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MANAGER AUQAF
1) Why sir syed advice Muslim to avoid joining Congress.(Dominant of Hindu)
2) Exclusive feature of Inidan Act 1935( Provincial autonomy)
3) After Which incident sir syed ahmed khan said that Muslims and Hindus cannot live together.
( Up Urdu Hindi dispute )
4) When did Quid e Azam said Muslim and Hindus are parted from now on( )
5) Which was the largest Princly state at the time partition( Hyderabad )
6) emergence of Pakistan was written by ( Ch Muhammed Ali )
7) Who had administered the oath from Quid e Azam? ( Justice Abdul Raheed )
8) after demise of Quid e Azam who became President of Muslim League (Ch kaleeqzama)
9) why Congress resigned in 1939 (British Being Part of Second World War)
10 Sir creek is (Dispute of India Pakistan Boundary)
11) Sitar e Istaqlal to which which city in 1965 ( sialkot )
12) which of the following is related to objective resolution ( fundamental rights )
13) UNO was established to ( Resolve Political Conflicts )
14) Yellow journalism refers to ( Sensationalization )
15) Law is never law unless it ( is enforced by Sovereign Authority )
16) computer derives its basic strength from (memory )
17) Vitamin C is essential for (muscles)
18) Sound cannot travel through ( vacuum )
19) Tax leived on import and export ( custom duty )
20) Bonded labour is ( forced labour )
21) Inflation refers to (Increase in price of goods)
22) Geographically Kashmir is divided into ( Jamu Kashmir Ladakh )
23) A computer cannot do anything without ( output device )
24) a infectious disease conveyed from one person to another through air ( TB )
25) Luner eclipse takes place when (earth comes in between sun and moon)
26) Myopia ( short sightness )
27) Correct spelling ( EXISTENCE )
28) Calorie is unit of.(Energy)
29) Plural Form of loaf ( loaves )
30) Optical Fiber System ( communication )
31) BARTER system means ( exchange of goods )
32) Pysiotherapy ( it is related to joints )
33) Dialysis is meant for ( Kidney )

34) Slump means (Sudden decrease in stock market)

35) A computer mainly consist of ( chips )
36 fourth estate in democratic country ( press )
37) a coalition gov ( the gov formed by many parties )
38) Reuter is ( News agency of UK)
39) Promptly meaning ( At once )
40) Outcast meaning
41) Exemplify meaning ( illustrate )
42) She parted ___ her parents in tears. ( from )
43) There is a limit ____ everything in this world. ( to)
44) Mixed Economy is ( that include private and gov sector )
45) Who accompanied Holly Prophet in migration to Madina ( Hazrat Abubakar )
46) Whose house was used for Preaching ( Hazrat Arqam )
47) Country with biggest gas reserves ( Russia )
48) Country with biggest crude oil reserve (KSA )
49) 1st nuclear plant with the help of ? (Canada )
50) Heavy Mechanical Complex was established with the help of ( China)
51) Least populous continent ( antartica)
52) Who opposed Pakistan ( Afghanistan )
53) 1st asian noble laureate (Robiranath Tagore)
54) Alfred Noble ( Dynamite )
55) Scoute foundation ( 1907 Robbert Baden Powel )
56) H.Q of Greenpeace Org ( Amsterdam )
57) city that hosts the highest number of international organisations in the world ( geneva )
58) Which country won 5 football w.c
2) ( Brazil )
59) Fastest sport on earth ( ice hockey )
60) althing is parliament of ( iceland )
61) Earth day observed on ( 22 april )
62) What is the cause of global warming (co2)
63) Oldest Search Engine among following (yahoo.com 64)largest sea (South China sea)
65) SAARC university is in ( NEW DEHLI )
66) First drama of urdu (Indar Sibha)
67) baba e urdu ( Molvi Abdul Haq )
68) Inqalabi shair kn thay? (Josh Maliha Abadi)
69) sawan e umeri ka aghaz kis ne kiya? (Altaf Hussain Hali)
70) Awami shair ( Akbarallahbadi )
71) Khud e Sukhan ( Mir Taqi Mir )
72) TOTAL haroof of urdu ( 37 )
73) Shakespeare of Urdu Drma ? (Agha Hasir Kashmri)
74) Insha Nigari ka aghas kis ne kia urdu me? (Sir Syed Ahmad Khan)

75) Bicameral system was introduce in ( 1973 con )

