Pak Navy Initial Test Repeated Mcqs Page 7

General Knowledge & Conversions

Gold Purity

• 24 Karat Gold = 99.5% pure gold

• 22 Karat Gold = 91.6% gold + 8.4% other metals (also known as 916, KDM, Hallmark)

• 18 Karat Gold = 75% gold + 25% other metals

• 12 Karat Gold = 50% gold + 50% other metals

• 1 Karat = 4.16% gold

Units, Measurements & Conversions

Paper / Count Units

• 1 Ream = 500 papers

• 1 Gross = 12 dozens = 144 items

Land Measurements

• 1 Gunta = 121 sq. yards

• 1 Gunta = 101.171 sq. meters

• 1 Gaj = 1 yard

Length

• 1 Yard = 36 inches

• 1 Yard = 3 feet

• 1 Yard = 0.9144 meters

• 1 Foot = 12 inches = 30.48 cm

• 1 Inch = 2.54 cm

• 1 Mile = 1.609 km

• 1 Nautical Mile = 1.852 km

Area

• 1 Cent = 435.6 sq. feet

• 1 Acre = 100 cents

• 1 Hectare = 2.471 acres

Water Measurement

• 1 TMC = 100 crore cubic feet (used for reservoir capacity)

Digital Storage

• 1 KB = 1024 bytes

• 1 MB = 1024 KB

• 1 GB = 1024 MB

• 1 TB = 1024 GB

Number System

• 1 Million = 10 lakh

• 1 Billion = 1000 million = 100 crore

• 1 Trillion = 1000 billion = 1 lakh crore

Pakistan General Knowledge

• Badshahi Mosque built: 1670 AD

• Title Governor General changed to President: 23 March 1956

• Largest Hockey Stadium: National Hockey Stadium, Lahore

• First Minority Minister of Pakistan: Joginder Nath Mandal (Law Minister)

• First Atomic Reactor: Established in Islamabad, 1956

• Largest Railway Tunnel: Khojak Tunnel

• Smallest Dam: Warsak Dam

• Largest Fort: Ranikot Fort

• Largest Bank: Habib Bank Limited (HBL)

• Highest Civil Award: Nishan-e-Pakistan

• Second Highest Civil Award: Hilal-e-Pakistan

• Largest Park: Ayub National Park, Rawalpindi

• Largest Museum: Lahore Museum

• Largest Railway Station: Lahore Railway Station

• Highest Pass: Muztagh Pass (connects Gilgit to Xinjiang)

• Largest Canal: Lloyd Barrage Canal (Sukkur Barrage, built 1936)

Holy Quran Statistics

• Total Dots: 1,015,030

• Zabar (Overbar): 93,243

• Zer (Underbar): 39,586

• Ruku: 1,000

• Waqf (Stops): 5,098

• Tashdeed: 19,253

• Total Letters: 323,671

• Pesh: 4,808

• Madd: 1,771

• Words: 77,701

• Parts (Juz): 30

• Bismillah repeated: 114 times