The books and their writers for PPSC, NTS, SPSC, KPPSC and FPSC General Recruitment Tests. Compiled and Edited by Aamir Mahar
- ‘The Hidden Treasure or پٹہ خزانہ /Pata Khazana’ (A Biography of Pashtoon Poets) written by Mohammad Hothek. Edited, annotated and translated into Persian by Abdul Hay Habibi. It’s the first book in the Pashto language.
- ‘India Wins Freedom’ (Autobiography) written by ‘Abul Kalam Azad’
- ‘Rape of the Lock’ (Poem) written by ‘Alexandar Pope’
- ‘The Alchemist’ (Story) and ‘Silent Woman’ (Story) written by ‘Ben Jonson’
- ‘David Copperfield’ (Novel), ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ (Novel), ‘The Old Curiosity Shop’ (Novel), ‘Oliver Twist’ (Novel), ‘Great Expectation’ (Novel) written by ‘Charles Dickens’
- ‘Tamburlaine the Great’ (Play), ‘The Jew of Malta’ (Play) and ‘Doctor Faustus’ (Play) written by ‘Christopher Marlowe’
- ‘A Farewell to Arms’ (Novel), ‘The Old Man and The Sea’ (Novel), ‘The Sun also Rises’ (Novel) and ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’ (Novel) written by ‘Ernest Hemingway’
- ‘Caeser and Cleopatra’ (Play), ‘Arms and the Man’ (Play), ‘Man and Superman’ (Play) and ‘Doctor’s Dilema’ (Play) written by ‘G. B. Shaw’
- ‘Animal Farm’ (Novel) and ‘Ninteen Eighty Four’ (Novel) written by ‘George Orwell’
- ‘Ode to Nightmare’ (Ode), ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ (Ode) and ‘Ode to Autumn’ (Ode) written by ‘John Keats’
- ‘Gulliver’s Travel’ (Satire) written by ‘Jonathon Swift’
- ‘Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage’ (Poem), ‘Don Juan’ (Poem), ‘The Vision of Judgment’ (Poem) and ‘Heaven and Earth’ (Poem) written by ‘Lord Byron’
- ‘The Patriot’ (Poem) written by ‘Robert Browning’
- ‘The Jungle Book’ (Novel) written by ‘Rudyard Kipling’
- Comedy Play: ‘Mid Summer Night’s Dream’, ‘The Tempest’, ‘As You Like It’, ‘Merchant of Venice’, ‘Julius Caeser’, ‘Comedy of Errors’, ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ and Tragedy Play: ‘Othello’, ‘Macbeth’, ‘King Lear’, ‘Romeo and Juliet’, ‘Hamlet’ written by ‘William Shakespeare’
- ‘Pamela’ (Novel) written by ‘Samuel Richardson’
- ‘The Gift of the Magi’ (Short Story), ‘Cabbage and Kings’ (Short Story), ‘Roads of Destiny’ (Short Story) and ‘Sixes and Seven’ (Short Story) written by ‘Sidney William Porter’
- ‘Ivanhoe’ (Novel), ‘Heart of Midlothian’ (Novel), ‘The lay of Last Minstrel’ (Poem) and ‘Patriotism’ (Poem) written by ‘Sir Walter Scott’
- ‘The Waste Land’ (Poem) and ‘Four Quarters’ (Poem) written by ‘T. S. Eliot’
- ‘Of Human Bondage’ (Novel) and ‘The Moon and Sixpence’ (Novel) written by ‘Somerset Maugham ‘
- ‘Songs of Innocence, Songs of Experience’ (Poem) written by ‘William Blake’
NOTE:
- ‘Pakistan, the heart of Asia’ is the collection of speeches made by the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan in the United States and Canada, May and June 1950.
- A Tale of Two Cities, which is one of two historical novels written by Charles Dickens, is set in London and in Paris and the French countryside at the time of the French Revolution. The book is sympathetic to the overthrow of the French aristocracy but highly critical of the reign of terror that followed.
Quotations and their writers for PPSC, NTS, SPSC, KPPSC and FPSC General Recruitment Tests. Compiled and Edited by Aamir Mahar
- ‘Beauty is truth, truth is beauty – Keats
- ‘To be or not to be, that is the question’ – William Shakespeare (Hamlet)
- ‘I have a dream that one day this nation will live out the true meaning of its creed that all men are created equal’ – Martin Luther King.
- ‘If winter comes, can spring be far behind’ – P. B. Shelley (Ode to The West Wind)
- ‘Brevity is the soul of wit’ – Shakespeare (Hamlet)
- ‘Justice delayed is Justice denied’ – Gladstone
- ‘Justice hurried is justice burried – Gladstone
- ‘They think too little who talk too much’ – Dryden
- ‘Superstition is a religion of feeble minded person ‘ – Edmund Burke
- ‘To err is human, To forgive is divine’ – Alexander Pope
- ‘Cowards dies many times before their death’ – William Shakespeare
- ‘All the world’s stage and all the men and women merely players’ – Shakespeare
- ‘Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world’ – Shelley
- ‘East is East and West is West
- Never the twain shall meet’ – Rudyard Kipling
- ‘Knowledge is Power’ – Hobbes
- ‘The Child is the father of a man’ – William Wordsworth.
- ‘A thing is beauty is a joy forever’ – John Keats.
- ‘Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains’ – Rousseau
- ‘Liberty consists in doing what one desires’ – John Stuart Mill
- ‘Religion is the opium of the people’ – Karl Marks
- ‘Eureka Eureka (I have found it)’ – Archimedes.
- ‘The unexamined life is not worth living’ – Socrates
- ‘Man is by nature a political animal’ – Aristotle.