76) Largest Planet ( Jupiter ) 77)who was Leo Tolstoy?
78)Last town on the korakoram border of China and Pakistan is? (Sust)
79)Congress ministries consisted of how many provinces? (8)
80)When did Muslim league even gave away the demand for separate electorate? Never
Withdrawn
3) 81)Hafeez Jalandhri wrote National Anthem of Pakistan, It is compiled in his which book?
(Shahnama e Islam)
82)First urdu poet? (Quli Qutab Shah)
83)Nonchalant means? (Calm n Cool)
84)2nd largest economy of the world? China
85)2nd highest number of nobel laureates are from? UK
86)Sindh madrassa was founded by? Ahmad Hassan Afandi
87)Who first supported the Pakistan Resolution?
88)Malakhara is a game belonging to which province of Pakistan? Sindh
89)Main reason of Granting Gurdaspur and Pathankot area to India was?
90)Largest component of Atmosphere? Nitrogen
91) Pandit Nehru Backed out of his Kashmir Promise because of Natural Wealthness of
Kashmir
92)which is the least populous continent Antarcatica
93)Scott Movement was found by Ronalt Powell in which year 1907
94)Pakistan has the status of observer in which organization SATO
95) Dermant Synonym is inert
96) Normal person heart beats how many times in a minute 72
97) Ahsan Danish wrote his autobiography in which book?
98)Urdu ma jaded nasar k bani?
99)Gordaspur and pathankot was handed to india by red cliff because
It provided path to Kashmir
100) Which is the largest bird Ostrich

SUB INSPECTOR
1) Saarc Khatmando
2) Khuda kay liye Pakistani Film
3) Sarajevo is City
4) Nelson Mandela Sauth Africa
5) Burma Maymer
6) Captial of russia Moscow
7) Next Olympics 2016 Rio
8) Wintson UK PM
9) EU 28 states
10) WW2 1939-1945

11) ASEAN Regional

12) Odd Cairo
13) Odd Gold
14) Odd Aspirine
15) Odd Airport
16) Odd Iran
17) Alama Iqbal Cambridge Heideber Munich
18) Sohni Mahiwal Chenab
19) Manghupir Sulpher Springs
20) Onyx is Marble
21) Lakhar Town famous for 22) KANUPP Nuclear plant
23) Famous pakistani painter
24) Jan Sher Khan SQUASH
25) Terbala largest earth filled dam
26) M4 Fsb to Musltan
27) Aritotle was student of Pluto
28) Captain Hafeez Kardar
29) Largest Dist in Punjab Bhawalpur
30) Round Table 1930-1932
31) Anthem AG Chagla
32) Martial Law 1958
33) Muslim League 1906 Dhaka
34) Ajrak Sindh
35) K2 2nd highest
36) Sehwan City is famous for
37) Abdul Salam Physics
38) ENGRO Pak Company
39) UNENCO UN
40) River Nile Egypt
41) Bolan Pass Balochistan
42) Fastest Woman Naseem Hameed
43) Honsraj Pet of prince salim Hiran Minar
44) Capital of Gilgit is gilgit
45) Mualana Muhammad Ali Johar was Islamic Scholar ( there was option of politician as
well dnd know which one is right)
46) Sultan Mahmood Ghazvani Ghazni
47) Gandhi President of Congress 1929
48) PTV 1964
49) Gandhara Budha
50) Badshai Mosque was built by Aurangzaib
51) Sachal Sermest burried
52) Allahbad 1930
53) Holy Prophet Muhammad SAW tribe Banu Hashim
53) Uhad 3hj
53) Karbala 61hj

54) 114 surah

55) Faiz ahmed Fiaz first dewan Naqsh e Farhadi
56) Masjid Qurtaba poem by iqbal
57) Spain attack Tariq bin Ziad
58) Qurtaba and Gharnata Spain
59) Jandia Sher Khan famous for Waris Shah
60) Toba Tek Singh Minto
61) Mushtaq yusufi Mizaya Nama Nigar
62) Chembaili national flower
63) Hatho pe serso jamana
64) Man na man me tera mehman
65) Naiki kr darya me dal
66) ans 164
67) ans 139
68) ans 284
69) ans 6.8
70) ans 1.62
71) ans 25
72) and 33
73) 1,2,4,7,11,16
74) 5,10,20,40,80
75) ans 38
76) Friends not master Zia ul Haq
77) Watt Electricity
78) Vitamen D Skin
79) cholesterol check up blood
80) nature color greed
81) salt sodium cloried
82) WWW World wide web
83) hard copy print page
84) not search engine youtube
85) password encrypted
86) internet network of networks
87) 1st pm liaqat
88) 1st presedent sikandar
89) quid born 1876
90) 1st constitution 23 march 1956
91) cm of balochistan abdul malik
92) one man one vote 1970
93) Uch sharif ( dnt remember the exact question)

2) PPSC AD LAND RECORDS PAST PAPER

3)

1. What is the date of death of Nusrat Bhuto-------- October 23, 2011

2. What is the date of death of Arfa Karim-----------14 January 2012

3. Which Pakistani woman won Oscar Award----------Sharmin Obaid Chenuy

4. On which date Abbotabad operation was carried out--------2may2011
5. How many number of balls in snooker game----------------22
6. Which is the world expensive city--------------Zurich
7. Where is the dum dum airport------------------calcuta
8. World Econimic forum kahan hua-----------Davos
9. Women protection bill of acid thrown on face passed on-----13.12.11
10. which country is largest producer of coffee ----------Brazil
11. G4 countries konsi hn-----------india, brazil, germany, japan
12. Pakistan cabinet recognize India as most favorite nation(MFN)-----11.1.12
13. How many deserts are in Punjab-------------2
14. Dr.Abdulsalam ko kab nobel prize mila------------1979
15. Nobe prize kon si country daita hae -------------Sweden
16. Neil amstrong ny kb moon pr step rkha -------------1969
17. When Pakistan joined UNO-----30sep1947
18. When IMF was established----1945
19. Who was the first captain of Pakistan Cricket team?----------Hafeez Kardar
20. Savak agency ks mulk ki hae ..--Iran
21. old athme kis country ka hae------Japan
22. punjab act kb khatam howa tha ....

