PMS BPS-17 Held in 2014 PPSC

Total Questions: 99

3 - Servile is the opposite of

A ) Puerile
B ) Futile
C ) Haughty ✅
D ) Foul

6 - The first president of Palestine authority Yasir Arafat died on

A ) 11th September 2006
B ) 9th November 2001
C ) 12th December 2007
D ) 11th November 2004 ✅

7 - The imaginary line of zero degree longitude which passes through Greenwich is called

A ) Meridian ✅
B ) Equator
C ) Tropic of cancer
D ) Tropic of Capricorn

8 - The famous book East of Eden is the work of

A ) John Steinbeck ✅
B ) R. W. Emerson
C ) Bertrand Russell
D ) Earnest Hemingway

10 - Sui generis is a Latin term of

A ) Unique ✅
B ) Generous
C ) Sui gas
D ) Common

11 - The strait of Hormuz fall between

A ) UAE and Oman
B ) Iran and Iraq
C ) Iran Oman and UAE ✅
D ) UAE and Qatar

12 - Rand is the currency of

A ) South Africa ✅
B ) Tanzania
C ) Ecuador
D ) Somalia

13 - The number of working children according to ILO estimates in developing countries are

A ) 80 million
B ) 300 million
C ) 250 million ✅
D ) 320 million

14 - In torts, the principle Restitutio and integrum means

A ) Compensation for damages
B ) Restoration to the original condition ✅
C ) Restriction on integration
D ) None

16 - Sylhet district at the time of partition was part of the province of

A ) Bengal
B ) Assam ✅
C ) Bihar
D ) United province

17 - Euphonious is the opposite of

A ) Strident ✅
B ) Lethargic
C ) Literary
D ) Merry

18 - Yangtze river does pass through which of the country *

A ) Mongolia
B ) Thailand
C ) Taiwan
D ) China ✅

Explanation: The Yangtze river only runs through the country of China, though it begins in the Tibetan plains.. It is one of the only major rivers in the world to run through one nation.

19 - The incan civilization flourished in

A ) South America ✅
B ) North America
C ) Australia
D ) Indonesia

20 - The largest city by population in the great lakes region is

A ) Toronto
B ) Montreal
C ) Chicago ✅
D ) Detroit

21 - An ordinary mobile phone communicates by using

A ) Sound waves
B ) Microwaves
C ) Radio waves ✅
D ) UV waves

22 - Stock indices at Tokyo are known by their popular name of

A ) Dow Jones
B ) Hang seng
C ) Nikkie ✅
D ) FTSE

23 - Annuity is

A ) A sum of money received on a regular basis as one of a series of fixed payments ✅
B ) A financial product designed to pay out a stream of payments to the holder at a later point in time
C ) Both a and b
D ) Annual payment of dues

24 - Hobson's choice

A ) Giving no choice at all ✅
B ) To make the best choice
C ) To make the worst choice
D ) To settle for a compromise

27 - A voucher may not be*

A ) Payment bill
B ) Wages sheet
C ) Bank receipt
D ) Computer ✅

Explanation: Any written documentation supporting the entries reported in the account books, indicating the transaction's accounting accuracy, can be referred to as a voucher. For example, a bill, invoice, receipt, salary and wages sheet, pay-in-slip counterfoil, cheque book counterfoil, or trust deed.

28 - Kyoto protocol talks about

A ) Employment
B ) Pollution ✅
C ) Agriculture
D ) None

Explanation:

➡️ Controlling and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

➡️ Kyoto Protocol talks about reducing greenhouse gas emissions to fight climate change.

📘 Explanation for Exams:

  • ✅  The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement.
  • ✅  Adopted in 1997, came into force in 2005.
  • ✅ Aims to combat climate change by:
    • Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
    • Setting binding targets for industrialized countries.

Extra Info (Useful for theory or interviews):

  • Part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
  • Followed by the Paris Agreement (2015).

29 - What was the name of Libyan king deposed by colonel Gadhafi in1969

A ) King Abdullah
B ) King Idris ✅
C ) King Saud
D ) King sadaat

30 - Who said where wealth accumulates, men decay

A ) Abraham Lincoln
B ) Winston Churchill
C ) Goldsmith ✅
D ) Roosevelt

31 - Baikal lake is situated in

A ) Kazakhstan
B ) Russia ✅
C ) USA
D ) Angola

32 - What is meant by Laissez-faire

A ) Mixed economy
B ) Non-interference of govt in economics affairs ✅
C ) Controlled economy
D ) None

33 - The Arab league was formed in

A ) Cairo ✅
B ) Jeddah
C ) Tehran
D ) Riyadh

Explanation:

 Arab League  Established in 22 March 1945:

  •  Organization Name: Arab League (League of Arab States)
  •  Headquarters: Cairo, Egypt the capital of Egypt
  •  Established: 22 March 1945

The headquarters of the Arab League is located in: Cairo, Egypt

➡️ In 1979 Arab League shifted its Headquarters from Cairo to Tunis (Return to Cairo:

  • In 1989, Egypt was reinstated as a member.
  • In 1990, the headquarters was moved back to Cairo

 Key Facts:

  •  ➡️ Number of Founding Members: 6 (initial signers) — later counted as 7, including Yemen (Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan (then Transjordan), and Yemen.)
  • ✅ Although the Arab League was founded on 22 March 1945 with 6 signatory countries, Yemen joined just a few weeks later on 5 May 1945.
  •  ➡️ Total Member :22. 

