Survey of
Pakistan (SOP) MCQs 2026 (100 Important Questions)
Basic General Knowledge (1–20)
- Survey of Pakistan works under which ministry?
A) Interior Ministry
B) Defence Ministry
C) Education Ministry
D) Planning Ministry
👉 Ans: B - Survey of Pakistan is the national?
A) Banking institution
B) Mapping agency
C) Railway system
D) Tax authority
👉 Ans: B - Headquarters of Survey of Pakistan is in:
A) Karachi
B) Lahore
C) Rawalpindi
D) Islamabad
👉 Ans: C - Surveying mainly deals with:
A) Banking
B) Mapping land
C) Law
D) Medicine
👉 Ans: B - Which tool is used for measuring angles in surveying?
A) Barometer
B) Theodolite
C) Thermometer
D) Hygrometer
👉 Ans: B - GPS stands for:
A) Global Positioning System
B) General Power System
C) Global Process System
D) Geographic Plotting System
👉 Ans: A - Map scale shows:
A) Temperature
B) Distance ratio
C) Population
D) Weather
👉 Ans: B - GIS stands for:
A) Global Information System
B) Geographic Information System
C) Ground Internal System
D) General Index System
👉 Ans: B - Compass is used for:
A) Measuring weight
B) Direction finding
C) Heat measurement
D) Distance only
👉 Ans: B TestPoint - Which map shows elevation?
A) Political map
B) Physical map
C) Road map
D) Weather map
👉 Ans: B - Unit of distance in surveying is:
A) Gram
B) Meter
C) Liter
D) Joule
👉 Ans: B - Contour lines represent:
A) Temperature
B) Elevation
C) Borders
D) Rivers only
👉 Ans: B - Latitude measures:
A) East-West
B) North-South
C) Height
D) Depth
👉 Ans: B - Longitude measures:
A) East-West position
B) Temperature
C) Pressure
D) Height
👉 Ans: A - Pakistan is located in:
A) Europe
B) South Asia
C) Africa
D) Australia
👉 Ans: B - Capital of Pakistan:
A) Lahore
B) Karachi
C) Islamabad
D) Peshawar
👉 Ans: C - Largest province of Pakistan by area:
A) Punjab
B) Sindh
C) Balochistan
D) KPK
👉 Ans: C - River Indus flows into:
A) Arabian Sea
B) Bay of Bengal
C) Pacific Ocean
D) Red Sea
👉 Ans: A - Pakistan gained independence in:
A) 1940
B) 1947
C) 1956
D) 1965
👉 Ans: B - National language of Pakistan:
A) Punjabi
B) Sindhi
C) Urdu
D) English
👉 Ans: C
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Surveying & Technical (21–45)
- Triangulation is used for:
A) Cooking
B) Measuring distances
C) Drawing
D) Printing
👉 Ans: B - Chain in surveying is used for:
A) Electricity
B) Measuring distance
C) Direction
D) Pressure
👉 Ans: B - Plane table survey is used for:
A) Cooking
B) Field mapping
C) Driving
D) Medicine
👉 Ans: B - EDM stands for:
A) Electronic Distance Measurement
B) Energy Data Machine
C) Electric Drive Model
D) Earth Distance Map
👉 Ans: A - Surveying accuracy depends on:
A) Color
B) Instruments
C) Weather only
D) Speed only
👉 Ans: B - A benchmark is used for:
A) Height reference
B) Temperature
C) Weight
D) Time
👉 Ans: A - Leveling instrument measures:
A) Distance
B) Height difference
C) Weight
D) Speed
👉 Ans: B - Topographic maps show:
A) Only rivers
B) Natural & man-made features
C) Only cities
D) Only borders
👉 Ans: B - Remote sensing uses:
A) Ground only
B) Satellite data
C) Water
D) Fire
👉 Ans: B - Surveying is important for:
A) Cooking
B) Construction
C) Medicine
D) Banking
👉 Ans: B - Chain survey is suitable for:
A) Large cities
B) Small areas
C) Oceans
D) Mountains only
👉 Ans: B - Error in measurement is called:
A) Fault
B) Mistake
C) Error
D) Noise
👉 Ans: C - Precision means:
A) Random result
B) Consistency
C) Weak result
D) Guessing
👉 Ans: B - Accuracy means:
A) Closeness to true value
B) Random value
C) Fast result
D) Slow result
👉 Ans: A - GPS works with:
A) Radar
B) Satellites
C) Water
D) Air
👉 Ans: B - Surveying field work is done:
A) Indoors
B) Outdoors
C) Only labs
D) Online
👉 Ans: B - Compass needle always points:
A) South
B) East
C) North
D) West
👉 Ans: C - ArcGIS is a:
A) Game
B) GIS software
C) Browser
D) Virus
👉 Ans: B - Map projection is used to:
A) Play games
B) Represent earth on flat surface
C) Cook food
D) Store data
👉 Ans: B - Scale 1:1000 means:
A) 1 cm = 1000 cm
B) 1 km = 1 m
C) 1 m = 1 km
D) 10 m = 1 cm
👉 Ans: A - Survey drawings are prepared using:
A) AutoCAD
B) MS Word
C) Excel only
D) Paint only
👉 Ans: A - Which is surveying branch?
