Provincial Management Service PMS General Knowledge Solved Past Paper

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