Caravan’s

Comprehensive Book of

GENERAL
KNOWLEDGE
MCQs
By
CH. AHMAD NAJIB

CONTENTS
 GENERAL GEOGRAPHY ........................................................................................... 1
 Area and Population of Continents, Highest and Lowest (continental
altitudes), Oceans, Seas, Important Islands, Principal Mountain Peaks,
Important Natural Lakes, important Shipping Canals, Tropical Deserts,
important Rivers, Major Crops, Important Minerals and Principal Producing
Countries, Major Industries.
 RIVERS OF THE WORLD ........................................................................................ 31
 OCEANS AND SEAS ................................................................................................ 33
 CANALS, BARRAGES AND DAMS .......................................................................... 35
 MOUNTAINS AND PLATEAUES .............................................................................. 37
 LAKES AND WATER FALLS .................................................................................... 39
 GULFS AND BAYS ................................................................................................... 41
 VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES ....................................................................... 42
 DESERTS AND PLAINS ........................................................................................... 43
 PASSES AND GLACIERS ........................................................................................ 45
 STRAITS ................................................................................................................... 47
 ISLANDS AND PENINSULAS .................................................................................. 48
 SEA PORTS .............................................................................................................. 50
 UNIVERSE ................................................................................................................ 53
 WORLD CHRONOLOGY .......................................................................................... 62
 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES ........................................................... 70
 KYOTO PROTOCOL & CLIMATE CHANGE .................................................... 70
 2010 PAKISTAN FLOODS ................................................................................ 71
 WATER DISPUTE ............................................................................................. 71
 SIR CREEK ISSUE ........................................................................................... 73
 SIACHEN ISSUE ............................................................................................... 74
 KASHMIR ISSUE .............................................................................................. 75
 IRAN NUCLEAR ISSUE .................................................................................... 76
 AFGHANISTAN ISSUE ..................................................................................... 77
 PALESTINE ISSUE ........................................................................................... 79
 KURDISTAN ISSUE .......................................................................................... 81
 CYPRUS ISSUE ................................................................................................ 82
 CHECHENIA ISSUE.......................................................................................... 84
 LEBANON ISSUE.............................................................................................. 85
 MISCELLANEOUS WORLD DISPUTES .......................................................... 86
 COUNTRIES ............................................................................................................. 88
 CONTINENTS ................................................................................................... 88
 AFRICA ...................................................................................................... 88
 ASIA ........................................................................................................... 90
 EUROPE .................................................................................................... 92
 NORTH AMERICA..................................................................................... 94
 SOUTH AMERICA ..................................................................................... 95
 OCEANIA ................................................................................................... 96
 LAND LOCKED COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD .................................................... 109
 DISTINCTIVE NAMES OF COUNTRIES / CITIES ................................................. 111
 OLD AND NEW NAMES ......................................................................................... 116
 IMPORTANT CITIES OF THE WORLD .................................................................. 119
 EXPLORATIONS AND DISCOVERIES .................................................................. 122
 RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD ................................................................................ 124
 EMPIRES & DYNASTIES ....................................................................................... 127
 BATTLES ................................................................................................................ 131
 WORLD FAMOUS LINES ....................................................................................... 136
 PARLIAMENTS ....................................................................................................... 138
 AIRLINES ................................................................................................................ 142
 NEWS AGENCIES .................................................................................................. 145
 WORLD SECRET AGENCIES ................................................................................ 149
 AIRPORTS .............................................................................................................. 153
 ANNUAL DAYS / WEEKS ....................................................................................... 155
 IMPORTANT BOOKS ............................................................................................. 159
 NOBEL PRIZES ...................................................................................................... 175
 HIGHEST MILITARY AWARDS .............................................................................. 181

