PMS Past Papers General Knowledge 2014 [Solved Paper]
PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES (PMS)
PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
WRITTEN TEST FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POST OF
PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE. ETC. BS-17 2017
(Held in January 2, 2018)
PPSC PMS Solved Past Paper 2018
SUBJECT: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1. Which article of the 1973 Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan prohibits all forms of slavery, forced labour and child labour:
(A) 37
(B) 11 ✓
(C) 25
(D) 18
2. Under the Factories Act, 1934 no adult employee, defined as a worker who has completed his or her 18th year of age can be required or permitted to work in any establishment in excess of : hours a day and hours a week.
(A) 7,42
(B) 8,48 ✓
(C) 9,48
(D) 8,56
3. Servile is the opposite of:
(A) Puerile
(B) futile
(C) haughty ✓
(D) foul
4. In the election of the President of the United States of America, the largest number of members of the 'Electoral College' are elected from the state of:
(A) New York
(B) Texas
(C) California ✓
(D) Florida
5. Out of the following, the largest ethnic group by population without having a state of its own is:
(A) Kurdish ✓
(B) Welsh
(C) Uighurs
(D) Sikhs
6. The first President of Palestinian Authority Yasir Arafat died on:
(A) 11th September 2006
(B) 9th November 2001
(C) 12th December 2007
(D) 11th November 2004 ✓
7. Which Vitamin is provided by Sunlight to the body?
(A) Vitamin A
(B) Vitamin B
(C) Vitamin C
(D) Vitamin D ✓
8. The imaginary line of zero degree longitude which passes through Greenwich is called:
(A) Meridian ✓
(B) Equator
(C) Tropic of Cancer
(D) Tropic of Capricorn
9. The famous book “East of Eden" is the work of:
(A) John Steinback ✓
(B) R.W. Emerson
(C) Bertrand Russell
(D) Earnest Hemingway
10. Bastille Day is the commemoration of the storming of the Bastille fortress-prison which was seen as a symbol of the revolutionary uprising in:
(A) Canada
(B) Belgium
(C) USA
(D) France ✓
11. Sui generis is a Latin term of:
(A) Unique ✓
(B) Generous
(C) Sui gas
(D) Common
12. The Strait of Hormuz fall between:
(A) UAE and Oman
(B) Iran and Iraq
(C) Iran, Oman and UAE ✓
(D) UAE and Qatar
13. 'Rand'is the currency of:
(A) South Africa ✓
(B) Tanzania
(C) Ecuador
(D) Somalia
14. The number of working children according to ILO estimates in developing countries is:
(A) 80 million
(B) 300 million
(C) 250 million
(D) 320 million ✓
15. Which one of the following statement is false?
(A) 'Unenforceable' means that there is no remedy for breach of a convention
(B) The laws of the constitution are enforceable in the courts
(C) The conventions of the constitution are binding political rules which are not enforceable in the courts
