PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Combined Competitive Examination (CCE) 2016
For Recruitment to the Posts of Provincial Management Service (PMS)
SUBJECT: General Knowledge
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 100
Q: The largest planet of the solar system is _____?
Answer: Jupiter
Q: Which disease causes difficulty in breathing?
Answer: Asthma
Q: The average adult has a blood volume of about ___ liters.
Answer: 5 Liters
Q: Which shortcut key inserts a new slide in the current presentation?
Answer: Ctrl + M
Q: The art of breeding silkworms and the production of silk is called?
Answer: Sericulture
Q: Which type of vitamin is produced in the human body through sunlight?
Answer: Vitamin D
Q: Which country hosted the Summer Olympics 2020 (held in 2021)?
Answer: Japan (Tokyo)
Q: Pedagogy is the study of ______?
Answer: Teaching Methods and Strategies
Q: Where was COP 22 held in 2016?
Answer: Marrakesh (Morocco)
Q: What devices accept data from outside the computer and transfer it into the CPU?
Answer: Input devices
Q: When 73 is added to 89 and the amount is doubled, it gives the same result as the square of 18. What is the answer?
Answer: 162
Q: In the equation of a straight line (y = mx + c), what does the letter ‘c’ represent?
Answer: y-Intercept
Q: What is 0.004 × 0.5?
Answer: 0.002
Q: What is the next term for the sequence 486, 162, 54, 18, 6?
Answer: 2
Q: Mid-term breaking is applied to?
Answer: Quadratic equations
Q: The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) was passed in Pakistan in?
Answer: 2016
Q: Junk email is also called?
Answer: Spam
Q: What is the formula for the Area of a Trapezium?
Answer: 1/2 × (sum of parallel sides) × altitude
Q: According to Pythagoras theorem, c = _____?
Answer: √(a² + b²)
Q: Two polygons are similar if?
Answer: Corresponding sides are proportional and angles are equal
Q: The volume of a sphere is?
Answer: 4/3 πr³
Q: Which is the most common form of color blindness?
Answer: Red-green color blindness
Q: A disease which travels from place to place (widespread) is called?
Answer: Epidemic
Q: Objects having the same size, shape, and measurement are?
Answer: Congruent
Q: Hydrochloric acid is necessary for the digestion of?
Answer: Proteins
Q: Which vitamin prevents hemorrhaging (excessive bleeding)?
Answer: Vitamin K
Q: Vitamin A is essential for?
Answer: Growth, night vision, and healthy tissues
Q: When was HIV first identified?
Answer: 1983
Q: A line segment whose endpoints lie on the circle is called?
Answer: Chord
Q: What is H5N1?
Answer: Virus
Q: Who coined the term “Gene”?
Answer: Wilhelm Johannsen
Q: Who invented the first computer mouse?
Answer: Douglas Engelbart
Q: Which is the largest hardware company in the world?
Answer: Apple
Q: A temporary storage place for information in a computer is called?
Answer: Buffer
Q: The Headquarters of the Arab League is located in?
Answer: Cairo
Q: What is the sum of all angles in a triangle?
Answer: 180°
Q: Which is the judicial body of the UN?
Answer: ICJ
Q: Pakistan’s last census (digital) was held in?
Answer: 2023
Q: Malakand Pass connects?
Answer: Peshawar with Chitral
Q: Which is the largest crude oil producing country (currently)?
Answer: USA
Q: Which is the highest battlefield in the world?
Answer: Siachen Glacier
Q: A country’s total financial obligations to the rest of the world are?
Answer: External Debt
Q: Donald Trump belongs to which political party?
Answer: Republican Party
Q: The first Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) relates to?
Answer: No Poverty
Q: Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Answer: Marie Curie
Q: The largest producer of solar energy in the world is?
Answer: China
Q: One barrel of petroleum is equal to how many US Gallons?
Answer: 42 US Gallons
Q: Which part of the brain controls the heart and breathing?
Answer: Medulla Oblongata
Q: The atmospheric layer in which we live is called?
Answer: Troposphere
Q: When magma reaches the surface, it is called?
Answer: Lava
Q: Rocks formed by great heat or pressure are called?
Answer: Metamorphic rocks
Q: What is the study of fingerprints called?
Answer: Dactyloscopy
Q: Which blood group is known as the “Universal Donor”?
Answer: O-negative
Q: What is the blood circulation rate in human arteries?
Answer: 30–40 cm/s
Q: The structure in a cell that contains genes is called?
Answer: Chromosome
Q: Where is bile stored?
Answer: Gallbladder
Q: A chemical element with properties of both metals and non-metals is a?
Answer: Metalloid
Q: Silicon is also known as?
Answer: Earth Maker
Q: Which area is known as the world’s earthquake belt?
Answer: Pacific Ring of Fire
Q: An area in a desert with sufficient water for plants is called an?
Answer: Oasis
Q: What is the approximate diameter of the Sun?
Answer: 1.4 million km
Q: The continuous movement of continents is called?
Answer: Continental Drift
Q: The rarest gas in the air (atmosphere) is?
Answer: Neon
Q: What speed is needed to escape Earth’s gravity (escape velocity)?
Answer: 11.2 km/s
Q: Acceleration caused by gravity (g) is approximately?
Answer: 9.8 m/s²
Q: Where on Earth are days and nights always of equal length?
Answer: Equator
Q: How long does our solar system take to orbit the Milky Way?
Answer: 225–250 million years
Q: What is a Constellation?
Answer: Group of stars
Q: Sunlight is composed of how many colors?
Answer: Seven
Q: Irregular shaped solid objects made of rocks and metals in space are?
Answer: Asteroids
Q: Our galaxy (Milky Way) is what shape?
Answer: Spiral
Q: Which planet has the maximum number of moons?
Answer: Saturn
Q: Which is the coldest planet in the Solar System?
Answer: Neptune
Q: The study of the Universe’s origin and nature is?
Answer: Cosmology
Q: What is meant by Etymology?
Answer: Study of word origins
Q: The study of heavenly bodies is called?
Answer: Astronomy
Q: Which theory states that new matter is always created to fill space?
Answer: Steady State Theory
Q: Who was the first Canadian woman in space?
Answer: Roberta Bondar
Q: Which planet takes the longest time to orbit the Sun?
Answer: Neptune
Q: Paediatrics is the branch of medicine dealing with?
Answer: Children
Q: The outermost layer of the Sun is called?
Answer: Corona
Q: Track-II Diplomacy refers to?
Answer: Unofficial diplomacy
Q: A celestial body that revolves around a planet is a?
Answer: Natural satellite
Q: What physics principle is used to remove dust from smokestacks?
Answer: Electrostatic precipitation
Q: What is Acoustics?
Answer: Study of sound
Q: The power of reading others’ thoughts is called?
Answer: Telepathy
Q: Which country launched the first artificial satellite (Sputnik 1)?
Answer: USSR
Q: Plate Tectonic theory was presented in?
Answer: 1960s
Q: A Hygrometer is used for measuring?
Answer: Humidity
Q: When did the Brexit Referendum officially take place?
Answer: 23 June 2016
Q: The speed of sound in air is approximately?
Answer: 343 m/s
Q: The continuous tube from the mouth to the anus is the?
Answer: Alimentary canal
Q: Who was the first astronaut to set foot on the moon?
Answer: Neil Armstrong
Q: Which is a designation for pre-released software?
Answer: Alpha and Beta
Q: The theory of the Universe’s origin 15 billion years ago is the?
Answer: Big Bang Theory
Q: A huge cloud of gas and dust in the universe is called a?
Answer: Nebula
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