PMS-GK MOCK SERIES -2024

PAPER-II

TIME ALLOWED: TWO HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS = 100

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Q.1 Select the best Option/Answer: (100)

1. Synonym of word PIQUANCY:

(a) Paranoia (b) Relish (c) Calibration (d) Tremper

2. Antonym of word GUMPTION:

(a) Seriousness (b) Apathy (c) Levity (d) Despair

3. The idiom “a fish out of water” means:

(a) A stranger (b) Being in uncomfortable surroundings
(c) A delicious meal (d) None of these

4. Find the least square number which is divisible by 10, 12, 15 and 18?
(a) 1600 (b) 900 (c) 3600 (d) 2500

5. Find the lowest multiple of 13 which when divided by 6, 8 and 12 leaves 5, 7 and 11 as remainders
respectively?
(a) 143 (b) 169 (c) 260 (d) 221

6. If 28 men can finish a work in 15 days, 21 men can finish the same work in___________?
(a) 24 days (b) 14 days (c) 15 days (d) 20 days

7. A dealer professing to sell at cost price uses a 900 gms weight for a kilogram. His gain percent is:
________?
1
(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d) 11
9

8. Which of the following is involved in blood clotting?

(a) Sodium (b) Magnesium (c) Calcium (d) Potassium

9. Who was the inventor of Mouse (used in computers)?

(a) Douglas Engelbart (b) Ada Lovelace (c) Charles Babbage (d) None of these
10. The saliva helps in the digestion of:
(a) Starch (b) Proteins (c) Fibres (d) Fats

11. Beri Beri is caused by the deficiency of:

(a) Calciferol (b) Thiamine (c) Folic Acid (d) Pyridoxine

12. Sound waves are ______ waves.

(a) Transverse (b) Longitudinal (c) Electromagnetic (d) None of these

13. The fluid part of blood is known as _______.

(a) Blood Cells (b) Platelets (c) Hormones (d) Plasma

14. Marble and slate are example of ________.

(a) Igneous Rock (b) Metamorphic Rock (c) Sedimentary Rock (d) Crystals

15. Herbicides are used for the elimination of:

(a) Plant diseases (b) Pests (c) Weeds (d) Insects

16. The SI unit of “Pressure” is _______.

(a) Pascal (b) Joule (c) Henry (d) Tesla

17. Instrument used for measuring very high temperature is __________.

(a) Xylometer (b) Seismograph (c) Pyroscope (d) Pyrometer

18. When the days and nights are equal, the rays of the sun directly fall on:
(a) Equator (b) Tropic of Cancer (c) South Pole (d) North Pole

19. What is Dry Ice?

(a) Solid Oxygen (b) Solid Carbon Dioxide
(c) Solid Hydrogen (d) Solid Nitrogen

20. The largest part of the human brain is?

(a) Cerebellum (b) Cerebrum
(c) Mid-Brain (d) Medulla Oblongata

21. Which one of the following mixtures of gases is required in gas welding?
(a) Oxygen and ethylene (b) Oxygen and hydrogen
(c) Ethylene and oxygen acetylene (d) All of these

22. One Horsepower is equal to:

(a) 716 watts (b) 726 watts (c) 736 watts (d) 746 watts

23. Al-Qanun - Fil tib was written by:

(a) Bu-Ali-Sina (b) Al Masudi (c) Ibn-Ishaq (d) Al- Yaqubi

24. Which file is responsible to start MS word?

(a) Win.exe (b) Word.exe (c) Winword.exe (d) None

25. When MS word was launched _________?

(a) 1983 (b) 1980 (c) 1979 (d) None of these

26. _________ allows to enter new data at the current position of the cursor?
(a) Word Wrap (b) Insert Text (c) Insertion Mode (d) Overtype Mode

27. Shortcut key for 1.5 line spacing in MS Word is_______

(a) Ctrl+ 3 (b) Ctrl+ 4 (c) Ctrl+ 5 (d) Ctrl+6

28. What displays the positioning of text, tabs, margin, indents, and other elements in MS Word:
(a) Ruler (b) Status Bar (c) Document window (d) Cursor
29. A number of letter that appears little above the normal text is called?
(a) Superscript (b) Subscript (c) Supertext (d) Toptext

30. NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite was launched in ______.

(a) April 2016 (b) April 2017 (c) April 2018 (d) April 2020

31. Solar minima and maxima are the two extremes of the Sun’s ______ -year activity cycle.
(a) Nine (b) Ten (c) Eleven (d) None of these

32. Planets that orbit other stars and are beyond our solar system are called ______.
(a) Jovian planets (b) Dwarf planets (c) Exoplanets (d) None of these

33. ______ are formed when a massive star collapses at the end of its life.
(a) Galaxies (b) Exoplanets (c) Black holes (d) None of these

34. South Korea's capital is ______.

(a) Seoul (b) Busan (c) Suncheon (d) Seosan

35. On June 12, 2024, which team won the 2024 NBA Finals?
(a) Miami Heat (b) Denver Nuggets (c) Los Angeles Lakers(d) Boston Celtics

36. On Aug. 16, Paetongtarn Shinawatra became the youngest prime minister of ______.
(a) Thailand (b) Mongolia (c) South Korea (d) None of these

37. On Aug. 22, Afghanistan's Taliban-led foreign ministry appointed Mawlawi Badreddin Haqqani as its
first accredited ambassador to the ______.
(a) UN (b) Maldives (c) UAE (d) IMF

38. The first country to accept a Taliban envoy was ______.

(a) UAE (b) Tajikistan (c) China (d) Pakistan

39. On Aug. 22, a massive 2,492-carat diamond, the second largest in the world, was discovered in ______.
(a) Botswana (b) USA (c) South Africa (d) Kenya

40. On Aug. 27, ______, a factory supervisor who was the first rioter to enter the US Capitol, was sentenced
to 53 months in prison.
(a) Paul Gosar (b) Ali Alexander (c) Michael Sparks (d) Sidney Powell

41. On Aug. 30, ____ supreme court ordered social media giant X to be taken down in the country.
(a) Argentina's (b) Brazil's (c) Vietnam's (d) France's

42. On June 1, 2024, which tennis player won the 2024 French Open Men's Singles title?
(a) Novak Djokovic (b) Rafael Nadal (c) Carlos Alcaraz (d) Daniil Medvedev

43. On Sept. 03, ______ appointed Isabel Perello as the country’s top judge, making her the first woman to
run the Supreme Court.
(a) Finland (b) Sweden (c) Spain (d) Belgium

44. The first openly transgender athlete to compete in a Paralympics is ______ Valentina Petrillo.
(a) Turkiye's (b) Italy's (c) Norway's (d) Iceland's

45. On Sept. 05, the UAE announced the completion of the Arab world's first nuclear power plant – ______
Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant.
(a) Dubai's (b) Sharjah's (c) Abu Dhabi's (d) None of these

46. On Sept. 08, ______ incumbent President Abdelmadjid Tebboune was re-elected.
(a) Madagascar's (b) Algeria's (c) Burkina Faso's (d) Kenya's

47. On Sept. 10, ______ launched its historic Polaris Dawn mission.
(a) SpaceX (b) Blue Horizon (c) Blue Origin (d) Virgin Galactic
48. On Sept. 11, ______ became the world's first country to allow voters to elect judges at all levels.
(a) Mexico (b) Brazil (c) Austria (d) Latvia

49. On Sept. 13, the Dutch city of ______ became the first in the world to pass local laws banning
advertisements for fossil fuels, petrol cars and long-distance air travel.
(a) Amsterdam (b) Utrecht (c) The Hague (d) Maastricht

50. On Sept. 13, China's top legislative body approved a proposal to raise the country's retirement age for
men to ______ years from 60.
(a) 62 (b) 63 (c) 65 (d) 70

51. On Sept. 14, ______ blasted its new Chamran-1 research satellite into orbit.
(a) Russia (b) Turkiye (c) Iran (d) None of these

52. How many Pakistani female peacekeepers were awarded by the UN for their efforts on 20th September?
(a) One (b) Two (c) Three (d) Four

