General Knowledge MCQs (page 17 of 61)
Famous people, inventions, sports, world records, currencies and well-known facts about Pakistan and the world.
1,204 questions. Select an option to check your answer, or open "Show answer". Showing 321–340.
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The highest peak in North America is:
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Answer: B. Denali
It is in Alaska and was formerly called Mount McKinley.
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The highest peak in South America is:
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Answer: D. Aconcagua
It is in Argentina and is the highest peak outside Asia.
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The highest mountain in Africa is:
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Answer: B. Mount Kilimanjaro
It is a dormant volcano in Tanzania.
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The longest mountain range in the world is the:
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Answer: C. Andes
It runs about 7,000 km along the western side of South America.
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Mount Everest lies on the border of:
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Answer: D. Nepal and China
It is called Sagarmatha in Nepal and Chomolungma in Tibet.
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The largest country in Africa by area is:
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Answer: D. Algeria
It became the largest after South Sudan split from Sudan in 2011.
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The country with the longest coastline in the world is:
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Answer: D. Canada
Its coastline is over 200,000 km long, including its islands.
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Which of the following countries is landlocked?
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Answer: B. Mongolia
Mongolia lies between Russia and China and has no coastline.
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The largest landlocked country in the world is:
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Answer: C. Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan covers about 2.7 million sq km.
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The largest archipelago in the world is:
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Answer: A. Indonesia
Indonesia has more than 17,000 islands.
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The largest country in the world by area is:
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Answer: C. Russia
It covers about 17 million sq km across Europe and Asia.
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The driest non-polar desert in the world is the:
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Answer: D. Atacama Desert
The Atacama in Chile has places where rain has never been recorded.
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The largest hot desert in the world is the:
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Answer: B. Sahara Desert
It covers most of North Africa.
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The river with the largest volume of discharge in the world is the:
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Answer: D. Amazon
The Amazon carries more water than any other river.
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The deepest point in the world's oceans is the:
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Answer: C. Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench
It lies in the western Pacific and is nearly 11 km deep.
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The Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case came to light in:
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Answer: B. 1951
Some army officers and leftist intellectuals, including Faiz Ahmed Faiz, were arrested.
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Quaid-e-Azam died on:
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Answer: B. 11 September 1948
He died in Karachi about a year after independence.
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Quaid-e-Azam was called the "Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity" by:
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Answer: C. Sarojini Naidu
She praised his role in the Lucknow Pact.
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Quaid-e-Azam joined the All India Muslim League in:
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Answer: B. 1913
He was already a member of the Congress at the time.
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The oldest university in Pakistan is:
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Answer: B. University of the Punjab
It was founded in Lahore in 1882.