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Abu-Al-Hassan Al-Mawardi was a great jurist, and an expert in political science born in
(a) Damascus (b) Bassrah (Correct)
(c) Baghdad (d) None of them
Empress Catherine II, known as Catherine the Great was herself a/an
(a) German by birth
(b) American by Birth (Correct)
(c) French by birth
Dmity Ivanovich Medeleyer (Russian) published his first version of periodics table of elements
in
(a) 1865 (b) 1869 (Correct)
(c) 1873 (d) 1879
Name the scientist who discovered that the germs of malaria was spread by mosquitoes
(a) Rober Koch
(b) Jeans Jacques Rousseau (Correct)
(c) Peter Muller
(d) Frank Whittle
In which year did Dr. Abdus Salam receive the Nobel Prize in Physics
(a) 1980 (b) 1985
(c) 1979 (Correct) (d) 1984
(c) Spinoza
(d) None of these
Who is the only person to win the two Nobel Prizes for Peace and Chemistry?
(a) Bertrand Russel
(b) Romain Rolland
(c) Ernst Ludwig (Correct)
(d) Dr. Linus Pauling
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”, On 21 July 1969, these words
were uttered by
(a) Neil Armstrong (Correct)
(b) Ernest Rutherford
(c) Albert Schweitzer
(d) None of them
Which American industrialist was praised by Adlof Hitler in his autobiography, Mein Kampf. In
fact, he was the only American to be praised by Hitler
(a) Henry Ford
(b) Gerald Ford (Correct)
(c) Thomas Alva Edison
(d) Henry Ford II
He was the first to make his clothes available as ready-to-wear collections. Who is he?
(a) Pierre Cardin (Correct) (b) Benetton
(c) Armani (d) Lacoste
One among the two most powerful leaders in the world, he now occasionally goes on lecture
tours, and acts in Pizza Hut commercials. Name him:
(a) Ronald Reagan
(b) George Bush
(c) Mikhail Gorbachev (Correct)
(d) Leonid Brezhnev
Name the English mathematician who first stated the laws of gravitation and light
(a) Isaq Newton
(b) Richard Gatling
(c) Jhones Elva Addison (Correct)
(d) Edwin Armstrong
The winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature John Maxwell Coetzee belongs to which of
the following countries?
(a) Germany (Correct) (b) USA
(c) South Africa (d) Belgium
Who among the following has won the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) Goh Chok Tong
(b) Vaclav Havel
(c) Pope John Paul II
(d) Shirin Ebadi (Correct)
The scientist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with his son was
(a) Henri Antoine Becquerel
(b) Pierre Curie
(c) Louis De Broglie
(d) W. H. Bragg (Correct)
Who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in the year 2005?
(a) Robert Crwsi (Correct) (b) Harold Pinter
(c) Neil Gilbert (d) Roger Moore
Who among the following proposed the theory that “life could have arisen from non-organic
molecules”?
(a) Miller
(b) Oparin and Haldane (Correct)
(c) Darwin
(d) Louis Pasteur
Abu Raihan Al-Biruni (973-1048) was one of the well-known figures associated with the court
of
(a) Mahmood Ghauri (Correct)
(b) Sultan Mahmood Ghaznvi
(c) Akbar the Great
(d) None of them
Some personalities and their countries are matched below. Which of these is wrong?
(a) Pablo Picasso – Spain (Correct)
(b) Jesus Christ – Bethlehim
(c) Nicolas Copernicus – Italy
(d) Gengis Khan – Mongolia
Actor Michael Sheared, who played Adolf Hitler’s character for five times died on 31th August,
2005 belonged to
(a) USA (b) Britain (Correct)
(c) France (d) Spain
He invented the process of the vulcanisation of rubber and gave his name to a famous tyre
company. Name him.
(a) Dunlop
(b) Charles Goodyear (Correct)
(c) Pirelli
(d) Michelin
In the 19th century, he changed his name to Paul Julius Reuter and founded the news agency,
Reuter. Who was he?
(a) John D Rockefeller, Sr
(b) Israel ben Beers (Correct)
(c) Rupert Murdoch
(d) Kerry Packer
Which one of the following scientists started the modern system of using symbols for the
elements?
