All General Knowledge with answers (Skip The Repeatations)

NPGCL TEST 1
1. UNO established in 24 October 1945.
2. Capital of Australia = Canberra
3. Kashmir conflict first taken to UN by = India
4. Second Longest River = Amazon
5. Longest animal 31 meter = Blue Whale
6. Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. = BRICS
7. World Cup 1992 = Imran Khan
8. Washington DC is called= City of magnificent Distance
9. country floating on oil = Kuwait
10. biggest airport of Pakistan = Jinnah Airport Karachi
11. National animal of Pakistan = Markhoor
12. Diamer-Bhasha Dam= River Indus
13. PCO....Provisional Constitutional Order
14. IAEA...international agency on atomic energy
15. Poetry of Khushal Khan Khatak is in which language? Pashto/Pakhtun
16. The first missile of Pakistan = Rahber
17. Old name of National collegre of Art lahore =Mayo

NPGCL TEST 2
18. 3rd world countries mean. Developing and Underdeveloped
19. Human blood pH is 7.4
20. Afghanistan is buffer state of Asia.
21. Location of Canada is in North America.
22.  The world's largest station by platforms is Grand Central Terminal in New York
City with 44 platforms.
23. First World War started in 28 July 1914.
24. Wheel is symbol of progress. (Freedom, Progress, Peace)
25. Areas having rainfall between 102 – 204 cm is dominated by ________ forest? Monsoon
26. Smallest boundary of Pakistan is with China.
27. Atmospheric pressure is measured by? Barometer
28. Pakistan is in south Asia.
29. Hammas is radical group of Palestine.
30. In rainbow, which color comes between orange and green? Yellow
31. Sun shines twice in year on Equator.
32. In 1949 ceasefire b/w Pak and India took place
33. Europe does not have any “Desert”.
MEPCO TEST
1. Wimbledon Tournament is for? Lawn Tennis
2. All organizations share?
3. For minimum input a person has got the output he has used the
a) resources, b) efficiently
4. Sharjah is in? Answer: UAE
5. Against Nehru’s Report Qaid-e-Azam proposed a solution of how many points? Answer: 14
6. The punishment for robbery in Islam? Answer: Hand Cut
7. on simple series question (___, 15, 19, 24,) answer 12
8. Which of the following Rukn-e-Islam is called a shield? Answer: Fasting
9. What is the literal meaning of word Qiblah? Answer: In front of
10. Northern end of Pakistan is occupied by western range of which of following? Answer:
Himalayan range
11. The ancient name of IRAN? Persia
12. TLRIA is to WOULD then YBVLKA is for? BEYOND
13. Which word will be in the middle select and tick that one
A. Rigorous, B. Retrospective, C. Remove, D. Revive, E. Rumor
14. In earlier hours, on September 6, India cross border of Pakistan, city? Lahore

PESCO TEST
1. Taxila was the capital of? Gandhara
2. Single is for double and one is for? Two
3. Which one is odd in the list? Loin, leopard, cow,
4. Heaviest, longest mammal? Blue Whale
5. Old name of Iran was? Persia 
6. Pakistan largest province by area? Baluchistan
7. Wimbledon tournament is of which game? Ans: lawn tennis
8. 64 32 16 8 4 2... ? Missing number ans: 1
9. Literal Meaning of Qiblah? Anything in front
10. Which rukan of islam is shield? fasting
11. Arafat is on? Hajj day
12. Pick the odd one out? Yard, Feet, Mile, Acre
13. Northern areas of Pakistan are covered with? Himaliyas
14. A term from the same department and functional area that involve in efforts to improve work
activities is? a) Problem solving team, b) Programmed decision c) Productivity,
d) Organizational culture
FESCO TEST
1. Palwasha is elder than Javeria , Raina is elder than Sana , Sana is elder than Maham but smaller
than Raina. Who is most junior? Ans : Maham
2. Complete the series: 15, 45, ____, 405? Ans : 135
3. 8th letter from end of the Alphabets? Ans : S
4. Allama Iqbal was awarded which award from British Govt.? Ans: Sir
5. Freedom movement of Muslims of subcontinent based on? Ans : Islamic Ideology
6. Desert in Bahawalpur? Ans : Cholistan
7. Meaning of word Soum? Ans to keep Away
8. Holy Prophet (Salllaho Alaihe Wasallam) was born in? Ans : 571 AD
9. Cave Hira is situated near? Ans : Makkah
10. Capital of Turkey? Ans: Ankara
11. Largest Airport of Pakistan? Ans: Jinnah International Airport Karachi
12. Man reached on moon in? Ans: 1969
13. Principles of organization type question? Ans principles of management
14. In MS-Word which command is used to find? Ans : CTRL+F
15. 1 Byte? Ans : 8 Bits
16. BCC? Ans: Writing Email

