General Knowledge MCQs Test Paper 1 - Set 16

1)   IMF & World Bank are created through ?

a. Yalta Conference
b. New Deal
c. Treaty of Versailles
d. Bretton Woods Agreement
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Bretton Woods Agreement

Explanation:
The purpose of the Bretton Woods meeting was to set up a new system of rules, regulations, and procedures for the major economies of the world to ensure their economic stability. To do this, Bretton Woods established The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.

2)   What is total membership of US Senate?

a. 100
b. 102
c. 104
d. 109
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 100

Explanation:
The United States Constitution prescribes that the Senate be composed of two senators from each State (therefore, the Senate currently has 100 Members) and that a senator must be at least thirty years of age, have been a citizen of the United States for nine years, and, when elected, be a resident of the State from which he or she is chosen. A senator’s term of office is six years and approximately one-third of the total membership of the Senate is elected every two years.

3)   Which organisation publishes ” Global Risk Report”?

a. World Bank
b. IMF
c. UNDP
d. World Economic Forum
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: World Economic Forum

Explanation:
Global Risks Report. The Global Risks Report is an annual study published by the World Economic Forum ahead of the Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Based on the work of the Global Risk Network, the report describes changes occurring in the global risks landscape from year to year.

4)   Which Organisation Publishes “World Economic Outlook”?

a. World Bank
b. IMF
c. UNDP
d. World Economic Forum
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: IMF

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

5)   Which organisation publishes “World Development Report”?

a. IMF
b. WEF
c. World Bank
d. UNDP
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: World Bank

Explanation:
World Development Report. The World Development Report (WDR) is an annual report published since 1978 by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) or World Bank. Each WDR provides in-depth analysis of a specific aspect of economic development.

6)   International Civil Aviation Day is observed on ____________?

a. 1 December
b. 3 December
c. 5 December
d. 7 December
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 7 December

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

7)   Which UN Organization has won twice nobel prize for peace?

a. IFAD
b. ILO
c. UNHCR
d. All of above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: UNHCR

Explanation:
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded 27 times to organizations between 1901 and 2019. 24 individual organizations have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, as UNHCR, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, has received the Nobel Peace Prize twice, in 1954 and 1981, and the work of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been honoured three times, in 1917, 1944 and 1963.

8)   When Iran Iraq war was ended?

a. August 20, 1986
b. August 20, 1987
c. August 20, 1988
d. August 20, 1989
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: August 20, 1988

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

9)   Which country is the world’s largest producer of cobalt, a chemical element?

a. Nigeria
b. South Africa
c. Botswana
d. Congo
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Congo

Explanation:
Congo is the leading cobalt producing country, accounting for more than 60% of the world’s cobalt production of 140 million metric tonnes in 2018.

10)   The World Soil Day is celebrated on_________?

a. 4th December
b. 5th December
c. 6th December
d. 7th December
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 5th December

Explanation:
World Soil Day (WSD) is held annually on 5 December as a means to focus attention on the importance of healthy soil and advocating for the sustainable management of soil resources.

An international day to celebrate Soil was recommended by the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) in 2002. Under the leadership of the Kingdom of Thailand and within the framework of the Global Soil Partnership, FAO has supported the formal establishment of WSD as a global awareness raising platform. The FAO Conference unanimously endorsed World Soil Day in June 2013 and requested its official adoption at the 68th UN General Assembly. In December 2013 the UN General Assembly responded by designating 5 December 2014 as the first official World Soil Day.

11)   Which city is known as the ‘City of ghosts and temples’?

a. Lahore
b. Paris
c. Banaras
d. Delhi
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Banaras

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

12)   Which country is the most emitter of carbon dioxide from 2018?

a. India
b. USA
c. China
d. Brazil
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: China

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

13)   Which country has the most World Heritage sites With 55 sites?

a. Egypt
b. Italy
c. Syria
d. India
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Italy

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

14)   The World AIDS Day is observed ?

a. 1 December
b. 2 December
c. 3 December
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1 December

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

15)   The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery observed?

a. 1st December
b. 2nd December
c. 3rd December
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 2nd December

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

16)   How many white stars have on Flag of Kosovo __________ ?

a. Five Stars
b. Six Stars
c. Seven Stars
d. Eight Stars
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Six Stars

Explanation:
It shows six white stars in an arc above a golden map of Kosovo, all on a blue field. The stars symbolize Kosovo’s six major ethnic groups. Before the declaration of independence, Kosovo had come under the administration of the United Nations and used the UN flag for official purposes.

