PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Combined Competitive Examination (CCE) 2014
For Recruitment to the Posts of Provincial Management Service (PMS)
SUBJECT: General Knowledge
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 100
Q: Broadway street is famous for _____?
Answer: Theater and performing arts
Q: Which of the following cities is known as the City of Seven Hills?
Answer: Rome
Q: Which is the hottest planet in our solar system?
Answer: Venus
Q: Which type of vitamin is used for the human body through sun?
Answer: Vitamin D
Q: Who created the famous character of Dracula?
Answer: Bram Stoker
Q: ANSA is the news agency of which country?
Answer: Italy
Q: Who is the creator of the character named Sherlock Holmes?
Answer: Arthur Conan Doyle
Q: “Our sweetest songs are those that tell us of saddest thoughts” these words are attributed to?
Answer: P.B. Shelley
Q: FIFA World Cup 2010 was hosted by?
Answer: South Africa
Q: What is the location of flat bones in humans?
Answer: Skull and ribs
Q: If there were no atmosphere, what would be the color of the sky?
Answer: Black
Q: The highest military award of Italy is?
Answer: Gold Medal for Military Valour
Q: Which country is called the Cockpit of Europe?
Answer: Belgium
Q: What is the new name of Leningrad?
Answer: St. Petersburg
Q: Bread for the World, an Institute which focuses on poverty and hunger, is based in?
Answer: Washington, D.C.
Q: America’s Cup is associated with which game?
Answer: Yachting
Q: Which of the following is a Baltic State?
Answer: Estonia
Q: What is the Currency of Portugal?
Answer: Euro
Q: New Deal was written by?
Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Q: What is meant by “Equinox”?
Answer: Equal day and night
Q: Widows tears is the name of?
Answer: Plant
Q: The Land of Maple Leaves is a nickname of which country?
Answer: Canada
Q: One Mega-Byte is equal to:
Answer: 1024 Kilobytes
Q: Pedagogy is the study of ______?
Answer: Teaching methods
Q: “Wheel” is a symbol of?
Answer: Progress
Q: Which sea is located in Central Asia?
Answer: Aral Sea
Q: Kalahari Desert is located in?
Answer: Botswana
Q: Who invented the bicycle?
Answer: Karl Drais
Q: What is the name of the Parliament of Denmark?
Answer: Folketing
Q: The headquarters of EFTA is in?
Answer: Geneva
Q: The famous painting “Sunflower” was done by?
Answer: Van Gogh
Q: Which of the following countries is located in the “Levant” region?
Answer: Syria
Q: Economic crisis of 1930s originated in?
Answer: USA
Q: Thomas Cup is associated with which game?
Answer: Badminton
Q: Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) headquarters is in?
Answer: Singapore
Q: The Horn of Africa is located in which part of the African continent?
Answer: Eastern Africa
Q: When ASEAN was founded, in which country was the meeting held?
Answer: Thailand
Q: Who is called the Father of French Revolution?
Answer: Rousseau
Q: What was the age of J.J. Rousseau (Father of French Revolution)?
Answer: 66 years
Q: In 1774, Oxygen was discovered by?
Answer: Joseph Priestley
Q: The ‘Swaythling Cup’ is associated with?
Answer: Table Tennis
Q: In the history of the world, the Stone Age is also known as the?
Answer: Paleolithic period
Q: Which king was deposed by Colonel Gadhafi in 1969?
Answer: King Idris
Q: The hurricane in October 2012 which caused wide-spread damage in the USA was?
Answer: Sandy
Q: Who said, “Where wealth accumulates, men decay”?
Answer: Oliver Goldsmith
Q: The country with the highest GDP (PPP) per capita in the world in 2015 was?
Answer: Qatar
Q: The agreement for territorial allocations in the Middle East after the Ottoman Empire is?
Answer: Sykes-Picot Agreement
Q: The Arab League was established on?
Answer: 22 March 1945
Q: A voucher may be?
Answer: All of the above
Q: The Kyoto Protocol was an international treaty that talks about?
Answer: Climate change
Q: “The mental act, condition or habit of placing trust in another” shows?
Answer: Belief
Q: Change in behavior through experiences is called?
Answer: Learning
Q: When the stock market is falling, it is?
Answer: Bearish
Q: Decibel is a unit used for measuring?
Answer: Sound intensity
Q: ‘Laissez-Faire’ means?
Answer: Non-interference
Q: Which of the following events occurred first in history?
Answer: American War of Independence
Q: Sylhet District at the time of partition was part of which province?
Answer: Assam
Q: “Southern Cross” (constellation) consists of?
Answer: 5 stars
Q: The phenomenon of ‘Arab Spring’ was sparked by a fruit-seller in?
Answer: Tunisia
Q: The Antonym of EUPHONIOUS is?
Answer: Harsh
Q: The Yangtze River does not pass through which country?
Answer: Thailand
Q: The largest city by population in the Great Lakes Region is?
Answer: Chicago
Q: The Inca Civilization flourished in?
Answer: South America
Q: Annuity is?
Answer: Series of fixed payments
Q: Which article of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan prohibits slavery and child labor?
Answer: Article 11
Q: Under the Factories Act, 1934, no adult employee can work in excess of?
Answer: 9 hours a day
Q: In the election of the President of the USA, the largest number of ‘Electoral College’ members are from?
Answer: California
Q: The largest ethnic group by population without having a state of its own is?
Answer: Kurds
Q: The first President of Palestinian Authority, Yasir Arafat, died on?
Answer: 11 November 2004
Q: The imaginary line of zero degree longitude passing through Greenwich is?
Answer: Prime Meridian
Q: The famous book “East of Eden” is the work of?
Answer: John Steinbeck
Q: Bastille Day is the commemoration of the storming of the Bastille in?
Answer: France
Q: Sui generis is a Latin term which means?
Answer: Unique
Q: In torts, the principle “Restitution ad integrum” means?
Answer: Restoration to original condition
Q: UNICEF is a?
Answer: UN agency
Q: Diet is a Parliament of which country?
Answer: Japan
Q: Strait of Hormuz is located between?
Answer: Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman
Q: What is the total area of Australia?
Answer: 7,688,287 sq km
Q: How many years did Nelson Mandela remain in prison?
Answer: 27 years
Q: The literal meaning of the word “Ethics” is ______?
Answer: Study of morality
Q: Stock indexes at Tokyo are known by their popular name of?
Answer: Nikkei
Q: A mobile phone sends and receives messages through?
Answer: Radio waves
Q: The Antonym of Servile is?
Answer: Haughty
Q: The element required for solar energy conversion is ____?
Answer: Silicon
Q: Who was the 1st Asian Secretary General of United Nations?
Answer: U Thant
Q: Lake Baikal is situated in which country?
Answer: Russia
Q: Tegel airport is located in which country?
Answer: Germany
Q: The idiom “Hobson’s choice” means?
Answer: No choice
Q: In France, the Bastille Day is celebrated on?
Answer: 14 July
Q: The famous poem ‘The Divine Comedy’ is written by?
Answer: Dante
Q: Who is called the father of modern astronomy?
Answer: Copernicus
Q: Which of the following is a Russian airline?
Answer: Aeroflot
Q: RAND is the currency of which country?
Answer: South Africa
Q: White goods are?
Answer: Household appliances
Q: Which country made “Brazuca” (2014 World Cup ball)?
Answer: Pakistan
Q: What is viticulture?
Answer: Cultivation of grapes
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