PMS 2026 GK Famous Personalities Practice Set (Q101–150) Solved MCQs
Solved PMS 2026 GK famous personalities practice set Q101–150: Jinnah, Fazlul Haq, Iskander Mirza, Ayub Khan, Iqbal, Sir Syed, Benazir Bhutto, Edhi, Turing, Babbage, Einstein, Newton, Gutenberg, Mandela, Dunant, Curie, Nobel, Zuckerberg and Jobs, with verified answers and explanations. A Sir Adnan practice set, not an official past paper.
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Sir Adnan's 'Famous Personalities (GK) PMS GK' booklet (19 pp, header 'ONE-LINER 500- (PPSC/FPSC NEW TREND 2025-26)') from the monster-data 'PMS SCREENING 2026 GK UPDATED' pack. It prints 300 one-liners; this file publishes Q101–150 (Jinnah through Steve Jobs), with authored distractors under the 2026-10-28 single-format decision. All 50 answers verified as standard facts; 1 correction (Q128 father of computer science: Alan Turing, not the booklet's Charles Babbage) and 3 note flags (Q101, Q110, Q134). Q151–300 remain for later runs.
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Topic Section
Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
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Q 1 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
Who is known as the founder of Pakistan Army?
A
Quaid-e-Azam
B
Allama Iqbal
C
Liaquat Ali Khan
D
Ayub Khan
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Ans: Quaid-e-Azam
Correct Answer: Quaid-e-Azam
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-e-Azam) is conventionally called the founder of Pakistan, and the Pakistan Army dates from independence on 14 August 1947.
Q 2 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
Who was Pakistan's first Commander-in-Chief?
A
Gen. Sir Frank Messervy
B
Gen. Ayub Khan
C
Gen. Muhammad Musa
D
Gen. Tikka Khan
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Ans: Gen. Sir Frank Messervy
Correct Answer: Gen. Sir Frank Messervy
General Sir Frank Messervy was Pakistan's first Commander-in-Chief of the Army (1947-1948).
Q 3 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
Who is called the architect of Pakistan?
A
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
B
Liaquat Ali Khan
C
Allama Iqbal
D
Suhrawardy
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Ans: Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Correct Answer: Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah is conventionally called the architect of Pakistan for leading the movement that created the country in 1947.
Q 4 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
Who presented Pakistan Resolution in 1940?
A
A.K. Fazlul Haq
B
Liaquat Ali Khan
C
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
D
Khwaja Nazimuddin
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Ans: A.K. Fazlul Haq
Correct Answer: A.K. Fazlul Haq
A.K. Fazlul Haq moved the Lahore Resolution on 23 March 1940 at the Muslim League session in Lahore.
Q 5 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
Who was the first Chief Justice of Pakistan?
A
Sir Abdul Rashid
B
Muhammad Munir
C
Cornelius
D
S.A. Rahman
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Ans: Sir Abdul Rashid
Correct Answer: Sir Abdul Rashid
Sir Abdul Rashid was Pakistan's first Chief Justice (1949-1954).
Q 6 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
Who was the first President of Pakistan?
A
Iskander Mirza
B
Ayub Khan
C
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
D
Ghulam Muhammad
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Ans: Iskander Mirza
Correct Answer: Iskander Mirza
Iskander Mirza became Pakistan's first President when the country became a republic on 23 March 1956.
Q 7 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
Who was the first Chief Martial Law Administrator of Pakistan?
A
Ayub Khan
B
Yahya Khan
C
Zia-ul-Haq
D
Pervez Musharraf
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Ans: Ayub Khan
Correct Answer: Ayub Khan
Ayub Khan became Pakistan's first Chief Martial Law Administrator after imposing martial law in October 1958.
Q 8 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
Who wrote 'Zarb-e-Kalim'?
A
Allama Iqbal
B
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
C
Mirza Ghalib
D
Josh Malihabadi
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Ans: Allama Iqbal
Correct Answer: Allama Iqbal
Allama Iqbal wrote 'Zarb-e-Kalim' (The Rod of Moses), published in 1936.
Q 9 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
Who wrote 'Bang-e-Dra'?
A
Allama Iqbal
B
Mir Taqi Mir
C
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
D
Ahmad Faraz
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Ans: Allama Iqbal
Correct Answer: Allama Iqbal
Allama Iqbal wrote 'Bang-e-Dra' (The Call of the Marching Bell), published in 1924.
Q 10 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
Who gave the Two-Nation Theory?
A
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
B
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
C
Allama Iqbal
D
Liaquat Ali Khan
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Ans: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
Correct Answer: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan laid the intellectual groundwork for the Two-Nation Theory after 1857; Jinnah later carried it politically to the creation of Pakistan.
Q 11 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
Who founded Aligarh Movement?
