NTS General Knowledge Questions & Answers 2026

What Is NTS?

The National Testing Service (NTS) is Pakistan's premier testing organization, established in 2002. It conducts hundreds of tests annually for university admissions, government jobs, and scholarship programs. Whether you are applying for NAT, GAT, or a government job through NTS, mastering General Knowledge is essential — it typically makes up 20-30% of all NTS test papers.

NTS Test Types at a Glance

• 📚 NAT-I — For undergraduate admissions (after intermediate)
• 📚 NAT-IE/ICS/ICOM/IAM — Subject-specific undergraduate admissions
• 🎓 GAT-General — For MS/MPhil admissions
• 🎓 GAT-Subject — For PhD admissions in specific fields
• 💼 NTS Job Tests — For federal/provincial government recruitment

Section 1: Pakistan Studies GK (Q1–Q25)

1. Pakistan was created on which date? (14 August 1947)
2. Who founded Pakistan? (Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah)
3. What is the capital of Pakistan? (Islamabad)
4. What is the largest city of Pakistan? (Karachi — by population)
5. What is the national language of Pakistan? (Urdu)
6. How many provinces does Pakistan have? (4 — Punjab, Sindh, KPK, Balochistan)
7. Which province has the highest population? (Punjab — over 110 million)
8. Which province has the largest area? (Balochistan — 347,190 sq km)
9. What is the highest peak of Pakistan? (K2 — 8,611 m — second highest in world)
10. Which is the longest river in Pakistan? (Indus River / Darya-e-Sindh)
11. When was the 1973 Constitution enacted? (14 August 1973)
12. What is Pakistan's national sport? (Field Hockey)
13. What is Pakistan's national animal? (Markhor)
14. What is Pakistan's national flower? (Jasmine / Chambeli)
15. What is the significance of 6 September in Pakistan? (Defence Day — commemorating 1965 war against India)
16. What is the significance of 23 March? (Pakistan Day — Lahore Resolution passed in 1940)
17. What is GHQ? (General Headquarters — Pakistan Army Headquarters in Rawalpindi)
18. What is ISI? (Inter-Services Intelligence — Pakistan's premier intelligence agency)
19. What is the total number of districts in Pakistan? (Approximately 160 districts)
20. What is WAPDA? (Water and Power Development Authority — manages water resources and power generation)
21. What is PIA? (Pakistan International Airlines — national carrier)
22. When did Pakistan win the Cricket World Cup? (1992 — under Imran Khan's captaincy)
23. When did Pakistan win the Hockey World Cup? (4 times: 1971, 1978, 1982, 1994)
24. What is Mohenjo-daro? (Ancient Indus Valley Civilization site in Sindh — 2500 BCE — UNESCO World Heritage Site)
25. What is the Lahore Fort? (Mughal-era fortress in Lahore — UNESCO World Heritage Site)

Section 2: English Language — Vocabulary & Grammar (Q26–Q45)

26. What is a synonym for "Abundant"? (Plentiful / Ample / Copious)
27. What is an antonym for "Benevolent"? (Malevolent / Cruel / Unkind)
28. What is a synonym for "Eloquent"? (Articulate / Fluent / Expressive)
29. What is the plural of "Analysis"? (Analyses)
30. What is the plural of "Criterion"? (Criteria)
31. What is the correct spelling? Accommodate or Acommodate? (Accommodate — two c's and two m's)
32. Choose correct sentence: "She don't know" or "She doesn't know"? (She doesn't know)
33. What is a "Metaphor"? (A figure of speech comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as" — e.g., "Life is a journey")
34. What is a "Simile"? (Comparison using "like" or "as" — e.g., "As brave as a lion")
35. What is the past tense of "Seek"? (Sought)
36. What is the past tense of "Arise"? (Arose)
37. What does "Ambiguous" mean? (Having more than one possible meaning — unclear or uncertain)
38. What does "Pragmatic" mean? (Dealing with practical matters — realistic rather than idealistic)
39. What does "Verbose" mean? (Using more words than necessary — wordy)
40. What does "Lethargic" mean? (Sluggish / lacking energy or enthusiasm)
41. Identify the preposition: "She was sitting beside the window." (Beside — showing position)
42. What is a "Clause"? (A group of words containing a subject and verb — can be independent or dependent)
43. What is "Active Voice"? (Subject performs the action — e.g., "The dog bit the man")
44. What is "Passive Voice"? (Subject receives the action — e.g., "The man was bitten by the dog")
45. What does the idiom "Bite the bullet" mean? (To endure a painful situation with courage)

Section 3: General Science (Q46–Q65)

