PMS GK 2023


1. “Pakistan’s Foreign Policy Dilemma” is written by?

A. Aitzaz Ahsan

B. Shamshad Ahmad

C. Hassan Askari

D. Maleeha Lodhi


2. Who was the first Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan?

A. Zahid Hussain

B. Abdul Haleem

C. Abdul Qadir

D. Reza Baqir


3. Which one of the following countries became full member of EU in January 2023?

A. North Korea

B. Norway

C. Italy

D. Croatia


4. Who was the second Governor-General of Pakistan?

A. Khawaja Nazimuddin

B. Iskandar Mirza

C. Malik Ghulam Muhammad

D. Liaquat Ali Khan


5. “The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, the Muslim League and the Demand for Pakistan” is written by?

A. Syed Hasan Riyaz

B. Ayesha Jalal

C. Stanley Wolpert

D. Jaswant Singh


6. Storage device that uses lasers and lights as its technology of reading and writing information is known as:

A. Magnetic storage

B. Optical storage

C. Cloud storage

D. Paper storage


7. What is the ranking of Pakistan in World Happiness Index 2023?

A. 103

B. 108

C. 113

D. 132


8. The Sino-Indian War was fought in?

A. 1961

B. 1962

C. 1963

D. 1964


9. What is the default page orientation in MS Word?

A. Landscape

B. Regular

C. Portrait

D. Standard


10. Who was the first prime minister of Pakistan to visit China?

A. Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy

B. Choudhry Muhammad Ali

C. Liaquat Ali Khan

D. Feroz Khan Noon


11. When Allama Shibli Nomani died?

A. 18 August 1911

B. 18 September 1912

C. 18 October 1913

D. 18 November 1914


12. What is the length of China-Pakistan border?

A. 517 km

B. 579 km

C. 599 km

D. 617 km


13. World Ozone Day is observed every year on ______?

A. 14 September

B. 15 September

C. 16 September

D. 17 September


14. The rate at which temperature decreases with increasing altitude is known as:

A. Lapse rate

B. Sounding

C. Temperature slope

D. Thermocline


15. Waris Shah is the author of which famous folktale?

A. Heer Ranjha

B. Sassi Punnu

C. Sohni Mahiwal

D. None of these


16. Who was the last viceroy of India?

A. Lord Wavell

B. Lord Harding

C. Lord Curzon

D. Lord Mountbatten


17. Who is the current head of state in Afghanistan?

A. Amir Khan Muttaqi

B. Hasan Akhund

C. Haibatullah Akhundzada

D. Ashraf Ghani


18. How many governor generals ruled over Pakistan?

A. 3

B. 4

C. 5

D. 6


19. Who is the current prime minister of Saudi Arabia?

A. Farhan bin Faisal

B. King Abdul Aziz

C. Mohammed bin Salman

D. None of these


20. Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan died on:

