100 Most Repeated Questions for Preparation of CSS, FPSC, SPSC, PPSC, STS, IBA, NTS & Other Exams

• The Olympic Games are held after every:
  a) 2 years
  b) 3 years
  c) 4 years ✅
  d) 5 years

• “Kindergarten” refers to?
  a) A type of hospital
  b) A children’s playground
  c) A preschool for young children ✅
  d) A botanical garden

• Who is the founder of social media network “Facebook”?
  a) Elon Musk
  b) Mark Zuckerberg ✅
  c) Bill Gates
  d) Jeff Bezos

• What is meant by “Petticoat Government”?
  a) Government by military
  b) Government by women ✅
  c) Government by clergy
  d) Government by aristocrats

• ATM stands for:
  a) Automated Teller Machine ✅
  b) Automatic Transaction Machine
  c) Auto Transfer Mechanism
  d) Advanced Teller Management

• The second largest religion of the world is?
  a) Christianity
  b) Islam ✅
  c) Hinduism
  d) Buddhism

• Nelson Mandela was the president of?
  a) Zimbabwe
  b) Kenya
  c) South Africa ✅
  d) Nigeria

• CNG is an abbreviation of:
  a) Combined Natural Gas
  b) Compressed Natural Gas ✅
  c) Condensed Nitrogen Gas
  d) Chemical Natural Gas

• Sri Lanka was formerly known as?
  a) Ceylon ✅
  b) Burma
  c) Persia
  d) Siam

• People of which country are known as Kiwis?
  a) Australia
  b) New Zealand ✅
  c) Canada
  d) South Africa

• Baku is the capital city of?
  a) Georgia
  b) Kazakhstan
  c) Azerbaijan ✅
  d) Armenia

• Mossad is the secret intelligence agency of?
  a) USA
  b) Russia
  c) Israel ✅
  d) UK

• Which cricketer is referred to as “The Don”?
  a) Sachin Tendulkar
  b) Ricky Ponting
  c) Don Bradman ✅
  d) Brian Lara

• “Scotland Yard” is a police department of?
  a) Scotland
  b) USA
  c) UK ✅
  d) Canada

• Dolly was the name of the:
  a) First cloned sheep ✅
  b) First test-tube baby
  c) First genetically modified plant
  d) First cloned monkey

• Which theory of justice is based on the principle “Kill the sin, not the sinner”?
  a) Plato’s Theory
  b) Aristotle’s Theory
  c) Gandhian Theory ✅
  d) Bentham’s Theory

• Onyx is a kind of?
  a) Metal
  b) Gemstone ✅
  c) Liquid
  d) Fossil

• The chemical name of common salt is?
  a) Sodium Carbonate
  b) Sodium Chloride ✅
  c) Calcium Sulfate
  d) Magnesium Nitrate

• The Ozone layer protects life on Earth from?
  a) Radio waves
  b) UV rays ✅
  c) X-rays
  d) Infrared rays

• Sunlight falling on our skin causes it to produce?
  a) Vitamin C
  b) Vitamin D ✅
  c) Vitamin A
  d) Vitamin B12

• Capital punishment means:
  a) Imprisonment for life
  b) Death penalty ✅
  c) House arrest
  d) Community service

• Hematology is the study of?
  a) Liver
  b) Blood ✅
  c) Bones
  d) Heart

• Which of the following is not a primary colour?
  a) Red
  b) Blue
  c) Green
  d) Black ✅

• Which component of the diet prevents constipation?
  a) Carbohydrates
  b) Proteins
  c) Fiber ✅
  d) Fats

• Which of the following sports is associated with Davis Cup?
  a) Cricket
  b) Tennis ✅
  c) Football
  d) Badminton

• Synagogue is the place of worship of which religion?
  a) Islam
  b) Christianity
  c) Judaism ✅
  d) Buddhism

• Where was Albert Einstein born?
  a) USA
  b) Germany ✅
  c) UK
  d) France

• The Eiffel Tower is located in?
  a) Italy
  b) Spain
  c) France ✅
  d) Germany

• Napoleon Bonaparte was the King of?
  a) Spain
  b) Italy
  c) France ✅
  d) Germany

• “Biman” is the name of the airline of:
  a) Pakistan
  b) Bangladesh ✅
  c) India
  d) Sri Lanka

• Who was the first Asian to receive the Nobel Prize?
  a) Mother Teresa
  b) C.V. Raman
  c) Rabindranath Tagore ✅
  d) Malala Yousafzai