PBC TEST
1. What is the capital of Iceland? a) Reykjavik b) Vestmannaeyjar c) Vilnius d) Nuuk
2. Production of rubber tree is adapted to which climate? Tropical or subtropical climate
3. Sun’s heat and light energy reaches the earth by ________? Radiation
Remaining questions are repeated in above tests

SNGPL TEST
1. Border between India and Kashmir is? LOC (Line of Control)
2. Longest River in the world? Nile
3. Largest producer of sugar is? Brazil
4. Capital of Indonesia? Jakarta
5. Most volcanoes are in which country? Indonesia
6. Which place is called little Venice? Venezuela
7. The largest district of Punjab? Bahawal Nagar
8. Which historian traveled china and India in 1012 AD? Marco Polo
9. What was first dam of Pakistan? Warsak Dam
10. Ottawa is the capital of? Canada
11. The largest producer of potatoes? China
12. Olympics 2008 was held in? Beijing, China
 13. Siachen glacier is located in which mountain range? Karakoram Range
14. Bangladesh is famous in? Jute Production
15. Mohenjo-Daro is located in which province? Sindh
16. First Nobel Prize was awarded in? 10 December 1901
17. Bahadur Shah Zafar was the son of? Akbar II
18. Gandhara civilization is located between rivers? Kabul and Indus
19. Who was the first governor general of Pakistan? Quaid-e-Azam
20. Mount Everest is located between borders of Tibet and? Nepal
21. Taka is the currency of Bangladesh
22. Which is the largest ocean? Pacific
23. Most modern day computers use?

NAB TEST

ISLAMIYAT SECTION
1. First slave of Islam who was accept Islam? 
a) Hazrat anas bin malik b) hazrat bilal c) zaid bin haris
2. In which hijri, Makkah was conquered? 8 hijri
3. Which companion is known as Sayed us shuhda? Hazrat Hamza R.A
4. At the _____ age of holy prophet, he was bestowed with reveal? 40
5. Which prophet's nation was destroyed by water? Hazrat Nooh
6. Total number of surahs in Quran? 114
7. In which battel Abu jahal was killed? Battle of Badr
8. Who suggests digging a ditch in the battle of khandaq? Hazrat Salman Farsi
9. In Islam, _______ is the sovereign who further distribute the powers among nation?
a)ALmighty ALLAH, b) caliph
10. Where did the camel of Holy Prophet S.A.W.W stop in madina at the time of migration?
Abu Ayyub Ansari house

PS SECTION

1. Taj Mahal is situated on the bank of which river? Jamna , Ganga, Ravi, Barhamputra
2. When Quaid-e-Azam did joined Muslim league? 1913
3. The pass which joins Pakistan with china? Khunjerab Pass
4. Total area of Pakistan? 796,095 km²
5. The border line which joins Azad Kashmir with India is called? Line of Control
6. On which tropic Pakistan is situated? a) South b) East c) West d) North
7. Alberuni wrote a book kitabul hind in which he wrote that with whom he entered/came to
India? Mahmud Ghaznavi
8. Under ground water system of irrigation named Karez is in which areas? 
a) Baluchistan, b) KPK, c) GilGIT/FATA, d) All
9. When first time the one unit was used or in which constitution it was? 
a) Objective resolution b)1956 c) 1962 d) 1973
10. On ___________ request, Ahmed shah abdali came to India? Shah waliullah
PSO TEST
IQ
1. Waleed is 1/3 minus 5 of his father age. Waleed age is 7, what is his father age? 36
2. Which one is odd? 12, 15, 18,20,24,27? 20
3. Name the eighth letter of alphabet from last? S
4. What is letter of 3rd alphabet before last vowel? R
5. If 34+35=15, 63+78=24 then 24+24=? 12
6. 20-2=10, 30-6=10, 40-8= 10
7. 6554=FEED
8. If A=2, B=3, C=4 and so on...?
9. A women pointing out a girl and said "She was the only daughter of my mother" Tell relation of
that girl with women? Mother
10. If FAIR is to FARE then HAIR is to? HARE

