All Free General Knowledge MCQs with Answers

• A. Hamlet
• B. Gertrude
• C. Jordan
• D. None of these

Explanation: Hamlet’s father is King Hamlet, and the character’s personal name is also Hamlet. Gertrude is Hamlet’s mother, not his father.

• A. Bernard Shaw
• B. George Orwell
• C. Henry Kessinger
• D. None of these

Explanation: “Arms and the Man” is a satirical comedy by George Bernard Shaw, commonly listed as Bernard Shaw.

• A. 12th Night
• B. The tempest
• C. As you like it
• D. None of these

Explanation: “The Tempest” is conventionally regarded as Shakespeare’s last independently written play and is often linked with the end of his dramatic…

• A. Muhammad Nadeem Farishta
• B. Muhammad Wasim Farishta
• C. Muhammad Qasim Farishta
• D. None of these

Explanation: “Tarikh-i-Firishta” was written by Muhammad Qasim Hindu Shah Astarabadi, who is commonly known by the name Firishta.

• A. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
• B. Allama Iqbal
• C. Karen Armstrong
• D. None of these

Explanation: “The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam” is based on lectures by Allama Muhammad Iqbal, who sought to reinterpret Islamic…

• A. Raymond Davis
• B. Doris Lessing
• C. Leonid Hurwicz
• D. Yoichiro Nambu

Explanation: Leonid Hurwicz was 90 when he received the 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, making him the oldest Nobel laureate under the…

• A. Ernest Hemingway
• B. Vladimir Nabokov
• C. Jane Austen
• D. Kazuo Ishiguro

Explanation: Kazuo Ishiguro wrote The Remains of the Day, a novel about the English butler Stevens and his reflections on duty and regret.

• A. Sana Gul
• B. Fatima
• C. Ayesha khan
• D. Kalsoom hafsa

Explanation: Sana Gul was reported as the first recipient of the Asma Jahangir scholarship.

• A. Parsees
• B. Jains
• C. Jew
• D. Buddhists

Explanation: The Zend-Avesta, more accurately the Avesta, is the sacred scripture of Zoroastrianism, the religion historically associated with the…

• A. China
• B. South Korea
• C. Japan
• D. North Korea

Explanation: Doraemon is a Japanese manga and anime character created by Fujiko F. Fujio.

• A. Henry Kissinger
• B. Hussain Haqani
• C. Ghulam Berrah
• D. D H Allen

Explanation: A Dream for Peace is an ambassadorial memoir associated with Ghulam Berrah.

• A. Barack Obama
• B. John F. Kennedy
• C. George W. Bush
• D. None of these

Explanation: Out of Many, One: Portraits of America's Immigrants was written by former U.S. President George W.

• A. Khdija mastoor
• B. Perveen Shakira
• C. Nazeer Ahmad
• D. Ibne ansha

Explanation: Aangan, a well-known Urdu novel about the Partition era and its social effects, was written by Khadija Mastoor.

• A. Francis Fukuyama
• B. Yuval Noah Harari
• C. Noam Chomsky
• D. None

Explanation: Yuval Noah Harari wrote 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, a book examining major political, technological and social challenges of the…

• A. Lesley Hazleton
• B. Anatol Lieven
• C. K.K. Aziz
• D. None

Explanation: Lesley Hazleton wrote this biographical account of the life of Prophet Muhammad.

• A. Syed Ameer Ali
• B. Hafiz Shirazi
• C. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
• D. Maulana Muhammad Hussain Azad

Explanation: Aab-e-Hayat, a major history of Urdu poetry and poets, was written by Maulana Muhammad Hussain Azad.

• A. Atta ullah esakhailwi
• B. abida parveen
• C. ustad nusrat fatheh ali khan shahab
• D. gullam ali khan shahab

Explanation: Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is widely credited with recording the largest number of qawwali albums, with sources commonly citing more than…

• A. Waqar Younus
• B. Waseem Akram
• C. Javed Mian Dad
• D. Ahmed Ahsfaq

Explanation: Cutting Edge is the autobiography of Pakistani cricketer Javed Miandad. The options contain a misspelling of his name as “Javed Mian Dad.”

• A. Ahsika
• B. Tutinama
• C. Laila Majnu
• D. Nuh Sipir

Explanation: Tutinama, or The Tales of a Parrot, was written by Ziya al-Din Nakhshabi, not Amir Khusro.

• A. Srijavo Bandarnaike
• B. Matilda Pakshah
• C. Ananda Samarkone
• D. Gotabaya Rajapaksha

Explanation: Ananda Samarakoon wrote both the words and melody of Sri Lanka’s national anthem, ‘Sri Lanka Matha.’ The other names are not credited as…