PMS 2023 15.12.2024 Past Paper (Solved MCQs)

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1. 1. Where is the kala Pani located?

   1. Lakshadweep islands
   2. Andaman island ✓
   3. Mauritrius
   4. Srilanka

2. 2. To which country did Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) belong?

   1. US ✓
   2. canada
   3. UK
   4. China

3. 3. What was the profession of the President of Ukrine, before he became president?

   1. Lawyer
   2. Politician
   3. Comedian ✓
   4. Scientist

4. 4. What is a subsidary?

   1. A benefit given to individuals or buisnesses by the government ✓
   2. A tax imposed by the government
   3. A loan given by the govrnment
   4. A fine charged by the government

5. 5. The book "A promised Land" written by:

   1. Barack Obama ✓
   2. Joe Biden
   3. Donald Trump
   4. Richard Holbrook

6. 6. Who is the author of the book in Search of identity?

   1. Naguib Mahfouz
   2. Anwar el-Sadat ✓
   3. Ahmad Zewail
   4. Taha Hussein

7. 7. The ongoing Israel-Palestine crisis resulted from which 1947 decision?

   1. The Balfour Declaration
   2. The UN Partition Plan for Palestine ✓
   3. The creation of the State of Israel
   4. The Skyes-Picot Agreement

8. 8. The Houthi uprising is taking place in which country?

   1. Syria
   2. Yemen ✓
   3. Iraq
   4. Libya

9. 9. ThalNova is a project of which sector?

   1. Energy ✓
   2. Agriculture
   3. Buisness
   4. Healthcare

10. 10. New York Stock Exchange is also known as;

    1. Big Board ✓
    2. Nasdaq
    3. Big Apple
    4. Wall Street

11. 11. Questionnaires method is used for collecting:

    1. Visual Data
    2. Primary Data ✓
    3. Secondary Data
    4. Small quantity of data

12. 12. The Order of the Rising Sun is an award of which country?

    1. China
    2. Japan ✓
    3. South Korea
    4. India

13. 13. What does opportunity refers to:

    1. The cost of purchasing an item
    2. the cost of producing an item
    3. Giving up to the opportunity to choose the next best alternative ✓
    4. none of these

14. 14. What is the recent goal of the International Monetory Fund (IMF) ?

    1. Economic contraction
    2. Modest growth ✓
    3. Hyperinflation
    4. Global recession

15. 15. Which country did Hitler attack first during World War II?

    1. France
    2. Poland ✓
    3. Soviet Union
    4. Germany

16. 16. Julian Assange is associated with which organization?

    1. Ammesty International
    2. WikiLeaks ✓
    3. Greenpeace
    4. United Nations

17. 17. IMF funds are the primarily provided for which of the following?

    1. To ensure a stable exchange rate ✓
    2. Measures to curb government expenditure
    3. Humanitarian aid
    4. Measures to reduce inflation

18. 18. Cenberus heat waves hit which continent?

    1. Asia
    2. Europe ✓
    3. Africa
    4. America

19. 19. Which from the following countries do not yield veto-power?

    1. UK
    2. America
    3. China
    4. Germany ✓

20. 20. Which is called as Father of History?

    1. Robert Kiyosaki
    2. Stephan R. Convey
    3. Napeleon Hill ✓
    4. Dale Carniege

21. 21. The 2024 Olympics were held in which country?

    1. France ✓
    2. Italy
    3. China
    4. Japan

22. 22. Reuters is the news agency of :

    1. UK ✓
    2. France
    3. Spain
    4. Germany

23. 23. Who is the writer of book "Nineteen Eighty-Four"?

    1. Thomas Hardy
    2. Emile Zola
    3. Walter Scott
    4. George Orwell ✓

24. 24. Trade surplus means?

    1. A country imports more than export
    2. A country exports more than import ✓
    3. A country has balance Trade
    4. A country has no international trade

25. 25. The UN Charter was Finalized at which conference?