23. fasal kharif ki insepection kb start karna chahey---March

24. fasal rabi ki insepction kb start karni chahey ----October
25. kns country ne valentine day offical baned kia tha----Uzbekistan
26. dengue virus kis wajah se hota hae-------female mosquito
27. last week of spetember kis k ly manaya jata he------valentine week
28. ager comissioner na ho to kon order pass kar sakta hae...
29- Which section of Punjab land revenue act 1967 deals with boundries and
boundry marks--- 117-124
30- Which section of PLR act 1967 deals with record will be computerized--------41(1)
31- Which section of PLR act 1967 deals with RO to summon person to give
evidence-----22
32. How many awards 2012 to British singer Adlee----6
33. usman hijweri ka ye kon sa urs manya gaya?968
34. usama ki death kab hui?.......2-5-2011
35. NAB kab bani?......... 16, 1999
36. pakistan k creation k waqt UK ka president kon tha--.........-atlee
37. kis country ko sab se ziada noble prize miley hain,----38. usma k case main kis pakistani officer ne help ki thi,----------Dr.Shakil
39. Salala Check Post attack kab hua---------26 nov 2011
40. M-9 project contract given to which country?Malaysia
41. institute of cardiology death due to.............. isotab

42. The National Accountability Bureau is a federal executive ... It was

established on November 16, 1999 with
43. what is the duration of remand under Nab30days
44. pakistan TV establish 26-11-196
45.punjab tenancy act passed..23 sptember 1887
46.blood study is the science ofhematology .
47. stephen hawking age on its birthday 2012..................70th
48. G.C.university on 01.01.2012 ......................151
49. who added to cricket hall of fame recently....................Sunil Gawaskar
50. how many grammy awards 2012 to british singer adele................6
51.73 football fans killed in which city recently...............cairo
52.azerbijan capital..................baku
53.monte video is capital of .................uragauy
54. currency of Sweden...................corona
55.Port of spain is what .............. trinidad and tobago
56.french revolution is on ..................1789
57. parliment of turkey is called...................grand national assembly
58. international day of youth celebrated on..............12 august
59. boundary between china and india.............MCMohan
60. savak is intelligence agency of.............Iran
61. author of gulliver traveller.................Jonathan Swift

62. who conceived the character of james bond..............Ian Fleming

63.highest military award of britian................Victoria Cross
64.who drafted american independence declaration................jefferson Thomas
65.highest score in one day............443
66. most land borders with which country...................China
67.edmund hillary on mount everest on.............1953
68. first nuclear power plant in which city..............Karachi
69.Which gas used in ballons................. Hydrogen
70.Under which section of PLR Act 1967 R.Officer issue summon............. 22
71.under which section of PLR record will be computerized ...............41a
72.how many days for appeal before BOR............ 90
73.how many days for appeal before commissioner............. 60
74.how many days for appeal before collector ...............30
75.Gulliver s travels is written by----jonathan swift
76.where are 300 jails ...............Honduras
77.international expo center Lahore affair........26th
78.largest barrage of Pakistan.............sakher barrage
79.20 ammendment pass.....................14-02-2012
80. contempt of ourt on pm gilani...........13-02-2012
81. century befor lunch by Pakistan cricketer...........majid khan
82.1st oid in dubai Pakistan beat by England ..........130

83.Which instrument is used measure wind speed ...........amenometer

84.study of skin is called............dermotology
85.parkinson is diseases of........... brain
86.Anakr Kali is written by---------------- Imtiaz ali Taaj.
87-Order for preparing register haqdaran zameen if alredy does not exist by---tehsildar
88- Appeal against mutation may be filled to------assistant commissioner
89- Ibtidae tasdeek of register haqdaran zameen is carried by------patwari
90- Fard badar is to sanctioned by------revenue oficer
91- Appeal against consolidation schemem------collector
92- Tenat having right of occupancy is land for a term of not exceeding-----20
years
93- Land Record Manual, in which para summary inquiry into the title of
inheritance in necessary----5
94- Land Record Manual, in which para mutation would be prepared when
original has been misplaced or lost----7/4
95- Land Record Manual, in which para of revenue officer is responsible for
correction of map----4/7
96- Land Record Manual, in which para is relates to prepration of tatima
shajra-----4/24
97- Haqdaran nakhlistan included in-------------right of records
98- Wajbul araz includede in-----------chakbandi
99- Wells and tube wells included in----------jamabandi

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100- Khsra no. included in----------------khewat

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PPSC Naib tehsildar Past Paper