A. 09 October 2021

B. 10 October 2021

C. 11 October 2021

D. 13 October 2021


21. How many countries share land border with Pakistan?

A. 3

B. 4

C. 5

D. 6


22. Queen Elizabeth II died on:

A. 8 April 2022

B. 8 July 20222

C. 8 September 2022

D. 8 October 2022


23. Which one of the following states was acceded to Pakistan on 15 August 1947?

A. Jodhpur

B. Junagarh

C. Hyderabad

D. Swat


24. Pasteurization of milk depends on:

A. Temperature

B. Time

C. Quantity

D. Both A and B


25. Penicillin was discovered by?

A. Alexander Fleming

B. Graham Bell

C. Louis Pasteur

D. Joseph Lister


26. Who was the Prime Minister of U.K before Rishi Sunak?

A. Liz Truss

B. Theresa May

C. Boris Johnson


D. David Cameron

27. Mocenthons was the minister of:

A. Napoleon

B. Churchill

C. Alexander

D. None of these


28. Which one of the following US Presidents did not visit Pakistan?

A. Dwight D. Eisenhower

B. Lyndon B. Johnson

C. Bill Clinton

D. Barak Obama


29. How many countries are ASEAN members?

A. 8

B. 10

C. 12

D. 15


30. World Trade Organization was founded in:

A. 1992

B. 1994

C. 1993

D. 1995


31. Regional Cooperation for Development was established in:

A. 1962

B. 1963

C. 1964

D. 1965


32. What is the default view of MS Word?

A. Draft

B. Print Layout

C. Web Layout

D. Full Screen reading


33. What percent of land area of Kashmir is under the control of China?

A. 5

B. 10

C. 15

D. 20


34. What percent of land area of Kashmir is under the control of India?

A. 25

B. 35

C. 45

D. 55


35. Who was the Prime Minister of India during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965?

A. Lal Bahadur Shastri

B. Indira Gandhi

C. Rajiv Gandhi

D. Jawaharlal Nehru


36. Which of the following has maximum water content?

A. Vegetable

B. Sauces

C. Fruits

D. None of these


37. Nancy Pelosi is controversial in the news because she visited ______?

A. Malaysia

B. Taiwan

C. Hong Kong

D. Russia


38. The foundation stone of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s Mausoleum was laid by?

A. Iskandar Mirza

B. Yahiya Khan

C. Ayub Khan

D. Zia-ul-Haq


39. The Fred Hollows Foundation is an international development organization working for:

A. Eliminating Dumbness

B. Eliminating avoidable blindness

C. Eliminating Autism issues

D. None of these


40. Who was the first secretary general of OIC?

A. Ibrahim Taha

B. Tunku Abdul Rahman

C. Idi Amin

D. None of these


41. Which country won the third cricket world cup in 1983?

A. West Indies

B. Australia

C. England

D. India


42. In which year nuclear test conducted by India:

A. 1971

B. 1974

C. 1976

D. 1979


43. Sukarno belongs to which country:

A. Malaysia

B. Indonesia

C. Egypt

D. Kazakhstan


44. Which was the first princely state to accede Pakistan?

A. Bahawalpur (3 October 1947)

B. Swat

C. Umerkot

D. Chitral


45. Economic Cooperation Organization was established in:

A. 1981

B. 1985

C. 1989

D. 1993


46. Who is the current US Secretary of State?

A. Mark Thomas Esper

B. Antony J. Blinken

C. Mike Pompeo

D. William Barr


47. Who is the newly elected president of Brazil?

A. Michel Temer

B. Jair Bolsonaro

C. Lula da Silva

D. Dilma Rousseff


48. What is gutter margin in MS Word?

A. Margin that is added to the left margin when printing

B. Margin that is added to right margin when printing

C. Margin that is added to the binding side of page when printing

D. Margin that is added to the outside of the page when printing


49. Brass gets discolored in air because of the presence of which of the following gases in air:

A. Carbon dioxide

B. Hydrogen sulfide

C. Nitrogen

D. Oxygen


50. Diamond is an allotropic form of:

A. Germanium

B. Carbon

C. Silicon

D. Sulphur


51. What does BCC means in e-mail?

A. Basic Carbon Card

B. Business Carbon Copy

C. Black Carbon Copy

D. Blind Carbon Copy


52. The formula of Quartz is:

A. SiO2

B. Nacl

C. SiO4

D. None of these


53. Which country is not a member of SAARC?

A. Afghanistan

B. Nepal

C. Myanmar

D. Sri Lanka


54. Which country is not a member of ASEAN?

A. Cambodia

B. Indonesia

C. Malaysia

D. Bangladesh


55. Which of the following continent has no desert?

A. Australia

B. America

C. Europe

D. None of these


56. Who is called the father of computer?

A. Douglas Engelbart

B. Charles Babbage

C. Allan Turing

D. Steve Jobs


57. Which Mughal emperor is buried in Lahore?

A. Akbar

B. Shah Jahan

C. Aurangzeb

D. None of these (Jahangir)


58. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a collection of ______ interlinked goals.

A. 14

B. 15

C. 16

D. 17


59. The SDGs were set in 2015 by the:

A. United Nations General Assembly

B. European Union

C. Amnesty International

D. United Nations Trustee Ship Council


60. The ratio of last year income of A, B & C was 3: 4: 5. While the ratio of their last year income to current year income is 4: 5; 2: 3 and 3: 4 respectively. If their total current year income is Rs. 98500. Find the present income of A?

A. Rs.22400

B. Rs.22500

C. Rs.22600

D. Rs.22700


61. Which is the oldest freezing method?

A. Contact freezing

B. Flash freezing

C. Brine freezing

D. None of these


62. ______ refers to pre-made images ready for use in MS-Word documents.

