General Knowledge 2

Total Questions: 103

1 - The June 2020 UNSC Election was held for what purpose?

A ) To elect a new Secretary-General
B ) To select five non-permanent members ✅
C ) To renew its mandate in conflict zones
D ) To pass a resolution on global peace

2 - What is the capital of Laos?

A ) Phnom Penh
B ) Hanoi
C ) Bangkok
D ) Vientiane ✅

3 - The cold war strategy is best described as?

A ) Expansion
B ) Deterrence ✅
C ) Appeasement
D ) Preemption

4 - The Skyes-Picot Treaty was signed in which year?

A ) 1905
B ) 1916 ✅
C ) 1920
D ) 1925

5 - What is Clausewitz's policy?

A ) All warfare is based on diplomacy
B ) War is the continuation of policy
C ) The strength of an army lies in it's unity
D ) Decision to use force must be mutual ✅

6 - Taiwan separates from China in which year?

A ) 1949 ✅
B ) 1951
C ) 1955
D ) 1959

7 - When did China join the World Trade Organisation?

A ) 1999
B ) 2001 ✅
C ) 2005
D ) 2007

8 - The Arab League was founded in which year?

A ) 1920
B ) 1935
C ) 1945 ✅
D ) 1950

9 - Which movement led to significant political changes in Africa and the Middle East regimes?

A ) Africa Renaissance
B ) Pan-Arabism
C ) Arab spring ✅
D ) Decolonization Movement

10 - The USA listed which two countries for the Child Soldier Protection Act?

A ) Afghanistan and Iran
B ) Pakistan and Turkey ✅
C ) Yemen and Syria
D ) Nigeria and Sudan

11 - Max Weber is known as?

A ) French philosopher
B ) American Anthropologist
C ) British economist
D ) German Sociologist ✅

12 - What is the title for someone who plans and provides sports training?

A ) Sports Trainer
B ) Sports Manager ✅
C ) Sports Instructor
D ) Sports Coach

14 - How much time does the Automatic Sew boat take to print one T-shirt?

A ) 22 seconds ✅
B ) 25 seconds
C ) 45 seconds
D ) 1 minute

15 - What name is given to the Kyrgyzstan revolution?

A ) Rose Revolution
B ) Tulip Revolution ✅
C ) Jasmine Revolution
D ) Lotus Revolution

17 - The Atlantic accord was signed in 1941 between which two leaders?

A ) Hitler and Mussolini
B ) Stalin and Roosevelt
C ) Roosevelt and Churchill ✅
D ) De Gaulle and Truman

18 - Where is the headquarters of the Organization of Islamic Co-operation (OIC) located?

A ) Riyadh
B ) Jeddah ✅
C ) Istanbul
D ) Doha

Explanation:
  1. Headquarters of OIC:Jeddah, Saudi Arabia OIC: Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, OIC was founded on 25 September 1969  OIC Membership: 57 member states.The Second Islamic Summit Conference was held in Lahore Pakistan  in  22–24 February 1974.
  2.  The Developing Eight Organization for Economic Cooperation (D-8), comprising eight Muslim-majority developing countries, was established through the Istanbul Declaration on 15 June 1997, with its headquarters in Istanbul, Türkiye
  3. Dubai is the headquarters of International Cricket Council (ICC), Headquarters shifted from Lord’s, London, to Dubai in August 2005
  4. Cairo is the headquarters of Arab League (League of Arab States) The Arab League, comprising 22 member states, was established on 22 March 1945, with its headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.

19 - In which field is a Nobel Prize not awarded?

A ) Peace
B ) Literature
C ) Physics
D ) Astronomy ✅

20 - Which country won the maximum Olympic titles?

A ) China
B ) Russia
C ) USA ✅
D ) UK

21 - What is the oldest occupation of man?

A ) Farming
B ) Hunting
C ) Fishing
D ) All of these ✅

22 - Bundestag is the lower house of which country's parliament?

A ) France
B ) Germany ✅
C ) Italy
D ) Spain

23 - The International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) is a connection between which countries?

A ) Pakistan-China-Turkey-Russia
B ) India-Iran-Azerbaijan-Russia ✅
C ) Turkey-Iran-India-China
D ) China-Pakistan-Afganistan-India

24 - How many states are there in the USA?

A ) 25
B ) 40
C ) 50 ✅
D ) 65

25 - Which city is situated on the bank of the Tigris River?

A ) Istanbul
B ) Tehran
C ) Baghdad ✅
D ) Cario

26 - What does Demography analysis create the rate of?

A ) Birth
B ) Death
C ) Both ✅
D ) Population

27 - "Majlis" is the name of the Parliament of which country?

