Jane Austen

Niccolo Machiavelli

Karl Marx

Lew Wallace

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

John Grisham

Charles Dickens

Louis Lasagna

Edmund Spenser

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Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Muhammad Naseem Hijazi

Molana Shibli Nomani and Syed Sulaman Nidvi



Capital:-Kigali

Currency:- Rwandan franc (RWF)

Capital:-Mogadishu

Currency:-Somali shilling (SOS)



Capital:-Cape Town

Currency:-Rand

Capital:- Kampala

Currency:- Ugandan shilling

Capital:-Doha

Currency:- Riyal

Capital:- Helsinki

Currency:- Euro


The capital of Yugoslavia was Belgrade. Yugoslavia no longer exists as acountry

Currency:-Dinar

Capital:-Budapest

Currency:- Forint

Capital:-Port-au-Prince

Currency:- Gourde

1st Governor of Punjab,(15 Aug 1947- 2Aug 1949)

2nd Governor of the NWFP (9 April 1948 - 16 July 1949)

1st Commander of Pakistan Army (15 August 1947-10 Feb 1948)

Founder of the Indian National Congress

Youngest Pilot Officer in the Pakistan Air Force received Nishan-e-Haider

Urdu and English language Poet and was editor and publisher of magazine Funoon.

Prime Minister of Turkey since 2003

Last head of state of the Soviet Union, (1988 -1991)

Current Secretary-General of the United Nations

first non-European Nobel Prize winner in Literature in 1913 ,Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music.

Founder and head of Edhi Foundation

Columnist of Dawn newspaper

Indian Nobel Prize winner physicist (1930) for the discovery that when light traverses a transparent material, some of the light that is deflected changes in wavelength.

President and Founder of the Islamic Development Bank


Muslim scholar and the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia

World Union Of Karate-Do-Organization

World Anti Doping Agency

Federation Internationale De Football Association

Audit Bureau Of Circulation, Asia Badminton Confederation ,American Broadcasting Company

Joint Chief Of Staff Committee

Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile

Follow-On Forces Attack/ Find One Find All
Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly

Xerox Global Services /Exports of Goods and Services (not sure)

World Wide Web

World Intellectual Property Organization

United Press International

United Nations Institute For Training And Research

Trading Cooperation Of Pakistan/Transmission Control Protocol

Sound Navigation And Ranging

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COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE POSTS OF DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER (B-17) IN THE BALOCHISTAN FOREST AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Time 03 Hours June 22, 2012 Marks:100

Q.No.1. Write brief notes on Two of the following topics:
(i) Energy Crisis
(ii) Plight of Pakistan Railways
(iii) Rain forests
(iv) Environmental Pollution
Q.No.2. Define any Five of the following:
(i) Monarchy
(ii) Theocracy
(iii) Casting vote
(iv) Embargo
(v) Inflation
(vi) Frogman
(vii) Quizling
(viii) Patent
Q.No.3. Choose the correct answer. (Attempt any Ten)
1) Which of the following countries is not a member of U.N?
(a) Turkey
(b) Austria
(c) Sweden
(d) Taiwan
2) The headquarters of International Court of Justice are at:
(a) London
(b) Geneva
(c) The Hague
(d) New york
3) Pakistan joined the U.N in the year:
(a) 1958
(b) 1946
(c) 1947
(d) 1950
4) The name United Nations was suggested by:
(a) Churchill
(b) Roosevelt
(c) Nehru
(d) Abraham Lincoln
5) The permanent secretariat of SAARC is at:
(a) Islamabad
(b) Colombo
(c) Kathmandu
(d) Delhi
6) Which country is not the member of ASEAN:
(a) Cambodia
(b) Brunei
(c) Thailand
(d) Vietnam
7) The second Prime Minister of Pakistan was:
(a) M. Ali Bogra
(b) Liaqat Ali Khan
(c) Kh. Nizamuddin
(d) Ch. Mohammad Ali
8) The member of Security Council members is:
(a) 15
(b) 05
(c) 11
(d) 19
9) The Russian revolution took place in:
(a) 1913
(b) 1915
(c) 1917
(d) 1919
10) Davis cup is a challenge trophy of:
(a) Table tennis
(b) Lawn Tennis
(c) Badminton
(d) Squash
11) Which country suffered the most in World War II:
(a) France
(b) Germany
(c) Japan
(d) England
12) Democracy was first introduced in:
(a) Egypt
(b) China
(c) Rome
(d) Greece
Q.No.4. What do the following abbreviations stand for: (Attempt any ten)
1) F.B.S
2) C.M.A
3) P.O.A
4) U.S.C
5) E.N.T
6) R.T.A
7) N.L.C
8) N.U.J
9) O.I.C
10) Ph.D
11) R.C.D
12) U.F.O
Q.No.5. Fill in the following blanks with appropriate answers: (Attempt any ten)
1) Angora is the old name of…………….
2) Pampas are the vast grassy plains of…………………
3) The metal most abundantly found on the surface of earth is………………..
4) Cathay is the old name of………………………
5) The largest rice producing country in the world is……………………….
6) The World’s largest mountain range is………………….
7) Savanna grasslands with tall trees are mainly found in………………..
8) Mount Everest is located in…………………….
9) The brightest planet in our solar system is……………………
10) The type of forests which account for most of the total forest area in the world is known as……….......
11) Penicillin was discovered by………………
12) “KIWIS” is the nick name used for the people of……………….

THE END

Brothers, i need some guidance about the foreign terms and identification of personalities. how can i prepare them.

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Get the book 'Everlatest' from the market you may get a portion of foreign phrases and personalities. Moreover, for current personalities get the help of newspapers etc.

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Q.NO. 5. Abbreviations: Do any TEN: (10 Marks)

1. A.N.C African National congress
2. A.w.a.c.s
3. B.C.C.I Board of control of cricket in India
4. C.B.R central bureu of revenue
5. A.P.E.C Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
6. C.P.N.E Council of pakistan news editors
7. C.T.B.T Comprehensive test Ban Treaty
8. G.A.T.T General Agreement on trade and tarrif
9. G.C.C gulf cooperation council
10. M.C.O Managed care organiaion
11. M.O.U Memorandum of Understandings
12. N.U.S.T National University of Science and Technology
13. P.N.S.C Pakistan Naval Shipyard Company

OMG I am too confuse to see this type of tough paper, after Analyzing the paper I am Feeling my self as Zero level in Gk
Please Guide how can we get span of knowledge in our hand ?

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which books to concern for general knowledge? very tough paper....