MODEL PAPER 5
PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION WRITTEN TEST FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POST OF PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE, ETC. BS-17 (2016)
SUBJECT: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1. which one is the Acoustics of the science:
(A) waves
(B)Light
(C) Sound
(D) Colours
2. Production of Silk is called:
(A) Biochemistry
(B) Sericulture
(C) Microbiology
(D) Horticulture
3. The science of celestial bodies is called:
(A) Agronomy
(B) Coprology
(C) Astrology
(D) Astronomy
4.What is Telepathy?
(A) Communication between mind and heart
(B) Communication by sensory perceptions
(C) Communication by means other than sensory perceptions /acuities
(D) None of these
5. Which one is the Pedagogy of science:
(A) Seeing
(B) Behaving
(C) Teaching
(D) Learning
6. Which one is the Study of maps and features of the Universe :
(A) Cosmology
(B) Cosmography
(C) Metaphysics
(D) Cartography
7. Scientific study and measurement of behavior(actions) is:
(A) Psycho-analysis
(B) Psychology
(C) Physiology
(D) Psychiatry
8. Which one is the Etymology refers to the study of:
(A) Insects
(B) Words
(C) Medicines
(D) Reptiles
9. Pediatrics is belong to:
(A) Children
(B) Pregnant women
(C) Old people
(D) Bones
10. what is the Shape of the Milky Way Galaxy(stars) ?
(A) Elliptical
(B) Spiral
(c) Rectangular
(D) Circular
11. which one is the Coldest planet of the Solar System :
(A) Earth
(B) Neptune
(C) Satum
(D) Venus
12. Who planets has the maximum number of Satellites:
(A) Uranus
(B) Saturn
(C) Venus
(D) Jupiter
13. The planet who takes Longest time to go once around the Sun the planet name is?
(A) Neptune
(B) Mars
(C) Jupiter
(D) Earth
14. which one is the first artificial satellite ?
(A) France
(B) Russia
(c) America
(D) America
15.what was the name of first Canadian woman in space:
(A) Roberta Bonder
(B) Marc Garneau
(C) Tamayo Mendez
(D) Dirk Fremont
16. what was the first astronaut to set foot on moon:
(A) Yuri Gagarin
(B) Edmund Hailey
(C) Tamayo Mendez
(D) Neil Armstrong
17. The new matter is always(forever) created to fill the space left by the Universe is known(called):
(A) Big Bang
(B) Steady State
(C) Hubble’s Theory
(D) Black Hole
18. Velocity of sound(voice) in air per second is
(A) 251 meters
(B) 331 meters
(C) 435 meters
(D) 56 meters
19. Acceleration caused by gravity is
(A) 24 feet per second
(B) 32 feet per second
(C) 43feet per second
(D) 52 feet per second
20. A rocket needs the speed of_____ to escape from earth’s gravity.
(A) 23 miles per second
(B) 18 miles per second
(C) 13 miles per second
(D) 7 miles per second
21. Sunlight is composed how many colours?
(A) 6 colours
(B) 7 colours
(C) 8 colours
(D) 9 colours
22. The rarest gas in air is called:
(A) Neon
(B) Carbon Dioxide
(C) Helium
(D) Oxygen
23. Orbiting the sun are called:
(A) Meteors
(B) Asteroid
(C) Vessel
(D) Comet
24. The lowest zone of atmosphere containing about seventy five per cent of total mass of atmosphere water vapour is called:
