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1. The 'Statute of Liberty' was gifted lo United States by:
(A) Britain
(C) Germany
(D) Greece
2. Who said ‘Man is a Social Animal"?
(A) Plato
(C) Hobbes
(D) Kart Marx
3. Who is called the 'Father of English Poetry'?
(B) John Milton
(C) Wordsworth
(D) Keats
4. The voter age in Pakistan is:
(A) 16 years
(B) 18 years
(C) 20 years
5. The Indus Valley Civilization was discovered in:
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(B) France ✓
(B) Aristotle ✓
(A) Chaucer ✓
(D) 21 years ✓

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(A) 1900
(B) 1911
(C) 1916
6. Taxila was a famous site of.
(B) Gupta Art
(C) Mayan Art
(D) None of the above
7. Which University rst established after the creation of Pakistan?
(B) Sindh University
(C) Peshawar University
(D) Quaid-i-Azam University
8. The rst Chief Justice of Pakistan was:
(A) Justice Ourab Patel
(B) Justice A.R. Kiayani
(D) Justice M. Afzai
9. The book Wealth of Nations' waa written by;
(B) Karl Marx
(C) Max Muller
(D) John Marshal
10. 'Sales Tax' is ultimately paid by:
(A) Shopkeepers
(B) Producers
(D)Wholesalers
11. Pakistan Environmental Protection Act was passed in:
(A) 1995
(C) 1999
(D) 2000
12. The highest literacy rate in South Asia is in:
(A) Pakistan
(B) India
(D) 1922 ✓
(A) Gandara Art ✓
(A) Karachi University ✓
(C) Justice Abdur Rashid ✓
(A) Adam Smith ✓
(C) Customers ✓
(B) 1997 ✓

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(C) Bangladesh
13. The minimum wage at workers in Punjab is:
(A) Rs. 8000
(B) Rs. 9000
(D) Rs. 12000
14. Human Rights Organization ‘Amnesty International1 is based in:-
(A) London
(C) New York
(D) Rome
15. The world largest producer of Natural gas:
(A) Iran
(C) Canada
(D) Qatar
16. Who presented the Idea of a Wood bank?
(B) Jonas Salk
(C) Edward James
(D) James Monroe
17. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity was the slogan during: -
(B) The Russian Revolution
(C) The American War of Independence
(D) None of these
18. In the modem world, an Institution of Ombudsman was rst established in 1809 in:
(A) England
(B) France
(C) Norway
19. Sacha! Sarmast was Su Poet of:
(A) Punjab
(C) Balochlstan
(D) Azad Kashmir
(D) Sri Lanka ✓
(C) Rs. 10000 ✓
(B) Paris ✓
(B) Russia ✓
(A) Charles Drew ✓
(A) The French Revolution ✓
(D) Sweden ✓
(B) Sindh ✓

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20. The Upper house of the parliament in Pakistan ‘Senate1 consists of.
(A) 100 members
(C) 110 members
(D) 112 members
21. In ation is:
(A) a decrease r the overall price level.
(C) an increase in Die overall level of economic activity.
(D) a decrease In the overall level of economic activity.
22. Hie free market involve:
(A) The free provision of products
(B) The subsidizing of products by the government
(D) All trade via barter
23. A mixed economy:
(A) Has supply but not demand
(B) Has demand but not supply
(C) Has supply and demand
24. Indicate below what is NOT a factor of production.
(A) Labour
(B) Capital
(D) Land
25. Two of the major factors contributing to growth are:
(B) money and e ciency
(C) money and luck
(D) resources and a good climate
26. Privatization is the transfer of:
(A) corporately owned businesses to individuals
(B) publicity held stock to private individuals
(D) privately owned businesses to the government sector.
27. What is called the reduction m the rale of a currency?
(B) 104 members ✓
(B) an increase in the overall price level ✓
(C) Market force of supply and demand ✓
(D) Has market forces and government intervention ✓
(C) A bank loan ✓
(A) resources and e ciency ✓
(C) government businesses to the private sector ✓

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(A) Devolution
(C) Price Cap
(D) Cul-rale
28. What is "Dumping"?
(A) Sale of goods in large quantities with high quality
(B) Sale of goods in large quantities with low quality
(D) Sale of goods in large quantities with high price
29. Gross Domestic Product (GOP) is:
(B) Economic output of a country
(C) Economic activities of federal government
(D) None of these
30. Vital is called a country's total nancial obligations to the rest of the world?
(A) Total debt
(B) Debt burden
(C) Nations liabilities
31. The average income of the people of a country during a year termed at:
(A) National Income
(B) Domestic Income
(C) Protection Income
32. What Is 'Debt retirement'?
(A) To write-off debt
(B) To reschedule debt
(C) To repay debt in easy installments
33. Hassan Rouhani new elected president of
(B) Iraq
(C) Lebanon
(D) Egypt
34. Which country gels contract to operate Gwadar Port?
(B) Japan
(B) Devaluation ✓
(C) Sale of goods in targe quantities and at low price ✓
(A) Value of all economic activity within a nation's border ✓
(D) External debt ✓
(D) Per-capita Income ✓
(D) The compile repayment of debt ✓
(A) Iran ✓
(A) China ✓

