AFNS Past Academic Portion MCQs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Land of Rising Sun | Japan |
| Land of Midnight Sun | Norway |
| Land of White Elephants | Thailand |
| Land of Thousand Lakes | Finland |
| Land of Golden Fiber | Bangladesh |
| Land of Five Rivers | Punjab (Pakistan) |
| City of Dead | Moenjodaro (Pakistan) |
| City of Palaces | Calcutta (India) |
| City of Bazaars | Cairo (Egypt) |
| City of Roses and Nightingales | Shiraz (Iran) |
| City of Popes | Rome (Italy) |
| City of Lights | Paris (France) |
| City of Eagles | Sargodha (Pakistan) |
| City of Mosques | Dhaka (Bangladesh) |
| City of Saints | Multan (Pakistan) |
| City of Lilies | Florence (Italy) |
| City of Water | Venice (Italy) |
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| City of Angels | Bangkok (Thailand) |
| Dark Continent | Africa |
| Father of Waters | The Mississippi River (USA) |
| Holy Land | Palestine |
| Isle of Pearls | Bahrain |
| Isle of Death | Kahoolawe (Hawaii, USA) |
| Island Continent | Australia |
| Key to Mediterranean Sea | Gibraltar (Europe) |
| Manchester of the Orient | Osaka (Japan) |
| Manchester of Pakistan | Faisalabad (Pakistan) |
| Paradise on Earth | Kashmir Valley |
| Gift of the Nile | Egypt |
| Land of Morning Calm | Korea |
| Land of Kangaroos | Australia |
| Land of Maple Leaf | Canada |
| Land of Silver Fiber | Pakistan |
| Land of Milk and Honey | Lebanon |
| Land of Deserts | Africa |
| Queen of Arabian Sea | Kochi (India) |
| Queen of the Adriatic | Venice (Italy) |
| Quaker City | Philadelphia (USA) |
| Pyramid City | Cairo (Egypt) |
| Little Pakistan | Bradford (England) |
| Brasilia of Pakistan | Islamabad (Pakistan) |
| Lion City | Singapore |
| Land of Cakes | Scotland |
| Switzerland of Africa | Swaziland |
| Land of Fertile Fields | Algeria |
| City of Conferences | Geneva |
| City of Arabian Night | Baghdad |
| The Modern Babylon | London |
| The Saw Mill of Europe | Sweden |
| Sorrow of China | River Hwang Ho (Chinese River) |
| Roof of the World | Pamir Mountain Range (Tibet) |
| Crossroads of Western Europe | Belgium |
| Mother-in-Law of Europe | Denmark |
| Buffer State of Asia | Afghanistan |
| Land of Mountains | Nepal |
| Land of Golden Fiber | Bangladesh |
| Empire City | New York (USA) |
| Great Britain of the Pacific | Japan |
| City of Golden Gate | San Francisco (USA) |
| Eternal City | Rome (Italy) |
| The Battlefield of Europe | Belgium |
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cockpit of Europe | Belgium |
| Fortunate Island | Canary Islands |
| Pillars of Hercules | Straits of Gibraltar |
| Herring Pond | Atlantic Ocean |
| City of Dreaming Spires | Oxford City (UK) |
| City of Seven Hills | Rome (Italy) |
| Windy City | Chicago (USA) |
| Horn of Africa | Somalia |
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How many seats for women in the National Assembly (NA)? | 60 seats (out of 348 total seats) |
| How many houses in parliament? | Senate: 104 seats, National Assembly: 348 seats, Total: 452 seats |
| Who discovered the printing press machine? | Johannes Gutenberg |
| Who was the 1st Chief Justice of Pakistan? | Sir Mian Muhammad Munir |
| The United States entered World War II on: | December 7, 1941 |
| The biggest source of electricity production in Pakistan is: | Thermal |
| The city with the highest average annual rainfall in Pakistan is: | Murree |
| Pakistan held its first direct and universal adult franchise general election on: | December 7, 1970, under President Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan |
| Capital of Nepal? | Kathmandu |
| Hiba Khatoon is a poet in which language? | Urdu language |
| Allama Iqbal delivered the Allahabad Address on: | December 29, 1930 |
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Muhammad Ali was a boxer from the: | United States |
| The book “Hamau Nama” was written by: | Allama Iqbal |
| The current Prime Minister of Bangladesh is: | Sheikh Hasina |
| Synonyms for “might” | Power, Strength, Force, Puissance, Prowess |
| What is the upper house? | The upper house is called the “Senate” |
| What is the lower house called? | The “House of Representatives” or “Lower House” |
