General Knowledge Previous PPSC Paper for Post of Provincial Management Service, etc. (BS-17) Held in 2015
Finally here is the 4th and last port of this General Knowledge Previous PPSC Paper for Post of Provincial Management Service (BS-17). This is General knowledge Paper was based on multiple questions (MCQs). In this post you will get 25 MCQs for other 75 MCQs you need to check other 3 parts of this quiz.
Solved MCQs from this PPSC Previous Paper
76. Grassland plains located in Argentina are called:
(A) Prairies
(B) Downs
(C) Steppes
(D) Pampas
[bg_collapse view=”button-blue” color=”#ffffff” icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](D) Pampas[/bg_collapse]
77. Strait of Gibraltar connects the Atlantic Ocean with the:
(A) Pacific Ocean
(B) Indian Ocean
(C) Mediterranean Sea
(D) None of these
[bg_collapse view=”button-blue” color=”#ffffff” icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](C) Mediterranean Sea[/bg_collapse]
78. Taj Mahal is located on the bank of the river :
(A) Jamna (Yamuna)
(B) Ganges (Ganga)
(C) Nerbada
(D) Brahmaputra
[bg_collapse view=”button-blue” color=”#ffffff” icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](A) Jamna (Yamuna)[/bg_collapse]
79. The capital of Kosovo is:
(A) Zagreb
(B) Pristina
(C) Sarajevo
(D) Bratislava
[bg_collapse view=”button-blue” color=”#ffffff” icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](B) Pristina[/bg_collapse]
80. Usain Bolt holds the world record for 100 meters race. To which country does he belong to?
(A) Barbados
(B) Jamaica
(C) USA
(D) Kenya
[bg_collapse view=”button-blue” color=”#ffffff” icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](B) Jamaica[/bg_collapse]
81. Detroit, USA is associated with _______________ Industry.
(A) Automobile
(B) Computer
(C) Toys
(D) Electronics
[bg_collapse view=”button-blue” color=”#ffffff” icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](A) Automobile[/bg_collapse]
82. Faiz Ahmad Faiz was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize in 1962. In which year did Abdul Sattar Edhi receive the Lenin Peace Prize?
(A) 1988
(B) 1990
(C) 1992
(D) 1995
[bg_collapse view=”button-blue” color=”#ffffff” icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](A) 1988[/bg_collapse]
83. The world famous paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City were painted by:
(A) Sandro Botticelli
(B) Leonardo da Vinci
(C) Michelangelo
(D) Pietro Perugino
[bg_collapse view=”button-blue” color=”#ffffff” icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](C) Michelangelo[/bg_collapse]
84. During the visit to Islamabad of Indian Foreign Minister, Sushma Swaraj, it was agreed to resume Composite Dialogue between India and Pakistan. In which year the two countries first agreed to have regular structured dialogue in the form of composite dialogue?
(A) 1996
(B) 1997
(C) 1998
(D) 2004
[bg_collapse view=”button-blue” color=”#ffffff” icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](B) 1997[/bg_collapse]
85. Who said “Right is a reasonable claim recognized by the society and enforced by the state”
(A) Laski
(B) Bosanquet
(C) Green
(D) Marx
[bg_collapse view=”button-blue” color=”#ffffff” icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](B) Bosanquet[/bg_collapse]
86. Who among the following argues that the fault lines of civilization are the breeding grounds of conflicts in the century?
(A) Francis Fukuyama
(B) Samuel Huntington
(C) Henry Kissinger
(D) Nelson Mandela
[bg_collapse view=”button-blue” color=”#ffffff” icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](B) Samuel Huntington[/bg_collapse]
87. The “Zero Sum Game” as employed by the supporters of “game theory” assumes that:
(A) The loss of one party is the gain of the other party
(B) The loss of one party is the loss of the other party as well
(C) The gain of one party is the gain of the other party
(D) The gain or loss of one party has nothing to do with the gain or loss of the other party
[bg_collapse view=”button-blue” color=”#ffffff” icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](A) The loss of one party is the gain of the other party[/bg_collapse]
88. Herbert Simon identified four basic motivations of subordinates to accept the will of superior. Which one of the following is not one of them?