Related MCQs
- The most significant greenhouse gas is? (CSS 2013 Current Affairs Paper)
- Ozone
- Chlorofluorocarbons
- Carbon Dioxide
- None of these
Submitted by: CSS Exam Desk Team
- Hazrat Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) went to Syria with Abu-Talib at the age of? (CSS 2015 Islamic Studies Paper)
- 12
- 15
- 24
- 35
Submitted by: CSS Exam Desk Team
- When sound is reflected from floor, ceiling or a wall, it mixes with the original sound and changes its complexion, it is called as? (CSS 2011 General Science & Ability Paper)
- Sound
- Echo
- Noise
- Reverberation
Submitted by: CSS Exam Desk Team
- PARCO established a pipeline from Karachi to North in 2002. Name the pipeline? (CSS 2019 Pakistan Affairs Paper)
- Refined Oil Project
- Black Oil Project
- White Oil Project
- None of these
Submitted by: CSS Exam Desk Team
- The SYNONYM of the word \"EPITAPH\" is? (CSS 2011 English Precis & Composition Paper)
- Editorial
- Circumscribed
- Clever headline
- Tomb stone inscription
Submitted by: CSS Exam Desk Team
- Who rejected the verdicts of jurists that idol worshippers are liable to be murdered? (CSS 2009 Pakistan Affairs Paper)
- Mahmood Ghaznawi
- Shamd-ud-Din Iltumish
- Jalal-ud-Din Deroz
- None of these
Submitted by: CSS Exam Desk Team
- Parsec is a unit of? (CSS 2010 General Science & Ability Paper)
- Time
- Energy
- Power
- Distance
Submitted by: CSS Exam Desk Team
- The last Ghazwa in which Holy Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) participated? (CSS 2019 Islamic Studies Paper)
- Badar
- Hunain
- Tabuk
- None of these
Submitted by: CSS Exam Desk Team
- Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan died on? (CSS 2022 Current Affairs Paper)
- June 12, 2021
- March 15, 2021
- October 10, 2021
- None of the options
Submitted by: CSS Exam Desk Team
- A Verse Of Holy Quran Indicates The Name of? (CSS 2018 Islamic Studies Paper)
- Hazrat Muaaz(رضی اللّٰہ عنہ)
- Hazrat Bilal(رضی اللّٰہ عنہ)
- Hazrat Saad(رضی اللّٰہ عنہ)
- Hazrat Zaid(رضی اللّٰہ عنہ)
Submitted by: CSS Exam Desk Team
- Bronze medal is made up of metals? (CSS 2019 General Science & Ability Paper)
- Copper, nickel
- Copper, tin
- Copper, silver
- Copper, zinc
Submitted by: CSS Exam Desk Team
- In Kashmir the ceasefire between Pakistan and India was signed on? (CSS 2013 Pakistan Affairs Paper)
- 27th July, 1948
- 27th July, 1949
- 27th July, 1950
- None of these
Submitted by: CSS Exam Desk Team
- The continent Antarctica lies at the? (CSS 2010 General Science & Ability Paper)
- Equator
- South pole
- North pole
- Middle of the earth
Submitted by: CSS Exam Desk Team
- The Order of the Rising Sun is highest Military Award of? (CSS 2016 Current Affairs Paper)
- Russia
- Japan
- South Korea
- None of these
Submitted by: CSS Exam Desk Team
- Sumatra Island Is Situated In? (CSS 2020 Current Affairs Paper)
- Indonesia
- Thailand
- West Indies
- None of these
Submitted by: CSS Exam Desk Team
- Viceroy Lord Curzon divided the Bengal in east and west on:? (CSS 2012 Pakistan Affairs Paper)
- 19th may 1905
- 19th june 1905
- 19th October 1905
- None of these
Submitted by: CSS Exam Desk Team
- The idea that leaders initiate foreign conflicts in order to distract public opinion from controversial domestic policies is called? (CSS 2013 Current Affairs Paper)
- Diversionary Theory of War
- Democratic Peace Theory
- Autocratic Rule
- None of these
Submitted by: CSS Exam Desk Team
- Which of the following produced seed but not Fruits? (CSS 2021 General Science & Ability Paper)
- Gymnosperms
- Mint
- Maize
- None of these
Submitted by: CSS Exam Desk Team
- The minimum amount of vitamin stored in the human body is of? (CSS 2024 General Science & Ability Paper)
- Vitamin D
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin E
- Vitamin A
Submitted by: CSS Exam Desk Team
- Which of the following is used for measuring distance? (CSS 2024 General Science & Ability Paper)
- Coulomb
- light year
- Farad
- Curie
Submitted by: CSS Exam Desk Team
- Which of the following does not contain a structural protein? (CSS 2012 General Science & Ability Paper)
- Ovalbumin
- Spider silk
- Tendons
- Muscles
Submitted by: CSS Exam Desk Team
- Yeast is used in making bread because it produces? (CSS 2009 General Science & Ability Paper)
- Oxygen
- Sugar
- Bacteria
- Carbon dioxide
Submitted by: CSS Exam Desk Team
- \'All-out war\' against Al-Shabaab was launched by? (CSS 2023 Current Affairs Paper)
- Iran
- Somalia
- Pakistan
- None of these
Submitted by: CSS Exam Desk Team
- The SYNONYM of the word \"CICERONE\" is? (CSS 2004 English Precis & Composition Paper)
- Guide
- Teacher
- Chaperone
- Literary classic
Submitted by: CSS Exam Desk Team
- LASER is an acronym for?
- Light amplification by standard emission of light
- Light absorption stimulated entrance of radiation
- Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
- Light absorption by standard emission of radiation
Submitted by: CSS Exam Desk Team