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(C) USA
(D) Germany
35. The country which has largest army in the world.
(A) USA
(C) Russia
(D) India
36. The English poet who died in his young aye
(A) Shelley
(B) John Marshal
(D) William Back
37. Which disease is more common in males than females?
(A) Heart Disease
(B) Dementia
(D) Herpes
38. Who discovered the Law of Gravitation?
(B) Louis Pasture
(C) Galileo
(D) William Henry
39. Nightingale Florence was
(B) Soldier
(C) Religious reformer
(D) None of these
40. The President of USA who was lulled during his o ce ?
(A) J.F. Kennedy
(B) Abraham Uncofr
(D) None of these
41. According to new research which is the oldest disease
(B) Malaria
(C) Plague
(D) Leprosy
(B) China ✓
(C) John Keats ✓
(C) Colour blindness ✓
(A) Sir Isaac Newton ✓
(A) Nubia ✓
(C) Both ✓
(A) In uenza ✓

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42. In which continent there is no glacier?
(B) Austral
(C) Asia
(D) North Amenca
43. Which is the oldest organization of the world?
(A) UN
(B) African Unity
(D) Common Wealth
44. Who it carted “father of computer"?
(B) Korurd Zutc
(C) Merry John
(D) None of these
45 Where days and night are equal an the year?
(B) New York
(C) London
(D) Oslo
46. Lion’s share of UN’s budget is being spent on
(A) Diseases
(B) Natural disasters
(D) Poverty
47. Which Muslim country has lowest per capita income?
(B) Kenya
(C) Uganda
(D) Afghanistan
48. First country who issued currency notes in the world
(A) Greece
(C) Italy
(D) Russia
49. Which country’s Constitution is not in a written form?
(A) Africa ✓
(C) League of Nations ✓
(A) Charles Babbage ✓
(A) Nairobi ✓
(C) Peace ✓
(A) Somalia ✓
(B) China ✓

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(A) USA
(B) Denmark
(C) New Zealand
50. What Is Holocaust?
(A) Killing of Jews during World War I
(C) Killing of Germans
(D) Killing period of American during war
51. "War and Peace' Novel was written by:
(B) Tito
(C) Shelly
(D) Shakespeare
52. Gandhara civilization was situated between the rivers
(A) Chenab and Jhelum
(B) Ravi and Chenab
(C) Jhelum and Kabul
53. Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea are connected by
(A) Basphorse strait
(C) Malacca strait
(D) Palk strait
54. Silicon valley is famous for
(B) Film industry
(C) Cars
(D) Sugarcane
55. Which is the largest (biggest) search engine of internet?
(A) MSN
(C) Yahoo
(D) None of them
56. Forakha Dam on river Gangn Is disputed between
(A) India and Pakistan
(B) India and Nepal
(D) United Kingdom ✓
(B) Killing of Jews during World War II ✓
(A) Leo Tolstoy ✓
(D) Indus and Jhelum ✓
(B) Suez Canal ✓
(A) Computers ✓
(B) Google ✓

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(C) India and China
57. Which is biggest bird in the world?
(B) Kiwi
(C) Eagle
(D) None of them
58. The writer of book ’Khald Shadows"?
(A) S.M. Bruke
(C) As'lamBaig
(D)-Hassan Askorl
59. What Is meant by causeway?
(B) Marsh soil
(C) Salty ocean
(D) Road on Hill
60. Night Watch" Paintings belongs to:
(B) Picasso
(C) Leonardo
(D) Nawaz Rawn
61. First Muslim who won the Nobel Prize1
(B) YasirArfat'
(C) ShereinEbadi
(D) YousafAn
62. Which day is observed on 15th May every year?
(A) Water day
(B) Environment day
(C) Postal day
63. Which is the largest contributor of UNO's budget?
(B) Japan
(C) Russian
(D) China
(D) India and Bangladesh ✓
(A) Ostrich ✓
(B) K.M. Arif ✓
(A) A raised paths ✓
(A) Michelangelo ✓
(A) Anwar Saddal ✓
(D) Families day ✓
(A) USA ✓

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64. Who was the founder of Algebra?
(B) Umar-Khayyam
(C) Lao-Tze
(D) Abu Yousaf
65. Where is Golden Gale situated?
(C) Toronto (Canada)
(B) London (Britain)
(D) Paris (France)
66. When the stock market is down falling it is called:
(A) Bullish
(C) Falling
(D) Crashing
67. Which of the following rivers crosses the Equator twice?
(A) Amazon
(C) Nile
(D) Gangs
68. The Headquarters of Asian Development Bank (ADB) Is located al:
(A) Paris
(B) New York
(D) Tokyo
69. Night blindness is caused by lack of which vitamin?
(B) Vitamin B
(C) Vitamin C
(D) Vitamin D
70. Taklamakan desert is located im
(A) Mongolia
(B) Russia
(C) Kazakhstan
71. What is the main cause of earthquakes?
(A) Al-Khwarizmi ✓
(A) San Francisco (USA) ✓
(B) Bearish ✓
(B) Congo ✓
(C) Manila ✓
(A) Vitamin A ✓
(D) China ✓