1-Who is the present president of Cuba?....Rahul Castro

2-Noralmarki is the president of ?....Iraq
3-Clash of civilization is written by ?....Samuel Huntington
4-War and Peace is written by?.... Leo Tolstoy
5-Pride and prejudice is written by?....jane Austin
6-India Wins Freedom Is written by?....Abu ul Kalam azad
7-Who was the chief editor of "Zamindar?....Maulana Zafar Ali Khan
8-Simon Commission Held in?....1927
9-Who was the Viceroy in !927?....Lord Irwin
10-First viceroy of the subcontinent was?....Lord Canning
11-Last viceroy of subcontinent?.... Lord Mountbatten
12-In which state Obama belongs To ?....illionso state
13-When WTO formed?....1995

14-Stainless Steel is the alloy of ?....copper and zinc

15-How many colors are there is spectrum?....7
16-Which player has Highest score in TEst cricket?....Sachin Tendulker
17-NATO stands for?....North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
18-Where is the greatest and longest wall of earth?....China
19-Where is Leaning Tower of Pissa?.... Italy
20-Who presented Theory of relativity?....Einstein
21-When DR. Abdul salam Received noble prize?....1979
22-Pancilin was discovered by ?....fleming
23-What is the actual time of rotation of earh?....23hours 56min 4sec
24-Olympics 2000 took place in which city?....Sydney
25-Who was the first president of Muslim League?....sir Agha Khan
26- Who is the president of India?....Parthiba patel
27--BAn ki Mon Belongs TO which country?....South Korea
28-Brief Histroy of Time is written by?....
29-What is Black Hole?....Hypothetical region in spaceFear of open places/ public places
30-Which are the two gases that we exale more than we inhale?....oxgen and corbon
31-Agoraphobia?....Fear of open places/ public places
32-Prime Minster of UK is ?....Gordon Brown
33- How many members are there is EU?....27
34-OIC came into Existence?....1969

35-HOw many states are there in USA?....50

36-SAARC headquarters?....Kathmandu
37-Friends Not Masters is Written by.... ./Gen.Ayub
38-Total members of Commonwealth?.... 53
39-In 1946 Who Presented poor mans budget?....Liaqat Ali Khan
40-Allam Iqbal delivered Khutba Allahab on ?....Oct-1930
41-UNO established on?....24th oct-1945
42-Where is the headquarters of International Court of Justice?....Hague
43-HIjrat Madina Was took place in ?....622 AD
44-Toatal numbers of Ghazwat?....27
45-Surah Without Bismillah?....Surah Tauba
46-Anarkali Is wriiten by?....Imtiaz Ali Taj
47-RAja Ghidh Is written by?....Bano Qudsiya
48-How many lines are there in MA-sud-dus?....6
49-Shikwa IQbal's Famous poem Is in whcih book?.... Baang-e-Dira
50-HAj performed by holy prophet on ?....10hij
51-Shanama ISlam is written by ?....Hafeez Jalandhari
52-Origin Of Specie Is written by?....Charles Darwin
53- Partition of Bengal Took place in ?.... 1905
54-Suez Canal Connects ?.... Medi and red sea

55- which poet was famous for Masnavi?....Mir Hassan

56. Muhammad Iqbal 1st book in persian?.....Israr e Khudi

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR LABOUR PAPER

1. Which is the largest community in the world without state?Kurds
2. Name of hurricane which touches the Florida in 2012?Hurricane Isaac
3. Who is the president of china? Hu Jintao
4. Who was the opponent of bema in election 2012? Mitt Romney
5. Sylhet District. Was the par of which province?Bangladesh
6. What is the meaning of term Annuity? (Pension-Allowance)
7. Which is the American state with most lakes? Alaska
8. Obama got maximum electoral vote from which stat? Washington D.C. (District of
Columbia)
9. National flower of Pakistan? Jasmine
10. Who composed the national anthem of Pakistan? Ahmad G. Chagla
11. Timbuktu city in which African country? Mali
12. Next winter Olympics 2014 will held in which city? Sochi, Russia
13. Who is the winner of snooker world championship held in Sofia, Bulgaria? Muhammad
Asif
14. Who is the winner of Wimbledon 2012 mens single?Roger Federer
15. End of Eden book is written by? Graham Phillips
16. Real name of sher shah suri? Farid Khan
17. X=4 and y=2 then x2-y2=?
18. 5(3x-7) =20 then 3x-8=?
19. If an object moves with speed of 30km/hr then how many meters travel in one second?

