PMS BPS-17 Held in 2015

Total Questions: 98

2 - Former prime Minister of Malaysia,Mahathir Mohammad was by education

A ) Engineer
B ) Economist
C ) Political scientist
D ) Medical doctor ✅

3 - Epistemology is the study of

A ) Knowledge ✅
B ) Parasitic
C ) Parasites
D ) Religion

4 - Who was the leader of the 1958 coup in Iraq, which led to proclamation of Iraq as a republic

A ) Sadam Hussain
B ) Nuri Al Said
C ) Abdul Karim Qasim ✅
D ) Fadhel jamali

6 - Which indian personality served as the president of the UN general assembly in1953-54

A ) S. Radha Krishan
B ) Gopalswamy Ayyengar
C ) V. K Krishna Menon
D ) Vijayalakshmi pundit ✅

7 - In which organ of the United Nations all members state of UN are represented

A ) Economic and social council
B ) General assembly ✅
C ) Security council
D ) Human rights council

8 - Ustad Allah Bakhsh was a famous

A ) Classical singer
B ) Sitar player
C ) Tabla player
D ) Painter ✅

9 - Advisor to the prime Minister on foreign affairs, sartaj Aziz holds a masters degree in development economics from

A ) Cambridge university
B ) Harvard university ✅
C ) Columbia university
D ) Karachi university

11 - UNFCC was adopted during the earth summit at Rio de Janeiro when did it come in force

A ) March 1994 ✅
B ) August 1995
C ) October 1996
D ) January 1994

12 - Do Beers is one of the biggest names in diamond industry. Who was the founder of De Beers consolidated mining company

A ) John Cecil Rhodes ✅
B ) Joseph D. Rockefeller
C ) John Krugger
D ) Rupert Murdoch

13 - Who was the first UN high commissioner for Human rights

A ) Mary Robinson
B ) Jose Ayala Lasso ✅
C ) Navin pillay
D ) Sadruddin Agha khan

14 - The treaty of European union is also known as

A ) Treaty of the Hague
B ) Treaty of Brussels
C ) Maastricht treaty ✅
D ) Paris accord

16 - Headquarters of the African Union is located in

A ) Johannesburg
B ) Cairo
C ) Dakar
D ) Addis Ababa ✅

17 - Which of the following Indian noble prize winner is associated with economics

A ) V.S. Naipul
B ) Amarty Sen ✅
C ) C.V. Raman
D ) Hargobind Khorana

18 - The earth takes about to complete one rotation around its axis

A ) 48 hours
B ) One month
C ) 24 hours ✅
D ) 365 days

19 - When a gas turns into a liquid the process is called

A ) Condensation ✅
B ) Evaporation
C ) Deposition
D ) Sublimation

20 - Yeast used in making of bread is a

A ) Fungus ✅
B ) Plant
C ) Bacteria
D ) Seed

21 - The disease diphtheria affect the human body

A ) Kidneys
B ) Intestine
C ) Throat ✅
D ) Joints

22 - When was the first Noble prize awarded

A ) 1892
B ) 1900
C ) 1901 ✅
D ) 1904

25 - Beijing declaration and platform for action deals with

A ) International trade
B ) Rights and status of woman ✅
C ) Rights and protection of children
D ) Population control

26 - Who is the chairman of Pakistan electronic media regulatory authority

A ) Absar Alam ✅
B ) Pervaiz rathor
C ) Chaudhary Rashid
D ) Rauf klasra

29 - Which of the following is not necessary for a stand alone computer

A ) RAM
B ) Harddisk
C ) Operating system
D ) LAN card ✅

30 - LED technology is energy efficient. What does LED stand for

A ) Low energy data
B ) Low energy diode
C ) Light emitting Diode ✅
D ) None

31 - Which among the following is the odd one out

A ) RAM
B ) ROM
C ) Cache
D ) Hard disk ✅

33 - World economic forum which holds it's annual session in Davis Switzerland was founded by

A ) Henry Kissinger
B ) Konrad Adenauer
C ) Schwab Klaus ✅
D ) Christian Bloucher

35 - The leaning tower of Pisa is located in which country

A ) Switzerland
B ) Italy ✅
C ) Malta
D ) The Netherland

37 - On which river is the Baglihar dam being constructed by India

A ) Chenab ✅
B ) Jhelum
C ) Indus
D ) Sutlej

38 - How many acres are there in one hectare

A ) 2.47 ✅
B ) 3.47
C ) 4.47
D ) 5.47

39 - Liquids that evaporate quickly are known as liquid

A ) Viscous
B ) Transient
C ) Volatile ✅
D ) Light

40 - If a ship travel from fresh water to a sea or ocean it will

A ) Rise a little higher ✅
B ) Sink completely
C ) Sink a little lower
D ) Remain unaffected

