Most Repeated PPSC General Knowledge MCQs

Most Repeated PPSC General Knowledge MCQs

These one-liners cover the general knowledge facts that come up again and again in PPSC tests, including Assistant, Sub Inspector, Tehsildar, Lecturer and other posts. They are grouped by topic for quick revision.

1. National Symbols of Pakistan

1. National language of Pakistan: Urdu

2. National animal of Pakistan: Markhor

3. National bird of Pakistan: Chukar Partridge

4. National flower of Pakistan: Jasmine (Chambeli)

5. National tree of Pakistan: Deodar

6. National fruit of Pakistan: Mango

7. National game of Pakistan: Hockey

8. National poet of Pakistan: Allama Muhammad Iqbal

9. National dress of Pakistan: Shalwar Kameez

10. Writer of the national anthem: Hafeez Jalandhari

11. Composer of the national anthem’s music: Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla

12. Year the national anthem was approved: 1954

13. Duration of the national anthem: 80 seconds

14. Designer of the national flag: Syed Amir-uddin Kedwaii

15. Date the national flag was adopted: 11 August 1947

16. Length to width ratio of the national flag: 3:2

17. Motto of Pakistan: Faith, Unity, Discipline (Iman, Ittehad, Nazm)

18. Designer of the master plan of Islamabad: Constantinos Doxiadis (Greek)

19. Interim capital between Karachi and Islamabad: Rawalpindi

20. First capital of Pakistan: Karachi

2. Geography of Pakistan

21. Highest peak in Pakistan: K2 (8,611 m)

22. Other name of K2: Mount Godwin-Austen

23. Mountain known as the “Killer Mountain”: Nanga Parbat

24. Largest province by area: Balochistan

25. Largest province by population: Punjab

26. Longest river of Pakistan: Indus

27. Largest dam of Pakistan: Tarbela Dam (on the Indus)

28. River on which Mangla Dam is built: Jhelum

29. Largest glacier of Pakistan: Siachen

30. Largest freshwater lake of Pakistan: Manchar Lake (Sindh)

31. Largest desert of Pakistan: Thar

32. Pass that connects Pakistan with China: Khunjerab Pass

33. Pass that connects Pakistan with Afghanistan near Peshawar: Khyber Pass

34. Pass that connects Dir with Chitral: Lowari Pass

35. Year the Durand Line was drawn: 1893

36. Boundary line between Pakistan and India: Radcliffe Line

37. Approximate length of Pakistan’s coastline: 1,046 km

38. Country from which Gwadar was purchased in 1958: Oman

39. Province in which Gwadar Port lies: Balochistan

40. Largest salt mine of Pakistan: Khewra Salt Mine

41. Year natural gas was discovered at Sui: 1952

42. Location of Reko Diq (copper and gold): Chagai, Balochistan

43. Valley in which Lake Saiful Muluk lies: Kaghan Valley

44. Location of Mohenjo-daro: Larkana, Sindh

45. Location of Harappa: Sahiwal, Punjab

46. Civilization to which Taxila belongs: Gandhara

47. Five rivers of Punjab: Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Sutlej and Beas

48. Year of the Indus Waters Treaty: 1960

49. Mediator of the Indus Waters Treaty: World Bank

50. Rivers given to Pakistan under the Indus Waters Treaty: Indus, Jhelum and Chenab

3. Monuments and Landmarks

51. Builder of the Badshahi Mosque, Lahore: Aurangzeb Alamgir

52. Builder of the Shalimar Gardens, Lahore: Shah Jahan

53. Architect of the Faisal Mosque, Islamabad: Vedat Dalokay (Turkey)

54. Designer of Minar-e-Pakistan: Nasreddin Murat-Khan

55. Location of Minar-e-Pakistan: Iqbal Park (Greater Iqbal Park), Lahore

56. Location of the Quaid’s mausoleum (Mazar-e-Quaid): Karachi

57. Location of Allama Iqbal’s tomb: Near the Badshahi Mosque, Lahore

58. Location of the shrine of Data Ganj Bakhsh: Lahore

59. Location of the shrine of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai: Bhit Shah, Sindh