| Plants get nitrogen from where? | Soil |
| How many Nobel Prizes has Pakistan won? | Two |
| Safiullah is the title of which Prophet? | Adam A.S |
| Liaqat Ali Khan was assassinated on: | October 16, 1951 |
| Which Surah in the Holy Qur’an contains two instances of Bismillah? | Surah An-Naml |
| What is the highest court in Pakistan? | Supreme Court |
| Which country has the largest army? | China |
| The first Cricket World Cup was held in: | 1975 in England |
| Which city of Balochistan is the biggest by population? | Quetta |
| The largest city of Balochistan by area is: | Chaghi |
| The area of Balochistan is? | 347,190 km² |
| Where is Tanda Dam located? | Balochistan |
| What is the name of Hazrat Ayesha’s father? | Abu Bakr |
| Who is the third wife of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)? | Hazrat Ayesha (R.A) |
| Who was the first man to accept Islam among men? | Hazrat Abu Bakr |
| Where are the remains of Harappa located? | Harappa, Sahiwal district, Punjab, Pakistan |
| What is the old name of Sahiwal? | Montgomery |
| When did Muhammad Ali Jinnah present his 14 points? | March 28, 1929 |
| Quaid-e-Azam showed his 14 points in response to which report? | Against the Nehru Report |
| Muhammad Ali Jinnah was awarded the title of Quaid-i-Azam in: | 1938 |
| Who was the founder of Democracy in Pakistan? | Muhammad Ali Jinnah |
| Who was the Chief of Army Staff during the 1965 War? | Muhammad Musa |
| On which day of the week did the 1965 war take place? | Wednesday |
| What was the name of the operation launched by Pakistan in Kashmir in 1965? | Operation Gibraltar |
| Convert 30 degrees into radians: | π/6 = 0.524 radians |
| The first constitution of Pakistan was enforced on: | March 28, 1929 (Note: This date seems incorrect—see below) |
| The second constitution of Pakistan was enforced on: | June 8, 1962 |
| The third constitution of Pakistan was enforced on: | August 14, 1973 |
| What was the relationship between Abu Talib and Prophet Muhammad? | Abu Talib was the uncle of Prophet Muhammad |
| At what age did the Prophet journey to Syria with Abu Talib? | 12 |
| # | Question | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which country hosted Asia Games for the first time? | India (New Delhi, 1951) |
| 2 | Which range passes connect Pakistan with Afghanistan? | The Khyber Pass |
| 3 | With the help of which country did Pakistan make its first steel mill? | Soviet Union |
| 4 | How many Khulafa-e-Rashidin? | 4 |
| 5 | Which prophet made the ship? | Hazrat Noah (A.S) |
| 6 | What is the length of the Amazon River? | 4,225 miles (6,800 km) |
| 7 | Quaid-e-Azam joined the Muslim League in? | 1913 |
| 8 | Pakistan’s first television station was established in? | Lahore |
| 9 | Quit India Movement date? | August 8, 1942 |
| 10 | Alter means? | Change |
| 11 | Obvious means? | Clear, self-evident, apparent |
| 12 | There are how many Faraez in Hajj? | 3 |
| 13 | First revealed 5 ayat of which Surah? | Surah al-Alaq |
| 14 | Heer Ranjha written by? | Waris Shah |
| 15 | First Governor-General of India? | Warren Hastings |
| 16 | Total seats of Punjab Assembly? | 371 (297 general, 66 women, 8 non-Muslims) |
| 17 | Largest river of the world is? | Nile River |
| 18 | Name of Chaudhry Rehmat Ali’s book? | Now or Never (1933) |
| 19 | Last Islamic month? | Dhul-Hijjah |
| 20 | Old name of Makkah and Madinah? | Bakkah (Makkah), Yathrib/Yasrib (Madinah) |
| 21 | Smallest continent? | Australia |
| 22 | Prophet Muhammad S.A.W’s teeth were martyred in which Ghazwa? | Battle of Uhud |
| 23 | Prism has how many plane faces? | 4 plane faces, 6 edges, 4 vertical faces |
| 24 | Biggest salt range is in which district of Pakistan? | Jhelum District, Punjab |
| 25 | Injeel is, according to Islam, the holy book of? | Prophet Essa (A.S) |
| 26 | Pak-China border agreement? | 1963 |
| 27 | Which city of Pakistan is known as Babul Islam? | Sindh |
| 28 | Convert 30 degrees into radians? | 0.524 radians |
| 29 | India did its nuclear test in? | May 18, 1974 |
| 30 | Who is the CM of KPK? | Justice (R) Syed Arshad Hussain Shah |
| 31 | Most populated city of Sindh? | Karachi |