41 - Which one of the following fruit or vegetable is a good source of potassium

A ) Beetroot
B ) Banana
C ) Sweet potatoes
D ) Spinach ✅

43 - Which actor played the role of Quaid-e-Azam in the feature film Jinnah directed by Jamil Dehalvi

A ) Nusli wadia
B ) Ben Kingsley
C ) Christopher Lee ✅
D ) Peter O'Toole

44 - The Oscar award winning Film slumdog millionaire is based on the book Q and A written by

A ) Hanifa Quraishi
B ) Shashi tharcor
C ) Vikas Swarup ✅
D ) Mohsin Hamid

45 - What was the real name of the famous Pakistani actor Santosh Kumar

A ) Nazir Baig
B ) Syed Mushtaq razvi
C ) Syed Musa Raza ✅
D ) Younas Khan

46 - Which one of the greenhouse gases has the greatest warming effect

A ) Carbon dioxide ✅
B ) Carbon monoxide
C ) Methane
D ) Helium

48 - Which of the following species is endemic to Pakistan

A ) Indus river dolphin ✅
B ) Snow leopards
C ) Gypsy Vulture
D ) Houbara Bustard

49 - Which animal is mostly illegally traded animal in the world

A ) Elephant
B ) Rhinoceros
C ) Pangolin ✅
D ) Turtles

55 - Who is the current foreign Minister of Pakistan

A ) Tariq Fatimi
B ) Sartaj Aziz
C ) Nawaz sharif ✅
D ) Zahid Mehmood

56 - The current auditor general of Pakistan is

A ) Buland Akhtar Rana
B ) Chaudhary Muhammad ilyas
C ) Rana Asad Amin ✅
D ) Sarshar Ahmad khan

58 - Famous TV drama Waria was written by

A ) Attaukhaq Qasmi
B ) Dr. Anwar Sajjad
C ) Amjad Islam Amjad ✅
D ) Shahid Nadeem Asghar

60 - Who was the India's foreign Minister prior to Ms. Shushma Swaraj

A ) S. M. Karishna
B ) Arun jaitley
C ) Pranab Mukherjee
D ) Salman khushed ✅

64 - Kamran baradari is one of the oldest Mughal momentums and ia located in Lahore. Who exactly was kamran

A ) Brother of queen Noorjahan
B ) Son of Babar ✅
C ) First husband of Noorjahan
D ) Brother of Sher Shah Suri

68 - G. T road is one of the main highways of Pakistan. What does GT stand for

A ) General traffic
B ) Grand trunk ✅
C ) General turner
D ) KPK

70 - Which on of the following district of Punjab has the Lowes population density

A ) Dera Ghazi Khan
B ) Layyah
C ) Rajanpur ✅
D ) Sahiwal

71 - Hingol national park located in makran district Balochistan is famous for its

A ) Thick forest cover
B ) Archaeological sites
C ) Mud volcanoes ✅
D ) Cold springs

73 - Grassland plains located in Argentina are called

A ) Prairies
B ) Downs
C ) Steppes
D ) Pampas ✅

74 - Strait of Gibraltar connects the Atlantic ocean with the

A ) Pacific ocean ✅
B ) Indian ocean
C ) Mediterranean sea
D ) None

75 - Taj mahal is located on the Bank of river

A ) Jamna
B ) Ganges ✅
C ) Nerbada
D ) Brahmaputra

76 - The capital of Kosovo is

A ) Zaghreb
B ) Pristina ✅
C ) Sarajevo
D ) Bratislava

78 - Detroit USA is associated with industry

A ) Automobile ✅
B ) Computer
C ) Toys
D ) Electronics

80 - The world famous painting on the ceiling of the Sistine chapel in the Vatican city were painted by

A ) Sandro Botticelli
B ) Leonardo da Vinci
C ) Michelangelo ✅
D ) Pietro Perugino

81 - During the visit of Islamabad of Indian foreign Minister shushma Swaraj, it was agreed to resume composite dialogue between India and Pakistan. In which year the two countries first agree to have regular structured dialogue in the form of composite dialog

A ) 1996
B ) 1997 ✅
C ) 1998
D ) 2004

Explanation:

✅ The Composite Dialogue between India and Pakistan was first agreed upon in 1997.

📍 Key Details:

  • Year: 1997
  • Location of Agreement: Male, Maldives during the SAARC Summit
  • Leaders Involved:
    • India: Prime Minister I.K. Gujral
    • Pakistan: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
  • Purpose: To resolve all outstanding issues, including Kashmir, through peaceful and structured talks.

