Combined Competitive Examination for Recruitment to the
Posts of Provincial Managements Services (PMS), etc.
SUBJECT: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE – 2014
PMS 2014 –Â GK Paper Solved
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1. Which article of the 1973 Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan prohibits all forms of slavery, forced labour and child labour:
(A) 37
(B) 11
(C) 25
(D) 18
Answer – B
2. Under the Factories Act, 1934 no adult employee, defined as a worker who has completed his or her 18th year of age can be required or permitted to work in any establishment in excess of …… hours a day and ………… hours a week.
(A) 7,42
(B) 8,48
(C) 9,48
(D) 8,56
Answer – B
3. Servile is the opposite of:
(A) Puerile
(B) futile
(C) haughty
(D) foul
Answer – C
4. In the election of the President of the United States of America, the largest number of members of the ‘Electoral College’ are elected from the state of:
(A) New York
(B) Texas
(C) California
(D) Florida
Answer – C
5. Out of the following, the largest ethnic group by population without having a state of its own is:
(A) Kurdish
(B) Welsh
(C) Uighurs
(D) Sikhs
Answer – A
6. The first President of Palestinian Authority Yasir Arafat died on:
(A) 11th September 2006
(B) 9th November 2001
(C) 12th December 2007
(D) 11th November 2004
Answer – D
7. Which Vitamin is provided by Sunlight to the body?
(A) Vitamin A
(C) Vitamin C
(B) Vitamin B
(D) Vitamin D
Answer – D
8. The imaginary line of zero degree longitude which passes through Greenwich is called:
(A) Meridian
(B) Equator
(C) Tropic of Cancer
(D) Tropic of Capricorn
Answer – A
9. The famous book “East of Eden” is the work of:
(A) John Steinbeck
(B) R.W. Emerson
(C) Bertrand Russell
(D) Earnest Hemingway
Answer – A
10. Bastille Day is the commemoration of the storming of the Bastile fortress prison which was seen as a symbol of the revolutionary uprising in:
(A) Canada
(C) USA
(B) Belgium
(D) France
Answer – D
11. Sui generis is a Latin term of
(A) Unique
(C) Sui gas
(B) Generous
(D) Common
Answer – A
12. The Strait of Hormuz falls between:
(A) UAE and Oman
(B) Iran and Iraq
(C) Iran, Oman and UAE
(D) UAE and Qatar
Answer – C
13. ‘Rand’ is the currency of:
(A) South Africa
(C) Ecuador
(B) Tanzania
(D) Somalia
Answer – A
14. The number of working children according to ILO estimates in developing countries is:
(A) 80 million
(B) 300 million
(C) 250 million
(D) 320 million
Answer – C
15. Which one of the following statement is false?
(A) ‘Unenforceable’ means that there is no remedy for breach of a convention
(B) The laws of the constitution are enforceable in the courts
(C) The conventions of the constitution are binding political rules which are not enforceable in the courts
(D) Constitutional conventions are not binding on anyone
Answer – B
16. Which one of the following statement is false?
(A) The legislative function is primarily responsible for making, unmaking and amending the law
(B) The legislative function is inferior to the judicial function of government
(C) The executive function gives effect to and enforces the law
(D) The primary judicial function is to intEfrpret and apply the law, resolve disputes, provide remedies and determine punishments when the law is breached
Answer – C
17. In torts, the principle “Restitutio ad integrum” means:
(A) compensation for damages
(B) Restoration to the original condition
(C) Restriction on integration
(D) None of the bove
Answer – C
18. “Southern Gross” Which is constellation found in the southern region of-the night sky consists mainly of:
(A) Seven Stars
(B) Three Stars
(C) Five Stars
(D) None of these
Answer – C
19. Sylhet District at the time of partition was part of the province of:
(A) Bengal
(B) Assam
(C) Bihar
(D) United Provinces
Answer – B
20. Euphonious is the opposite of:
(A) Strident
(B) Lethargic
(C) Literary
(D) Merry
Answer – A