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 OSCAR AWARDS ................................................................................................... 183
 WORLD RECORDS ................................................................................................ 184
 GENERAL INFORMATIONS .................................................................................. 201
 PERSONALITIES .................................................................................................... 246
 POLITICAL, CONSTITUTIONAL AND DIPLOMATIC TERMS ............................... 267
 FOREIGN PHRASES .............................................................................................. 271
 NUCLEAR AGE ....................................................................................................... 276
 UNO AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ..................................... 279
 UNITED NATIONS .......................................................................................... 279
 ROSTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS .................................................... 279
 DIFFERENT UN AGENCIES ................................................................... 281
 IMF ........................................................................................................... 289
 WORLD BANK......................................................................................... 290
 FAO ......................................................................................................... 290
 ILO ........................................................................................................... 291
 UNESCO ................................................................................................. 291
 WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) ........................................... 292
 OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ............................................................................. 293
 COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS .......................................................... 293
 EUROPEAN UNION ............................................................................... 294
 NAM ........................................................................................................ 295
 SAARC ................................................................................................... 297
 ASEAN .................................................................................................... 299
 ECO ......................................................................................................... 300
 SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION (SCO) .......................... 300
 OPEC ...................................................................................................... 301
 COLOMBO PLAN ................................................................................... 301
 OIC ......................................................................................................... 302
 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ................................................................. 303
 G-8 .......................................................................................................... 303
 ARAB LEAGUE ...................................................................................... 304
 G-77 ........................................................................................................ 304
 WTO ....................................................................................................... 305
 NATO ...................................................................................................... 305
 CENTO ................................................................................................... 305
 SEATO .................................................................................................... 307
 RED CROSS .......................................................................................... 307
 INTERPOL .............................................................................................. 307
 NPT .......................................................................................................... 308
 AU ........................................................................................................... 308
 OAS ........................................................................................................ 308
 OECD ...................................................................................................... 309
 SCOUTS ................................................................................................. 309
 G-15 ........................................................................................................ 309
 D-8 ........................................................................................................... 310
 G-20 ......................................................................................................... 310
 Misc. ........................................................................................................ 310
 ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS AND TERMS ...................................................... 312
 ECONOMICS .......................................................................................................... 335
 IMPORTANT TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS ................................. 355
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 WONDERS OF THE WORLD ................................................................................. 356
 SPORTS .................................................................................................................. 358
 EVERYDAY SCIENCE ............................................................................................ 372
 GENERAL BIOLOGY .............................................................................................. 391
 VITAMINS ............................................................................................................... 403
 DISEASES .............................................................................................................. 406
 PHYSICS ................................................................................................................. 413
 CHEMISTRY ........................................................................................................... 426
 DISCOVERIES & INVENTIONS ............................................................................. 434
 DIFFERENT SCIENCES ......................................................................................... 444
 SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS / MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS ................................ 447
 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES .................................................................................. 450
 COMPUTER ............................................................................................................ 454
 MENTAL APTITUDE TESTS .................................................................................. 463
 I.Q. TEST ......................................................................................................... 463
 SERIES ........................................................................................................... 465
 BASIC ARITHMATICS .................................................................................... 467
 ISLAMIYAT .............................................................................................................. 473
 PAKISTAN STUDIES .............................................................................................. 502
 HISTORY OF SUB-CONTINENT / FREEDOM STRUGGLE &
IMPORTANT EVENTS FROM 712 TO 2016 .................................................. 502
 REFORMS / ACTS DURING BRITISH PERIOD ............................................ 512
 HEADS OF GOVERNMENT SINCE 1947 ...................................................... 514
 ARMY .............................................................................................................. 515
 CHIEF JUSTICES ........................................................................................... 516
 SEATS OF ASSEMBLIES ............................................................................... 517
 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS MADE SINCE 1973 .............................. 518
 HISTORY OF PAKISTAN ....................................................................................... 520
 INDUS-VALLEY CIVILIZATION ...................................................................... 520
 THE COMING OF ARABS & TURKS / THE DELHI SULTANATE ................. 521
 THE MUGHAL EMPIRES ................................................................................ 525
 ADVENT OF EUROPEAN INFLUENCE / MOVEMENT FOR
INDEPENDENCE ............................................................................................ 528
 CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF PAKISTAN, 1947 ONWARD ........ 552
 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS .............................................................. 556
 LEGAL FRAMEWORK ORDER ...................................................................... 560
 MUSHARRAF’S ERA ...................................................................................... 562
 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ............................................................................... 562
 YOUSAF RAZA GILANI’S ERA ....................................................................... 564
 GEOGRAPHY OF PAKISTAN ........................................................................ 565
 PHYSIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................ 576
 CLIMATE ........................................................................................................ 578
 PLAINS AND SOIL .......................................................................................... 579
 MOUNTAINS / RANGES ................................................................................. 579
 PASSES .......................................................................................................... 582
 DESERTS ........................................................................................................ 584
 GLACIERS ...................................................................................................... 585
 LAKES ............................................................................................................. 586
 RIVERS ........................................................................................................... 587
 DISTRICTS...................................................................................................... 589
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  GILGIT-BALTISTAN ........................................................................................ 590
 MINERALS ...................................................................................................... 591
 WATER / POWER RESOURCES ................................................................... 596
 ENERGY AND POWER .................................................................................. 600
 NUCLEAR POWER ........................................................................................ 600
 AGRICULTURE ............................................................................................... 602
 INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ....................................................................... 603
 POPULATION ................................................................................................. 603
 TRANSPORTATION ....................................................................................... 606
 TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT ............................................................. 607
 SURFACE TO SURFACE MISSILES ............................................................. 609
 HISTORICAL PLACES OF PAKISTAN................................................................... 610
 FIRST IN PAKISTAN............................................................................................... 613
 COLDEST, HIGHEST, LOWEST, BIGGEST & SMALLEST................................... 618
 ECONOMIC SURVEY OF PAKISTAN (2015-16) ................................................... 623
 BUDGET 2016-17 ................................................................................................... 630
 WHO IS WHO? ....................................................................................................... 634
 CURRENT AFFAIRS 2015-2016 ............................................................................ 636
 NEW HORISONS ........................................................................................... 646
 2015 CRICKET WORLD CUP ................................................................................ 654
 2016 T20 CRICKET WORLD CUP ......................................................................... 654
 IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ASKED IN PREVIOUS PAPERS................................ 655
 ISLAMIYAT .............................................................................................................. 691
 PREVIOUS SOLVED PAPERS OF PPSC.............................................................. 701
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