* .* Pak Learning Discover. Learn. Achieve. PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POSTS OF PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENTS SERVICES, ETC. — 2006 PAPER: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE Which of the following Russian's oil and gas companies provides oil and gas to European countries? (a) BSGO (b) Gazprom (c) Gestapo (d) Philips Oil and Gas Which one of the following planets has the maximum number of satellites? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Venus (d) Uranus Which is the largest planet? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Mars What was the main reason of disqualification of Ariel Sharon for office of Prime Minister of Israel? (a) The completed two terms (b) He was impeached (©) Illness (d) None of these Which of the following vessels carry blood from different parts of the body to heart? (a) Veins (b) Arteries (©) Capillaries (d) Vessels ‘What are the two seas linked by Suez Canal? (a) The Mediterranean Sea and Baltic Sea (b) The Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea (c) The Black Sea and Baltic Sea (a) The Black Sea and South China Sea Diego Garcia is a: (a) Famous airline of Singapore (b) French surface to sea missile (c) US military base in Indian Ocean (d) Disputed island between Russia and Japan20. 2. 22, 24, 25, 26. 27. 1 In which year European rulers captured Palestine from the Muslims in Crusade War? (a) 1095 (b) 1099 (©) 115 (a) 1199 What is Kremlin? (a) Offices of Russian government (b) Offices of Sri Lankan government (©) Building in Japan used for theatre (@) None of these ‘A mass of ice originating in mountains in snowfields above the snowline is called: (a) Mountain River (b) Glaciers (©) Lakes and waterfalls (d) None of these What is the diameter of earth? (a) 11756 km (b) 12756 km (©) 13756 km (@)_ 14756 km What is the freezing point of heavy water? (a) 3.82°C (b) 2.82°C (©) 182°C (a) 0.82°C How many satellites (moons) are of Saturn planet?” (a) 36 (b) 62 (© 45 (a) 23 Which of the following died of natural death? (a) Indira Gandhi (b) Mahatma Gandhi (¢) RajivGandhi —_(d) None of above What is Ivy League? (a) A group of eight universities in USA (b) A group of people in Switzerland (©) A football league tournament (@) A group of islands in Atlantic Ocean “Every action has reaction which is equal but in opposite direction". This is: (a) Newton's first law of motion (b) Newton's second law of motion (©) Newton's third law of motion (a) None of these above Who is the current president of France? (a) Francois Hollande —(b) Charles © First ambassador of Pakisten to UNO wa (©) Vladimir Putin (d) None of these (a) Sir Zafrullah Khan (b) Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar (6) Ahmad Shah Patras Bokhari (d) None of these Which of the following countries is not the member of G-8? (a) China (b) Russia (©) USA (d) Japan Hepatitis is a viral disease of: (a) Heart (b) Liver (©) Lungs (@) Brain Taliban's movement started in 1994 from which city of Afghanistan? (a) Kabul (b) Heirat (©) Kandahar (@) None of these Which cities of Iran and Pakistan are linked through railway line? (a) Quetta-Zahedan (b) Chaman-Tehran — (c) Quetta-Sheraz — (d) Peshawar-Sheraz Haifa is seaport of: (a) Israel (b) Lebanon (©) Egypt (a) Canada Headquarters of UNESCO is located in: (a) Paris (b) Geneva (©) London (a) Washington D.C What is the main cause of earthquakes? (a) Volcanic activities (©) Tectonic dislocation “The term Digital Divide’ is related with: (a) Economics (b) Socioeconomic differences (©) Political Science (@) Journalism In which year Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) was established? (a) 1864 (b) 1880 (©) 1882 (a) 1884 (b) Tectonic plates’ movement (@) All of the‘above29. 30, 3 32. 33. 3s. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44, 45, 72 Who is the author of the book "Struggle for Pakistan"? (a) LH. Qureshi (0) Mian Muhammad Wagas Joya (©) Arshad Hussain Dogar (4) Shahid Rafique Which is the third founder member of ECO (formerly RCD) except Pakistan and Iran? (a) Syria (b) Afghanistan (©) Turkey (a) Turkmenistan How many zeros are there in one trillion? (a) Twelve (b) Thirteen (©) Fourteen (a) Ten Who was the first Asian to have received the Nobel Prize? (a) Rabindar Nath Tagore (b) Mother Teressa () Abdul Salam (a) C.V, Raman ‘What is the present name of the place where World Trade Centre (USA) was located? (a) Ground Zero (b) Paradise Point —(¢) Golden Point (a). Golden City Point ‘The 10th Conference of ECO was held in 2008 in: (a) Iran (b) Turkey (©) Egypt (a) Pakistan What is meant by Amicus