World Personalities Competitive Exams
100 questions · General Knowledge
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Question 1 of 100
Which commander led the Muslim conquest of Spain in 711 CE?
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Question 2 of 100
Which boxer was known as 'The Greatest' and said he would 'float like a butterfly'?
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Question 3 of 100
Who wrote the play 'Hamlet'?
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Question 4 of 100
Which Muslim leader recaptured Jerusalem in 1187?
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Question 5 of 100
Which Pakistani physicist won the 1979 Nobel Prize for the electroweak theory?
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Question 6 of 100
Which Mughal emperor built Fatehpur Sikri and is known as 'the Great'?
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Question 7 of 100
Who was the first Pakistani woman to summit Mount Everest, in 2013?
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Question 8 of 100
Who was Pakistan's first Foreign Minister and later President of the UN General Assembly?
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Question 9 of 100
Which Ottoman sultan conquered Constantinople in 1453?
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Question 10 of 100
Who founded the Mughal Empire after the First Battle of Panipat in 1526?
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Question 11 of 100
Who is known as 'The Lady with the Lamp' and the founder of modern nursing?
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Question 12 of 100
Which young Arab commander arrived in Sindh in 712 CE?
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Question 13 of 100
Which British navigator charted the east coast of Australia and explored the Pacific?
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Question 14 of 100
Which UN Secretary-General died in a plane crash in 1961 and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize after death?
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Question 15 of 100
Who developed pasteurization and a vaccine for rabies?
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Question 16 of 100
Which silent film star created the character 'The Tramp'?
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Question 17 of 100
Which ruler, known as the 'Tiger of Mysore', died defending Seringapatam in 1799?
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Question 18 of 100
Which French diplomat represented France at the Congress of Vienna in 1814-15?
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Question 19 of 100
Who led the Salt March of 1930 in India?
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Question 20 of 100
Who discovered the law of universal gravitation?
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Question 21 of 100
Who created the cartoon character Mickey Mouse?
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Question 22 of 100
Who founded the Red Cross and won the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901?
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Question 23 of 100
Which explorer led the 1914 Endurance expedition to Antarctica?
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Question 24 of 100
Who was the first Pakistani woman to serve as Ambassador to the United States?
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Question 25 of 100
Who was the first Prime Minister of Pakistan?
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Question 26 of 100
Which ruler built the Rohtas Fort and revived the Grand Trunk Road?
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Question 27 of 100
Who is called the 'Father of the Nation' of the United States?
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Question 28 of 100
Who was the British Prime Minister for most of World War II?
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Question 29 of 100
Which French ocean explorer is famous for his research ship Calypso?
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Question 30 of 100
Who is known as Madar-e-Millat (Mother of the Nation) in Pakistan?
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Question 31 of 100
Who was the first Prime Minister of independent India?
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Question 32 of 100
Who founded the Mongol Empire?
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Question 33 of 100
Who was the first African American president of the United States?
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Question 34 of 100
Who sailed across the Atlantic in 1492 and reached the Americas?
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Question 35 of 100
Who founded the modern Republic of Turkey in 1923?
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Question 36 of 100
Which British queen became Empress of India in 1876?
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Question 37 of 100
Who discovered Jupiter's four largest moons in 1610?
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Question 38 of 100
Who delivered the famous 'I Have a Dream' speech in 1963?
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Question 39 of 100
Which US diplomat secretly flew from Pakistan to Beijing in 1971?
ExplanationPakistan helped arrange the secret visit.
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Question 40 of 100
Who is known as Quaid-e-Azam and was Pakistan's first Governor-General?
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Question 41 of 100
Who invented the World Wide Web?
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Question 42 of 100
Whose expedition completed the first voyage around the world (1519-1522)?
ExplanationMagellan died on the way; the voyage was completed by his crew.
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Question 43 of 100
Who was the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize, in 1950, for mediation in Palestine?
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Question 44 of 100
Who was the first President of Pakistan under the 1956 Constitution?
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Question 45 of 100
Which UN Secretary-General from Burma (Myanmar) served from 1961 to 1971?
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Question 46 of 100
Who was the US president during the Civil War who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
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Question 47 of 100
Who captained Pakistan to its 1992 Cricket World Cup victory?
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Question 48 of 100
Which Roman leader was assassinated in 44 BC?
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Question 49 of 100
Which Brazilian footballer won three World Cups?
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Question 50 of 100
Who found the sea route from Europe to India in 1498?
