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Solved PMS 2026 GK Mock 1 — 98 MCQs with verified answers and explanations (Everyday Science, Pakistan Studies, World GK, Current Affairs). A Sir Adnan mock test for PMS Screening preparation, not an official past paper.
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A 100-item Sir Adnan mock test headed 'PMS 2026 GK MOCK1 / MCQs-100 (ANSWER KEY IN END)' from the monster-data 'PMS SCREENING 2026 GK UPDATED' pack. 98 items are published here in the standard MCQ format with verified answers and explanations; the source prints options with an answer key at the end, so optionsSource is recorded as 'printed'. Printed Q59 is dropped because its correct answer (Nazir Ahmad, first PAEC chairman 1956-1960) is not among its options, and printed Q100 is an internal duplicate of Q15 (founder of Pakistan's space programme) and is cross-linked to Q15, not re-published. Six keyed answers are corrected to the standard answer and flagged in keyFlag.
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Subject 1
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Correct Answer: China
China's Chang'e-4 made the first soft landing on the far side of the Moon in January 2019.
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Correct Answer: Sahara
The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world and the conventional one-liner answer. NOTE: Sahara is the largest HOT desert and the conventional one-liner answer; the Antarctic desert is larger by total area.
Correct Answer: Gobi
The Gobi is the largest desert in Asia.
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Correct Answer: Athens
Athens hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896.
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Correct Answer: Sputnik 1
Sputnik 1, launched by the USSR in 1957, was the first artificial satellite.
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Correct Answer: Henri Dunant
Henri Dunant founded the Red Cross movement after the Battle of Solferino (1859).
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Correct Answer: Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the Moon (Apollo 11, July 1969).
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Correct Answer: Mauna Loa
Mauna Loa in Hawaii is the largest volcano in the world by volume.
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Correct Answer: George Washington
George Washington was the first president of the United States (1789-1797).
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Correct Answer: Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef off Australia is the world's largest coral reef system.
Correct Answer: Pacific
The Pacific is the largest ocean in the world.
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Correct Answer: India
India is the world's most populous country, having overtaken China in 2023 (UN estimates). CORRECTION: the booklet marks China, but India overtook China as the world's most populous country in 2023 (UN estimates) and remains so.
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Correct Answer: Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin was the first human in space (Vostok 1, April 1961).
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Correct Answer: Everest
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world above sea level (8,849 m).
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Correct Answer: USA
The United States has the largest coal reserves in the world.
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Correct Answer: Human-dominated epoch
The Anthropocene is the proposed human-dominated geological epoch.
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Correct Answer: Lake Superior
Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area. NOTE: Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake by surface area; Lake Baikal holds the greatest volume.
Subject 2
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Correct Answer: SO₂
Sulphur dioxide from burning fossil fuels is the gas chiefly responsible for acid rain.
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Correct Answer: Skin
The skin is the largest organ of the human body.
Correct Answer: Liver
The liver is the largest gland in the human body.
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Correct Answer: Earthquake magnitude
The Richter scale measures the magnitude of an earthquake.
Correct Answer: Plate tectonics
Plate tectonics is the main cause of earthquakes.
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Correct Answer: Fleming
Alexander Fleming is credited with the discovery of penicillin in 1928.
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Correct Answer: Vitamin K
Vitamin K is essential for blood clotting.
Correct Answer: Vitamin D
Vitamin D is produced in the skin on exposure to sunlight.
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Correct Answer: Neon
Neon gas is used in neon signs; it glows orange-red when electrified.
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Correct Answer: Mariana Trench
The Mariana Trench in the Pacific is the deepest ocean trench (about 10,935 m).
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Correct Answer: Electron
The electron carries a negative electric charge.
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Correct Answer: Ocean warming
El Niño is the warming of surface waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.
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Correct Answer: Newton
The newton (N) is the SI unit of force.
Correct Answer: Ampere
The ampere (A) is the SI unit of electric current.
Correct Answer: Ohm
The ohm is the unit of electric resistance.
Correct Answer: Joule
The joule is the SI unit of energy.
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Correct Answer: Saturn
Saturn has the most confirmed moons of any planet: 274 after the March 2025 IAU confirmations, against Jupiter's 95. CORRECTION: the booklet marks Jupiter, but Saturn now holds the most confirmed moons: 274 after the IAU Minor Planet Center confirmed 128 new Saturnian moons on 11 March 2025, against Jupiter's 95.
