PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Combined Competitive Examination (CCE) 2023
For Recruitment to the Posts of Provincial Management Service (PMS)
SUBJECT: General Knowledge
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 100
Q: The Synonym of Virtue is?
Answer: Goodness
Q: How many countries share border with Pakistan?
Answer: 4
Q: Who was the first Governor of state bank Pakistan?
Answer: Zahid Hussain
Q: National Flag of Pakistan was designed/made by _____?
Answer: Amir Uddin Kidwai
Q: Diamond is allotropic form of _______?
Answer: Carbon
Q: Who is known as the father of computer?
Answer: Charles Babbage
Q: Who is the Current Secretary of State of the United States?
Answer: Antony Blinken
Q: The first census in Pakistan was held in?
Answer: 1951
Q: How many goals have been included in the Sustainable Development Goals?
Answer: 17
Q: World Trade Organization (WTO) was established in ______?
Answer: 1995
Q: Which of the following is not a kind of non-state actor?
Answer: NATO
Q: Which of the following institution was established in 1864?
Answer: Government College Lahore
Q: What was code-named of first Indian Nuclear test at Pokhran in 1974?
Answer: Smiling Buddha
Q: Which of the following company is not owned by Elon Musk?
Answer: WWE
Q: The Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Raza Akbari was hanged due to spying for _____?
Answer: MI6
Q: When Treaty of Amritsar was signed?
Answer: 1846
Q: Who was the Second President of the U.S.A?
Answer: John Adams
Q: Kashmiri leader Zakir Musa killed by India in which year?
Answer: 2019
Q: In which year were the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations?
Answer: 2015
Q: Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) established in _____?
Answer: 1985
Q: Dr. Ahmad Sukarno was the President of ______?
Answer: Indonesia
Q: Who was the first Secretary General of the OIC?
Answer: Tunku Abdul Rahman
Q: The Fred Hollows foundation is an international development organization working for ______?
Answer: Eliminating avoidable blindness
Q: What is the name of the Prime Minister of India at the time of the 1965 war?
Answer: Lal Bahadur Shastri
Q: How much percentage of Kashmir is under the control of India?
Answer: 55%
Q: How much percentage of Kashmir is under the control of China?
Answer: 20%
Q: Which of the following American President did not visit Pakistan?
Answer: Barak Obama
Q: Mocenthons was the Minister of _____?
Answer: Alexander
Q: When Allama Shibli Naumani was died?
Answer: November 18, 1914
Q: In which year, the China attacked on India?
Answer: 1962
Q: The national flag of Pakistan was adopted on which date?
Answer: 11 August 1947
Q: Which of the following state was acceded to Pakistan on 15th August 1947?
Answer: None of these
Q: How many politicians remain Governor-General of Pakistan?
Answer: 4
Q: Which member of European Union adopted Euro Currency on 01 January 2023?
Answer: Croatia
Q: Who is the Current Supreme Leader of Taliban in Afghanistan?
Answer: Mullah Haibat Ullah Akhunzada
Q: Solve the equation: -8/20(+9/2)-1/2 = _____?
Answer: -2.3
Q: The true discount on RS. 1760 due after a certain time at 12% per annum is RS. 160. The time?
Answer: 10 months
Q: The ratio of income of A, B & C was 3:4:5. Total current income Rs. 98500. Present income of A?
Answer: 22500
Q: Mehr-e-Do Neem wrote by ______?
Answer: Iftikhar Arif
Q: Shahr-e-Sukhan Aarasta Hai, wrote by _____?
Answer: Ahmad Faraz
Q: Ahmad nadeem Qasmi was not a ______?
Answer: Novelist
Q: The SI unit of energy is?
Answer: Joule
Q: The protein factories of cells are _______?
Answer: Ribosome
Q: Butter and margarine are ______ in nature.
Answer: Colloid
Q: Bakelite is a _____?
Answer: Insulator
Q: The destruction of Tsunami is measured by its _____?
Answer: Height
Q: Hemoglobin is soluble in ______?
Answer: Water
Q: Which of the following is not a monosaccharide?
Answer: Lactose
Q: Which of the following gases has role an important in maintaining atmospheric temperature?
