PAPER 3

PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POSTS OF PROVINCIAL
MANAGEMENTS SERVICES, ETC.-2016
PAPER: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1.
Acoustics is the science of:
(a) Light
(b) Waves
(c) Sound
(d) Colours
2.
The art of breeding Silkworm and production of Silk is called:
(a) Microbiology
(b) Sericulture
(c) Biochemistry
(d) Horticulture
3.
The science of celestial bodies is known as:
(a) Agronomy
(b) Coprology
(c) Astrology
(d) Astronomy
4.
Telepathy is:
(a) Communication by sensory perceptions
(b) Communication between mind and heart
(c) Communication by means other than sensory perceptions (d) None of these
5.
Pedagogy is the science of:
(a) Seeing
(b) Behaving
(c) Teaching
6.
Study of maps and features of the Universe is called:
(a) Metaphysics
(b) Cosmography
7.
Scientific study and measurement of behaviour as called:
(a) Psychiatry
8.
Etymology refers to the study of
(a) Insects
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(b) Pregnant women (c) Old people
10. Shape of the Milky Way Galaxy is:
Cartography
(d) Psychoanalysis
(c) Medicines
(d) Reptiles
(d) Bones
(d) Circular
(d) Venus
(d) Jupiter
(c) Jupiter
(c) America
(d) Earth
(d) France
(a) Rectangular
(b) Spiral
(c) Elliptical
11. Coldest planet of the Solar System is:
(b) Neptune
(c) Earth
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(b) Saturn
(c) Uranus
(a) Saturn Which of the following planets has the maximum number of satellites? (a)
Venus 13. Which planet takes the longest time to go once around the Sun?
(a) Neptune
(b) Mars
(b) Russia
14. The first artificial satellite was launched by:
(a) Japan
15. The first Canadian woman in space was:
(a) Roberta Bonder
(b) Dirk Fremont 16. The first astronaut to set foot on moon was: (a) Yuri Gagarin
(b) Edmund Hailey 17. The theory stating that new matter is always called:
(a) Big Bang
(b) Steady State
18. The velocity of sound in air at sea level is:
(a) 343 metres per second
(c) 360 metres per second
19. Acceleration caused by gravity is:
20.
(a) 23 feet per second
(c) 42 feet per second
A rocket needs the speed of (a) 22 miles per second (e) 12 miles per second
(c) Tamayo Mendez (d) Marc Garneau
(c) Tamayo Mendez (d) Neil Armstrong created to fill the space left by the Universe
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(c) Hubble's Theory (d) Black Hole
(b) 345 metres per second (d) 354 metres per second
(b) 32 feet per second
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(b) Carbon Dioxide
(b) Asteroid
miles per second (d) 7 miles per second
(c) 8 colours
(c) Helium
23. Minor objects in irregular shapes orbiting the sun are called:
(a) Vessel
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(a) Troposphere
(c) Meteors
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(d) 9 colours
(d) Oxygen
(d) Comet
The lowest zone of atmosphere containing about seventy-five percent of total mass
of atmosphere and ninety percent of its water vapour is called:
(b) Ionosphere
(c) Aerosphere
25. The theory about the beginning of the Universe by a huge explosion is called:
(a) Binary
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Constellation is:
(b) Black Hole
(a) Classification of stars satellites
(c) Patterns or groups of stars in the sky
The sun takes
(a) One hundred years
(c) 225 million years
(d) Stratosphere
(c) Big Bang
(d) Steady State
(b) Classification of stars
(d) Patterns or groups of satellites in the sky
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28. Days and nights are equal throughout the year at: (a) North America. (b) South
Africa
29. Celestial body that affects tides of oceans is: (a) Sun 30. Huge cloud of gas
and dust in universe is called:
Sun's diameter is:
(a) 3 million km
33. The largest planet is:
34. The continuous movement of continents is called Continental: (a) Shakest (c)
Motion
mosphere in which we live is called:
years to travel around the galaxy.
(b) One millions years
(c) Equator
(d) North Pole
(b) Moon
(c) Galaxy
(d) Meteorite
(a) Constellation
(b) Satellite
(c) Meteorite
(d) Nebula
31.
