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GENERAL M. Ikram Rabbani Sajid Iqbal Samina Zafar Caravan Enterprises, Lahore” Caravan General Knowledge MCQs Sajid Iqbal, Muhammad Ikram Rabbani, and Samina Zafar Caravan Enlerprises Lahore. Pakistan. 2005 General Knowledge - MCQs Mediterranean Sea is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the: (a) Ste of Gibraltar (b) Bering strait (o) Davis strait (a) Dover strait Cavihbenn Sea is linked with the Pacific Ocean by the (a) Suen Canal (b) Panama Canal (6) Sunda Strait (a) None of the ahave ane Soa of Japan’ is famous for (a) Oil Reserves b) Mineral Water (©) Fishing Arca (@) Lecborgs in waler Ted sea’ is between : (a) Arabia and Africa () Ta! (6) China and Japan (d) Germany and Scandinavia y and Russia Alexandria is a seaport of : (a) Greece (b) Egypt () Tran (d) Germany Bering Styait separates Asia from: (a) Amerioa (b) Africa (6) Australia (a) None of the above ane The longest mountain range ia the world (a) Kerckoram, ®: (©) Andes @ Cyprus is an island in the: (a) Mes (b) South China Sea ic) Red Sea (a) Caribbean Sea. terranean Sea Which of the following country shares the water of Caspian Sea? (a) Russia (b) Tran (©) Azerbaijan (a) All the above Palk Strait separates India from (a) Sri Lanka (b) Maldi Geography 2 (c) Bangladesh (a) None of the above one 19 seaport of (by ) South Africa @) 20, ‘Lake Superiv’ is (a) The Woeld's decpest freshwater lake () ‘Yhe Woeld's largest Leeshwalor lake ) The world’s largest sullwaler luke (W) None of the above 21. le’ is a seaport of (a) China &) USA () Germany (a) Canada 22. Which of the following strait separates Italy from Sicily? (a) Sunda (b) Messina ) Bonifacio (@ Toho: 28. Identity the world’s longest viver with the length of 6,821 km, (a)! (6) Mississippi tc) (d) none of the above 2M. Whivh one is the longest river’? () Jhelum &) Chenab Ravi W@ Sully Which of the following is the smallest s (a) South China Sea. i) Sea of Marmara. ib) Arabian Sea. id) Caribbean Sea. Which of the following river is located in Iraq? (a) Lena fo) Volga In which of the following country (a) Canada USA tb) Oxus r Tuphzates ‘Victoria Falls’is locat (6) Zimbabwe (d) Venemela Which of the following waterfalls is lovsted between America and Canada? (0) Vietoria Falls (6) Ningara Falls (b) Ribhon Falls (d) Angels Falls. Geography 40. 45, 46. a 48 49, (b) The dens (o) The water that prevails there in winter the sea is black (a) None of the above Which of the following Country is largest hy area? (a) China America (b) Canada (d) Russia Which of the following Counlay is a Peninsula’? (a) Brazil &) Japan (@) Saudi Arabia Which of the following Country is largest by population? (a) Russia (©) China Which part of the wor (a) Bangkok ow York Which part of the world is called “C: (a) Belginm ) Netherlands The world’s Largest fick (a) Russia (©) Japan (b) Indonesia (a) India called “City of Angles”? (b) Stockholn (a) Rome pit af Rnvepe"? id) Australia The world’s longest railroad tunnel ‘Seikan’ is located in: (a) England (©) Switzerland Which Country (a) Lebanon (©) Canada &) Japan (a) Russia. alled “Land of Milk and Haney”? &) Japan (a) Turkey Which part of the world is called: “Playgrond of Fnrape"? (a) Norway © Switzerland Which Part of the world is called “Land of Midnight Sun”? ‘Vhailand ) Nerway (b) Germany (a) Poland () Finland (d) Japan 6 Gen Knowledge - MCs 50. 53. 58. 59. 60. What i: () (b) A Glaxy of Stars (6) Ado (a) None of the above ig Ben”? Jeane in Alaska placed on the British Parliament Which of the following is = Baltic State? (b) Armenia (a) Bstonia Which of the following Asiua counties is landlocked! (b) Mongolia W Nozth Korea. (@) Myanmar >) @ Identify the Coldest Planet: (a) Pluto &) ) Jupiter @ Tdontify the small é (6) Moreury (@) None of above Which one is the highest Mountain Pass in the world? (a) Khusjerab Pase ()) Kilik Pase (©) Alpine (d) None of th Identify the Largest ‘Salt-Water Lake’ in the world: (a) Lake Superior () Baikal Lake (c) Caspian Sea (d) Mancher Lake Identify the world’s largest City (a) Shanghai &) M (©) New York (a) London area} Which is the longest strait of the world? (a) Malacca () Gibraltar ) Rosphars (a) Dover Heel Sureet’ in London is Lamou: (a) Tailoring and Jewellery 8 8 Gen Knowledge - MCs 70. Which of the following Mountain Peak is not situated in Karakorum range? (a) Broad Peal: (b) Gasherbram Peak (¢) Tiich Miz Peak (a) All of the above