(A) Troposphere
(B) Stratosphere
(C) Aerosphere
(D) Ionosphere
25. Universe by a huge explosion is called:
(A) Binary
(B) Black Hole
(C) Big Bang
(D) Steady State
26. Constellation is mean by:
(A) Classification of stars satellites
(B) Classification of stars
(C) Patterns or groups of stars on the sky
(D) satellites in the sky
27. The sun takes years to travel around the galaxy(stars).
(A) One hundred years
(B) One millions years
(C) 225 million years
(D) 226 years
28. Where is the Days and nights are equal throughout the year
(A) North America
(B) South Africa
(C) Equator
(D) North Pole
29. Celestial body that affects tides of oceans(sea) is:
(A) Galaxy
(B) Moon
(C) Sun
(D) Meteorite
30. Huge cloud of gas and dust in universe is known:
(A) Constellation
(B) Meteorite
(C) Satellite
(D) Nebula
31. Outer surface of the sun is known:
(A) Chromosphere
(B) Photosphere
(C) Corona
(D) Ionosphere
32. Sun’s diameter is:
(A) 3 million km
(B) 2.5 million km
(C) 1.4 million km
(D) 1 million km
33. What is the name of largest planet :
(A) Venus
(B) Jupiter
(C) Mercury
(D) Mars
34. Continuous movement of continents is?
(A) Shakes
(B) Drift
(C) Motion
(D) Move
35. The layer of atmosphere in which we live is named :
(A) Troposphere
(B) Photosphere
(C) Lithosphere
(D) Ionosphere
36. Study of fingerprints is known :
(A) Genetics
(B) Dactylography
(C) Haemotology
(D) Histology
37. Which one rocks make the earth’s surface or crust?
(A) Sedimentary
(B) Igneous
(C) Metomorphic
(D) All of these
38. Area in a desert where there is appropriate water for plants is ……?
(A) Island
(B) Oasis
(C) Green desert
(D) Greenland
39. The movements of Plate tectonics theory explains :
(A) Rockets
(B) Rivers
(C) Oceans
(D) Continents
40.what is Silicon called:
(A) Stone Maker
(B) Ocean Maker
(C) Earth Maker
(D) Mountain Maker
41. Days and nights are equal(equivalent) all the year at———-:
(A) New York
(B) Nairobi
(c) Oslo
(D) Brussels
42. Magma reaches the surface it is called(known):
(A) Moller magma
(B) Volcano
(C) Lava
(D) Igneous lava
43. Which star is named as the Constant Star?
(A) Sirius
(B) Canopus star
(C) North star
(D) The sun
44. Which area is called as World’s earthquake belt?
(A) Pacific ring of fire
(B) Andes Range
(C) Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt
(D) Central and Atlantic Ridge
45. Which is the physics law of moments?
(A)Product of clockwise moments is equal to the product of anti-clockwise moments
(B) The addition(sum) of clockwise moments is equal to the sum of anticlockwise moments
(C) roduct of clockwise moments is equal to the value of anti-clockwise moments
(D) The addition of clockwise moments equal to the value of anti-clockwise moments.
46. Which of the following chemical element has properties of a metal and non-metals?
(A) Metalloid
(B) Lanthanold
(C) Actanoid
(D) Graphite
47. Which one is the tube extends from mouth to anus?
(A) Alimentary canal
(B) Root canal
(C) Basic canal
(D) Back canal
48. Where is the bile stored and occasionally released into the small intestine to aid digestion?
(A) Kidney
(B) Liver
(c) Gall Bladder
(D) Pancreas
49. In which parts of the body blood circulates?
(A) Veins
(B) Arteries
(C) Capillaries
(D) All of these
50. Which of the following blood group name is a Universal Donor?
(A) Group A
(B) Group B
(C) Group AB
(D) Group O negative
51. Which part of the brain includes centers for the control of respiration, heart-beat and blood pressure?
(A) Medulla oblongata
(B) Medulla
(C) Cerebellum
(D) Cerebrum
52. Which contains the genes is called the structure in a cell:
(A) Genetics
(B) Saliva
(C) Marrow
(D) Chromosome
53. Who coined the term gene?
(A) John Dalton
(B) Dalton Gene
(C) Wilhelm Johannes
(D) Andrew Fleming
54. Vitamin A is essential for:
(A) Skeletal growth
(B) Preventing night blindness
(c) Healthy epithelia tissue
(D) All of these
55. Which of the following vitamin prevents hemorrhaging?
(A) B1
(B) B12
(C) E
(D) K
56. How much blood does a normal young person have in the body?
(A) About 6 to 7 liters
(B) About 2 to 3 liters
(C) About 4 to 5 liters
(D) About 3 to 4 liters
57. Hydrochloric acid is necessary for easy digestion of:
(A) Fats
(B) Carbohydrates
(c) Enzymes
(D) Proteins
58. Which of the following vitamin is provided by sunlight to the human body?
(A) Vitamin D
(B) Vitamin C
(C) Vitamin E
(D) Vitamin A
59. When was HIV recognized?
(A) 1987
(B) 1985
(C) 1983
(D) 1980
60. Which disease causes difficulty in breathing?
(A) Asthma
(B) Anemia
(C) Astigmatism
(D) Autism
61. Which of the following is the most common form of color blindness, usually found in males?
(A) Difficulty in distinguishing red from green
(B) Difficulty in distinguishing red from blue
(C) Difficulty in distinguishing red from orange
(D) Difficulty in distinguishing blue from black
62. Disease which travels itself from place to place is known(named):
(A) Endemic
(B) Epidemic
(C) Infection
(D) Airborne
63. What is H5N1?
(A) Fungi
(B) Vaccine
(C) Virus
(D) Bacteria
64.which one of the following Objects having the same size, shape and measurement are:
(A) Similar
(B) Congruent
(C) Symmetrical
(D) Variant
65. A line passing through a circle away from its center is known:
(A) Radius
(B) Diameter
(C) Segment
(D) Chord
66. In a triangle the sum of the angles:
(A) 360°
(B) 180°
(c) 280°
(D) 90°
67. As stated by the Pythagoras Theorem (When the hypotenuse is C):
(A) a – b = c
(B) a + b + = 0.
