PMS BPS-17 Held in 2016

Total Questions: 98

1 - Acoustic is the science of

A ) Light
B ) Waves
C ) Sound ✅
D ) Colours

2 - The art of breeding silk worn and production is silk is called

A ) Microbiology
B ) Sericulture ✅
C ) Biochemistry
D ) Horticulture

3 - The science of celestial bodies is known as

A ) Agronomy
B ) Coprology
C ) Astrology
D ) Astronomy ✅

4 - Telepathy is

A ) Communication by sensory perception
B ) Communication between mind and heart
C ) Communication by means other than sensory perception ✅
D ) None

5 - Pedagogy is the science of

A ) Seeing
B ) Behaving
C ) Teaching ✅
D ) Learning

6 - Study of maps and features of the universe is called

A ) Metaphysics
B ) Cosmography
C ) Cosmology
D ) Cartography ✅

7 - Scientific study and measurements of behavior is called

A ) Psychiarty
B ) Psychology ✅
C ) Physiology
D ) Psycho analysis

8 - Etymology refers to the study of

A ) Insects
B ) Words ✅
C ) Medicine
D ) Reptile

9 - Paediatrics is relevant to

A ) Children ✅
B ) Pragnent women
C ) Old people
D ) Bones

10 - Shape of the Milky way Galaxy is

A ) Rectangular
B ) Spiral ✅
C ) Elliptical
D ) Circular

11 - Coldest planet of the solar system is

A ) Saturn
B ) Neptune ✅
C ) Earth
D ) Venus

13 - Which planet takes the longest time to go once around the sun

A ) Neptune ✅
B ) Mars
C ) Jupiter
D ) Earth

14 - The first artificial satellite was launched by

A ) Japan
B ) Russia ✅
C ) France
D ) America

15 - The first Canadian woman in space was

A ) Roberta Bonder ✅
B ) Dork Fremont
C ) Tamayo Mendez
D ) Marc garneau

16 - The first astronaut to set foot on moon was

A ) Yuri Gagarin
B ) Edmund Hailey
C ) Tamayo Mendez
D ) Neil Armstrong ✅

18 - Velocity of sound in air per second is

A ) 250 m
B ) 331m ✅
C ) 434 m
D ) 561 m

19 - Acceleration caused by gravity is

A ) 23 feet per second
B ) 32 feet per second ✅
C ) 42 feet per second
D ) 52 feet per second

20 - A rocket needs the speed of escape from Earth's gravity

A ) 22miles per second
B ) 15 miles per second
C ) 12 miles per second
D ) 7 miles per second ✅

21 - Sun light is composed of

A ) 6 colours
B ) 7 colours ✅
C ) 8 colours
D ) 9 colours

22 - The rarest gas in air is

A ) Neon ✅
B ) Carbon dioxide
C ) Helium
D ) Oxygen

23 - Minor objects in irregular shapes orbiting the sun are called

A ) Vessel
B ) Asteroid ✅
C ) Meteors
D ) Comet

25 - The theory about the beginning of the universe by a huge explosion is called

A ) Binary
B ) Black Hole
C ) Big bang ✅
D ) Steady state

26 - Constellation is

A ) Classification of stars satellite
B ) Classification of stars
C ) Patterns or groups of stars in the sky ✅
D ) Patterns or groups of satellites in the sky

27 - The sun takes years to travel around the galaxy

A ) One hundred years
B ) One millions years
C ) 225 million years ✅
D ) 225 years

28 - Days and nights are equal throughout the year

A ) North America
B ) South Africa
C ) Equator ✅
D ) North pole

29 - Celestial body that effects tides of oceans is

A ) Sun
B ) Moon ✅
C ) Galaxy
D ) Meteorites

30 - Huge cloud of gas and dust in universe is called

A ) Constellation
B ) Satellite
C ) Meteorites
D ) Nebula ✅

31 - Outer surface of the sun is

A ) Chromosphere
B ) Photosphere
C ) Corona ✅
D ) Lonosphere

32 - Sun's diameter is

A ) 3 million km
B ) 2.5 million km
C ) 1.4 million km ✅
D ) 1 million km

33 - The largest planet is

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

34 - The continuous movement of continents is called

A ) Shakes
B ) Drift ✅
C ) Motion
D ) Move

35 - The layer of atmosphere in which we live is called

A ) Troposphere ✅
B ) Photosphere
C ) Lithosphere
D ) Lonosphere

36 - Study of fingerprints is called

A ) Genetics
B ) Dactylography ✅
C ) Haemotology
D ) Histology

37 - Which rocks found on the Earth's surface or crust*

A ) Sedimentary ✅
B ) Lgneous
C ) Metamorphic
D ) All

Explanation: Earth's crust is composed of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks.Sedimentary rocks are formed on or near the Earth's surface, in contrast to metamorphic and igneous rocks, which are formed deep within the Earth.

