World Capitals MCQs for PPSC, FPSC & CSS — Most Repeated Questions with Answers

103 most repeated world capitals MCQs with answers for PPSC, FPSC, CSS MPT and one-paper tests — corrected, grouped by region, with tricky capitals and memorising tips.

By Muhammad Younus · Updated 27 Oct 2026 · 8 min read

World capitals are one of the most repeated topics in the General Knowledge part of almost every competitive exam in Pakistan. Whether you are preparing for a PPSC one-paper test, an FPSC screening test, the CSS MPT, or tests by NTS, OTS and CTS, a small set of capital questions comes back again and again. This post collects 103 of the most repeated world capital MCQs in one place — checked, corrected and arranged region by region so you can revise them quickly.

Read the list actively: cover the answer, say it in your mind, then check. Two full passes through this page are worth more than ten passive readings.

Asia — Capitals MCQs

1. What is the capital of Thailand? — Bangkok
2. What is the capital of Türkiye (Turkey)? — Ankara
3. What is the capital of Iran? — Tehran
4. What is the capital of Iraq? — Baghdad
5. What is the capital of Afghanistan? — Kabul
6. What is the capital of Bangladesh? — Dhaka
7. What is the capital of Nepal? — Kathmandu
8. What is the capital of Bhutan? — Thimphu
9. What is the capital of the Maldives? — Malé
10. What is the capital of China? — Beijing
11. What is the capital of Japan? — Tokyo
12. What is the capital of South Korea? — Seoul
13. What is the capital of North Korea? — Pyongyang
14. What is the capital of Mongolia? — Ulaanbaatar
15. What is the capital of Vietnam? — Hanoi
16. What is the capital of Malaysia? — Kuala Lumpur
17. What is the capital of Indonesia? — Jakarta (the new capital Nusantara is under construction, but exam papers still ask for Jakarta)
18. What is the capital of the Philippines? — Manila
19. What is the capital of Myanmar? — Naypyidaw
20. What is the capital of Laos? — Vientiane
21. What is the capital of Cambodia? — Phnom Penh
22. What is the capital of Brunei? — Bandar Seri Begawan
23. What is the capital of Kazakhstan? — Astana
24. Bishkek is the capital of which country? — Kyrgyzstan
25. Dushanbe is the capital of which country? — Tajikistan
26. What is the capital of Turkmenistan? — Ashgabat
27. What is the capital of Uzbekistan? — Tashkent
28. Name the capital of Azerbaijan. — Baku
29. What is the capital of Georgia? — Tbilisi
30. What is the capital of Armenia? — Yerevan
31. What is the capital of Qatar? — Doha
32. What is the capital of Saudi Arabia? — Riyadh
33. What is the capital of the United Arab Emirates? — Abu Dhabi
34. What is the capital of Oman? — Muscat
35. What is the capital of Bahrain? — Manama
36. What is the capital of Kuwait? — Kuwait City
37. What is the capital of Jordan? — Amman
38. What is the capital of Lebanon? — Beirut
39. Name the capital of Syria. — Damascus

Europe — Capitals MCQs

1. Warsaw is the capital of which country? — Poland
2. What is the capital of France? — Paris
3. What is the capital of Germany? — Berlin
4. What is the capital of Italy? — Rome
5. Madrid is the capital of which country? — Spain
6. What is the capital of the United Kingdom? — London
7. What is the capital of Ireland? — Dublin
8. What is the capital of Austria? — Vienna
9. What is the capital of the Czech Republic (Czechia)? — Prague
10. What is the capital of Slovakia? — Bratislava
11. What is the capital of Finland? — Helsinki
12. What is the capital of Estonia? — Tallinn
13. What is the capital of Latvia? — Riga
14. What is the capital of Lithuania? — Vilnius
15. What is the capital of Greece? — Athens
16. What is the capital of Bulgaria? — Sofia
17. What is the capital of Romania? — Bucharest
18. What is the capital of Serbia? — Belgrade
19. What is the capital of Ukraine? — Kyiv
20. What is the capital of Russia? — Moscow
21. Name the capital of Iceland. — Reykjavik
22. Oslo is the capital of which country? — Norway
23. Stockholm is the capital of which country? — Sweden
24. Copenhagen is the capital of which country? — Denmark
25. Budapest, the capital of Hungary, is situated on the bank of which river? — The River Danube
26. Zagreb is the capital of which country? — Croatia
27. Minsk is the capital of which country? — Belarus
28. Lisbon is the capital of which country? — Portugal
29. Amsterdam is the capital of which country? — The Netherlands (constitutional capital; the government sits in The Hague)
30. What is the capital of Cyprus? — Nicosia
31. Pristina is the capital of which country? — Kosovo
32. Grozny is the capital of which republic? — Chechnya (a republic within Russia)