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(A) Volcanic activities
(B) Tectonic plates' movement
(C) Tectonic dislocation
72 Which of the following inventions is the oldest?
(B) Microscope
(C) Barometer
(D) Cycle
73. Who is called the Father of Modem Psychology?
(B) Ibn-e-Khaldoon
(C) Adams Smith
(D) Charles Darwin
74. A number is increased by 10% and then decreased by 10%. The net change in the number is
(A) No Increase or decrease
(B) 2% decrease
(C) 1 % Increase
75. 5 out of 2250 parts of earth is sulphur what is the percentage of sulphur in earth?
(A) 11/50
(C) 1/45
(D) 2/45
[Required percentage = 5/2250 x 100 ) (52250x100) % =2/9 ]
76. 20 men can construct a building In 40 days.
How long will it taka 10 men to do this work?
(A) 50 days
(B) 60 days
(C) 70 days
77. A man takas 50 minutes to cover a certain distance at a speed of 6km / hr. If he walks with a
speed of 10km / hr. he covers the same distance In
(A) 60 minutes
(C) 20 minutes
(D) 10 minutes
(D) All of the above ✓
(A) Clocks ✓
(A) Sigmund Freud ✓
(D) 1 % decrease ✓
(B) 2/9 ✓
(D) 8O days ✓
(B) 30 minutes ✓

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78. Aslam bought a Bhlrl 5f Rs. 500/- and sold It in Rs 525/- What pro t did Aslam get?
(A) Rs 35
(B) Rs 30
(D) Rs 20
79. Find the average of 40,51,20
(A) 90
(B) 60
(C) 41
80. If Iho cost of 1 dozen mangoes Is Rs 20 what Is the cost of 3 1/2 dozon mnngoos?
(A) Rs 85
(B) Rs 49
(C) Rs 08
81. A carton contains 10 boxos each box containing one dozon cubes. How many cartons are
needed to ll 060 cubes.
(A) 7
(C) 9
(D) 12
Fill in the blanks
82. Thera Is a limit____everything in life.
(B) on
(C) in
(D) with
83. Let us make_______differences.
(A) on
(B) In
(C) after
84. He Is always boasting his wealth.
(A) with
(B) for
(C) upon
(C) Rs 25 ✓
(D) 43 ✓
(D) Rs 70 ✓
(B) 8 ✓
(A) to ✓
(D) up ✓
(D) of ✓

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85. Our neighbour died ____ over work.
(B) In
(C) for
(D) with
86. I was amazed ____ his misbehaviour.
(A) with
(B) in
(C) for
Identify the closest moaning of the following words from Q No. 87 to 91
87. Obnoxious
(B) gratifying
(C) dear
(D) lucid
88. Dormant
(A) active
(Q) vigilant
(C) slow
89. Foible
(A) virtue
(B) sports
(C) trivial
90. Reconcile
(A) popular
(C) praise
(D) false
91. Infringe
(A) conserve
(C) Instil!
(D) divert
(A) of ✓
(D) an ✓
(A) offensive ✓
(D) Inactive ✓
(D) weakness ✓
(B) adjust ✓
(B) violate ✓

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92. Which country Is the Inmost trading partner of Pakistan?
(A) UK
(C) Canada
(D) UAE
93. 'Fleet Street’ London 13 famous for
(A) Banking and nancial o ces
(B) O ces of the cargo companies
(D) O ces of the Royal Navy establishment
94. India granted Pakistan Most Favored Nation Status (MFN) In Mutual trado In:-
(A) 1992
(B) 1994
(D) 2006
95. What do you understand by the disease 'Insomnia'?
(B) Colour blindness
(C) Depressibn
(D) Hone of these
96. The World's famous Madame Tussaud’s museum is situated in:
(A) Paris
(C) Romo
(D) New York
97. ’Dassu Dam' Is being constructed in:-
(A) Punjab
(C) Northern Areas
(D) Balochistan
98. Omithology is (ha study of:
(B) Insects
(C) Sea Animals
(D) Sea Plants
99. 1 metric ton is equal to;
(B) USA ✓
(C) O ces of the newspapers and press agencies ✓
(C) 1996 ✓
(A) Inability to steep ✓
(B) London ✓
(B) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ✓
(A) Birds ✓

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(A) 100 kg
(B) 500 kg
(D) 1500 kg
100. Which pari of human body is most affected by Hepatitis virus?
(B) Lungs
(C) Spleen
(D) Pancreas
(C) 1000 kg ✓
(A) Liver ✓
[It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. (Aristotle)]
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