PPSC GK General Knowledge Past Papers MCQs 2021 90 Score: 0 Attempted: 0/90 Subscribe 1. Which is the Largest Continent by Population? (A) Europe (B) Asia (C) North America (D) South America 2. The Capital of Libya is _____? (A) Tripoli (B) London (C) Cairo (D) Tashkent 3. What is the national currency of China? (A) Yen (B) Lira (C) Yuan (D) Rupee 4. Which flower is the National flower of Pakistan? (A) Rose (B) Sunflower (C) Lilly (D) Jasmine 5. Which is the Currency of Indonesia? (A) Dinar (B) Rupiah (C) Ringgit (D) Dollar 6. When was NATO founded? (A) 1948 (B) 1951 (C) 1946 (D) 1949 7. Corona Virus initiated in which city of China? (A) Beijing (B) Wuhan (C) Tianjin (D) None of these 8. What is the capital of Turkey? (A) Marmaris (B) Ankara (C) Anatolia (D) Azmier 9. What is the Longest River in the World? (A) Nile (B) Amazon (C) Mississippi (D) Yangtze 10. The largest Island of the world is _____? (A) Iceland (B) Cyprus (C) Greenland (D) None of these 11. United Nations Organization (UNO) officially came into existence on? (A) 10 October 1945 (B) 14 October 1945 (C) 24 October 1945 (D) 28 October 1945 12. UN Organization works for Tourism Promotion is _____? (A) Tourist Commission (B) World Tourist Organization (C) World Tourist Community (D) None of these 13. “Myanmar” is the new/old name of _____ ? (A) Chilli (B) Burma (C) Niger (D) Tibet 14. What is the capital of Georgia? (A) Sofia (B) Bulgaria (C) Atlanta (D) Tbilisi 15. The world’s Largest fresh water Lake is? (A) Lake Superior (B) Lake Victoria (C) Great Bear Lake (D) None of these 16. How many Countries are members of OIC? (A) 55 (B) 56 (C) 57 (D) 69 17. CPEC stands for _____? (A) China Pakistan economic corporation (B) China Pakistan economic corridor (C) Pakistan China economic corporation (D) Pakistan China economic corridor 18. Which Continent has no desert? (A) Europe (B) Australia (C) North America (D) South America 19. Which Viceroy convened the ‘Simla Conference’ in 1945? (A) Lord Mountbatten (B) Lord Wavell (C) Lord Linlithgow (D) Lord Willington 20. The United Kingdom (UK) left the European Union on _______? (A) 28 January 2020 (B) 29 January 2020 (C) 30 January 2020 (D) 31 January 2020 21. How many countries are members of the European Union? (A) 28 (B) 29 (C) 30 (D) 27 22. Post Second World War era divided Germany into how many zones? (A) 5 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) None of these 23. Treaty of Versailles was signed between Allied forces and ____ ? (A) Germany (B) France (C) Russia (D) UK 24. What is the capital of Chile? (A) Prague (B) Vienna (C) Santiago (D) Bern 25. Who was the artist of famous painting “Mona Lisa”? (A) Michael-Angelo (B) Leonardo da Vinci (C) Picasso (D) Van Gogh 26. Golden Gate Bridge is located in _____? (A) San Francisco (B) Washington (C) New York (D) None of these 27. Antonio Guterres became 9th Secretary General of UNO. He belongs to which country? (A) Portugal (B) Spain (C) France (D) England 28. Which country has the largest nuclear power plant? (A) Japan (B) Israel (C) US (D) UK 29. Tashkent is the capital of ______? (A) Turkmenistan (B) Kazakhstan (C) Uzbekistan (D) Azerbaijan 30. Who was the first to invent Airplane? (A) Wright Brothers (B) Aero Brothers (C) William Brothers (D) None of these 31. Human rights day is observed on which date? (A) 10 December (B) 11 December (C) 15 December (D) 19 December 32. Industrial revolution started from which country? (A) England (B) USA (C) Canada (D) UAE 33. Which two oceans are connected by the Panama Canal? (A) Mediterranean Sea with Red Sea (B) Atlantic and Pacific Ocean (C) Mediterranean Sea with Baltic Sea (D) Mediterranean Sea with Black Sea 34. Mossad is the intelligence agency of ______? (A) Israel (B) Jordan (C) UAE (D) UK 35. Bandar Abbas seaport is in which country? (A) Iraq (B) Iran (C) Egypt (D) None of these 36. Great Bear is a _____? (A) Lake (B) Monument (C) Historical place (D) None of these 37. What is the capital of Argentina? (A) Harare (B) Kuala Lumpur (C) Buenos Aires (D) Brasilia 38. Former Secretary General Kofi Annan of United Nations belonged to which country? (A) Uganda (B) Ghana (C) China (D) None of these 39. In which continent Japan is located? (A) East Asia (B) Middle East (C) Central Asia (D) South Asia 40. What percentage of the Earth is covered by forest? (A) 31% (B) 50% (C) 40% (D) None of these 41. When was Magna Carta signed by King John of England? (A) 1212 (B) 1215 (C) 1216 (D) 1218 42. The Headquarter of SAARC is located in which city? (A) Katmandu (B) Islamabad (C) Delhi (D) None of these 43. During which year the first World War was started? (A) 1912 (B) 1913 (C) 1914 (D) 1915 44. Francois Bernier was a ____ traveler. (A) French (B) British (C) Dutch (D) None of these 45. The third stage of the Rostow Model is _____? (A) Take off (B) Traditional society (C) Age of high mass (D) None of these 46. On which date did Israel attack Masjid-e-Aqsa? (A) 11 May 2021 (B) 10 May 