PMS BPS-17 2021

Total Questions: 101

1 - Who was the first Chief justice of Pakistan

A ) Mian Abdur Rashid ✅
B ) Alvin R. Cornelius
C ) Muhammad Munir
D ) Muhammad Shahabuddin

2 - Kashmiri leader Maqbool Butt martyred in which year

A ) 1984 ✅
B ) 1985
C ) 1986
D ) None of these

3 - Cabinet approved NSP(National Security Policy)on

A ) 12 January 2021
B ) 13 January 2022
C ) 28 December 2021 ✅
D ) 14 January 2022

4 - The Gandhara school of art developed during the reign of the

A ) Guptas
B ) Kushanas ✅
C ) Mughals
D ) Mauryas

5 - International mother language day is celebrated every year on

A ) 19 February
B ) 20 February
C ) 21 February ✅
D ) 22 February

6 - In which type of rocks is limestone found

A ) Igneous rock
B ) Metamorphic rock
C ) Backlight rock
D ) Sedimentary rock ✅

7 - Where do Jhelum and Chenab rivers meet

A ) Khanki headworks
B ) Trimmu ✅
C ) Panjnad
D ) Rasool pur

8 - Who was British delegate in united nations when Kashmir issue first discuss in UN

A ) Samuel Beckett
B ) Ralph bunche
C ) Philip Noel Baker ✅
D ) None of these

9 - Deficiency of vitamin D results in

A ) Scurvy
B ) Rickets ✅
C ) Night blindness
D ) None of these

10 - Current secretary general of OIC belongs to which country

A ) Saudi Arabia
B ) Chad ✅
C ) Qatar
D ) Kuwait

11 - The currency of Israel is

A ) Euro
B ) Pound
C ) Shekel ✅
D ) Krone

12 - Flying horse was nick name of which Pakistani player

A ) Waseem Akram
B ) Sami Ullah Khan ✅
C ) Jahangir Khan
D ) Jan Sher Khan

13 - Vitamin E is stored in

A ) Arteries
B ) Skull
C ) Adipose tissues ✅
D ) None of these

14 - Fat is stored in which part of the body

A ) Liver
B ) Heart
C ) Subcutaneous ✅
D ) Arteries

15 - Which is the following is responsible for turning Tak mahal yellow

A ) Chlorine
B ) Carbon dioxide
C ) Sulphur dioxide ✅
D ) Ammonia

16 - What was the theme of International Forest Day 2022

A ) Forests and sustainable production and consumption ✅
B ) Forest and ecosystem
C ) Forest and water
D ) Forests and sustainable cities

17 - Author of 'In the Line of Fire ' is:

A ) Muhammad Ayub Khan
B ) Muhammad Yahya Khan
C ) Pervaiz Musharraf ✅
D ) Muhammad Zia UL Haq

Explanation:

Book Title: In the Line of Fire
✍️ Author: Pervez Musharraf
📘 Type: Autobiography / Memoir
📅 Published: 2006
This is a frequently asked MCQ in Pakistan's competitive exams. Always choose Pervez Musharraf as the correct answer.

  1. ✅ The book On the Origin of Species was written by Darwin (1859) .
  2. A new deal for Asia book written by Mahathir Muhammad (1999). 
  3.  ✅ Author of the book The Clash of Civilizations is Samuel P. Huntington(1996) .
  4. Importance of Division of Work was the first time highlighted in Das Capital .This book was written by Karl Marx (1867) .  
  5. ✅ Author of the book Gulliver's Travels is Jonathan Swift (28 October 1726).
  6.  Living history is a book by Hillary Clinton (2003).
  7. ✅ The Famous book The Republic was Written by Plato(375BC) . 
  8. The Lessons of History is a Famous book by Will Durant (1968).