Curl (a) A person invited to advise a lower court or aw in a case (jurist) (b) Ambassador a invited to solve the crisis between two cou (c) All that goes to make a break of law (a) A good friend who solved your economic problems What is "Nuclear Fission?" (a) Atom splits into two masses (b) Small atoms join each other (c)_ Helium breaks into proton and electron (a) Alllof the above ‘The Muslim people of Sinkiang province are called: (a) Uighur (b) Bantu (c) Hutu (d) Berber A group in Christianity that emphasizes the authority of the Bible and the importance of personal salvation through faith is called: (a) Evangelical (b) Protestant (c) Catholic (d) None of these Litani River is located in which country? (a) Syria (b) Lebanon () Turkey (d) Sudan ‘What is "Ikebana"? (a) Japanese art of flower arrangement (b) Greek an of fighting (c) Art of dance and music (d) None of these Gestapo was the secret police organization of: (a) Italy (b) Russia (c) Germany (d) USA Which is the national floral symbol of Pakistan? (a) Jasmine (Chambeli) (b) Pink Rose (©) White Rose (a) Motia Diabetes is a disease of: . (a) Liver (b) Pancreas (c) Kidney (d) Lungs Which of the following are primary colours? (a) Red, Blues Green (b) White, Red Black (¢) Black, Red Blue (@) Green, Red Black ‘Which of the following wonders of world is situated in Iraq? (a) Hanging Gardens (b) Colossus of Rhodes (©) Taj Mahal (@) The Pharos of Alexandria What is the main cause of failure of the Pakistan India Iran gas pipeline project? (a) Public opinion against the project (b) Economic and political pressure of USA (©) High price demanded by Iran (@) Tension between India and Pakistan. (PA.46. 47. 48. 49. 50, 51, 52. 53. 54. 55. 57. 58, 59. 61, 73 ‘What is a Pariah state? (a) A state which is acceptable in the world (b) A state which is protected by another strong state (©) A state which is not acceptable to the world and is avoided by every country (d) None of the above The term Track-II Diplomacy is used for: - (a) Managing relations between two countries using official channels (b) Managing relations between two countries using unofficial channels (©) Diplomacy by diplomats during war (a) None of these Which is the oldest stock exchange in the world? (a) New York Stock Exchange (b) Tokyo Stock Exchange (©) Amsterdam Stock Exchange (d) None of these State Bank of Pakistan started working on Ist July 1948 with the help of Rs: (a) Twenty millions (b) Thirty millions (©) Thirty-five millions (d) None of these AL-Hilal newspaper is associated with: (a) Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar (b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (©) Maulana Zafar Ali Khan (d) Maulana Shaukat Ali ‘Who was the President of USA during World War I? (a) Woodrow Wilson (b) F.D. Roosevelt. (e)_ JF. Canady (d) Richard Nixon Which of the Following inventions is the videst? (a) Clock (b) Microscope (©) Barometer (d) Cycle What is Holocaust? (a) Killing of Jews during World War | (b) Killing of Jews during World War II (©) Killing of Germans during World War II (a) Killing of Japanese during World War II E=me’ what is C? (a) Velocity of light (b) Electric power of cell (© Radius of earth (d) Velocity of voice Myopia is a defect of vision of the (a) Close objects (b) Distant objects (©) Cloured objects (d) ‘None of these ‘Who is called the Father of Modern Psychology? (a) Sigmund Freud (b) Ibn-e-Khaldun (¢) Adams Smith (d) Charles Darwin ‘Who was the first Chief Minister of Punjab province? (a) Sardar Abdur-Rab Nishtar (b) Muhammad Hussain (©) Nawab Iftikhar iiussain Memdoot (d) Mumtaz Hussain Daultana French Muslim football star Zedane by birth belongs to which Muslim country? (a) Morocco (b) Cameroon (©) Senegal (d) Algeria What is choreography? (a) Art of dancing () Art of music (©) Artof gardening (4) Art of fight Doctrine of necessity was used in the case for the first time in the history of Pakistan. (a) Maulvi Tamiz-ud-Din vs. State () Dossai vs. the State case (©) Asma Jahangir vs. the State (4) Nusrat Bhutto vs. the State case AWACS is an abbreviation of (a) Airborne Waming and Control System (b) Airwarning and Control System (©) Airbome Waming and Communications System (€) Airborne Warning and Control Survey62. 65. 66. 67. 69. 70. nm. 72. 73. 74, 75. 76. 7. 8. 79. 