20.If temp at the morning was 13 degree and at the afternoon 32 degree then what is the
percentage of change in temp?
21. What is the meaning of AASRA? Shelter
22. Yangtze River not passes through from the following country?
23. Capital of Libya? Tripoli
24. Most abundant crust in the earth? Oxygen
25. Who is the special envoy to Syria from us? Masood Khan
26. Capital of Myanmar? Naypyidaw
27. Ordinary mobiles communication from which rays? Radio Frequency and Microwave
Radiation
28.Currency of South Africa? The rand
29. Who wrote misaq e hudaibyah?
30.Capital of Uzbekistan? Tashkent
31. Southern Cross is in southern region and at night skies how many stars in it? 4 (AlphaBeta-Gamma-Delta)
32. Greenwhich time from where calculated? England
33. Zero longitude on the Greenland is known as? Prime Meridian
34. How many disst. In Punjab. 36
35. Latest dist. In the Punjab?(chiniot was not in the option, option was nankana shahib)
36. Which gas has the same chemical composition of CNG?Bio Gas
37. Trachoma disease related to? Blindness
38.Hepatitis C affects the? Liver
39. Which was the capital of Bazyntum Empire?Constantinople
40.Who was the head of Bazymtum Empire at the time of Muhammad
(S.A.W.W)? Heraclius (but not sure)

41. Which sahabi name is in the Quran? Hazrat Zaid Bin Harith (RA)
42. Yasir Arfat died on the date? 11 November 2004
43. Ghyasudin Balban tenure starts in year? 1266
44.Bastille revolution was in the country? 14 July 1789
45. Head of bank of England is from the country? Canada
46.Who heads the commonwealth meeting?
47. Latin term Sui generio mean? Unique
48.Which gas use in the balloons? Helium or Hydrogen
49.Which is not the work of social security?
50.Which is not the work of labour welfare board?
51. Which is the article of labour law in the constitution?
52. Wages of women are in the act?
53. Acc. To act Age of child labour?
54. In which industry maximum child labour in Pakistan?
55. Child labour is prohibited in which act? ACT 1991
56. Minimum wages in Pakistan? Rs 8,000
57. How many millions child labour in the developing countries according to UN?
58. What is the circumference to radius? 58
59. Green plantation made for the cities, which city is not follow its?
60.What is the term related to Tokyo stock market?
61. Which order made the Gilgat Baltistan as separate province?
62. What is the meaning of fluent?
63. How many no. of peaks in Pakistan out of world highest 14 peaks?

64.Which is the following river in the pothohar platue?

65. 1/1000000=?
66.Where is the head quarter of ILO? Geneva
67. Now what is the status of philistine in UN? Non-Member State (Vaticane)
68.After changes the status of philistine now equal to which country?
69.Latest UNO member? South Sudan
70. In 2003 G. Sec. of UN? Kofi Annan
71. What is the meaning of Hobsons choice? take it or leave it
72. What is the meaning of term Leading question?
73. Iran, UAE separate by fall?
74. Break____(up, of, down, off)
75. Antonym of enthusing? enthuse
76. Synonym of tentive? Conjectural
77. Synonym of walay? Grain
78. Antonym of disjointed? Disorganized

12)
13) 1. The river Danube rises in which country?
Germany.
2. Which US state has the sugar maple as its state tree and is the leading US producer of
maple sugar?
Vermont.
3. Which country is nicknamed The Cockpit of Europe because of the number of battles
throughout history fought on its soil?
Belgium.
4. What is the capital of Libya?
Tripoli.

5. Apart from French, German and Romansch, what is the fourth official language of the
Switzerland?
Italian.
6. Which country is the worlds largest producer of coffee?
Brazil.
7. In which city was the worlds first underground train was service opened in 1863?
London.
8. How many pairs of ribs are there in the human body?
12.
9. Which country is separated form Ethiopia by the Red Sea?
Yemen.
10. What is the main port of Italy?
Genoa.
11. Mount Logan is the highest peak in which country?
Canada.
12. In which state is Harvard University?
New Jersey.
13. Which is larger: Norway or Finland?
Finland.
14. Which city was the first capital of the Kingdom of Italy until 1865?
Turin.
15. What is measured by an ammeter?
Electric current.
16. What is a rhinoceros horn made of?
Hair.
17. Which three countries, apart from the former Yugoslavia, share borders with Greece?
Albania, Bulgaria, Turkey.
18. The Palk Strait separates which two countries?
India and Sri Lanka.
19. Ga is the symbol for which element?
Gallium.
20. In the Greek alphabet, what is the name for the letter O?

Omicron.
21. What, in the 16th and 17th century, was a pavana?
A dance.
22. A nephron is the functional unit of which organ in the human body?
Kidney.
23. In which country is the ancient city of Tarsus?
Turkey.
24. The Khyber Pass links which two countries?
Afghanistan and Pakistan.
25. Name the six US states that comprise New England.
Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts.
26. Which musical instrument is played by both exhaling and inhaling?
Harmonica (or mouth organ).
27. The northern part of which country is called Oesling?
Luxembourg.
28. Napier is a city in which country?
New Zealand.
29. What is the Hook of Holland?
A port in the southeast Netherlands,
30. The river Douro forms part of the border between which two countries?
Spain and Portugal.
31. In which country is the Great Slave Lake?
Canada.
32. Which six countries border the Black Sea?
Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine.
33. Kathmandu is the capital of which country?
Nepal.
34. What name is given to a mixture of bicarbonate of soda and tartaric acid used in
cooking?
Baking powder.
35. AOL are an internet service provider. What does AOL stand for?
America Online.