18 - Who has become the first Pakistani to win a Grammy award

A ) Abida Parveen
B ) Arooj Aftab ✅
C ) Fareeda khanum
D ) None of these

21 - Shalimar Bagh was constructed by

A ) Akbar
B ) Shahjahan ✅
C ) Jahangir
D ) Aurangzeb

22 - Winter Olympics 2022 were held in

A ) Japan
B ) China ✅
C ) Italy
D ) US

24 - Akbarnama was written by

A ) Kalhan
B ) Birbal
C ) IBN Batuta
D ) Abul Fazal ✅

25 - Who was Pakistan's First Civil Martial Law Administrator

A ) Sikandar Mirza
B ) Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto ✅
C ) Ayub khan
D ) Pervaiz Musharraf

26 - Farooq Ahmad Leghari served President of Pakistan from

A ) 10 October 1993 to 22 September 1995
B ) 14 July 1993 to 02 November 1998
C ) 14 November 1993 to 02 December 1997 ✅
D ) 17 November 1996 to 12 December 1997

27 - 2023 FIFA women's world cup will be held in

A ) Australia
B ) New Zealand
C ) Qatarn
D ) A,b

28 - Which direction does wind flow around areas of high pressure in the Northern Hemisphere

A ) Counter clockwise direction
B ) Clockwise direction ✅
C ) South west direction
D ) None of these

30 - Who was the first Governor of Punjab after independence

A ) Francis Mudie ✅
B ) Sikandar Hayat Khan
C ) Herbert William
D ) None of these

31 - Who was first Muslim musician in sub continent

A ) Ameer Khusro ✅
B ) Wali dakni
C ) Quli Qutab Shah
D ) None of these

32 - Who was the first commander chief of Pakistan Army

A ) Gen. Sadique Chaudhary
B ) Gen. Frank Meservy ✅
C ) Gen. Muhammad ayub khan
D ) Gen. George Murphy

33 - First underground drainage system was introduced by which civilization

A ) Indus Valley Civilization ✅
B ) Mesopotamia Civilization
C ) Egypt Civilization
D ) China Civilization

34 - Tropical cyclone becomes hurricane at speed more than

A ) 24 mph
B ) 44 mph
C ) 74 mph ✅
D ) None of these

35 - Moinuddin Ahmad Quraishi became caretaker prime Minister of Pakistan in

A ) May 1992
B ) July 1993 ✅
C ) September 1994
D ) October 1995

Explanation:

Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi became the Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan on:

🗓 18 July 1993

📘 Details for Exams 

🔹 Name Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi
  ✅Tenure Start  18 July 1993
  ✅Tenure End   19 October 1993
  ✅Background  Former Vice President of World Bank
  ✅Why Appointed   After resignation of PM Nawaz Sharif and President Ghulam Ishaq Khan to resolve political crisis
  ✅Role   Oversaw free & fair elections in 1993

List of Caretaker Prime Ministers of Pakistan

# Name Tenure Start Tenure End Appointed Under
  1️⃣   Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi   (6 Aug 1990 - 6 Nov 1990)   After dismissal of Benazir govt
  2️⃣   Mir Balakh Sher Mazari (18 Apr 1993 - 26 May 1993)   After dismissal of Nawaz Sharif
  3️⃣   Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi (18 Jul 1993 - 19 Oct 1993)   Following Mazari’s removal
  4️⃣   Malik Meraj Khalid (5 Nov 1996 - 17 Feb 1997) After Benazir govt dismissal
  5️⃣   Muhammad Mian Soomro  (16 Nov 2007  - 25 Mar 2008)  After Shaukat Aziz era (Musharraf)
  6️⃣   Mir Hazar Khan Khoso  (25 Mar 2013 - 5 Jun 2013) Appointed by ECP
  7️⃣   Nasirul Mulk (1 Jun 2018 -17 Aug 2018) Appointed by mutual consensus
  8️⃣   Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar(14 Aug 2023-11 Mar 2024) Appointed for 2024 elections

 ✅ BONUS Tip:

Group by decades to recall easily:

1️⃣1990s → Jatoi, Mazari, Qureshi, Meraj

2️⃣2000s → Soomro

3️⃣2010s–2020s → Khoso, Mulk, Kakar.

