Islamic Studies
Question: Which Prophet is known as “Abu al-Anbiya” (Father of Prophets)?
Answer: Hazrat Ibrahim (A.S)
Question: In which Hijri year was the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah signed?
Answer: 6 A.H.
Question: Who was the first female martyr (Shaheeda) in Islam?
Answer: Hazrat Sumayyah bint Khabbat (R.A)
Question: Which Surah of the Holy Quran contains the verses about the story of Ashab-e-Kahf (People of the Cave)?
Answer: Surah Al-Kahf
Question: How many times is the name of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) explicitly mentioned in the Holy Quran?
Answer: 4 times
Question: Which Companion was given the title “Amin-ul-Ummah” (Trustee of this Ummah)?
Answer: Hazrat Abu Ubaidah bin al-Jarrah (R.A)
Question: In which battle did Hazrat Ali (R.A) kill the giant disbeliever Amr ibn Abdwud?
Answer: Battle of the Trench (Khandaq)
Question: What is the term for the retirement period a woman must observe after the death of her husband or divorce?
Answer: Iddah
Question: Which Holy Book was revealed to Hazrat Isa (A.S)?
Answer: Injeel (Gospel)
Question: Who represented the Muslims during negotiations at the Migration to Abyssinia (Habsha)?
Answer: Hazrat Jafar bin Abi Talib (R.A)
Urdu
Question: اردو کے پہلے سفر نامے ”عجائباتِ فرنگ“ کے مصنف کون ہیں؟
Answer: یوسف خاں کمبل پوش
Question: مشہور نظم ”شکویٰ“ اور ”جوابِ شکویٰ“ علامہ اقبال کے کس مجموعۂ کلام میں شامل ہیں؟
Answer: بانگِ درا
Question: اردو شاعری میں تلامذہ کے لحاظ سے سب سے زیادہ شاگرد کس شاعر کے مانے جاتے ہیں؟
Answer: ذوق (اور داغ دہلوی)
Question: لفظ ”شجاع“ کا متضاد کیا ہے؟
Answer: بزدل / ڈرپوک
Question: قواعد کی رو سے وہ اسم جو کسی اوزار یا آلے کا نام ہو، کیا کہلاتا ہے؟
Answer: اسمِ آلہ
Question: اردو کے کس شاعر کو ”شاعرِ انقلاب“ کہا جاتا ہے؟
Answer: جوش ملیح آبادی
Question: میر امن دہلوی کی مشہور تصنیف ”باغ و بہار“ کس کتاب کا ترجمہ ہے؟
Answer: قصہ چہار درویش (امیر خسرو)
Question: ردِف سے کیا مراد ہے؟
Answer: وہ ہم آواز الفاظ جو قافیے کے بعد شعر میں ہو بہو دہرائے جائیں
Question: اردو ادب میں ”سر سید“ تحریک کا مرکز کون سا ادارہ تھا؟
Answer: علی گڑھ (ایم اے او کالج)
Question: ڈپٹی نذیر احمد کا پہلا ناول کون سا ہے؟
Answer: مراۃ العروس
Pakistan Studies
Question: When was the partition of the Punjab and Bengal provinces finalized under the Radcliffe Award?
Answer: 17th August 1947
Question: Who served as the first Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army after independence?
Answer: General Sir Frank Messervy
Question: In which year was the Simla Deputation presented to Lord Minto?
Answer: 1906 (October 1)
Question: What is the official name of the mountain pass that links Gilgit-Baltistan with China?
Answer: Khunjerab Pass
Question: Who was the president of the All India Muslim League at the time of Pakistan’s creation?
Answer: Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Question: When was the first martial law imposed in Pakistan?
Answer: 7th October 1958 (by Iskander Mirza)
Question: Which is the largest saltwater lake in Pakistan?
Answer: Keenjhar Lake (or Haleji Lake)
Question: Who was the Prime Minister of Pakistan during the adoption of the 1956 Constitution?
Answer: Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
Question: What is the approximate length of Pakistan’s coastline along the Arabian Sea?
Answer: About 1,046 km
Question: When was the Quaid-e-Azam’s mausoleum (Mazar-e-Quaid) formally completed?
Answer: 1970
Everyday Science
Question: Which blood cells help in the clotting of blood to stop bleeding?
Answer: Platelets (Thrombocytes)
Question: What is the chemical formula of laughing gas (Nitrous Oxide)?
Answer: N2O
Question: Which vitamin is primarily synthesized in the human body by exposure to sunlight?
Answer: Vitamin D
Question: What is the hardest man-made material or substance?
Answer: Wurtzite boron nitride / Aggregated diamond nanorod (or Carbyne)
Question: Which instrument is used to measure relative humidity in the air?
Answer: Hygrometer
Question: What causes tides in Earth’s oceans?
Answer: Gravitational pull of the Moon and the Sun
Question: Which gas is known as “Marsh Gas”?
Answer: Methane (CH4)
Question: What is the normal pH value of pure human blood?
Answer: 7.35 to 7.45 (slightly alkaline)
Question: Which part of the human brain controls balance, posture, and coordination?
Answer: Cerebellum
Question: What is the chemical name of common vinegar?
Answer: Acetic Acid (Dilute)
General Knowledge
Question: Which country is known as the “Land of the White Elephant”?
