Most Important General Knowledge Questions Answers
NTS FPSC PPSC CTS FIA
1. When the stock market is rising it is called Bullish.
2. When the stock market is falling it is called Bearish
3. Pakistan’s fiscal year starts from 1st July and ends 30 June.
4. State Bank of Pakistan was established on July 1st, 1948
5. Headquarters of UNESCO (United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization) is located in Brussels, Belgium.
6. The headquarters of RAW (Research and Analysis Wing, Secret agency of India) is located in New Delhi, India.
7. RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) was established on 21 September 1968.
8. The currency of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) is called SDRs (Special Drawing Right).
9. Father of Economics, Adam Smith and Adam Smith book “Wealth of Nations” (1776) is also known as “Bible of Capitalism”
10. Father of Socialism Karl Marx and his book “Das Capital” (1867) is also known as “Bible of Socialism”
11. Death Valley is located in California USA.
12. Genesis is a last book of Bible
13. Black Gold is also the name of Oil.
14. NASA is a space agency in the USA.
15. “Origin of Species” is Written by Charles Darwin”
16. Darwin book “Origin of Species” published on 24 November 1859
17. ISBN stands for “International Standard Book Number”
18. World lowest sea is the Dead Sea
19. The total elements known are 109.
20. Parsee is a unit of distance
21. Mars has two moons called “Phobos” and “Deimos”
22. Mars is called the Red Planet.
23. Red, Yellow, and Blue are Primary colors.
24. CIA: Central Intelligence Agency
25. ISI: Inter-Services Intelligence
26. 11 July: World Population Day
27. 12 July: International Malala Day
28. 18 July: Nelson Mandela International Day.
29. Venus is called the: morning stars.
30. Venus rotates: clockwise.
31. CO2: Carbon dioxide 32. H2O: Water
33. Jupiter is the largest planet of the Universe.
34. Who many moons of Jupiter planet: 16 Moons
35. FATA stands for Federal Administrated tribal Areas
36. FATA comprises of 7 Agencies and 6 FR.
37. The height of K-2 is: 8,611
38. In which of the following years Pakistan joined UNO: 30 September 1947
39. Golmal Zam Dam is located in South Waziristan
40. How many countries are members of SAARC? Members 8
41. How many colors a spectrum has: 7 colors
42. When was UNO formed? 24th Oct 1945
43. Who wrote the famous novel “War and Peace”: Lao Tolstoy (Russian author) first edition published in 1869
44. Who is known as the “Father of Modern Astronomy”: Nicolas Copernicus
45. Who presented poor man budget: Liaquat Ali Khan
46. MI5 (Military Intelligence Section-5) is the secret intelligence agency of UK (Established, October 1909)
47. When the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was established? Nov 16, 1999, Present Chairman: Qamar Zaman Chaudhry, Headquarter: Islamabad.
48. Who wrote “Paradise Lost”? John Milton
49. Which city is located on two continents? Istanbul
50. International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was founded by J H Durant Explanation: ICRC Established on 17 February 1863, Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland. The International Committee of the Red Cross was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1917, 1944, and 1963.
51. Headquarters of CIA (Central Intelligence Agency, Secret agency of USA) is located in Virginia, US
52. CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) was established on 18 September 1947.
53. Father Urdu: Malvi Abd-Ul-Haq
54. Who was the first president of the US?: George Washington
55. Dr. Abdul Salam receives the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979 (First Nobel Prize winner in the history of Pakistan, Now Malala Yousafzai receives Nobel Prize in (Peace 2014)
56. Greenwich Mean Time was established in 1884?
57. Who first translated the Holy Quran into Persian: Shah Wali-Ullah
58. “Land of Rising Sun” is the famous name of Japan
59. K-2 is also known as Goodwin Austin
60. The famous book “Jinnah of Pakistan’ is written by Stanly Wolpert
61. Proton discovered by German physicist E. Goldstein in 1886
62. Neutron discovered by James Chadwick (Noble Prize laureate in 1935, Physics) in: 1932
63. Proton charge is: positively
64. The word atom is derived from the Greek word Atomos meaning: Indivisible 65. Chairmen of the Senate of Pakistan: Raza Rabbani
66. Chairman of NADRA: Usman Mobin
67. Director-General of ISI: Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar (11 December 2016-Present)
68. Director-General of FIA Safdar Ali Malik, Established 13 January 1975, H.Q: Islamabad
69. Director-General of Intelligence Bureau (IB) Aftab Sultan (Established: August 17, 1947, H.Q: Islamabad)
70. In which month the Russian revolution was started? : February 1917
71. Russia launched its space mission to the moon in 1957. Tell the date? : 4th October
72. Secretary-General of UNO belongs to which country? : South Korea
73. Which Country Christopher Columbus belonged to? : Italy
74. Pythagoras belonged to which country? : Greece
75. Isaac Newton belonged to which country? : England