A
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
B
Allama Iqbal
C
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
D
Syed Ameer Ali
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Ans: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
Correct Answer: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan founded the Aligarh Movement to promote modern education among Indian Muslims.
Q 12 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan founded which institution?
A
Aligarh College
B
Islamia College Peshawar
C
Punjab University
D
Sindh Madrasatul Islam
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Ans: Aligarh College
Correct Answer: Aligarh College
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan founded the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh in 1875, later Aligarh Muslim University.
Q 13 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
Who was the first female judge of Supreme Court of Pakistan?
A
Ayesha Malik
B
Asma Jahangir
C
Hina Jilani
D
Tahira Safdar
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Ans: Ayesha Malik
Correct Answer: Ayesha Malik
Justice Ayesha Malik became the first woman judge of Pakistan's Supreme Court in January 2022.
Q 14 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
Who is known as 'Shaheed-e-Millat'?
A
Liaquat Ali Khan
B
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
C
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
D
Benazir Bhutto
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Ans: Liaquat Ali Khan
Correct Answer: Liaquat Ali Khan
Liaquat Ali Khan, Pakistan's first Prime Minister, is known as Shaheed-e-Millat after his assassination in 1951.
Q 15 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
Who was Pakistan's first Foreign Minister?
A
Muhammad Zafarullah Khan
B
Liaquat Ali Khan
C
Khwaja Nazimuddin
D
Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
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Ans: Muhammad Zafarullah Khan
Correct Answer: Muhammad Zafarullah Khan
Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan was Pakistan's first Foreign Minister (1947-1954).
Q 16 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
Who presided over UN General Assembly from Pakistan?
A
Muhammad Zafarullah Khan
B
Liaquat Ali Khan
C
Agha Shahi
D
Maleeha Lodhi
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Ans: Muhammad Zafarullah Khan
Correct Answer: Muhammad Zafarullah Khan
Muhammad Zafarullah Khan presided over the 17th session of the UN General Assembly (1962-1963), the only Pakistani to hold that office.
Q 17 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
Who was the first female Prime Minister of the Muslim world?
A
Benazir Bhutto
B
Fatima Jinnah
C
Khaleda Zia
D
Tansu Ciller
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Ans: Benazir Bhutto
Correct Answer: Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto became Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1988, the first woman to head a government in a Muslim-majority country.
Q 18 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
Who was the first woman Speaker of National Assembly of Pakistan?
A
Dr. Fehmida Mirza
B
Benazir Bhutto
C
Sherry Rehman
D
Maryam Nawaz
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Ans: Dr. Fehmida Mirza
Correct Answer: Dr. Fehmida Mirza
Dr Fehmida Mirza became the first woman Speaker of Pakistan's National Assembly in 2008.
Q 19 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
Who is known as 'Madar-e-Millat'?
A
Fatima Jinnah
B
Benazir Bhutto
C
Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan
D
Ayesha Jalal
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Ans: Fatima Jinnah
Correct Answer: Fatima Jinnah
Fatima Jinnah, sister of the Quaid-e-Azam, is known as Madar-e-Millat (Mother of the Nation).
Q 20 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
Who founded Pakistan People's Party?
A
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
B
Benazir Bhutto
C
Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
D
Mumtaz Bhutto
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Ans: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Correct Answer: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto founded the Pakistan People's Party in 1967.
Q 21 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was executed in which year?
A
1979
B
1977
C
1978
D
1980
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Ans: 1979
Correct Answer: 1979
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was executed on 4 April 1979.
Q 22 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
Who wrote the book 'Friends Not Masters'?
A
Ayub Khan
B
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
C
Yahya Khan
D
Iskander Mirza
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Ans: Ayub Khan
Correct Answer: Ayub Khan
Ayub Khan wrote 'Friends Not Masters' (1967), his account of Pakistan's foreign policy.
Q 23 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
Who was the longest-serving Prime Minister of Pakistan?
A
Nawaz Sharif
B
Benazir Bhutto
C
Liaquat Ali Khan
D
Yousaf Raza Gillani
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Ans: Nawaz Sharif
Correct Answer: Nawaz Sharif
Nawaz Sharif is Pakistan's longest-serving prime minister by cumulative tenure across his three terms (1990-1993, 1997-1999, 2013-2017).
Q 24 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
Who is the current Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan (2024)?
A
Gen. Asim Munir
B
Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa
C
Gen. Raheel Sharif
D
Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
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Ans: Gen. Asim Munir
Correct Answer: Gen. Asim Munir
General Asim Munir became Chief of Army Staff in November 2022 and held the post through the booklet's 2024 label (he was promoted to Field Marshal in May 2025 while remaining Army Chief).
Q 25 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
Who founded the Edhi Foundation?
A
Abdul Sattar Edhi
B
Bilquis Edhi
C
Faisal Edhi
D
Ruth Pfau
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Ans: Abdul Sattar Edhi
Correct Answer: Abdul Sattar Edhi
Abdul Sattar Edhi founded the Edhi Foundation, Pakistan's largest welfare organisation.
