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PPSC GK General Knowledge Past Papers  MCQs 2023

1. When was NATO founded?

(A) 1948


(B) 1951


(C) 1946


(D) 1949




2. The headquarter of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is in ______?

(A) Kathmandu – Nepal


(B) Rome – Italy


(C) Berlin – Germany


(D) Jeddah – Saudi Arabia




3. Which of the following sports is not part of the Olympic Games?

(A) Swimming


(B) Tennis


(C) Hockey


(D) Cricket




4. When did Pakistan join OIC?

(A) 1969


(B) 1968


(C) 1973


(D) 1974




5. Eiffel Tower is located in which country?

(A) Brazil


(B) Denmark


(C) Finland


(D) France




6. Who Presented Lahore Resolution (Pakistan Resolution) on 23rd March, 1940 at Minto Park?

(A) Allama Iqbal


(B) A.K Fazlul-Haq


(C) Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah


(D) Liaquat Ali Khan




7. UN Human Rights Committee is ______?

(A) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights


(B) International Committee of Civil Rights


(C) International Convention of Civil Rights


(D) None of these




8. The man who built the first Mechanical Calculator was ______?

(A) Blaise Pascal


(B) Harward Aliken


(C) John Mauchly


(D) None of these




9. In which year was OIC founded?

(A) December 7, 1985


(B) 4 April 1949


(C) September 25, 1969


(D) 24 October 1945




10. World Trade Organization (WTO) was established in ______?

(A) 1992


(B) 1993


(C) 1994


(D) 1995




11. What does HTTP stand for in the context of WWW?

(A) Hypertext Transfer Protocol


(B) Hypertext Transfer Protection


(C) Hyper Transfer Protocol


(D) None of these




12. The book ‘A Brief History of Time’ is written by ____?

(A) Stephen Hawking


(B) Aristotle


(C) Oswald Spengler


(D) Karl Marx




13. BIOS stands for ______?

(A) Board input/output system


(B) Back the input/output system


(C) Behind input/output system


(D) Basic input/output system




14. Great Barrier Reef is located in the country?

(A) UK


(B) USA


(C) Canada


(D) Australia




15. Which Continent has no desert?

(A) Europe


(B) Australia


(C) North America


(D) South America




16. Who said, “Democracy is the government of the people, for the people, by the people?”

(A) Abraham Lincoln


(B) Gandhi


(C) Seeley


(D) Dicey




17. What is a statistical study of the human population called?

(A) Biography


(B) Demography


(C) Pedology


(D) None of these




18. The Headquarter of International Labour Organization (ILO) is in ____?

(A) Paris


(B) Geneva


(C) New York


(D) Hague




19. Where IMF headquarters located?

(A) Paris


(B) London


(C) Geneva


(D) Washington




20. World Ozone Day is observed on _______?

(A) April 4


(B) October 24


(C) June 5


(D) September 16




21. Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) established in _____?