    1. Yalta Conference
    2. Versatile Conferrence
    3. San Francisco Conferrence ✓
    4. Geneva Conferrence

26. 26. World Environment Day is observed every year on:

    1. 5th June ✓
    2. 5th April
    3. 16th November
    4. 8th December

27. 27. The book " A Book History of Time" is written by:

    1. Albert Einstien
    2. Stephen Hawking ✓
    3. Carl Sagan
    4. Oswald Spengler

28. 28. USSR disintegrated in how many states in 1991?

    1. 11
    2. 9
    3. 13
    4. 15 ✓

29. 29. Mussolini is from which country?

    1. Spain
    2. England
    3. Italy ✓
    4. Germany

30. 30. Which among the following is a Noble Gas?

    1. Helium
    2. Argon
    3. Both A&B ✓
    4. None of these

31. 31. Cathay Pacific is an airline of:

    1. Singapore
    2. Vietnam
    3. Malaysia
    4. Hong Kong ✓

32. 32. Which country did Hitler attack first during World War II?

    1. France
    2. Poland ✓
    3. Soviet Union
    4. Germany

33. 33. Julian Assange is associated with which organization?

    1. Ammesty International
    2. WikiLeaks ✓
    3. Greenpeace
    4. United Nations

34. 34. IMF funds are the primarily provided for which of the following?

    1. To ensure a stable exchange rate ✓
    2. Measures to curb government expenditure
    3. Humanitarian aid
    4. Measures to reduce inflation

35. 35. Cenberus heat waves hit which continent?

    1. Asia
    2. Europe ✓
    3. Africa
    4. America

36. 36. Which from the following countries do not yield veto-power?

    1. UK
    2. America
    3. China
    4. Germany ✓

37. 37. Which is called as Father of History?

    1. Robert Kiyosaki
    2. Stephan R. Convey
    3. Napeleon Hill ✓
    4. Dale Carniege

38. 38. The 2024 Olympics were held in which country?

    1. France ✓
    2. Italy
    3. China
    4. Japan

39. 39. Reuters is the news agency of :

    1. UK ✓
    2. France
    3. Spain
    4. Germany

40. 40. Who is the writer of book "Nineteen Eighty-Four"?

    1. Thomas Hardy
    2. Emile Zola
    3. Walter Scott
    4. George Orwell ✓

41. 41. Trade surplus means?

    1. A country imports more than export
    2. A country exports more than import ✓
    3. A country has balance Trade
    4. A country has no international trade

42. 42. The UN Charter was Finalized at which conference?

    1. Yalta Conference
    2. Versatile Conferrence
    3. San Francisco Conferrence ✓
    4. Geneva Conferrence

43. 43. World Environment Day is observed every year on:

    1. 5th June ✓
    2. 5th April
    3. 16th November
    4. 8th December

44. 44. The book " A Book History of Time" is written by:

    1. Albert Einstien
    2. Stephen Hawking ✓
    3. Carl Sagan
    4. Oswald Spengler

45. 45. USSR disintegrated in how many states in 1991?

    1. 11
    2. 9
    3. 13
    4. 15 ✓

46. 46. Mussolini is from which country?

    1. Spain
    2. England
    3. Italy ✓
    4. Germany

47. 47. Which among the following is a Noble Gas?

    1. Helium
    2. Argon
    3. Both A&B ✓
    4. None of these

48. 48. Cathay Pacific is an airline of:

    1. Singapore
    2. Vietnam
    3. Malaysia
    4. Hong Kong ✓

49. 49. Which Civilization is associated with Buddhism :

    1. Harappa
    2. Taxila ✓
    3. Chitral
    4. Sindh

50. 50. " 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" was written by

    1. Dale Carniege
    2. Stephan R. Covey
    3. Robin Sharma
    4. Stephen R. Covey ✓

51. 51. The USSR was dissolved in:

    1. 1985
    2. 1985
    3. 1971
    4. 1991 ✓

52. 52. ECO was founded in:

    1. 1956
    2. 1954
    3. 1957
    4. 1985 ✓

53. 53. Where the Headquarter of ASEAN located?

    1. Bangkok
    2. Jakarta ✓
    3. Manila
    4. Delhi

54. 54. " A Long Walk to Freedom " is an autobiography of:

    1. Martin Luther King Jr.
    2. Mahatma Gandhi
    3. Nelson Mandela ✓
    4. Desmond Tutu

55. 55. Nippon is the stock eXchange market of :

    1. Japan ✓
    2. China
    3. Spain
    4. South Korea

56. 56. Which ancient Civilization developed between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?

