Prepared & Edited by: Aamir Mahar (Paramount Coaching Centre)

HISTORY, CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION MCQs

1. Famous Novel “The Three Musketeers” 7. Famous English Poet “William
was written by Wordsworth” died in
(a) Alexander Dumas (a) 1849
(b) George Eliot
(c) Thomas Hardy (b) 1850
(d) Victor Hugo. (c) 1851
(d) 1852
2. Famous English Poet John Keats died of T.B
at the age of: 8. “John Milton” was a famous English poet.
(a) 30 What tragedy was faced by him at his old
(b) 20 age?
(c) 25 (a) Lost his son
(d) 35 (b) Lost his eye sight
(c) Lost his legs
3. Play “Othello” was written by: (d) Lost his all property
(a) Shakespeare
(b) Bernard Shaw 9. “Khushal Khan Khattak” was a famous
(c) Russell poet of:
(d) Milton (a) Balochi Language
(b) Urdu Language
4. Famous Economist “Karl Marx” belongs (c) Barohi Language
to: (d) Pushto Language
(a) England
(b) U.S.A 10. “Abdul Latif Bhitai” was a famous poet
(c) Former U.S.S.R of:
(d) Germany (a) Barohi Language
(b) Sindhi Language
5. The theme of the famous play “Caeser and (c) Urdu Language
Cleopatra” by (d) Balochi Language
G.B. Shaw is a:
(a) Romance 11. Which of the following countries is
(b) History under an absolute monarchy:
(c) Tragedy (a) Norway
(d) Comedy (b) Kuwait
(c) Thailand
6. Master piece Novels “War and Peace” and (d) Oman
“Anana Karenina”
was written by 12. December 3, (every year) is observed all
(a) Hardly over the world as:
(b) Oscar Wild (a) International Literacy Day.
(c) Tolstoy (b) International Civil Aviation Day.
(d) None of the above (c) International Day of Disabled Persons.
(d) International Day of Human Rights.
13. The “Holy Quran” was translated first (d) Coleridge
time in:
(a) Persian 20. “Taj Mahal” a magnificent white marble
(b) Sindhi mausoleum is situated at
(c) Pushto (a) Delhi
(d) Ibrani (b) Hyderabad
(c) Ahmadabad
14. “Waris Shah” a Punjabi Poet is famous (d) Agra
for his:
(a) Heer Ranjha 21. The only mosque in the world with six
(b) Laila Majnu minaretes is the Blue Mosque” or the
(c) Mirza Sahiban “Mosque of Sultan Ahmad”. It is situated at
(d) Sohni Mahenwal (a) Tehran
(b) Istanbul
15. “Hayat-e-Jawaid” written by Altaf (c) Jaddah
Hussain Hali is on the life of: (d) Cairo
(a) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(b) Ghalib 22. “Elysee Palace” is the official residence
(c) Saadi Shirazi of:
(d) None of the above (a) President of Italy
(b) President of France
16. Famous Novel “Pride and Prejudice” is (c) Prime Minister of England
written by: (d) President of Turkey
(a) Jane Eyre
(b) Jane Austen 23. “Rohtas Fort” is situated near Jhelum. It
(c) Emily Broute was built by:
(d) Byron (a) Shah Jehan
(b) Akbar
17. Archaeologists have recently revealed (c) Sher Shah Suri
through a research that the Roman Empire (d) Aurengzab
was destroyed by the fatal disease of:
(a) Malaria 24. Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) was
(b) Plague the King of:
(c) Influenza (a) Egypt
(d) Cholera. (b) Portugal
(c) Macedonia
18. Famous Novel “A Tale of Two Cities is (d) Greece.
written by:
(a) Thomas Hardy 25. “Queen’s House” is the official residence
(b) Alexander Dumas of:
(c) Charles Dickens (a) President of Sri Lanka
(d) None of the above. (b) Head of the State of Canada
(c) Royal Family of Manacco
19. An English writer known for his free (d) None of the above
translation of the “Rubaiyat of Omar
Khayyam” is: 26. The Height of “Empire State Building”
(a) Byron situated in Manhattan, New York, U.S.A is:
(b) Shelly (a) 400 metre
(c) Edward Fitzgerald (d) 390 metre
(c) 381 metre (a) French Sculpture
(d) 350 metre (b) Roman Sculpture
(c) Greek Sculpture
27. “Hyde Park” London is famous for: (d) Arabian Sculpture
(a) Beautiful Flowers
(b) Remarkable Fountains 34. “Temples of Artemis (Diana)” (ancient
(c) Public meeting and assemblage wonder) is said to have been amongst the
(d) Huge Area most beautiful temples in the world. It was
built in the honour of the Greek goddess of
28. We often came across the news wherein moon at:
‘Red Square” is often described. It is situated (a) Tureky
in: (b) Athens
(a) New York (c) Iraq
(b) Beijing (d) None of the above
(c) Lenin grad
(d) Moscow 35. “Temples of Artemis” (Ancient wonder)
was built during the reign of:
29. Among the ancient wonders of the world (a) Namrood
which one is still exists: (b) Ceaser
(a) Statue of Zeus (c) Alexander the Great
(b) Pyramids of Egypt (d) None of the above
(c) Temples of Artemis
(d) None of the above. 36. An ancient wonder Mausoleum of
Halicarnassus” created in 353 B.C by Queen
30. The only human achievement visible Artemisia in memory of her husband. King
from the moon is: Mausalus. It was destroyed by:
(a) Hardrian’s Wall (a) Fire
(b) The Great Wall of China (b) Flood
(c) Wailing Wall (c) Earthquake
(d) None of above (d) Destroyed in battles