Correct Answer: Jupiter
Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System.
Correct Answer: Mars
Mars is known as the Red Planet because of its iron-oxide-rich surface.
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Correct Answer: Hemoglobin
Haemoglobin in red blood cells carries oxygen around the body.
Correct Answer: Oxygen transport
The main function of red blood cells is oxygen transport.
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Correct Answer: Solar
Solar power is a renewable energy source; coal, natural gas and petroleum are fossil fuels.
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Correct Answer: Fluorine
Fluorine has the highest electronegativity of all elements.
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Correct Answer: Au
Au is the chemical symbol for gold (from Latin aurum).
Correct Answer: Ag
Ag is the chemical symbol for silver (from Latin argentum).
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Correct Answer: Hydrochloric acid
Hydrochloric acid is present in the human stomach and aids digestion.
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Correct Answer: Pancreas
The pancreas produces insulin.
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Correct Answer: Cheetah
The cheetah is the fastest land animal.
Correct Answer: Elephant
The African elephant is the largest land animal.
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Correct Answer: Methane
Methane is the major component of natural gas.
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Correct Answer: Water consumption
The water-footprint concept measures the total water consumed, directly and indirectly, to produce goods and services.
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Correct Answer: Mercury
Mercury is a metal that is liquid at room temperature.
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Correct Answer: Gene
The gene is the basic unit of heredity.
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Correct Answer: Medium Earth Orbit
GPS satellites operate in medium Earth orbit (about 20,200 km altitude).
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Correct Answer: Chloroplast
Photosynthesis occurs in the chloroplast of plant cells.
Correct Answer: Chloroplast
The chloroplast is the main site of photosynthesis in a leaf.
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Correct Answer: Sheep
The first cloned mammal was a sheep, Dolly, born in 1996.
Correct Answer: Dolly
The first cloned mammal was named Dolly (a sheep, born 1996).
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Correct Answer: 36.5–37°C
Average human body temperature is about 36.5-37 °C.
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Correct Answer: CO₂
Carbon dioxide is the main anthropogenic greenhouse gas driving climate change. NOTE: water vapour is the most abundant greenhouse gas, but carbon dioxide is the main anthropogenic greenhouse gas and the conventional one-liner answer.
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Correct Answer: NaCl
Sodium chloride (NaCl) is the main component of table salt.
Correct Answer: H₂O
H2O is the chemical formula for water.
Correct Answer: O₃
O3 is the chemical formula of ozone.
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Correct Answer: Barometer
A barometer measures atmospheric pressure.
Correct Answer: Hygrometer
A hygrometer measures humidity.
Correct Answer: Seismograph
A seismograph measures earthquakes.
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Correct Answer: O₂
Oxygen is not a greenhouse gas; methane, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide are.
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Correct Answer: Kidney
The first successful human organ transplant was a kidney transplant in 1954.
Correct Answer: 1982
The first artificial heart transplant was performed in 1982 (the Jarvik-7 heart, implanted in Barney Clark).
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Correct Answer: Vitamin D
Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin (the others listed that are fat-soluble are A, E and K; C and B vitamins are water-soluble).
Correct Answer: Orange
Among the options, orange is the vitamin-C-rich food; carrots, wheat and rice are poor sources of vitamin C.
Correct Answer: Vitamin C
Vitamin C prevents scurvy.
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Correct Answer: Calcium
Calcium is the main mineral in bones.
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Correct Answer: Einstein
Albert Einstein proposed the theory of relativity.
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Correct Answer: CFCs
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are the main cause of ozone depletion.
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Correct Answer: Nitrogen
Nitrogen makes up about 78% of air, the main component.
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Correct Answer: Uranium
Uranium (atomic number 92) is the heaviest naturally occurring element in significant quantity.
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Correct Answer: Both plants and animals
Fossil fuels form from the remains of both plants and animals over millions of years.
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Correct Answer: 3 × 10⁸ m/s
The speed of light in a vacuum is approximately 3 x 10^8 metres per second.
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Correct Answer: Darwin
Charles Darwin founded the theory of evolution by natural selection.
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Correct Answer: Keratin
Keratin is the main protein in hair and nails.
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Correct Answer: Mycology
Mycology is the study of fungi.
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Correct Answer: 6
Carbon has atomic number 6.