Outer surface of the sun is called:
(a) Chromosphere
(b) Photosphere
(c) Corona
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(b) 2.5 million km
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(a) Venus
(b) Jupiter
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(d) Mars
(d) Move
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Stratosphere
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(a) Genetics
(b) Photosphere
(b) Dactylography
(c) Lithosphere
(d) Ionosphere
(c) Haemotology
(d) Histology
(a) Sedimentary
(b) Igneous
(c) Metomorphic
(d) All of these
(a) Island
(b) Oasis
(c) Green desert
(d) Greenland
(a) Rockets
(b) Rivers
(c) Oceans
(d) Continents
(a) Stone Maker
(b) Ocean Maker
(c) Earth Maker
(d) Mountain Maker
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(a) New York
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(b) Nairobi
(c) Oslo
(d) Brussels
(c) Lava
(d) Igneous lava
43.
(a) Sirius
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(b) Canopus star (c) North star
(d) The sun
(d) Central and Atlantic Ridge
Study of fingerprints is called:
37. Which rocks make the earth's surface or crust?
38. Area in a desert where there is sufficient water for plants is called:
39. Plate tectonics theory explains the movements of:
40. Silicon is also called:
41. Days and nights are equal all the year at:
When Magma reaches the surface it is called: (a) Moller magma (b) Volcano
Which star is known as the 'Constant Star'?
Which area is known as World's earthquake belt?
(a) Pacific ring of fire
(c) Sharmel-Sheikh, Egypt
(b) Andes Range
45. Which of the following is the physics law of moments?
(a) The product of clockwise moments is equal to the product of anti-clockwise
moments. (b) The sum of clockwise moments is equal to the sum of anti-clockwise
moments.
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46. Which chemical element has properties of a metal and non metab
(a) Metalloid
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47. Which tube extends from mouth to anust
(a) Alimentary cana
(c) Basic canal
48. Where is Nestored and intermittently released into the small
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(b) Liver
Blood circulates in which parts of the body? (b) Arteries
(a) Veins
(a) Group A
50. Which blood group is a Universal Donor? (b) Group B
(d) Graphite
(d) Back canal intestine to aid digestion? (d) Pancreas
(d) All of these
(c) Gall Bladder
(c) Capillaries
(c) Group AB
(d) Group O negative
51. Which part of the brain contains centres for the control of respiration, heart-
beat and
blood pressure?
(a) Medulla oblongata (b) Medulla
52. The structure in a cell which contains the
(a) Genetics
(b) Saliva
53. Who coined the term gene?
(a) John Dalton
(c) Wilhelm Johannsen
54. Vitamin A is essential for:
(a) Skeletal growth
(c) Healthy epithelia tissue
Which vitamin prevents haemorrhaging?
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(a) B1
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(c) Cerebellum alled:
(c) Marrow
(b) Dalton Gene
(d) Andrew Fleming
(d) Cerebrum
(d)
(b) Preventing night blindness
(d) All of these
How much blood does a normal adult person have in the body?
(a) About 6 to 7 litres
(c) About 4.7 to 5.5 litres
57. Hydrochloric acid is necessary for easy digestion of: (b) Carbohydrates (c)
Enzymes
(a) Fats
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(b) About 2.7 to 3.5 litres
(d) About 3 to 4 litres
(d) Proteins
(c) Vitamin E
(d) Vitamin A
(d) 1980
Which vitamin is provided by sunlight of the human body? (b) Vitamin C
(a) Vitamin D
When was HIV identified?
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(a) 1987
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(a) Asthma
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Which disease causes difficulty in breathing?
(b) Anemia
(c) Astigmatism
Which of the following is the most common form of colour bundne usually found in
males?
(a) Difficulty in distinguishing red from geen
(b) Difficulty in distinguishing red from
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(d) Difficulty in distinguishing belom black