31. Salang Tunnel in Afghanistan linked 37. Colossus of Phodes” was the huge statute
Kabul with: of Helios, formerly called Apollo which stood
(a) Jalalabad at the entrance to the:
(b) Mazar-i-Sharif (a) Harbour of Athens
(c) Kandahar (b) Harbour of Alexandria
(d) Tora Bora. (c) Harbour of Rhodes
(d) None of above
32. One of the ancient wonder “The Hanging
Gardens of 38. “The pharos of Alexandria” an ancient
Babylon” were situated in: wonder was situated in an Island near
(a) Iran Alexandria. What was it.
(b) Spain (a) A Tower
(c) Iraq (b) A Light House
(d) Turkey (c) A Statue
(d) None of the above
33. One of ancient wonder “The statue of
Zeus (Jupiter)” was carved at about 2,400 39. Famous wonder of the world “Leaning
years ago by: tower of Pisa” is situated in:
(a) France
(b) Belgium 47. Who is called “Man of Iron and Blood”?
(c) Rome (a) Napoleon
(d) Italy (b) Prince Bismarck
(c) Eisenhower
40. Length of “the great wall of China” is: (d) None of the above
(a) 2500 km
(b) 2400 km 48. Who is known as “Man of destiny” and
(c) 2300 km “little corporal”?
(d) 2200 km (a) Alexander the Great
(b) Bismarck
41. The headquarters of World Trade (c) Napoleon
Organization is in: (d) Hitler
(a) Geneva
(b) New York 49. Who is the 1st Secretary General of
(c) London U.N.O?
(d) Paris (a) U. Thant
(b) Dag Hammarskjold
42. “The Church of Saint Sophia” is among (c) Trygve lie
the Seven wonders of the world (later list). It (d) Kurt Waldheim
is situated in:
(a) Ankara 50. The headquarter of U.N Security Council
(b) Istanbul is in:
(c) Izmir (a) Washington
(d) None of the above (b) New York
(c) Geneva
43. “Dragon” is a symbol of: (d) Vienna
(a) Russia
(b) China 51. The Headquarter of International Atomic
(c) U.S.A Energy Agency is in:
(d) England (a) Vienna
(b) Geneva
44. “Bear” is a symbol of: (c) Berne
(a) Russia. (d) Rome
(b) China
(c) Turkey 52. Among the following countries which is
(d) Egypt not the member of U.N.O.
(a) Syria
45. Who is called “Lady of the Lamp”? (b) Switzerland
(a) Jane Eyre (c) Lebanon
(b) Florence Nightingale (d) None of the above.
(c) Mother Tressa
(d) None of the above one 53. Which of the following historical sites of
Pakistan is on the World Heritage List?
46. Who is called “Desert Fox”? (a) Mohenjodaro
(a) Hitler (b) Takht-i-Bahi
(b) Napoleon (c) Lahore Fort
(c) General Rommel (d) All of the above
(d) Richard Cobden
54. “Sir Ronald Ross” was awarded Nobel (b) Medicine
Prize in Medicine in 1902 for his work on: (c) Psychology
(a) Cholera (d) Peace
(b) Typhoid
(c) Tuberculosis 61. “W.C. Rontgen” was awarded 1st Nobel
(d) Malaria Prize in Physics for his remarkable discovery
of X-Rays. From which country he belongs:
55. Who was awarded Nobel Prize in 1945 (a) Sweden
for the discovery of penicillin and its curative (b) Germany
effects in various infectious diseases? (c) U.S.A
(a) Louis Pasteur (d) Great Britain
(b) Sir Alexandar Fleming
(c) Madam Curie 62. Who is called “Father of History”?
(d) None of the above (a) Bancroft
(b) Herodotus
56. Nobel Prizes were First awarded in the (c) Gibbon
year. (d) None of the above
(a) 1900
(d) 1901 63. From which country “Herodotus” The
(c) 1902 father of History belongs:
(d) 1905 (a) Egypt
(b) Portugal
57. Identify the cause of disturbances in the (c) Greek
‘Maluku’ island of Indonesia: (d) Italy
(a) Maximum autonomy from the centre
demanded. 64. Who is called “Father of Comedy”?
(b) Complete independence and statehood (a) Shakespeare
proposed. (b) Aristophanes
(c) Muslim and Christian religious conflict (c) Shaw
(d) None of the above. (d) None of the above