GK
11. Where is Attock oil refinery located?? Rawalpindi
12. Where was arsenic found?? Kohat
13. Where and when oil was discovered??? 1759, USA
14. The Coal & petroleum are found in what type rock?  Sedimentary Rocks
15. Which mineral is most found in Pakistan?? Coal
16. The chief source of water in Pak is? River water
17.  ……is a heavier residual fuel oil used in a Ship’s boiler? Bunker fuel 
18. …..is a renewable fuel synthesized from soyabean, other oil corps or animal tallow? Biodiesel
19. …is a substance containing methane & Co2, produced from anaerobic decomposition of organic
material in a landfill? Biogas
20. …… is a light petroleum distillate that is used inj space heaters,cook stoves & water heater & is
suitable for use as a light source where burned in wike-fed analysis? Kerosene Oil

NTDC TEST
1. Ceasefire agreement of 1971 between Pakistan & India is? Shimla Agreement
2. Which pass connects Quetta & Qandahar? Bolan
3. Largest industry of Pakistan? Textile
4. Which Punjabi poet is known as Shakespeare of Punjabi Literature? Waris Shah
5. Age of Holy Prophet PBUH when his mother died? 6 
6. Khanpur Dam built in 1984 on river? Haro
7. World’s 2nd largest continent? Africa
8. Ali Khawar Hydro Power is constructed by Pakistan in? KPK
9. Kalmashahadat is recited on? Funeral Activity
10. Expo 2020 will be in? Dubai
11. Walk to long freedom is written by? Nelson Mandela
12. Urban population means? People living in cities
13. Youme Arafat is on? Hajj Day
14. Fitrana to be given on? Before Eid-ul-Fitar
Essay Writing for CSS/PMS/PCS Exam

A good essay is a comprehensive composition on a particular topic; beneficial, convincing and

If you are a beginner, don’t worry because essay writing is not an inborn quality but it is a skill
that is developed by learning and practice.

QUESTION FORMAT (CSS Exam): Make an outline and write a COMPREHENSIVE ESSAY
(2500 – 3500 words) on any one on the given topics. Make sure you use different forms of
discourse e.g. description, narration, illustration etc.

Essay writing can be divided into following four parts on the basis of marking in CSS Exam.
1. Discourse/ideas and thoughts presented in an essay
2. Structure of essay
3. Making Outline
4. Principles and Qualities of a good essay
5. Proficiency and competency in writing in English

1.Discourse/ideas and thoughts presented in an essay:

The first and foremost thing that ensures your success in essay writing for CSS exam is what you
present in your essay, your ideas and thoughts. They expect from you a great deal of knowledge
about the topic, maturity in your thoughts and ideas, thoughts based on facts supporting or
opposing the topic, widely accepted thoughts, multi-dimensional approach to explain about the
topic and proper way of expressing your ideas and thoughts. All these aspects as a whole
depends upon following factors

How much have you done general study about various topics like different issues, personalities,
aspects of society, political issues and events, science, religion, art, literature, history, current
problems and challenges, etc.

How do you observe, analyze and compare or contrast various things (like above topics etc)
while you study, learn or hear them.

Your cognitive approach to various things (like above topics etc), the way you make your
personal view about a thing.

The way you select facts or ideas about a topic that can easily convince a reader about what is
said relating the topic and which look appealing and worth reading to the reader.

All of the above aspects contribute to generate good ideas, maturity in your thoughts and multi-
dimensional approach to explain about a topic. You should have the habit of general reading
because it is what you learn that you present in your essay. General study as more as possible is
quite helpful. Observe and analyze whatever you learn as well as have your own perspective
about it to explore it.

2.Structure of an essay:

An essay has three parts, 1. Introduction, 2. Body, 3. Conclusion

Introduction
An essay always starts with an introduction to the topic or subject-matter of the essay. The first
paragraph (paragraphs) serves as an introductory paragraph, where you have to write the about
what the topic means or explain about the subject-matter in a way to provide the basic
understanding of the topic. The old way is to start an essay with a definition, literal meaning of
the topic or widely accepted interpretation of the topic.