(D) Constitutional conventions are not binding on anyone ✓
16. Which one of the following statement is false?
(A) The legislative function is primarily responsible for making, unmaking and amending the law
(B) The legislative function is inferior to the judicial function of government ✓
(C) The executive function gives effect to and enforces the law
(D) The primary judicial function is to interpret and apply the law, resolve disputes, provide remedies and determine punishments when the law is breached
17. In torts, the principle “Restitutio ad integrum" means:
(A) compensation for damages
(B) Restoration to the original condition ✓
(C) Restriction on integration
(D) None of the above
18. “Southern Cross" which is constellation found in the southern region of the night sky consists mainly of:
(A) Seven Stars
(B) Three Stars
(C) Five Stars ✓
(D) None of these
19. Sylhet District at the time of partition was part of the province of:
(A) Bengal
(B) Assam ✓
(C) Bihar
(D) United Provinces
20. Euphonious is the opposite of:
(A) Strident ✓
(B) Lethargic
(C) Literary
(D) Merry
21. Yangtze river does not pass through which of the country:
(A) Mongolia
(B) Thailand
(C) Taiwan
(D) All of these ✓
22. The Incan Civilization flourished in:
(A) South America ✓
(B) North America
(C) Australia
(D) Indonesia
23. The largest city by population in the Great Lakes region is:
(A) Toronto
(B) Montreal
(C) Chicago ✓
(D) Detroit
24. An ordinary mobile phone communicates by using:
(A) Soundwaves
(B) Microwaves
(C) Radio waves ✓
(D) UV waves
25. Stock indices at Tokyo are known by their popular name of:
(A) Dow Jones
(B) Hang Seng
(C) Nikkei ✓
(D) FTSE
26. Annuity is:
(A) A sum of money received on a regular basis as one of a series of fixed payments ✓
(B) A financial product designed to pay out a stream of payments to the holder at a later point in time
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Annual payment of dues
27. Hobson’s choice:
(A) Giving no choice at all ✓
(B) To make the best choice
(C) To make the worst choice
(D) To settle for a compromise
28. The phenomenon of 'Arab Spring' was sparked by the self-immolation of Mohamec Bouzizl, a fruit-seller in:
(A) Egypt
(B) Tunisia ✓
(C) Morocco
(D) Syria
29. The hurricane in the October 2012 whict caused wide-spread damage in the easteir sea-board states of the USA is:
(A) Katrina
(B) Sandy ✓
(C) Isaac
(D) Irene
30. A voucher may be:
(A) Payment bill ✓
(B) Wages Sheet
(C) Bank Receipt
(D) All of these
31. Kyoto Protocol talks about:
(A) Employment
(B) Pollution ✓
(C) Agriculture
(D) None of these
32. What was the name of Libyan king deposed by Colonel Gadhafi in 1969?
(A) King Abdullah
(B) King Idris ✓
(C) King Saud
(D) King Sadaat
33. Who said, “Where wealth accumulates, men decay"?
(A) Abraham Lincoln
(B) Winston Churchill
(C) Goldsmith ✓
(D) Roosevelt
34. Baikal Lake is situated in:
(A) Kazakhstan
(B) Russia ✓
(C) USA
(D) Angola
35. What is meant by “Laissez-Faire"?
(A) Mixed Economy
(B) Non-Interference of govt, in economic affairs ✓
(C) Controlled economy
(D) None of these
36. The Arab League was formed in:
(A) Cairo ✓
(B) Jeddah
(C) Tehran
(D) Riyadh
37. The Agreement which provided for territorial allocations as spheres of Western influence in the Middle East, in case of break-up of Ottoman Empire, is known as:
(A) Treaty of Alexandropol
(B) Balfour Declaration
(C) Accord of Ankara
(D) Sykes-Picot ✓
38. The country having the highest GDP* in the world:
(A) Qatar ✓
(B) Luxembourg
(C) Singapore
(D) Kuwait
39. “Brazuca" is the name of:
(A) the standard shoulder-fired anti-tank weapon of US Army
(B) a man-portable recoilless antitank rocket launcher weapon of US Army
(C) the official match ball of FIFA World Cup 2014 ✓
(D) a brass musical instrument Incorporating a telescopic tubing
40. For how many years did Nelson Mandela remain in Prison?
(A) 27 years ✓
(B) 37 years
(C) 17 years
(D) 10 years
‘According to International Monetary Fund, World Bank & Central Intelligence Agency the country with the highest per capita GDP in 2013 was of Qatar. Whereas, according to the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank & the CIA World Factbook the country with the highest GDP is USA.
41. When the Stock Market is going down, it is called:
(A) Bearish ✓
(B) Bullish
(C) Crashing
(D) Slumberous
42. Decibel is a unit used for:
(A) Speed of light
(B) Intensity of sound ✓
(C) Intensity of heat
(D) None of these
43. The element required for solar energy conversion is:
(A) Silicon ✓
(B) Germanium
(C) Uranium
(D) Selenium
44. A change in an Individual's behavior prompted by information and experience refers to which one of the following concept?
(A) Learning ✓
(B) Role selection
(C) Perception
(D) Motivation
45. Which of the following approaches says that ethical issues should be judged on the basis of some universal code?
(A) Deontological ✓
(B) Ethical skepticism
(C) Utilitarianism
(D) Narcissism
46. Literally the word ethics stand for:
(A) Understanding human nature
(B) Study of morality ✓
(C) Properties of chemical substances
(D) Both (B) & (C)
47. The mental act, condition or habit of placing trust or confidence in another shows which of the following options?
(A) Motive
(B) Belief ✓
(C) Behaviour
(D) Attitude
48. The hottest planet is:
(A) Mercury
(B) Venus ✓
(C) Jupiter
(D) Saturn
49. pointer arises when you use the address of an object after its lifetime is over.