58. The prizes are formally awarded on the 65. “Christopher Columbus” (who
death anniversary of Alfred Nobel on: discovered Central America). From which
(a) 1st December country he belonged:
(b) 25th December (a) Italy
(c) 10th December (b) Spain
(d) 31st December (c) China
59. All Nobel Prize are given in Stockholm by (d) Greece
the King of Sweden except the peace prize,
which is given in the city of: 66. “Maiden Pakistani” who was awarded by
(a) Geneva Nobel Prize in 1979, was:
(b) Oslo (a) Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan
(c) London (b) Dr. Abdul Salam
(d) Hague (c) Dr. Sammar
(d) Dr. Muneer Ahmad Khan
60. “Mother Teresa” (India) was awarded by
Nobel Prize in the 67. Dr. Abdul Salam won the Nobel Prize in
field of: the field of:
(a) Agriculture (a) Physics
(b) Chemistry 75. “Trpitak” in the Holy Book of:
(c) Medicine (a) Siks
(d) Bio-Chemistry (b) Hindus
(c) Jews
68. Famous Painting “Mona Lisa” was the (d) Buddhists
creation of:
(a) Inigo Jones 76. “Guru Garanth Sahib” is the holy book
(b) Leonardo da Vinci of:
(c) Yrancois Boucher (a) Hindus
(d) None of the above. (b) Buddhists
(c) Jews
69. The creator of “Mona Lisa” belonged to: (d) Sikhs
(a) France
(b) Spain 77. Which civilization is oldest among the
(c) Italy following:
(d) England (a) Harappa
(b) Gandhara
70. Who is the author of “The History of the (c) Persian
Decline and fall of the Roman Empire”? (d) Muslim
(a) Herodotus
(b) Holinshed 78. The first unmanned space ship landed on
(c) Macaulay the moon on:
(d) Edward Gilbon (a) 30th June, 1966
(b) 30th May, 1966
71. Great Philosopher “Confucius” belonged (c) 31st December, 1966
to: (d) 30th July, 1966
(a) Japan
(b) Nepal 79. Which city is the oldest inhabited capital
(c) China in the World:
(d) Sri Lanka (a) Cairo
(b) Damascus
72. “Gautam Buddha” was born in: (c) Athens
(a) 480 B.C (d) Tehran
(b) 450 B.C
(c) 460 B.C 80. ‘Temple Trees’ is an official residence of
(d) 483 B.C the:
(a) King of Nepal
73. “Jalal-ud-Din “Rumi” was a great poet. (b) King of Bhutan
His poetry is in: (c) President of Maldev
(a) Urdu (d) Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
(b) Arabic
(c) Persian 81. Who won the battle of Waterloo?
(d) Sindhi (a) Napoleon
(b) Allied forces
74. “Gita or Vedas” is the holy books of: (c) Duke of Wellington
(a) Sikhs (d) None of the above
(b) Hindus
(c) Buddhists
(d) Jews
82. Muhammad bin Qasim was the 1st (c) Mahmood Gawan
Muslim who invaded India and made Sindh a (d) Alberuni
Province of Arab dominion. He
came to India: 89. “Ibn-i-Batuta” was a Moorish traveler
(a) 705 A.D who visited India in:
(b) 712 A.D (a) 12th Century
(c) 760 A.D (b) 13th Century
(d) 902 A.D (c) 14th Century
(d) 15th Century
83. Chenghez Khan was a Mongol
conqueror who came to India 90. “Alberuni” wrote a book “An inquiry
during the rein of: into India” with great historical value. He
(a) Aibak came India along with:
(b) Aurengzab (a) Sher Shah Suri
(c) Sher Shah Suri (b) Babur
(d) Iltutmish (c) Sultan Mehmood of Ghazni
(d) None of the above
84. Qutabuddin Aibak was the first Muslim
King of Delhi Sultanate and founder of: 91. Sher Shah defeated Hammayun in 1540
(a) Mughal Empire A.D. As a result, he became the emperor of
(b) Tughluq Dynasty Hindustan. The battle is called:
(c) Slave Dynasty (a) Third Battle of Panipat
(d) None of the above (b) Battle of Sanugarh
(c) Battle of Haldighat
85. “Razia Sultana” was the only Muslim (d) Battle of Kanauj
Woman Monarch of Hindustan. Her regime
lasted: 92. Babur was the founder of Mughal
(a) 5 years Dynasty. He defeated:
(b) 7 years (a) Ibrahim Lodhi
(c) 4 years (b) Sher Shah Suri
(d) 3 years (c) Muhammad Tughlaq
(d) None of the above
86. “Third Battle of Panipat” was fought in:
(a) 1560 93. Babur founded Mughal Dynasty
(b) 1710 defeating Ibrahim Lodhi at
(c) 1761 Panipat in:
(d) 1716 (a) 1520 A.D
(b) 1524 A.D
87. Todar Mal was the revenue minister of (c) 1526 A.D
King: (d) 1550 A.D
(a) Aurengzeb
(b) Tipu Sultan 94. Aryans came to India about 2000 B.C
(c) Akbar from:
(d) Aibak (a) Greece
(b) Arab
88. Who was the author of “Ain-i- (c) Iraq
Akbari”and “Akbar Nama”? (d) Central Asia
(a) Todar Mal
(b) Abbul Fazal
95. Who were the original residents of 102. Mongols destroyed Baghdad and
northern India before the arrival of Aryans? overthrew Arab Empire in:
(a) Puritans (a) 1240 A.D.
(b) Dravidians (b) 1250 A.D.
(c) Baddoos (c) 1258 A.D.
(d) None of the above (d) 1265 A.D.