46. What is the chemical formula of water? (H₂O)
47. What is the chemical formula of common salt? (NaCl — Sodium Chloride)
48. What is the chemical formula of carbon dioxide? (CO₂)
49. What is the hardest natural substance? (Diamond — pure carbon)
50. What is the lightest element? (Hydrogen — atomic number 1)
51. What is the most abundant element in Earth's crust? (Oxygen — 46%)
52. How many chromosomes do human cells have? (46 chromosomes — 23 pairs)
53. What is the largest planet in our Solar System? (Jupiter)
54. What is the smallest planet in our Solar System? (Mercury)
55. What is the nearest star to Earth? (The Sun — 150 million km away)
56. After the Sun, what is the nearest star to Earth? (Proxima Centauri — 4.24 light years away)
57. What is the unit of electrical resistance? (Ohm — Ω)
58. What is the unit of electric current? (Ampere — A)
59. What is the unit of frequency? (Hertz — Hz)
60. What is Newton's First Law? (Law of Inertia — an object at rest stays at rest unless acted upon by a force)
61. What is Newton's Second Law? (F = ma — force equals mass times acceleration)
62. What is photosynthesis? (Process where plants convert sunlight, CO₂ and water into glucose and oxygen)
63. What is the function of red blood cells? (Carry oxygen from lungs to body tissues using hemoglobin)
64. What is the function of white blood cells? (Fight infection — part of immune system)
65. What is a virus? (Non-living infectious agent that replicates inside host cells — smaller than bacteria)

Section 4: Analytical Reasoning (Q66–Q80)

66. Find the next number: 2, 4, 8, 16, __ (32 — each number multiplied by 2)
67. Find the next number: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, __ (36 — perfect squares: 1², 2², 3², 4², 5², 6²)
68. Find the next number: 3, 6, 9, 12, __ (15 — multiples of 3)
69. Find the odd one out: Apple, Mango, Carrot, Banana (Carrot — it's a vegetable, rest are fruits)
70. Find the odd one out: Paris, London, Tokyo, Amazon (Amazon — it's a river/company, rest are capital cities)
71. If A is the brother of B, and B is the sister of C, what is A's relationship to C? (Brother — A is the brother of C)
72. If today is Monday, what day will it be after 100 days? (Wednesday — 100 ÷ 7 = 14 remainder 2 — Monday + 2 = Wednesday)
73. A train travels 60 km in 1 hour. How far will it travel in 3.5 hours? (210 km)
74. If 5 workers complete a job in 10 days, how many days will 10 workers take? (5 days — inversely proportional)
75. What comes next in the sequence: A, C, E, G, __ (I — alternating letters skipping one)
76. If BOOK is coded as 2-15-15-11, what is the code for CAT? (3-1-20 — using alphabetical position A=1, B=2, etc.)
77. A is older than B. B is older than C. Who is the youngest? (C)
78. All roses are flowers. Some flowers fade quickly. Therefore: (Some roses may fade quickly — valid logical inference)
79. If you have 3 apples and take away 2, how many do you have? (2 — the ones you took away)
80. What is 15% of 200? (30 — 200 × 0.15 = 30)

Section 5: World GK & Current Affairs (Q81–Q100)

81. Which is the largest ocean? (Pacific Ocean)
82. Which is the largest desert in the world? (Sahara Desert — Africa)
83. What is the capital of Japan? (Tokyo)
84. What is the capital of Saudi Arabia? (Riyadh)
85. What is the capital of Iran? (Tehran)
86. What is the capital of Turkey? (Ankara)
87. Who invented the World Wide Web? (Tim Berners-Lee — 1989)
88. What is the currency of Saudi Arabia? (Saudi Riyal — SAR)
89. What is the currency of China? (Renminbi / Chinese Yuan — CNY)
90. What is the currency of United Kingdom? (Pound Sterling — GBP)
91. How many countries are in the world? (195 countries — 193 UN members + 2 observer states)
92. What is the longest wall in the world? (Great Wall of China — 21,196 km)
93. What is the tallest building in the world? (Burj Khalifa — Dubai, UAE — 828 metres)
94. What country has the most Nobel Prize winners? (United States — over 400 laureates)
95. Who wrote "Romeo and Juliet"? (William Shakespeare — circa 1594-96)
96. Who painted the Mona Lisa? (Leonardo da Vinci — circa 1503-1519)
97. When was the first iPhone released? (29 June 2007)
98. What does GPS stand for? (Global Positioning System)
99. What does URL stand for? (Uniform Resource Locator)
100. What is Artificial Intelligence? (Simulation of human intelligence by computer systems — machine learning, natural language processing, robotics)

NTS Preparation Strategy

1. Get NTS past papers — collect at least 5 past papers for your specific test type
2. Practice English daily — vocabulary is the quickest section to improve
3. Master analytical reasoning — these questions follow patterns that can be learned
4. Read current affairs — Dawn newspaper and JWT magazine
5. Time yourself — practice completing 100 MCQs in 90-100 minutes
6. Use QuizVortex daily — practice General Knowledge and Science quizzes to build speed

Conclusion

NTS exams test a broad range of knowledge — from Pakistan Studies to English vocabulary and analytical reasoning. The good news is that NTS questions follow predictable patterns, and with regular practice using past papers and online quiz platforms like QuizVortex, you can significantly improve your score. Start your daily practice now and aim for 70%+ to stay ahead of the competition. Best of luck — Aap zaroor kaamyab honge!