Answer: Thailand
Question: What is the currency of South Korea?
Answer: South Korean Won
Question: In which city is the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) located?
Answer: Brussels, Belgium
Question: Which is the shallowest ocean in the world?
Answer: Arctic Ocean
Question: Who wrote the epic literary work “Hamlet”?
Answer: William Shakespeare
Question: What is the capital of Kenya?
Answer: Nairobi
Question: Which international body regulates global postal services?
Answer: Universal Postal Union (UPU)
Question: What is the deepest oceanic trench in the world?
Answer: Mariana Trench
Question: In which year did the Berlin Wall fall?
Answer: 1989
Question: Which country is the world’s largest producer of coffee?
Answer: Brazil
Geography
Question: Which mountain range is considered the natural boundary between Europe and Asia?
Answer: Ural Mountains
Question: The Strait of Hormuz connects the Persian Gulf with which body of water?
Answer: Gulf of Oman / Arabian Sea
Question: Which desert spans across parts of Mongolia and China?
Answer: Gobi Desert
Question: Which river is known as the “Sorrow of China”?
Answer: Yellow River (Huang He)
Question: What is the imaginary line at 0 degrees latitude called?
Answer: Equator
Question: Which country is entirely surrounded by South Africa?
Answer: Lesotho
Question: What is the capital city of Brazil?
Answer: Brasília
Question: Which ocean is the smallest of the world’s five oceans?
Answer: Arctic Ocean
Question: What type of plate boundary is responsible for the formation of the Himalaya Mountains?
Answer: Convergent boundary (continental-continental collision)
Question: Which country is the source of the Blue Nile river?
Answer: Ethiopia (Lake Tana)
Current Affairs
Question: Who is the current Prime Minister of Pakistan?
Answer: Shehbaz Sharif
Question: Which city hosted the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP29?
Answer: Baku, Azerbaijan
Question: Who is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations?
Answer: António Guterres
Question: Which country assumed the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council recently?
Answer: (Rotates monthly among 15 member states)
Question: Who won the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup?
Answer: Australia (2023)
Question: Which country joined BRICS as a new member nation?
Answer: Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia
Question: Who is the current President of the United States?
Answer: Joe Biden
Question: Which space agency successfully landed the Pragyan rover near the lunar south pole?
Answer: ISRO (India)
Question: Which nation won the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup?
Answer: India (2024)
Question: Who is the current President of Iran?
Answer: Masoud Pezeshkian
Computer
Question: What does GUI stand for in computer operating systems?
Answer: Graphical User Interface
Question: Which shortcut key is used to “Save As” or open the save dialog box in many programs?
Answer: F12 (or Ctrl + Shift + S)
Question: What is the primary function of a Compiler in programming?
Answer: To translate high-level source code into machine code (binary) all at once
Question: What does WAN stand for in networking?
Answer: Wide Area Network
Question: Which hardware device connects multiple devices together on a computer network?
Answer: Network Switch / Hub
Question: What is the default file extension for Microsoft Excel worksheets in modern Office versions?
Answer: .xlsx
Question: Who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web alongside Robert Cailliau?
Answer: Tim Berners-Lee
Question: Which memory component is non-volatile and retains data even when power is turned off?
Answer: ROM (Read-Only Memory)
Question: What does HTTP stand for in web addresses?
Answer: HyperText Transfer Protocol
Question: Which key is used to rename a selected file or folder in Windows Explorer?
Answer: F2
English Grammar
Question: What is a synonym of the word “Meticulous”?
Answer: Careful / Thorough / Detailed
Question: What is an antonym of the word “Humble”?
Answer: Arrogant / Proud
Question: Fill in the blank with the correct preposition: He succeeded _____ passing the exam.
Answer: in
Question: Change the active voice to passive: “The chef cooked a delicious meal.”
Answer: A delicious meal was cooked by the chef.
Question: What does the idiom “Break the ice” mean?
Answer: To start a conversation in a tense or unfamiliar situation
Question: Identify the part of speech of the target word in “She spoke *softly*”:
Answer: Adverb
Question: Correct the grammatical error: “Each of the students have submitted their assignment.”
Answer: Each of the students has submitted his/her assignment.
Question: Give the plural form of “Ox”.
Answer: Oxen
Question: What is the superlative degree of the adjective “Little”?
Answer: Least
Question: Fill in the blank with the correct article: She bought _____ umbrella from the shop.
Answer: an
Maths & IQ
Question: What is 60% of 250?
Answer: 150
Question: If the perimeter of a rectangle is 50 cm and its length is 15 cm, what is its width?
Answer: 10 cm
Question: Solve for x: 4x + 6 = 22. What is the value of x?
Answer: 4
Question: What comes next in the letter series: B, D, F, H, J, ?
Answer: L
Question: Find the least common multiple (LCM) of 4, 6, and 8.
Answer: 24
Question: If a car travels at a speed of 75 km/h, how long will it take to cover 300 km?
Answer: 4 hours
Question: What is the value of $6^3$ (6 cubed)?
Answer: 216
Question: Find the missing number in the sequence: 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, ?
Answer: 96
Question: If 6 men take 8 days to complete a job, how many days will 12 men take?
Answer: 4 days
Question: What is the average of the first four prime numbers (2, 3, 5, 7)?
Answer: 4.25
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