All Free General Knowledge MCQs with Answers

• A. 1984
• B. 1890
• C. 2002
• D. 1949

Explanation: Stanley Wolpert’s biography Jinnah of Pakistan was first published in 1984.

• A. Quaid Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
• B. Bainzeer Bhutto
• C. Z.A. Bhutto
• D. A and C both

Explanation: Wolpert wrote Jinnah of Pakistan and Zulfi Bhutto of Pakistan, so both Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto appear in the options.

• A. Toni Morrison
• B. Munta Bannerji
• C. Shakespeare
• D. Adolf Hitler

Explanation: The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison’s first novel, examines racism and destructive beauty standards through the life of Pecola Breedlove.

• A. Asma Jahngir
• B. Dr Sheerin Mazari
• C. Maleeha Lodhi
• D. Tehmina Junjoya

Explanation: Pakistan: Beyond the Crisis State was written by Maleeha Lodhi, a Pakistani diplomat and former ambassador.

• A. Hassan Askari
• B. Dr Ishrat Hussain
• C. Mamnoon Hussain
• D. Justice Nasir ul Mulk

Explanation: Governing the Ungovernable: Institutional Reforms for Democratic Governance was written by Dr Ishrat Hussain.

• A. Fatima Bhuto
• B. Asifa Bhuto
• C. Maryam Aurangzaib
• D. Zartaj Gul

Explanation: Fatima Bhutto wrote the novel The Shadow of the Crescent Moon, set in a fictional town in Pakistan’s tribal border region.

• A. Josef korbel
• B. Lawrence Ziring
• C. Alistair Lamb
• D. KK Aziz

Explanation: Alastair Lamb wrote Kashmir: A Disputed Legacy, a historical study of the Kashmir dispute and its origins.

• A. Ian Talbot
• B. Lawrence Ziring
• C. Anatol Lieven
• D. K.K.Aziz

Explanation: Ian Talbot wrote Pakistan: A Modern History, a work tracing the country’s political and historical development.

• A. Al Beruni
• B. Firdausi
• C. Amir Khusrau
• D. Rumi

Explanation: The Persian epic Shahnameh, or “Book of Kings,” was composed by the poet Firdausi around the turn of the eleventh century.

• A. Viny Mandela
• B. Hennery Slag
• C. Fatima Meer
• D. None

Explanation: Higher Than Hope: A Biography of Nelson Mandela was written by Fatima Meer, a South African academic and anti-apartheid activist.

• A. Hali
• B. Shibli Nomani
• C. Deputy Nazir Ahmad
• D. None of above

Explanation: Shibli Nomani wrote Al-Farooq, a biography of Caliph Umar, and Al-Ghazali, a work on Imam al-Ghazali.

• A. I.H. Qureshi
• B. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
• C. Aysha Jalal
• D. Shahid Rafique

Explanation: The Myth of Independence was written by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and published in 1969.

• A. Stephen Hawking
• B. Albert Einstein
• C. Newton
• D. Chadwick

Explanation: Stephen Hawking wrote Brief Answers to the Big Questions, a collection explaining major scientific and philosophical questions for general…

• A. Tito
• B. Leo Tolstoy
• C. Shelly
• D. Daunte

Explanation: War and Peace is Leo Tolstoy’s historical novel about Russian society during the Napoleonic Wars. Shelley wrote poetry, not this novel.

• A. C.V Raman
• B. Dr. Abdul Salam
• C. I.A Bunin
• D. Rabindranath Tagore

Explanation: Rabindranath Tagore became the first Asian Nobel laureate when he won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature for Gitanjali. C. V.

• A. Mohsin Hamid
• B. Nazir Ahmed
• C. Hafeez Ali Jan
• D. Rafiq Tarar

Explanation: The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a 2007 novel by Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid.

• A. Anatol lieven
• B. Ruskin Dom
• C. I H Qureshi
• D. Stephan Job

Explanation: Pakistan: A Hard Country was written by British historian and political analyst Anatol Lieven.

• A. Mohsin Hamid
• B. Nadeem Aslam
• C. Ayesha jala
• D. Zahid Hamid

Explanation: The Blind Man's Garden is a novel by Pakistani-born British writer Nadeem Aslam.

• A. Lollywood
• B. Bollywood
• C. Hollywood
• D. Nestor Studios

Explanation: Hollywood is commonly regarded in basic GK material as the oldest of the listed major film industries, having developed earlier than…

• A. Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
• B. Hassan Mohani
• C. Amir Khusrow
• D. Mir Taqi Mir

Explanation: Amir Khusrow is traditionally regarded in South Asian general knowledge as the first Urdu poet, although the early development of Hindavi…