A ) Saudi Arabia
B ) Pakistan
C ) Iraq
D ) Iran ✅

28 - In algebra and Mathematics, Binomial Theorem was given by which Muslim Scientist?

A ) Ibn al-Haytham
B ) Al-Kindi
C ) Al kharaj (Al-Khwarizmi) ✅
D ) Al-Razi

29 - The Atlantic Charter in 1941 was signed between:

A ) Churchill and Stalin
B ) Roosevelt and Stalin
C ) Roosevelt and Churchill ✅
D ) Roosevelt and Hitler

30 - Which country joined the United Nations in 2006?

A ) South Sudan
B ) East Timor
C ) Montenegro ✅
D ) Kosovo

31 - Where is headquarters of the Palestinian Authority located?

A ) Jerusalem
B ) Gaza city
C ) Nablus
D ) Ramallah ✅

32 - Approximately how much Jews were killed in the Second World War?

A ) 3.2 million
B ) 4.5 million
C ) 5.7 million ✅
D ) 7.9 million

33 - Where is the Battle of Waterloo fought?

A ) Germany
B ) United Kingdom
C ) France
D ) Belgium ✅

34 - Which Malaysia Prime Minister demanded independence for Malaysia?

A ) Tunku Abdul Rahman ✅
B ) Mahathir Mohamad
C ) Najib Razak
D ) Abdullah Ahmed Badawi

35 - The Berber tribe are the people of which region?

A ) Middle East
B ) South Asia
C ) North Africa ✅
D ) Central America

36 - Where is the headquarters of UNICEF located?

A ) Spain (Madrid)
B ) Belgium (Brussels)
C ) Egypt (Cario)
D ) New York (US) ✅

39 - American forces enterd Afghanistan in:

A ) 1999
B ) 2000
C ) 2001 ✅
D ) 2002

40 - Yemen Crisis started in:

A ) 2009
B ) 2010
C ) 2011 ✅
D ) 2012

41 - Iraq invaded Kuwait in:

A ) July 1990
B ) August 1990 ✅
C ) September 1990
D ) October 1990

42 - The Doha agreement was signed between the US and Taliban in:

A ) January 2020
B ) Feb 2020 ✅
C ) March 2020
D ) April 2020

43 - جنوب مشرقی ایشیا کے مسلم ممالک میں شامل ہیں؟

A ) بنگلہ دیش اور مالدیپ
B ) ملائشیا اور انڈونیشیا ✅
C ) برما اور بنگلہ دیش
D ) ملائشیا اور بنگلہ دیش

44 - ---------- is the specialized United Nations agency for information and Communication Technology (ICTs).

A ) International Telecommunication Union (ITU) ✅
B ) The international Organization Telecommunication (ITO)
C ) The international Agency telecommunicat or (ITA)
D ) None of these

45 - First Nuclear Atomic bomb was tested in:

A ) Hiroshima
B ) Nagasaki
C ) New Mexico ✅
D ) Ice Desert

46 - The Commonwealth of Nations has mapped out a six-year program of aid for southem Asia it is also known as:

A ) Kulala Lumpur Plan
B ) Singapore Plan
C ) Colombo Plan ✅
D ) Accra Plan

47 - Which organization deals with terrorism and drug abuse?

A ) United Nations office on Terrorism and Crime
B ) United Nations office on Drugs
C ) United Nations office on Drugs and Crime ✅
D ) United Nations office on Drugs and Abuse

50 - Warsaw pact was dissolved in

A ) 1988
B ) 1989
C ) 1990
D ) 1991 ✅

52 - Malaysia prominent person who got independence from UK?

A ) Tunku Abdul Rahman ✅
B ) Abdur Rahman-ll
C ) Abdul Karim
D ) Abdul Jalil

54 - What is the official residence of the UK Prime Minister?

A ) 20 Downing Street
B ) 30 Downing Street
C ) 40 Downing Street
D ) 10 Downing Street ✅

56 - The largest producer of electricity in the Islamic World is:

A ) Uzbekistan ✅
B ) Tajikistan
C ) Kazakhstan
D ) Kyrgyzstan

57 - Germany attacked on which country which was immediate reason of WWIl?

A ) Poland ✅
B ) Belgium
C ) France
D ) Austris-Hungary

58 - When did Cyprus gain Independence from United Kingdom

A ) August 16, 1960 ✅
B ) July 12, 1961
C ) July 20, 1960
D ) August 04, 1960

59 - When was Socrates born in Greece?

A ) 469 ✅
B ) 569
C ) 669
D ) 769

61 - Who said, "Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people."?

A ) Thomas Jefferson
B ) Abraham Lincoln ✅
C ) George Washington
D ) None of these

62 - World's famous bridge "Golden Gate" is in ----------:

A ) New Delhi
B ) San Francisco ✅
C ) France
D ) Sydney

63 - Iraq was attacked by America on.