(A) Null
(B) Smart
(C) Dangling ✓
(D) Both a and c
50. Which of the following events occurred first in history?
(A) American War of Independence ✓
(B) Russian Revolution
(C) French Revolution
(D) Chinese Revolution
51. The famous painting “Sunflower” was done by:
(A) Michael Angelo
(B) Van Gogh ✓
(C) Pablo Picasso
(D) Leonardo de Vinci
52. Economic crisis of 1930s originated in:
(A) France
(B) Brazil
(C) U.S.A. ✓
(D) Russia
53. The headquarters of APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) is in:
(A) China
(B) Japan
(C) Malaysia
(D) Singapore ✓
54. Which country is included in "Horn of Africa”?
(A) Egypt
(B) Sudan
(C) Somalia ✓
(D) Kenya
55. ASEAN was formed in:
(A) 1965
(B) 1960
(C) 1967 ✓
(D) 1965
56. Which of the following country is located in the “Levant" region?
(A) Iran
(B) France
(C) Iraq
(D) Syria ✓
57. “Thomas Cup” is given in the game of:
(A) Lawn Tennis
(B) Golf
(C) Table Tennis
(D) Badminton ✓
58. What is the length of “Great Wall of China"*?
(A) 2400 kms
(B) 2600 kms
(C) 3200 kms
(D) 3400 kms ✓
59. Who is called the “Father of French Revolution”?
(A) Thomas Hobbes
(B) Rousseau ✓
(C) Francis Bacon
(D) Montesquieu
60. “Divine Comedy" was written by:
(A) Gibbon
(B) Goethe
(C) Dante ✓
(D) Milton
61. Which one of the following scientists is known as father of astronomy?
(A) Einstein
(B) Copernicus ✓
(C) Archimedes
(D) Newton
62. In France, the Bastille Day is celebrated on:
(A) 14 May
(B) 14 June
(C) 14 July ✓
(D) 14 August
63. The 'Swaythling Cup" is related to the game of:
(A) Badminton
(B) Tennis
(C) Volleyball
(D) Table Tennis ✓
64. In 1774 Oxygen was discovered by:
(A) Newton
(B) Priestly ✓
(C) Faraday
(D) B. Franklin
65. In the history of World the Stone Age is also called by the name of:
(A) Palaeolithic period ✓
(B) Mesolithic period
(C) Neolithic period
(D) Chalcolithic period
*A comprehensive archaeological survey, using advanced technologies, has concluded that the Ming walls measure 8,850 km (5,500 mi). This is made up of 6,259 km (3,889 mi) sections of actual wall, 359 km (223 ml) of trenches and 2,232 km (1,387 mi) of natural defensive barriers such as hills and rivers. Another archaeological survey found that the entire wall with all of its branches measure out to be 21,196 km (13,171 mi).
66. Pedagogy is the science of:
(A) Birds
(B) Sapce
(C) Pharmacy
(D) Teaching ✓
67. One Megabyte is equal to:
(A) 1000 bytes
(B) 10000 bytes
(C) 100000 bytes
(D) 1000000 bytes ✓
68. Maple Leaf is the national emblem of:
(A) Germany
(B) China
(C) Canada ✓
(D) None of these
69. “Wheel" is a symbol of:
(A) peace
(B) prosperity
(C) progress ✓
(D) Speed
70. Which of the following country’s parliament is called “Diet”?
(A) Denmark
(B) Russia
(C) Japan ✓
(D) None of these
71. Who invented bicycle?
(A) Nelson
(B) Karl von Drais ✓
(C) Louis Braille
(D) John Hall
72. What is the total area of Australia?
(A) 8,787,801 Sq. km
(B) 8,687,000 Sq. km
(C) 7,891,000 Sq.km ✓
(D) 8,192,921 Sq.km
73. Which of the following is a Baltic State?
(A) Estonia ✓
(B) Serbia
(C) Romania
(D) Bulgaria
74. What is meant by EQUINOX?
(A) Day and Night are equal ✓
(B) The longest night
(C) The shortest day
(D) The longest day
75. Which sea is located in Central Asia?
(A) Red Sea
(B) North Sea
(C) Aral Sea ✓
(D) Japan Sea
76. What is viticulture?
(A) cultivation of grapes ✓
(B) growing small plants
(C) growing tobacco
(D) cultivation of spices
77. Widow’s Tears is the name of:
(A) Peninsula
(B) Lake
(C) Island
(D) Plant ✓
78. Kalahari Desert is located in:
(A) Botswana ✓
(B) Australia
(C) Pakistan
(D) Mozambique
79. The author of the “New Deal"’ was:
'Th New Deal was a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938, and a few that came later. They included both laws passed by Congress as well as presidential executive orders during the first term (1933-37) of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The programs were in response
(A) President Roosevelt ✓
(B) President Wilson
(C) President John F. Kennedy
(D) President George Washington
80. The currency of Portugal is:
(A) Zloty
(B) Peso
(C) Euro ✓
(D) Escudo
81. What is the Parliament of Denmark:
(A) National Assembly
(B) Senate
(C) Folketing ✓
(D) None of these
82. The 1st Asian Secretary General of Unitec Nations was:
(A) Tryve Lie
(B) Vijay Lakshmi Pandit
(C) U-Thant ✓
(D) Kurt Waldheim
83. The headquarters of EFTA is in:
(A) London
(B) Geneva ✓
(C) Rome
(D) Paris
84. "Bread for the World" Institute which focuses on problems of poverty and hunger in the world, is based in:
(A) London
(B) Washington ✓
(C) Geneva
(D) New York
85. “ANSA" is the news agency of:
(A) Germany
(B) Italy ✓
(C) India
(D) USA
86. ‘Aeroflot’ is the airline of:
(A) Canada
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) Russia ✓
(D) Japan
87. ‘Tegel’ is the International airport of:
(A) Greece
(B) Turkey
(C) Germany ✓
(D) USA
88. ‘Broadway Street’ of USA is famous for:
(A) Banking
(B) Stock exchange
(C) Cinema halls ✓
(D) Shopping centres
89. What is the new name of Leningrad?
(A) St. Petersburg ✓
(B) Red Square
(C) Moscow
(D) Stalingrad
90. Which country is called the ’Cockpit t Europe’?
(A) Belgium ✓
(B) Canada
(C) UK
(D) Sweden
to the Great Depression, and focused on what historians call the ”3 Rs”: Relief, Recovery, and Reform. That is Relief for the unemployed and poor; Recovery of the economy to normal levels; and Reform of the financial system to prevent a repeat depression. William E. Leuchtenburg wrote book Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal: 1932-1940 in February 24, 2009
91. Which city is called the 'land of seven hills'?
(A) Rome ✓
(B) Venice
(C) Shiraz
(D) Babylon
92. Which is the highest military award of Italy"?
(A) Medal of Honour
(B) Medal for Valour ✓
(C) Military Cross
(D) Iron Cross
93. Football World Cup 2010 was won by:
(A) Spain ✓
(B) France
(C) Italy
(D) Brazil
94. In human body, flat bones* * are found in:
(A) neck
(B) skull ✓
(C) legs
(D) chest
95. If there were no atmosphere, what would be the colour of the sky?
(A) Red
(B) Blue
(C) Black ✓
(D) White
96. 'Contours' are lines connecting places having:
(A) Equal temperature
(B) Equal pressure
(C) Equal height ✓
(D) Equal rainfall
97. “Our sweetest songs are those that tell us of saddest thoughts". These words are attributed to:
(A) Keats
(B) Wordsworth
(C) Shelley ✓
(D) Milton
98. Who created the famous character of “Dracula”?
(A) Stanley Kubrick
(B) John Polidori
(C) James Cameron
(D) Bram Stoker ✓
99. ‘White goods'* are:
(A) Basic raw materials
(B) Durable consumption goods ✓
(C) Cosmetic articles
(D) Goods imported from western countries
100. America's Cup* is associated with which of the following sports?
(A) Canoeing
(B) Yachting ✓
(C) American Football
(D) Paragliding
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