36 - U2 incident took place in

A ) 1950
B ) 1955
C ) 1960 ✅
D ) 1965

37 - Governor of Punjab introduced the ordinance to slash the powers of the speaker on

A ) 15 June 2022
B ) 5 June 2022
C ) 15 May 2022 ✅
D ) 5 May 2022

38 - First Governor of East Bengal after independence

A ) Sir feroz Khan Noon
B ) Frederick Bourne ✅
C ) Chaudhary khaliq uz Zaman
D ) John shore

39 - Who said "Instrument of accession to India is illegal and fraudulent "

A ) Quaid e Azam ✅
B ) Liaquat Ali Khan
C ) Raja Ghazanfar Ali
D ) Abdur Rub Nishter

40 - Abdul Karim known as little Karim was

A ) Scientist
B ) Astronomist
C ) Mountaineer ✅
D ) None of these

41 - London is situated on the Bank of river

A ) Rhine
B ) Thames ✅
C ) Danube
D ) Seine

42 - Which Muslim majority area was given to India to accommodate for access to Kashmir

A ) Ferozpur
B ) Gurdaspur ✅
C ) Makrai
D ) None of these

43 - The cultural center of Gandhara civilization

A ) Mohenjo-Daro
B ) Harappa
C ) Taxila ✅
D ) Hyderabad

45 - Sedimentary rocks are

A ) Rough
B ) Hard
C ) Porous ✅
D ) Brittle

47 - Which regulator controls Pakistan stock exchange

A ) State Bank of Pakistan
B ) Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan ✅
C ) Minister of Finance
D ) None of these

48 - When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan

A ) 24 December 1974
B ) 24 December 1977
C ) 24 December 1979 ✅
D ) 24 December 1981

49 - Shahrah e Pakistan book written by

A ) A k Fazal UL Haq
B ) Sir Fazal I Hussain
C ) Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman ✅
D ) M A H isphani

50 - Jurist manzoor Qadir was Pakistani foreign Minister during

A ) 1959 to 1952
B ) 1955-60
C ) 1958-62 ✅
D ) 1956-60

51 - When Federal Shariat Court established

A ) 1973
B ) 1980 ✅
C ) 1985
D ) 2000

52 - 1965 War lasted for how many days

A ) 12
B ) 15
C ) 16
D ) 17 ✅

53 - The zone of atmosphere in which ozone layer is present

A ) Mesosphere
B ) Ionosphere
C ) Stratosphere ✅
D ) Troposphere

54 - A train left a station at 8:35 am and arrived at its destination at 3:12p.m. How long did the journey take

A ) 5 hrs37 minutes
B ) 4 hrs 37 minutes
C ) 6 hrs 37 minutes ✅
D ) 6 hrs 10 minutes

55 - Which one the following planets is nearest to the earth

A ) Venus
B ) Mercury ✅
C ) Jupiter
D ) Neptune

57 - Punjab Repealing and Removal of Difficulties Ordinance 2022 was promulgated

A ) Curtail the powers of Chief Minister
B ) Curtail the powers of governors
C ) Curtail the powers of speaker ✅
D ) Curtail the powers of Chief secretary

58 - Which country president visited Pakistan in March 2022

A ) Tajikistan
B ) Azerbaijan
C ) Uzbekistan ✅
D ) Kazakhstan

59 - The euro currency was launched on

A ) January 1997
B ) January 1999 ✅
C ) January 2001
D ) January 2003

60 - Constantinople fell into the hands of the Muslims in

A ) 1253
B ) 1353
C ) 1453 ✅
D ) 1653

61 - Fructose sugar is also known as

A ) Monosaccharides ✅
B ) Disaccharide
C ) Maltose
D ) None of these

62 - The OIC was founded in

A ) 1965
B ) 1967
C ) 1969 ✅
D ) 1971

63 - Vitamin B6 is also known as

A ) Retinol
B ) Scurvy
C ) Pyridoxine ✅
D ) Tocopherol

64 - In accounting of non-profit organizations, the sale of old newspaper is generally considered as

A ) Capital expenditure
B ) Revenue expense
C ) Capital receipt
D ) Revenue income ✅

65 - When Indira Gandhi imposed emergency in india

A ) 1970
B ) 1973
C ) 1975 ✅
D ) 1976

68 - What is defined as the minimal point of soil moisture the plant requires ?

