1. Islamic Studies
Q1. How many Surahs of the Holy Quran start with the word “Qul”?
Answer: Five
Q2. Which Prophet of Allah is dignified with the special title Khalil Ullah (Friend of God)?
Answer: Hazrat Ibrahim (AS)
Q3. Ijma means ______?
Answer: Consensus
Q4. Umm-ul-Masakeen (Mother of Poor) was the title given to one of the wives of the Prophet (SAW)?
Answer: Hazrat Zainab bint Khuzayma (RA)
Q5. Which Prophet was able to talk with animals and jinns?
Answer: Prophet Sulaiman (AS)
Q6. Name the prayer in which there is no change in Farz Rakaats in case of Qasr?
Answer: Maghrib
Q7. Hazrat Yousaf (AS) remained in the well for ____ days?
Answer: 3 days
Q8. Surah Anfal in Quran-e-Karim is immediately preceded by ______?
Answer: Surah Al-A’raf
2. Urdu
Q1. دو جملوں کو ملانے والے الفاظ (مثلاً “و”، “اور”) وغیرہ کو کیا کہا جاتا ہے؟
Answer: حروف عطف
Q2. اصناف نظم میں “ہائیکو” کتنے مصرعوں پر مشتمل ہوتی ہے؟
Answer: تین مصرعوں پر
Q3. نظم کے لغوی معنی کیا ہیں؟
Answer: تنظیم اور ترتیب کرنا
Q4. اصغری اور اکبری کے کردار کس نے تخلیق کیے ہیں؟
Answer: ڈپٹی نذیر احمد
Q5. لفظ گال کا مترادف کیا ہے؟
Answer: رخسار
Q6. جزرسی کرنا محاورہ ہے اس کا مفہوم کیا ہے؟
Answer: مکمل انصاف کرنا
Q7. پروز اینڈ کانس (Pros and Cons) کے درست مطلب کا انتخاب کیجئے؟
Answer: موافق و خلاف باتیں
Q8. سودیشی ریل کس نے لکھی؟
Answer: شوکت تھانوی
Q9. اپنے بے خواب کواڑوں کو مقفل کرلو اب یہاں کوئی نہیں کوئی نہیں آئے گا۔ اس شعر میں کواڑوں سے کیا مراد ہے؟
Answer: آنکھیں
Q10. احمد ندیم قاسمی کی پہچان کیا ہے؟
Answer: افسانہ نگاری
3. Pakistan Studies
Q1. Which of the following is the oldest Barrage on the Indus River?
Answer: Sukkur Barrage
Q2. National Police Academy (NPA) of Pakistan is located in?
Answer: Islamabad
Q3. Who was the first Governor of State Bank of Pakistan?
Answer: Zahid Hussain
Q4. The Kargil incident happened in which year?
Answer: 1999
Q5. The First annual session of All India Muslim League was held in?
Answer: Karachi, 1907
Q6. When did India conduct its first nuclear test?
Answer: 1974
Q7. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place on?
Answer: 13 April 1919
Q8. Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan did his Ph.D. from Leuven University of ________?
Answer: Belgium
Q9. The major segment of “Saraiki” speaking population lives in ______?
Answer: Punjab
Q10. The shortest tenure of Viceroy of India was __________?
Answer: Lord Mountbatten
Q11. Sidhnai Headworks has been constructed on which river?
Answer: Ravi
Q12. The boundary commission appointed at the time of Independence was headed by?
Answer: Lord Radcliffe
Q13. What was the name given to India’s Partition Plan?
Answer: 3rd June Plan
Q14. Presidential form of government in Pakistan was introduced under the Constitution of ____?
Answer: 1962
Q15. The largest copper deposits in Balochistan are found in the area of?
Answer: Chagai
Q16. The Unionist Party (Punjab) was formed in _________?
Answer: 1923
Q17. Who was Pakistan’s first permanent representative in UNO?
Answer: Ahmed Shah Patras Bokhari
Q18. PAL is an organization to look after the welfare of the writers community. PAL stands for ____?
Answer: Pakistan Academy of Letters
Q19. President Mamnoon Hussain was born in ______?
Answer: Agra, British India
Q20. The 1970 elections in Pakistan were originally scheduled to be held in October but had to be postponed to December. What was the reason for this postponement?
Answer: Floods and Cyclone in East Pakistan
Q21. In the second Constituent Assembly elected in 1955, the Muslim League formed a coalition government with ____?
Answer: United Front
Q22. Who was the Prime Minister of Pakistan at the time of its rejoining of Commonwealth in 1989?
Answer: Benazir Bhutto
Q23. Chaudhry Rehmat Ali who coined the name “Pakistan” died in 1951. Which political position did he hold in the government of Liaquat Ali Khan?
Answer: He held no political position
Q24. Two Pakistani test cricketers have got out on 199 runs. One of them was Younus Khan, who was the other?
Answer: Mudassar Nazar
Q25. Group Captain Cecil Chaudhry was awarded Sitara-e-Jurat for his acts of valour in 1965 war. After retirement he remained principal of which famous school?
Answer: Saint Anthony’s High School, Lahore
Q26. Under which amendment of the 1973 Constitution, the Objectives Resolution was made a substantive part of the Constitution?