36. Who discovered penicillin?

Alexander Fleming.
37. Which English queen had an extra finger on her hand?
Anne Boleyn.
38. Which precious metal has the symbol Pt?
Platinum.
39. The Gobi desert extends over which two countries?
China and Mongolia.
40. Apart from America, which is the only country in the world to which alligators are
native?
China.
14) 41. Which are the highest types of clouds: stratocumulus or cirrus?
Cirrus.
42. Which ancient measure of length was based on the length of the arm from fingertip to
elbow?
Cubit.
43. After World War I, Transylvania became part of which country?
Romania.
44. Which sea in Northern Europe is bounded by several countries including Sweden,
Finland, Poland and Germany?
The Baltic.
45. A road tunnel runs from Pelerins in France to Entreves in Italy under which mountain?
Mont Blanc.
46. The Barents Sea is part of which ocean?
Arctic.
47. Which two countries are either side of the mouth of the River Plate?
Argentina and Uruguay.
48. Quicklime is an alkaline powder obtained by strongly heating which other material?
Chalk.
49. What is the longest river solely in England?
Thames.
50. The Great Barrier Reef is off coast of which Australian state?
Queensland.

51. What is the name of the milky fluid obtained from trees which is used to produce
rubber?
Latex.
52. Of what is entymology the study?
Insects.
53. Of where is Amman the capital?
Jordan.
54. How many innings are there for each team in a game of baseball?
Nine.
55. Which is the only mammal with the power of active flight?
Bat.
56. Which lower level of clouds are commonly called rain clouds?
Nimbus.
57. What is the longest river in India?
Ganges.
58. Which metallic element has the property of catching fire if dropped in hot water?
Sodium.
59. Which month of the year obtains its name from the Latin verb for to open?
April.
60. On what river does Rome stand?
Tiber.
61. Quantas is the national airline of which country?
Australia.
62. What in Scotland is the meaning of the prefix Inver?
River mouth.
63. Which US state has the lowest population?
Alaska.
64. Which county is nicknamed the Garden of England?
Kent.
65. Which African country was formerly called French Sudan?
Mali.

66. Which sport was originally called soccer-in-water?

Water polo.
67. Which unit of measurement is derived from the Arabic quirrat, meaning seed?
Carat.
68. Which Italian city was originally built on seven hills?
Rome.
69. What does the acronym NAAFI stand for?
Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes.
70. Dolomite is an ore of which metal?
Magnesium.
71. Manama is the capital of which country?
Bahrain.
72. On which river does Berlin stand?
River Spree.
73. What type of clock was invented in 1656 by Christian Huygens?
The pendulum clock.
74. In which desert is the world's driest place?
Atacama (Chile).
75. Which is the world's saltiest sea?
The Red Sea.
76. ...... and which is the least salty?
The Baltic Sea.
77. Which nun won the Nobel prize for peace in 1979?
Mother Teresa.
78. How many points in the pink ball worth in snooker?
Six.
79. Which scientist was named 'Person of the Century' by Time Magazine?
Albert Einstein.
80. What kind of creature is a monitor?
Lizard.
15) 81. Which medical specialty is concerned with the problems and illnesses of children?
Pediatrics.

82. Who sailed in Santa Maria?

Christopher Columbus.
83. What name is given to the stiffening of the body after death?
Rigor mortis.
84. Which country was formerly known as Malagasy Republic?
Madagascar.
85. Addis Ababa is the capital of which country?
Ethiopia.
86. The name of which North African city literally means white house?
Casablanca.
87. Of what sort of fish is the dogfish a small variety?
Shark.
88. Which Asian country was divided at the 38th parallel after World War II?
Korea.
89. What is the name of the Winter Olympics event that combines cross-country skiing and
shooting?
Biathlon.
90. Which American science-fiction writer wrote Fahrenheit 451?
Ray Bradbury.
91. For which powerful opiate is diamorphine the technical name?
Heroin.
92. How many dominoes are there in a normal set?
28.
93. Who was cartoonist who created Batman?
Bob Kane.
94. Aerophobia is a fear of flying, agoraphobia is a fear of open spaces, what is acrophobia
a fear of?
Heights.
95. In computing, how is a modulator-demodulator more commonly known?
Modem.
96. An auger bit is used to drill what type of material?
Wood.

97. What part of the wheelbarrow is the fulcrum?

The wheel.
98. What C is a device used to determine small lengths, of which a vernier is one type?
Caliper.
99. Rip, chain and band are types of which tools?
Saw.
100. What calibrated tool was the standard tool for engineers and scientists prior to the
invention of the hand-held calculator?
Slide rule.
101. What P is sometimes referred to as block and tackle?
Pulley.
102. For what purpose would a gardener use a dibber?
Making holes.
103. What J is a device used to raise an object too heavy to deal with by hand?
Jack.
104. Ball-pein, club, claw and bush are types of which tool?
Hammer.
105. Which African animals name means river horse?
Hippopotamus.
106. Which Indian religion was founded by Guru Nanak?
Sikhism.
107. What is the most distant of the giant planets?
Neptune.
108. What is the capital of Austria?
Vienna.
109. What in printing do the letters u.c. stand for?
Upper case.
110. Which eye infection is sometimes called pinkeye?
Conjunctivitis.
111. What sort of creature is an iguana?
A lizard.
112. What, politically, does UDI stand for?

