What is the dominant source of employment in Pakistan?
- (A) Agriculture
- (B) Trade
- (C) Service sector
- (D) Manufacturing
- (A) Agriculture
The agricultural sector remains the main source of employments in Pakistan, directly employing around 36-45% of the total workforce. Even though the services sector is the largest source of the GDP in Pakistan, the agricultural sector remains the biggest source of employments.
Which country has the largest army in the world?
- (A) USA
- (B) India
- (C) China
- (D) Pakistan
- (C) China
China has the largest military force currently active in the world, with the People’s Liberation Army consisting of over 2 million active soldiers according to estimates of 2025–2026. India and the US come second and third with 1.47 million and 1.3 million active military personnel, respectively.
Which book contains the poems “Shikwa” and “Jawab-e-Shikwa”?
- (A) Baal-e-Jibraeel
- (B) Bang-e-Dara
- (C) Zarb-e-Kaleem
- (D) Asrar-e-Khudi
- (B) Bang-e-Dara
Iqbal’s two poems, Shikwa (1909) and Jawab-e-Shikwa (1913), composed in Urdu, were later put together and included in a collection of his poetry called Bang-e-Dara (The Call of the Marching Bell).
Who was the President of USA during World War II?
- (A) Woodrow Wilson
- (B) Dwight D. Eisenhower
- (C) Gorge W. Bush
- (D) Franklin D. Roosevelt
- (D) Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt led America through most of World War II, having been in office since 1933 until his passing in April of 1945. Franklin D. Roosevelt led America through the beginning of WWII, while Harry S. Truman took over in 1945 to finish up the rest of the war. FDR, the 32nd President of America, served America through the Great Depression and most of WWII, from 1933 to 1945, including when America first joined World War II, as it did on December 7, 1941, when Pearl Harbor was bombed.
Which is the largest state of India by population?
- (A) Maharashtra
- (B) Uttar Pradesh
- (C) Rajasthan
- (D) Madhya Pradesh
- (B) Uttar Pradesh
As of 2026, Rajasthan is considered the largest state in India by area, covering 342,239 square kilometers, or 10.4% of the nation’s surface. In contrast, Uttar Pradesh has the largest population, as its estimated crowd is considered to exceed 241 million people, or 17% of India’s population.
“ERRA” stands for:
- (A) Earthquake Reconstruction and Rescue Authority
- (B) Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority
- (C) Earthquake Rescue and Recovery Authority
- (D) Earthquake Relief and Rescue Authority
- (B) Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority
The ERRA (Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority) is a federal body in Pakistan, established in 2005 to oversee the post-disaster recovery following the October 8, 2005 earthquake. Its mandate includes rebuilding infrastructure, reconstructing homes, and restoring livelihoods in the regions hit by the quake.
C.R. Formula was introduced in 1944 by:
- (A) Allama Iqbal
- (B) Quaid-e-Azam
- (C) Raja Gopal Acharya
- (D) Mahatma Gandhi
- (C) Raja Gopal Acharya
The C. R. Formula, or the Rajaji Formula, was put forward by Chakravarti Rajagopalachari in 1944. The veteran Congress leader had presented it with the aim to resolve the stalemate between the Indian National Congress and the All India Muslim League. The central part of it was to conduct a plebiscite to decide on Independence in areas that had a Muslim majority.
What is the country with the largest Muslim population in Africa?
- (A) Nigeria
- (B) Sudan
- (C) Algeria
- (D) Egypt
- (A) Nigeria
Nigeria now has the most Muslims in Africa, including estimates of 100 million practicing Islam in the year 2024, or over half of the people in that country. Even though Nigeria takes the first position in the absolute number of Muslims on the continent. Algeria covers the largest area on the African continent, with an area covering more than 2,381,741 square kilometers. In summary, Nigeria leads by the number of Muslim followers while Algeria is the largest based on land area according to the African Report Files.
Which member of SAARC has highest literacy rate?
- (A) Sri Lanka
- (B) Maldives
- (C) India
- (D) Pakistan
- (B) Maldives
The country leading in literacy in SAARC is the Maldives, where more than 98% of its population is able to read and write, while Sri Lanka is second, where literacy is around 93%. The rest of the countries lag behind, such as India where literacy is around 87%.
Which is the largest oil producing member country of OPEC?
- (A) Saudi Arabia
- (B) Kuwait
- (C) Iran
- (D) Nigeria
- (A) Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is recognized as the largest oil-producing nation within OPEC and is effectively the leader of both OPEC nations and countries around the world with respect to oil production and exports. Even though America seems to comfortably produce larger quantities of oil per day compared to Saudi Arabia being an OPEC member, Saudi Arabia has consistently maintained daily oil production levels of 9.9 to 11.1 million barrels per day compared to other OPEC-producing nations like Iraq, UAE, and Iran.