PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Combined Competitive Examination (CCE) 2009
For Recruitment to the Posts of Provincial Management Service (PMS)
SUBJECT: General Knowledge
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 100
Q: A chronometer measures _______?
Answer: Time
Q: Which of the following rivers run through Paris?
Answer: The Seine
Q: Who is known as the father of computer?
Answer: Charles Babbage
Q: Who is the current President of World Bank?
Answer: Ajay Banga
Q: Likud and Kadima are the two main political parties of _____?
Answer: Israel
Q: Three Gorges Dam has world’s largest power station. It is located in which country?
Answer: China
Q: Which country assisted Pakistan in building Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP)?
Answer: Canada
Q: Which gulf state has donated a 320 MW gas-fueled power plant to Pakistan?
Answer: UAE
Q: UNO spends $8 billion annually on which activity?
Answer: Peacekeeping
Q: Under the Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009, the USA provides Pakistan?
Answer: $1.5 billion annually
Q: The study of races of Man is called?
Answer: Ethnology
Q: ‘Aramco’ is the oil company of which country?
Answer: Saudi Arabia
Q: Which central Asian state has finished the Manas airbase of the USA?
Answer: Kyrgyzstan
Q: If the Kerry-Lugar Bill passed, how much would Pakistan get from the USA?
Answer: $1.5 billion annually
Q: ‘Blue House’ is the official residence of?
Answer: President of South Korea
Q: Which country celebrated the 50 years of communist revolution in 2009?
Answer: Cuba
Q: BIN is the intelligence agency of which country?
Answer: Indonesia
Q: Which of the following organizations is the oldest?
Answer: OIC
Q: Silicon Valley of California is called thus because of?
Answer: Computer industry
Q: CPU stands for _____?
Answer: Central Processing Unit
Q: The Nobel Peace Prize 2008 was given to Martti Ahtisaari. He is the former president of?
Answer: Finland
Q: When was Nepal declared a Republic, abolishing the 240-year-old monarchy?
Answer: 2008
Q: Who was the special envoy of President Barack Obama to the Middle East?
Answer: George Mitchell
Q: Pakistan government decided to celebrate 2009 as the year of?
Answer: Environment
Q: “Asiana” Airline belongs to which country?
Answer: South Korea
Q: Who was elected the Head of the African Union in 2009?
Answer: Muammar Gaddafi
Q: Who is ‘Hemant Karkare’?
Answer: ATS chief of India
Q: Klaus Schwab was the founder of?
Answer: World Economic Forum
Q: The World’s oldest parliament, founded in the year 930 AD, is?
Answer: Althing (Iceland)
Q: On which date did the ICC issue a war crimes warrant against Russian president Vladimir Putin?
Answer: March 17, 2023
Q: When did TV transmission start in Pakistan?
Answer: November 26, 1964
Q: Vitamin ___ cannot be stored in the Human Body.
Answer: Vitamin C
Q: Ornithology is the science which deals with ____?
Answer: Study of birds
Q: Which was the least free country in view of poor human rights record (Freedom House 2009)?
Answer: North Korea
Q: The world’s largest number of newspapers are published from?
Answer: India
Q: On which issues has the Arab-Israel peace process stalled?
Answer: All of these
Q: The world’s famous Madame Tussauds Museum is in _____?
Answer: London
Q: The Israeli attack on Gaza in 27 December 2008 was named?
Answer: Cast Lead
Q: Which South Asian leader proposed a South Asian task force to combat terrorism?
Answer: Sheikh Hasina
Q: Paracel islands in the South China Sea are disputed between China and?
Answer: Vietnam
Q: Anemometer is the instrument used for measurement of ____?
Answer: Wind Speed
Q: 3 May is internationally observed as_____?
Answer: Press Freedom Day
Q: Which country used veto power most of the times in the UNO Security Council?
Answer: Russia
Q: ‘Naxalite’ movement is a pro-communism movement started in?
Answer: India
Q: Petra, an archaeological site, is in_________?