35 - The country having the highest GDP in the world

A ) Qatar ✅
B ) Luxembourg
C ) Singapore
D ) Kuwait

36 - Brazuca is the name of

A ) The standard shoulder fired anti tank weapon of US army
B ) A man portable recoilless antitank rocket launcher weapon of US army
C ) The official match ball of FIFA world cup 2014 ✅
D ) A brass musical instruments incorporating a telescoping tubing

37 - For how many years did nelson Mandela remain in prison

A ) 27 years ✅
B ) 37 years
C ) 17 years
D ) 10 years

38 - When the stock market is going down it is called

A ) Bearish ✅
B ) Bullish
C ) Crashing
D ) Slumberous

39 - Decibel is a unit used for

A ) Speed of light
B ) Intensity of sound ✅
C ) Intensity of heat
D ) None

40 - The element required for solar energy conversion is

A ) Silicon ✅
B ) Germanium
C ) Uranium
D ) Selenium

42 - Which of the following approaches says that ethical issues should be judged on the basis of some universal code

A ) Deontological ✅
B ) Ethical skepticism
C ) Utilitarianism
D ) Narcissism

43 - Literally the word ethics stand for

A ) Understanding human nature
B ) Study of morality ✅
C ) Properties of chemical substances
D ) Both b and c

45 - The hottest planet is

A ) Mercury
B ) Venus ✅
C ) Jupiter
D ) Saturn

47 - Which of the following events occurred first in history

A ) American war of independence ✅
B ) Russian revolution
C ) French revolution
D ) Chinese revolution

48 - The famous painting sunflower was done by

A ) Michael Angelo
B ) Van Gogh ✅
C ) Pablo Picasso
D ) Leonardo da Vinci

49 - Economic crisis of 1930s originated in

A ) France
B ) Brazil
C ) USA ✅
D ) Russia

50 - The headquarters of APEC is in

A ) China
B ) Japan
C ) Malaysia
D ) Singapore ✅

51 - Which country is included in Horn of Africa

A ) Egypt
B ) Sudan
C ) Somalia ✅
D ) Kenya

52 - ASEAN was formed in

A ) 1965
B ) 1960
C ) 1967 ✅
D ) 1965

54 - Thomas cup is given in the game of

A ) Lawn tennis
B ) Golf
C ) Table tennis
D ) Badminton ✅

55 - What is the length of great wall of china

A ) 22196 kms
B ) 20196kms
C ) 21996 kms
D ) 21196 kms ✅

56 - Who is called the father of french revolution

A ) Thomas Hobbes
B ) Rousseau ✅
C ) Francis bacon
D ) Montesquieu

57 - Divine comedy was written by

A ) Gibbon
B ) Goethe
C ) Dante ✅
D ) Milton

58 - Which one of the following scientists is known as father of astronomy

A ) Einstein
B ) Copernicus ✅
C ) Archimedes
D ) Newton

59 - In France, the Bastille day is celebrated on

A ) 14 May
B ) 14 June
C ) 14 July ✅
D ) 14 August

60 - The swaythling cup is related to the game of

A ) Badminton
B ) Tennis
C ) Volleyball
D ) Table tennis ✅

61 - In 1774 oxygen was discovered by

A ) Newton
B ) Priestly ✅
C ) Faraday
D ) B. Franklin

62 - In the history of world the stone age is also called by the name of

A ) Palaeolithic period ✅
B ) Mesolithic period
C ) Neolithic period
D ) Chalcolithic period

63 - One megabyte is equal to

A ) 1000 bytes
B ) 10,000 bytes
C ) 100,000 bytes
D ) 100,0000 bytes ✅

64 - Maple leaf is the national emblem of

A ) Germany
B ) China
C ) Canada ✅
D ) None

65 - Wheel is a symbol of

A ) Peace
B ) Prosperity
C ) Progress ✅
D ) Speed

66 - Which of the following country's parliament is called diet

A ) Denmark
B ) Russia
C ) Japan ✅
D ) None

67 - Who invented bicycle

A ) Nelson
B ) Karl von Drais ✅
C ) Louis Braille
D ) John Hall

68 - What is the total area of Australia

A ) 8787801Sq km
B ) 8687000Sq km
C ) 7891000Sq km ✅
D ) 8192921Sq km

69 - Which of the following is a Baltic states

A ) Estonia ✅
B ) Serbia
C ) Romania
D ) Bulgaria

70 - What is meant by EQUINOX

A ) Day and night are equal ✅
B ) The longest night
C ) The shortest day
D ) The longest day

