ is twice as old as ‘B’. Three year ago ‘A’ was three times as old as ‘B’ How old is ‘A1 new?
(A) 6 years
(B) 12 years
(C) 14 years
(D) 16 years
Q77. 17th parallel line was the provisional demarcation line between .
(A) North & South Korea
(B) Canada & USA
(C) North Vietnam & South Vietnam
(D) None of these
Q78. What is the meaning of the idiom/proverb “To cast pearls before a swine”?
(A) To spend recklessly
(B) To spend a lot of money on the upkeep of domestic
(C) To waste money over trifles
(D) To offer to a person a thing which he cannot appreciate
Q79. Pakistan has of the fourteen tallest mountain peaks in Asia.
(A) Nine
(B) Seven
(C) Six
(D) Five
Q80. In which Surah of Quran, name of Zulqamain is mentioned?
(A) Surah Al-Khaf
(B) Surah Al Baqr
(C) Surah Al-Furqan
(D) Surah Al-Naas
Q81. The world’s famous "Golden Gate Bridge" is located in?
(A) New York
(B) Mexico
(C) London
(D) San Francisco
Q82. Complete the number series? 1, 2, 2, 5, 3, 8, ?
(A) 3
(B) 7
(C) 6
(D) 4
Q83. Tea can be best cultivated on?
(A) Plans
(B) Hill tops
(C) Hill Slopes
(D) All of these
Q84. The Quaid-Azam's Fourteen Points were issued in response to?
(A) 3rd June Plan
(B) Nehru Report
(C) Minto Moriey
(D) None of these
Q85. Lahore Resolution, adopted on 23 March. 1940 was presented by?
(A) Liaqat All Khan
(B) Quaid-e-Azam
(C) A.K Fazl-ul-Haq
(D) G.M.Syed
Q86. Qadians were declared as Non-Muslims during the government of?
(A) Ayub Khan
(B) Yahya Khan
(C) Z.A Bhutto
(D) Zia-ul-Haq
Q87. In the Redcliff Award of 1947, the Muslim majority areas of Gurdaspur and Pathankot were handed over to India just because?
(A) These area were rich in mineral wealth
(B) River Ravi originated from there which was the lifeline of West Pakistan
(C) It was huge military cantonment
(D) It provided road link from India to Kashmir valley
Q88. "Basher Al Asad” is the President of?
(A) Yemen
(B) Jordan
(C) Syria
(D) Egypt
Q89. What was the age of Hazrat Ibrahim (A.S) when Hazrat Ismael was bom?
(A) 86 years
(B) 88 years
(C) 90 years
(D) 95 years
Q90. Which poet wrote the famous line “A thing of beauty is a joy forever?
(A) Lord Byron
(B) William Wordsworth
(C) P.B. Shelley
(D) John Keats