PMS GK 2019


1. Who is the current Secretary General of SAARC?

A. Ahmed Saleem

B. Amjad Hussain B. Sial

C. Arjun Bahadur Thapa

D. Q. A Rahim

Golam Sarwar is current Secretary General


2. Who was the first governor of the State Bank of Pakistan?

A. Zahid Hussain

B. Abdul Qadir

C. Shujaat Ali Hasnie

D. Mahbubur Raschid


3. Kurt Waldheim was an Austrian diplomat and statesman who served two terms as the ______ secretary general of the United Nations?

A. 3rd

B. 4th

C. 5th

D. 6th


4. The General Assembly and Security Council elects the judges of the International Court of Justice for the period of 9 years. The ICJ is comprised of ______ judges?

A. 10

B. 15

C. 20

D. 25


5. The Kirthar Mountain Range in Pakistan extends south about 190 miles. In which province does the range’s largest portion reside?

A. Sindh

B. Balochistan

C. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

D. Punjab


6. When Balochistan was given the status of province?

A. 1 July 1969

B. 1 July 1970

C. 1 July 1971

D. 1 July 1972


7. What is the length of Karakoram Highway?

A. 610 miles

B. 710 miles

C. 810 miles

D. 910 miles


8. Who was the penultimate viceroy of British India?

A. Lord Mountbatten

B. Lord Wavell

C. Lord Linlithgow

D. Lord Curzon


9. “Jinnah, Pakistan and Islamic Identity: The search for Saladin” is a book based on the conversations and interviews of those who were close to Jinnah. Who wrote this book?

A. Ayesha Jalal

B. Akbar Saladin Ahmad

C. Stanley Wolpert

D. Hector Bolitho


10. Taj Mahal was built by Shah Jahan to immortalize his wife Mumtaz Mahal its construction spanned 22 years. When was the project commenced?

A. 1622

B. 1632

C. 1642

D. 1652


11. How many layers does the earth’s atmosphere have?

A. 4

B. 5

C. 6

D. 7


12. Less than one percent of earth’s water is fresh water but the oceans contain ______ of the earth’s water?

A. 77%

B. 87%

C. 97%

D. 99%


13. Who is the current president of Azad Jammu & Kashmir?

A. Raja Farooq Haider

B. Ch. Abdul Majeed

C. Masood Khan

D. Yaqoob Khan

Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry is current President


14. Katas Raj Temples are revered Hindu temples located in which district of Pakistan?

A. Jhelum

B. Chakwal

C. Mianwali

D. Dera Ghazi Khan


15. Nawab Malik Amir Mohammad Khan also known as the Nawab of Kalabagh was the governor of West Pakistan in 1960. He was from?

A. Bahawalpur

B. Mianwali

C. Mirpur Khas

D. Dera Ismail Khan


16. Attock Fort was built during the reign of which Mughal Emperor?

A. Akbar the Great

B. Humayun

C. Shah Jahan

D. Aurangzeb


17. Bit is also called?

A. Binary Unit

B. Binary Digit

C. Binary System

D. Digital System


18. According to the World Bank what was the growth rate of Pakistan in 2018?

A. 5.4%

B. 5.8%

C. 5.10%

D. 5.12%


19. Which vitamin contains the traces of selenium?

A. Vitamin A

B. Vitamin D

C. Vitamin E

D. Vitamin K


20. Prom chips are programmed by plugging them into a device called?

A. Chip Kits

B. ROM Burners

C. PROM Programmer

D. PROM Reader


21. IRSA, Indus River System Authority was established for regulating and monitoring the distribution of water resources of Indus River on?

A. 1991

B. 1992

C. 1993

D. 1994


22. Sindh Sagar doab is one of the five major doabs of the Punjab; it is the tract of land between which two rivers?

A. Chenab and Indus

B. Chenab and Jhelum

C. Indus and Jhelum

D. Jhelum and Ravi


23. Who is the current chief of air staff?

A. Sohail Aman

B. Tahir Rafique Butt

C. Mujahid Anwar Khan

D. Zafar Mahmood

Zaheer Ahmad Babar is current Air Chief


24. International Mother Language Day is celebrated every year on?

A. 21 February

B. 21 March

C. 21 April

D. 21 May


25. Which is the capital of Kazakhstan?

A. Tashkent

B. Nur-Sultan

C. Dushanbe

D. Ashgabat


26. SCO, Shanghai Cooperation Organization was established on?

A. 15 June 1995

B. 26 April 1996

C. 15 June 2001

D. 26 April 2009


27. According to a 2018 report by IMF, Pakistan has been ranked ______ in the world among countries facing acute water shortage?

A. 2nd

B. 3rd

C. 4th

D. 5th


28. Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organization for Human Rights, it was founded in?

