PMS GK 2016

[nida.imran]

1. Acoustics is a branch of physics that deals with the study of?

A. Light

B. Waves

C. Sound

D. Colors

2. The art of breeding silk worm and production of silk is called?

A. Microbiology

B. Sericulture

C. Biochemistry

D. Horticulture

3. The science of celestial bodies is known as?


A. Agronomy

B. Coprology

C. Astrology

D. Astronomy

4. Telepathy is?

A. Communication by sensory perceptions

B. Communication between mind and heart

C. Communication by means other than sensory perception

D. None of these

5. Pedagogy is the science of?

A. Seeing

B. Behaving


C. Teaching

D. Learning

6. Study of maps and features of the universe is called?

A. Metaphysics

B. Cosmography

C. Cosmology

D. Cartography

7. Scientific study and measurement of behavior is called?

A. Psychiatry

B. Psychology

C. Physiology

D. Psycho-analysis

8. Etymology refers to the study of?


A. Insects

B. Words

C. Medicines

D. Reptiles

9. Pediatrics is relevant to?

A. Children

B. Pregnant women

C. Old people

D. Bones

10. What is the shape of Milky Way Galaxy?

A. Rectangular

B. Spiral


C. Elliptical

D. Circular

11. Which is the coldest planet of the Solar System?

A. Saturn

B. Neptune

C. Earth

D. Venus

12. Which of the following planets has the maximum number of Satellites?

A. Venus

B. Saturn

C. Uranus

D. Jupiter

13. Which planet takes the longest time to go once around the Sun?


A. Neptune

B. Mars

C. Jupiter

D. Earth

14. The first artificial satellite was launched by which country?

A. Japan

B. Russia

C. America

D. France

15. Who was the first Canadian woman in space?

A. Roberta Bonder

B. Dirk Fremont


C. Tamayo Mendez

D. Marc Garneau

16. Who was the first astronaut to set foot on moon?

A. Yuri Gagarin

B. Edmund Hailey

C. Tamayo Mendez

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

18. What is the velocity of sound in air at sea level?

A. 881 meters per second

B. 771 meters per second

C. 661 meters per second

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

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

21. Sunlight is composed of how many colours?

A. 6 colours

B. 7 colours

C. 8 colours

D. 9 colours

22 Which rarest gas is present in air?

A. Neon

B. Carbon Dioxide


C. Helium

D. Oxygen

23. Minor objects in irregular shape orbiting the sun are called:

A. Vessel

B. Asteroid

C. Meteors

D. Comet

24. The lowest zone of atmosphere containing about seventy five per cent of total mass of atmosphere and ninety per cent of its water vapour is called:

A. Troposphere

B. Ionosphere

C. Aerosphere


D. Stratosphere

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

26. Constellation is:

A. Classification of stars satellites

B. Classification of stars

C. Patterns or groups of stars in the sky

D. Patterns or groups of satellites in the sky

27. The sun takes ______ years to travel around the galaxy?

A. 1 hundred

B. 1 million

C. 225 million

D. 225 years

28. Days and nights are equal throughout the year at:

A. North America

B. South Africa

C. Equator

D. North Pole

29. Which celestial body affects the tides of oceans?

A. Sun

B. Moon

C. Galaxy

D. Meteorite

30. Huge cloud of gas and dust in universe is called?

A. Constellation

B. Satellite

C. Meteorite

D. Nebula

31. Outer surface of the sun is called:

A. Chromosphere

B. Photosphere

C. Corona

D. Ionosphere

32. Sun’s diameter is:

A. 3 million Km

B. 2.5 million Km

C. 1.4 million Km

D. 1 million Km

33. Which is the largest planet?

A. Venus

B. Jupiter

C. Mercury

D. Mars

34. The continuous movement of continents is called Continental ______?

A. Shakes

B. Drift

C. Motion

D. Move

35. The layer of atmosphere in which we live is called?

A. Troposphere

B. Photosphere

C. Lithosphere

D. Ionosphere

36. Study of fingerprints is called:

A. Genetics

B. Dactylography

C. Hematology

D. Histology

37. Which rocks make the earth’s surface or crust?

A. Sedimentary

B. Igneous

C. Metamorphic

D. All of these

38. Area in a desert where there is sufficient water for plants is called:

A. Island

B. Oasis

C. Green desert

D. Greenland

39. Plate tectonics theory explains movements of:

A. Rockets

B. Rivers

C. Oceans

D. Continents

40. Silicon is also called:

A. Stone maker

B. Ocean maker

C. Earth maker

D. Mountain maker

41. Days and nights ate equal all the year at:

A. New York

B. Nairobi

C. Oslo

D. Brussels

42. When Magma reaches the surface it is called?

A. Moller magma

B. Volcano

C. Lava

D. Igneous lava

43. Which star is known as the Constant Star?

A. Sirius

B. Canopus star

C. North star

D. The sun

44. Which area is known as the world’s earthquake belt?

A. Pacific ring of fire

B. Andes Range

C. Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt

D. Central and Atlantic Ridge

45. Which of the following is the physics law of moments?

A. The product of clockwise moments is equal to the prMt1ct of anti-clockwise moments

B. The sum of clockwise moments is equal to the sum of anticlockwise moments

C. The product of clockwise moments is

D. The sum of clockwise moments equal to the value of anti-clockwise moments

46. Which chemical element has properties of a metal and non-metal?

A. Metalloid

B. Lanthanide

C. Actanoid

D. Graphite

47. Which tube extends from mouth to anus?

A. Alimentary canal

B. Root canal

C. Basic canal

D. Back canal

48. Where is the bile stored and intermittently released into the small intestine to aid digestion?

A. Kidney

B. Liver

C. Gall Bladder

D. Pancreas

49. Blood circulates in which parts of the body?

A. Veins

B. Arteries

C. Capillaries

D. All of these

50. Which blood group is a Universal Donor?

A. Group A

B. Group B

C. Group AB

D. Group O negative

51. Which part of the brain contains centers for the control of respiration, heart-beat and blood pressure?

A. Medulla oblongata

B. Medulla

C. Cerebellum

D. Cerebrum

52. The structure in a cell which contains the genes is called:

A. Genetics

B. Saliva

C. Marrow

D. Chromosome

53. Who coined the term gene?

A. John Dalton

B. Dalton Gene

C. Wilhelm Johannes

D. Andrew Fleming

54. Vitamin A is essential for:

A. Skeletal growth

B. Preventing night blindness

C. Healthy epithelia tissue

D. All of these

55. Which vitamin prevents hemorrhaging?

A. B1

B. B12

C. E

D. K

56. How much blood does a normal adult person have in the body?

A. about 6 to 7 liters

B. about 2 to 3 liters

C. about 4 to 5 liters

D. about 3 to 4 litres

57. Hydrochloric acid is necessary for easy digestion of:

A. Fats

B. Carbohydrates

C. Enzymes

D. Proteins

58. Which vitamin is provided by sunlight to the human body?

A. Vitamin D

B. Vitamin E

C. Vitamin C

D. Vitamin A

59. When was HIV identified?

A. 1987

B. 1985

C. 1983

D. 1980

60. Which disease causes difficulty in breathing?

A. Asthma

B. Anemia

C. Astigmatism

D. Autism

61. Which of the following is the most common form of colour blindness, usually found in males?

A. Difficulty in distinguishing red from green

B. Difficulty in distinguishing red from blue

C. Difficulty in distinguishing red from orange

D. Difficulty in distinguishing blue from black

62. Disease which travels itself from place to place is called?

