PMS 2012 GK Paper solved
Combined Competitive Examination (PMS) 2012
Paper: General Knowledge
1. Which of the following is the landlocked?
(A) Nigeria
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) Kenya
(D) Uganda
Answer – D
2. Tehrir square is situated in:
(A) Rabat
(B) Tehran
(C) Cairo
(D) Istanbul
Answer – C
3. Benghazi is a city in:
(A) Iraq
(B) Syria
(C) Morocco
(D) Libya
Answer – D
4. River Nile originates from:
(A) Lake Nyasa
(B) Gherangany Mountains
(C) Lake Victoria
(D) Springs in Kenya
Answer – C
5. Greenwich is located in:
(A) Green Land
(B) England
(C) Holland
(D) France
Answer – B
6. Canton is a city in:
(A) Thailand
(B) Germany
(C) China
(D) South Korea
Answer – C
7.Indonesia and Malaysia are separated:
(A) lnaccessible mountain
(B) Gulf of Malaya
(C) Malacca Strait
(D) None of these
Answer – C
8. Capital of Zimbabwe is:
(A) Harare
(C) Pretoria
(B) Seoul
(D) None of these
Answer – A
9. Myanmar is the new name of:
(A) Cambodia
(B) Ceylon
(C) Burma
(D) None of these
Answer – C
10.Morocco and Spain are separated by:
(A) Pyrenees Hills
(B) Alps
(C) Strait of Gibraltar
(D) River Rhine
Answer – C
11. The apex elected body in Israel is called:
(A) Parliament
(B) Knesset
(C) Congress
(D) Shura
Answer – B
12.Communist Revolution took place in Russia in
the month of:
(A) March
(B) June
(C) October
(D) November
Answer – C
13.Pulitzer is an American Award in the field of:
(A) Sports
(B) Scuba
(C) Letters and journalism
(D) Music
Answer – C
14. The name of US Envoy for Afghanistan Pakistan is:
(A) Richard Hallbrooke
(B) Marc Grossman
(C) Leon Paneta
(D) Robber Gate
Answer – B
15.De facto means:
(A) Defective
(B) actual, as a fact
(C) Deficient
(D) Legal
Answer – B
16.Carte Blanche means:
(A) Full discretionary powers
(B) A blank thing
(C) Going by the rules
(D) Wheel in the motion
Answer – A
17: Corrigendum mean:
(A) Agenda of the meaning
(B) Things to be corrected
(C) Study of some gender
(D) Correspondence
Answer – B
18. Faux pas means:
(A) A fine person
(B) Luck
(C) Wisdom
(D) False and incorrect step
Answer – D
19. Fifth Column refers to:
(A) Huge pillar
(B) long writing
(C) Loyalty
(D) Treachery
Answer – D
20. Paediatrics refers to
(A) care of pregnant women
(B) Care of old people
(C) Care of children
(D) Care of bones and joints
Answer – C