All Free General Knowledge MCQs with Answers

• A. Rossetti
• B. Virgil
• C. Homer
• D. A Dante

Explanation: Dante Alighieri was the major Italian poet associated with the transition from the medieval period to the Italian Renaissance, especially…

• A. burger
• B. pizza
• C. biscuit
• D. none of these

Explanation: Biscuit comes from the French bis cuit, meaning “twice cooked.” The name refers to the traditional method of baking the food twice to make…

• A. Wasim Akram
• B. Sourav Ganguly
• C. Jaideep Varma
• D. Rahul Dravid

Explanation: Numbers Do Lie: 61 Hidden Cricket Stories was written by Jaideep Varma, who examines unusual statistical and historical stories from…

• A. Aldous Huxley
• B. Steve Coll
• C. Laurence Cockcroft
• D. Henry Kissinger

Explanation: Steve Coll wrote Ghost Wars, a nonfiction account of the CIA, Afghanistan, and the rise of al-Qaeda.

• A. Nelson Mandela
• B. K. K. Aziz
• C. Jimmy Carter
• D. John J. Mearsheimer

Explanation: Former US President Jimmy Carter wrote Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, published in 2006.

• A. George Orwell
• B. Laurence Cockcroft
• C. Trevor Noah
• D. Hans Rosling

Explanation: George Orwell wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four, the dystopian novel featuring Big Brother, Newspeak, and the surveillance state.

• A. Oliver Letwin
• B. Bradley Hope
• C. Justin Scheck
• D. Both (B) and (C)

Explanation: Blood and Oil was written jointly by Bradley Hope and Justin Scheck, whose names therefore make option D correct.

• A. Laurence Cockcroft
• B. K. K. Aziz
• C. Trevor Noah
• D. Adam Smith

Explanation: Laurence Cockcroft wrote Global Corruption: Money, Power and Ethics in the Modern World, examining how corruption operates across…

• A. Laurence Cockcroft
• B. K K Aziz
• C. Trevor Noah
• D. Adam Smith

Explanation: Trevor Noah wrote Born a Crime, a memoir about growing up in apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa.

• A. 1756
• B. 1776
• C. 1826
• D. 1770

Explanation: Adam Smith’s economic classic was first published in 1776, the same year as the American Declaration of Independence.

• A. France
• B. Netherlands
• C. England
• D. Portugal

Explanation: The Orange Book is associated with the Netherlands and refers to an official Dutch publication.

• A. Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi
• B. Mirza Hadi Ruswa
• C. Dr. Khursheed Rizvi
• D. Patras Bukhari

Explanation: Arabi Adab Qabl Az Islam was written by Dr Khursheed Rizvi, a Pakistani scholar known for his work on Arabic and Urdu literature.

• A. Al-Khuwarizmi
• B. Ibne Sina
• C. Al Haysam
• D. None of these

Explanation: This title is Al-Khwarizmi’s foundational treatise on algebra and balancing equations; the word ‘algebra’ itself comes from al-jabr in its…

• A. Mohsin Hamid
• B. Allama Iqbal
• C. Muhammad Hanif
• D. Kamila Shamsi

Explanation: A Case of Exploding Mangoes is a satirical novel by Pakistani writer Muhammad Hanif, drawing on the mysterious 1988 death of General…

• A. Karl Marx
• B. Lenin
• C. Stalin
• D. None

Explanation: Das Kapital was written by Karl Marx, who analysed capitalist production, labour, commodities and the accumulation of capital.

• A. Spirit of Islam
• B. Aab-e- Hayat
• C. Hayat-e-jawaid
• D. Pir-e-Kamil

Explanation: Hayat-e-Javaid is a biographical work on Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, written by Altaf Hussain Hali.

• A. Stephen covey
• B. Carl Sagan
• C. Stephen Hawking
• D. steven Weinberg

Explanation: A Brief History of Time was written by Stephen Hawking and explains major ideas in cosmology for general readers.

• A. Adam Smith
• B. Karl Marx
• C. Steve Smith
• D. Shakespeare

Explanation: Adam Smith wrote The Wealth of Nations, published in 1776, a foundational work in classical economics.

• A. Benazir Bhutto
• B. Mumtaz Bhutto
• C. Waheed Rehman
• D. Aslam Memon

Explanation: Daughter of Destiny is the autobiography of Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan’s former prime minister.

• A. XI JinPing
• B. Joe Bidden
• C. Peter Frankopan
• D. David Ricardo

Explanation: Peter Frankopan wrote The Silk Roads: A New History of the World, a history centred on the networks connecting Asia, Europe and the Middle…