53. QUAD Summit of Leaders -2024 was hosted by United States of America (USA) on _____?
(a) 18th September (b) 19th September (c) 20th September (d) 21st September

54. When is World Tourism Day celebrated?

(a) August 15 (b) September 27 (c) October 5 (d) November 10

55. ______ was named Time magazine's “Athlete of the Year” for 2023.
(a) Max Verstappen (b) Lionel Messi (c) Kylian Mbappé (d) Novak Djokovic

56. Donald Tusk was sworn in as Prime Minister of ______.

(a) Luxembourg (b) Latvia (c) Georgia (d) Poland

57. Celine Berthon became the first woman chief of ______ domestic intelligence agency, General Directorate
for Internal Security.
(a) Austria's (b) Australia's (c) New Zealand's (d) France's

58. ______, Africa's second biggest oil producer, announced to leave OPEC after disagreements over its
production targets.
(a) Angola (b) Egypt (c) Algeria (d) Niger

59. Indicate the highest civil award among the following:

(a) Sitara-e-Shujaat (b) Hilal-e-Shujaat (c) Nishan-e-Shujaat (d) Tamgha-e-Shujaat

60. Sulphur is formed at:

(a) Koh-e-Sultan (Chagi) (b) Kala-Chitta Range (Attock)
(c) Warchha (d) Hazro (Attock)

61. "Qissa Sohni Mahinwal" was written by:

(a) Hafiz Barkhurdar (b) Hashim Shah (c) Fazal Shah (d) Waris Shah

62. Who wrote Asrar-Sanadeed?

(a) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (b) Maulvi Abdul Haq
(c) Saadat Hasan Manto (d) Anees Nagi

63. Who is the author of “Foundation of Pakistan”?

(a) Sharif-ud-Din Pirzada (b) Intizar Hussain
(c) Mohsin Hamid (d) Altaf Fatima

64. When National Bank of Pakistan was formed?

(a) 8 November 1949 (b) 9 November 1949
(c) 10 November 1949 (d) 11 November 1949

65. When West Pakistan turned into One Unit?

(a) 14th October 1955 (b) 12th October 1955
 (c) 11th October 1955 (d) 115th October 1955

66. When first constitution of Pakistan was enforced?

(a) 23rd March 1956 (b) 23rd March 1955
(c) 23rd March 1957 (d) 23rd March 1959

67. Battle of Plassey (1757) was fought between:

(a) The English and French in India.
(b) The ruler of Bengal and the East Indian Company.
(c) Mughal King of Delhi and the English.
(d) Hidus and Muslims.

68. The L.F.O was issued by:

(a) Muhammad Ayyub Khan (b) Yahya Khan
(c) Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (d) Muhammad Zia-ul- Haq.

69. Gawadar became part of Pakistan in___________.

(a) 1958 (b) 1957 (c) 1959 (d) 1960

70. “Reconstruction of Religious Thoughts in Islam” was written by___________.

(a) Allama Muhammad Iqbal (b) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(c) Faiz Ahmad Faiz (d) Maulvi Abdul Haq

71. In the North-East, Pakistan has a common border with:

(a) China (b) Iran (c) India (d) Afghanistan

72. In which language Shah Wali Ullah translated the Holy Quran:
(a) English (b) Persian (c) Turkish (d) none of these

73. Who was the Viceroy at the time of partition of Bengal?

(a) Lord Caning (b) Lord Curzon (c) Lord Minto (d) none of these

74. Who was the author of “My India Years”?

(a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Hardinge (c) Lord Mountbatten (d) none of these

75. The first Chief Justice of Pakistan was:

(a) Abdur Rashid (b) Sajjad Ali Shah (c) Zafar ul Haq (d) None of these

76. Kohat is a district of ______ province.

(a) Sindh (b) KP (c) Punjab (d) Baluchistan

77. The headquarters of Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority is in ______.

(a) Karachi (b) Islamabad (c) Lahore (d) Gwadar

78. On Aug. 20, Pakistan conducted successful training launch of surface-to-surface ballistic missile ______.
(a) Ghauri-I (b) Shaheen-I (c) Shaheen-II (d) None of these