2021 (C) 9 May 2021 (D) None of these 47. What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan in 1948? (A) Foreign aid to Western Europe (B) Economic assistance to Africa (C) Recovery from WW1 (D) None of these 48. Who was the President of the USA during the Cuban missile U2 incident on October 14, 1962? (A) Lyndon B Johnson (B) Richard Nixon (C) John F. Kennedy (D) None of these 49. What does Schengen Area mean? (A) Free movement without passport check (B) Certain restrictions (C) Special visa is required to visit (D) None of these 50. The last ruler of Soviet Union (USSR) was _______? (A) Mikhail Gorbachev (B) Boris Yeltsin (C) Leonid Brezhnev (D) Ban Ki Moon 51. In which university was the Bitcoin currency first introduced? (A) Nicosia (B) Oxford (C) Monash (D) None of these 52. The purest form of water is obtained from _____? (A) Rain water (B) Sea water (C) Acid rain (D) None of these 53. After the withdrawal of American forces, who took charge of Kabul airport? (A) Turkey (B) India (C) Taliban forces (D) None of these 54. In the UK, who is first in line for the throne? (A) Prince of Wales (B) Prince Andrew (C) Prince Harry (D) None of these 55. Who is considered one of the greatest investors in the world? (A) Bill Gates (B) Elon Musk (C) Warren Buffett (D) None of these 56. Business through the internet is called? (A) E-Commerce (B) Courier (C) Credit card (D) Online shopping 57. Who is known as Father of History of Psychology? (A) Herodotus (B) Edward Gibbon (C) Wilhem Wundt (D) None of these 58. Nagorno Karabagh dispute region among which countries? (A) Azerbaijan and India (B) Armenia and India (C) Azerbaijan and Armenia (D) None of these 59. Which of the following is the largest and deepest Ocean of the Earth? (A) Arctic Ocean (B) Pacific Ocean (C) Atlantic Ocean (D) None of these 60. UPS stands for _____? (A) Uninterruptible power supply (B) Unforeseeable power supply (C) Uninterruptible power supplement (D) None of these 61. Who invented the telephone? (A) Alexander Graham Bell (B) Thomas Edison (C) Nikola Tesla (D) None of these 62. World Environment Day is observed on which date? (A) 6 June (B) 5 June (C) 4 June (D) 7 June 63. FIFA World Cup 2022 was hosted by which country? (A) Qatar (B) Russia (C) Germany (D) None of these 64. Which gas is known as laughing gas? (A) Nitrogen Dioxide (B) Nitrous Oxide (C) Carbon Dioxide (D) None of these 65. Which is the national bird of Pakistan? (A) Pigeon (B) Chukar Partridge (C) Sparrow (D) None of these 66. Which country is called the Land of the Rising Sun? (A) China (B) Japan (C) Korea (D) Thailand 67. The currency of Saudi Arabia is _____? (A) Dirham (B) Dinar (C) Riyal (D) Pound 68. The headquarters of NATO are located in which city? (A) Geneva (B) Brussels (C) Paris (D) None of these 69. Which vitamin is also called Ascorbic Acid? (A) Vitamin A (B) Vitamin B (C) Vitamin C (D) Vitamin D 70. The largest desert in the world is _____? (A) Thar Desert (B) Sahara Desert (C) Gobi Desert (D) Kalahari Desert 71. Who wrote the book “Wealth of Nations”? (A) John Maynard Keynes (B) Adam Smith (C) Karl Marx (D) None of these 72. The UNO was founded in which year? (A) 1944 (B) 1945 (C) 1946 (D) 1947 73. The deepest part of the Earth is _____? (A) Dead Sea (B) Mariana Trench (C) Caspian Sea (D) None of these 74. The world’s highest mountain is _____? (A) K2 (B) Mount Everest (C) Mount Kilimanjaro (D) Mount Elbrus 75. The largest continent by area is _____? (A) Africa (B) Asia (C) North America (D) Europe 76. The smallest continent by area is _____? (A) Europe (B) Australia (C) South America (D) Africa 77. The world’s longest river is _____? (A) Amazon (B) Indus (C) Nile (D) Mississippi 78. The capital city of Canada is _____? (A) Toronto (B) Ottawa (C) Vancouver (D) Montreal 79. The currency of Japan is _____? (A) Yen (B) Yuan (C) Dollar (D) Won 80. The Great Wall of China is located in which country? (A) India (B) China (C) Mongolia (D) None of these 81. The study of stars and planets is called _____? (A) Geology (B) Astronomy (C) Astrology (D) Oceanography 82. The first man to step on the moon was _____? (A) Yuri Gagarin (B) Neil Armstrong (C) Michael Collins (D) Buzz Aldrin 83. The largest island in the world is _____? (A) Sri Lanka (B) Greenland (C) Borneo (D) Madagascar 84. The capital of Australia is _____? (A) Sydney (B) Melbourne (C) Canberra (D) Perth 85. The currency of the United Kingdom is _____? (A) Euro (B) Dollar (C) Pound Sterling (D) Franc 86. Which organ purifies our blood? (A) Lungs (B) Kidney (C) Heart (D) Liver 87. The Red Cross was founded by _____? (A) Henry Dunant (B) Florence Nightingale (C) Edward Jenner (D) Louis Pasteur 88. The world’s largest ocean is _____? (A) Atlantic Ocean (B) Indian Ocean (C) Pacific Ocean (D) Arctic Ocean 89. The currency of China is _____? (A) Yen (B) Yuan (C) Dollar (D) Won 90. The world’s largest dam is _____? (A) Tarbela Dam (B) Three Gorges Dam (C) Mangla Dam (D) Hoover Dam