62. Disease hiels itself from place to place is called:
63. What is HSN1?
(a) Fungi
(a) Similar
(b) Epidemic
(b) Vaccine
64. Objects having the same size, shape and measurement are: (c) Symmetrical
(b) Congruent
(c) Infection
(c) Virus
(d) Bacteria
(d) Variant
(c) Segment
(c) 280°
(d) Chord
(d) 90°
(c) a2+b2-c
(d) a2+b2-c2
65. A line passing through a circle away from its centre is called: (a) Radius (b)
Diameter
66. The sum of the angles in a triangle is:
(a) 360°
(a) a-b2=c2
(b) 180°
67. According to the Pythagoras Theorem (When the hypotenuse
(b) a2+b2+c2-0
68. Two polygons are similar if:
(a) All corresponding sides are proportional (c) Both (a) and (b)
69. The area of a trapezium is:
(a) 2 x base x height
(b) All corresponding angles are equal
(d) None of these
(b) 2 x base area x height
(c) 2 x sum of parallel sides x perpendicular distance between them
(d) 2 x sum of parallel sides
70. The volume of a sphere (a) 4/3 nr
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71. Mid-term breaking is applied to:
(a) Quadratic equations (c) Perfect squares
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(b) Linear equations
(d) Polynomial functions
72. What is the next term for the sequence 486,162, 54,18, 6....?
(a) 3
73. What is 0.004 x 0.5?
(a) 0.2
(b) 2
(b) 0.02
(c) 1
(c) 0.002
74. In the equation of a straight line, what does the letter 'C' represents? (c) y
Intercept
(a) Gradient
(b) x Intercept
75. When 73 is added to 89 and the amount is doubled, it gives
(d) 4
(d) 0.0002
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(b) 162
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(d) 163
computer and transfer it into the CPU? (b) Sensors
(d) Digital devices
Subrtcut key is used to insert a new slide in powerpoint presentation?
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(a) Spear phishing
(b) Junk mail
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(d) Ctrl+B
(c) Pharming scams (d) Malware viruses
79. Who was the inventor of Mouse?
(a) Douglas Englebart (b) Ada Lovelace
(c) Charles Babbage (d) None of these
(c) HP
80. Which is the largest hardware company of computers?
(a) Microsoft
(b) Dell
(d) Myspace
81. Which of the following is a conventional designation of pre-released software?
(c) Raw
82. Temporary storage place for information in a computer is called:
(a) Alpha
(a) Back up
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(b) Omega
(b) Buffer
(b) 2014
(c) Binary file
(d) Beta
(d) Data recorder
83. The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act was passed in Pakistan in the year:
84. When was the last census held In Pakistan?
(a) 1998 85. Malakand Pass connects Peshawar with:
(a) Gilgit
(a) Tehran
(b) 2001
(b) Swat
(b) Cairo
86. Headquarters of Arab League is located at:
87. Judicial Body of UN is called:
(a) International Court of Justice (c) Security Council
(c) 2015
(d) 2016
(c) 2017
(d) None of these
(c) Dir
(d) Chitral
(c) Riyadh
(d) Tunis
(b) General Assembly (d) International Criminal Court
88. COP 22, the 22nd Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on
Climate
Change, was held in 2016 in:
(a) Paris
(b) Marrakech
(c) New York
(d) Moscow
(c) Kuwait
89. Which country has the largest resources of crude oil? (a) Russia
(b) USA
90. The highest battlefield in the world is: (a) Tibet
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(b) Siachen Glacier
Summer Olympics for the year 2
(a) Tokyo
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(c) Athens
(d) Hanoi
A country's total financial obligations to the rest of the world are known as: (b)
Total debt (c) National liabilities (d) External debt
93. ferendum was held on:
Vyrober 23 2016 (b) August 23, 2016 (c) June 23, 2016 (d) April 23, 2016
94. Which political party does US President-elect belong to: (a) Labour (b)
Liberals
95. The term Track-II Diplomacy is used for:
(c) Democratic
(a) Managing relations between two countries using official channels.
(b) Managing relations between two countries using unofficial channels.
(c) Diplomacy by diplomats during war.
(d) None of above
96. The first of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals related to:
(a) Climate Action
(c) Poverty Alleviation
(b) Quality Education
(d) Marine Life
97. The largest producer of solar energy in the world is:
(a) Germany
(b) USA
98. One barrel of petroleum is equal to:
(c) Russia
(d) Republicans
(d) Holland
(a) 34.97 UK gallons (b) 42 US gallons (c) 0.159 cubic metre (d) None of these
99. First woman to win Nobel Prize was: (a) Aung San Suu Kyi
(e) Marie Currie (1903) in Physics
100. Hydrometer is used to measure:
(a) Acidity of water
(c) Pollution in water
(b) Mother Teresa (a) Florence Nightingale
(b) Specific gravity of a liquid
(d) Gravity of milk