PMS BS-17 2009

Total Questions: 100

1 - The world is celebrating in 2009,200th birth anniversary of the scientist:

A ) Charles Darwin ✅
B ) James watt
C ) Roger Bacon
D ) Isaac Newton

2 - "BIN" is the intelligence agency of:

A ) Iraq
B ) Indonesia ✅
C ) Afghanistan
D ) Bangladesh

3 - Science of human races is called:

A ) Demography
B ) Chorography
C ) Anthropology ✅
D ) Bangladesh

4 - American president's special envoy to the middle East is:

A ) Sherard Cowper Coles
B ) Richard Holbrooke
C ) George Mitchell ✅
D ) Robert Gates

5 - "Aramco" is the oil company of:

A ) America
B ) Russia
C ) Saudi Arabia ✅
D ) Iran

6 - "Tenge" is the currency of:

A ) Kenya
B ) Kyrgyzstan
C ) Cuba
D ) Kazakhstan ✅

7 - "Chennai" is the new name of the Indian city:

A ) Madras ✅
B ) Patna
C ) Aghra
D ) Lucknow

8 - World Bank president is:

A ) Robert zoellick
B ) Strauss-khan
C ) Shakour Shaalan
D ) Ajay Banga ✅

9 - Asiana airlines is of:

A ) Japan
B ) South Korea ✅
C ) Thailand
D ) Malaysia

10 - California is known as silicon valley because of:

A ) Hollywood film industry
B ) Computer software industry ✅
C ) Science beauty and resorts
D ) Mineral resources

13 - "Seattle "is the sea port of:

A ) Germany
B ) Canada
C ) China
D ) USA ✅

15 - "Klaus sachwab " is the founder of:

A ) Red cross
B ) Scout movement
C ) World economic forum ✅
D ) Cable news network (CNN)

17 - Chronometer is used to measure:

A ) Velocity
B ) Pressure
C ) Time ✅
D ) None of these

18 - Why "Black sea " is so called?

A ) The dense fog that prevails their in water ✅
B ) A large number of black rocks in the water
C ) The water of sea is black
D ) None of these

19 - The Muslims of Mindanao Island are struggling for their political rights in:

A ) Japan
B ) South Africa
C ) Philippines ✅
D ) Myanmar

20 - Likud and kadima are the two main political parties of:

A ) Iran
B ) Lebanon
C ) Syria
D ) None of these ✅

21 - "Three Georges dam" project is located in:

A ) America
B ) Russia
C ) China ✅
D ) Canada

22 - "Blue house" is the official residence of:

A ) President of South Korea ✅
B ) German chancellor
C ) President of France
D ) POP of Vatican

23 - Under the proposed law "Enhanced partnership with Pakistan act" the US would:

A ) Provide latest version of F-16 aircrafts to Pakistan
B ) Establish reconstruction opportunity zones in the tribal areas of Pakistan ✅
C ) Provide security and intelligence equipment to Pak army
D ) Offer scholarships to Pakistani students in American universities

25 - What do you understand by the term "Brain Drain"?

A ) Mad person
B ) Migration of skilled labour to other countries ✅
C ) Emigration of intellectuals
D ) Illiteracy and ignorance

29 - Nippon is stock exchange market of:

A ) Tokyo ✅
B ) London
C ) New York
D ) None of these

30 - 'Khar' is the main town of:

A ) Bajaur agency ✅
B ) Khyber agency
C ) Kurram agency
D ) North waziristan

31 - The world's oldest national anthem is of:

A ) Denmark
B ) Thailand
C ) Norway
D ) Japan ✅

32 - "Hamas" was founded in 1987 by:

A ) Yaser Arafat
B ) Ismail Hannia
C ) Sheikh Ahmed yasin ✅
D ) Khalid Mashaal

33 - Which of the following leaders has recently been elected as head of 53 members African Union (AU):

A ) Hosni Mubarak of Egypt
B ) Muammar Gaddafi of Libya ✅
C ) Thabo Mbeki of South Africa
D ) Omar Al Bashir of Sudan

34 - Who is called father of computer?