A. July 1960

B. July 1961

C. July 1962

D. July 1963


29. A mechanical stopwatch can measure a time interval up to a minimum ______ seconds?

A. 0.01 s

B. 0.1 s

C. 0.20 s

D. 0.5 s


30. When did Pakistan defeat India in ICC Champions Trophy?

A. 18 June 2017

B. 22 June 2017

C. 24 June 2017

D. 26 June 2017


31. Which among the following defines the event of supernova?

A. Expanding black hole

B. Exploding star

C. Shining comet

D. Moving asteroid


32. King of Pop Michael Jackson was an American singer, songwriter and dancer he died on?

A. 25 June 2007

B. 25 June 2008

C. 25 June 2009

D. 25 June 2010


33. Who is known as the “Poet of Beauty”?

A. William Wordsworth

B. John Keats

C. Rudyard Kipling

D. Percy Bysshe Shelley


34. In mathematics, a solution to an equation that emerges from the process of solving the problem but is not a valid solution to the problem is called:

A. Homogenous

B. Heterogeneous

C. Extraneous solution

D. Identical


35. The number of elements in power set {1.2.3} is?

A. 5

B. 6

C. 7

D. 8


36. How many subsets do an empty set has?

A. 0

B. 1

C. 2

D. 10


37. When a triangle has two congruent sides, it is called ______ triangle?

A. isosceles

B. equilateral

C. scalene

D. ISO scale


38. The sum of all the values in the data divided by the number of values in the data is called?

A. Mean

B. Mode

C. Median

D. Geometric mean


39. A ______ is a representation of a frequency distribution by means of rectangles whose widths represent class intervals and whose areas are proportional to the corresponding frequencies?

A. Pictograph

B. Histogram

C. Pie chart

D. Bar chart


40. Which instrument is the most suitable to measure the internal diameter of a test tube?

A. Vernier caliper

B. Screw gauge

C. Feeler gauge

D. Bore gauge


41. Crude oil is heated in the furnace up to?

A. 300 °C

B. 350 °C

C. 400 °C

D. 450 °C


42. Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum is involved in the synthesis and storage of?

A. Polysaccharides

B. Proteins

C. Lipids

D. DNA


43. World Food Program an organization of the United Nations was created at the behest of?

A. U Thant

B. Dwight Eisenhower

C. John F. Kennedy

D. Henry Kissinger


44. Asabiyyah, a concept of social solidarity with an emphasis on unity, was given by?

A. Ibn Khaldun

B. Al-Farabi

C. Ibn Hazm

D. Jarir al-Tabari


45. Abu Bakr al-Razi was a polymath physician, alchemist and philosopher from?

A. Iraq

B. Syria

C. Iran

D. Morocco


46. “Al Qanoon fil-Tibb” is an encyclopedia of medicine in five books written by?