TL. The world’s small :te hy population is: (a) San Marino (b) Monaco (a) Nava ‘gest fresh water lake i Caspian soa ) Baikal (@) Sup 73. ‘Nanga Parbal Peal’ i eilualed in: (a) Himalayas ()) Kecakoram (©) Hindukush (@) Suliaa 74. The largest river in Baluchistan is (a) Dasht (b) Zhob Rakshan (a) Hingol 78. Which is the high ) Quetta (b) Kalat (a) Sibi © vailway station in Asia? (©) Kan Mehta 76. What is the signifi (a) Lisa biggest island of Latin America ()) Ais located on the equator of U ane of a sinall vounliy “euados"? arth (© Wisaland where days and nights are of one month duzation on the earth (d) None of the above ‘Kuril Islands’ are situated between: (a) China and Japan () Russia and Japan Australia and New Zealand @ US and Cuba 738. What is “Green peace” @ (b) The largest Island in the world (©) Geological Society of London mountain range Geography 9 79. 80. 83. 86, 87, need to maintain a s and environmental (a) An organization that balance between human pro vongervalion, Yellow Sea lies between! (2) Singapore and Malaysia. (®) China and Japan, (o) Vietnam and Philippine. (a) Austvalia and New Zealand The world's largest active volcano “Manna Toa” is located in (a) Hawaii 1 (6) Central Andes (Chile) (¢), Mount Mayon (Philippines) (a) Java (indonesia) The Haslern Moditezrancun Island “Cyprus’ is divided between: (0) Germany and Poland (b) Franee and Greees (6) Turkey and Greece Indonesia and Japan Which is the smallest elate in area? (4) Babrain (b) Maldives (©) Mala () Brunei Darrusalam The distance of a place South oz North of Equator is called (a) Altitude (b) Longitude (¢) Latitude (d) Multitude Which part of the world is called “The Tand of free people"? (a) Switzerland (&) Thailand (c) West-Indies @ UK The world’s famons bridge “Golda 3 lacatad in: (a) New York (b) Sydney (6) Mexico city (a) San Franeisen ‘Skhulin lelands” enriched with vil reserves are dai (@) China and Russ (&) US and Japan & ad Russia “Pristina is the Capital of: (a) Chechnya (b) Bast Timor Ruseia and Japan W@ Usa (c) Bosnia (d) Kossovo Geography 11 99. 100, 10. 102. 103. 104. On which viver Gudu, Sukkur and Kotri bara situated? (a) Chanab (b) Ravi (©) Indus (@) Sutle es are Which of the following countzy consists of 1300 Islands? (@) M (b) Greenland (©) Indonesia (a) Philippines What is ‘Subway? (a) Undergramd (b) A road or path raised above grannd level (6) Short passage to any place (a) Non af the above esnge What is ‘Cathy Pacific’? (a) Aisling (b) Newspaper (©) News Ageney (@) Teland The main cause of earthquakes is : (a) Sudden Cooling and Contraction of the earth’s Surface ()) Coming into activity of some dormant voleances (©) Due to internal heat, sometimes water changes into steam and expands. (d) All of the above. Which of the following countries are land locked? (a) Uganda, Austria, Hungry, Laos (b) Albania, Brazil, Gh (©) Sudan, Sweden, Cuba, Senegal Kenya (d) Tanzania, Mozambique, Somalia, Portuga The World's largest Island is (a) Greenland (&) Sumatra ‘ew Guinea (@) Madagascar The Scan and the Haro are the two rivers of: (a) Baluchistan Plateau (b) Potohar Plateau (©) Northern areas (@) Azad Kashmir Punjab’s size in the total land mase of Pakistan is (a) 20.7% (b) 25.8% id) 37. i) 28. General Knowledge - MCQs 107. 108. oy. 1. 112. The “Shandur Pass" at the Height of 12,205 feet connects: (a) Chitral and Gilgit (b) Chitral and Banna (c) Mardanand Malkand —_(d) Gilgit and Kashgars river Beas and the Ravi is called: (a) Chaj Dosh (b) Rachna Daab Bari Doah (a) Saharwal Doab The avea lying hetw Which part of Puajab is famous for shisham Timber (a) Changa Manga ()) Ala Chitla Range (©) Musroe Kubula Range (@) Miaawali and Kalabagh caage 0, Which of the following Central Asian State is enriched with Uhe world’s largest mineral resources! (4) Udhislan ()) Kevakistan (e) Avecbaijan () Turkmenistan The largest number of fatalities by earth quakes were recorded in (a) Gilan (Iran) June, 21st 1980 (b) Kobe Japan) J: (6) Takhar (Afghanistan Debrua August, 17th L99e Pakistan Forest institution is located in: (b) Rawalpindi (6) Lakore (a) Peshawar The archaeclogi (a) Larkana (c) Khairpur Pakistan is smrounded in the North West by: (a) ran (b) China (© Afghanistan (@) Himalayas Range The most precious gemstone “Emerald” are found in: (a) Gilgit (b) Hunza (¢) Swat (Q) Dir 14 General Knowledge - MCs Pakistan Environmental Protection Ordinance was enforced in (a) 1984 (b) 1986 fe) 1988 (a) 1990 