Practice World Records MCQs for CSS Screening Test (MPT) General Knowledge — topic-wise sets with solved answers.
Q1. Which part is largest coffee exporting part and also exports cotton?
Answer: Santos
Explanation: Santos, Brazil's largest port city, is the world's largest coffee-exporting port and also exports significant quantities of cotton.
Q2. Which of the following dams is considered the largest concrete dam of the world?
Answer: Three Gorges Dam
Explanation: Three Gorges Dam is correct. World Records is a recurring GK theme in NTS, HEC, and civil service screening papers.
Q3. The world's largest river in terms of the volume of its flow is ________.
Answer: Amazon
Explanation: The Amazon River has the largest discharge volume of any river in the world, carrying approximately 20% of all freshwater flowing into the world's oceans.
Q4. Which is the world's largest refugee camp in 2018 _________ .
Answer: Kutupalong
Explanation: Kutupalong is correct. World Records is a recurring GK theme in NTS, HEC, and civil service screening papers.
Q5. The smallest unit of ownership of a company is:
Answer: A share
Explanation: A share represents the smallest unit of ownership in a company; shareholders receive dividends and voting rights proportional to their shareholding.
Q6. The largest freshwater lake in Africa by area is
Answer: Lake Victoria
Explanation: Lake Victoria, shared by Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya, is the largest lake in Africa by surface area at approximately 68,800 km², and the largest tropical lake in the world.
Q7. Which country's Parliament has the largest membership?
Answer: China
Explanation: China's National People's Congress (NPC) has approximately 2,980 members, making it the world's largest legislative body.
Q8. Which is the largest country in the Arabian Peninsula?
Answer: Saudi Arabia
Explanation: Saudi Arabia is the largest country in the Arabian Peninsula, covering approximately 2.15 million km², or about 80% of the peninsula's total area.
Q9. The Earth's Largest ocean is __________.
Answer: Pacific
Explanation: The Pacific Ocean is the world's largest and deepest ocean, covering approximately 165 million km² - more than all of Earth's landmasses combined.
Q10. The Muslim Country with the largest population is:
Answer: Indonesia
Explanation: Indonesia, with over 230 million Muslims, has the world's largest Muslim population, accounting for approximately 13% of all Muslims globally.
Q11. Which of the following languages has the longest continuous written history still in use?
Answer: Chinese
Explanation: Chinese has the longest continuous written history still actively used, with written records dating back over 3,000 years to the Shang dynasty oracle bones.
Q12. The largest latitude circle on Earth is the
Answer: Equator
Explanation: The Equator, at 0° latitude, is the largest circle of latitude on Earth with a circumference of approximately 40,075 km, dividing the planet into Northern and Southern hemispheres.
Q13. Which of the following is the longest route of Pakistan Railways____________ .
Answer: Karachi to Peshawar line
Explanation: The Karachi-Peshawar Main Line (ML-1) is Pakistan Railways' longest and most important route, stretching approximately 1,687 km through the country's major cities.
Q14. Which Country has the Largest Army in the World?
Answer: China
Explanation: China has the world's largest active military force with approximately 2 million active personnel in the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
Q15. The second largest hot desert of the world:
Answer: Arabian
Explanation: The Arabian Desert, covering approximately 2.33 million km², is the second largest hot desert in the world, after the Sahara, spanning most of the Arabian Peninsula.
Q16. The largest opium producer province of Afghanistan is_________?
Answer: Helmand
Explanation: Helmand province in southern Afghanistan consistently produces the majority of the country's opium poppy crop, making it the world's single largest opium-producing region.
Q17. Amur River one of the tenth longest rivers in the world is in which continent.
Answer: Asia
Explanation: The Amur River, forming much of the Russia-China border in the Russian Far East, flows entirely within the Asian continent before emptying into the Sea of Okhotsk.
Q18. What is the largest island entirely within the Indian Ocean?
Answer: Madagascar
Explanation: Madagascar, located off the southeastern coast of Africa, is the world's largest island situated entirely within the Indian Ocean, covering about 587,041 km².
Q19. Name the largest country of Western Europe?
Answer: France
Explanation: France, with an area of approximately 643,801 km², is the largest country in Western Europe by land area.
Q20. Which country has the largest area under cultivation?
Answer: India
Explanation: India has the largest net cultivated area in the world, with over 157 million hectares under cultivation, surpassing even the United States and China.
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