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Correct Answer: Aorta
The aorta is the largest artery in the human body.
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Correct Answer: COBE
COBE (launched 1989) was the first satellite dedicated to studying the cosmic microwave background.
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Correct Answer: Energy production
The main function of mitochondria is energy production (ATP synthesis).
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Correct Answer: Undersea earthquakes
Undersea earthquakes are the main cause of tsunamis.
Subject 3
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Correct Answer: Islamabad
Pakistan's first nuclear reactor is PARR-1 at PINSTECH, Nilore, near Islamabad, which reached criticality in 1965. CORRECTION: the booklet marks Karachi, but Pakistan's first nuclear reactor is PARR-1 at PINSTECH, Nilore, near Islamabad, which reached criticality in 1965. Karachi's KANUPP is the first commercial nuclear power plant, not the first reactor.
Correct Answer: Karachi
Pakistan's first commercial nuclear power plant is KANUPP at Karachi, commissioned in November 1972. CORRECTION: the booklet marks Chashma, but Pakistan's first commercial nuclear power plant is KANUPP at Karachi, commissioned in November 1972. Chashma's first unit (CHASNUPP-1) entered operation only in 2000.
Correct Answer: Dr. AQ Khan
Dr. A. Q. Khan is the conventional one-liner answer for the founder of Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme.
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Correct Answer: Dr. Abdus Salam
Pakistan's space programme (SUPARCO) was founded in 1961 by Dr. Abdus Salam, its first administrator and director. CORRECTION: the booklet marks Dr. Samar Mubarakmand, but Pakistan's space programme (SUPARCO) was founded in 1961 by Dr. Abdus Salam, its first administrator and director.
Correct Answer: Badr-A
Badr-A (Badr-1), launched in 1990, was Pakistan's first satellite.
Correct Answer: None yet
No Pakistani woman has yet flown as an astronaut; Nergis Mavalvala is an astrophysicist and Samina Baig a mountaineer, not astronauts.
Correct Answer: Rehbar
Rehbar-1, launched in June 1962, was Pakistan's first rocket launch. NOTE: Rehbar-1 (June 1962) was Pakistan's first sounding rocket launch; Pakistan has not indigenously launched a satellite into orbit (Badr-1 rode a Chinese Long March rocket in 1990). Rehbar is the only plausible answer among the options.
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Correct Answer: Manchar
Manchar Lake in Sindh is Pakistan's largest natural freshwater lake.
Correct Answer: Indus
The Indus is the longest river in Pakistan.
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Correct Answer: Chukar
The chukar partridge is the national bird of Pakistan.
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Correct Answer: Hydropower
Hydropower is the booklet's conventional answer and Pakistan's leading renewable electricity source. NOTE: hydropower is the booklet's conventional answer and Pakistan's leading renewable electricity source; fossil fuels dominate Pakistan's total primary energy supply.
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Correct Answer: Narges Mohammadi
Narges Mohammadi of Iran won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023.
Correct Answer: Jon Fosse
Jon Fosse of Norway won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2023.
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Correct Answer: USA
The United States is the world's largest crude-oil producer, a position it has held since 2018. CORRECTION: the booklet marks Saudi Arabia, but the United States has been the world's largest crude-oil producer since 2018.
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Questions
No. It is a Sir Adnan mock test headed 'PMS 2026 GK MOCK1', prepared for PMS Screening 2026. It is published as paperType 'mock', never as a past paper, and the year 2026 is the booklet's mock label, not a claimed exam session.
Printed Q59 (founder of PAEC) is dropped because the correct answer, Nazir Ahmad, the commission's first chairman (1956-1960), is not among the options, and printed Q100 repeats Q15 (founder of Pakistan's space programme), so it is cross-linked to Q15 rather than published twice.
Yes. Every keyed answer was reconciled to the standard fact; six were corrected (Q10 first reactor to Islamabad, Q13 most moons to Saturn, Q15 space-programme founder to Abdus Salam, Q51 first power plant to Karachi, Q61 largest population to India, Q76 largest oil producer to the USA), each flagged in keyFlag.
The booklet's answer-key pages are headed 'Answer Key - Mock Test 3' although the paper itself is headed 'MOCK1'. The key's answers were checked item by item against the 100 questions and match them, so the heading is recorded as a labelling slip in the source note, not as a different paper.
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