PMS 2026 GK Practice Set — Q51–100 Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: Iran

Iran was the first country to recognise Pakistan, on 14 August 1947, the day of independence.

Correct Answer: Benazir Bhutto

Benazir Bhutto became Pakistan's first female prime minister in December 1988, and the first woman to lead a Muslim-majority country.

Correct Answer: Liaquat Ali Khan

Liaquat Ali Khan was Pakistan's first Prime Minister, serving from 1947 until his assassination in 1951.

Correct Answer: Iskander Mirza

Iskander Mirza became Pakistan's first President on 23 March 1956, when the country became a republic; Jinnah was Governor-General, not President.

Correct Answer: Abdul Rashid

Sir Abdul Rashid was Pakistan's first Chief Justice, serving from 1949 to 1954.

Correct Answer: John Lockwood Kipling

The Lahore Museum was established in 1865, and John Lockwood Kipling was its first curator and the figure conventionally credited as its founder.

Correct Answer: Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Muhammad Ali Jinnah was Pakistan's first Governor-General, from 14 August 1947 until his death in September 1948.

Correct Answer: 1969

Pakistan joined the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation at its founding in 1969.

Correct Answer: 1947

Pakistan joined the United Nations on 30 September 1947.

Correct Answer: 1995

Pakistan is a founding member of the WTO, which came into existence on 1 January 1995.

Correct Answer: Abdus Salam

Abdus Salam won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979, Pakistan's first Nobel laureate.

Correct Answer: 25 December

Muhammad Ali Jinnah was born on 25 December 1876.

Correct Answer: 23 March

Pakistan Day is celebrated on 23 March, marking the Lahore Resolution of 1940 and the 1956 republic.

Correct Answer: 14 August

Pakistan's Independence Day is 14 August 1947.

Correct Answer: None of these

Islamia College Peshawar was founded in 1913 by Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Khan, who is not among the options, so 'None of these' is correct.

Correct Answer: Badr-A

Badr-A, launched in July 1990, was Pakistan's first satellite.

Correct Answer: 1960

The Indus Waters Treaty between Pakistan and India was signed in Karachi on 19 September 1960.

Correct Answer: Fehmida Mirza

Fehmida Mirza became the first female Speaker of Pakistan's National Assembly in 2008.

Correct Answer: Urdu

Urdu is Pakistan's national language under Article 251 of the 1973 Constitution.

Correct Answer: Hockey

Field hockey is conventionally cited as Pakistan's national sport.

Correct Answer: Markhor

The markhor is Pakistan's national animal.

Correct Answer: Chukar

The chukar partridge is Pakistan's national bird.

Correct Answer: António Guterres

António Guterres has been UN Secretary-General since 1 January 2017, serving a second term from 2022.

Correct Answer: USA

The United States was the first — and so far only — country to use nuclear weapons in war, at Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.

Correct Answer: 1967

ASEAN was founded on 8 August 1967 by the Bangkok Declaration, signed by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

Correct Answer: New Zealand

New Zealand was the first country to grant women the vote, in 1893.

Correct Answer: 20

The G20 counts 20 members in the booklet's convention: 19 countries plus the European Union.

Correct Answer: Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone in 1876.

Correct Answer: Guglielmo Marconi

Guglielmo Marconi is credited with developing practical wireless telegraphy (radio) in the 1890s.

Correct Answer: Bill Gates

Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975; Gates is the conventional one-liner answer.

Correct Answer: Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in 2004 (with Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes).

Correct Answer: UV rays

The ozone layer absorbs most of the Sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation.

Correct Answer: Siam

Thailand was known as Siam until 1939 (and again 1945–1949).

Correct Answer: Shirin Ebadi

Shirin Ebadi of Iran won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, the first Muslim woman Nobel laureate.

Correct Answer: Won

The currency of South Korea is the won (KRW).

Correct Answer: Antarctic

By area the largest desert in the world is the Antarctic desert (about 14 million sq km).

Correct Answer: Greenland

Greenland is the world's largest island, about 2.17 million sq km.

Correct Answer: Yangtze

The Yangtze (about 6,300 km) is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world.

Correct Answer: Volga

The Volga (about 3,530 km) is the longest river in Europe.

Correct Answer: Indus

The Indus is the longest river in Pakistan (about 3,180 km in total length, flowing through Pakistan from the north to the Arabian Sea).

Correct Answer: Ankara

Ankara has been Turkey's capital since 1923; Istanbul is the largest city but not the capital.

Correct Answer: Islamabad

Islamabad has been Pakistan's capital since the 1960s, replacing Karachi.

Correct Answer: Asia

Asia is the largest continent by area (about 44.6 million sq km).

Correct Answer: Asia

Asia is also the largest continent by population, with about 60% of the world's people.

Correct Answer: K2

K2 (8,611 m) in the Karakoram is Pakistan's highest mountain and the world's second highest.

Correct Answer: N-5

N-5 (Karachi–Torkham, about 1,819 km) is Pakistan's longest national highway.

Correct Answer: Tarbela Dam

Tarbela Dam on the Indus is Pakistan's largest dam by reservoir capacity and power generation.

Correct Answer: Balochistan

Balochistan is Pakistan's largest province by area (about 347,000 sq km).

Correct Answer: Punjab

Punjab is Pakistan's most populous province.