    1. Indus Valley Civilization
    2. Minoan Civilization
    3. Mesopotamian civilizaton ✓
    4. Egyptian Civilization

57. 57. Autophobia is the fear of:

    1. Fear of traffic
    2. fear of animals
    3. Fear of Being Alone ✓
    4. Fear of Height

58. 58. The first Muslim ruler to introduce the system of price control in the sub-continent was:

    1. Alauddin Khilji ✓
    2. Akbar
    3. Sher Shah Suri
    4. Babur

59. 59. the First EU- Pakistan Summit was held in:

    1. 2009 japan
    2. 2003 china
    3. 2000 paris
    4. 2009 Brusels ✓

60. 60. Cutting Edge is the autobiography of:

    1. ImranKhan
    2. Sohail Abbas
    3. Javed Miandad ✓
    4. Inzmam Ul Haq

61. 61. Who is the president of oxford union from pakistan?

    1. Imran Khan
    2. Israr Kakar ✓
    3. Khurram Dastagir
    4. Amjad Saqib

62. 62. The Pakistan China borer agreement was signed on:

    1. 1947
    2. 1954
    3. 1963 ✓
    4. 1957

63. 63. Kitab-Ul-Hind was written By?

    1. Ibn Battuta
    2. Al Razi
    3. AL Biruri ✓
    4. Al khwarzmi

64. 64. The Central National Muhammadan Association was founded by:

    1. Ch rehmat ali
    2. Allama Iqbal
    3. Allama Shibil Noumani
    4. Syed Ameer Ali ✓

65. 65. Cyril Ramaphosa is the president of which country?

    1. Nigeria
    2. Ghana
    3. South Africa ✓
    4. Kenya

66. 66. Who was awarded the UK Brain of the Year Award in 2025?

    1. Amjad saqib ✓
    2. Dr. Shahid iqbal
    3. Muhammad Naeem
    4. none of these

67. 67. Which country changed all criminal laws from colonial times in 2024?

    1. Pakistan
    2. India ✓
    3. Japan
    4. Thialand

68. 68. What was the amount of the IMF Loan provided to Pakistan in june 2023?

    1. $2 billion
    2. $3 billion ✓
    3. $4 billion
    4. $4.5 billion

69. 69. Who was Ibn-e-Insha?

    1. Travelounge writer
    2. Poet
    3. Columnist
    4. All of these ✓

70. 70. Before Damascus, which city was the capital of Muslim Empire?

    1. Baghdad
    2. Kufa ✓
    3. Madina
    4. Jerusalam

71. 71. Who is the Christian-Muslim writer of the biography Muhammad(S.A.W).

    1. Karen Armstrong
    2. Martin Lings ✓
    3. Reza Aslan
    4. William Montgomery Watt

72. 72. If the mean of 7 is 40, the sum of these terms will be:

    1. 280 ✓
    2. 370
    3. 237
    4. 246

73. 73. A train covers a distance in 5 hours at 45km/h . What speed is required to cover the same distance in 3hours?

    1. 60km/h
    2. 45km/h
    3. 70km/h
    4. 75km/h ✓

74. 74. If the average of three batches of 55, 60 and 45 students respectively is 50,55 and 60, then the average marks of all the students is:

    1. 53.33
    2. 54.68 ✓
    3. 56.48
    4. none of these

75. 75. A solar cell converted solar energy into?

    1. Chemical Energy
    2. Electric Energy ✓
    3. Thermal Energy
    4. Kinetic Energy

76. 76. A stone is the unit of which measurnment?

    1. Length
    2. Width ✓
    3. Time
    4. Area

77. 77. Refractometer is used to determine:

    1. Sugars ✓
    2. Fats
    3. Proteins
    4. Vitamins

78. 78. For what acheivement did James Chadwick recieve the noble price in 1935?

    1. Discovery of the electrons
    2. Discovery of the neutrons ✓
    3. Invention of the Microscope
    4. None of these

79. 79. The synthesis of an RNA molecule from DNA is Called:

    1. Translation
    2. Replication
    3. Transcription ✓
    4. Transformation

80. 80. What is the process called when cell engulfs another cell?

