Practice World Affairs MCQs for Punjab Police Constable (BS-5) General Knowledge — topic-wise sets with solved answers.
Q1. Besides its main headquarters in New York, how many additional headquarter offices does the UN have?
Answer: Three
Explanation: The UN has three additional headquarters offices beyond New York: Geneva (Switzerland), Vienna (Austria), and Nairobi (Kenya).
Q2. Who was the Greek goddess of war and wisdom?
Answer: Athena
Explanation: Athena is correct. International Organizations is a recurring GK theme in NTS, HEC, and civil service screening papers.
Q3. Name the Parliament of Ethiopia.
Answer: Federal Parliamentary Assembly
Explanation: Ethiopia's parliament is the Federal Parliamentary Assembly, consisting of two chambers: the House of Federation and the House of Peoples' Representatives.
Q4. The Parliament of Poland is called Sejm. Name the Parliament of Romania.
Answer: Grand National Assembly
Explanation: Romania's parliament is known as the Parliament of Romania (Parlamentul României), though historically under communism it was called the Grand National Assembly (Marea Adunare Națională).
Q5. The headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is in
Answer: Rome
Explanation: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has its headquarters in Rome, Italy, established there in 1951.
Q6. Who was the acting President of Gilgit-Baltistan before joining Pakistan?
Answer: Shah Raees Khan
Explanation: Shah Raees Khan served as the acting President of Gilgit-Baltistan during the brief period before the region formally acceded to Pakistan in 1947.
Q7. Who discovered the blood groups of man?
Answer: Kari Landsteiner
Explanation: Karl Landsteiner (Karl/Kari) discovered the ABO blood group system in 1901, earning him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1930.
Q8. Name the Parliament of Zambia.
Answer: National Assembly
Explanation: Zambia's parliament is called the National Assembly, a unicameral legislature based in Lusaka.
Q9. Who is considered the father of experimental psychology?
Answer: Wilhelm Wundt
Explanation: Wilhelm Wundt is correct. International Organizations is a recurring GK theme in NTS, HEC, and civil service screening papers.
Q10. The most powerful feature in a parliamentary form of government is:
Answer: Legislature
Explanation: Legislature is correct. World Affairs is a recurring GK theme in NTS, HEC, and civil service screening papers.
Q11. Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is a successor organization of Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD) which was founded in:
Answer: 1964
Explanation: The Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD) was founded in 1964 by Pakistan, Iran, and Turkey, later evolving into the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in 1985.
Q12. Who was the founder of Hamas?
Answer: Ahmed Yassin
Explanation: Hamas was founded in 1987 by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, a Palestinian cleric, along with other co-founders during the First Intifada as an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Q13. Who was defeated in the Spartan War 2, fought in 431 BC?
Answer: Athenians
Explanation: In the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC), commonly called the Spartan War, Athens (Athenians) was ultimately defeated by Sparta after a prolonged conflict.
Q14. Who is the author of The Republic?
Answer: Plato
Explanation: "The Republic" (Politeia) is Plato's most famous philosophical dialogue, written around 380 BC, exploring justice, the ideal state, and the philosopher-king.
Q15. Who said these words "Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven"?
Answer: Milton
Explanation: Milton is correct. International Organizations is a recurring GK theme in NTS, HEC, and civil service screening papers.
Q16. In which of Shakespeare's plays do witches play an important role?
Answer: Macbeth'
Explanation: In Shakespeare's "Macbeth," three witches (the "Weird Sisters") play a central role, prophesying Macbeth's rise to power and setting the tragedy in motion.
Q17. The World Trade Organization was founded in:
Answer: 1995
Explanation: The World Trade Organization (WTO) was established on January 1, 1995, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) after the Uruguay Round of negotiations.
Q18. Who is known as Father of Pakistan Air Force?
Answer: Air Chief Marshal M. Asghar Khan
Explanation: Air Chief Marshal M. Asghar Khan is correct. International Organizations is a recurring GK theme in NTS, HEC, and civil service screening papers.
Q19. What is the name of the Chinese parliament?
Answer: National People's Congress
Explanation: China's national legislature is the National People's Congress (NPC), the highest organ of state power under the constitution.
Q20. Who wrote "Das Kapital"?
Answer: Karl Marx
Explanation: "Das Kapital" (Capital: A Critique of Political Economy) was written by Karl Marx, with the first volume published in 1867, forming the theoretical foundation of Marxist economics.
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