Solved General Knowledge Paper of Provincial Management Service
1. Acoustics is the science of __________.
(A) Light
(B) Waves
(C) Sound
(D) Colours
Answer: (C) Sound
2. The art of breeding Silk Warm and production of Silk is called___________.
(A) Microbiology
(B) Seriguiture
(C) Biochemistry
(D) Horticulture
Answer: (B) Seriguiture
3. The science of celestial bodies is known as:
(A) Agronomy
(B) Coprology
(C) Astrology
(D) Astronomy
Answer: (D) Astronomy
4. Telepathy is________ .
(A) Communication by sensory perceptions
(B) Communication between mind and heart:
(C) Communication by means other than sensory perceptions
(D) None of these
Answer: (C) Communication by means other than sensory perceptions
5. Pedagogy is the science of_____________.
(A) Seeing
(B) Behaving
(C) Teaching
(D) Learning
Answer: (C) Teaching
6. Study of maps and features of the Universe is called_________.
(A) Metaphysics
(B) Cosmography
(C) Cosmology
(D) Cartography Scientific study and measurement of
Answer: (D) Cartography Scientific study and measurement of
7. Scientific Study and measurement of behaviour is called_____________.
(A) Psychiatry
(B) Psychology
(C) Physiology
(D) Psycho-analysis
Answer: (B) Psychology
8. Etymology refers to the study of________.
(A) Insects
(B) Words
(C) Medicine
(D) Reptiles
Answer: (B) Words
9. Pediatrics is relevant to_______.
(A) Children
(B) Pregnant women
(C) Old people
(D) bones
Answer: (A) Children
10. Shape of the Milky Way Galaxy is________.
(A) Rectangular
(B) Spiral
(C) Elliptical
(D) Circular
Answer: (B) Spiral
11. Coldest planet of the Solar System is_________.
(A ) Saturn
(B) Neptune
(C) Earth
(D) Venus
Answer: (B) Neptune
12. Which of the following planet has the maximum number of Satellites?
(A) Venus
(B) Saturn
(C) Uranus
(D) Jupiter
Answer: (D) Jupiter
13. Which planet takes the longest time to go once around the Sun?
(A) Neptune
(B) Mars
(C) Jupiter
(D) Earth
Answer: (A) Neptune
14. The first artificial satellite was launched by_________.
(A) Japan
(B) Russia
(C) America
(D) France
Answer: (B) Russia
15. The first Canadian women in space was_________.
(A) Roberta Bonder
(B) Dirk Fremont
(C) Tamayo Mendez
(D) Marc Garneau
Answer: (A) Roberta Bonder
16. The first astronaut to set foot on moon was__________.
(A) Yuri Gagarin
(B) Edmund Hailey
(C) Tamayo Mendez
(D) Neil Armstrong
Answer: (D) Neil Armstrong
17. The theory stating that new matter is always created to fill the space left by the Universe is called ________.
(A) Big Bang
(B) Steady State
(C) Hubble’s Theory
(D) Black Hole
Answer: (B) Steady State
18. The velocity of sound in air at sea level is ___________.
(A) 881 meters per second
(B) 771 meters per second
(C) 661 meters per second
(D) 343 meters per second
Answer: (D) 343 meters per second
19. Acceleration caused by gravity is_________.
( A) 23 feet per second²
(B) 32 feet per second²
(C) 42 feet per second²
(D) 52 feet per second²
Answer: (B) 32 feet per second²
20. A rocket needs the speed of __________ to escape from earth’s gravity.
(A) 22 miles per second
(B) 15 miles per second
(C) 12 miles per second
(D) 7 miles per second
Answer: (D) 7 miles per second
21. Sunlight is composed of_____________.
(A) 6 colours
(B) 7 colours
(C) 8 colours
(D) 9 colours
Answer: (B) 7 colours
22. The rarest gas in air is:
(A) Neon
(B) Carbon Dioxide
(C) Helium
(D) Oxygen
Answer: (A) Neon
23. Minor objects in irregular shapes orbiting the sun are called:
(A) Vessel
(B) Asteroid
(C) Meteors
(D) Comet
Answer: (B) Asteroid
24. The lowest zone of atmosphere containing, about seventy five percent of total mass of atmosphere and ninety percent of its water vapour is called:
(A) Troposphere
(B) Lonosphere
(C) Aerosphere
(D) Stratosphere
Answer: (A) Troposphere
25. The theory about the beginning of the Universe by a huge explosion is called:
(A) Binary
(B) Black Hole
(C) Big Bang
(D) Steady State
Answer: (C) Big Bang