ansportation in a river? (a) § (b) Corrosion (c) Attrition (d) Deposition A canyon is.a lange fom of: (a) Dry valley (b) Gorge (©) Pedimont: (d) Badiand 128, What kind of weatheriag tukes ple on the valley side above the surface of the glacivr’? (a) Plucking ()) Abrasion (©) Chemival weathering (@) Frost shallering Which of the statements to about the Tzoposphe: (cus? is not (4) IL contains 85-00% of the atimosphere’s mass (}) I evatains nearly all the water and oxygen of the (©) Lis the zone which exbibils changes in condition of weather (d) Tt is about 350 km thiek 10. A wind which reverses seasonally is known ae wind () Cyclonic (@) Polar 13, The Stevenson cereen contains all of these EXCEPT: (a) Wet bulb the:mometer (b) Maximum thermometer (©) Ordinary thermometer (ql) Anemometer 122. Weather desoribe the condition of at any one time: (a) The earth () The land surface atmosphere ) The ionosphere with increasing alritnde by 10aC: far (a) 100 ft (b) 150m (©) 250m (d) 200m Geography 15 138. 140. ces 142. 144. 7. Medilerrancan regioas are useful for all (hese 4, Water vapour turns into clouds in the atmosphere when: (a) It rains (c) Dew pointis reached (dl). Evaporation takes place When @ warm air is lifted off the stace in temperature depression it is called: (b) A cold front (c) An anticyelone (d) A warm front (a) An occlusion 8. Aftemann rains in the oquatorial region are the veenlt of influences (3) Convectional (6) Monsoon (©) Front! (@) Land Breeze CEE TY (@) Yourisat () Foreslay ‘ruil growing (@) Wine production The best projection to suit the map of Pakistan is: (a) Simple cylindrical (b) Conieal (©) Zenithal (a) Conventional The extinct Voleanic Peak of Koh-1 (a) Saudi Arabia 6) (©) Tran @ The length af River Gangos is approx: (a) 2500 lem (&) 2960 im (6) 8840 em (@) 2780 im Devcan Plateau is in: (a) Europe (b) Asia fe) Australia (d) Africa The only river in Pakistan flows, SW-NE direction: (a) The Gomal_ ib) The Kurram (c) The Zhebe (a) The Swat Potwar Plateau bounded on the south ky’ (a) Siwalik hills () Indus river (©) Salt range (a) Jelum iver The Mountain Peak of Takht-i-Sulaiman is in (a) Yemen (b) Turkey Geography 7 (©) 1930 (a) 1928 155. World's density of population (1990 estimate): (a) 50 person per sq km (b) 89 person per sq km (6) 46 person per sq km (a) 31 person per sq km Which of the following continents has av desert? (a) Australia (b) North Ameriva (© South Aweriea (d) Europe 157. Which of the following regions is ‘Peninsula’? (a) Avebia (b) Scandinavia (©) Alaska (a) All of above, 158. The zichest fishing ground in the world: (a) North Western Europe (b) North Eastem Asia (c) North Western North America (a) North Eastern North America 159. The oldest Tron and stee! industry contre in India ds: (a) Bombay (b) Durgapur (a) Jamshedpur 160. Buddhism accounts for 100% of the (otal gopulstion in: (a) Nepal &) Bhutan () Sti Lanka () Chins 161. Maize, Rice and Wheat are generally referred as: (a) Root crops (b) Cereal Croy (c) Legumes Czops gx: ¢ of the above nazies (d) » 162. The largest latitude circle on earth is: (a) Arctic eizele (&) Tropic of eancer ‘he Equator a) Teopie of Capricorn Ps largest Delta is: (a) Ttaly (b) Mexica (6) Sumderlands (India) (d) Bangladesh 164, Which is (he largest lex producing country in the world? (a) Nigesia (b) Indonesia © India W@ Kenya 18 _ General Knowledge - MCs Three Persian Gulf Islands. Abu Mussa. The Greater and disputed between (a) Tran and Iraq (b) ran and UAL (¢) Iraq and Kuwait (@) Qatar and Bahrain 166. “Darwin” is the seaport of (a) Australia (b) France ) UK (2) Germany 187. Which country produces maximum gold? (a) Brunsi (b) Somth Africa (6) Australia (a) New Zealand 168. Which city is called “City of seven hills’? (a) New York ) Loadun © Paris @) Rowe 169. “Broadway” (New York U.S.A) is the world’s lar (a) Theatre (b) Thoroughfare (©) Museum (d) Gymnaseum 170. What is meant by “Rquinox”? (a) The longest day (b) The shortest day (6) The sun-month long day (a) Rqual duration of day and night 171. ‘The seusua changes because of the: (a) Moon is revolving round the earth (b) Earth is revolving round ils axis (© Earth is volving round the sun id) Planet Mars is artracting the n The dislanve of Iongilude represents how many aiinules differenes in time: (a) 10 minutes () 4 minutes (© 15 minutes @ Lminute 4 Parallel is a boundeay line between: (a) North and South Korea (b) China and Mongolia ) Germsay aad Poland @ 
