PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Combined Competitive Examination (CCE) 2020
For Recruitment to the Posts of Provincial Management Service (PMS)
SUBJECT: General Knowledge
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 100
Q: The Objective Resolution (قراردادِ مقاصد) was passed on?
Answer: 12 March 1949
Q: Nanga Parbat is located in which range?
Answer: Himalayas
Q: Sindh separated from Bombay in which year?
Answer: 1936
Q: The title “Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity” was given to Mr. Jinnah by?
Answer: Sarojini Naidu
Q: The Quran and Sunnah are declared the Supreme law of Pakistan under which Amendment?
Answer: 9th Amendment
Q: Who was the only Vice President in the history of Pakistan?
Answer: Nur-ul-Amin
Q: The first Muslim governor of Punjab was?
Answer: Abdur Rab Nishtar
Q: Who had signed Pakistan’s boundary agreement with China?
Answer: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
Q: The Chairman of the National Economic Council is?
Answer: Prime Minister
Q: Lowari Pass connects Dir with ______?
Answer: Chitral
Q: What is the length of the coastline of Pakistan?
Answer: 1048 km
Q: The Wakhan Corridor is located to the _____ of Pakistan.
Answer: North
Q: What is the limit of Pakistan’s Continental Shelf?
Answer: 350 NM
Q: The largest earth-filled dam in the world is _____?
Answer: Tarbela Dam
Q: Which is the second largest desert in the world after the Sahara?
Answer: Arabian Desert
Q: River Kabul joins Indus at?
Answer: Attock
Q: The age of the earth is __________?
Answer: 4.5 billion years
Q: Study of the relationship of organisms to their environment is called?
Answer: Ecology
Q: Which gas is mainly responsible for ozone layer depletion?
Answer: CFC
Q: Cirrhosis is a disease that affects which organ?
Answer: Liver
Q: Which vitamin is produced by the body and not found in fruits/vegetables?
Answer: Vitamin D
Q: Milk pasteurization at 161°F requires how many seconds?
Answer: 15 seconds
Q: In plant cells, the Calvin Cycle occurs in the ______ of the chloroplast.
Answer: Stroma
Q: How many countries are members of SAARC?
Answer: 8
Q: How many official working languages are recognized by the UNO?
Answer: 6
Q: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was created after which conference?
Answer: Bretton Woods Conference
Q: Which country has the largest (lengthiest) written constitution?
Answer: India
Q: Who is the current President of India?
Answer: Droupadi Murmu
Q: The “Deal of the Century” presented by Donald Trump related to?
Answer: Palestine issue
Q: World Water Day is observed on?
Answer: 22 March
Q: What is the name of a Webpage Address?
Answer: URL
Q: The man who built the first Mechanical Calculator was?
Answer: Blaise Pascal
Q: Blank DVDs on which data can be erased and rewritten are?
Answer: DVD-RW
Q: Complete the sequence: 6, 11, _____, 27.
Answer: 18
Q: The square of standard deviation is called?
Answer: Variance
Q: Vasco Da Gama belonged to which country?
Answer: Portugal
Q: Jabir bin Hayyan was famous Muslim?
Answer: Chemist
Q: World Water Day is annually observed every year on which date?
Answer: 22 March
Q: What is the name of Webpage Address?
Answer: URL
Q: The age of the earth is __________?
Answer: 4.5 billion years
Q: How much of Earth surface is covered by ocean?
Answer: 71%
Q: The Chief Election Commissioner have tenure of _______?
Answer: 5 years
Q: Sui gas (Natural gas) was discovered in Balochistan in which year?
Answer: 1952
Q: Study of life in outer space is _____?
Answer: Both A and B (Exobiology & Astrobiology)
Q: Operation Zarb-e-Azb underwent in the former FATA. Azb was the name of ______?
Answer: Sword of the Holy Prophet (PBUH)
Q: After the United States, the largest number of Nobel Laureates are from _____?
Answer: United Kingdom
Q: The Antonym of Segregation is?
Answer: Integration
Q: The man who built the first Mechanical Calculator was ______?
Answer: Blaise Pascal
Q: Who gave the ideas to combine the internet with the hypertext concepts?
Answer: Tim Berners-Lee
Q: Blank DVDs on which data can be erased and rewritten are identified as _____?
Answer: DVD-RW (or DVD+RW)
Q: Which of the following can be recycled many times?
Answer: Aluminum
Q: Deforestation at large scale can be observed at _____?
Answer: Amazon forest
Q: Rocks that contain fossils are _____?
Answer: Sedimentary rocks
Q: Coniferous forests have low biodiversity than _____?
Answer: Tropical rain forests
Q: The milk needs to be heated for complete pasteurization at 161°F for _____ seconds.
Answer: 15 seconds
Q: The energy value of fats and oils is _____ times more than carbohydrates and proteins.
Answer: 2.25
Q: The vitamin that controls the browning in fruits with the help of enzymes is _____?
Answer: Vitamin C
Q: _____ makes up 14 to 17 percent of the skeleton.
Answer: Phosphorus
Q: Stimulus intensity in brain is detected by _____?
Answer: The number of action potentials per second
Q: In the plant cells which reaction occurs in the stroma of the chloroplasts?
Answer: Calvin cycle
Q: Approximately what fraction of the human genome contains proteins?
Answer: 2%
Q: The Arab Spring started from Tunisia in the year?
Answer: 2010
Q: The largest earth filled dam of the world is _____?
Answer: Tarbela Dam
Q: Which of the following countries has no boundary with Syria?
Answer: Iran
Q: SAPTA is a trade agreement by _____?
Answer: SAARC
Q: India represents what percent of South Asia’s Population?
Answer: 70%
Q: The Pakistani scientist who worked under Albert Einstein was _____?
Answer: M. Raziuddin
Q: In 2018, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was sworn in for _____?
Answer: 4th time
Q: Jahangir Khan won Squash Championship for the time?
Answer: British Open
Q: Hugo Chávez was leader of _____?
Answer: Venezuela
Q: Kapas ka Phool is written by _____?
Answer: Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi
Q: The article 3 of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of UN relates _____?
Answer: Health
Q: The Watergate scandal is related to ______?
Answer: Spying
Q: Quaid-e-Azam resigned from Imperial Legislative Council due to _____?
Answer: Rowlatt Act
Q: Identify the most benefited sector of Pakistan because of the GSP Plus?
Answer: Textile and Garments
Q: United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declare 2021-2030 decade for?
Answer: Ecosystem Restoration
Q: What was Dr. Ruth Pfau famously known as?
Answer: Mother of Leprosy Patients
Q: Renowned Urdu writer Mushtaq Ahmed Yusufi by profession was _____?
Answer: Banker
Q: Hibba Khatoon is famous poetess of which language?
Answer: Kashmiri
Q: Dr. Abdul Salam got his Ph.D degree from which university?
Answer: University of Cambridge
Q: The British sold the Kashmir to Gulab Singh Dogra under the treaty of _____?
Answer: Treaty of Amritsar
Q: Which of the following women participated in all three Round table Conferences?
Answer: Begum Jahan Ara Shahnawaz
Q: On the advice of Prime Minister, assemblies are dissolved within _____?
Answer: 48 hours
Q: What is the minimum age of Senator under 1973 Constitution?
Answer: 30 years
Q: River Kabul joins Indus at?
Answer: Attock
Q: The Mausoleum of Khawaja Ghulam Farid is located in ____?
Answer: Mithankot (Rajanpur)
Q: When Karakoram Highway was completed?
Answer: 1979
Q: Shandur Pass connects which of the following?
Answer: Chitral with Gilgit
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