PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR
RECRUITMENT TO THE POSTS OF
PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE, ETC. – 2012
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
1 What is the capital of Zimbabwe?
2 In which country Tahrir square is located?
3 Canton is city of which country?
4 what is the origin of Lake Nile?
5 Which country has the biggest Hydel Power generating plant?
6 Which Country Christopher Columbus belonged to?
7 Pythagoras belonged to which country?
8 Isaac Newton belonged to which country?
9 When did railway service start in India?
10 Mount Everest was named after Which Colonel?
11 what is the meaning of de-facto?
12 What is the meaning of faux pas?
13 What is the meaning of carte blanche?
14 Which is coldest planet?
15 What is the name of planet with shortest day?
16 Which book was written by Tolstoy?
17 In which month Russian revolution was started?
18 Russia launched its space mission to moon in 1957. Tell the date?
19 Secretary General of UNO belongs to which country?
20 International Court of Justice sits in?
21 What is the circumference of earth?
22 What is the name of deepest point of Pacific Ocean?
23 What was the name of captain of Pakistan’s cricket team which beat England in 1954?
24 What is the name of book of Allama Iqbal which was translated in Urdu from Persian on its great demand?
25 Which is a landlocked country? a. Kenya b. Sri lank c. Uganda,
26 To which country the father of Obama belongs to?
27 Chile shares longest coastal border with?
28 Theory of special relativity?
29 Who gave the law of heredity?
30 Which theory was given by Isaac Newton?
31 What is the name of strait between Malaysia and Indonesia?
32 Which strait separates Spain and Morocco?
33 Turnips is a kind of root?
34 What is the meaning of pediatrics?
35 In which continent longest river is located?
36 Lowari pass joins?
37 In which country mountain Kilimanjaro in located?
38 When was first international flight from Pakistan?
39 WHO and IMF came into being in result of which agreement?
40 Which is the device when pressed keys encode word on screen?
41 Which company has more cash than USA?
42 What is the GDP growth rate of Pakistan?
43 How much part of agriculture in GDP of Pakistan?
44 How much senate increased debt limit of USA government?
45 What is the name of parliament of Israel?
46 When did Pakistan won first Olympic medal?
47 When did Abdus Salam received noble prize?
48 Who invented dynamite?
49 Who is the father of modern science?
50 In which country which country the garden of Babylon found In current
51 What was the Old name if Myanmar?
52 How many Muslims were died in Ghazwa Badr?
53 Which atmosphere layer is nearest to The earth?
54 Which is brightest planet?
55 What is the shape of Milky Way?
56 Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb was written by?
57 Alchemia was written by?
58 Where is the head quarter of WTO located?
59 The times which computer takes to reach its data is called?
60 Who wrote book Indian Muslims?
61 Who was the prime minister at the time when General Ayub took over in 1958?
62 What id name the person not present in first cabinet of Pakistan?
63 38th parallel is a border between which countries?
64 which river has blind dolphin?
65 who is special envoy of USA to Afghanistan n Pakistan
66 Bashar al Asad of Syria belongs to which sect?
67 What was the name of Indian atomic operation?
68 Asian drama was written by?
69 Kojak pass connects which cities?
70 What is the cheapest source of energy? (hydel)
71 Which player twice won grand slam?
72 Which point farthest from Karachi on coastal highway? Gwadar, Pasni
73 What is the highest rank in air force?
74 When did railway started in India?
75 Biman airways belong to which country?
76 What is the percentage of oxygen in earth’s atmosphere?
77 What is the Name of process of sun heating the earth?
78 What is the time taken by sun light to reach earth?
79 Mixtures of metals is called what?
80 Which organism produces Insulin in body?
81 Which of them was not present in management of Punjab when British took over?
82 Benghazi is city of which country?
83 What is meant by fifth pillar?
84 When did Christians conquest Granada?
85 Penicillin was invented by?
86 smallest piece of silicon having electrical diagram in computer is called? (chip)
87 Which part of computer saves the instruction and time?
88. Which country Isaac Newton belongs to?
89 Olympic games in Younan 1800….. Which month.
90 The distance between earth and sun is smallest in the month of? (September)
91 when did Pakistan sent sputnik-1 in space.
92 Which is a brightest planet..?
93 Swiss canals join Which Seas?
94 Which striate divide Malaysia and Indonesia?
95 What was the name of operation of 1st atomic test by India?
96 Which organ produces insulin in body?