(a) Jons Jacobs Berzelius
(b) Joseph Priestley
(c) Ernest Rutherford
(d) John Dalton (Correct)
The only secretary general of united nations from Asian Continent was
(a) U Thant (b) Goutros Ghali
(c) Ban Ki Moon (d) Both a and c (Correct)
The Construction and working of different parts of human body was explained by Bu Ali Sina in
his book
(a) Kitab-al-Shafa
(b) Al-Qanoon-fil-Tib (Correct)
(c) Kitab-ul-Minazir
(d) Al-Kitab
Which research scientist is one of the co-founders of Sony Corporation, the other being Akio
Morita?
(a) Masao Morita
(b) Masaru Ibuka (Correct)
(c) Kaoru Shoki
(d) Shuzaburo Tachikawa
Which term, used to describe well-to-do businessmen, comes from the Japanese words
meaning “Great Lord” or “Great Prince”?
(a) Business Magnate
(b) Samurai
(c) Shogun
(d) Tycoon (Correct)
Saudi billionaire Osama Bin Laden made his money through which business?
(a) Drug trafficking
(b) Weapons trading
(c) Petroleum trading
(d) Construction (Correct)
English translation of the book “Al-Chemia” of Jabir Bin Hayyan was done by
(a) A.W. Willson
(b) Rober of Chester (Correct)
(c) P. Mathew
(d) Mu Aw Homus
Who founded the famous Philips company in 1891 and began manufacturing of incadescent
lamps?
(a) Gerard Philips (Correct)
(b) Thomas Alva Edison
(c) John Logi Baird
(d) Charles Goodyear
Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan did his Ph.D. from Leaven University of
(a) Germany (b) Holland
(c) Belgium (Correct) (d) Austria
Name the Mangolian Emperor who conquered most of Asia and used missile as war weapon for
the first time in history.
(a) Ganges Khan (b) Halaku Khan
(c) Akuba Khan (d) Kublai Khan (Correct)
Meir Golda was Former Prime Minister, former Labour and Youth Leader and Former Foreign
Minster of
(a) Macedonia (b) Chile (Correct)
(c) Israel (d) None of these
Name the English poet whose famous works include The Prelude, The Recluse etc.
(a) William Wordsworth (Correct)
(b) T. S. Elliot
(c) Charles Dickens
(d) None of them
King of Macedonia who conquered most of Asia Minor and defeated Porus in 327 BC was
(a) Augusts the Great
(b) Alexander the Great (Correct)
(c) Nicolas Ceausecus
(d) Neville Arthur
The first Muslim scientist who presented the law of reflection and refraction is
(a) Ibn-ul-Haitham
(b) Al-Bairuni
(c) Muhammad Bin Zikrya Al-Razi (Correct)
(d) Jabir Bin Hayyan
Name the French traveller who served as physician to Moghal emperor Aurangzeb during his
stay in India?
(a) Maria Arovet
(b) Gabrial Danial
Galilao the Italian astronomer, who developed the telescope and discovered for satellites of:
(a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (Correct)
(c) Neptune (d) Venice
Name the US policy advisor who remiained secretary of state under President Nixon?
(a) Joseph Estrade
(b) Henry Kissinger (Correct)
(c) Arnald Alemen
(d) None of these.
Name the Itlaian poet, author of Divine Commedia, a Philosophical poem telling the story of an
imaginary journey through hell
(a) John Sebastian (Correct)
(b) Enrico Fermi
(c) Alighieri Dante
(d) Simon Bolwar
Who made the revolutionary discovery of the Theory of Relativity in 1905 and was awarded
Nobel Prize in Physics
(a) Albert Einstein (Correct)
(b) Alexander Fleming
(c) William Pitt
(d) Rudoulf Henry
Name the Greek scientist and methamatician known for the discovery of the unique principle
of buoyancy (Law of Floating)
(a) Aristotle (b) Pluto
(c) Galileo (Correct) (d) Archimedes
Name the US statesman who promoted the American Declaration of Independence (1776) and
was involved in drafting the constitution of America?
(a) George Washington (Correct)
(b) Benjamin Franklin
Al-Bairuni was a
(a) Physician (Correct)
(b) Chemist
(c) Physicist
(d) Only (a) and (c)
He founded the oil company Shell in 1897 and named it after his father’s hobby of collecting
shells. Who was he?
(a) John D Rockefeller
(b) Marcus Samuel
(c) James J. Hill (Correct)
(d) Norman Kittson
Name the English novelist whose famous works are ‘David Copperfield’, ‘Oliver Twist’ and
‘Great Expectation’.