17)   The World Disability Day observed every year on____________?

a. 1st December
b. 2nd December
c. 3rd December
d. 4th December
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 3rd December

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

18)   “Shewala Teja singh temple” reopened after 72 years. it is located in _______ city of Pakistan.

a. Multan
b. Sialkot
c. Faislabad
d. Sheikhupura
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sialkot

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

19)   Which is the biggest Library of the World?

a. Library of Congress
b. British Museum Library
c. National Library of Pakistan
d. Alexandra Library
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Library of Congress

Explanation:
The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world with more than 168 million items. The Library was founded in 1800, making it the oldest federal cultural institution in the nation. On August 24, 1814, British troops burned the Capitol building (where the Library was housed) and destroyed the Library’s core collection of 3,000 volumes. On January 30, 1815, Congress approved the purchase of Thomas Jefferson’s personal library of 6,487 books for $23,950.

20)   South Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom in _________ ?

a. October 1966
b. November 1967
c. December 1969
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: November 1967

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

21)   ASIS is a secret agency of which country?

a. Australia
b. China
c. Pakistan
d. Canada
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Australia

Explanation:
The Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) is Australia’s foreign intelligence agency

22)   Who was known as “Citizen King” of France?

a. Napoleon
b. Henry VI
c. Louis Phillipe
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Louis Phillipe

Explanation:
Louis-Philippe d’Orléans was born on October 6, 1773, in Paris, France. He lived in exile for most of the French Revolution, only returning to France after Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated. Following the July Revolution, Louis-Philippe became the country’s “citizen king” in 1830.

23)   Which Regiment of Pakistan Army has awarded maximum number of Nishan-e-Haider?

a. Balochistan Regiment
b. Punjab Regiment
c. Sindh Regiment
d. Pakhtunkhuwah Regiment
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Punjab Regiment

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

24)   Who credited the invention of AK-47 assault rifle ?

a. Samuel Colt
b. Afred Nobel
c. Mikhail Kalashnikov
d. Henry Akinson
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mikhail Kalashnikov

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

25)   The Third Battle of Panipat was fought bewteen Ahmad Shah Abdali & Marathas on_________?

a. 4 January 1761
b. 14 January 1761
c. 24 February 1526
d. 4 March 1556
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 14 January 1761

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

26)   City of Hot Weather is known as____________?

a. Thar
b. Larkana
c. Jacobabad
d. Dadu
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Jacobabad

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

27)   Which city is called the Gateway of Pakistan?

a. Gawadar
b. Keti Bander
c. Kashmor
d. Karachi
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Karachi

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

28)   When did Tipu Sultan died?

a. May 4, 1799
b. May4, 1899
c. May4, 1699
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: May 4, 1799

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

29)   Last Guru in Sikhism was__________?

a. Guru Amar Das
b. GuruRam Das
c. Guru Gobind
d. Guru Arjan
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Guru Gobind

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

30)   Famous city ‘Aberdeen’ is city of which country?

a. America
b. Japan
c. Scotland
d. Australia
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Scotland

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

31)   International Men’s day is Celebrated Every Year on ______________?

a. 19 September
b. 19 October
c. 19 November
d. 19 December
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 19 November

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

32)   The apex Elected body in Israel is called__________?

a. Parliament
b. Congress
c. Knesset
d. Batheling
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Knesset

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

33)   Which European country is not member of European Union ?

a. Switzerland
b. France
c. Netherlands
d. Belgium
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Switzerland

Explanation:
Some European countries that are not in the European Union are Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Macedonia. Other countries include Norway, Russia, Ukraine, Switzerland, and, as of 2019, the United Kingdom

34)   Which is the national game of Tajikistan?

a. Hockey
b. Football
c. Gushtigiri
d. Buzkashi
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Gushtigiri

Explanation:
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 Tajikistan declared independence. The national sport of Tajikistan is gushtigiri, a form of traditional wrestling

35)   When did Taimur invaded India ?

a. 1368
b. 1378
c. 1385
d. 1398
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1398

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

36)   Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul is popularly known as the____________?

a. Green Mosque
b. Blue Mosque
c. Red Mosque
d. Yellow Mosque
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Blue Mosque

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

37)   Which of the following countries becomes first in Africa to launch high speed train 320Km/h?

a. South Africa
b. Egypt
c. Morocco
d. Tunesia
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Morocco

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

38)   AGI is a news agency of which country?

a. Poland
b. Italy
c. Georgea
d. Greece
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Italy

Explanation:
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia (AGI – Italian Journalist Agency) is an Italian news agency. It is one of the main news agencies in Italy.

39)   Baifra is a news agency of which country?

a. Nigeria
b. Chad
c. Ghana
d. Egypt
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Nigeria

Explanation:
Biafra, officially the Republic of Biafra, was an unrecognised state in West Africa that existed from May 1967 to January 1970. It was made up of the states in the Eastern Region of Nigeria.

40)   Which of the following country has world’s largest Banknote?

a. Philippines
b. Russia
c. France
d. Argentina
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Philippines

Explanation:
The Largest Banknote. Measuring in at roughly the size of a sheet of legal paper, the world’s largest single banknote is the 100,000-peso note created by the government of the Philippines in 1998.