A ) 19 March 2003 ✅
B ) 16 March 2003
C ) 18 March 2003
D ) 19 Feb 2003

64 - Largest Natural Gas producer country:

A ) Russia ✅
B ) Iran
C ) China
D ) Qatar

65 - In which country is Kashgar located?

A ) Kazakhstan
B ) China ✅
C ) Pakistan
D ) None of these

66 - The Truman Doctrine was announced on

A ) 12 March 1947 ✅
B ) 20 March 1947
C ) 6 March 1948
D ) None of these

67 - Since ------ the UN has enforced sanctions on Iran

A ) 2006 ✅
B ) 2007
C ) 2008
D ) None of these

68 - Where is the headquarters of the international Cricket Council (ICC)?

A ) Sydney, Australia
B ) Dubai, United Arab Emirates ✅
C ) London, England
D ) Johannesburg, South Africa

69 - First Muslim Scientist to use "Zero"

A ) Al-Razi
B ) Ibn al-Haytham
C ) Al-Khwarizmi ✅
D ) Avicenna

71 - Who served as the Viceroy of the Indian subcontinent at the time of outbreak of World War ll?

A ) Lord Linlithgow ✅
B ) Lord Mountbatten
C ) Lord Wavell
D ) Lord Canin

72 - When did the USSR invade Afghanistan?

A ) 1959
B ) 1969
C ) 1979 ✅
D ) 1976

77 - What type of illness is dengue?

A ) Fever ✅
B ) Virus
C ) Flu
D ) Headache

79 - Who was the first woman to successfully ascend Mount Everest?

A ) Junko Tabei ✅
B ) Jane Anderson
C ) Kane Sharpe
D ) Victoria Anderson

80 - Economic Co-operation Organization established in?

A ) 1982
B ) 1983
C ) 1984
D ) 1985 ✅

81 - Aung San Suu Kyi won the Nobel Prize for peace in?

A ) 1990
B ) 1991 ✅
C ) 1992
D ) 1993

82 - When was Hezbollah founded?

A ) 1978
B ) 1980
C ) 1982 ✅
D ) 1984

83 - Headquarter of the International Monetary Fund is in:

A ) Berlin
B ) Cape Town
C ) Geneva
D ) Washington ✅

84 - Afghan Taliban Open Office in Qatar in which year?

A ) 2011
B ) 2012
C ) 2013 ✅
D ) 2014

85 - The virus name off COVID-19 by which World Health Organisation is?

A ) SARC Cov-1
B ) SARC Cov-2 ✅
C ) SARC Cov-3
D ) None of these

86 - Chromatography was discovered by -------

A ) M. S. Tswett ✅
B ) Joseph Dalton
C ) Robert Brown
D ) Ferdinand Von

87 - Big Ben is a clock on which country parliament?

A ) UK ✅
B ) Spain
C ) Germany
D ) Luxemburg

88 - Jazz is the name of -------

A ) Power
B ) Music ✅
C ) Windmill
D ) Wind

89 - Chechniya declared its independence in 1991 from?

A ) Bosnia
B ) Hungary
C ) USSR ✅
D ) None of these

90 - The secret agency of Israel is -------

A ) M16
B ) Mossad ✅
C ) CIA
D ) GIA

91 - Fidel Castro belonged to which country?

A ) Argentina
B ) Cuba ✅
C ) Italy
D ) Russia

92 - Statue of Liberty was gifted to America by:

A ) Japan
B ) Egypt
C ) Russia
D ) France ✅

93 - CNN is the abbreviation of:

A ) Commercial News Network
B ) Common News Network
C ) Cable News Network ✅
D ) None of these

94 - Venus indicated the direction of :

A ) North
B ) South
C ) East
D ) West ✅

95 - We invented the first non printing press:

A ) Henry Ford
B ) Henry Morton
C ) Johann Gutenberg ✅
D ) Leo Tolstoy

96 - UN Human Rights committee is:

A ) International Committee of Civil Rights
B ) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ✅
C ) International Convention of Civil Rights
D ) None of these

97 - When Magna Carta was signed:

A ) 1115
B ) 1215 ✅
C ) 1315
D ) 1415

99 - Alfred Binet belongs to which country:

A ) Spain
B ) France ✅
C ) Germany
D ) UK

100 - Which country's parliament has the largest membership:

A ) China ✅
B ) US
C ) India
D ) Russia

101 - Which software is used for preparing an office presentation?

A ) Photoshop
B ) PowerPoint ✅
C ) Outlook Express
D ) Excel

103 - Palestinian Israeli agreement is called:

A ) Oslo Accord ✅
B ) Abraham Accord
C ) Peace Accord
D ) None of these