Q 26 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
Abdul Sattar Edhi was born in which city?
A
Bantva (India)
B
Karachi
C
Lahore
D
Junagadh
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Ans: Bantva (India)
Correct Answer: Bantva (India)
Abdul Sattar Edhi was born in 1928 in Bantva, Gujarat, then in British India.
Q 27 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Pakistani Leaders
Who is known as the 'Iron Lady of Pakistan'?
A
Benazir Bhutto
B
Fatima Jinnah
C
Maryam Nawaz
D
Hina Rabbani Khar
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Ans: Benazir Bhutto
Correct Answer: Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto is conventionally called the Iron Lady of Pakistan for her political career as two-time prime minister.
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Topic Section
Famous Personalities — Scientists And Inventors
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Q 28 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Scientists And Inventors
Who is called the 'Father of Computer Science'?
A
Alan Turing
B
Charles Babbage
C
John von Neumann
D
Ada Lovelace
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Ans: Alan Turing
Correct Answer: Alan Turing
Alan Turing is conventionally called the father of computer science for his 1936 work on computation and the Turing machine.
Q 29 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Scientists And Inventors
Who invented the Analytical Engine?
A
Charles Babbage
B
Alan Turing
C
John von Neumann
D
Blaise Pascal
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Ans: Charles Babbage
Correct Answer: Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage designed the Analytical Engine in the 1830s, a forerunner of the modern computer.
Q 30 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Scientists And Inventors
Who is known as the father of modern physics?
A
Albert Einstein
B
Isaac Newton
C
Niels Bohr
D
Galileo Galilei
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Ans: Albert Einstein
Correct Answer: Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein is conventionally called the father of modern physics for relativity and his work on the photoelectric effect.
Q 31 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Scientists And Inventors
Who discovered gravity?
A
Isaac Newton
B
Galileo Galilei
C
Albert Einstein
D
Johannes Kepler
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Ans: Isaac Newton
Correct Answer: Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton formulated the law of universal gravitation in the 1680s.
Q 32 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Scientists And Inventors
Who proposed laws of planetary motion?
A
Johannes Kepler
B
Isaac Newton
C
Galileo Galilei
D
Nicolaus Copernicus
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Ans: Johannes Kepler
Correct Answer: Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler proposed the three laws of planetary motion in the early 1600s.
Q 33 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Scientists And Inventors
Who invented the printing press?
A
Johannes Gutenberg
B
Isaac Newton
C
Leonardo da Vinci
D
William Caxton
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Ans: Johannes Gutenberg
Correct Answer: Johannes Gutenberg
Johannes Gutenberg invented movable-type printing in Europe in the mid-1400s.
Q 42 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Scientists And Inventors
Who discovered penicillin?
A
Alexander Fleming
B
Louis Pasteur
C
Joseph Lister
D
Robert Koch
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Ans: Alexander Fleming
Correct Answer: Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928.
Q 43 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Scientists And Inventors
Who invented X-rays?
A
Wilhelm Roentgen
B
Marie Curie
C
Thomas Edison
D
J.J. Thomson
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Ans: Wilhelm Roentgen
Correct Answer: Wilhelm Roentgen
Wilhelm Roentgen discovered X-rays in 1895.
Q 44 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Scientists And Inventors
Who discovered radioactivity?
A
Henri Becquerel
B
Marie Curie
C
Pierre Curie
D
Ernest Rutherford
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Ans: Henri Becquerel
Correct Answer: Henri Becquerel
Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity in 1896.
Q 45 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Scientists And Inventors
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
A
Marie Curie
B
Bertha von Suttner
C
Dorothy Hodgkin
D
Maria Goeppert Mayer
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Ans: Marie Curie
Correct Answer: Marie Curie
Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903, the first woman Nobel laureate.
Q 46 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Scientists And Inventors
Who invented dynamite?
A
Alfred Nobel
B
Alfred Wallace
C
Thomas Edison
D
Humphry Davy
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Ans: Alfred Nobel
Correct Answer: Alfred Nobel
Alfred Nobel invented dynamite in 1867.
Q 47 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Scientists And Inventors
Nobel Prizes are awarded in memory of?
A
Alfred Nobel
B
Isaac Newton
C
Albert Einstein
D
Marie Curie
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Ans: Alfred Nobel
Correct Answer: Alfred Nobel
The Nobel Prizes are awarded under Alfred Nobel's will (1895) in his memory.
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Topic Section
Famous Personalities — Explorers And Leaders
1 solved MCQs shown directly below
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Q 34 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Explorers And Leaders
Who discovered America?
A
Christopher Columbus
B
Vasco da Gama
C
Ferdinand Magellan
D
Amerigo Vespucci
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Ans: Christopher Columbus
Correct Answer: Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus reached the Americas in 1492, the conventional one-liner answer.