38 - Area in a desert where there is sufficient water for plants is called

A ) Island
B ) Oasis ✅
C ) Green desert
D ) Greenland

39 - Plate tectonics theory explains the movement of

A ) Rockets
B ) Rivers
C ) Oceans
D ) Cintinents ✅

40 - Silicon is also called

A ) Stone maker
B ) Ocean maker
C ) Earth maker ✅
D ) Mountain maker

41 - Days and nights are equal all the year at

A ) New York
B ) Nairobi ✅
C ) Oslo
D ) Brussels

42 - When magma reaches the surface it is called

A ) Mollar magma
B ) Volcano
C ) Lava ✅
D ) Lgneous lava

43 - Which star is known as the constant star

A ) Sirius
B ) Conopus star
C ) North star ✅
D ) The sun

44 - Which area is known as world's earthquake belt

A ) Pacific ring of fire ✅
B ) Andes Ranges
C ) Sherm-el- Sheikh Egypt
D ) Central and Atlantic Ridge

45 - Which of the following is the physics law of moments

A ) The product of clockwise moments is equal to the product of anticlockwise moment
B ) The sum of clockwise moments is equal to the sum of anticlockwise moment ✅
C ) The product of clockwise moments is equal to the value of anticlockwise moment
D ) The sum of clockwise moments is equal to the value of anticlockwise moment

46 - Which chemical element has properties of a metal and nonmetal

A ) Metalloid ✅
B ) Lanthanide
C ) Actanoid
D ) Graphite

47 - Which tube extends from mouth to anus

A ) Alimantery canal ✅
B ) Root canal
C ) Basic canal
D ) Back canal

49 - Blood circulates in which not parts of the body *

A ) Veins
B ) Arteries
C ) Capillary
D ) Cornea ✅

Explanation: The cornea of the eye is the only location in the body that does not have any blood circulation.

50 - Which blood group is a universal donor

A ) Group A
B ) Group B
C ) Group AB
D ) Group O negative ✅

52 - The structure in a call which contains the genes is called

A ) Genetics
B ) Saliva
C ) Marrow
D ) Chromosomes ✅

53 - Who coined the term genes

A ) John Dalton
B ) Dalton Gene
C ) Wilhelm Johannes ✅
D ) Andrew Fleming

54 - Vitamin A is essential for

A ) Skeletal growth
B ) Preventing night blindness ✅
C ) Healthy epithelia tissue
D ) All of these

55 - Which vitamin prevent haemorrhaging

A ) B1
B ) B12
C ) E
D ) K ✅

56 - How much blood does a normal adult person have in the body

A ) About 6 to 7 liters
B ) About 2 to 3 liters
C ) About 4 to 5 litres ✅
D ) About 3 to 4 litres

57 - Hydrochloric acid is necessary for easy digestion

A ) Fats
B ) Carbohydrates
C ) Enzymes
D ) Proteins ✅

58 - Which vitamin is provided by sunlight to the human body

A ) Vitamin D ✅
B ) Vitamin C
C ) Vitamin E
D ) Vitamin A

59 - When was HIV identified

A ) 1987
B ) 1985
C ) 1983 ✅
D ) 1980

60 - Which disease causes difficulty in breathing

A ) Asthma ✅
B ) Anemia
C ) Astigmatism
D ) Autism

61 - Which of the following is the most common form of colour blindness usually found in males

A ) Difficulty in distinguish red from green ✅
B ) Difficulty in distinguish red from blue
C ) Difficulty in distinguish red from orange
D ) Difficulty in distinguish blue from black