Unilateral declaration of independence.

113. Wagga Wagga is a city in which Australian state?
New South Wales.
114. Which Indian religion celebrated the 300th anniversary of its founding in 1999?
Sikhism.
115. What do the initials FBI stand for?
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
116. By what name is the fruit of the plant Ananas comosus known?
Pineapple.
117. Donnerstag is German for which day of the week?
Thursday.
118. What type of citrus fruit is a shamouti?
Orange.
119. Apiphobia is a fear of what?
Bees.
120. Which Asian capital city was known as Batavia until 1949?
Jakarta.
16) 121. Which astronomical unit os distance is greater, a parsec or a light year?
A parsec.
122. The ancient city of Carthage is now in which country?
Tunisia.
123. What in Russia is Izvestia?
A newspaper.
124. Which is the world's windiest continent?
Antarctica.
125. In the book Treasure Island what is the name of the ship?
Hispaniola.
126. In which part of the body are the deltoid muscles?
Shoulder.
127. E is the international car registration letter for which country?
Spain.
128. Vienna stands on which river?

Danube.
129. What type of camel has two lumps?
Bactrian.
130. In the MG motor car, what do the letters MG stand for?
Morris Garages.
131. The name of which Roman god means 'shining father' in Latin?
Jupiter.
132. What is the central colour of a rainbow?
Green.
133. Which French city is a meeting place for the European Parliament?
Strasbourg.
134. What part of the body consists of the duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum?
Small intestine.
135. Annapurna is a mountain in which mountain range?
Himalayas.
136. What kind of foodstuff is Monterey Jack? (It was also a cartoon's name
'What's for breakfast?'
187. What is the name of a person, plant or animal which shuns the light?
Lucifugous.
188. What, in field of optics, is biconvex?
A lens which is convex on both sides.
189. Which country was invaded in Iraq in 1980?
Iran.
190. What did Johann Galle discover in 1846?
Neptune.
191. What, in internet terminology, does SMTP stand for?
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
192. How is October 24 1929 remembered?
Black Thursday.
193. The River Danube flows into which sea?
The Black Sea.

194. Which strait separates the North and South islands of New Zealand?
Cook Strait.
195. What, in internet terminology, does FTP stand for?
File Transfer Protocol.
196. Who wrote Black Beauty?
Anna Sewell.
197. What is the capital of Poland?
Warsaw.
198. Ice-cream was first produced in which country in the 17th century?
Italy.
199. In medicine, what does the acronym SARS stand for?
Severe Acute Respiratory System.
200. Which popular name for Netherlands is actually a low-lying region of the country?
Holland.
17)
18) 201. Which Shakepeare play was set in Elsinore Castle, Denmark?
Hamlet.
202. Who said: 'Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration'?
Edison.
203. The Kyukyu Island chain lies between which two countries?
Japan & Taiwan.
204. Which fibrous protein is the major constituent of hair, nails, feathers, beaks and
claws?
Keratin.
205. Of which fruit is morello a variety?
Cherry.
206. Which explorer discovered Victoris Falls in Africa?
David Livingstone.
207. Who was the last king of Egypt?
Farouk.
208. What is the literal meaning of the word mafia?
Bargging.
209. Which war lasted 16 years longer than its name implies?

The Hundred Year's War.

210. What is the national sport of Malaysia and Indonesia?
Badminton.
211. Which is the shallowest of the Great Lakes?
Lake Erie.
212. What name is given to minute or microscopic animals and plants that live in the upper
layers of fresh and salt water?
Plankton.
213. Which country was originally named Cathay?
China.
214. Sinhalese is a language spoken in which country?
Sri Lanka.
215. The Sao Francisco river flows through which country?
Brazil.
216. In which sport do teams compete for the Dunhill Cup?
Golf.
217. Which Shakespeare character's last words are: 'The rest is silence'?
Hamlet.
218. In economics, whose law states that: 'bad money drives out good money'?
Gresham's
219. Who made the first navigation of the globe in the vessel Victoria?
Magellan.
220. Which mountaineer on being asked why he wanted to climb Everest said: 'Because
it's there'?
George Mallory.
19) 221. What was the former name for Sri Lanka?
Ceylon.
222. Of which Middle East, country is Baghdad the capital?
Iraq.
223. How many arms does a squid have?
Ten.
224. Which indoor game is played with a shuttlecock?
Badminton.

225. Do stalactites grow upwards or downwards?

Downwards.
226. What food is also called garbanzo?
Chick-pea.
227. What is the quality rating for diesel fuel, similar to the octane number for petrol?
Catane number.
228. Which German city and port is at the confluence of the rivers Neckar and Rhine?
Mannheim.
229. Where in Europe are the only wild apes to be found?
Gibraltar.
230. The Brabanconne is the national anthem of which country?
Belgium.
231. In which country is the River Spey?
Switzerland.
232. Which international environmental pressure group was founded in 1971?
Greenpeace.
233. What is the capital of Morocco?
Rabat.
234. How many balls are on the table at the start of a game of pool?
Sixteen.
235. In which country is the volcano Mount Aso?
Japan.
236. What name is given to inflammation of one or more joints, causing pain, swelling and
restriction of movement?
Arthritis.
237. Which mineral is the main source of mercury?
Cinnabar.
238. What A is the national airline of Russia, code name SU?
Aeroflot.
239. What would be kept in a quiver?
Arrows.