41)   GPEI is abbreviation for ____________?

a. Global Positional Environmental Initiative
b. Global Program for Environmental Initiative
c. Global Program for Environmental Index
d. Global Polio Eradication Initiative
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Global Polio Eradication Initiative

Explanation:
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is a public-private partnership led by national governments with five core partners – the World Health Organization (WHO), Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Its goal is to eradicate polio worldwide.

42)   The first Blackberry smartphone was released in year ____________?

a. 1998
b. 1999
c. 2000
d. 2002
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1999

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

43)   BEAR is the symbol of _________?

a. Italy
b. RUSSIA
c. INDIA
d. FRANCE
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: RUSSIA

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

44)   “Rood e Kausar” is written by ___________?

a. Shaikh Mohammad Ali
b. Shaikh Mohammad Ghani
c. Shaikh Mohammad Abdullah
d. Shaikh Mohammad Ikram
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Shaikh Mohammad Ikram

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

45)   Statue of liberty was gifted to America by _________ on __________?

a. Russia – 1 January 1886
b. Egypt – 21 June 1886
c. Japan – 11 September 1886
d. France – 28 October 1886
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: France – 28 October 1886

Explanation:
The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and its metal framework was built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886.

46)   Manghopir named after ____________.?

a. Sufi Pir Haji Syed Mohammad Sultan
b. Sufi Pir Haji Syed Ahmed Sultan
c. Sufi Pir Haji Syed Qutub Sultan
d. Sufi Pir Haji Syed Sakhi Sultan
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sufi Pir Haji Syed Sakhi Sultan

Explanation:
Manghopir is a rural area of Karachi, named after Sufi Pir Haji Syed Sakhi Sultan. The area has the oldest Sufi shrines in the city, hot sulphur springs that are believed to have curative powers, and many crocodiles – believed locally to be the sacred disciples of Pir Mangho.

47)   Which English ambassador came to India during the time of Jahangir?

a. Sir Thomas White
b. Sir Thomas Lu
c. Sir Thomas Jefferson
d. Sir Thomas Roe
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sir Thomas Roe

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

48)   The Sakhalin Island is disputed between ___________.?

a. China & Japan
b. China & Taiwan
c. Japan & Korea
d. Japan & Russia
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Japan & Russia

Explanation:
Sakhalin was claimed by both Russia and Japan over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries. These disputes sometimes involved military conflict and divisions of the island between the two powers. In 1875, Japan ceded its claims to Russia in exchange for the northern Kuril Islands.

49)   Which country in South Asia has the highest literacy rate?

a. Pakistan
b. India
c. Maldives
d. Nepal
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Maldives

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

50)   First Blind Cricket World Cup won by__________?

a. India
b. Pakistan
c. Sri Lanka
d. England
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: India

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

51)   In which city of India Nuclear Accident was Happened?

a. Tamil Nadu
b. Tarapur
c. Delhi
d. Mumbai
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Tarapur

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

52)   Adidas Abiba is a city of___________?

a. Sudan
b. Ethiopia
c. Morocco
d. Nigeria
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Ethiopia

Explanation:
Addis Ababa or Addis Abeba, also known as Finfinne, is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia.

53)   The tenure of Judge of International Court of Justice is:

a. 5 Years
b. 6 Years
c. 9 Years
d. 10 Years
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 9 Years

Explanation:
The International Court of Justice is composed of 15 judges, who are elected for terms of office of nine years by the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council. It is assisted by a Registry, its administrative organ. Its official languages are English and French.

54)   Falklands War was fought between UK and____________?

a. USA
b. Argentina
c. Russia
d. France
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Argentina

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

55)   Who is the National Artist of Pakistan?

a. Sadequain Naqqash
b. Abdul Rehman Chughtai
c. Abdul Rahim Nagori
d. Lubna Agha
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Abdul Rehman Chughtai

Explanation:
Abdur Rahman Chughtai was a painter artist and intellectual from Pakistan, who created his own unique, distinctive painting style influenced by Mughal art , miniature painting, Art Nouveau and Islamic art traditions. The great artist is still remembered as The national artist of Pakistan.

56)   World Toilet Day is celebrated on_________?

a. 10 November
b. 14 November
c. 19 November
d. 23 November
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 19 November

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

57)   Babri Masjid incident was occurred on __________?

a. 6 December 1987
b. 6 December 1990
c. 6 December 1992
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 6 December 1992

Explanation:
On 6 December 1992, a large group of Hindu activists of the Vishva Hindu Parishad and allied organisations demolished the 16th-century Babri Mosque in the city of Ayodhya, in Uttar Pradesh. The demolition occurred after a political rally organised by Hindu nationalist organisations at the site turned violent.

58)   The first conqueror of the world’s second highest mountain K2 was____________?

a. French
b. Pakistani
c. American
d. Italian
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Italian

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

59)   China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) starts at__________?

a. Beijing
b. Shanghai
c. Kashgar
d. Xinjiang
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Kashgar

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

60)   International Children’s Day is observed on ____________ ?

a. 20 February
b. 1st June
c. 1st March
d. 20 November
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 20 November

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

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