NWFP PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE POSTS 0F
PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE (BPS-17) 2008
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE PAPER-I
(CURRENT AFFAIRS)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
Note: – (1) Attempt ONLY FIVE questions in all, including Question No.1, which is COMPULSORY.
Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered Candidate must draw two straight lines (===) at the end to separate question attempted in answer book.
Q.1 Write only the correct answer in the Answer Book. Do not reproduce the question.
(1) The name of US Military Commander in Afghanistan is:-
(a) Gen. Robert Mcnamara (b) Gen. Cohn Powell (e) Gen, David Patraeus Id) Gen. David Powell
(2) Alaska was formerly part of ___
(a) Canada (b1 Brazil (c) Russia (d) Africa
(3) Former Soviet Union had ___ Republics
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 15 (d) 08
(4) Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by UNGA in ___
(a) 1947 (b) 1948 (c) 1954 (d) 1958
(5) The UN security Council adopted its first Plebiscite Resolution on Kashmir on ___
(a) 10 March 1948 (b) 20 Jan 1948 (c) 10 Jan 1948 (d) 20 May 1950
(6) The current FIFA Champion is:-
(a) Brazil (b) England (c) Italy (d) Argentine
(7) FATA consists of Agencies and Frontier regions:-
(a) 7 and 6 (b) 8 and 10 (c) 5 and 4 (d) 7 and 3
(8) President of Russian Federation is:-
(a) Putin (b) Dimitri Medvedev (c) Anatoly Alexandrov (d)Chomsky
(9) The line separating India from China is :-
(a) Gandhi Line (b) McMahon Line (c) Durand Line (d) Iqbal Line
(10) The WTO is headed by:-
(a) M. Kamal Nath (b) Pascal Lance (c) Keith Rochwell (d) Dr. Salam uddin
(11) The election slogan Obama was:-
(a) Need for Change (b) Change we need (c) Hope for change (d) We must change, yes, we can.
(12) The total number of votes required to he elected US President is:-
(a) 255 (b) 370 (c) 280 (d) 270
(13) Which countries are members of ASEAN?
(14) Identify the Capital of Vietnam.
(15) Name members of S.C.O.
(16) What percentage of Palestine is under occupation of Israel?
(17) Capital of Haiti.
(18) Where does River Nile originated
(19) In order to build the Panama Canal, Panama was detached from which Country?
(20) Indicate total No of European Union members.
Q.2 Analyse the challenges for Pakistan’s regional interests in the post 9/11 era. Discuss Pakistan’s response to them.
Q.3 What would be the regional and domestic economic and political impacts of Gwadar Port”. Discuss in detail.
Q.4 Describe FATA administrative system in detail. Should it be changed? What should be the change if any? Give arguments in support of your opinion.
Q.5 Pakistan is faring serious hike in prices of daily essentials and an impressive economic growth at the same time. identify the factors responsible and discuss the different issues arising out of them analytically.
Q.6 Describe the energy crisis Pakistan is facing. How best can Pakistan deal with it? Identify and Analyse the various probable policies about it.
Q.7 What is globalization? Are the free trade policies under WTO beneficial to developing countries? Give your answer with reference to Pakistan.
Q.8 Discuss in detail the various environmental issues confronting Pakistan and identify; policy initiatives for dealing with them.