Written Test for Recruitment to the Post of Provincial Management Service (BS-17) 2019 Past Paper (Solved MCQs)

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1. 1. Kurt Waldheim was an Austrian diplomat and stateman who served two terms as the _______ secretary general of the United Nations.

   1. Third
   2. Fourth ✓
   3. Fifth
   4. Sixth

2. 2. The General Assembly and the Security Council select the judges of the International Court of Judges for the period of 9years. The ICJ is compromised of ______ judges.

   1. 30
   2. 15 ✓
   3. 10
   4. 35

3. 3. International Mother Language is celebrated on:

   1. 21 Feb ✓
   2. 21 March
   3. 21 April
   4. 21 May

4. 4. Which among the given options is the capital of Kazakhstan?

   1. Tashkent
   2. Astana ✓
   3. Dushanbe
   4. Ashgabat

5. 5. SCO, Shanghai Cooperation Organization was established in:

   1. 1995
   2. 2001 ✓
   3. 1996
   4. 2009

6. 6. Amnesty International is an international non-government organization for Human Rights it was founded in:

   1. 1960
   2. 1961 ✓
   3. 1962
   4. 1963

7. 7. When in ICC Champion Trophy did Pakistan defeat India ?

   1. 18 june ✓
   2. 22 June
   3. 24 June
   4. 26 June

8. 8. 'King of pop' Micheal Jackson was an American singer songwriter and dancer . He died in:

   1. 2009 ✓
   2. 2010
   3. 2011
   4. 2012

9. 9. Who among the following is known as the Poet of Beauty?

   1. William Wordsworth
   2. John Keats ✓
   3. Rudyard Kipling
   4. P.B Shelley

10. 10. World Food Program an organization of the United Nations was created at the behest of:

    1. U Thant
    2. Dwight Eisenhower ✓
    3. J.F kennedy
    4. Kissinger

11. 11. Asabiyya, a concept of social solidarity with an emphasis on unity, was given by:

    1. Ibn e Khaldun ✓
    2. Ai Farabi
    3. Ibn e Hazm
    4. Jarir Al Tabari

12. 12. How many countries are there in Asia?

    1. 48 ✓
    2. 49
    3. 50
    4. 46

13. 13. Paris Climate Agreement was adopted in:

    1. 2014
    2. 2015 ✓
    3. 2016
    4. 2017

14. 14. The United Nations Conferrence on Environment and Development also known as RIO summit was held in:

    1. 1990
    2. 1991
    3. 1992 ✓
    4. 1993

15. 15. The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is a United Nations is observed on :

    1. 17 June ✓
    2. 17 July
    3. 17 August
    4. 17 May

16. 16. the largest famine hit Ethiopia in:

    1. 1980
    2. 1983 ✓
    3. 1990
    4. 1993

17. 17. Who was the first governer general of the State Bank of Pakistan?

    1. Zahid Hussain ✓
    2. Abdul Qadir
    3. S.A Hasnie
    4. Mahbubur Rashid

18. 18. Indian Railway started operation:

    1. 1813
    2. 1847
    3. 1853 ✓
    4. 1863

19. 19. When Baluchistan was given the status of province?

    1. 1969
    2. 1970 ✓
    3. 1971
    4. 1972

20. 20. Who among the following was the penultimate viceroy of British India ?

    1. Lord Mountbatten
    2. Lord Wavell ✓
    3. Lord linithgow
    4. Lord Willington

21. 21. Jinnah Pakistan and Islamic Identity. The Search for Saladin isa book based on conversations and interviews of those who were close to Jinnah. Who wrote those book?

    1. Ayesha Jalal
    2. Akbar S. Ahmad ✓
    3. Stanley Wolpert
    4. Hector Bolitho

22. 22. Taj Mahal was built by Shah Jahan to immortalize his wife Mumtaz Mahat. Its Construction spanned 22 years. When was the project commenced?

    1. 1622
    2. 1632 ✓
    3. 1642
    4. 1652

23. 23. Katas Raj Temples are revered Hindu temples in Pakistan. In which district the temples reside?

    1. Jehlum
    2. Chakwal ✓
    3. Mianwali
    4. Dera Gazi Khan

24. 24. Nawab Malik Amir Mohammad Khan, also known as Nawab of Kalabagh, was governor of West Pakistan in 1960. He was from:

    1. Bahawalpur
    2. Mianwali ✓
    3. Mirpur Khas
    4. D.I Khan

25. 25. Attock Fort was built during the reign of which Mughal Empire?

    1. Akbar ✓
    2. Humanyun
    3. Mirpur Khas
    4. D.I Khan

26. 26. According to World Bank, what was the growth rate of pakistan in 2018?

    1. 5.4%
    2. 5.8% ✓
    3. 5.12%
    4. 5.10%

27. 27. IRSA, Indus River System Authority was established for regulating and monitoring the distribution of water sources of Indus Rivers in:

    1. 1991
    2. 1992 ✓
    3. 1993
    4. 1994

28. 28. Sindh Sagar Doab is one of the five major doab of the Punjab Province. It is the tract of land between the following rivers:

    1. Indus & Chenab
    2. Chenab & Jhelum
    3. Indus & Jhelum ✓
    4. Jhelum & Ravi

29. 29. According to a report published by IMF, Pakistan has been ranked ______in the world among countries facing acute world shortage.

    1. 2nd
    2. 3rd ✓
    3. 4th
    4. 5th

30. 30. Which city was hit by the earthquake of 1935?