• The highest capital in the world is:
  a) Kathmandu
  b) La Paz ✅
  c) Thimphu
  d) Quito

• “Riksdag” is the parliament of?
  a) Denmark
  b) Norway
  c) Sweden ✅
  d) Germany

• First president of the USA:
  a) Abraham Lincoln
  b) George Washington ✅
  c) Thomas Jefferson
  d) John Adams

• Niagara Falls are situated in?
  a) USA
  b) Canada
  c) USA & Canada ✅
  d) Australia

• Nobel Prize is awarded in:
  a) Literature
  b) Physics
  c) Peace
  d) All of the above ✅

• Which is the deepest ocean in the world?
  a) Atlantic Ocean
  b) Pacific Ocean ✅
  c) Indian Ocean
  d) Arctic Ocean

• Which country’s flag is known as Union Jack?
  a) USA
  b) Australia
  c) UK ✅
  d) Canada

• “Birr” is the currency of:
  a) Nigeria
  b) Ethiopia ✅
  c) Ghana
  d) Kenya

• What does the word ‘geo’ mean?
  a) Fire
  b) Water
  c) Earth ✅
  d) Sky

• What is meant by the term “Fourth Estate”?
  a) Judiciary
  b) Executive
  c) Press & Media ✅
  d) Legislature

• Waterloo is located in:
  a) France
  b) Germany
  c) Belgium ✅
  d) UK

• Xenophobia is a fear of?
  a) Heights
  b) Foreigners ✅
  c) Darkness
  d) Water

• Pisa Tower is located in:
  a) Spain
  b) France
  c) Italy ✅
  d) Germany

• United Nations came into existence in?
  a) 1942
  b) 1945 ✅
  c) 1950
  d) 1960

• Headquarters of ILO is located in:
  a) New York
  b) Paris
  c) Geneva ✅
  d) London

• “Land of Maple Leaf” is:
  a) USA
  b) Canada ✅
  c) Norway
  d) Australia

• “Land of Rising Sun” is:
  a) China
  b) Japan ✅
  c) South Korea
  d) Thailand

• “Durand Line” is a boundary line between:
  a) India & China
  b) Pakistan & Afghanistan ✅
  c) India & Pakistan
  d) China & Nepal

• The earth moves from:
  a) West to East ✅
  b) East to West
  c) North to South
  d) South to North

• Seismology is the study of?
  a) Earthquakes ✅
  b) Volcanoes
  c) Oceans
  d) Planets

• Velocity of sound is maximum in:
  a) Air
  b) Water
  c) Steel ✅
  d) Vacuum

• The famous oil painting “Mona Lisa” is the creation of?
  a) Vincent van Gogh
  b) Leonardo da Vinci ✅
  c) Pablo Picasso
  d) Michelangelo

• 49th parallel is a boundary line between?
  a) India & Pakistan
  b) USA & Canada ✅
  c) China & Mongolia
  d) Russia & Ukraine

• Which continent has no desert?
  a) Asia
  b) Europe ✅
  c) Africa
  d) North America

• The headquarters of WTO is in:
  a) New York
  b) Paris
  c) Geneva ✅
  d) London

• Which of the following games is also called “Ping Pong”?
  a) Lawn Tennis
  b) Table Tennis ✅
  c) Badminton
  d) Squash

• United Nations Security Council comprises how many members?
  a) 10
  b) 15 ✅
  c) 20
  d) 25

• On the banks of which river is the city of London located?
  a) Seine
  b) Thames ✅
  c) Danube
  d) Rhine

• Which is the longest river in the world?
  a) Amazon
  b) Mississippi
  c) Nile ✅
  d) Yangtze

• What do you understand by En route?
  a) On the way ✅
  b) Destination reached
  c) Returning
  d) Delayed

• Michelangelo was a famous?
  a) Scientist
  b) Musician
  c) Painter & Sculptor ✅
  d) Mathematician

• Who said these words “Man without society is either beast or God”?
  a) Plato
  b) Aristotle ✅
  c) Socrates
  d) Confucius

• Who said “A thing of beauty is a joy forever”?
  a) William Shakespeare
  b) John Keats ✅
  c) Robert Frost
  d) William Wordsworth

• Who said “Man is a social animal”?
  a) Aristotle ✅
  b) Socrates
  c) Karl Marx
  d) Sigmund Freud

• Sui generis is a Latin term for?
  a) Unique ✅
  b) Similar
  c) Common
  d) Traditional