60. Highest polo ground in the world: Shandur

4. Pakistan Movement and History

61. Year of the Simla Deputation: 1906

62. Leader of the Simla Deputation: Sir Aga Khan III

63. Date and place of the founding of the All-India Muslim League: 30 December 1906, Dhaka

64. First president of the All-India Muslim League: Sir Aga Khan III

65. Year of the Partition of Bengal: 1905

66. Year the Partition of Bengal was annulled: 1911

67. Year the Quaid joined the Muslim League: 1913

68. Year of the Lucknow Pact: 1916

69. Period of the Khilafat Movement: 1919 to 1924

70. Year of the Quaid’s Fourteen Points: 1929

71. Year of Allama Iqbal’s Allahabad Address: 1930

72. Person who coined the word “Pakistan”: Chaudhry Rahmat Ali

73. Year the word “Pakistan” was coined: 1933

74. Date of the Lahore Resolution: 23 March 1940

75. Person who moved the Lahore Resolution: A.K. Fazlul Haq (Sher-e-Bangal)

76. Year of the Cripps Mission: 1942

77. Year of the Cabinet Mission Plan: 1946

78. Date of Direct Action Day: 16 August 1946

79. Date of the 3rd June Plan: 3 June 1947

80. First Governor General of Pakistan: Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

81. First Prime Minister of Pakistan: Liaquat Ali Khan

82. Date of the Quaid’s death: 11 September 1948

83. Title “Madar-e-Millat” belongs to: Fatima Jinnah

84. Founder of the MAO College, Aligarh: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

85. Year the MAO College was founded: 1875

86. Date Pakistan joined the United Nations: 30 September 1947

87. Year of the Tashkent Declaration: 1966

88. Year of the Simla Agreement: 1972

89. Date of Pakistan’s nuclear tests: 28 May 1998

90. Site of Pakistan’s nuclear tests: Chagai (Ras Koh Hills), Balochistan

5. Constitution of Pakistan

91. Date the Objectives Resolution was passed: 12 March 1949

92. First constitution of Pakistan: 1956 (enforced 23 March 1956)

93. Second constitution of Pakistan: 1962

94. Date the 1973 Constitution was enforced: 14 August 1973

95. Number of articles in the 1973 Constitution: 280

96. Number of parts in the 1973 Constitution: 12

97. Article that declares Pakistan an Islamic Republic: Article 1

98. Article that declares Islam the state religion: Article 2

99. Article that made the Objectives Resolution a substantive part: Article 2-A

100. Article on high treason: Article 6

101. Article on the right to a fair trial: Article 10-A

102. Article on the right to information: Article 19-A

103. Article on free and compulsory education (ages 5 to 16): Article 25-A

104. Articles on the qualification and disqualification of members of Parliament: Articles 62 and 63

105. Article on local government: Article 140-A

106. Article that establishes the Council of Common Interests: Article 153

107. Article on the National Finance Commission: Article 160

108. Article on the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court: Article 184(3)

109. Article on calling the armed forces in aid of civil power: Article 245

110. Article on the national language: Article 251

111. Year of the 18th Amendment: 2010

112. Legislative list abolished by the 18th Amendment: Concurrent List

113. Province renamed by the 18th Amendment: NWFP renamed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

114. Year of the 26th Amendment (constitutional benches): 2024

115. Court created by the 27th Amendment (2025): Federal Constitutional Court

116. Total seats in the National Assembly: 336

117. Total seats in the Senate: 96

118. Minimum age to become President: 45 years

119. Minimum age for a member of the National Assembly: 25 years

