Most Repeated GK MCQs from Past Papers MCQs with Answers & Explanations (Page 135)

The Council of Common Interests is the constitutional forum that resolves disputes over power sharing between the Federation and the Provinces.

The Battle of Yarmouk was fought between the early Muslim armies and the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.

Opaque means not allowing light or clear vision through, while transparent means allowing light to pass and being see-through, making it the opposite.

Surah Al Naml contains Bismillah twice because one occurrence appears within the narrative (the letter of Prophet Sulaiman) as noted in the question.

Islamic tradition attributes the founding or building of Al-Aqsa in Jerusalem to Prophet Sulaiman (AS).

Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession to India on 26 October 1947, formalizing the state's accession on that date.

According to the paper, the State of Hyderabad Deccan was attacked on 11 September 1948, referring to the 1948 Indian operation to annex Hyderabad.

Transparent means allowing light and visibility through, whereas opaque prevents light and sight, so opaque is its antonym.

Loquacious means very talkative, and both 'garrulous' and 'talkative' share that meaning, so both A and B are synonyms.

Najeebullah is an honorific associated with Prophet Hazrat Dawood (David) in Islamic tradition, reflecting his esteemed status.

Madni (Medinan) surahs are traditionally counted as 28, meaning those chapters of the Qur'an revealed after the Prophet's migration to Medina.

The Mariana Trench is the deepest known part of Earth's oceans, reaching the greatest depth below sea level.

Yaum-e-Takbeer marks Pakistan's first successful nuclear tests (Chagai) and is observed to commemorate those tests.

To 'cost an arm and a leg' is an idiom meaning something is very expensive or costs a great deal.

The verb 'divided' takes the preposition 'into' to show separation, as in 'divided into three parts.'

'Pernicious' means harmful or destructive, so its antonym is 'beneficial,' meaning helpful or good.

The Treaty of Madina (the Constitution/Treaty of Medina) is regarded as the first international treaty in Islamic history.

The traditional nisab threshold for zakat on gold is 7.5 tola, the minimum amount that makes zakat obligatory.

'Ijtihad' literally means 'attempt' or effort, referring to the exertion of reasoning in legal matters.

'Accustomed to' is the standard phrase, so 'to' is the preposition required before the gerund 'being interrupted.'