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Question 51 of 100
Which Spanish artist painted 'Guernica'?
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Question 52 of 100
Which Nobel Peace Prize winner of 1979 founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata?
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Question 53 of 100
Who became South Africa's first Black president in 1994?
ExplanationHe had spent 27 years in prison before his release in 1990.
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Question 54 of 100
Who wrote the Harry Potter novels?
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Question 55 of 100
Who was the last active ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt?
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Question 56 of 100
Who was the first Pakistani to climb K2, in 1977?
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Question 57 of 100
Which footballer captained Argentina to the 2022 FIFA World Cup title?
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Question 58 of 100
Who is known as the national poet of Pakistan (Shair-e-Mashriq)?
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Question 59 of 100
Which Ghanaian diplomat served as UN Secretary-General from 1997 to 2006 and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001?
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Question 60 of 100
Which Chinese admiral led great treasure voyages across the Indian Ocean in the 1400s?
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Question 61 of 100
Which Macedonian king fought King Porus at the Battle of the Hydaspes in present-day Punjab?
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Question 62 of 100
Which Maharaja ruled the Sikh Empire from Lahore in the early 1800s?
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Question 63 of 100
Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
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Question 64 of 100
Who discovered radium and polonium and won Nobel Prizes in both Physics and Chemistry?
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Question 65 of 100
Who wrote 'On the Origin of Species' in 1859?
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Question 66 of 100
Which inventor developed the alternating current (AC) induction motor?
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Question 67 of 100
Which South Korean diplomat was UN Secretary-General from 2007 to 2016?
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Question 68 of 100
Who has served as UN Secretary-General since 2017?
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Question 69 of 100
Which Peruvian diplomat was UN Secretary-General from 1982 to 1991?
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Question 70 of 100
Which Pakistani education activist survived a Taliban attack in 2012 and later won a Nobel Prize?
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Question 71 of 100
Who co-founded Apple and introduced the iPhone?
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Question 72 of 100
Which Muslim scientist is known as the 'Father of Optics' for his Book of Optics?
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Question 73 of 100
Who led the first expedition to reach the South Pole in 1911?
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Question 74 of 100
Who founded the Aligarh Muslim movement and the MAO College in 1875?
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Question 75 of 100
Who was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815?
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Question 76 of 100
Who was the first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan?
ExplanationShe took office in 1988.
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Question 77 of 100
Which British monarch reigned for 70 years, the longest in British history?
ExplanationQueen Victoria reigned about 63 years.
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Question 78 of 100
Which Pakistani diplomat served as Foreign Minister from 1978 to 1982?
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Question 79 of 100
Who was the first Secretary-General of the United Nations?
ExplanationHe was from Norway and served 1946-1952.
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Question 80 of 100
Which Muslim scientist wrote 'The Canon of Medicine'?
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Question 81 of 100
Which Pakistani artist painted the famous calligraphic murals at Frere Hall, Karachi?
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Question 82 of 100
Who led the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 in Russia?
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Question 83 of 100
Who developed the theory of relativity?
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Question 84 of 100
Which Venetian traveller wrote about his journey to China and the court of Kublai Khan?
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Question 85 of 100
Who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021?
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Question 86 of 100
Which US president was elected four times?
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Question 87 of 100
Which Pakistani singer is known as 'Shahenshah-e-Ghazal'?
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Question 88 of 100
Which Italian artist painted the Mona Lisa?
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Question 89 of 100
Who founded the Edhi Foundation and was known as the 'Angel of Mercy'?
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Question 90 of 100
Under which Prime Minister was Pakistan's 1973 Constitution adopted?
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Question 91 of 100
Who was the first woman Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
ExplanationShe took office in 1979.
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Question 92 of 100
Which Sherpa climbed Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary in 1953?
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Question 93 of 100
Whose name gave us the word 'algorithm' and who wrote a famous book on algebra?
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Question 94 of 100
Who was the first woman to serve as US Secretary of State?
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Question 95 of 100
Which famous composer continued to compose even after becoming deaf?
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Question 96 of 100
Which Moroccan traveller wrote the 'Rihla' after travelling across the Muslim world?
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Question 97 of 100
Who invented the first commercially practical electric light bulb?
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Question 98 of 100
Who founded the People's Republic of China in 1949?
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Question 99 of 100
Which German doctor dedicated her life to fighting leprosy in Pakistan?
ExplanationShe worked in Karachi.
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Question 100 of 100
Who discovered penicillin in 1928?
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