(A) Rewards and Sanctions
(B) Social disapproval
(C) Legitimacy
(D) Subordinates confidence in superior’s ability
[bg_collapse view=”button-blue” color=”#ffffff” icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](B) Social disapproval[/bg_collapse]
89. Maslow’s “Needs Hierarchy” theory relates to:
(A) Motivation
(B) Leadership
(C) Communication
(D) Upward mobility
[bg_collapse view=”button-blue” color=”#ffffff” icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](A) Motivation[/bg_collapse]
90. Who said, “Man is by nature a political animal”?
(A) Winston Churchill
(B) Kari Marx
(C) Aristotle
(D) Francis Bacon
[bg_collapse view=”button-blue” color=”#ffffff” icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](C) Aristotle[/bg_collapse]
91. During the British rule the only British King to visit India and hold his Darbar was:
(A) Edward VII
(B) George V
(C) James II
(D) Edward VI
[bg_collapse view=”button-blue” color=”#ffffff” icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](B) George V[/bg_collapse]
92. Ramsar Convention provides a framework for national action and international cooperation for conservation a wise use of wetlands. The Convention was adopted in 1971 in Ramsar which is a city located in:
(A) Iran
(B) Egypt
(C) Morocco
(D) Tunisia
[bg_collapse view=”button-blue” color=”#ffffff” icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](A) Iran[/bg_collapse]
93. “Facebook” is one of the most popular social networking services. When was it launched
(A) 1998
(B) 2000
(C) 2003
(D) 2004
[bg_collapse view=”button-blue” color=”#ffffff” icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](D) 2004[/bg_collapse]
94. Famous Urdu poet Mustafa Zaidi was by profession a:
(A) University Professor
(B) Businessman
(C) Lawyer
(D) Civil Servant
[bg_collapse view=”button-blue” color=”#ffffff” icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](D) Civil Servant[/bg_collapse]
95. Article 257 of the Constitution relates specifically to Jammu and Kashmir. According to the Article when the people of Jammu and Kashmir accede to Pakistan then:
(A) They shall become citizens of independent Kashmir
(B) Kashmir shall become a province of Pakistan
(C) People of Kashmir shall determine the relationship between the state and Pakistan
(D) Kashmir shall become an autonomous region
[bg_collapse view=”button-blue” color=”#ffffff” icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](C) People of Kashmir shall determine the relationship between the state and Pakistan[/bg_collapse]
96. The first battle of Panipat was fought between:
(A) Alexander and Porus
(B) Babar and Ibrahim Lodhi
(C) Babar and Rana Sanga
(D) Humayun and Sher Shah Suri
[bg_collapse view=”button-blue” color=”#ffffff” icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](B) Babar and Ibrahim Lodhi[/bg_collapse]
97. India tested its first Nuclear device on:
(A) 15 May 1972
(B) 18 May 1974
(C) 11 May 1998
(D) 20 May 1999
[bg_collapse view=”button-blue” color=”#ffffff” icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](B) 18 May 1974[/bg_collapse]
98. HDI (Human Development Index) as an indicator of the well-being of a country, was the brain child of:
(A) Amartya Sen
(B) Javier Pere do Guellar
(C) Adam Smith
(D) Mahbub-ul-Haq
[bg_collapse view=”button-blue” color=”#ffffff” icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](D) Mahbub-ul-Haq[/bg_collapse]
99. Zimbabwe was earlier known as:
(A) Southern Rhodesia
(B) Gold Coast
(C) Burkina Faso
(D) Belgian Cango
[bg_collapse view=”button-blue” color=”#ffffff” icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](A) Southern Rhodesia[/bg_collapse]
100. What is the function of the heart Pacemaker?
(A) It decreases the heartbeat
(B) It regulates the heartbeat
(C) It increases the heartbeat
(D) It accelerates blood supply to the heart
[bg_collapse view=”button-blue” color=”#ffffff” icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](B) It regulates the heartbeat[/bg_collapse]
Other 3 Sets of this PPSC Past Paper are as under:-
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