96. The famous oil painting “Mona Lisa” is 103. “Sultan Muhammad Ghori” defeated
the creation of: Pirthvi Raj in 1193 A.D and founded the
(a) Leonardo da Vinci Muslim Rule in India. The battle was known
(b) Pablo Picasso as:
(c) Florence Nightingale (a) Battle of Panipat
(d) None of the above. (b) Battle of Haldighat
(c) Battle of Tarain
97. How many Arab-Israel Wars have so far (d) Battle of Kanauj
been fought?
(a) Two 104. 1965 War between India and Pakistan
(b) Three continued incessantly for:
(c) Four (a) 15 days
(d) Five (b) 20 days
(c) 17 days
98. Who was known as “Citizen King” of (d) 22 days
France?
(a) Napoleon 105. “Indra Ghandi” Prime Minister of India
(b) Henry VI was assassinated by Sikhs in:
(c) Louis Phillipe (a) 1981
(d) None of the above (b) 1982
(c) 1984
99. Who was called “The Islamic (d) 1985
Coordinator”?
(a) King Fahad 106. “Faiz Ahmad Faiz” famous Urdu Poet
(b) King Faisal died in:
(c) Z.A. Bhutto (a) 1981
(d) Yasser Arafat (b) 1982
(c) 1983
100. Which of the following in called “The (d) 1984
Bible of English Constitution”.
(a) Petition of Rights 107. “Second Islamic Summit Conference”
(b) Conventions was held at Lahore in:
(c) Magna Carta (a) 1974
(d) Prerogatives of Crown (b) 1973
(c) 1971
101. Omar bin Abdul Aziz” was a Caliph of: (d) 1975
(a) Abbasid Caliphate
(b) Omayyad Caliphate 108. “First Islamic Summit Conference” was
(c) Safavid Dynesty held in 1969 at:
(d) None of the above (a) Tehran
(b) Makkah
(c) Riyadh
(d) Rabaat (d) Shahbaz Garh