81, 14 Where is Golden Gate situated? (a) San Francisco (USA) (©) Toronto (Canada) (b) London (Britain) (a) Paris (France) Aewrit direct to the person detaining another and commanding him to produce the body of the prisoner at a certain time and place with the day and cause of his Capture and detention is called: (a) Writ of Quo Warrants (©) Writ of Prohibition (b) Writ of Certiorari (d) Writ of Habeas Corpus ‘When the stock market is falling down’ it is called: (a) Bullish (b) Bearish (c) Falling (d) Crashing Which of the following rivers crosses the Equator twice? (a) Amazon (b) Congo ‘The Headquarters of Asian Development Bank (ADB) is located at: (a) Paris (b) New York Night blindness is caused by the lack of: (a) Vitamin A (b) Vitamin B Who is the conqueror of Central Asia? (a) Saad bin Abi Wagas () Abu Abaida bin Jarrah ‘Who is the author of India Wins Freedom? (@) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (© Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar Famous book "A History of God" is written by (a) NoamChomsky —(b) Karen Armstrong (©) Nile (@) Ganges (©) Manila (@) Tokyo (c) Vitamin C (d) Vitamin D (b) Qutayba bin Muslim (@) None of these above (b) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (d) None of these (©) Sydney Sheldon (d) None of these Which of the following countries is situated below the sea level? (a) Finland (©) Switzerland The book "The Spirit of Islam" was written by: (a) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (©) Maulana Zafar Ali Khan Akhori Dam is located in: (@) Punjab (b) Sindh ‘Taklamakan Desert is located in: (a) Mongolia (b) Russia Khalil Jibran belonged to: (@) Jordan (b) Lebanon (b) Holland (Netherlands) (d) Swaziland (b) Syed Ameer Ali (@) Arifa Ishfaq (©) KPK (a) Balochistan (©) Kazakhstan (@) China (©) Syria (@) Turkey Headquarters of World Economic Forum is situated in (a) Davos (Switzerland) (©) Geneva (Switzerland) Qutab-ud-Dii (a) Polo (Chugan) (b) Cricket Babar’s tomb is situated in: (a) Agra (b) Delhi Babar came to India originally from: (a) Farghana (b) Khiva (@) (b) London (Britain) New York (USA) Aibak, a ruler of Subcontinent, died while playing the: (©) Hockey (@) Buzakashi (ce) Kabul (d) Lahore (©) Kabul (d) Seistan Which of the following king tomb is not situated in Sub-Continent? (a) Jahangir )) Akbar Which is the largest state of India? (a) Rajasthan (b) Madhya Pradesh (©) Babar (d) Aurangzeb (©) Uttar Pradesh (d) Chennai82, 83. 84, 85. 86. 87. 89. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 100, 15 Which of the following women Prime Ministers has the longest tenure? (a) Indira Gandhi (©) Sirimavo Bandaranaike Harry Potter is the famous character of: (a) JK. Rowling (b) LF. Marshall Chromosomes are: (a) Present only in the nucleus of a cell (©) Made up of DNA as a main component (b) Benazir Bhutto (d) None of these (©) RV. Menin (d) None of these (b) The biggest in number in human cells (@) Visible in all cells at every time Which vitamin is provided by sunlight to the human body? (a) Vitamin A (b) Vitamin B (©) Vitamin C (@) Vitamin D Alzheimer's disease in human beings is characterized by the degeneration of: (a) Kidney cells (b) Nerve cells (©) Liver cells (@) Bone cells Which of the following civilization’s are located on the banks of Tigris? (a) Indus civilization (©) Egyptian civilization USA film industry Hollywood is located in: (a) Maryland . (b) Virginia Who defeated the Mongols in 14th century? (a) Khawarzim Shah (©) Zaheer-ud-Din Babar What is the meaning of "Vishnu"? (a) The preserver (b) The helper Which is the biggest oil field of Iraq? (a) Kirkuk Oil Field (b) Mosal Oil Field (b) Sumerian civilization (d) Greek civilization (©) California (d) New York (b) Rakn-ud-Din Berber (d) None of these (c) The destroyer (d) The creator (©) Basra Oil Field (d) None of these Who is the current ambassador of Pakistan to USA? (a) Jalil Abbas Jilani —(b) Jahangir Karamat (©) Malecha Lodhi (d) None of these In an Island near Alexandria an ancient wonder "The Pharaohs of Alexandria" is situated. wi t? (a) A Light House (b) Hanging Garden (©) Great Wall (a) A Wall is called the father of psychoanalysis? @ John Keynes (©) Sigmund Freud Diet is the name of parliament of: (a) China (b) Thailand In which year Egypt nationalized Suez Canal? (a) 1950 (b) 1954 Silicon Valley is located in which state of USA? (a) Virginia (b) Alaska What is "Armageddon"? (b) Samuel Hahnemann (a) Sigmund Romberg (a) A final battle between nations which will end the world (b) Last day of the Universe (©) Name of a film (a) None of these Salisbury is the old name of: (a) New England (b) Petrograd What is HSN1? (a) Virus (b) Bacteria (c) Japan (d) Korea (©) 1956 (@) 1960 (©) California (@) Maryland (©) Harare (@) Bombay (c) Vaccine (qd) Fungi76 35. 42. 49. 56. 63. 70. 71. 84, on. 98. 34. 41. 48. 55. 62. 69. 16. 83. 90. 97. 33. 40. 41. 61. 68. 1B. 82, 89. 96. 39. 46. 60. 67. A. 88. 388 59 87. 86, 93. 100.