A ) Charles Babbage ✅
B ) Thomas Kurtz
C ) Konrad zuse
D ) Bill Gates

Explanation:

Father of Computers is Charles Babbage
Father of Internet is Vint Cerf
Father of Personal Computer is Edward Robert
Father of Modern Digital Computer is Charles Babbage
 Father of Computer science is  Allen Turing
Father of C Programming language is Dennis Ritchie
 Father of Scientific Management is FW Taylor
Father of Modern Theory of Management is Hery fayol 

37 - In computer CPU stands for:

A ) Computer Processing Unit
B ) Central Program Unit
C ) Communication Processing Unit
D ) Central Processing Unit ✅

Explanation:
  1.  ✅CPU  stands for Central Processing Unit
  2. RAM" stands for Random Access Memory
  3. "URL" stands for Uniform Resource Locator
  4. GPU stands for Graphics Processing Unit
  5. CAD stands for Computer Aided Design
  6. NAFTA stands for North American Free Trade Agreement
  7. FAT stands for File Allocation Table.
  8. DBMS stands for Database Management System.
  9. JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group.
  10. FM stands for Frequency Modulation.
  11. AM stands for Amplitude Modulation.
  12. YAHOO stands for "Yet Another Hierarchically Organized Oracle."
  13. PSTN stands for Public Switched Telephone Network.
  14. ISP stands for Internet Service Provider.

38 - The biggest bird is:

A ) Eagle
B ) Owl
C ) Kiwi
D ) Ostrich ✅

39 - 3 May each year is observed internationally as:

A ) Environment Day
B ) Population Day
C ) Press freedom Day ✅
D ) Food day

40 - Human rights organisation "Human rights watch" is based in:

A ) Geneva
B ) New York ✅
C ) London
D ) Paris

41 - Which of the following UN agencies has received Nobel peace prize?

A ) UNICEF
B ) ILO
C ) UN high commissioner for refuges
D ) All of these ✅

42 - Almost 40% of the world's oil supply passes through the strait of:

A ) Hormuz ✅
B ) Malacca
C ) Bosporus
D ) Gibraltar

43 - The famous city "Waterloo" is in:

A ) France
B ) Germany
C ) Sweden
D ) Belgium ✅

45 - Who is "Hemant Karkare"?

A ) A person involved in samjhauta express train Bombing in 2007
B ) Indian anti -terror squad chief killed during Mumbai attack in 2008 ✅
C ) Chief of Indian intelligence agency RAW
D ) Indian high commissioner in Pakistan

46 - Which of the following films has won 8 Oscar awards in a ceremony on 23rd February 2009?

A ) The reader
B ) The dark Knight
C ) Slumdog millionaire ✅
D ) Man and wire

47 - Israel's brutal attack on Gaza started on 27 December 2008, killing more than 1300 Palestinians had been given the name:

A ) Operation blue Star
B ) Operation cast lead ✅
C ) Operation desert storm
D ) Operation clean up

48 - Pakistan's largest trading partner at present is:

A ) China
B ) America ✅
C ) Saudi Arabia
D ) Japan

49 - What is "Khmer Rouge"?

A ) A communist movement in Cambodia ✅
B ) Tamil group in Sri Lanka
C ) Irish nationalist party
D ) A port of Singapore

50 - The UN spends the largest amount almost $8 billion annually on:

A ) Health care ✅
B ) Poverty alleviation
C ) Peacekeeping missions
D ) Literacy and education

51 - The oldest internet search engine is:

A ) Yahoo ✅
B ) Ask.com
C ) Giga blast
D ) Google

52 - The headquarters of IMF is located at:

A ) Geneva
B ) New York
C ) Washington DC ✅
D ) Paris

53 - The main factor attributed to the global financial crisis 2008 is:

A ) Great slide in oil prices in the international market
B ) Collapse of housing prices and mortgage market in the United States ✅
C ) Huge trade imbalance between America and China
D ) None of these

54 - Karachi nuclear power plant was built with the assistance of:

A ) China
B ) Russia
C ) France
D ) Canada ✅

55 - The term "Hung parliament' describes a situation in which:

A ) Prime minister deliberately avoids attending the sessions of the parliament for a long period
B ) Prime minister has been removed through a vote of no confidence but refuse to step down
C ) No single party has a majority in the house ✅
D ) The ruling party has lost the majority In the upper house

57 - Which of the following provinces of Afghanistan shares border with Pakistan?

A ) Nigrahar ,zabul, paktika ✅
B ) Bamiyan, Farah, Herat
C ) Baikh ,Samangan ,kunduz
D ) Takhar, Uruzgan, Ghur

59 - Itar- Tass is the news agency of:

A ) Iran
B ) Italy
C ) France
D ) Russia ✅

60 - The world's largest Subway system is in:

A ) Tokyo
B ) Moscow ✅
C ) Mexico city
D ) New York

62 - "Philately" is a:

A ) Science of drugs
B ) Stamp collection ✅
C ) The study of written record
D ) The study of animal behaviour

63 - The world's largest number of newspaper are published from:

A ) America
B ) China
C ) Russia
D ) India ✅

65 - Paracel Island in the South China sea are disputed between China and:

