FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POST
IN BPS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1971
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, PAPER – I EVERYDAY SCIENCE
Time Allowed: 2 Hours Maximum Marks: 50
Note: (i) Answer questions carrying a maximum of 100 marks.
(ii) Each question in Section A carries 15 marks. Each question in Section B carries 15 marks. Each question in Section C carries 10 marks.
Section-A
- What do you think the problems of modern civilization due to advancement of Science? Have you any solutions to offer?
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Trace the progress of food taken in by the human body.
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What are Sea-food? What is their importance?
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What attempts have been made to combat malaria and cancer and what success have they met?
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In what various ways are Carbon and Iron useful to man?
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What are “particles and ultimate particles’ in modern science?
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What is ‘Science fiction”? Name one prominent author and summarise one of his studies?
Section-B
- What is lens? What are its uses to mankind?
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In what different ways do living beings maintain their body temperature? What is hibernation?
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Describe how either paper or sugar is manufactured.
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What food would give to any TWO of the following, and why:
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What do the world’s main deserts yield to human efforts?
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“The world is shrinking and Universe expanding. Explain.
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What first-aid would you apply in the following cases: (i) Burns, (ii) Drowning, (iii) Snakebite, and (iv) Bleeding.
Section-C
- How do living beings and their environments react on each other? Illustrate your answer. What is protective colouration’?
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What are the Medical System’ you know of? Briefly describe the basic ideas of any one of them.
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Why is space soundless? Why is the sky black as seen during space flight?
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How are chemical changes brought about? Describe any one chemical reaction.