Current Affairs CSS-2014

 

CURRENT AFFAIRS

❑ Select the best option and fill in the appropriate box on the Answer Sheet:

1. Largest landlocked country is:

(a) Mongolia                    (b) Azerbaijan                 (c) Kazakhstan               (d) None of these

2. Length of Khyber Pass:

(a) 53-kilometer              (b) 50-kilometer              (c) 63-kilometer             (d) None of these

3. Suez Canal was constructed in:

(a) April 1859                  (b) November 1869 (c) June 1897                         (d) None of these

4. Pakistan People’s Party was founded in:

(a) November 30, 1968                                                (b) November 30, 1967

(c) November 30, 1969                                                (d) None of these

5. What does Viva Voce mean?

(a) With living voice                                                    (b) By word of mouth

(c) Both (a) and (b)                                                        (d) None of these

6. What does Ad Hoc stands for?

(a) For a particular purpose only                           (b) Considered

(c) Premeditative                                                           (d) None of these

7. What does status quo mean?

(a) Abnormality                                                           (b) Disturbance

(c) Existing state of affairs                                        (d) None of these

8. The Killer Mountain is:

(a) K-2                                 (b) Nanga Parbat              (c) Rakaposhi                  (d) None of these

9. Sahara desert is located in:

(a) Northern Africa (b) Central Africa                 (c) South America          (d) None of these

10. The inventor of cell phone belonged to which company? (a) Samsung (b) Motorola (c) Nokia      (d) None of these
11. Quetta-Mashhad bus service started by Musharraf under vision 2030 started in: (a) 2007 (b) 2006        (c) 2008        (d) None of these
12. Persona ficta stands for: (a) Artificial person (b) A juridical person (c) Both (a) & (b) (d) None of these
13. In camera means: (a) In private (b) Openly                                   (c) Publicly            (d) None of these

 

 

14. Deepest ocean of the world is:

Mediterranean Sea None of these Beyond powers None of these Grand Coulee Dam None of these Japan                          (d) None of these 4% to 6% alcohol None of these 17 August                 (d) None of these Coastal desert None of these

(a) Bering Sea                                                                   (b)

(c) Pacific Ocean                                                             (d)

15. Ultra vires means:

(a) Within the power                                                     (b)

(c) Within lawful authority                                        (d)

16. Largest concrete dam in the world is:

(a) The Itaipu Dam                                                         (b)

(c) Three Gorges Dam                                                    (d)

17. Largest internet using country in the world: (a) China (b) USA        (c)
18. Soft drinks contain:

(a) Carbon Dioxide (CO)                                           (b)

(c) Potassium Hydrogen Tartrate (KC4F1506) (d)

19. National Day of Afghanistan is on:

(a) 29 August                    (b) 19 August                   (c)

20. Thar Desert is:

(a) Subtropical desert                                                  (b)

(c) Cold winter desert                                                   (d)