Practice World Facts MCQs for FIA Head Clerk (BS-10) General Knowledge — topic-wise sets with solved answers.
Q1. The first-ever nuclear bomb was detonated in:
Answer: New Mexico
Explanation: New Mexico is correct. General Knowledge is a recurring GK theme in NTS, HEC, and civil service screening papers.
Q2. When was the Right to Proxy Vote abolished in the UK?
Answer: 1868
Explanation: The right to vote by proxy was abolished in the United Kingdom in 1868 through the Corrupt Practices Act.
Q3. The Sino-Afghan boundary treaty was signed on November 22, ____.
Answer: 1963
Explanation: 1963 is correct. General Knowledge is a recurring GK theme in NTS, HEC, and civil service screening papers.
Q4. ANSI stands for:
Answer: American National Standards Institute
Explanation: ANSI stands for American National Standards Institute, a private non-profit organization that oversees standardization in the United States.
Q5. When did US President Franklin Roosevelt introduce the "Hundred Days" performance of Government?
Answer: 1933
Explanation: 1933 is correct. General Knowledge is a recurring GK theme in NTS, HEC, and civil service screening papers.
Q6. The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples is observed on
Answer: on 9th August
Explanation: The United Nations designated August 9 as the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, first observed in 1995.
Q7. What is the height of Mana Peak?
Answer: 23,860 ft (7272 m)
Explanation: Mana Peak, located in Uttarakhand on the India-Tibet border, stands at 7,272 m (23,860 ft), making it one of the highest peaks in the Garhwal Himalayas.
Q8. The process of verifying the documentary evidence of transactions is known as:
Answer: Vouching
Explanation: Vouching is the audit procedure of examining documentary evidence (invoices, receipts, contracts) to verify the authenticity and accuracy of recorded transactions.
Q9. World No Tobacco Day is observed on ___________.
Answer: on May 31
Explanation: World No Tobacco Day is observed annually on May 31, as designated by the World Health Organization in 1987.
Q10. When did Iraq invade Kuwait?
Answer: in August 1990
Explanation: Iraq, under Saddam Hussein, invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990, triggering the Gulf War and a US-led coalition response.
Q11. The Gulf of Bothnia is situated between:
Answer: Finland and Sweden
Explanation: Finland and Sweden is correct. General Knowledge is a recurring GK theme in NTS, HEC, and civil service screening papers.
Q12. Which city is the birthplace of William Shakespeare?
Answer: Stratford-upon-Avon
Explanation: William Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, in April 1564.
Q13. _____ and industrialization led to the emergence of the working class as a large and powerful body, which led to the birth of Marxism, and gave people a new perspective and relationship with the society they lived in.
Answer: Urbanization
Explanation: Urbanization is correct. General Knowledge is a recurring GK theme in NTS, HEC, and civil service screening papers.
Q14. Agerpres is the news agency of
Answer: Romania
Explanation: Agerpres (Agenția Națională de Presă) is the official national news agency of Romania, founded in 1889.
Q15. How many new sports were added to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
Answer: 5 sports
Explanation: The 2020 Tokyo Olympics added five new sports: baseball/softball, karate, skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing.
Q16. First time which country introduced competitive examination for selection of public servants.
Answer: China
Explanation: China introduced the world's first competitive civil service examination system (Keju) as early as the Sui Dynasty (605 AD), making it the pioneer of merit-based public servant selection.
Q17. Self and Sovereignty is written by ______.
Answer: Ayesha Jalal
Explanation: "Self and Sovereignty: Individual and Community in South Asian Islam since 1850" was written by Pakistani-American historian Ayesha Jalal, published in 2000.
Q18. The picture on the back of the 50 Rupee Pakistani note is of the
Answer: K2
Explanation: The back of the Pakistani Rs. 50 note features K2, the world's second-highest mountain located in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
Q19. A study of the personality of offenders in physical terms is called:
Answer: Criminal Anthropology
Explanation: Criminal Anthropology is correct. General Knowledge is a recurring GK theme in NTS, HEC, and civil service screening papers.
Q20. Return on investment is computed:
Answer: (Profit / Investment) x 100
Explanation: (Profit / Investment) x 100 is correct. General Knowledge is a recurring GK theme in NTS, HEC, and civil service screening papers.
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