A. Endemic

B. Epidemic

C. Infection

D. Airborne

63. What is H5N1?

A. Fungi

B. Virus

C. Vaccine

D. Bacteria

64. Objects having the same size, shape and measurement are:

A. Similar

B. Congruent

C. Symmetrical

D. Variant

65. A line passing through a circle away from its center is called:

A. Radius

B. Diameter

C. Segment

D. Chord

66. The sum of the angles in a triangle is:

A. 360°

B. 180°

C. 280°

D. 90°

67. According to Pythagoras Theorem (When the hypotenuse is C)?

A. a2 – b2 = c2

B. a2 + b2 + c2 = 0

C. a2 + b2 = c

D. a2 + b2 = c2

68. Two polygons are similar if:

A. All corresponding sides are proportional

B. All corresponding angles are equal

C. Both A and B

D. None of these

69. The area of a trapezium is:

A. ½ x base x height

B. ½ x base area x height

C. ½ x sum of parallel sides x height

D. ½ x sum of parallel sides

70. The volume of a sphere is:

A. 4/3 πr3

B. 2/3 πr3

C. πr3

D. 2πr

71. Mid-term breaking is applied to:

A. Quadratic equations

B. Linear equations

C. Perfect squares

D. Polynomial functions

72. What is the next term for the sequence 486, 162, 54, 18, 6 ______?

A. 3

B. 2

C. 1

D. 4

73. What is 0.004 x 0.5 =?

A. 0.2

B. 0.02

C. 0.002

D. 0.0002

74. In the equation of a straight line, what does the letter ‘C’ represents?

A. Gradient

B. x Intercept

C. y Intercept

D. y Coordinate

75. When 73 is added to 89 and the amount is doubled, it gives the same result as the square of 18. What is the answer?

A. 164

B. 162

C. 160

D. 163

76. Which devices accept data from outside the computer and transfer it into the CPU?

A. Analogue to digital converters

B. Sensors

C. Input devices

D. Digital devices

77. Which short cut key is used to insert a new slide in power point presentation?

A. Ctrl + S

B. Ctrl + M

C. Ctrl + N

D. Ctrl + B

78. Spam or fraudulent e-mails are also called:

A. Phishing scams

B. Junk mail
C. Pharming scams

D. Malware viruses

79. Who was the inventor of computer mouse?

A. Douglas Engelbart

B. Ada Lovelace

C. Charles Babbage

D. None of these

80. Which is the largest hardware company of computers?

A. Microsoft

B. Dell

C. HP

D. My Space

81. Which of the following is a conventional designation of pre-released Software?

A. Alpha

B. Omega

C. Raw

D. Beta

82. Temporary storage place for information in a computer is called:

A. Back up

B. Buffer

C. Binary file

D. Data recorder

83. The prevention of electronic crimes act was passed in Pakistan on?

A. 2013

B. 2014

C. 2015

D. 2016

84. When was the latest census held in Pakistan?

A. 1972

B. 1981

C. 1998

D. 2001

85. The Malakand Pass connects Peshawar with ______?

A. Gilgit

B. Swat

C. Dir

D. Chitral

86. The headquarters of Arab League is located at?

A. Tehran

B. Cairo

C. Riyadh

D. Tunis

87. The Judicial body of United Nations is called:

A. International Court of Justice

B. General Assembly

C. Security Council

D. International Criminal Court

88. Cop22, the 22nd Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, was held in 2016 in:

A. Paris

B. Marrakesh

C. New York

D. Moscow

89. Which country has the largest resources of crude oil?

A. Russia

B. USA

C. Kuwait

D. Saudi Arabia

90. Which is the highest battlefield in the world?

A. Tibet

B. Siachen Glacier

C. Jaffna

D. Kashmir

91. Summer Olympics 2020 was held in:

A. Tokyo

B. Beijing

C. Athens

D. Hanoi

92. A country’s total financial obligations to the rest of the world are known as:

A. Total burden

B. Total debt

C. National liabilities

D. External debt

93. Brexit referendum was held on:

A. 23 October 2016

B. 23 August 2016

C. 23 June 2016

D. 23 April 2016

94. Which is the political party of the US President?

A. Labour

B. Liberal

C. Democratic

D. Republicans

95. The term Track-II Diplomacy is used for:

A. Managing relations between two countries using official channels

B. Managing relations between two · countries using unofficial channels

C. Diplomacy by diplomats during war

D. None of these

96. The first of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals relates to:

A. Climate Action

B. Quality Education

C. Poverty Alleviation

D. Marine Life

97. Which is the largest producer of solar energy in the world?

A. Germany

B. USA

C. Russia

D. Holland

98. One barrel of Petroleum is equal to:

A. 34.97 UK gallons

B. 42 US gallons

C. 0.159 cubic meters

D. None of these

99. Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize?

A. Aung San Suu Kyi

B. Mother Teresa

C. Marie Currie

D. Florence Nightingale

100. Hydrometer is used to measure:

A. Acidity of water

B. Specific gravity of a liquid

C. Pollution in water

D. Gravity of milk