Answer: 8th Amendment
4. General Knowledge
Q1. Who is the Current President of Cuba?
Answer: Miguel Díaz-Canel
Q2. Where is the headquarters of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) located?
Answer: Rome, Italy
Q3. What is the Capital of Ethiopia?
Answer: Addis Ababa
Q4. Yuan is the currency of which country?
Answer: China
Q5. Which country has the Union Jack flag?
Answer: United Kingdom
Q6. Non-Permanent members of the UN Security Council are elected for a fixed term of ______?
Answer: 2 years
Q7. Which city is also known as the City of Canals?
Answer: Venice
Q8. Which country is the current FIFA World Cup champion?
Answer: Argentina
Q9. Which is the longest river in China?
Answer: Yangtze River
Q10. Vienna is the capital of which country?
Answer: Austria
Q11. The concept of Carbon Credits originated from which of the following?
Answer: Kyoto Protocol
Q12. Guantanamo Bay is located in which country?
Answer: Cuba
Q13. “Zulu” is a prominent tribe of _____?
Answer: South Africa
Q14. Which country has won the maximum number of Nobel Prizes?
Answer: USA
Q15. During New Year celebrations for 2017 at a club, 39 people were killed in a terrorist attack. In which city did the attack take place?
Answer: Istanbul
Q16. Which river flows under Westminster Bridge?
Answer: River Thames
Q17. When did the Soviet Union officially break up?
Answer: 26 December 1991
Q18. Ms. Tansu Ciller was the first female Prime Minister of _____?
Answer: Turkey
Q19. Nagorno-Karabakh is a disputed region between which countries?
Answer: Azerbaijan and Armenia
Q20. Which vitamin helps in the clotting of blood?
Answer: Vitamin K
Q21. Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by ______?
Answer: Neurodegeneration / Memory loss
Q22. “Gastric juice” is a secretion of the glands present in the ______?
Answer: Stomach
Q23. The famous movie “Slumdog Millionaire” is based on the book “Q & A”. Who is the author of this book?
Answer: Vikas Swarup
Q24. Which of the following metals is not only magnetic but also radioactive?
Answer: Thorium
Q25. The major component of honey is ____?
Answer: Fructose
Q26. Which of the following is a chemical reaction?
Answer: Rusting of iron
5. English
Q1. The idiom “To smell a rat” means?
Answer: To suspect foul play or deception
Q2. What does the idiomatic expression “To spill the beans” mean?
Answer: To reveal a secret unexpectedly
Q3. Complete the Idiom: Don’t judge a book by its _____?
Answer: Cover
Q4. He was accused ____ theft.
Answer: Of
Q5. Idiom “To make amends for” means ________?
Answer: To compensate for loss or damage
Q6. The debate adjourned _____ the following week.
Answer: To
Q7. The Synonym of “Abase” is?
Answer: Degrade
Q8. The Synonym of “Implicate” is?
Answer: Involve
Q9. Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: “To set the cat among the pigeons”?
Answer: To say or do something that causes trouble or anger
Q10. Find out the correct Passive Voice sentence: “They showed the visitors the historical monuments of Lahore.”
Answer: The visitors were shown the historical monuments of Lahore by them.
Q11. What is the meaning of the idiom/proverb “A chip off the old block”?
Answer: A person who closely resembles a parent in characteristics or behavior
Q12. The Synonym of “Imbecile” is?
Answer: Idiotic
Q13. Fill in the blank: It is awful to be afflicted _____ a sense of inferiority.
Answer: With
Q14. The prisoner was sent to the _______?
Answer: Gaol
Q15. Find out the correct Passive Voice sentence: “People say that democracy is a better form of Government.”
Answer: Democracy is said to be a better form of government.
Q16. Choose the best answer explaining the meaning of the word in quotation marks: There is a “cavity” in one of your front teeth.
Answer: A hole
6. Computer
Q1. A device which encodes characters by the depression of keys is known as _____?
Answer: Keyboard
Q2. To create a table of columns and rows for statistical or mathematical calculation using spreadsheets, which software is used?
Answer: Microsoft Excel
Q3. The major and most popular language of WWW is ______?
Answer: HTML
Q4. The unit that controls all parts and components of a computer is ____?
Answer: Control Unit (CU)
Q5. An electronic path that sends signals from one part of a computer to another is ______?
Answer: Bus
7. Math
Q1. 30% of 100 is equal to 3% of ____?
Answer: 1000
Q2. If 100 Kg of meat is divided into packages of 4/7 kg each, the total number of packages will be ____?
Answer: 175
Q3. What is the average of all prime numbers between 30 and 50?
Answer: 39.8
Q4. The square root of 729 is?
Answer: 27
Q5. A shopkeeper raises the price of a cycle by 5% above the market price and charges 12% sales tax on the market price. As a result, a customer has to pay Rs. 4680 for the cycle. What is the market price of the cycle?
Answer: Rs. 4000
Q6. On selling 17 balls at Rs. 720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost price of a ball is _____?
Answer: Rs. 60
Q7. Complete the number series: 4, 9, 13, 22, 35, ______?
Answer: 57