A ) Philippines
B ) Japan
C ) Vietnam ✅
D ) South Korea

66 - National income is essentially composed of:

A ) All wealth of a nation
B ) Annual income of the central government
C ) All income of the people in a year ✅
D ) Income drived from taxes by the central government

67 - "Fleet Street" London is famous of:

A ) Banking and financial offices
B ) Offices of the cargo companies
C ) Offices of the newspapers and press agencies ✅
D ) Offices of the royal Navy establishment

69 - Marco Polo was a famous:

A ) Writer
B ) Scientist
C ) Traveller ✅
D ) Sportsman

70 - The only vitamin which cannot be stored in human body:

A ) Vitamin C ✅
B ) Vitamin D
C ) Vitamin k
D ) None of these

71 - Swad valley is situated in the mountain range of:

A ) Hindu Kush ✅
B ) Karakoram
C ) Himalayas
D ) None of these

72 - 1 metric ton is equal to:

A ) 100 kilogram
B ) 500 kilogram
C ) 1000 kilogram ✅
D ) 10000 kilogram

75 - "Anemometer" is an instrument used for measuring:

A ) Wind speed ✅
B ) Electric current
C ) Temperature
D ) Air pressure

76 - Green vegetables are good source of:

A ) Starch
B ) Fats and oil
C ) Protein
D ) Minerals and vitamins ✅

78 - The international criminal court of justice has recently issued arrest warrant of one of the following sitting President of a country on committing war crimes ,he is:

A ) President of Sudan Omar Al Bashir ✅
B ) President of Somalia Sharif Ahmed
C ) President of Serbia Boris Tadic
D ) None of these

80 - What do you understand by the disease "Insomnia"?

A ) Inability to sleep ✅
B ) Colour blindness
C ) Depression
D ) None of these

81 - On which of the following issues Arab Israel peace process stalled?

A ) Shape and size of the future Palestinian state
B ) Status of East Jerusalem
C ) Fat of 3.5 million Palestinian refugees in the Arab world
D ) All of these ✅

82 - The world's famous Madame Tussaud's museum is situated in:

A ) Paris
B ) London ✅
C ) Rome
D ) New York

83 - The world's oldest parliament founded in the year 930 AD is:

A ) British parliament
B ) Diet of Japan
C ) Althing of Iceland ✅
D ) Cortes of Spain

84 - The last king of Afghanistan was:

A ) Habibullah khan
B ) Mohammad zahir Shah ✅
C ) Sardar Daud khan
D ) Amanullah khan

85 - "Ornithology" is the study of:

A ) Birds ✅
B ) Insects
C ) Sea animals
D ) Sea Plants

87 - "Naxalite" movement is a pro communism movement started in:

A ) India ✅
B ) Nepal
C ) Bhutan
D ) Sri Lanka

88 - What is meant by "Petticoat government"?

A ) A Government is exile
B ) A Government runs by a woman ✅
C ) A Government without actual power
D ) A government runs by some feudal lords

89 - Which of the following South Asian leaders has recently given a proposal to form South Asian task force to combat terrorism in the region?

A ) President Asif zardari of Pakistan
B ) Prime minister sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh ✅
C ) Prime minister Man Mohan Singh of India
D ) Prime minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake of Sri Lanka

90 - World cup football tournament 2010 will be held in:

A ) England
B ) Spain
C ) Italy
D ) South Africa ✅

91 - The largest opium producer province of Afghanistan is:

A ) Nangarhar
B ) Helmand ✅
C ) Paktia
D ) Herat

92 - Light travels from Sun to Earth in:

A ) 499.0 seconds ✅
B ) 599.0 seconds
C ) 699.0 seconds
D ) 799.0 seconds

93 - What do understand by the term "Intifada'?

A ) Reconciliation
B ) Uprising ✅
C ) Offence
D ) Negotiation

94 - Which of the following rivers run through Paris?

A ) The Seine ✅
B ) The Thames
C ) The Rhine
D ) The Danube

95 - Pearl harbour is located in American state:

A ) Alaska
B ) Hawai ✅
C ) Virginia
D ) New York

96 - Russia criticize American missile defence system deployed in:

A ) Japan and South Korea
B ) Taiwan and Philippine
C ) Poland and Czech Republic ✅
D ) Ukraine and Georgia

97 - Deficiency of vitamin C in human body leads to:

A ) Eye disease
B ) Nerve disease
C ) Teeth disease
D ) Skin disease ✅

99 - The largest section of the Kurd population is living in:

A ) Iraq
B ) Iran
C ) Turkey ✅
D ) Syria