71 - Which sea is located in central Asia

A ) Red sea
B ) North sea
C ) Aral sea ✅
D ) Japan sea

72 - What is viticulture

A ) Cultivation of grapes ✅
B ) Growing small plants
C ) Growing tobacco
D ) Cultivation of spices

73 - Window's tears is the name of

A ) Peninsula
B ) Lake
C ) Island
D ) Plant ✅

74 - Kalahari desert is located in

A ) Botswana ✅
B ) Australia
C ) Pakistan
D ) Mozambique

75 - The author of the New deal was

A ) President Roosevelt ✅
B ) President Wilson
C ) President John F. Kennedy
D ) President George Washington

76 - The currency of Portugal is

A ) Zloty
B ) Peso
C ) Euro ✅
D ) Escudo

77 - What is the parliament of Denmark

A ) National assembly
B ) Senate
C ) Folketing ✅
D ) None

78 - The 1st Asian secretary general of united nations was

A ) Tryve lie
B ) Vijay Lakshmi pandit
C ) U Thant ✅
D ) Kurt Waldheim

79 - The headquarters of EFTA is in

A ) London
B ) Geneva ✅
C ) Rome
D ) Paris

81 - ANSA is the news agency of

A ) Germany
B ) Italy ✅
C ) India
D ) USA

82 - Aeroflot is the airline of

A ) Canada
B ) Sri Lanka
C ) Russia ✅
D ) Japan

83 - Tegel is the international airport of

A ) Greece
B ) Turkey
C ) Germany ✅
D ) USA

84 - Broadway street of USA is famous for

A ) Banking
B ) Stock exchange
C ) Cinema halls ✅
D ) Shopping center

85 - What is the new name of Leningrad

A ) St. Petersburg ✅
B ) Red square
C ) Moscow
D ) Stalingrad

86 - Which country is called the cockpit of Europe

A ) Belgium ✅
B ) Canada
C ) UK
D ) Sweden

87 - Which city is called the land of seven hills

A ) Rome ✅
B ) Venice
C ) Shiraz
D ) Babylon

88 - Which is the highest military award of Italy

A ) Medal of honor
B ) Medal for valour ✅
C ) Military cross
D ) Iron cross

89 - Football world cup 2010 was won by

A ) Spain ✅
B ) France
C ) Italy
D ) Brazil

90 - In human body, flat bones are found in

A ) Neck
B ) SKull ✅
C ) Legs
D ) Chest

92 - Contours are lines connecting places having

A ) Equal temperature
B ) Equal pressure
C ) Equal height ✅
D ) Equal rainfall

94 - Who created the famous character of Dracula

A ) Stanley Kubrick
B ) John polidori
C ) James Cameron
D ) Bram stoker ✅

Explanation:

1.Famous character Sherlock Holmes was  written by Sir Arthur Canon Doyle(1887)

"The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," was published in 1892.

2.The character of James bond was created by which famous novelist Ian Fleming(1953)

3.Harry potter is the famous character of: J.K Rowlling, The first Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was published on June 26, 1997.

4.Famous character of Dracula is Bram stoker(May 26, 1897)

5.Ahmed Khan Kharal the famous character of war of independence belong to Jhamra, Rai Ahmad Khan Kharal ( c1776 – 21 September 1857), known as the Nawab of Jhamra, was a Punjabi Muslim chieftain of the Kharal tribe who led a rebellion in the Bar region of Punjab against the British East India Company during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

95 - White goods are

A ) Basic raw materials
B ) Durable consumption goods ✅
C ) Cosmetic articles
D ) Goods imported from western countries

96 - America's cup is associated with which of the following sports

A ) Canoeing
B ) Yachting ✅
C ) American football
D ) Paragliding

97 - Which one of the following statements is false

A ) Unenforceable means that there is no remedy for beach of a convention
B ) The laws of the constitution are enforceable in the courts ✅
C ) The convention of the constitution are binding political rules which are not unforgeable in the courts
D ) Constitutional convention are not binding on anyone

98 - Which of the statements is false

A ) The legislative function is primarily responsible for making, unmaking and amending the law
B ) The legislative function is inferior to the judicial function of government
C ) The executive function gives effect to and enforces the laws ✅
D ) The primary judicial function is to interpret and apply the law resolve disputes provide remedies and determine punishment when the law is breached

99 - Pedagogy is the science of

A ) Birds
B ) Space
C ) Pharmacy
D ) Teaching ✅