• I.Q. is an abbreviation of:
  a) International Quotient
  b) Intelligence Quotient ✅
  c) Intellectual Quality
  d) Ideal Qualification

• Name the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
  a) Athens
  b) Constantinople ✅
  c) Rome
  d) Cairo

• Steve Jobs earned fame during his association with?
  a) Google
  b) Microsoft
  c) Apple ✅
  d) IBM

• SIM stands for:
  a) Subscriber Identity Module ✅
  b) System Information Management
  c) Secure Internet Module
  d) Signal Identification Method

• What is meant by Dengue?
  a) A bacterial infection
  b) A viral disease spread by mosquitoes ✅
  c) A type of cancer
  d) A fungal infection

• What comes to mind with the name of Neil Armstrong?
  a) First man to walk on the Moon ✅
  b) First person to climb Mount Everest
  c) Discoverer of America
  d) First man to travel to Mars

• Wall Street is famous for?
  a) Banking
  b) Stock Market ✅
  c) Technology
  d) Fashion Industry

• Mont Blanc is disputed between which countries?
  a) France & Italy ✅
  b) Germany & Austria
  c) Switzerland & France
  d) Spain & Portugal

• What is the national bird of China?
  a) Sparrow
  b) Red-crowned Crane ✅
  c) Peacock
  d) Falcon

• How many balls are used in a game of billiards?
  a) 10
  b) 12
  c) 16 ✅
  d) 18

• NATO stands for:
  a) National Association of Trade Organization
  b) North Atlantic Treaty Organization ✅
  c) Nuclear Arms Treaty Organization
  d) North American Transport Organization

• Aristotle was the ——— of Plato?
  a) Student ✅
  b) Teacher
  c) Father
  d) Brother

• Spain literally means:
  a) Land of Beauty
  b) Land of Rabbits ✅
  c) Land of Kings
  d) Land of Warriors

• “Mein Kampf” is the autobiography of?
  a) Joseph Stalin
  b) Adolf Hitler ✅
  c) Winston Churchill
  d) Napoleon Bonaparte

• Golden Temple, Amritsar is a holy place of?
  a) Hindus
  b) Buddhists
  c) Sikhs ✅
  d) Christians

• The scout movement was started by?
  a) Robert Baden-Powell ✅
  b) Lord Curzon
  c) Winston Churchill
  d) Mahatma Gandhi

• Kamal Attaturk abolished the Ottoman Caliphate in?
  a) 1924 ✅
  b) 1945
  c) 1918
  d) 1932

• Alexander the Great invaded India in?
  a) 326 BC ✅
  b) 100 AD
  c) 712 AD
  d) 1206 AD

• “Think and Grow Rich” was written by?
  a) Dale Carnegie
  b) Napoleon Hill ✅
  c) Robert Kiyosaki
  d) Stephen Covey

• Which of the following is a Human Rights Organization?
  a) WHO
  b) UNESCO
  c) Amnesty International ✅
  d) IMF

• “Hyde Park” London is famous for:
  a) Sporting events
  b) Political speeches ✅
  c) Royal ceremonies
  d) Horse racing

• The highest title in Judo is?
  a) Black Belt
  b) 10th Dan ✅
  c) Master Grade
  d) Grandmaster

• The first satellite was launched by?
  a) USA
  b) Russia ✅
  c) China
  d) India

• The largest island in the world is?
  a) Madagascar
  b) Greenland ✅
  c) Australia
  d) Borneo

• The book “Conquest of Happiness” was written by?
  a) Sigmund Freud
  b) Bertrand Russell ✅
  c) George Orwell
  d) Karl Marx

• The largest desert of the world is?
  a) Thar
  b) Sahara ✅
  c) Gobi
  d) Kalahari

• “Rio de Janeiro” is the seaport of?
  a) Argentina
  b) Brazil ✅
  c) Chile
  d) Portugal

• The oldest written language is?
  a) Greek
  b) Sanskrit
  c) Sumerian ✅
  d) Latin

• What does the Latin word “Aqua” mean?
  a) Earth
  b) Fire
  c) Water ✅
  d) Air

• The French Revolution began in the year?
  a) 1776
  b) 1789 ✅
  c) 1801
  d) 1815

• Who is called the Father of Comedy?
  a) Aristophanes ✅
  b) Plato
  c) Shakespeare
  d) Socrates

• “Modus Operandi” means?
  a) Method of operation ✅
  b) Secret code
  c) Legal procedure
  d) Economic plan