109. King Faisal shot dead by his Nephew in 116. Hazrat Mian Mir was great religious
1975 in the city of: reformer. He is buried
(a) Makkah in:
(b) Madina (a) Sahiwal
(c) Riyadh (b) Pakpattan
(d) Jeddah (c) Lahore
(d) Multan
110. “Ustaad Daman” was the poet of:
(a) Urdu Language 117. Hazrat Baba Farid Ganj Shakr is buried
(b) Punjabi Language in:
(c) Saraikee Language (a) Multan
(d) Sindhi Language (b) Lahore
(c) Pakpattan
111. Pakistani Culture is a: (d) Okara
(a) Islamic Culture
(b) Arabic Culture 118. Hazrat Baha-ud-Din Zakirya is buried
(c) Mixed Culture in:
(d) All of the above (a) Shaiwal
(b) Multan
112. Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar was a (c) Lahore
famous sufi poet of: (d) Thatta
(a) Sindh
(b) Punjab 119. Which City of Pakistan is known as
(c) N.W.F.P “Data ki Nagri”.
(d) Balochistan (a) Karachi
(b) Peshawar
113. The Tashkent Declaration 1966 was (c) Sialkot
signed by the President of Pakistan (d) Lahore
Muhammad Ayub Khan and the Indian Prime
Minister: 120. Which ancient city is considered as
(a) Jawaharial Nehru “Pearl of Gandhara Civilization”:
(b) Indira Gandhi (a) Hasan Abdal
(c) V.P. Singh (b) Taxila
(d) Lal Bahadur Shastri (c) Wah
(d) Kamra
114. The World’s famous Madame Tussaud’s 121. Who was the first Punjabi Poet?
museum is situated in: (a) Bhul-e-Shah
(a) Paris (b) Hazrat Sultan Bahu
(b) London (c) Amir Khusro
(c) Rome (d) Baba Farid Ganj Shakr
(d) New York
122. “Rehman Baba” was a poet of:
115. Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalander was (a) Sindhi Language
buried in: (b) Urdu Language
(a) Sahiwal (c) Pushto Language
(b) Pakpattan (d) Barohi Language
(c) Sehwan Sharif
123. “Jam Darag” is known to be the only 130. “Shintoism” is the religious mythology
romantic poet of: of:
(a) Sindhi (a) Japan
(b) Baluchi (b) China
(c) Pushto (c) Greece
(d) None of the above (d) Nepal

