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General Knowledge MCQs with Answers

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Q141. Who discovered America in 1492?

  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Ferdinand Magellan
  3. Vasco da Gama
  4. Marco Polo
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Correct answer: A. Christopher Columbus

Columbus reached the Americas in 1492.

Q142. Which is the deepest freshwater lake in the world?

  1. Lake Tanganyika
  2. Lake Baikal
  3. Lake Superior
  4. Lake Victoria
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Correct answer: B. Lake Baikal

Lake Baikal in Russia is over 1,600 m deep.

Q143. Which is the capital of Afghanistan?

  1. Kabul
  2. Kandahar
  3. Mazar-i-Sharif
  4. Herat
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Correct answer: A. Kabul

Kabul is the capital of Afghanistan.

Q144. In which year did World War I begin?

  1. 1914
  2. 1918
  3. 1905
  4. 1939
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Correct answer: A. 1914

WWI began in 1914 and ended in 1918.

Q145. Where is the headquarters of FIFA?

  1. London
  2. Paris
  3. Geneva
  4. Zurich
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Correct answer: D. Zurich

FIFA is headquartered in Zurich.

Q146. Which scale measures mineral hardness?

  1. Richter scale
  2. Beaufort scale
  3. Mohs scale
  4. Celsius scale
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Correct answer: C. Mohs scale

The Mohs scale ranks mineral hardness from 1 to 10.

Q147. Who wrote 'War and Peace'?

  1. Anton Chekhov
  2. Leo Tolstoy
  3. Maxim Gorky
  4. Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Correct answer: B. Leo Tolstoy

Tolstoy published it in 1869.

Q148. Which strait connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman?

  1. Bab-el-Mandeb
  2. Bosphorus
  3. Strait of Hormuz
  4. Strait of Malacca
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Correct answer: C. Strait of Hormuz

The Strait of Hormuz is a vital oil shipping route.

Q149. Who was the 16th President of the United States?

  1. Abraham Lincoln
  2. Ulysses Grant
  3. Theodore Roosevelt
  4. Andrew Jackson
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Correct answer: A. Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln led the US during the Civil War.

Q150. Who was the first recipient of Nishan-e-Haider?

  1. Major Aziz Bhatti
  2. Major Tufail Muhammad
  3. Captain Raja Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed
  4. Major Muhammad Akram
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Correct answer: C. Captain Raja Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed

Captain Sarwar was awarded it in 1948 for Kashmir.

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