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Default General Knowledge including EDS 2009

Balochistan Public Service Commission
Samungli Road, Quetta Cantt.

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE POST(s) OF BCS (EB) OFFICER B-17 / SECTION OFFICER

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE INCLUDING EVERY DAY SCIENCE

Total Marks: 100...........Tuesday, January 27, 2009...........Time Allowed: 03 Hours


Q-I. Write note on any Two of the following: (20)
  1. Gaza Truce
  2. Energy Crunch- It solution
  3. Global Financial Crisis
  4. Is American hegemony on the decline?
  5. Politics- “a rough and tumble business”.

Q-II. Answer any Ten of the following questions: (20)
  1. What causes earthquakes?
  2. What is galaxy?
  3. Where is the deepest ocean and how deep?
  4. What is tornado?
  5. Where are the World’s Rains Forests?
  6. What is an anemometer?
  7. How does photosynthesis work?
  8. What is paleontology?
  9. What are scavengers?
  10. What is a barograph?
  11. Which are the smallest plants?
  12. How far away is the Sun from the Earth?
  13. How many vertebrae does a giraffe have?
  14. How much of the Earth’s surface is covered by Sea?
  15. What was the first living creature to travel in space?

Q-III. Write meaning of any Ten of the following Terms: (10)
  1. Lithography
  2. Macroeconomics
  3. Iron Curtain
  4. Silt
  5. Mafia
  6. Malnutrition
  7. Bigotry
  8. Chauvinism
  9. Mantra
  10. Lay-offs
  11. Lobbying
  12. Nemesis
  13. Somnambulism
  14. Spoonerism
  15. Sky-Scraper

Q-IV. Identify any Ten of the following: (10)
  1. Dr. R.K. Pachauri
  2. Lloyd’s of London
  3. Shpinx
  4. John Atta-Mills
  5. Martin Luther Kings
  6. Sorbonne
  7. Velupillai Prabhakaran
  8. Samuel P. Huntington
  9. Laurel and Hardy
  10. Machiavelli
  11. Socrates
  12. Siamese Twins
  13. Leonardo da Vinci
  14. D.H. Lawrence

Q-V. Why are the following in the news? Attempt any Ten: (10)
  1. Slum dog Millionaire
  2. Kilimochchi
  3. Antarctica
  4. Bangkok
  5. Ukraine
  6. Dhaka
  7. Vienna
  8. Brussels
  9. Asma Jehangir
  10. Darfur
  11. Harare
  12. Beijing
  13. Hudson River
  14. I.P.P
  15. Taipei

Q-VI. The following foreign phrases are used in English. What do they mean? Any Ten: (10)
  1. Coterie
  2. Bonanza
  3. Amicus Curiae
  4. Sub Poena
  5. Soiree
  6. Resume
  7. Protégé
  8. Matador
  9. Portmanteau
  10. Laissez Faire
  11. Quorum
  12. Langua Franca
  13. Rapprochement
  14. Non de plume
  15. Prima facie

Q-VII. What do these abbreviations stand for? What are their functions, if any? Any Ten: (10)
  1. A.B.A.D
  2. S.I.T.E
  3. I.C.M.A.P
  4. I.P.C.C
  5. N.C.H.R
  6. A.W.A.C.S
  7. A.I.D.S
  8. T.G.V
  9. P.A.S.S.C.O
  10. LL.B
  11. A.D.C
  12. F.I.F.A
  13. C.E.R.N
  14. A.F.P
  15. P.S.D.P

Q-VIII. Write brief notes on geographical, historical, economic and strategic importance of any Five of the following: (10)
  1. Strait of Hormuz
  2. Yellow River
  3. Bosporus
  4. Black Sea
  5. Dead Sea
  6. Gulf of Aqaba
  7. Strait of Malacca
  8. Kara Koram Range



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