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22 Government jobs General knowledge questions with answers and explanations.
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The youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize is:
Correct answer: Malala Yousafzai
Malala received the prize in 2014 at the age of 17, and she shared it with Kailash Satyarthi.
The first Pakistani to win a Nobel Prize was:
Correct answer: Abdus Salam
Abdus Salam won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979.
The author of the 'Shikwa' and 'Jawab-e-Shikwa' is:
Correct answer: Allama Muhammad Iqbal
Both long poems were written by Iqbal.
The author of 'The Prince' is:
Correct answer: Niccolo Machiavelli
Machiavelli wrote The Prince in the early 16th century.
The Nobel Prizes are awarded in the city of Stockholm, except the Peace Prize, which is awarded in:
The founder of the Mughal Empire in India was:
Correct answer: Babur
Babur won the first Battle of Panipat in 1526 and founded the empire.
The 'Muqaddimah' was written by:
Correct answer: Ibn Khaldun
Ibn Khaldun wrote the Muqaddimah in 1377, an introduction to the study of history and society.
The Taj Mahal is located in:
Correct answer: Agra
Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal at Agra as a tomb for his wife Mumtaz Mahal.
The FIFA World Cup 2022 was held in:
Correct answer: Qatar
Argentina won the 2022 tournament, which was played in Qatar.
The Olympic Games are held every:
Correct answer: Four years
The Summer Olympics take place every four years.
The first man to walk on the Moon was:
Correct answer: Neil Armstrong
Armstrong stepped on the Moon on 20 July 1969 during Apollo 11.
The first person in space was:
Correct answer: Yuri Gagarin
Gagarin orbited the Earth on 12 April 1961.
The author of 'A Brief History of Time' is:
The Mona Lisa was painted by:
Correct answer: Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo painted it in the early 16th century.
The Nobel Prize in Literature was won in 1913 by:
Correct answer: Rabindranath Tagore
Tagore was the first non-European to receive it.
The first woman Prime Minister of an Islamic country, elected in 1988, was:
Correct answer: Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto became Prime Minister of Pakistan in December 1988.
The theory of relativity was developed by:
Correct answer: Albert Einstein
Einstein published special relativity in 1905 and general relativity in 1915.
The founder of the Sikh religion was:
The author of 'Das Kapital' is:
Correct answer: Karl Marx
Karl Marx published the first volume in 1867.
The inventor of the telephone is generally credited as:
Correct answer: Alexander Graham Bell
Bell received the patent in 1876.
The Olympic Games of 2024 were held in:
Correct answer: Paris
Paris hosted the Summer Olympics in July and August 2024.
The first Muslim woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize was:
Correct answer: Shirin Ebadi
Shirin Ebadi of Iran won it in 2003. Malala (2014) is the youngest winner.