 What is Composite Dialogue?

It was a structured series of bilateral talks covering 8 key areas, including:

  1. ✅ Peace and Security (including CBMs)
  2. ✅ Jammu and Kashmir
  3. ✅ Siachen
  4. ✅ Sir Creek
  5. ✅ Terrorism and Drug Trafficking
  6. ✅ Economic and Commercial Cooperation
  7. ✅ Promotion of Friendly Exchanges
  8. ✅ Wullar Barrage / Tulbul Navigation Project

83 - Who among the following argues that the fault lines of civilization are the breeding grounda of conflicts in the century

A ) Francis fukuyama
B ) Samuel Huntington ✅
C ) Henry Kissinger
D ) Nelson Mandela

84 - The zero sum game as employed by the supporters of game theory assumes that

A ) The loss of one party is the gain of the other party ✅
B ) The loss of one party is the loss of other party as well
C ) The gain of one party is the gain of the other party
D ) The gain or loss of one party has nothing to do with the gain or loss of the other party

85 - Herbert Simon identified four basic motivation of subordinates to accept the will of superior. Which one of the following is not one of them

A ) Rewards and Sanctions
B ) Social disapproval ✅
C ) Legitimacy
D ) Subordinates confidence in superior's ability

86 - Maslow's Needs Hierarchy theory relates to

A ) Motivation ✅
B ) Leadership
C ) Communication
D ) Upward mobility

87 - Who said Man is by nature a political animal

A ) Winston Churchill
B ) Karl Marx
C ) Aristotle ✅
D ) Francis bacon

91 - Famous Urdu poet Mustafa zaidi was by profession a

A ) University professor
B ) Businessman
C ) Lawyer
D ) Civil servant ✅

92 - Article 257 of the constitution relates specifically to Jammu and Kashmir. According to the article when the people of Jammu and Kashmir acceed to Pakistan then

A ) They shall become citizens of independent Kashmir
B ) Kashmir shall become a province of Pakistan
C ) People of Kashmir shall determine the relationship between the state and Pakistan ✅
D ) Kashmir shall become an autonomous region

93 - The first battle of Panipat was fought between

A ) Alexander and porus
B ) Babar and Ibrahim Lodhi ✅
C ) Babar and Rana Sanga
D ) Humayun and Sher Shah Suri

Explanation:

 ✅ Panipat is in the state of: Haryana (India)

 Details:

  • Location: Northern India
  • State: Haryana
  • Distance from Delhi: Around 90 km north of New Delhi
  • Known As:
    🔹 "City of Weavers", “Textile City of India”
    🔹 Site of Three Historic Battles of Panipat

Battles of Panipat – 

 ✅  1st Battle of Panipat  (1526)

  🔹  Date: 21 April 1526  

  🔹  Fought Between Babur (Mughals) vs Ibrahim Lodhi (Delhi Sultanate)  Winner Babur (Mughals)   

  🔹 Significance Beginning of Mughal Empire in India.
   ✅ 2nd Battle of Panipat (1556) 

   🔹 Date: 5 November 1556  

  🔹 Fought Between Akbar (Mughals) vs Hemu (Hindu King/Vikramaditya)   WinnerAkbar (Mughals)  

  🔹 Significance Consolidated Akbar’s rule after Humayun’s death.

  ✅  3rd Battle of Panipat (1761)   

  🔹  Date:14 January 1761  

   🔹 Fought Between Ahmad Shah Abdali (Afghans) vs Marathas (Sadashivrao Bhau)   Winner Ahmad Shah Abdali (Afghans)  

   🔹 SignificanceMajor defeat for Marathas, stopped their northward expansion.

📝 Exam Tip:

  •  🔹 All 3 battles took place in Panipat, near Delhi, due to its strategic location.
  •  🔹 Always remember the sequence:
     Babur – Akbar – Abdali
    (1st – 2nd – 3rd).

94 - India tested it's first Nuclear device on

A ) 15 May 1972
B ) 18 May 1974 ✅
C ) 11 May 1998
D ) 20 May 1999

95 - HDI as an indicator of the well being of a country, was the brain child of

A ) Amartya sen
B ) Javier pere de guellar
C ) Adam Smith
D ) Mahbub UL Haq ✅

96 - Zimbabwe was earlier known as

A ) Southern Rhodesia ✅
B ) Gold coast
C ) Burkina Faso
D ) Belgian congo

97 - What is the function of the heart pacemaker

A ) It decrease the heart beat
B ) It regulated the heart beat ✅
C ) It increases the heart beat
D ) It accelerates blood supply to the heart

98 - Pedagogy is the science of

A ) Children disease
B ) Language
C ) Civilization
D ) Teaching ✅