    1. Muzaffarabad
    2. Quetta ✓
    3. Attock
    4. Peshawar

31. 31. Which province among the following has Uch Gas Fields?

    1. KPK
    2. Punjab
    3. Baluchistan ✓
    4. Sindh

32. 32. Which gas field among the following is the second largest gas field in Pakistan which is being operated by OGDCL?

    1. Bobi Gasfield
    2. Chachar GAs Field
    3. Qadirpur Gas Field ✓
    4. Uch Gas Field

33. 33. High tech exports of Pakistan stand of:

    1. 0.7% ✓
    2. 0.8%
    3. 0.9%
    4. None of these

34. 34. Who among the following Prime Minister of Pakistan secured Gwadar from Oman?

    1. Feroz Khan Noon ✓
    2. I.I Chundriger
    3. Ch. Muhammad Ali
    4. M. Ali Bogra

35. 35. Kartarpur Corridor links which Gurdwara to India:

    1. Panja Sahib
    2. Darbar Sahib ✓
    3. Sacha Sauda
    4. Rohri Sahib

36. 36. Pakistan being Alma Ata signatory in1978 launched. The National Program for Family Planning and Primary health in:

    1. 1994 ✓
    2. 1968
    3. 1973
    4. 1985

37. 37. Who among the following was the longest serving chairman of Senate?

    1. Mian Muhammad Soomro
    2. Wasim Sajjad ✓
    3. G.I Khan
    4. Habibullah Marwat

38. 38. Pakistan's population is what per cent of the world's population?

    1. 2.4%
    2. 2.65% ✓
    3. 2.8%
    4. 2.7%

39. 39. Who among the following is the current Secretary General of SAARC?

    1. Ahmed Saleem
    2. Amjad Hussain Sial ✓
    3. Arjun Bahadur Thappa
    4. Q.A Rahim

40. 40. Who among the following is the current president of Azad Kashmir ?

    1. Raja Farooq Haider ✓
    2. Ch Abdul Majid
    3. Masood Khan
    4. Yaqoob Khan

41. 41. Who is the current Chief of Air Staff?

    1. Sohail Aman
    2. Tahir Rafiq Butt
    3. Mujahid Anwar ✓
    4. Zafar Mahmood

42. 42. Kirthar Range is a mountain range in Pakistan extending about 10 Miles. In which province of Pakistan does the range's largest portion reside?

    1. Sindh ✓
    2. Baluchistan
    3. KPK
    4. Punjab

43. 43. What is the length of Karakoram Highway?

    1. 810 miles ✓
    2. 910 miles
    3. 710 miles
    4. 610 miles

44. 44. How many layers does Earth's atmosphere are?

    1. 4 ✓
    2. 6
    3. 8
    4. None of these

45. 45. Less than one percent of earth's water is fresh water but the ocean contain ______ percent of the Earth's water.

    1. 87%
    2. 77%
    3. 97% ✓
    4. 99%

46. 46. In which country does the Batura Glacier lie?

    1. Pakistan ✓
    2. China
    3. Nepal
    4. India

47. 47. Circumference of earth is around;

    1. 20000 km
    2. 30000 km
    3. 40075 km ✓
    4. 50000 km

48. 48. Which of the following vitamins contains traces of Selenium?

    1. Vitamin A
    2. Vitamin B
    3. Vitamin C
    4. Vitamin E ✓

49. 49. A mechanical stopwatch can measure a time interval up to a minimum _______ seconds.

    1. 0.20 s
    2. 0.1 s
    3. 0.5 s
    4. 0.01 s ✓

50. 50. Which among the following defines the event of Supernova?

    1. Expanding Black Hole
    2. Exploding Star ✓
    3. Shining Comet
    4. Moving Asteroid

51. 51. Which instrument is suitable to measure the internal diameter of a test tube?

    1. Vernier Callipers ✓
    2. Screw Gauge
    3. Feeler Gauge
    4. Bore Gauge

52. 52. Crude Oil is heated in the furnace upto :

    1. 300 C
    2. 350 C
    3. 400 C ✓
    4. 450 C

53. 53. Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum is involved in the synthesis and storage of :

    1. Polysaccharides
    2. Proteins
    3. Lipids ✓
    4. DNA

54. 54. Muhammad Ibn e Zakaria Al-Razi was a polymath physician, alchemist and philosopher from:

    1. Iraq
    2. Syria
    3. Iran ✓
    4. Morocco

55. 55. Al-Oanun fi at-tibb is an encyclopedia of medicine in five books written by:

    1. Al Farabi
    2. Avicenna ✓
    3. ibn e Hazm
    4. Jarir Al Tabari

56. 56. Who among the following discovered the sunspots?

    1. Johannes Kepler
    2. Einstein
    3. Galileo ✓
    4. Copernicus

57. 57. Who among the following invented bifocal spectacles and lightning rod?

    1. Galileo
    2. Benjamin Franklin ✓
    3. Thomas Edison
    4. James Madison

58. 58. Mars, neighbour of Earth, has natural satellites.

    1. Two ✓
    2. Three
    3. Four
    4. Five

59. 59. Max Planck won Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918 for the discover of ______.

    1. Time constant
    2. Energy Quantum ✓
    3. Heat Constant
    4. Wave Constant

60. 60. Which among the following instruments is used to measure the amount of liquid precipitation over a set period of time?

    1. Hydrometer
    2. Rain Gauge ✓
    3. Pedometer
    4. Barometer

61. 61. Parsec is a unit to measure ______.

    1. Time
    2. Speed
    3. Distance ✓
    4. Force