(c) a + b = c
(D) a2 + b2 = c2
68. Two polygons are similar if
(A) All corresponding sides are proportional
(B) All corresponding angles are equal
(C) Both A and B
(D) None of these
69. The area of a trapezium is:
(A) 1/2 x base x height
(B) 1/2 x base area x height
(C) 1/ 2 x sum of parallel sides * height
(D) 1/2 x sum of parallel sides
70. The volume of a sphere is:
(A) 4/3pi r3
(B) 2/3 pi r3
(C) Pi r3
(D) 2 pi r
71. Mid-term breaking is applied to:
(A) Quadratic equations
(B) Linear equations
(C) Perfect squares
(D) Polynomial functions
72. What is the next term for the sequence(series) 486,162, 54,18,6….?
(A) 3
(B) 2
(C) 1
(D) 4
73. What is 0.004* 0.5?
(A) 0.2
(B) 0.02
(C) 0.002
(D) 0.0002
74. What does the letter ‘C’ represents In the equation of a straight line?
(A) Gradient
(B) x Intercept
(C) y Intercept
(D) y Coordinate
75. When 73 is sum to 89 and the amount is doubled, it gives the same result as the square of 18.?
(A) 164
(B) 162
(C) 160
(D) 163
76. Whaich one devices accept data from outside the computer and transfer it into the CPU?
(A) Analogue to digital converters
(B) Sensors
(C) Input devices
(D) Digital devices
77. In power point presentation which short cut key is used to insert a new slide?
(A) Ctrl + S
(B) Ctrl + M
(C) Ctrl + N
(D) Ctrl + B
78. Spam or fraudulent e-mails are also named as:
(A) Phishing scams
(B) Junk mail
(C) Pharming scams
(D) Malware viruses
79. Who was the inventor of Mouse?
(A) Douglas Engle Bart
(B) Ada Lovelace
(C) Charles Babbage
(D) None of these
80. Which one is the largest hardware company of computers?
(A) Microsoft
(B) Deli
(C) HP
(D) My Space
81. Which one is a conventional designation/term of pre-released software?
(A) Alpha
(B) Omega
(C) Raw
(D) Beta
82. Temporary storage place for information in a computer is named :
(A) Back up
(B) Buffer
(C) Binary file
(D) Data recorder
83. The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act was passed in Pakistan in which year?
(A) 2013
(B) 2014
(c) 2015
(D) 2016
84. In which year was the last census held in Pakistan?
(A) 1972
(B) 1981
(C) 1998
(D) 2001
85. Malakand Pass connects Peshawar with:
(A) Gilgit
(B) Swat
(C) Dir
(D) Chitral
86. Headquarters of Arab League is situated at(located at):
(A) Tehran
(B) Cairo
(C) Riyadh
(D) Tunis
87. Judicial Body of UN is known:
(A) International Court of Justice
(B) General Assembly
(C) Security Council
(D) International Criminal Court
88. COP 22, the 22nd Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Transformation, was held in 2016 in:
(A) Paris
(B) Marrakesh
(C) New York
(D) Moscow
89. which of the following country has the largest resources of crude oil?
(A) Russia
(B) USA
(C) Kuwait
(D) Saudi Arabia
90.Which of the following country the highest battlefield in the world is:
(A) Tibet
(B) Siachen Glacier
(C) Jafna
(D) Kashmir
91. Summer Olympics for the year 2020 will be held in which country:
(A) Tokyo
(B) Beijing
(C) Athens
(D) Hanoi
92. A country’s total financial obligations to the rest of the world are called(named):
(A) Total burden
(B) Total debt
(C) National liabilities
(D) External debt
93. when was Brexit referendum held:
(A) October 23 2016
(B) August 23, 2016
(C) June 23, 2016
(D) April 23, 2016
94. Which political party does US President Elect relate to?
(A) Labor
(B) Liberals
(c) Democratic
(D) Republicans
95. The term Track-ll Diplomacy is meant for:
(A) Managing links between two countries using official channels
(B) Managing relations two countries using unofficial channels
(C) Diplomacy by diplomats during war
(D) None of above
96. The first of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals links to(connect to):
(A) Climate Action
(B) Quality Education
(C) Poverty Alleviation
(D) Marine Life.
97. Which is the largest producer of solar energy in the world is:
(A) Germany
(B) USA
(C) Russia
(D) Holland
98. One barrel of Petroleum is equal to how many gellons:
(A) 34.97 UK gallons
(B) 42 US gallons
(C) 0.159 cubic meter
(D) All of these
99. First woman who win Nobel Prize was.
(A) Aung San Suu Kyi
(B) Mother Teresa
(c) Marie Currie (1903) in Physics
(A) Florence Nightingale
100. Hydrometer is used to ——-measure:
(A) Acidity of water
(B) Specific gravity of a liquid
(C) Pollution in water
(D) Gravity of milk