A. Al-Farabi

B. Avicenna

C. Ibn Hazm

D. Jarir al-Tabari


47. Who discovered the sunspots?

A. Johannes Kepler

B. Albert Einstein

C. Galileo Galilei

D. Nicolaus Copernicus


48. Which city was hit by the earthquake of 1935?

A. Muzaffarabad

B. Quetta

C. Attock

D. Peshawar


49. In which country does the Batura Glacier lie?

A. Pakistan

B. China

C. Nepal

D. India


50. In which province the Uch Gas field is located?

A. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

B. Punjab

C. Balochistan

D. Sindh


51. How many countries are there in Asia?

A. 44

B. 48

C. 49

D. 50


52. A horse runs around a ground twice and covers a distance of 8 km, one side of square ground is?

A. 1 km

B. 2 km

C. 4 km

D. 8 km


53. Who invented the bifocal spectacles and lightening rod?

A. Benjamin Franklin

B. Thomas Edison

C. James Madison

D. Ibn Al-Haytham


54. Which is the second largest gas field in Pakistan being operated by OGDCL?

A. Adhi Oil and Gas Field

B. Chachar Gas Field

C. Qadirpur Gas Field

D. Uch Gas Field


55. Mars the neighbor planet of earth has how many natural satellites?

A. Two

B. Three

C. Four

D. Five


56. Max Planck won Nobel Prize in Physics 1918 for the discovery of?

A. Time constant

B. Energy Quantum

C. Heat constant

D. Wave constant


57. Which instrument is used to measure the amount of liquid precipitation over a set period of time?

A. Hygrometer

B. Rain Gauge (Also called Udometer)

C. Pedometer

D. Barometer


58. Parsec is a unit used to measure?

A. Time

B. Speed

C. Distance

D. Force


59. Solar eclipse occurs when?

A. Earth comes between sun and moon

B. Moon comes between earth and sun

C. Sun comes between earth and moon

D. Sun rays don’t reach earth


60. A camera uses convex lens to form an image which is?

A. Real, Inverted, Magnified

B. Real, Inverted, Diminished

C. Virtual, Inverted, Diminished

D. Real, Upright, Diminished


61. When NaHCO3 is heated, it produces?

A. CO2 Carbon Dioxide

B. CaCO3

C. Ca (OH) 2

D. CaO


62. Stoma, found in the epidermis of leaves closes when guard cells ______?

A. Gain water

B. Lose water

C. Exchange gas

D. None of these


63. Iron and steel structures are damaged by which gas?

A. Carbon monoxide

B. Sulfur dioxide

C. Carbon dioxide

D. Methane


64. Inflammation of liver is caused by?

A. Cholera

B. Hepatitis

C. Typhoid

D. Jaundice


65. Paris Climate Agreement was adopted on?

A. 12 December 2014

B. 12 December 2015

C. 12 December 2016

D. 12 December 2017


66. The UN Conference on Environment and development (UNCED) also known as RIO Summit was held in?

A. 1990

B. 1991

C. 1992

D. 1993


67. What is the speed of sound in air?

A. 1235 km/h

B. 1290 km/h

C. 1347 km/h

D. 1495 km/h


68. Enzymes are basically made up of?

A. Fats

B. Nucleic acids

C. Vitamins

D. Proteins


69. What is the life span of red blood cells?

A. 110 days

B. 120 days

C. 140 days

D. 160 days


70. What is the percentage of water present in our brain?

A. 73%

B. 75%

C. 85%

D. 95%


71. In order to make nitrogen available to primary producers like plants, in ecosystem it is converted into?

A. Nitrates

B. Nitrites

C. Ammonia

D. Nitric acid


72. Parthenocarpy is the production of fruits which makes the fruit?

A. Full of seeds

B. Seedless

C. Bitter

D. Waterless


73. The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is observed on?

A. 17 May

B. 17 June

C. 17 July

D. 17 August


74. A normal CD-ROM usually can store data up to:

A. 650 MB

B. 680 MB

C. 720 MB

D. 820 MB


75. Dengue is caused by which type of mosquito?

A. Culex

B. Marsh

C. Aedes

D. Mayaro


76. Which tube joins kidneys and bladder?

A. Urethra

B. Ureter

C. Inferno vena cava

D. Suprapubic tube


77. Edward Jenner successfully developed world’s first vaccine in?

A. 1596

B. 1696

C. 1796

D. 1896


78. The pancreatic juice which aids digestion is secreted into?

A. Liver

B. Duodenum

C. Stomach

D. Ileum


79. Who transmitted first radio signal through air?

A. Michael Faraday

B. Guglielmo Marconi

C. Graham Bell

D. Nikola Tesla


80. High tech exports of Pakistan stand at what percent of manufactured exports in 2019?

A. 0.7%

B. 0.8%

C. 0.9%

D. 2.33%


81. Which prime minister of Pakistan secured Gwadar from Oman?

A. Feroz Khan Noon

B. Liaquat Ali Khan

C. Ch. Muhammad Ali

D. Muhammad Ali Bogra


82. Villi are small finger like structures in:

A. Large intestine

B. Small intestine

C. Stomach

D. Esophagus


83. Yeast is essential in making of bread because it produces?

A. Carbon dioxide

B. Bacteria

C. Oxygen

D. Sugar


84. Kartarpur Corridor links which Gurdwara to India?

A. Panja Sahib

B. Durbar Sahib

C. Sacha Sahib

D. Rohri Sahib


85. Pakistan being Alma Ala signatory in 1978 launched the National Program for Family Planning and Primary health in?

A. 1968

B. 1973

C. 1985

D. 1994


86. After fertilization, a fruit develops from which part of the plant?

A. Ovule wall

B. Anther

C. Ovary

D. Sepals


87. Which disease is caused by the deficiency of vitamin D?

A. Scurvy

B. Rickets

C. Night blindness

D. All of these


88. The largest famine hit Ethiopia in?

A. 1980

B. 1983

C. 1985

D. 1993


89. The medians of a triangle cut each other in the ratio?

A. 1:1

B. 2:1

C. 3:1

D. 4:1


90. Who is the longest serving chairman of the Senate?

A. Mian Muhammad Soomro

B. Wasim Sajjad

C. Ghulam Ishaq Khan

D. Habibullah Khan Marwat


91. Which is responsible for the clotting of blood?

A. Erythrocytes

B. Platelets

C. Basophils

D. White blood cells


92. Mastication is called the process of?

A. Digesting

B. Grinding

C. Chewing

D. Swallowing


93. At which temperature do bacteria starts to die?

A. 102 Fahrenheit

B. 104 Fahrenheit

C. 120 Fahrenheit

D. 140 Fahrenheit above


94. What is the color of Oxyhemoglobin?

A. Red

B. Bright Red

C. Dark Red

D. Pale yellow


95. Pepsinogen is converted into stomach in?

A. HCL

B. Gastrin

C. Bicarbonate

D. Pepsin


96. Literacy rate in Christian world is 100% as compared to that literacy rate in Muslim world is?

A. 40%

B. 50%

C. 60%

D. None of these


97. Pakistan’s population is what percent of the world’s population?

A. 2.4%

B. 2.66%

C. 2.7%

D. 2.99%


98. Circumference of earth is around?

A. 20000 km

B. 30075 km

C. 40075 km

D. 50000 km


99. Indian railway started operation in?

A. 16 April 1813

B. 16 April 1847

C. 16 April 1853

D. 16 April 1863


100. What is the title of Hazrat Ibrahim (A.S)?

A. Khalil Ullah

B. Kalim Ullah

C. Saif Ullah

D. Judd-ul-Anbiya


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