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PPSC examinations recruit candidates for Punjab government departments and commonly test general knowledge, current affairs, English and post-related subjects.

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General Knowledge Medium

Which is the capital city of Nigeria?

  • AIbadan
  • BLagos
  • CKano
  • DAbuja
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Correct Answer: Option D — Abuja
Explanation: Abuja replaced Lagos as the capital of Nigeria in 1991 as a centrally located planned capital city designed to ease administrative and political pressures from the overcrowded Lagos.
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General Knowledge Easy

What is the currency of Egypt?

  • ADinar
  • BEgyptian Pound
  • CPound
  • DRiyal
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Correct Answer: Option B — Egyptian Pound
Explanation: The Egyptian Pound abbreviated as EGP is the official currency of Egypt issued by the Central Bank of Egypt and has been in use since 1834.
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General Knowledge Easy

Which is the capital city of Egypt?

  • AAlexandria
  • BCairo
  • CLuxor
  • DAswan
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Correct Answer: Option B — Cairo
Explanation: Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt and is one of the most populous cities in Africa and the Arab world with a metropolitan population of around 21 million people.
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General Knowledge Easy

What is the name of the galaxy containing our solar system?

  • AAndromeda Galaxy
  • BSombrero Galaxy
  • CTriangulum Galaxy
  • DMilky Way Galaxy
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Correct Answer: Option D — Milky Way Galaxy
Explanation: Our solar system is located in the Milky Way Galaxy a barred spiral galaxy containing between 100 and 400 billion stars and spanning about 100000 light years in diameter.
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General Knowledge Medium

Which gas makes up the majority of the Sun?

  • AOxygen
  • BHydrogen
  • CCarbon
  • DHelium
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Correct Answer: Option B — Hydrogen
Explanation: The Sun is composed primarily of hydrogen approximately 73 percent by mass which undergoes nuclear fusion to form helium releasing the enormous amounts of energy that power the solar system.
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General Knowledge Easy

How many planets are in our solar system?

  • A8
  • B7
  • C9
  • D10
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Correct Answer: Option A — 8
Explanation: Our solar system has eight planets namely Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune following the 2006 decision by the International Astronomical Union to reclassify Pluto.
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General Knowledge Easy

Which planet is closest to the Sun in our solar system?

  • AVenus
  • BEarth
  • CMars
  • DMercury
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Correct Answer: Option D — Mercury
Explanation: Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun in our solar system orbiting at an average distance of about 57.9 million kilometres and completing one orbit every 88 Earth days.
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General Knowledge Easy

Who was the first human to walk on the Moon?

  • ABuzz Aldrin
  • BNeil Armstrong
  • CYuri Gagarin
  • DMichael Collins
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Correct Answer: Option B — Neil Armstrong
Explanation: Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the Moon on 21 July 1969 during NASA's Apollo 11 mission delivering his famous words about one giant leap for mankind.
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General Knowledge Easy

Who was the first human to travel to space?

  • ANeil Armstrong
  • BYuri Gagarin
  • CAlan Shepard
  • DBuzz Aldrin
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Correct Answer: Option B — Yuri Gagarin
Explanation: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel to space on 12 April 1961 aboard Vostok 1 completing one orbit of the Earth in about 108 minutes.
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General Knowledge Easy

Which city hosts the headquarters of the World Trade Organization?

  • AGeneva
  • BNew York
  • CBrussels
  • DVienna
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Correct Answer: Option A — Geneva
Explanation: The World Trade Organization WTO is headquartered in Geneva Switzerland and deals with the global rules of trade between nations aiming to ensure smooth and fair international trade.
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