(A) 1985


(B) 1987


(C) 1988


(D) 1999




22. The most populous continent is _____?

(A) Asia


(B) Africa


(C) Europe


(D) None of these




23. Napoleon Bonaparte was the King of ______?

(A) France


(B) Italy


(C) Greece


(D) Russia




24. Who discovered Penicillin?

(A) F. Jacksin


(B) Einstein


(C) A. Fleming


(D) J. Iqbal




25. RCD was established on _____?

(A) 21 July, 1964


(B) 21 May, 1964


(C) 21 August, 1964


(D) 21 June, 1964




26. The ‘Statue of Liberty’ was a gift to the United States from which country?

(A) Germany


(B) UK


(C) France


(D) Japan




27. NAFTA stands for _____?

(A) North American Free Trade Agencies


(B) North Alliance Free Trade Agreement


(C) North American Free Trade Agreement


(D) None of these




28. CAD stands for _______?

(A) Computer aided design


(B) Computer algorithm for design


(C) Computer application in dosing


(D) Computer analogue design




29. Strait of Malacca separates ______?

(A) Malaysia and China


(B) Malaysia and Indonesia


(C) Malaysia and Sri Lanka


(D) None of these




30. What was the nationality of Alfred Nobel?

(A) American


(B) Swedish


(C) German


(D) British




31. Human rights day is observed on which date?

(A) 10 December


(B) 11 December


(C) 15 December


(D) 19 December




32. NCOC stands for ______?

(A) National Control and Operation Centre


(B) National Command and Operation Centre


(C) National Coordination and Operation Centre


(D) None of these




33. When Pakistan signed the Baghdad pact, later called CENTO?

(A) 29 September 1955


(B) 13 September 1955


(C) 23 September 1955


(D) 23 September 1956




34. Khushal Khan Khattak was a famous poet of ______ language.

(A) Siraiki


(B) Punjabi


(C) Balochi


(D) Pashto




35. Which is the Largest Continent by Population?

(A) Europe


(B) Asia


(C) North America


(D) South America




36. Answer: (B) Asia



37. Which is the capital of Somalia?

(A) Prague


(B) Lisbon


(C) Helsinki


(D) Mogadishu




38. The UN Security Council consists of _____?

(A) 5 members


(B) 11 members


(C) 15 members


(D) 20 members




39. Mossad is the intelligence agency of ______?

(A) Israel


(B) Jordan


(C) UAE


(D) UK




40. Which country parliament has the largest membership?

(A) Canada


(B) Russia


(C) China


(D) India




41. Who became the first woman to summit Mount Everest in 1975?

(A) Jumko Tabei


(B) Jane Anderson


(C) Kane Sharpa


(D) Victoria Anderson




42. Tiger Woods is a famous player of which sports?

(A) Type of wood


(B) Golf player


(C) Weapon


(D) Cloth




43. Amnesty International is an organization for ____?

(A) Solving issues between two states


(B) Prevention of crimes


(C) Providing loans to countries


(D) Protection of Human Rights




44. Famous social website Facebook was founded by ____?

(A) Elon Musk


(B) Steve Jobs


(C) Bill Gates


(D) Mark Zuckerberg




45. Which city is known as the Big Apple?

(A) Washington


(B) Wellington


(C) London


(D) New York




46. The largest famine hit Ethiopia in which year?

(A) 1983


(B) 1980


(C) 1993


(D) None of these




47. Pulitzer prize is awarded for outstanding work in the field of _____?

(A) Scuba


(B) Science & Tech


(C) Journalism


(D) Film Industry




48. Alexandria is the seaport of ___?

(A) UAE


(B) UK


(C) Egypt


(D) None of these




49. Fidel Castro was the president of?

(A) Cuba


(B) Spain


(C) France


(D) Canada




50. What is DMA stand for?

(A) Direct Memory Access


(B) Direct Module Access


(C) Direct Memory Allocation


(D) Direct Memory Accept




51. EBCDIC stands for _______?

(A) Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code


(B) Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange Code


(C) Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Code


(D) Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange Code




52. The World Trade Organization (WTO) replaced which organization?

(A) World Bank


(B) International Monetary Fund (IMF)


(C) General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)


(D) UNCTAD




53. Which is the largest river in the world by discharge volume?

(A) Nile


(B) Amazon


(C) Yangtze


(D) Mississippi




54. The headquarters of UNESCO is located in ______?

(A) Paris, France


(B) New York, USA


(C) Geneva, Switzerland


(D) London, UK




55. Pakistan became a member of the United Nations on which date?

(A) 14 August 1947


(B) 30 September 1947


(C) 25 October 1947


(D) 21 September 1947




56. Which gas is essential for photosynthesis?

(A) Oxygen


(B) Nitrogen


(C) Carbon Dioxide


(D) Hydrogen




57. Who was the first President of Pakistan?

(A) Ayub Khan


(B) Iskander Mirza


(C) Liaquat Ali Khan


(D) Muhammad Ali Jinnah




58. The headquarter of International Monetary Fund (IMF) is in ______?

(A) Geneva


(B) Washington D.C.


(C) New York


(D) London




59. Which element has the chemical symbol “Na”?

(A) Nitrogen


(B) Sodium


(C) Nickel


(D) Neptunium




60. The Indus River originates from which region?

(A) Himalayas


(B) Karakoram


(C) Kailash Range


(D) Hindu Kush




61. The world’s largest desert is ______?

(A) Sahara


(B) Arabian


(C) Gobi


(D) Kalahari




62. The UNO was established in which city?

(A) Paris


(B) London


(C) San Francisco


(D) Geneva




63. Who is known as the “Father of the Computer”?

(A) Charles Babbage


(B) Alan Turing


(C) John von Neumann


(D) Bill Gates




64. The first Constitution of Pakistan was enforced in ______?

(A) 1949


(B) 1956


(C) 1962


(D) 1973




65. The chemical formula of water is ______?

(A) CO₂


(B) H₂O


(C) O₂


(D) H₂SO₄




66. Which Pakistani scientist is known as the “Father of Pakistan’s Nuclear Program”?

(A) Dr. Abdul Salam


(B) Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan


(C) Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad


(D) Munir Ahmad Khan




67. The “Great Wall of China” was built mainly to protect against which group?

(A) Japanese


(B) Mongols


(C) Koreans


(D) Russians




68. The literacy rate of Pakistan according to the 2023 report is around?

(A) 50%


(B) 58%


(C) 62%


(D) 70%




69. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has how many permanent members?