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Topic Section
Famous Personalities — World Leaders
3 solved MCQs shown directly below
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Q 35 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — World Leaders
Who led the American Civil Rights Movement?
A
Martin Luther King Jr.
B
Malcolm X
C
Rosa Parks
D
Nelson Mandela
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Ans: Martin Luther King Jr.
Correct Answer: Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. led the American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
Q 36 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — World Leaders
Martin Luther King Jr. is known for which speech?
A
I Have a Dream
B
We Shall Overcome
C
The Ballot or the Bullet
D
Give Me Liberty
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Ans: I Have a Dream
Correct Answer: I Have a Dream
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the 'I Have a Dream' speech in Washington on 28 August 1963.
Q 37 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — World Leaders
Who was the first President of South Africa after apartheid?
A
Nelson Mandela
B
Thabo Mbeki
C
Jacob Zuma
D
F.W. de Klerk
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Ans: Nelson Mandela
Correct Answer: Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first post-apartheid president in 1994.
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Famous Personalities — Thinkers And Humanitarians
4 solved MCQs shown directly below
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Q 38 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Thinkers And Humanitarians
Who was the first woman Nobel Peace Prize winner?
A
Bertha von Suttner
B
Marie Curie
C
Mother Teresa
D
Jane Addams
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Ans: Bertha von Suttner
Correct Answer: Bertha von Suttner
Bertha von Suttner won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905, the first woman to win it.
Q 39 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Thinkers And Humanitarians
Who is known as the father of sociology?
A
Auguste Comte
B
Emile Durkheim
C
Karl Marx
D
Max Weber
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Ans: Auguste Comte
Correct Answer: Auguste Comte
Auguste Comte coined 'sociology' and is conventionally called its father.
Q 40 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Thinkers And Humanitarians
Who founded the Red Cross?
A
Henry Dunant
B
Florence Nightingale
C
Clara Barton
D
Jean Pictet
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Ans: Henry Dunant
Correct Answer: Henry Dunant
Henry Dunant founded the Red Cross after witnessing the Battle of Solferino in 1859.
Q 41 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Thinkers And Humanitarians
Henry Dunant won Nobel Peace Prize in which year?
A
1901
B
1905
C
1895
D
1910
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Ans: 1901
Correct Answer: 1901
Henry Dunant shared the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901.
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Topic Section
Famous Personalities — Technology Pioneers
3 solved MCQs shown directly below
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Q 48 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Technology Pioneers
Who founded Facebook?
A
Mark Zuckerberg
B
Bill Gates
C
Elon Musk
D
Jeff Bezos
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Ans: Mark Zuckerberg
Correct Answer: Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg co-founded Facebook (now Meta) in 2004.
Q 49 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Technology Pioneers
Who founded Apple Inc.?
A
Steve Jobs
B
Bill Gates
C
Jeff Bezos
D
Elon Musk
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Ans: Steve Jobs
Correct Answer: Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs co-founded Apple Inc. in 1976 with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne.
Q 50 General Knowledge Famous Personalities — Technology Pioneers
Steve Jobs was CEO of which company?
A
Apple
B
Microsoft
C
Google
D
Amazon
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Ans: Apple
Correct Answer: Apple
Steve Jobs was co-founder and long-time CEO of Apple.
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No. It is Sir Adnan's 'Famous Personalities (GK)' practice booklet from the monster-data 'PMS SCREENING 2026 GK UPDATED' pack, published as paperType 'practice', never as a past paper. The year 2026 is the booklet's label, not a claimed exam session.
How many questions are in this set?
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50 questions (printed Q101–150 of the booklet's 300 one-liners). Q1–100 were published in earlier runs; Q151–300 remain for later runs in the same chunk pattern.
Which personalities does Q101–150 cover?
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Frank Messervy, A.K. Fazlul Haq, Sir Abdul Rashid, Iskander Mirza, Ayub Khan, Allama Iqbal, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Ayesha Malik, Liaquat Ali Khan, Zafarullah Khan, Benazir Bhutto, Fehmida Mirza, Fatima Jinnah, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif, Asim Munir, Abdul Sattar Edhi, Alan Turing, Charles Babbage, Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, Johannes Gutenberg, Christopher Columbus, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Bertha von Suttner, Auguste Comte, Henry Dunant, Alexander Fleming, Wilhelm Roentgen, Henri Becquerel, Marie Curie, Alfred Nobel, Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs.
Are the answers verified?
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Yes. Every answer was checked as a standard fact; the booklet prints statement + answer only, so the three distractors per question are authored under the 2026-10-28 single-format decision (optionsSource 'authored'). One booklet answer was corrected to the standard answer and flagged: Q128 father of computer science is Alan Turing, not Charles Babbage.