FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BPS-17, UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2015
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❑ Select the best option and fill in the appropriate box on the Answer Sheet:
- Operation Desert Shield was launched by US in:
(a) 2 August 1990 (b) 17 January 1991 (c) 28 February 1991 (d) None of these
- Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) was conducted by the US in: (a) Iraq (b) Afghanistan (c) Libya (d) None of these
- Suez canal was nationalized by Egypt on:
(a) July 26, 1953 (b) July 26, 1956 (c) July 28, 1955 (d) None of these
- Operation Gibraltar resulted into which war?
(a) Indo-Pakistani War of 1948 (b) Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
(c) Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 (d) None of these
- The United Nations (UN) International Day of Peace is celebrated on September 21 since:
(a) 1980 (b) 1981 (c) 1982 (d) None of these
- Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in the age of:
(a) 33 (b) 37 (c) 39 (d) None of these
- Ozone layer absorb most of the:
(a) Ultraviolet radiations (b) Sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
- World Water Day is celebrated every year on:
(a) 20 March (b) 21 March (c) 22 March (d) None of these
- What material is used to coat iron in the galvanizing process:
(a) Tin (b) Zinc (c) Copper (d) None of these
- For purifying drinking water alum is used:
(a) For coagulation of mud particles (b) To kill bacteria
(c) To remove salts (d) To remove gases
- The Shahnama or Book of Kings was written by:
(a) Abu Mansur Daqiqi (b) Abu Al-Qasim Firdausi
(c) KhusrauII (d) None of these
- Galileo’s most famous invention was: (a) Telescope (b) Steam engine (c) Calendar (d) None of these
- The theory that a single dominant power can maintain world peace is called:
(a) Behaviouralism (b) Constitutive theory
(c) Hegemonic stability theory (d) None of these
- Ecology is the study of: (a) Earth (b) Environment (c) Plant Nutrition (d) None of these
- The self-interest pursued by individuals causing collective destruction is called theory of:
(a) The psycho-cultural theory (b) The traeedv of justified war
(c) Securitization theory (d) None of these
- The Relative Humidity depends upon: (a) Temperature (b) Location (c) Weather (d) All of the above
- Infrared radiations from the Sun are strongly absorbed by:
(a) Green houses (b) Biotransformation
(c) Combustion gases (d) None of these
- The largest part of our hydrosphere is: (a) Pacific Ocean (b) Atlantic Ocean (c) Antarctica ocean (d) None of these
- Friction can be reduced by changing from:
(a) Rolling to sliding (b) Potential energy to kinetic energy
(c) Sliding to rolling (d) None of these
- The latitude ‘AA’ on the map represents the:
(a) Tropic of Cancer (b) Tropic of Capricorn
(c) Egiatss (d) None of these