| 32 | When was Jang-e-Uhad fought? | 7 Shawwal, 3 AH |
| 33 | Who was the first captain of Pakistan cricket team? | Abdul Hafeez Kardar |
| 34 | Where was UNO formed? | San Francisco, California, USA (1945) |
| 35 | Largest dam in the world and location? | Three Gorges Dam, Hubei, China |
| 36 | Riyadh is the city of? | Saudi Arabia |
| 37 | Where is the Mahabat Khan Mosque located? | Peshawar |
| 38 | Who was the last British governor of united India? | Lord Louis Mountbatten |
| 39 | In which region is Shina language primarily spoken? | Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
| 40 | In which sport did Pakistan win the Olympic Champion Trophy? | Hockey |
| 41 | Where is the Wazir Khan Mosque located? | Lahore |
| 42 | The capital of Somalia is? | Mogadishu |
| 43 | First female prime minister of Pakistan? | Benazir Bhutto |
| 44 | When did Quaid-e-Azam leave Congress? | 1920 |
| 45 | Currency of Egypt? | Egyptian Pound |
| 46 | HCF represents? | Highest Common Factor |
| 47 | Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai was a poet of which language? | Sindhi |
| 48 | PM of India during Lahore Declaration (1990)? | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 49 | Articles of the Constitution of Pakistan? | 280 |
| 50 | World War 1 started in? | 1914 |
| Question ID | Question | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 101 | Synonym of disrupt? | Interrupt, Discontinue |
| 102 | Nasar Missile range? | 70 KM |
| 103 | 38th parallel line is between which countries? | North and South Korea |
| 104 | How many cm are there in 1 inch? | 2.54 cm |
| 105 | Largest river of Balochistan? | Hingol River |
| 106 | Sister of Earth? | Venus |
| 107 | World Hepatitis Day is celebrated on? | 28 July |
| 108 | When did the first Test Cricket match start? | 1877 |
| 109 | Why do parents send children to school? | For Grooming |
| 110 | Which Article of Pakistan’s Constitution gives the right to education? | 25 A |
| 111 | Khilafat Movement started in? | 1919 |
| 112 | First Cricket World Cup? | 1975 |
| 113 | “Pakistan: A Hard Country” is written by? | Anatol Lieven |
| 114 | The book “Mein Kampf” is written by? | Adolf Hitler |
| 115 | Antonym of Wild? | Tame |
| 116 | Godwin Austin is the name of? | K2 |
| 117 | Kiwi is located near? | New Zealand |
| 118 | Founder of Dawn Newspaper? | Quaid-e-Azam |
| 119 | The Solar System was discovered by? | Nicholas Copernicus |
| 120 | Where is WHO Headquarters? | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 121 | Logarithm of unity to any base is? | Zero |
| 122 | Who wrote “Pakistaniat”? | Javed Jabbar |
| 123 | Where is Warsak Dam located? | In Peshawar on the Kabul River |
| 124 | Amnesty International Headquarters are in? | UK, London |
| 125 | Where is Pisa Tower? | Italy |
| 126 | First martial law in Pakistan? | 1958 |
| 127 | Largest district of Pakistan? | Chaghi |
| 128 | Largest pass of Pakistan? | Kunjerab Pass |
| 129 | Capital of Kazakhstan? | Astana |
| 130 | Total veto powers? | 5 |
| 131 | Total coastline area of Pakistan? | 1046 km |
| 132 | Who made the map of Pakistan? | Ch. Rehmat Ali |
| 133 | Current Chairman NAB? | General Nazir Ahmad Butt |
| 134 | Capital of Austria? | Vienna |
| 135 | Deepest point on Earth? | Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean |
| 136 | PM of Canada? | Justin Trudeau |
| 137 | Where is the shrine of Bahuddin Zajriya? | Multan |
| 138 | Synonym of Spurn? | Refuse, Decline, Reject |
| 139 | Tenda Dam was built in? | 1967 on Kohat River |
| 140 | Currency of Japan? | Yen |
| 141 | Re-arrange and tell the last letter (eabuyt)? | Beauty (Y) |
| 142 | All Hindu Kush passes connect Pakistan with? | Afghanistan |
| 143 | Old Name of Sahiwal? | Montgomery |
| 144 | Latif Bhatti is a poet of? | Sindhi |
| 145 | Rehman Baba is a poet of? | Pashto |
| 146 | Which country first accepted Pakistan? | Iran |
| 147 | Where is Rohtas Fort? | Jhelum |
| 148 | Currency of Argentina? | Peso |
| 149 | Human body has _ percent water? | 60% |
| 150 | National bird of Pakistan? | Chakor |
| 151 | Fastest bird in the world? | Peregrine Falcon (390 km/h) |
| 152 | Name of Allah which means Mercy? | Al-Raheem |
| 153 | Muhammad (SAW) means? | Praiseworthy |