120. Minimum age for a Senator: 30 years

6. Pakistan Firsts and Achievements

121. First Pakistani Nobel laureate: Dr Abdus Salam (Physics, 1979)

122. Youngest Nobel laureate: Malala Yousafzai (Peace, 2014)

123. First Pakistani to climb Mount Everest: Nazir Sabir (2000)

124. First Pakistani woman to climb Mount Everest: Samina Baig (2013)

125. First Chief Justice of Pakistan: Sir Abdul Rashid

126. First Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan: Zahid Hussain

127. Date the State Bank of Pakistan was inaugurated: 1 July 1948

128. First satellite of Pakistan: Badr-1 (1990)

129. First remote sensing satellite of Pakistan: PRSS-1 (2018)

130. First motorway of Pakistan: M-2, Lahore to Islamabad (1997)

131. Year PTV started: 1964 (Lahore)

132. Year Pakistan won the Cricket World Cup: 1992

133. Opponent in the 1992 Cricket World Cup final: England

134. Year Pakistan won the T20 World Cup: 2009

135. Year Pakistan won the ICC Champions Trophy: 2017

136. Number of Hockey World Cups won by Pakistan: Four (1971, 1978, 1982, 1994)

137. Squash player with 555 consecutive wins: Jahangir Khan

138. Pakistani who won Olympic gold in javelin at Paris 2024: Arshad Nadeem

139. Olympic record throw of Arshad Nadeem: 92.97 m

140. Pakistan’s last Olympic gold in hockey before 2024: 1984 (Los Angeles)

7. World Geography and Titles

141. Largest continent: Asia

142. Smallest continent: Australia

143. Largest ocean: Pacific Ocean

144. Deepest point on Earth: Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench

145. Longest river in the world: Nile

146. Largest river by volume: Amazon

147. Height of Mount Everest: 8,849 m

148. Largest hot desert: Sahara

149. Largest country by area: Russia

150. Smallest country: Vatican City

151. Most populous country: India

152. Largest island: Greenland

153. Land of the Rising Sun: Japan

154. Land of the Midnight Sun: Norway

155. Land of a Thousand Lakes: Finland

156. Roof of the World: Pamir

157. Dark Continent: Africa

158. Gift of the Nile: Egypt

159. City of Seven Hills: Rome

160. Land of the White Elephant: Thailand

8. Capitals, Currencies and Parliaments

161. Capital of Australia: Canberra

162. Capital of Canada: Ottawa

163. Capital of Turkey: Ankara

164. Capital of Brazil: Brasilia

165. Capital of Nigeria: Abuja

166. Capital of Myanmar: Naypyidaw

167. Capital of Kazakhstan: Astana

168. Currency of Japan: Yen

169. Currency of China: Yuan (Renminbi)

170. Currency of Bangladesh: Taka

171. Currency of Afghanistan: Afghani

172. Currency of Malaysia: Ringgit

173. Parliament of Israel: Knesset

174. Parliament of Iran: Majlis

175. Parliament of Japan: Diet

176. Parliament of Russia (lower house): State Duma

177. Parliament of Germany (lower house): Bundestag

178. Parliament of the USA: Congress

179. Parliament of Norway: Storting

180. Parliament of Bangladesh: Jatiya Sangsad

9. International Organisations

181. Date the United Nations was founded: 24 October 1945

182. Number of UN member states: 193

183. Members of the UN Security Council: 15 (5 permanent)

184. Headquarters of the League of Nations: Geneva

185. Year the OIC was founded: 1969 (Rabat)

186. Headquarters of the OIC: Jeddah

187. Number of OIC members: 57

188. Year SAARC was founded: 1985 (Dhaka)

189. Headquarters of SAARC: Kathmandu

190. Number of SAARC members: 8

191. Headquarters of ECO: Tehran

192. Year SCO was founded: 2001

193. Year Pakistan became a full member of SCO: 2017

194. Headquarters of ASEAN: Jakarta

195. Headquarters of NATO: Brussels

196. Year the WTO was established: 1995

197. Conference that created the IMF and World Bank: Bretton Woods (1944)