240. What 'ology' is concerned with the study of unidentified flying objects?
Ufology.
20) 241. Coal and longtailed are types of which bird family?
Tit.
242. In the game of darts, what is the value of the outer bull?
25.
243. In which part of the human body is the cochlea?
Ear.
244. What is the modern name of the rocky fortress which the Moors named Gabel-al-Tarik
(the Rock of Tarik)?
Gibraltar.
245. What was the name of German terrorist Andreas Baader's female partner?
Ulrike Meinhof.
246. And what was the name of the urban guerrilla organisation they headed?
The Red Army Faction.
247. Which German bacteriologist discovered Salvarsan, a compound used in the
treatment of syphilis, before the introduction of antibiotics?
Paul Ehrlich.
248. Which ancient Roman satirist wrote the 16 Satires?
Juvenal.
249. Who became the Queen of Netherlands in 1980?
Beatrix.
250. Who was the last Bristish king to appear in battle?
George II.
251. What is the art of preparing, stuffing and mounting the skins of animals to make
lifelike models called?
Taxidermy.
252. What is the Beaufort scale used to measure?
Wind speed.
253. What is the technical name for abnormally high blood presure?
Hypertension.
254. What part of eye is responsible for its color?
The iris.

256. The letter RF on a stamp would indicate it is from which country?

France.
257. What is the meaning of the musical term cantabile?
In a singing style.
258. San Juan is the capital of which island in the West Indies?
Puerto Rico.
259. Which profession gets its name from the Latin word for lead?
Plumbing.
260. On which part of the body do grasshoppers have their ears?
Hind legs. 261. Who wrote children's stories about the land of Narnia?
C.S. Lewis.
262. What is the second planet from the sun?
Venus.
263. What is the highest mountain in the Alps?
Mont Blanc.
264. Of which Caribbean country is Port-au-Prince the capital?
Haiti.
265. Which German city is asscociated with the legend of the Pied Piper?
Hameln, or Hamelin.
266. What name is given to the wind pattern that brings heavy rain to South Asia from April
to September?
Monsoon.
267. What is the first book of the New Testament?
The Gospel according to Saint Matthew.
268. What name is given to the time taken for half the atoms in a sample of a radioactive
isotope to decay?
Half-life.
269. Who was president of Kenya from 1964 to 1978?
Jomo Kenyatta.
270. Which German author wrote the anti-war novel All Quiet on the Western Front?
Erich Maria Remarque.
271. Which country had a police force called the Tonton Macoutes?
Haiti.

272. What would you find in formicary?

Ants.
273. Who was the first British sovereign to make regular use of Buckingham Palace when
in residence in London?
Queen Victoria.
274. Of where is Sofia the capital?
Bulgaria.
275. What is meant by the musical term andante?
At a moderate tempo.
276. In a bullfight, what is the mounted man with a lance called?
A picador.
277. Which team has a soccer team called Ajax?
Amsterdam.
278. Which Dutch explorer discovered New Zealand?
Abel Tasman.
279. Who became first black world heavyweight boxing champion in 1918?
Jack Johnson.
280. The name of which city in South America means Vale of Paradise?
Valparaiso.
21) _____281. Which gas used in advertising signs has the symbol Ne?
Neon.
282. Which branch of mathematics uses symbols to represent unknown quantities?
Algebra.
283. What does the abbreviation RAF stand for?
Royal Air Force.
284. What name is given to the use of live animals in the experiments?
Vivisection.
285. Viti Levu is the largest island of which country?
Fiji.
286. The Golden Arrow was a famous train that ran from Paris to which destination?
Monte Carlo.
287. Which country fought on both sides during World War II?

Italy.
288. What centigrade temperature is gas mark 6 equal to?
200 degrees C.
289. In the game of chess, which piece is called springer in Germany?
Knight.
290. What is the meaning of the Russian word 'mir'?
Peace.
291. Who, in World War II, were Axis Power?
Germany, Italy. Japan.
292. Which scientist used kites to conduct electrical experiments?
Benjamin Frankline.
293. What is the longest river in France?
Loire.
294. Which inventore had a research laboratory at Menlo Park?
Edison.
295. Which birds fly in groups called skeins?
Geese.
296. In medicine, which is the most widespread parasitic infection?
Malaria.
297. What nationality was the explorer Ferdinand Magellan?
Portuguese.
298. Which Italian city is called Firenze in Italian?
Florence.
299. What is Autralia's largest city?
Sydney.

300. Which term meaning 'lightning war' was used to describe military tactics used by
Germany in World War II?
Blitzkrieg.