A. AutoShape

B. Autofill

C. Word art

D. Clipart


63. Kashmiri leader Zakir Musa killed by India in which year:

A. 2017

B. 2019

C. 2021

D. 2023


64. Vaccine was discovered by:

A. Louis Pasteur

B. Jonas Salk

C. Edward Jenner

D. Alexander Fleming


65. Which of the following gases has an important role in maintaining atmospheric temperature?

A. Nitrogen

B. Argon

C. Oxygen

D. Carbon dioxide


66. In slide layout panel how many layouts are available for text layout by default:

A. 4

B. 7

C. 12

D. None of these


67. Which of the following is not monosaccharide?

A. Lactose

B. Fructose

C. Glucose

D. Glyceraldehyde


68. Hemoglobin is soluble in:

A. Benzene

B. Water

C. Alcohol

D. None of these


69. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed in:

A. 1948

B. 1949

C. 1950

D. 1951


70. The only difference between memory and storage is:

A. Slow, Fast

B. Temporary, Permanent

C. Permanent, Temporary

D. None of these


71. Select the synonym of the given word. VIRTUE

A. Faith

B. Iniquity

C. Vice

D. Goodness


72. The true discount on Rs. 1760 due after a certain time at 12% per annum is Rs. 160. The time after which it is due is:

A. 5 months

B. 10 months

C. 15 months

D. 20 months


73. Who was the second president of USA?

A. George Washington

B. Thomas Jefferson

C. John Adams

D. James Madison


74. Pakistan celebrates constitution day on:

A. 23 March

B. 10 April

C. 14 August

D. 6 September


75. The International Human Rights Day is observed on:

A. 10 October

B. 10 December

C. 10 September

D. 10 November


76. Wind blowing in a spiral form around a region of low atmospheric pressure is a:

A. Tornado

B. Cyclone

C. Hurricane

D. Anti-cyclone


77. Treaty of Amritsar took place in:

A. 1846

B. 1861

C. 1857

D. 1935


78. The Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Raza Akbari was hanged recently due to spying for.

A. MI 6

B. Mossad

C. CIA

D. None of these


79. Which of the following company is not owned by Elon Musk?

A. Neuralink

B. Tesla

C. Space X

D. WWE


80. Solve the equation -8/20-(+9/2)-1/2=

A. 7/20

B. -27/5

C. -3/20

D. -23/9


81. The Tashkent declaration between Pakistan and India was signed on?

A. 15 January 1964

B. 1 January 1965

C. 10 January 1966

D. 1 February 1966


82. The national flag of Pakistan was adopted on:

A. 10 August 1947

B. 11 August 1947

C. 14 August 1947

D. 15 August 1947


83. Electron was discovered by:

A. Rutherford

B. J.J Thomson

C. James Chadwick

D. Gold Stein


84. Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi was not a:

A. Poet

B. Novelist

C. Short Story Author

D. Columnist


85. Pakistan’s national flag was designed by:

A. Hussnain Sadiq

B. Ahmad Chagla

C. Amir-ud-din Kidwai

D. Abdur Rehman Chughtai


86. Which of the following institution was established in 1864?

A. MAO College Lahore

B. Punjab Training College

C. Islamia College Lahore

D. Govt. College Lahore


87. The destruction of Tsunami is measured by its:

A. Height

B. Momentum

C. Predictability

D. None of these


88. Bakelite is a:

A. Conductor

B. Insulator

C. Semiconductor

D. None of these


89. Which of the following is not a kind of non-state actor?

A. Amnesty International

B. ISIS

C. NATO

D. International Red Crescent Society


90. Amnesty International is an organization for:

A. Prevention of crimes

B. Solving issues between two states

C. Protection of Human Rights

D. Proving loans to less developed countries


91. Who was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature?

A. Louise Gluck

B. Herta Muller

C. Alice Munro

D. Abdulrazak Gurnah


92. Who is the current CEO of Facebook?

A. Bill Gates

B. Mark Zuckerberg

C. Tim Berners Lee

D. Elon Musk


93. Butter and margarine are ______ in nature.

A. colloid

B. stick

C. lodge

D. linger


94. Which one are the protein factories of the cells?

A. Nucleus

B. Ribosome

C. Golgi complex

D. Chloroplast


95. Who is the author of “Shahr-e-Sukhan Aarasta Hai”?

A. Ahmad Faraz

B. Faiz Ahmad Faiz

C. Ishfaq Ahmad

D. Habib Jalib


96. When was the Sui Gas discovered in Pakistan?

A. 1951

B. 1952

C. 1953

D. 1954


97. The first census of Pakistan was held in:

A. 1947

B. 1949

C. 1951

D. 1956


98. Charged particles from the sun that travel through space at high speeds are called:

A. Solar radiation

B. Solar wind

C. The aurora

D. Solar flares


99. Mehr-e-Do Neem is written by:

A. Qateel Shifai

B. Iftikhar Arif

C. Ada Jafri

D. Bashir Badr


100. The SI unit of energy is:

A. Watt

B. Newton

C. Joule

D. None of these


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