SPSC 2018CCE ScreeningQuestion Paper

SPSC 2018 PCS Screening Test — Set A Paper

The official SPSC CCE 2018 PCS Screening Test — Set A question paper (cce screening), set by the Sindh Public Service Commission. Every MCQ is typed out below with its correct answer marked.

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PCS Screening Test 2018 — Set A (50 MCQs). Answers checked by CSS Nexus; current-affairs answers are as of the exam year.

1The appropriate word for one who is not sure about God's existence is:
- A)Agnostic
- B)Arbitrator
- C)Ascetic
- D)Bohemian
2In the sentence "The melting point of ice is 0 degrees Celsius", the word "melting" is a/an:
- A)Noun
- B)Verb
- C)Adverb
- D)Adjective
3If you have a finger in the pie, you are ____ in something.
- A)Involved
- B)Disinterested
- C)Puzzled
- D)None of these
4Analogy: Fugitive : Flee
- A)Parasite : Foster
- B)Braggart : Boast
- C)Saga : Stifle
- D)Bystander : Procure
5Antonym of "Enigma":
- A)Mystery
- B)Postmortem
- C)Demise
- D)Clarity
6Synonym of "Abstruse":
- A)Showy
- B)Evident
- C)Skillful
- D)Concealed
7When it comes to back stabbing, a quill ____ be ____ than a dagger.
- A)must -- better
- B)will -- superior
- C)can -- deadlier
- D)may -- sharper
8Jet engines go in the opposite direction upon touch down. This is called:
- A)Extinguish
- B)Reverse
- C)Explode
- D)Stop
9The debate was ____ the following week.
- A)Adjourned with
- B)Adjourned for
- C)Adjourned to
- D)Adjourned into
10Which punctuation mark is used before a list of names or an enumeration of particulars?
- A)Dash
- B)Colon
- C)Hyphen
- D)Comma
11Choose the correct spelling:
- A)Agrandize
- B)Aggrandize
- C)Aggranndize
- D)Aggradize
12"To be at loggerheads" means:
- A)To cooperate with enemies
- B)To be in strong disagreement
- C)To face stiff opposition
- D)To tax one's mind and body
13"Higher than Hope" is a biography by Fatima Meer of:
- A)Mother Teresa
- B)Nelson Mandela
- C)Yasser Arafat
- D)Liaquat Ali Khan
14Where were the Winter Olympics 2022 held?
- A)Adelaide, Australia
- B)Sochi, Russia
- C)Tokyo, Japan
- D)Beijing, China
15The spherical shape of a small drop of rain is due to:
- A)Viscosity
- B)Surface Tension
- C)Atmospheric Pressure
- D)Gravity
16Which of these is not a full member of the United Nations?
- A)North Korea
- B)Palestine
- C)Ecuador
- D)Cuba
17Hamal Lake is situated in:
- A)Thatta District
- B)Dadu District
- C)Larkana District
- D)Qamber District
18How many districts did Sindh have in 2018?
- A)27
- B)28
- C)29
- D)30
19Wakhan, a narrow strip of Afghanistan, separates Pakistan from:
- A)Azerbaijan
- B)Kazakhstan
- C)Tajikistan
- D)Turkmenistan
20How many stanzas are there in Pakistan's national anthem?
- A)Three
- B)Four
- C)Five
- D)Six
21Gorakh Hill is situated in district:
- A)Dadu
- B)Chaghai
- C)Abbottabad
- D)Skardu
22The old name of PIA is:
- A)Independence Airways
- B)Orient Airways
- C)Kolachi Airways
- D)Air Pakistan
23Hathi Dar is in:
- A)Sukkur
- B)Shikarpur
- C)Kotdiji
- D)Sehwan
24The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 was held in:
- A)New Delhi
- B)Pretoria
- C)Canberra
- D)None of these
25The largest peninsula is:
- A)India
- B)Arabian
- C)Alaskan
- D)Balkan
26The area of Sindh in square kilometres is:
- A)139,424
- B)138,320
- C)140,914
- D)141,543
27How many official working languages are there in the United Nations?
- A)8
- B)6
- C)4
- D)2
28The Soan River flows near:
- A)Swat
- B)Rawalpindi
- C)Gilgit
- D)Sehwan
29The part of the eye on which images are focused is:
- A)The retina
- B)The lens
- C)The pupil
- D)The cornea
30A moving body ordinarily comes to rest by itself because of:
- A)Law of inertia
- B)Force of friction
- C)Conservation of momentum
- D)Gravity
31The average adult pulse rate is:
- A)140-150
- B)110-115
- C)72-80
- D)60-65
32The colour with the longest wavelength among these is:
- A)Cream
- B)Yellow
- C)Blue
- D)Black
33Monsoons are the name of:
- A)Rain
- B)Winds
- C)Climate
- D)Weather
34The only river which flows both north and south of the Equator:
- A)Amazon
- B)Congo
- C)Colorado
- D)Tigris
35How many acres are there in a hectare?
- A)2.47
- B)3.47
- C)4.47
- D)5.47
36The AIDS virus is called:
- A)AIB
- B)BIH
- C)HIB
- D)HIV
37The largest latitude circle on Earth is:
- A)Arctic Circle
- B)Tropic of Cancer
- C)The Equator
- D)Tropic of Capricorn
38What is meant by Equinox?
- A)Day and night are equal
- B)The longest night
- C)The longest day
- D)None of these
39Which one can be used to focus sunlight?
- A)Plane mirror
- B)Concave lens
- C)Concave mirror
- D)Convex mirror
40Bile is produced by which part of the body?
- A)Kidney
- B)Liver
- C)Pancreas
- D)None of these
41The code word used in the operation against Osama bin Laden was:
- A)Geronimo
- B)Dawn Fire
- C)Dawn Fall
- D)Zero Line
42Which of these Pakistani military operations is the most recent?
- A)Operation Al-Mizan
- B)Operation Rah-e-Haq
- C)Operation Rah-e-Nijat
- D)Operation Zarb-e-Azb
43The oldest barrage of Pakistan is:
- A)Chashma Barrage
- B)Sukkur Barrage
- C)Guddu Barrage
- D)Taunsa Barrage
44The capital of Bhutan is:
- A)Kathmandu
- B)Colombo
- C)Thimphu
- D)Tokyo
45The official name of the Iran nuclear deal is:
- A)Joint Plan of Action
- B)Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
- C)Joint Comprehensive Action
- D)None of these
46Which of the following is used as a bleaching agent?
- A)Nitrogen oxide
- B)Nitrous oxide
- C)Nitrogen dioxide
- D)Hydrogen peroxide
47Cities on the River Nile:
- A)Cairo
- B)Khartoum
- C)Juba
- D)All of these
48HTML is the abbreviation of:
- A)Hyper Text Markup Language
- B)Hyper Tube Markup Language
- C)Hyper Tube Markup Learn
- D)Hyper Text Markup Learn
49The British Pakistani who won the 2018 Women's Prize for Fiction is:
- A)Saba Imtiaz
- B)Shabana Mehmood
- C)Kamila Shamsie
- D)None of these
50A light year is a unit of:
- A)Time
- B)Energy
- C)Length
- D)Mass