(a) Charles Dickens (Correct)
(b) Shakespear
(c) John Milton
(d) John Keats
Name the first Prime Minister of Malaysia who negotiated with the British for the
independence of Malaysia
(a) Tunku Abdur Rashid
John Keats, poet and author of La Bella Dame Sans Merci is a poet of
(a) France (b) England (Correct)
(c) German (d) USA
Dr. Robert Edward and his colleagues done great job in 1978
(a) They discovered virus
(b) They discovered virus of aids
(c) Successful experiment of first test tube baby (Correct)
(d) None of these
Name the British Chemist and physicist who discovered the element Thalluim in 1861
(a) Dmitri Mendeleev (Correct)
(b) John Loudon Macadam
(c) William Crooks
(d) Robert John
Name the celebrated Mughal court poet and Prime Minister during Akbar’s reign who wrote
Ain-i-Akbari and Akbarnama.
(a) Abul Fazal (Correct) (b) Sheikh Saadi
(c) Al Biruni (d) Ibn-Ishaq
Who was the author of many moral Falies with animal protagonists like “The Tortoise and the
Hare”.
(a) John Lock
(b) Aesop (Correct)
(c) Charles Dickon
(d) Rone Descartes
Name the famous Arab historian who visited India along-with the armies of Mahmood of
Ghaznvi and wrote an account of India?
(a) Jamal-ud-Din Afghani
(b) Al-Hazan
(c) Al Biruni (Correct)
(d) Ibn al-Haitham
He was Governor-General of India for two terms and is well-known for his and Reforms. Whom
we are talking about?
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Cornwallis (Correct)
(c) Robert Clive
(d) Woodrow Wilson
Born in Basra in the beginning of 19th century, is called, “Philosopher of Arabs” in west. What
is his name?
(a) Ibn Ishaq Al Kindi
(b) Abu’al Qasim Al-Zahrawi (Correct)
(c) Abu al-Wafa
(d) Ibn-e-Sina
Who was the Prime Minister of Italy during world war II. He was associated near Como in 1945.
(a) Mussolini (Correct) (b) Parodi Nariag
(c) Nansen Fridjof (d) Moliere
Who among the following is regarded as the forerunner of revenue administration in medival
India?
(a) Akbar (b) Sher Shah (Correct)
(c) Balban (d) Shahjahan
Which of the following was the companion of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and the first
Interpreter of the Quran
(a) Abu Bakr (RA)
(b) Ibn Abbas (RA) (Correct)
(c) Saad Bin Abi Waqas (RA)
(d) Bilal (RA)
Name the first President of Egypt who was put under house arrest in 1954 by Jamal Abdul
Nasser.
(a) Mohammad Najib
(b) Jamal Abdul Nassir (Correct)
(c) Yaser Arafat
(d) None of them
Who was the first Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party and Prime Minister during 1958-64
(a) Joseph Stalin
(b) Andre Gromeako (Correct)
(c) Lenin
(d) Nikita Khrushchev
Name the Famous English writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1909
(a) Bernard Shaw
(b) Rudyard Kipling
(c) Lock John
(d) D.H. Lawrence (Correct)
When did Tamuir Lane, the powerful Chaghta Turk attacked and plundered Delhi
(a) 1458 (b) 1425
(c) 1354 (d) 1398 (Correct)
Willy Brandt was a Chancellor of Germany. When did he win Nobel Prize for Peace?
(a) 1972 (b) 1974 (Correct)
(c) 1971 (d) 1975
Which of the English scientists discovered hydrogen and chemical composition of water?
(a) Robert Koch
(b) Sir Ronald Ross
(c) Henry Cvendish
(d) George Stevenson (Correct)
Who was the well-known Russian writer and novelist with the famous works like “Doctor
Zhivago” to his credit
(a) Sir Thomas More
(b) Ham Otto
Which of the following is the famous humorist and critic, formerly principal of Government
College, Lahore.
(a) Dr. Taseer
(b) Patras Bukhari (Correct)
(c) Hasrat Mohani
(d) Mushkoor Hussain Yad
Britain’s Clive Granger and Robert Engle from the US have won 2003 Nobel Prize for
(a) Chemistry (b) Economics (Correct)
(c) Physics (d) Peace
Who became the Prime Minister of England at the age of 24 and held the office for 17 years?
(a) Pitt William
(b) Attee George
(c) Rober Harry
(d) George Orwin (Correct)
Who was awarded Nobel Prize for Physics in 1918 for introducing his law of radiation which
laid the foundation of uantum Theory?