A) Geodesy
B) Chemistry
C) Biology
D) Literature
👉 Ans: A - Total station combines:
A) Camera + GPS
B) Theodolite + EDM
C) Computer + Printer
D) Phone + Radio
👉 Ans: B - Levelling staff is used for:
A) Height measurement
B) Weight
C) Time
D) Speed
👉 Ans: A - Survey map accuracy increases with:
A) Less work
B) Better instruments
C) Less data
D) Guessing
👉 Ans: B
🔵 Computer & Math (46–70)
- CPU stands for:
A) Central Processing Unit
B) Computer Personal Unit
C) Control Power Unit
D) Core Process Unit
👉 Ans: A - RAM is:
A) Permanent memory
B) Temporary memory
C) Software
D) Device
👉 Ans: B - 10 + 20 = ?
👉 Ans: 30 - 50% of 200 = ?
👉 Ans: 100 - Binary system uses: TestPoint
A) 0 and 1
B) 1 to 10
C) 1 to 100
D) Letters
👉 Ans: A - Internet is a:
A) Software
B) Network
C) Device
D) Virus
👉 Ans: B - Excel is used for:
A) Drawing
B) Calculations
C) Music
D) Games
👉 Ans: B - 5 × 6 = ?
👉 Ans: 30 - 100 ÷ 4 = ?
👉 Ans: 25 - 1 KB = ? Bytes
👉 Ans: 1024 - WWW stands for:
A) World Wide Web
B) World Work Web
C) Web World Wide
D) Wide Web World
👉 Ans: A - Keyboard is:
A) Output device
B) Input device
C) Storage
D) Software
👉 Ans: B - Mouse is used for:
A) Typing
B) Clicking
C) Printing
D) Scanning
👉 Ans: B - 2² = ?
👉 Ans: 4 - 3³ = ?
👉 Ans: 27 - Windows is a:
A) Hardware
B) Operating System
C) Browser
D) Game
👉 Ans: B - Email stands for:
A) Electronic Mail
B) External Mail
C) Easy Mail
D) Express Mail
👉 Ans: A - Printer is a: TestPoint
A) Input device
B) Output device
C) Storage
D) CPU
👉 Ans: B - 15 + 25 = ?
👉 Ans: 40 - 12 × 12 = ?
👉 Ans: 144 - USB is used for:
A) Cooking
B) Data transfer
C) Painting
D) Printing
👉 Ans: B - Software means:
A) Physical parts
B) Programs
C) Machines
D) Tools
👉 Ans: B - Hardware means:
A) Programs
B) Physical parts
C) Internet
D) Data
👉 Ans: B - MS Word is used for:
A) Drawing
B) Typing documents
C) Coding
D) Gaming
👉 Ans: B - Monitor is a:
A) Input
B) Output
C) Storage
D) CPU
👉 Ans: B
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Current Affairs & Pakistan (71–100)
- Current capital of Pakistan:
👉 Islamabad - President of Pakistan (2026):
👉 Asif Ali Zardari - PM of Pakistan (2026):
👉 Shehbaz Sharif - Currency of Pakistan:
👉 Rupee - National flower:
👉 Jasmine - National animal:
👉 Markhor - National bird:
👉 Chukar - Pakistan came into being on: TestPoint
👉 14 August 1947 - Largest city:
👉 Karachi - Highest mountain in Pakistan:
👉 K2 - K2 height approx:
👉 8611 m - Pakistan borders with how many countries?
👉 4 - Pakistan’s major export:
👉 Textiles - CPEC stands for:
👉 China Pakistan Economic Corridor - National sport:
👉 Hockey - Parliament is located in:
👉 Islamabad - Supreme Court is in:
👉 Islamabad - First constitution of Pakistan:
👉 1956 - National language adopted in:
👉 1973 Constitution - Pakistan army HQ:
👉 Rawalpindi - Pakistan Air Force HQ:
👉 Islamabad - Pakistan Navy HQ:
👉 Islamabad - Indus River is longest in:
👉 Pakistan - Major dam:
👉 Tarbela Dam - Another major dam: TestPoint
👉 Mangla Dam - Pakistan’s largest desert:
👉 Thar Desert - Literacy rate improving sector:
👉 Education - Survey of Pakistan role:
👉 Mapping & surveying - GIS is used in:
👉 Mapping - Surveying helps in:
👉 Construction planning