(A) 3


(B) 5


(C) 7


(D) 10




70. The country with the largest population in the world is ______?

(A) India


(B) China


(C) USA


(D) Indonesia




71. The first Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded in 1901 to ______?

(A) Albert Einstein


(B) Wilhelm Röntgen


(C) Marie Curie


(D) Max Planck




72. The Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was born in which city?

(A) Karachi


(B) Lahore


(C) Quetta


(D) Delhi




73. The currency of Japan is ______?

(A) Yen


(B) Yuan


(C) Won


(D) Ringgit




74. The atomic number of Oxygen is ______?

(A) 6


(B) 7


(C) 8


(D) 9




75. The headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) is located in ______?

(A) Paris


(B) Geneva


(C) London


(D) New York




76. The first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan was ______?

(A) Fatima Jinnah


(B) Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan


(C) Benazir Bhutto


(D) Hina Rabbani Khar




77. The world’s smallest continent is ______?

(A) Europe


(B) Australia


(C) South America


(D) Antarctica




78. Who was the first Caliph of Islam?

(A) Hazrat Umar (R.A)


(B) Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A)


(C) Hazrat Usman (R.A)


(D) Hazrat Ali (R.A)




79. The currency of Saudi Arabia is ______?

(A) Riyal


(B) Dinar


(C) Dirham


(D) Pound




80. The first computer virus was known as ______?

(A) Creeper


(B) Trojan


(C) Melissa


(D) Brain




81. The national poet of Pakistan is ______?

(A) Faiz Ahmed Faiz


(B) Hafeez Jalandhari


(C) Allama Iqbal


(D) Ahmad Faraz




82. The Panama Canal connects which two oceans?

(A) Indian and Pacific


(B) Atlantic and Arctic


(C) Atlantic and Pacific


(D) Indian and Atlantic




83. The first Governor-General of Pakistan was ______?

(A) Liaquat Ali Khan


(B) Iskander Mirza


(C) Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah


(D) Khawaja Nazimuddin




84. Which is the fastest land animal?

(A) Lion


(B) Tiger


(C) Cheetah


(D) Leopard




85. The founder of Microsoft is ______?

(A) Steve Jobs


(B) Mark Zuckerberg


(C) Bill Gates


(D) Larry Page




86. The world’s highest mountain peak is ______?

(A) K-2


(B) Mount Everest


(C) Nanga Parbat


(D) Mount Kilimanjaro




87. The “Battle of Badr” was fought in which Hijri year?

(A) 2 A.H


(B) 3 A.H


(C) 1 A.H


(D) 4 A.H




88. The official language of the United Nations is NOT ______?

(A) English


(B) Arabic


(C) German


(D) Chinese




89. Which gas is commonly known as “Laughing Gas”?

(A) Oxygen


(B) Nitrous Oxide


(C) Carbon Dioxide


(D) Methane




90. The largest mosque in Pakistan is ______?

(A) Badshahi Mosque


(B) Shah Faisal Mosque


(C) Masjid Wazir Khan


(D) Data Darbar Mosque




91. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in which country?

(A) Sweden


(B) Switzerland


(C) Norway


(D) Denmark




92. The national animal of Pakistan is ______?

(A) Markhor


(B) Lion


(C) Tiger


(D) Leopard




93. The first Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan was ______?

(A) Zahid Hussain


(B) Ghulam Ishaq Khan


(C) Shaukat Aziz


(D) Anwar Ali




94. The chemical symbol of Gold is ______?

(A) Ag


(B) Au


(C) Pt


(D) Gd




95. The most abundant gas in the Earth’s atmosphere is ______?

(A) Oxygen


(B) Nitrogen


(C) Carbon Dioxide


(D) Argon




96. The national flower of Pakistan is ______?

(A) Jasmine


(B) Rose


(C) Tulip


(D) Sunflower




97. The “Cold War” was primarily between which two countries?

(A) USA and Germany


(B) USA and USSR


(C) USA and Japan


(D) USA and China




98. The currency of China is ______?

(A) Yen


(B) Yuan


(C) Won


(D) Rupiah




99. The first Nobel Prize won by a Muslim was awarded to ______?

(A) Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan


(B) Malala Yousafzai


(C) Dr. Abdus Salam


(D) Anwar Sadat




100. The official residence of the British Prime Minister is ______?

(A) White House


(B) Buckingham Palace


(C) 10 Downing Street


(D) Westminster Abbey




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