198. Headquarters of the IMF and World Bank: Washington DC

199. Headquarters of UNESCO: Paris

200. Headquarters of WHO: Geneva

201. Headquarters of FAO: Rome

202. Headquarters of IAEA: Vienna

203. Headquarters of OPEC: Vienna

204. Headquarters of the International Court of Justice: The Hague

205. Headquarters of Interpol: Lyon

206. Headquarters of the Asian Development Bank: Manila

207. Headquarters of the Islamic Development Bank: Jeddah

208. Headquarters of the Arab League: Cairo

209. Headquarters of the African Union: Addis Ababa

210. Headquarters of the Gulf Cooperation Council: Riyadh

10. Islamic Studies

211. Place of the first revelation: Cave Hira

212. First word revealed: Iqra

213. Surah of the first revelation: Surah Al-Alaq

214. Number of Surahs in the Holy Quran: 114

215. Number of Paras in the Holy Quran: 30

216. Longest Surah: Al-Baqarah

217. Shortest Surah: Al-Kawthar

218. Surah without Bismillah: At-Tawbah

219. Surah with Bismillah twice: An-Naml

220. Surah called the “Heart of the Quran”: Ya-Sin

221. Surah called the “Mother of the Quran”: Al-Fatiha

222. Number of prophets mentioned by name in the Quran: 25

223. Year of the Hijrah: 622 AD

224. Year of the Battle of Badr: 2 AH

225. Year of the Battle of Uhud: 3 AH

226. Year of the Battle of the Trench (Khandaq): 5 AH

227. Year of the Treaty of Hudaibiya: 6 AH

228. Year of the Conquest of Makkah: 8 AH

229. Year Hajj became obligatory: 9 AH

230. Year fasting became obligatory: 2 AH

231. Rate of Zakat: 2.5 percent

232. First mosque of Islam: Masjid Quba

233. First muezzin of Islam: Hazrat Bilal (RA)

234. First woman martyr of Islam: Hazrat Sumayya (RA)

235. Caliph who first compiled the Quran in book form: Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA)

236. Caliph known as “Jami-ul-Quran”: Hazrat Usman (RA)

237. Caliph who introduced the Hijri calendar: Hazrat Umar (RA)

238. Companion titled “Saifullah”: Hazrat Khalid bin Walid (RA)

239. Companion titled “Amin-ul-Ummah”: Hazrat Abu Ubaidah bin Jarrah (RA)

240. Companion titled “Sayyid-ush-Shuhada”: Hazrat Hamza (RA)

11. Everyday Science

241. Hardest natural substance: Diamond

242. Lightest gas: Hydrogen

243. Most abundant gas in the atmosphere: Nitrogen (about 78 percent)

244. Metal that is liquid at room temperature: Mercury

245. Largest planet: Jupiter

246. Smallest planet: Mercury

247. Hottest planet: Venus

248. Planet known as the Red Planet: Mars

249. Speed of light: About 300,000 km per second

250. Speed of sound in air at 0°C: About 332 m per second

251. Normal human body temperature: 37°C (98.6°F)

252. Number of bones in an adult human: 206

253. Largest organ of the human body: Skin

254. Largest gland of the human body: Liver

255. Smallest bone of the human body: Stapes

256. Universal blood donor: O negative

257. Universal blood recipient: AB positive

258. Organ that produces insulin: Pancreas

259. Disease caused by a lack of Vitamin C: Scurvy

260. Disease caused by a lack of Vitamin D: Rickets

261. Disease caused by a lack of Vitamin A: Night blindness

262. Vitamin needed for blood clotting: Vitamin K

263. pH of pure water: 7

264. Chemical formula of common salt: NaCl

265. Chemical name of laughing gas: Nitrous oxide (N?O)

266. Dry ice is solid form of: Carbon dioxide

267. Metal used in galvanization: Zinc

268. Brass is an alloy of: Copper and Zinc

269. Bronze is an alloy of: Copper and Tin

270. Main component of natural gas: Methane

12. Units, Instruments and Inventions

271. Unit of force: Newton

272. Unit of electric current: Ampere

273. Unit of resistance: Ohm

274. Unit of power: Watt

275. Unit of pressure: Pascal

