PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION WRITTEN TEST FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POST OF PPSC INSPECTOR LEGAL (BS-16) HELD IN 2015
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PUNJAB POLICE DEPARTMENT PAPERS
INSPECTOR LEGAL (SPECIAL CADRE) BS-16
PAPER: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE MCQS
1. What is the term used to denote the unauthorized and illegal accessing of computer programs, often with criminal intent?
(A)Virus
(B) Plagiarism
(C)Hacking ✓
(D) Breach
2.Which public holiday is celebrated in the USA on 4 July every year?
(A) Constitution Day
(B) Independence Day ✓
(C) Blacks Day
(D) New Deal
3.Which country in the Middle East is the Hashemite Kingdom?
(A) Jordan ✓
(B) Egypt
(C) Syria
(D) Kuwait
4.Which body of people is sometimes referred to as “the Fourth Estate”?
(A) Judiciary
(B) Executive
(C) The Press ✓
(D) Senate
5.What is the Richter Scale used to measure?
(A) Food
(B) Volcano
(C) Earthquake ✓
(D) Tsunami
6.”Kindergarten” refers to?
(A) a Nursery School ✓
(B) a small garden
(C) a children playground
(D) a children’s ward in Hospital
7.What did Burma change its name to in 1989?
(A) Myanmar ✓
(B) Rangoon
(C) Brazil
(D) Naypyidaw
8.Which body organ produces Urine?
(A) Pancreas
(B) Uterus
(C) Kidney ✓
(D) Large Intestine
9.What is meant by ‘Cock and Bull Story’?
(A) true story
(B) a lengthy tale
(C) story told by an idiot
(D) an unbelievable tale ✓
10. Rule of Thumb:
(A) mark of thum on a legal paper
(B) an easily applied procedure for making a determination ✓
(C) an easy choice
(D) an unknown rule
11. Renaissance movement started first in:
(A) France
(B) Italy ✓
(C) United Kingdom
(D) Sweden
12. What are Newton’s used to measure?
(A) Gravity ✓
(B) Volcano
(C) Earthquake
(D) Tsunami
13. What is the most abundant element in the universe?
(A) Hydrogen ✓
(B) Oxygen
(C) Sodium
(D) Copper
14. How many chambers are there in the human heart?
(A) 2
(B) 4 ✓
(C) 6
(D) 8
15. GDP stands for:
(A) Gross Daily Product
(B) Gross Domestic Product ✓
(C) Gross Domestic Purchase
(D) Gross Daily Purchase
16. Hard disk in a computer is a/an?
(A) Output Device
(B) Processor
(C) Software
(D) Storage Device ✓
17. A set of instructions that operates various parts of the Computer Hardware is called?
(A) Hardware Manager
(B) Device
(C) Software ✓
(D) URL
18. The Capital of Tajikistan is:
(A) Dodoma
(B) Dushanbe ✓
(C) Astana
(D) Tashkent
19. World Water Day is celebrated on:
(A) 22nd March ✓
(B) 22nd June
(C) 22nd July
(D) None of these
20. One who is capable of dealing with many subjects is called:
(A) Genius
(B) Intellectual
(C) Versatile ✓
(D) Vulnerable
21. What is the one word substitution for a person who is unable to pay his debt:
(A) Poor
(B) Vagabond
(C) Solvent
(D) Insolvent ✓
22. The Great Persian Empire was founded by:
(A) Darius-I
(B) Raza Shah Pehlvi
(C) Cyrus the Great ✓
(D) Shah Abbas
23. The place of Persepolis in Iran was destroyed in 331 B.C. by:
(A) a flood
(B) Alexander the Great ✓
(C) Genghis Khan
(D) Ottoman Turks
24. The Palace of King Nebuchadnezzar was situated in the city of:
(A) Nineveh
(B) Babylon ✓
(C) Korasabad
(D) Dizful
25. Which vitamin is provided by sunlight to the body?
(A) Vitamin A
(B) Vitamin B
(C) Vitamin C
(D) Vitamin D ✓
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26. The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) uses:
(A) Antibodies ✓
(B) Pathogens
(C) Tissues
(D) Chemicals
27. What is chlamydomonas?
(A) An algae ✓
(B) A fungus
(C) An animal
(D) A fossil
28. In which year, was the 1st widely-available Web browser, Mosaic, released?
(A) 1993 ✓
(B) 1995
(C) 1996
(D) 1998
29. The World famous “Golden Gate Bridge” is situated in:
(A) London
(B) Paris
(C) San Francisco ✓
(D)Sydney
30. The smallest unit of data in a computer is:
(A) Bit ✓
(B) Kilobit
(C) Terabyte
(D) Byte
31. What is most common salt in sea water:
(A) Calcium Carbonate
(B) Potassium Chloride
(C) Sodium Chloride ✓
(D) Magnesium Sulphate
32. “The Last Supper”, a famous Renaissance painting was masterpiece of:
(A) Titan
(B) Michael Angelo
(C) Leonardo de Vinci ✓
(D) Raphel
33. The international secretariat of Amnesty International is situated in:
(A) New York
(B) London ✓
(C) Geneva
(D) Paris
34. The organ in the body which accumulates Iodine is:
(A) Pituitary gland
(B) Thyroid gland ✓
(C) Thymus
(D) Parathyroid
35. Who invented chronometer?
(A) John Harrison ✓
(B) Marconi
(C) Dalton
(D) Noneofthese
36. Which is called the “Land of the Midnight Sun”?
(A) Denmark
(B) Belgium
(C) Norway ✓
(D) Canada
37. Wimbledon, known for Lawn tennis courts, is in:
(A) New York
(B) London ✓
(C) Washington
(D) Geneva
38. Britain’s highest military award is:
(A) Victoria Cross ✓
(B) Iron Cross
(C) Military Cross
(D) Medal of Honour
39. The book “A Farewell to Arms” was written by:
(A) Ernest Hemingway ✓
(B) Charles Dickens
(C) Huxley
(D) Thomas Hardy
40. The oldest monarchy in the World is that of:
(A) Japan ✓
(B) Nepal
(C) UK
(D) Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
41. The dress made out of which of the following materials is safest to wear while cooking?
(A) Silk
(B) Nylon
(C) Cotton ✓
(D) Terylene
42. Which of the following gases is used for refrigeration?
(A) Chlorine
(B) Ammonia ✓
(C) Phosphine
(D) Carbon dioxide
43. Philology is:
(A) Study of bones
(B) Study of muscles
(C) Study of architecture
(D) Scientific study of literary texts ✓
44. The 1st satellite was launched by:
(A) ‘France
(B) USSR ✓
(C) Japan
(D) UK
45. As of 2012, how many countries were members of the Non-Aligned Movement:
(A) 100
(B) 110
(C) 120 ✓
(D) 150
46. Which of the following agencies related to UNO was in existence before World War II?
(A) WHO
(B) FAO
(C) ILO ✓
(D) IMF
47. The first SAARC summit was held at?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Dhaka ✓
(C) Islamabad
(D) Nepal
48. Which among the following is a positively charged particle emitted by a radioactive element?
(A) Beta rays
(B) Alpha rays ✓
(C) Gamma rays
(D) Cathode rays
49. If there is no sun, the color of the sky would be:
(A) Orange
(B) Blue
(C) Yellow
(D) None of these ✓
50. Which of the following is not a chemical reaction?
(A) Burning of a paper
(B) Conversion of water into stream ✓
(C) Digestion of food
(D) Burning of coal
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51. A chronometer meter measures:
(A) Soundwaves
(B) Time ✓
(C) Color contrast
(D) Water waves
52. The lightest particle of the matter is:
(A) Electron
(B) Neutron ✓
(C) Proton
(D) Deutron
53. Meteorology is:
(A) Science of atmosphere ✓
(B) Study of weights & measures
(C) Study of growth
(D) Study of Stars
54. Which is called “Key to the Mediterranean”?
(A) Gibraltar ✓
(B) Egypt
(C) Indonesia
(D) Iraq
55. Which of the following is known as ‘Land of White Elephants’?
(A) Netherlands
(B) Indonesia
(C) Thailand ✓
(D) Belgium
56. “Hansard” is the official verbatim report of the:
(A) British Parliament ✓
(B) US Parliament
(C) Swiss Parliament
(D) Indian Parliament
57. Who said, “Better to reign in Hell than Serve in Heaven”
(A) Milton ✓
(B) William Shakespeare
(C) Tennyson
(D) William Wordsworth
58. Vasco de Gama was a native of:
(A) the United Kingdom
(B) Portugal ✓
(C) Spain
(D) Greece
59. Which country is separated from Ethiopia by the Red Sea?
(A) Jordan
(B) Iraq
(C) Kuwait
(D) Yemen ✓
60. The term Paper Gold is associated with:
(A) Deficit Budgeting
(B) Special drawing rights in the international monetary system ✓
(C) Special facility for World Bank
(D) Gold Standard
61. Income that is saved and not invested is known as:
(A) Capital
(B) Deposit ✓
(C) Hoarding
(D) None of these
62. European Union consists of:
(A) 20 members
(B) 28 members ✓
(C) 30 members
(D) 25 members
63. KGB was the national security agency of-
(A) the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(B) the UK
(C) Syria
(D) the Soviet Union ✓
64. Who was the surgeon who pioneered antiseptic surgery in 1865?
(A) Edward Jenner
(B) Joseph Lister ✓
(C) Henry William
(D) John Sleeman
65. The credit of developing the polio vaccine goes to:
(A) Jonas Salk ✓
(B) Alb E, Sabin
(C) Selman Waksman
(D) None of these
66. Who invented the ball point pen?
(A) Waterman
(B) Oscar
(C) Wilson
(D) Lazio Biro ✓
67. Blaise Pascal is associated with:
(A) Calculation Machine ✓
(B) Computer
(C) Cinema
(D) None of these
68. A metal which is liquid at room temperature is:
(A) Gold
(B) Aluminium
(C) Mercury ✓
(D) Platinum
69. Study of earthquakes is known as:
(A) Ecology
(B) Seismology ✓
(C) Numismatics
(D) None of these
70. Ecology deals with:
(A) Birds
(B) Cell formation
(C) Relations between Organisms and their Environment ✓
(D) Tissues
71. Oncology is the study of:
(A) Plants
(B) Cancer ✓
(C) Mammals
(D) Soil
72. Optic fibers are mainly used for which of the following?
(A) Weaving
(B) Eye Surgery
(C) Communication ✓
(D) Food Industry
73. Mount Logan is the highest peak in which country?
(A) Canada ✓
(B) Portugal
(C) Russia
(D) Cuba
74. In which State of U S.A is Harvard University?
(A) California
(B) Massachusetts ✓
(C) New York
(D) Florida
75. The first test-tube baby of the World was born in:
(A) France
(B) the Philippines
(C) Britain ✓
(D) USA
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76. What makes a lemon sour?
(A) Tartaric acid
(B) Citric acid ✓
(C) Acetic acid
(D) Hydrochloric acid
77. “Stare decisis” is essentially the doctrine of:
(A) national security
(B) precedent
(C) strategic depth
(D) rule of law ✓
78. Which country is the largest producer of platinum?
(A) South Africa ✓
(B) the USA
(C) Russia
(D) Canada
79. The country is traditionally known for its neutrality?
(A) Sweden
(B) Switzerland ✓
(C) France
(D) China
80. Who discovered the Solar system?
(A) Copernicus ✓
(B) Newton
(C) Galileo
(D) Kepler
81. Fathom is the unit of measurement for:
(A) Sound
(B) Depth ✓
(C) Energy
(D) Time
82. Which is the hardest among the following?
(A) Radium
(B) Diamond ✓
(C) Graphite
(D) Gold
83. Which is the sport most commonly associated with Spain?
(A) Football
(B) Bull Fighting ✓
(C) Archery
(D) Basebail
84. Which of the following is associated with Einstein?
(A) Radioactivity
(B) Theory of Relativity ✓
(C) Rocket propulsion
(D) Quantum Theory
85. Who among the following received Nobel Prize twice:
(A) Frederic Joliot
(B) Marie Curie ✓
(C) Irene Curie
(D) John Wheeler
86. The smallest gland in the body is:
(A) adrenal
(B) pancreas
(C) pineal body ✓
(D) pituitary
87. London is situated on the bank of the river?
(A) Tyne
(B) the Seine
(C) the Thames ✓
(D) Came
88. Plants during night exhale:
(A) Oxygen
(B) Carbon dioxide ✓
(C) Nitrogen
(D) Hydrogen
89. The headquarters of OPEC countries is at:
(A) Vienna ✓
(B) Jakarta
(C) Hague
(D) Berlin
90. The only Hindu State* in the World is:
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Nepal ✓
(C) Bhutan
(D) India
91. In which year UNO was established?
(A) 1944
(B) 1945 ✓ [October 24, 1945, San Francisco, California, United States]
(C) 1946
(D) 1935
92. The first astronaut who landed on the Moon?
(A) Yuri Gagarin
(B) Neil Armstrong ✓
(C) Neil Bohr
(D) None of these
93. Which Continent has no desert?
(A) Australia
(B) Europe ✓
(C) Asia
(D) Africa
94. Which Pakistani poet got the ‘Lenin Prize’
(A) Habib Jalib
(B) Ahmad Faraz
(C) Faiz Ahmad Faiz ✓
(D) None of these
95. When RCD (Regional Cooperation for Development) was replaced by ECO (Economic Cooperation Organization)?
(A) 1982
(B) 1985 ✓
(C) 1986
(D) 1990
96. Inflation means that:
(A) Money falls in value ✓
(B) Rises in value
(C) Money becomes scarce
(D) None of these
97. Who among the following is associated with the Theory of Laissez-Faire?
(A) Adam Smith ✓
(B) Marshal
(C) Keynes
(D) Max Muller
is associated with which of the following sports?
(A) Sailing✓
(B) Hockey
(C) Canoeing
(D) Tennis
99. Silk is produced by:
(A) Larva of Silkworm ✓
(B) Eggs of silkworm
(C) Pupa of silkworm
(D) None of these
100. Scurry is a disease of:
(A) eyes
(B) skin ✓
(C) hair
(D) liver
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