General Knowledge including Everay Day Science Paper, 2002.
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COMPETATIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE POST(s) OF ASSISTAN EXECUTIVE OFFICERS B-17
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE INCLUDING EVERYDAY SCIENCE
Marks: 100 January 25, 2002 Time: 3 Hours
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Q-1. Write an Essay on any TWO of the following:
- i. Sweets are uses of Adversity.
- ii. Optimism in Life and Literature.
- iii. Dignity of Labour.
- iv. The Fairy Tales of Science.
- v. They never fail who fail in a great cause.
- vi. Knowledge is Power.
- vii. World Peace and how to achieve it?
- viii. A Career of my Choice.
Q-2. (a) Suggest One-Word substitution for the following:
- i. One who is easily made angry.
- ii. More like a woman than man.
- iii. A remedy of all diseases.
- iv. My brother is a person who knows many languages.
- v. Medicine given to counter poison.
(b). Write Verbs ending in –ISE – IZE:
- i. to banish from society……….
- ii. To make up on the spur of the moment………
- iii. To make two or more things occur at the same time………
- iv. To have sole control of………..
- v. To drive out an evil spirit………..
Q-3. What do you understand by the following terms? Do any TEN:
- i. Abdication
- ii. Coalition
- iii. Asylum
- iv. Free Port
- v. Casting Vote
- vi. Pan-Islamism
- vii. Veto
- viii. Blank Verse
- ix. Protocol
- x. Agenda
- xi. White Man’s burden
- xii. Balance of Trade
- xiii. Demurrage
- xiv. Indemnity
Q-4. (a) Mention the Capital and Currency of the following:
- i. Saudi Arabia
- ii. Jordan
- iii. Canada
- iv. China
- v. Syria
- vi. Egypt
- vii. Belgium
- viii. Britain
- ix. Argentina
- x. Germany
(b) Distinguish the following words by using them in sentences:
- i. Statute – Statue
- ii. Righteous – Rightful
- iii. Verbose – Verbal
- iv. Virtual – Virtuous
- v. Proscribe – Prescribe
Q-5. Answer any TEN of the following:
- i. Why do you run when you take a long jump?
- ii. What colours go to form a rainbow?
- iii. How does a ship float?
- iv. Why is it that cloudy nights are usually warmer than clear ones?
- v. Why should ice be kept in a blanket?
- vi. Why do we feel warm in woolen cloths?
- vii. Why is one’s breath “visible” in cold but not in hot weather?
- viii. Why does a fountain throw its water up?
- ix. Why does a bad egg float in water? Where as a good one sinks?
- x. Why does smoke rise in the air?
- xi. How can you test the freshness of an egg?
- xii. Why ice floats on water?
- xiii. What are the components of our atmosphere?
- xiv. What do you understand by short-circuiting?
Good Luck
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