The modern essayist though starts an essay with a general explanation by writing the main
attributes of the topic to introduce the topic. Choosing either ways to write the introduction to the
topic depends upon the subject matter of essay. Some of the essays given in CSS exam may not
be directly introduced with the help a definition or quotation where you can start with widely
accepted interpretation of topic or by converging its basic attributes to write its introduction. The
introduction should be appealing and fascinating to the reader because it exhibits your first
impression on reader and reflects overall beauty of essay.

Body
It is the middle part of essay which initiates after introduction. It can consist of as many
paragraphs as you can write or required to write. It is the larger part of essay including all the
argumentation, elaboration of ideas, reasoning and all necessary explanation about the topic. All
what you need for this part is to learn how to write a paragraph. Each paragraph comprises
elaboration of a similar idea relating the subject matter. The first sentence of each paragraph
again serves as introductory sentence to what is discussed in the paragraph. The first line of each
paragraph is indented a little to right making it distinct from other paragraph.
Moreover, the order of paragraphs should be in a proper sequence. Which idea should be written
first and which idea should be written next needs to be developed.

Conclusion
The last part of essay, conclusion, is to sum up your all ideas (whatever you have written in body
part) to derive a conclusion. You are supposed to write a short theme to the all discourse made
about the topic, considering the main ideas (remember, the theme, not the all main ideas) and
write some lines as a conclusion to overall discourse. It should be a satisfactory end for the
reader.

3.Making an Outline:

Making an outline for an essay means to make a sketch for the entire essay by writing the basic
and main ideas which are to be elaborated to write the essay. Making an outline is important for
two reasons, firstly it is the part of your answer and secondly it helps you to write an essay with
perfection.
Before starting to write the essay, think over the topic to collect the main ideas which you will
elaborate to the essay. Write down all these main ideas in the form of lines having numbers or
bullets. You can give a name or a title to each main idea while making the outline or you can
also write each main idea in a sentence form but all the ideas should be in proper order.

4.Principles and Qualities of a Good Essay:

An essay is never written hap hazardly but always written according to certain principles.
Besides, a good essay has certain qualities which make the essay interesting, appealing and
influential.

Unity: An essay, written on a particular topic, should have uniformity. All the ideas and thoughts
expressed in the essay should be related to the topic. Similarly each paragraph should have unity.
Unity means that each paragraph should be about ONLY ONE idea. Different paragraphs have
different ideas relating to the topic but each paragraph is confined to one idea. Never embed a
different idea in a paragraph which explains a particular idea.

Coherence and Order: The ideas should be expressed in a logical continuity. Coherence means
that ideas flow smoothly from one sentence to the next sentence. Order is the logical sequence of
ideas presented in the essay. Order of ideas means what should be written first and what should
be written next. Ideas should be expressed in a proper order of importance or events.

Avoid repetition of a same idea. Don’t reproduce a same idea again and again which you have
already narrated once in your essay. Repetition reveals a very bad impression on the reader.
Similarly it is better to use different words (noun, verbs etc) for a same meaning if it is repeated
again and again.

Avoid unnecessary details and explanations. Always be focused on the subject matter and try to
write to the point. Don’t try to elongate your explanation by giving unnecessary and irrelevant
details. Your explanation may be neither too long nor too short but should be comprehensive and
sufficient in knowledge about the topic.
The way of presenting ideas and thoughts should be appropriate. The way you describe, explain,
elaborate or discuss about an idea counts a lot for writing a good essay.

Always try to write in a simple, clear and easily comprehensible manner. Never write ideas in a
convoluted manner. Write short and simple sentences instead writing very long sentences
containing many clauses. Writing on different dimensions of the subject matter should be in a
way that each aspect should be fully unveiled so that there may be no room for ambiguity for the
reader.

5.Proficiency and competency in writing in English:

It is an open secret that writing standard English and grammatical accuracy play a vital role in
success in essay writing for CSS Exam. You should know the art of literary and scholarly
writing. It needs a long discussion to expatiate about improving written English but let me give
you some rudimentary tips. A basic attribute which is to learn idiomatic usage in writing an
essay should be developed. For earning grammatical accuracy in your writing, study English
grammar thoroughly (not cursorily) to learn the correct usage of grammatical units i.e. verbs,
adverbs, adjective, coordination, subordination, subject-verb agreement, phrasal verbs etc.