124. “Dulhan” is a famous poem of Baluchi 131. The only Hindu State in the world is:
language. The poet is: (a) India
(a) Jam Darag (b) Nepal
(b) Ishaq Shamin (c) Bhotan
(c) Gul Khan Naseer (d) Sri Lanka
(d) Tofeeq Ahmad
132. The famous Punjabi love story “Sassi
125. The famous shrine of Hazrat Bari Imam Punnoo” is written by:
is located at: (a) Hashim Shah
(a) Lahore (b) Waris Shah
(b) Karachi (c) Fazal Shah
(c) Multan (d) None of the above
(d) Islamabad
132. “Yusuf Zulekan” a Punjabi love Story is
126. The Sea border in the ‘Gulf of Tonkin’ is written by:
disputed between China and: (a) Mian Muhammad
(a) Japan (b) Faqir Muhammad Faqir
(b) Thailand (c) Maulvi Ghulam Rasool
(c) Vietnam (d) None of the above
(d) Philippines
134. “Punjabi Qisa Saif-ul-Malook” is
127. Who is called “the Shakespeare of written by:
Punjabi literature”? (a) Fazal Shah
(a) Bhul-e-Shah (b) Mian Muhammad Buksh
(b) Sultan Bahu (c) Maulvi Ghulam Rasool
(c) Waris Shah (d) Shah Hussain
(d) Ustaad Daman
135. The battle in which English won and
128. The only Pakistani Poet who got the later captured Lahore is:
“Lenin Prize” was: (a) Battle of Kirki
(a) Iftikhar Arif (b) Battle of Sabraon
(b) Faiz Ahmad Faiz (c) Battle of Wandiwash
(c) Ahmad Faraz (d) None of the above
(d) Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
136. Who abolished Slavery in America?
129. “Confucianism” is the religious (a) George Washington
mythology of: (b) Ibrahim Lincoln
(a) Japan (c) Johnson
(b) China (d) None of the above one
(c) Greece
(d) Nepal 137. Who is called “The Indian Napoleon”?
(a) Tipu Sultan
(b) Sher Shah Suri 143. Who was known as “The Prophet of
(c) Samudra Gupta Italian Unification”?
(d) None of the above (a) Admiral Boscowenb
(b) Papandre
138. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant has (c) Mizzini
been closed permanently. It was located in: (d) None of the above
(a) Ukraine
(b) Kazakhstan 144. Indus Valley Civilization was destroyed
(c) Belarus by?
(d) Latvia (a) Mongols
(b) Egyptians
139. The first country which recognized (c) Aryans
Pakistan after its creation was: (d) Mughals
(a) Afghanistan
(b) Iran 145. National Democratic Front of Bodoland
(c) Saudi Arabia is struggling for a separate homeland in the
(d) Egypt Indian State of:
(a) Goa
140. Who is called “The master builder”? (b) Assam
(a) Shah Jehan (c) Nagaland
(b) Akbar (d) Bihar
(c) Aurangzab
(d) Jehangir

141. The slave King buried in Lahore is:

(a) Muhammad Ayaz
(b) Qutb ud Din Aibak
(c) Iltutmish
(d) None of the above

142. Aibak died during the game of:

(a) Wrestling
(b) Polo
(c) Football
(d) Rugbi
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