PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION 2019
FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POSTS OF
PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
PAPER: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
TIME ALLOWED: TWO HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Read the instructions on ANSWER SHEET and QUESTION PAPER carefully before you start answering.
2. Write your allotted Roll No. in the top right corner of QUESTIONS PAPER and in the specified place of ANSWER SHEET.
3. Write PAPER CODE on your ANSWER SHEET AND FILL IN THE RELEVANT BUBBLE CODE Carefully. If you Fail to do so. YOUR ANSWER SHEET will be CANCELLED.
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5. Each question has four options. Fill only one box which you think is the correct answer. Each question carries 1 mark.
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Q. 1. Atmosphere is divided into:
(A) 4 regions (B) 6 regions (C) 8 regions (D) 10 regions
Q. 2. The total amount of water contained in oceans is:
(A) 82% (B) 87% (C) 92% (D) 97%
Q. 3. The current President of Azad Jammu & Kashmir(AJK) is?
(A) Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan (C) Sardar Masood Khan (B) Sardar Farooq Haider Khan (D) Sardar Ibrahim Khan
Q. 4. The Kartarpur Corridor links:
(A) Gurdwara Punjah Sahib (B) Gurdwara Darbar Sahib (C) Gurdwara Janam Asthan (D) Gurdwara Rori Sahib
Q. 5. Which of the following districts The Katas Raj Temples’ are located in?
(A) Rawalpindi (B) Attock (C) Jehlum (D) Chakwal
Q. 6. How many countries are included in the Asian Continent?
(A) 44 (B) 46 (C) 48 (D) 50
Q. 7. According to The World Bank, Pakistan’s economic growth in 2018 was:
(A) 5.4% (B) 5.8% (C) 5.10% (D) 5.12%
Q. 8. River System Authority (IRSA) was constituted in:
(A) 1992 (B) 1994 (C) 1996 (D) 1998
Q. 9. Who is the current chief of Pakistan Air Force?
(A) Mushaf Ali Mir (B) Mujahid Anwar Khan (C) Sohail Aman (D) Tahir Rafique Butt
Q. 10. The International Mother Language Day is observed on:
(A) 21 February (B) 21 March (C) 21 April (D) 21 May
Q. 11. Literacy ratio in the Christian world is about 90 percent while in Muslim world it is:
(A) 40 % (B) 50% (C) 60% (D) 70%
Q. 12.The export of high-tech products from Pakistan is:
(A) 0.7% (B) 0.9% (C) 0.11 % (D) 0.13 %
Q. 13.Sindh-Sagar Doab lies between the rivers:
(A) Chenab-Jhelum (B) Chenab-Ravi (C) Indus-Jhelum (D) Sutlej-Beas
Q. 14. Astana is the capital of:
(A) Tajikistan (B) Turkmenistan (C) Kirghizstan (D) Kazakhstan
Q. 15. As a signatory to the Alma-Ata Declaration of 1978, Pakistan launched the Prime Minister’s Program for Family Planning & Primary Health Care in:
(A) 1992 (B) 1994 (C) 1996 (D) 1998
Q. 16. The Amnesty International was founded in:
(A) 1959 (B) 1960 (C) 1961 (D) 1962
Q. 17. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was established in:
(A) April 26, 1992 (B) April 26, 1994 (C) April 26, 199 (D) April 26, 1998