Answer: Jordan
Q: Chennai is the new name of which Indian city?
Answer: Madras
Q: The World’s Largest subway System (by number of stations) is in?
Answer: New York
Q: Philately is a ________?
Answer: Stamp collecting
Q: What is meant by “Petticoat Government”?
Answer: Government run by a woman
Q: The world celebrated the 200th birthday in 2009 of which scientist?
Answer: Charles Darwin
Q: Light from the Sun travels how much distance before it reaches Earth?
Answer: 150 million km
Q: What do you understand by Intifada?
Answer: Uprising
Q: ‘Pearl Harbour’ is located in which American state?
Answer: Hawaii
Q: Russia criticizes the American missile defense system deployed in?
Answer: Poland and Czech Republic
Q: Tamils in Sri Lanka are struggling for an independent state in the territory of?
Answer: Jaffna
Q: Which country won the FIFA World Cup in 2010?
Answer: Spain
Q: Pakistan’s largest trade partner is?
Answer: China
Q: National income is essentially composed of ___
Answer: Total income of people
Q: The headquarter of Human Rights Watch (HRW) is located in_____________?
Answer: New York
Q: The largest section of the Kurd population is living in _____?
Answer: Turkey
Q: Who was the founder of the All-India Muslim League?
Answer: Nawab Salimullah
Q: Which category of Nobel Prizes was not created by Alfred Nobel?
Answer: Economics
Q: Which of the following provinces of Afghanistan share a border with Pakistan?
Answer: Nangarhar, Paktia, Ghazni
Q: Russia supplies natural gas to European countries through the state of?
Answer: Ukraine
Q: Which of the following UN agencies has received the Nobel Peace Prize?
Answer: All of the above
Q: ‘Order of Cloud and Banner’ is the prestigious military award of?
Answer: Taiwan
Q: The oldest anthem of the world is?
Answer: Japan
Q: Which country first introduced paper currency in the world?
Answer: China
Q: Where are IMF headquarters located?
Answer: Washington
Q: In which year did Pakistan launch its first satellite (Badr-1)?
Answer: 1990
Q: Which of the following is the oldest search engine?
Answer: Yahoo
Q: Deficiency of Vitamin C causes?
Answer: Scurvy
Q: Brain Drain means ___?
Answer: Migration of skilled people
Q: Almost 40% of the world’s oil supply passes through which strait?
Answer: Hormuz
Q: Which part of the human body is more prone to damage from the “Hepatitis Virus”?
Answer: Liver
Q: “Tenge” is the currency of which country?
Answer: Kazakhstan
Q: Green vegetables are a good source of _______?
Answer: Vitamins and minerals
Q: ITAR-TASS is the news agency of which country?
Answer: Russia
Q: The idea of ‘Asia Europe Meeting’ (ASEM) was initiated by the PM of?
Answer: Singapore
Q: Who was the founder of HAMAS in 1987?
Answer: Sheikh Ahmed Yasin
Q: The term “Hung Parliament” describes a situation in which?
Answer: No party has majority
Q: Who was the last king of Afghanistan?
Answer: Zahir Shah
Q: Nippon is the name related to the stock exchange market of?
Answer: Tokyo
Q: In which year was the International Atomic Energy Agency recognized by the UN?
Answer: 1957
Q: Khmer Rouge was the Communist Party in ________?
Answer: Cambodia
Q: Which Mughal Emperor permitted the East India Company to establish a factory in 1613?
Answer: Jahangir
Q: Waterloo is the city of?
Answer: Belgium
Q: Disease Insomnia means?
Answer: Sleeplessness
Q: Which province of Afghanistan is the highest opium producer?
Answer: Helmand
Q: Fleet Street in London is famous for?
Answer: Newspapers
Q: The book “The Way of the World” (2008) is written by?
Answer: Ron Suskind
Q: Under the agreement with Iraq, the US intended to remove all troops by the end of?
Answer: 2011
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