Africa — Capitals MCQs

1. Tripoli is the capital of which country? — Libya
2. What is the capital of Egypt? — Cairo
3. What is the capital of Algeria? — Algiers
4. What is the capital of Morocco? — Rabat
5. What is the capital of Tunisia? — Tunis
6. Khartoum is the capital of which country? — Sudan
7. Addis Ababa is the capital of which country? — Ethiopia
8. Nairobi is the capital of which country? — Kenya
9. The capital of Uganda is? — Kampala
10. What is the capital of Tanzania? — Dodoma
11. What is the capital of Zimbabwe? — Harare
12. What is the capital of Zambia? — Lusaka
13. What is the capital of Angola? — Luanda
14. What is the capital of Mozambique? — Maputo
15. What is the capital of Ghana? — Accra
16. The capital city of Nigeria is? — Abuja
17. The capital of Somalia is? — Mogadishu
18. Kigali is the capital of which country? — Rwanda

Americas and Oceania — Capitals MCQs

1. Santiago is the capital of which country? — Chile
2. What is the capital of the United States of America? — Washington, D.C.
3. Ottawa is the capital of which country? — Canada
4. What is the capital of Mexico? — Mexico City
5. What is the capital of Brazil? — Brasília
6. Buenos Aires is the capital of which country? — Argentina
7. What is the capital of Peru? — Lima
8. What is the capital of Colombia? — Bogotá
9. What is the capital of Venezuela? — Caracas
10. Montevideo is the capital of which country? — Uruguay
11. Canberra is the capital of which country? — Australia
12. The capital of New Zealand is? — Wellington
13. What is the capital of Fiji? — Suva
14. Parachinar is the headquarters/capital town of which district? — Kurram District (formerly Kurram Agency), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Tricky Capitals and Special Facts Examiners Love

Some capitals are asked again and again precisely because candidates confuse them. Learn these separately.

• Highest capital in the world: La Paz, Bolivia (about 3,640 metres above sea level). It is the seat of government; Sucre is the constitutional capital.
• South Africa has three capitals: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative) and Bloemfontein (judicial). If a single answer is forced, choose Pretoria.
• Sri Lanka has two capitals: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative) and Colombo (executive and judicial).
• Netherlands: Amsterdam is the constitutional capital, but the government and parliament sit in The Hague.
• Switzerland has no official capital; Bern works as the de facto capital.
• Ottoman Empire: its capital was Constantinople, today Istanbul.
• Byzantine Empire: its capital was also Constantinople — the same city asked from two different angles.
• Islamabad was officially made the capital of Pakistan in 1967.
• Indonesia is shifting its capital from Jakarta to Nusantara, but current exam papers still treat Jakarta as the answer.

How to Memorise Capitals So They Stay

• Learn by region, not alphabetically. Your brain stores maps better than lists — finish Asia first, then move on.
• Use the map method. Keep a world map open while revising; point at each country before reading its capital.
• Revise on a cycle. Read the full list today, again after two days, then after a week. This spacing is what moves facts into long-term memory.
• Practise from past papers. Capitals repeat with the same wrong options (for example, Sydney offered instead of Canberra). Recognising the trap is half the marks.
• Attempt carefully. PPSC one-paper tests deduct 0.25 marks for a wrong answer, so a blind guess on a capital you do not know is usually a loss, not a gain.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do world capital MCQs come in the CSS exam?

Yes. The CSS screening test (MPT) and the General Knowledge portion of competitive exams regularly include world geography, and capitals are its simplest scoring part. The same list also serves PMS, FPSC and one-paper tests.

How much of the PPSC one-paper test is General Knowledge?

The one-paper test of 100 MCQs mixes Pakistan Studies, Current Affairs, Islamic Studies, Geography, Basic Mathematics, English, Urdu, Everyday Science and Computer basics. World capitals sit inside the Geography and General Knowledge portion — a small part, but one of the easiest to score fully in.

Are these questions taken from past papers?

They are compiled from the questions that repeat most often across PPSC, FPSC and other testing services' past papers and model papers. Wording in the actual paper may differ slightly, but the facts tested are the same.

What is the fastest way to prepare capitals in one day?

Read this list region by region with the answers covered, mark the ones you miss, and revise only the missed ones twice more before sleeping. Most candidates can secure this topic in a single focused evening.

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