Answer: Carbon dioxide
Q: Which is the oldest freezing method?
Answer: Brine freezing
Q: The formula of Quartz is _____?
Answer: SiO2
Q: Brass gets discoloured in air because of the presence of which gas?
Answer: Hydrogen Sulphide
Q: Which of the following has maximum water content?
Answer: Vegetables
Q: Which of the following is the default view of MS Word?
Answer: Print Layout
Q: Pasteurization of milk depends on ______?
Answer: Both A and B (Temperature and Time)
Q: The rate at which temperature decreases with increasing altitude is known as the ______?
Answer: Lapse rate
Q: Storage device that uses lasers and lights as its technology is known as ______?
Answer: Optical storage
Q: The only difference between memory and storage is _____?
Answer: Temporary, Permanent
Q: In Slide layout panel how many layouts are available for text layout by default?
Answer: 4
Q: __________ refers to a pre-made images ready for use in MS-word documents.
Answer: Clipart
Q: World Ozone Day is observed on _______?
Answer: September 16
Q: Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan passed away on which date?
Answer: 10 October 2021
Q: Who was the Last viceroy of India after independence?
Answer: Lord Mountbatten
Q: Queen Elizabeth II of the great Britain passed away on which date?
Answer: 8 September 2022
Q: Name of US official who visited Taiwan in August 2022?
Answer: Nancy Pelosi
Q: When was NATO founded?
Answer: 1949
Q: Human Rights Day is observed on which date?
Answer: 10 December
Q: Amnesty International is an organization for ____?
Answer: Protection of Human Rights
Q: BCC stands for _____?
Answer: Blind carbon copy
Q: Who is the current Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia?
Answer: Muhammad bin Salman
Q: India detonated its nuclear device in which year?
Answer: 1974
Q: Sui gas (Natural gas) was discovered in Balochistan in which year?
Answer: 1952
Q: Who won Nobel Prize in Literature 2021?
Answer: Abdulrazak Gurnah
Q: ____ was the first state which joined Pakistan on 1947?
Answer: Bahawalpur
Q: What is gutter margin in MS Word?
Answer: Margin that is added to the binding side of page when printing
Q: Book ‘The Sole Spokesman’ is authored by _____?
Answer: Ayesha Jalal
Q: The foundation stone of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah’s Mausoleum was laid by whom?
Answer: Ayub Khan
Q: How many countries are members of ASEAN?
Answer: 10
Q: Who was the first Pakistani Prime Minister/Leader who visited China?
Answer: Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy
Q: Famous social website Facebook was founded by ____?
Answer: Mark Zuckerberg
Q: Which country is not a member of ASEAN?
Answer: Bangladesh
Q: Which of the following is not a member of SAARC?
Answer: Myanmar (Burma)
Q: Which country won the third cricket world cup in 1983?
Answer: India
Q: What is the rank of Pakistan in World Happiness Index 2023?
Answer: 108
Q: Heer Ranjha was written by whom?
Answer: Waris Shah
Q: The Tashkent declaration between Pakistan and India was signed on?
Answer: 10 January 1966
Q: Which Continent has no desert?
Answer: Europe
Q: What is the length of border between Pakistan and China?
Answer: 599 km
Q: Who was the second Governor-General of Pakistan?
Answer: Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin
Q: Who discover Penicillin?
Answer: A. Fleming
Q: The Objective Resolution was passed on ______?
Answer: 12 March 1949
Q: Nanga Parbat is located in which range?
Answer: Himalayas
Q: Vasco Da Gama belonged to which country?
Answer: Portugal
Q: Jabir bin Hayyan was famous Muslim?
Answer: Chemist
Q: Lowari pass connects Dir with ______?
Answer: Chitral
Q: Sindh separated from Bombay in which year?
Answer: 1936
Q: World Water Day is annually observed every year on which date?
Answer: 22 March
Q: How many countries are the members of SAARC?
Answer: 8
Q: What is the name of Webpage Address?
Answer: URL
Q: The title “Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim-Unity” was given to Mr Jinnah by ____?
Answer: Sarojini Naidu
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