276. Instrument that measures atmospheric pressure: Barometer

277. Instrument that measures humidity: Hygrometer

278. Instrument that records earthquakes: Seismograph

279. Instrument that measures electric current: Ammeter

280. Instrument that tests the purity of milk: Lactometer

281. Instrument that measures wind speed: Anemometer

282. Discoverer of penicillin: Alexander Fleming (1928)

283. Inventor of the telephone: Alexander Graham Bell

284. Inventor of television: John Logie Baird

285. Inventor of the World Wide Web: Tim Berners-Lee

286. Discoverer of X-rays: Wilhelm Roentgen

287. Developer of the polio vaccine: Jonas Salk

288. Developer of the smallpox vaccine: Edward Jenner

289. Inventor of dynamite: Alfred Nobel

290. Scientist who gave the theory of relativity: Albert Einstein

13. Computer

291. Father of the computer: Charles Babbage

292. Brain of the computer: CPU

293. Memory that loses data when power is off: RAM

294. Number of bits in one byte: 8

295. Number of bytes in one kilobyte: 1,024

296. First computer network: ARPANET

297. Full form of HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocol

298. Full form of URL: Uniform Resource Locator

299. Intersection of a row and a column in MS Excel: Cell

300. Shortcut key to undo an action: Ctrl + Z

14. Sports

301. Players in a cricket team: 11

302. Players in a hockey team: 11

303. Players in a volleyball team: 6

304. Players in a basketball team: 5

305. Players in a polo team: 4

306. Number of Olympic rings: 5

307. Venue of the first modern Olympics: Athens (1896)

308. Host of the FIFA World Cup 2022: Qatar

309. Winner of the FIFA World Cup 2022: Argentina

310. Venue of the 1992 Cricket World Cup final: Melbourne

15. Books and Authors

311. Author of “Bang-e-Dra”: Allama Iqbal

312. Author of “Asrar-e-Khudi”: Allama Iqbal

313. Author of “The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam”: Allama Iqbal

314. Author of “Asbab-e-Baghawat-e-Hind”: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

315. Author of “Musaddas-e-Hali”: Maulana Altaf Hussain Hali

316. Author of “Kashf-ul-Mahjoob”: Hazrat Ali Hujwiri (Data Ganj Bakhsh)

317. Author of “Shah Jo Risalo”: Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai

318. Author of “Heer”: Waris Shah

319. Author of “India Wins Freedom”: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

320. Author of “Muqaddimah”: Ibn Khaldun

321. Author of “The Prince”: Niccolo Machiavelli

322. Author of “The Republic”: Plato

323. Author of “Das Kapital”: Karl Marx

324. Author of “The Wealth of Nations”: Adam Smith

325. Author of “Shahnameh”: Firdausi

326. Author of “Gulistan” and “Bostan”: Sheikh Saadi

327. Author of “Hamlet”: William Shakespeare

328. Author of “War and Peace”: Leo Tolstoy

329. Author of “On the Origin of Species”: Charles Darwin

330. Author of “Pakistan or the Partition of India”: B.R. Ambedkar

16. Important Days

331. Kashmir Solidarity Day: 5 February

332. International Mother Language Day: 21 February

333. International Women’s Day: 8 March

334. Pakistan Day: 23 March

335. World Health Day: 7 April

336. Labour Day: 1 May

337. Youm-e-Takbeer: 28 May

338. World Environment Day: 5 June

339. World Population Day: 11 July

340. Independence Day of Pakistan: 14 August

341. Defence Day of Pakistan: 6 September

342. Death anniversary of the Quaid: 11 September

343. World Teachers’ Day: 5 October

344. United Nations Day: 24 October

345. Iqbal Day: 9 November

346. World AIDS Day: 1 December

347. Human Rights Day: 10 December

348. Quaid-e-Azam Day: 25 December

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