79. The Council of Islamic Ideology was established under Article ______ of the constitution of Pakistan,
1973.
(a) 228 (b) 230 (c) 234 (d) 240

80. On Aug. 21, former foreign secretary _____ assumed office of the ECO secretary general.
(a) Asad Majeed (b) Aizaz Ahmad (c) Jalil A. Jilani (d) Tehmina Janjua

81. On Aug. 22, PM Shehbaz Sharif launched the Buna-Raast connectivity project which would link the
payment mechanism with the ______ Monetary Fund.
(a) International (b) Middle East (c) Arab (d) None of these

82. Mercosur is a South American trade bloc comprising Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and ____.
(a) Bolivia (b) Uruguay (c) Chile (d) Venezuela
83. On Sept. 04, the federal government appointed Lt. Gen. Akhtar Nawaz Satti as FPSC ____.
(a) Member (b) Chairman (c) Secretary (d) None of these

84. On Sept. 05, CM ______ inaugurated the country's first and largest primary school nutrition programme.
(a) Punjab (b) KP (c) Sindh (d) Gilgit-Baltistan

85. On Sept. 05, the Oxford Union President Israr Khan Kakar was appointed as Pakistan's Ambassador-at-
Large for ______.
(a) Youth Empowerment (b) Climate Change
(c) Water Resources (d) None of these

86. The National Accountability Ordinance was promulgated in ______.

(a) 1999 (b) 2000 (c) 2001 (d) 2003

87. The Federal Judicial Academy is located in ______.

(a) Lahore (b) Karachi (c) Islamabad (d) Hyderabad

88. On Sept. 12, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation trade ministers met in ______.
(a) Beijing (b) Islamabad (c) Astana (d) New Delhi

89. Russian Ambassador who was attacked in Swat, Pakistan?

(a) Danila Ganich (b) Donald Blome (c) Albert P Khorev (d) Denis Manturov

90. Which type of Fighter jets has Azerbaijan Purchased from Pakistan recently?
(a) F-17 Block 3 (b) F-16 Block 4 (c) F- 21 Block 7 (d) F- 44 Block 9

91. October 8, 2024, the 19th anniversary of the devastating 2005 earthquake is commemorated as:
__________?
(a) National Earthquake Awareness Day (b) National Disaster Awareness Day
(c) National Earthquake and Floods Awareness Day
(d) National Solidarity Day with Victims of Disasters

92. On which dates will the 23rd meeting of the Council of Heads of Government (CHG) of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organisation (SCO) be held in Islamabad?
(a) October 10-11 (b) October 12-13 (c) October 15-16 (d) October 18-19

93. PTCL acquired 100pc stakes in ______ Pakistan for $400 million.
(a) Ufone (b) Mobilink (c) Warid (d) Telenor

94. Pakistani feature film, ______, won the $100,000 Yusr gold award at the Red Sea International Film
Festival.
(a) In Flames (b) Blue Eyes (c) Gazal (d) Victory

95. The first oil marketing company to launch electric vehicle charges in Pakistan is ______.
(a) Saudi Aramco (b) Gas & Oil Pakistan Ltd.
(c) Pakistan State Oil (d) Total Petroleum

96. Pakistan conducted a successful flight test of the ______ weapon system.
(a) Ababeel-II (b) Fatah-II (c) Ghazi-II (d) Hatf-II
97. The first ever two-day Global Health Security Summit 2024 was held in ______.
(a) Quetta (b) Karachi (c) Lahore (d) Islamabad
98. Pakistan's intelligence-based operation in Iran's border village of Saravan was codenamed ______.
(a) Tupac (b) Rah-e-Nijat
(c) Zarb-e-Ahan (d) Marg Bar Sarmachar
99. On Jan. 28, Pakistan's first-ever World Athletics-certified Marathon was held in ______.
(a) Rawalpindi (b) Karachi (c) Larkana (d) Quetta
100. The state-of-the-art school named 'Tahafuz Daras Gah' for transgender children has opened in ______.
(a) Gujranwala (b) Multan (c) Lahore (d) Rawalpindi