A ) Wilting point ✅
B ) Field point
C ) Soil point
D ) None of these

69 - Law of Independent Assortment was given by

A ) Darwin
B ) Mendel ✅
C ) Robert Koch
D ) None of these

70 - For how many years, Angela Merkel served as the Chancellor of Germany

A ) 8 years
B ) 10 years
C ) 14 years
D ) 16 years ✅

71 - Pakistan is on which list of FATF currently

A ) White
B ) Grey ✅
C ) Black
D ) None of these

72 - The world bank was created in

A ) 1941
B ) 1942
C ) 1943
D ) 1944 ✅

74 - HP processing of fruit and vegetables means

A ) High pressure ✅
B ) High process
C ) High pasteurizing
D ) High performance

75 - Which of the following is least pollutant

A ) Petrol
B ) Natural Gas ✅
C ) Coal
D ) Diesel

76 - The sugar present in milk is

A ) Sucrose
B ) Fructose
C ) Lactose ✅
D ) Glucose

77 - KUNA is official state news agency of which country

A ) Kuwait ✅
B ) Pakistan
C ) Iran
D ) Egypt

78 - Who is called Father of History

A ) Tacitus
B ) Polybius
C ) Herodotus ✅
D ) Ibne khudun

79 - Maulana Jalal ud Din Rumi was born in

A ) Balkh ✅
B ) Ispahan
C ) Konya
D ) None of these

80 - Who painted Mona Lisa Painting

A ) Leonardo-Da-Vinci ✅
B ) Michael Angelo
C ) Picasso
D ) Van Gogh

81 - To which country Christopher Columbus did belong

A ) Spain
B ) Italy ✅
C ) Russia
D ) China

82 - Cholistan desert is also called

A ) Rohi desert ✅
B ) Friendly desert
C ) Sandy desert
D ) Fertile dessert

83 - Protein present in egg yolk is rich in

A ) Thiamine ✅
B ) Tocopherol
C ) Calciferol
D ) None of these

87 - In PowerPoint,the header and footer button can be found on the insert tab in what group

A ) Text group ✅
B ) Object group
C ) Tables group
D ) Illustration group

88 - Osteomalacia is caused by the deficiency of

A ) Vitamin A
B ) Vitamin B
C ) Vitamin C
D ) Vitamin D ✅

89 - How many members are there in SAARC

A ) 6
B ) 8 ✅
C ) 9
D ) 10

90 - The latest member of SAARC

A ) Nepal
B ) Maldives
C ) Afghanistan ✅
D ) Bhutan

92 - What is the shortcut key for hyperlink in MS word

A ) Ctrl+H
B ) Ctrl+I
C ) Ctrl+K ✅
D ) Ctrl+T

93 - A high quality CAD system uses the following for printing drawing and graphs

A ) Line printer
B ) Digital plotter ✅
C ) Dot matrix printer
D ) None of these

94 - Why header and footer used in MS Word

A ) To enhance the overall appearance of the document
B ) To mark the starting of a page
C ) To make large document more readable
D ) To allow page headers and footers to appear on document when it is printed ✅

95 - The gas, commonly known as "laughing gas" is

A ) Carbon Dioxide
B ) Sulphur Dioxide
C ) Nitrous Oxide ✅
D ) Sodium Oxide

96 - MS Excel is used for preparing

A ) Presentation
B ) Spreadsheet ✅
C ) Send attachments
D ) None of these

97 - Which of the following is not a hardware

A ) RAM
B ) Hard disk
C ) Monitor
D ) Windows XP ✅

98 - What is minimum and maximum font size available in formatting toolbar

A ) 12 and 74
B ) 16 and 122
C ) 8 and 72 ✅
D ) 20 and 78

99 - Deficiency of Vitamin -A results in

A ) Night Blindness ✅
B ) Rickets
C ) Scurvy
D ) Goitre

100 - 2023 FIFA Woman 's World Cup will be held in

A ) Austraila & New Zealand ✅
B ) USA & New Zealand
C ) Austraila & Finland
D ) None of these

101 - Income and Expenditure Account is

A ) Real Account
B ) Personal Account
C ) Nominal Account ✅
D ) Capital Account