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SPSC 2018 PCS Screening Test — Set B Paper

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

1Angstrom is a unit of:
- A)Time
- B)Energy
- C)Length
- D)Mass
2A critical judge of any art and craft is a:
- A)Referee
- B)Arbitrator
- C)Connoisseur
- D)Magistrate
3The birthplace of the World Wide Web was:
- A)NASA
- B)Pentagon
- C)CERN
- D)Microsoft
4Light from the Sun reaches Earth in approximately:
- A)3 minutes
- B)8 minutes
- C)12 minutes
- D)16 minutes
5The most abundant element in the universe is:
- A)Oxygen
- B)Hydrogen
- C)Carbon Dioxide
- D)Silicon
6The spherical shape of a small drop of rain is due to:
- A)Viscosity
- B)Surface Tension
- C)Atmospheric Pressure
- D)Gravity
7GPS is an abbreviation for:
- A)Global Poles System
- B)Global Poly Store
- C)Global Positioning System
- D)Global Position Structure
8Which former football world champion team did not qualify for FIFA 2018?
- A)France
- B)Switzerland
- C)Italy
- D)Serbia
9Synonym of "Obloquy":
- A)Sermon
- B)Opprobrium
- C)Fetid
- D)Obsession
10Which punctuation mark is generally used before certain coordinating conjunctions?
- A)Colon
- B)Exclamation mark
- C)Comma
- D)Hyphen
11Synonym of "Haggard":
- A)Gaunt
- B)Irascible
- C)Wise
- D)Sluggish
12The headquarters of ECO is in:
- A)Islamabad
- B)Ankara
- C)Tehran
- D)None of these
13The light bulb was invented by:
- A)Newton
- B)Archimedes
- C)Thomas Edison
- D)Einstein
14Analogy: Constellation : Stars
- A)Earth : Moon
- B)Center : Circle
- C)Archipelago : Island
- D)Rain : Water
15Noori, a renowned character in Shah Jo Risalo, has her grave in:
- A)Keenjhar Lake
- B)Manchhar Lake
- C)Makli
- D)None of these
16In which country is the Democracy Wall?
- A)Germany
- B)UK
- C)India
- D)China
17Pakistani teenager Ahmed Raza conducted the coin toss in the 2018 FIFA World Cup game between Brazil and:
- A)France
- B)Switzerland
- C)Costa Rica
- D)Serbia
18A piece of ice is dropped in a vessel containing kerosene. When the ice melts, the level of kerosene will:
- A)Rise
- B)Fall
- C)Remain same
- D)None of these
19Digestion of fats in the intestine is aided by:
- A)Hydrolysis
- B)Oxidation
- C)De-emulsification
- D)Emulsification
20Attock Fort was built by:
- A)Akbar
- B)Babar
- C)Humayun
- D)Jahangir
21Who was the first scientist to study electricity?
- A)Volta
- B)Gilbert
- C)Newton
- D)Einstein
22"Jinnah of Pakistan" was written by:
- A)Stanley Wolpert
- B)Hector Bolitho
- C)Philip Hitti
- D)Syed Ameer Ali
23The capital of East Timor is:
- A)Timor Leste
- B)Dili
- C)Nexosis
- D)Quito
24What is meant by Meander?
- A)A gray area
- B)A barren area
- C)A bend in a river
- D)A bend in a canal
25At what temperature are the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales the same?
- A)-40
- B)40
- C)-30
- D)30
26Which United Nations body mainly deals with population problems?
- A)UNDP
- B)UNFPA
- C)UNICEF
- D)UNESCO
27Warsak Dam is on the River:
- A)Indus
- B)Ravi
- C)Kabul
- D)Jhelum
28The Islamic Republic of Iran ____ the threat of tougher economic sanctions.
- A)Brushed off
- B)Brushed of
- C)Brushed down
- D)Brushed about
29Persian was the official language of Sindh during:
- A)Soomra period
- B)Samma period
- C)Arghun period
- D)All of these
30The Shahnama was written by:
- A)Firdausi
- B)Al-Biruni
- C)Ameer Khusro
- D)None of these
31Who was the Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court in 2018?
- A)Justice Ahmed Ali Sheikh
- B)Justice Sajjad Ali Shah
- C)Justice Faisal Arab
- D)None of these
32The fastest tennis court surface is:
- A)Mud
- B)Cement
- C)Grass
- D)Clay
33US President Donald Trump made his first foreign trip to:
- A)Israel
- B)Saudi Arabia
- C)Russia
- D)UK
34The currency of Brazil is:
- A)Pula
- B)Real
- C)Polu
- D)Dollar
35Where is Mount Godwin Austen?
- A)Nepal
- B)Australia
- C)France
- D)Pakistan
36Kutte Jee Qabar is in an area disputed between Sindh and Balochistan and falls in the ____ range.
- A)Koh-i-Sufaid
- B)Koh-i-Suleman
- C)Khirthar
- D)Karoonjhar
37How many member countries of SAARC are islands?
- A)2
- B)4
- C)6
- D)8
38Which property of water causes it to rise in a thin tube?
- A)High specific heat
- B)Surface tension only
- C)Capillary action
- D)Changing state
39One billion is equal to:
- A)100 Lacs
- B)100 Crores
- C)100 Million
- D)100 Thousand
40Antonym of "Renegade":
- A)Negate
- B)Novice
- C)Renewal
- D)Loyal
41The ____ of glory lead but to the ____.
- A)Act -- prosperity
- B)Achievements -- suffering
- C)Paths -- grave
- D)Ways -- happiness
42The world's smallest state by population is:
- A)Maldives
- B)San Marino
- C)Singapore
- D)Vatican City
43FATF placed Pakistan on its grey list in 2018; the next penalty if the action plan is not met is the black list. The time given to Pakistan for correction was:
- A)6 months
- B)9 months
- C)12 months
- D)15 months
44Logarithm tables were invented by:
- A)John Napier
- B)John Doe
- C)John Harrison
- D)John Douglas
45Kashf-ul-Mahjub was written by:
- A)Data Ganj Bakhsh
- B)Shaikh Bahauddin Zakaria
- C)Shaikh Ahmed Sirhindi
- D)Syed Moinuddin Ajmeri
46Choose the correct spelling:
- A)Superintendent
- B)Superntendent
- C)Superntandent
- D)Superintandant
47Who became the first Pakistani visually impaired judge?
- A)Yousaf Saleem
- B)Younis Javed
- C)Adnan Yousaf
- D)Younis Shehzad
48Liaquat Ali Khan was ____ minister in the Interim Government formed in 1946.
- A)Health
- B)Finance
- C)Defence
- D)Commerce
49The practice of taking someone else's work or idea and passing them off as one's own is:
- A)Original
- B)Fake
- C)Plagiarism
- D)Inspired
50Some people have the habit of wearing their heart on their sleeve. This means:
- A)Avoiding being friendly
- B)Saying something which is not to be taken seriously
- C)Expressing their innermost feelings to others
- D)Wasting their time on unnecessary details