    1. Pinocytosis
    2. Phagocytosis ✓
    3. Difussion
    4. Exocytosos

81. 81. The number of babies produced per 1000 population:

    1. Population Growth Rate
    2. Dispersion
    3. Natality ✓
    4. None of these

82. 82. What are Detritivores also called ?

    1. Herbivores
    2. Decomposers ✓
    3. Carnivores
    4. None of These

83. 83. Which of the following is a nonrenewable source of energy?

    1. Solar Energy
    2. Wind Energy
    3. Nuclear Energy ✓
    4. None of these

84. 84. Light-Year is a unit of?

    1. Time
    2. Distance ✓
    3. Speed
    4. Instensity of light

85. 85. Animals that eat both plants and animals are known as:

    1. Carnivores
    2. Omnivores ✓
    3. Herbivores
    4. Detritivores

86. 86. What is the approximate percentage of water in Carbonated drinks?

    1. 70%
    2. 60%
    3. 82%
    4. 92% ✓

87. 87. What is the use of Firewall in Computer?

    1. Monitor website access
    2. To recover lost data
    3. Protection against unauthorize access ✓
    4. None of these

88. 88. A set of rule required for data communication effectively:

    1. Topology
    2. Protocol ✓
    3. Networking
    4. Standard

89. 89. Sillicon Valley is famous for/

    1. Film making
    2. Computer ✓
    3. Textille
    4. None of these

90. 90. What is the technique by which passwords and usernames can be stolen?

    1. Hacking
    2. Phising ✓
    3. Spamming
    4. Sniffing

91. 91. Which of the following languages is written in binary codes?

    1. Assembley language
    2. high level language
    3. Low level language
    4. Machine language ✓

92. 92. The largest coal producing country in the World?

    1. Nigeria
    2. Japan
    3. China ✓
    4. India

93. 93. Mariupol is the city in which country?

    1. Tajikstan
    2. Uzbekistan ✓
    3. Kyrgyzstan
    4. Kazakhstan

94. 94. atmosphere is divided in to how many layers?

    1. 2
    2. 4
    3. 5 ✓
    4. 7

95. 95. Libya, Tunisia, Algeria belong to which continent?

    1. Europe
    2. Africa ✓
    3. Asia
    4. None of these

96. 96. The biggest district in Pakistan by area?

    1. Bahawalpur
    2. Multan
    3. Chagai ✓
    4. Karachi

97. 97. which of the Following is the main reason for Tsunami?

    1. Hail storm ✓
    2. Sand storm
    3. Earthquake
    4. Storm in the Sea

98. 98. What is an peninsula?

    1. a small island
    2. A landmass surronded by water on three sides ✓
    3. A landmass surronded by water on all sides
    4. None of these

99. 99. Which country is located on north of gulf of aden?

    1. Oman
    2. Somalia
    3. yemen ✓
    4. Djibouti

100. 100. which country is referred as Boot of Europe?

     1. spain
     2. Germany
     3. Poland
     4. Italy ✓

101. 101. What is meaned by term "Apertheid".

     1. a system of racial equality
     2. a form of democratic governence
     3. a movement of civil rights
     4. none of these ✓

102. 102. Kashmir area in pakistan?

     1. 50%
     2. 43%
     3. 30% ✓
     4. 15%

103. 103. What is the name of Ocean lies between europe and America?

     1. Pacific Ocean
     2. Indian Ocean
     3. Arctic Ocean
     4. Atlantic ocean ✓

104. 104. Rhodesia is the old name of :

     1. Zambabwe ✓
     2. Zambia
     3. Malawi
     4. Botswana

105. 105. Warsak dam is located where?

     1. KPK ✓
     2. sindh
     3. Balochistan
     4. Punjab

106. 106. Population density meaning

     1. The total no. people in country
     2. No. of people per square kilometer ✓
     3. Total land area of country
     4. none of these

107. 107. The largest island in the world is?

     1. Madagascar
     2. Borneo
     3. Greenland ✓
     4. New Guinea