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PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Combined Competitive Examination (CCE) 2018
For Recruitment to the Posts of Provincial Management Service (PMS)
SUBJECT: General Knowledge
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 100
Q: RAM stands for ____?
Answer: Random Access Memory
Q: Gold and Copper deposits of Pakistan are found mostly in _____?
Answer: Chaghi (Balochistan)
Q: In which country Mount Judi (Cudi) also known as Mount Qardū exists?
Answer: Turkey
Q: The shortest day in Australia is _____?
Answer: 21 June
Q: On which country did Britain impose the Opium War?
Answer: China
Q: The Bering Strait is situated between ________?
Answer: Russia and the United States
Q: Adam’s Peak is located in ___?
Answer: Sri Lanka
Q: Which of the following is considered the deepest lake in the world?
Answer: Lake Baikal
Q: Which of the following is NOT caused by a virus?
Answer: Typhoid and Cholera
Q: Which is the hottest planet in our solar system?
Answer: Venus
Q: The diameter of Jupiter is eleven times the diameter of ______?
Answer: Earth
Q: Guava has the maximum amount of which Vitamin?
Answer: Vitamin C
Q: Who discovered homeopathy?
Answer: Samuel Hahnemann
Q: Cholera is caused by _____?
Answer: Bacteria
Q: Which is the world’s oldest monarchy?
Answer: Japan
Q: Gandhara civilization is in _____?
Answer: Pakistan
Q: The partition of Bengal was annulled in?
Answer: 1911
Q: Which is the national bird of Pakistan?
Answer: Chakor
Q: Habsha is the old name of ___?
Answer: Ethiopia
Q: If 200 students filled the form, 180 appeared, and 70% passed, how many failed?
Answer: 54
Q: Lira is the currency of ______?
Answer: Turkey
Q: Quaid-e-Azam joined All India Muslim League in _____?
Answer: 1913
Q: Ascorbic Acid is also known as ______?
Answer: Vitamin C
Q: Who invented the first computer mouse?
Answer: Douglas Engelbart
Q: Our galaxy (Milky Way Galaxy) is _____ in shape.
Answer: Spiral
Q: Which country gifted the ‘Statue of Liberty’ to the United States?
Answer: France
Q: “The Wealth of Nations” was written by?
Answer: Adam Smith
Q: Who is the author of the novel Pride and Prejudice?
Answer: Jane Austen
Q: Faiz Ahmed Faiz was arrested in the Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case in ______?
Answer: 1951
Q: Ahmad Khan Kharal, the famous character of the War of Independence, belonged to _____?
Answer: Jhamra
Q: The event of the Boston Tea Party occurred in _____?
Answer: 1773
Q: The Communist Manifesto was originally written in _____?
Answer: German
Q: Which of the following is considered the world’s oldest city?
Answer: Damascus
Q: One inch is equal to how many centimeters?
Answer: 2.54 cm
Q: 1 gram of pure gold is equal to _____ milligrams.
Answer: 1000 mg
Q: 1 BTU is equal to _____ Joules.
Answer: 1055 Joules
Q: 1 yard is equal to _____?
Answer: 0.9144 meters
Q: Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) became a republic in _____?
Answer: 1972
Q: Mount Sinai (Koh-e-Toor) is situated in _____?
Answer: Egypt
Q: “We the people of the United Nations” is written in the preamble of _____?
Answer: Charter of the United Nations
Q: Mustafa Kamal abolished the Khilafat in _____?
Answer: 1924
Q: The Treaty of Sevres was signed in ________?
Answer: 1920
Q: The International Date Line passes through the _____?
Answer: Bering Strait
Q: The second largest oil-producing country in the world is _____?
Answer: Saudi Arabia
Q: The Ural Mountains are situated in _____?
Answer: Russia
Q: The world’s largest fresh water lake (by surface area) is?
Answer: Lake Superior
Q: Rakh Ghulaman Livestock Farm is located in _____?
Answer: Bhakkar
Q: The new name of Zaire is ____?
Answer: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Q: What is the capital of Ghana?
Answer: Accra
Q: Former Secretary General Kofi Annan belonged to which country?
Answer: Ghana
Q: Sir Laurence Olivier was a _____?
Answer: Actor
Q: Normandy is in which country?
Answer: France
Q: In CT Scan, CT stands for _____?
Answer: Computed Tomography
Q: Working Boundary is the border between Pakistan and _______?
Answer: India
Q: Breakbone fever is another name for ____?
Answer: Dengue
Q: LNG stands for _____?
Answer: Liquefied Natural Gas
Q: Sharm el-Shaikh is _____?
Answer: An Egyptian city
Q: What is the average weight of the heart of an adult human?
Answer: 300 grams
Q: If you have caries, which doctor should be consulted?
Answer: Dentist
Q: Which is the largest barrage of Pakistan?
Answer: Sukkur Barrage
Q: Before the partition of India in 1947, how many Princely States existed?
Answer: 562
Q: The height of K-2 is _______ feet.
Answer: 28,251 feet
Q: The members of the constituent assembly were increased from 69 to _____?
Answer: 79
Q: Which disease is hereditary?
Answer: Hemophilia
Q: Who wrote the book ‘Hujjat Allah Al-Baligha’?
Answer: Shah Wali Ullah
Q: During the process of photosynthesis, plants release _____?
Answer: Oxygen
Q: Which scientist discovered the Neutron in 1932?
Answer: James Chadwick
Q: The most powerful hurricane to hit the Caribbean in 2017 was ______?
Answer: Irma
Q: The novel “War and Peace” was written by _____?
Answer: Leo Tolstoy
Q: A person swinging from one mood extreme to another has a/an ______ disorder.
Answer: Bipolar disorder
Q: Amnesia is related to ______?
Answer: Loss of memory
Q: Where is Katas Raj temple located?
Answer: Chakwal
Q: Malabar was the ancient name of ____?
Answer: Kerala
Q: In which year was the first Nobel Prize for Economics awarded?
Answer: 1969
Q: The only Hindu State (formerly) in the world was ______?
Answer: Nepal
Q: Silicon Valley is in ______?
Answer: California
Q: “Aab-e-Hayat” was written by?
Answer: Muhammad Hussain Azad
Q: “KHAD” is the secret agency of which country?
Answer: Afghanistan
Q: Persecution of Rohingya Muslims is in which state?
Answer: Rakhine
Q: The length of the Siachen Glacier is _____?
Answer: 76 km
Q: Melinda Gates is the co-chair of _____?
Answer: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Q: URL stands for?
Answer: Uniform Resource Locator
Q: The Patella bone is present in the _____?
Answer: Knee
Q: Where is Lake Kachura situated in Pakistan?
Answer: Skardu
Q: If A takes 20 mins and B takes 30 mins, how long together?
Answer: 12 minutes
Q: The printing press was invented by ___?
Answer: Johannes Gutenberg
Q: If (x+y)+(x−y)=112, then the value of x is _____?
Answer: 56
Q: Which is included in the Seven Wonders of the World?
Answer: Great Wall of China
Q: The first-ever Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to _____?
Answer: Wilhelm Roentgen
Q: Jallianwala Bagh is located in _____?
Answer: Amritsar
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