| 154 | Where is Neelam Valley? | Muzaffarabad, AJK |
| 155 | Who is the inventor of Apple? | Steve Jobs |
| 156 | Montego Chelmsford reforms date? | 1918 |
| 157 | First Pakistani to climb Mount Everest? | Nazir Sabir |
| 158 | Wah Khan Corridor is between? | Pakistan and Tajikistan |
| 159 | Founder of Facebook? | Mark Zuckerberg |
| 160 | Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) was born in? | Makkah |
| Question ID | Question | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 161 | Biggest Island in the world? | Greenland |
| 162 | OIC has officially how many languages? | 3 |
| 163 | Currency of Indonesia? | Rupiah |
| 164 | Nobel prize is given in how many fields? | 6 |
| 165 | Currency of Israel? | Shekel |
| 166 | Where is Tarbela Dam? | In Haripur, on River Indus |
| 167 | Mangla Dam is on? | River Jhelum |
| 168 | Shortest river in the world? | Roe River |
| 169 | Smallest Ocean? | Arctic |
| 170 | Which country has no capital? | Nauru |
| 171 | Land of Rising Sun? | Japan |
| 172 | Country with the highest number of satellites? | USA |
| 173 | Pak-India border name is? | Redcliff Line |
| 174 | Border of India and China? | McMahon Line |
| 175 | Zabur e Ajam is written by? | Allama Iqbal |
| 176 | Hayat e Jawaid is written by? | Altaf Hussain Hali |
| 177 | Smallest bird? | Hummingbird |
| 178 | Deoband movement date? | 1866 |
| 179 | Quit India Movement date? | 8 August 1942 |
| 180 | Faraizi Movement was started by? | Haji Shariatullah Khan |
| 181 | Civil Disobedience Movement started in? | 1930 by Gandhi |
| 182 | Tirch Mir Peak Height? | 7708 Meter |
| 183 | Highest peak of the Hindukush Range? | Tirch Mir |
| 184 | First Constituent Assembly of Pakistan had how many members? | 69 |
| 185 | The word “NEW” is an? | Adjective |
| 186 | What is the area of a rectangle with sides 4 cm and 7 cm? | 28 cm² |
| 187 | Which quadrant does the point (-2,3) lie in? | Quadrant 2 |
| 188 | Sohni Mahiwal is written by? | Fazal Shah |
| 189 | Sassi Pannu is written by? | Hashim Shah |
| 190 | Heer Ranjha is written by? | Waris Shah |
| 191 | India is My Dream is written by? | Gandhi |
| 192 | Das Kapital is written by? | Karl Marx |
| 193 | Jinnah of Pakistan is written by? | Stanley Wolpert |
| 194 | Kashf ul Mahjoob is written by? | Data Ali Hajvery |
| 195 | Where is Rani Fort? | Jamshoro, Sindh |
| 196 | Bala Hissar Fort is located near? | Peshawar |
| 197 | What is the factorial of 3? | 6 |
| 198 | Factorial of 1? | 1 |
| 199 | Factorial of 0? | 1 |
| 200 | When did Pakistan win an Olympic gold medal in hockey? | 1964 |
| 201 | Aleem Dar is a player of? | Cricket |
| 202 | Last Mughal emperor? | Bahadur Shah Zafar |
| 203 | Book “My Brother” writer is? | Fatima Ali Jinnah |
| 204 | Karakoram starts at? | Hassanabdal or Abbottabad |
| 205 | Currency of Iran? | Riyal |
| 206 | Synonym of oppression? | Abuse, cruelty |
| 207 | Synonym of excuse? | Forgive |
| 208 | Currency of Brazil? | Brazilian Real |
| 209 | What converts chemical energy into electricity? | Battery |
| 210 | Decimal part of logarithm is called? | Mantissa |
| 211 | Largest Lake in the world? | Caspian Sea |
| 212 | Land of Thousand Islands? | Indonesia |
| 213 | Capital of Turkey? | Ankara |
| 214 | Khanpur Dam is on which river? | Haro River |
| 215 | Cos 0 is equal to? | 1 |
| 216 | Range of Ababeel Missile? | 2200 kilometers |
| 217 | First Muslim country which opposed Pakistan? | Afghanistan |
| 218 | Current PM of Bangladesh? | Sheikh Hasina |
| 219 | Who is known as Desert Fox? | German General Rommel |
| 220 | Nelson Mandela belongs to? | South Africa |
| 221 | Kot Diji is situated in? | Sindh |
| 222 | Who gave the Theory of Relativity? | Albert Einstein |
| 223 | NFC stands for? | National Finance Commission |
| 224 | Important element to produce blood? | Iron |
| 225 | Book “Formative Phase of Pakistan” is written by? | Khalid bin Sayyed |
| 226 | When did World War II end? | September 2, 1945 |
| 227 | Smallest Dam of Pakistan? | Warsak Dam |
| 228 | Jahangir Khan was a player of? | Squash |
| 229 | First President of Muslim League? | Sir Agha Khan |
| 230 | Malala got the award for peace in? | 2014 |