62 - Disease which travel itself from place to place is called

A ) Endemic
B ) Epidemic
C ) Infection
D ) Airborne ✅

63 - What is H5N1

A ) Fungi
B ) Vaccine
C ) Virus ✅
D ) Bacteria

64 - Objects having the same size shape and measurements are

A ) Similar
B ) Congruent ✅
C ) Symmetrical
D ) Variant

65 - A line passing through a circle away from its centre is called

A ) Radius
B ) Diameter
C ) Segment
D ) Chord ✅

66 - The sum of the angles of a triangle is

A ) 360°
B ) 180° ✅
C ) 280°
D ) 90°

67 - Two polygons are similar if

A ) All corresponding sides are not proportional
B ) All corresponding angles are equal ✅
C ) Both a and b
D ) None

Explanation: Two polygons are similar if their corresponding angles are congruent and the corresponding sides have a constant ratio (in other words, if they are proportional). Typically, problems with similar polygons ask for missing sides

68 - Mid term breaking is applied to

A ) Quadratic equation ✅
B ) Linear equations
C ) Perfect squares
D ) Polynomial functions

70 - What is 0.004×0.5?

A ) 0.2
B ) 0.02
C ) 0.002 ✅
D ) 0.0002

71 - In the equation of the straight line what does the letter C represent

A ) Gradient
B ) X intercept
C ) Y intercept ✅
D ) Y coordinate

73 - What devices accept data from outside the computer and transfer it into the CPU

A ) Analogue to digital converter
B ) Sensors
C ) Input device ✅
D ) Digital device

75 - Spam or fraudulent emails are also called

A ) Phishing scams
B ) Junk mail ✅
C ) Pharming scams
D ) Malware viruses

76 - Which is the largest hardware company of computer

A ) Microsoft
B ) Dell
C ) HP ✅
D ) My space

78 - Temporary storage place for information in a computer is called

A ) Backup
B ) Buffer ✅
C ) Binary file
D ) Data recorder

80 - When was the last census held I. Pakistan

A ) 1972
B ) 1981
C ) 1998 ✅
D ) 2001

81 - Malakand pass connects Peshawar with

A ) Gilgit
B ) Swat
C ) Dir
D ) Chitral ✅

82 - Headquarters of Arab league is located at

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

Explanation:

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:

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

83 - Judicial body of UN is called

A ) International court of justice ✅
B ) General assembly
C ) Security council
D ) International criminal court

85 - Which country has the largest resources of crude oil

A ) Russia
B ) USA
C ) Kuwait
D ) Saudi Arabia ✅

86 - The highest battlefield in the world ia

A ) Tibet
B ) Siachen glacier ✅
C ) Jafna
D ) Kashmir

87 - Summer Olympics for the year 2020 will be held in

A ) Tokyo ✅
B ) Beijing
C ) Athens
D ) Hanoi

88 - A country's total financial obligations to the rest of the world are known as

A ) Total burden
B ) Total debt
C ) National liabilities
D ) External debt ✅

89 - Brexit reference was held in

A ) October 23,2016
B ) August 23,2016
C ) June 23,2016 ✅
D ) April 23,2016

90 - Which political party does US president elect belong to

A ) Labour
B ) Liberals
C ) Democratic
D ) Republican ✅

91 - The term track II diplomacy is used for

A ) Managing relation between two countries using official channels
B ) Managing relation between two countries using unofficial channels ✅
C ) Diplomacy by diplomates during war
D ) None

92 - The first of the seventeen sustainable development goals relates to

A ) Climate action
B ) Quality education
C ) Poverty alleviation ✅
D ) Marines life

93 - The largest producer of solar energy in the world is

A ) Germany
B ) USA ✅
C ) Russia
D ) Holland

94 - One barrel of petroleum is equal to

A ) 34.97 UK gallons
B ) 42 US gallons ✅
C ) 0.159 cubic meter
D ) All of these

95 - First woman to win Nobel prize was

A ) Aung San SUU kyi
B ) Mother Teresa
C ) Marie currie in physics ✅
D ) Florence Nightingale

96 - Hydrometer is used to measure

A ) Acidity of water
B ) Specific gravity of a liquid ✅
C ) Pollution in water
D ) Gravity of milk

97 - According to Pythagoras theorem when the hypotenuse is C

A ) a²-b²=c²
B ) a²+b²+c²=0
C ) a²+b²=c
D ) a²+b²=c² ✅

98 - Who was the inventor of Mouse

A ) Douglas Englebert ✅
B ) Ada Lovelace
C ) Charles Babbage
D ) None of these