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SPSC 2018 PCS Screening Test — Set C Paper

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

1The sensitive layer of the eye is the:
- A)Choroid
- B)Sclerotic
- C)Retina
- D)Cornea
2Dry ice is:
- A)Methane hydrate
- B)Liquid Nitrogen
- C)Solid Carbon dioxide
- D)Frozen Water
3Montevideo is the capital of:
- A)Fiji
- B)Uruguay
- C)Portugal
- D)None of these
4The currency of Azerbaijan is:
- A)Dollar
- B)Dinar
- C)Manat
- D)None of these
5Which bridge connects Europe with Asia?
- A)Golden Gate Bridge
- B)Royal Gorge Bridge
- C)Bosphorus Bridge
- D)None of these
6Watayo Faqir is buried at:
- A)Tando Adam
- B)Tando Allahyar
- C)Hyderabad
- D)Bhit Shah
7Dr. Ruth Pfau was buried in which graveyard?
- A)Leipzig cemetery, Germany
- B)Mumbai cemetery
- C)Gora Qabristan, Karachi
- D)Berlin cemetery
8The descending order of the 4 categories of civil awards of Pakistan is:
- A)Tamgha - Hilal - Sitara - Nishan
- B)Nishan - Sitara - Hilal - Tamgha
- C)Nishan - Tamgha - Sitara - Hilal
- D)Nishan - Hilal - Sitara - Tamgha
9A mobile phone uses ____ type of signals.
- A)Sound wave
- B)Micro wave
- C)Radio wave
- D)Ultraviolet wave
10The velocity of light is about:
- A)250,000 km per sec
- B)450,000 km per sec
- C)300,000 km per sec
- D)200,000 km per sec
11Fathom is a unit of:
- A)Sound
- B)Depth
- C)Frequency
- D)Diameter
12Bodies which usually fall from the sky towards the earth are called:
- A)Comets
- B)Meteors
- C)Meteoroids
- D)None of these
13The country with the highest population density among these is:
- A)China
- B)Monaco
- C)Bangladesh
- D)Mexico
14The 24th parallel is associated with the border of:
- A)South Korea and North Korea
- B)India and Pakistan
- C)China and India
- D)USA and Mexico
15The Kyoto Protocol is related to:
- A)Sea routes
- B)Air corridors
- C)Climate change
- D)Uranium usage
16Synonym of "Probity":
- A)Probability
- B)Honesty
- C)Peacefulness
- D)None of these
17The meaning of "Gambit" is:
- A)Expression
- B)Trick
- C)Explanation
- D)Appeal
18Smoke is an example of:
- A)Gas dispersed in liquid
- B)Gas dispersed in solid
- C)Solid dispersed in gas
- D)Solid dispersed in solid
19Antonym of "Cataclysm":
- A)Peace
- B)Deluge
- C)Quibble
- D)Conjecture
20The science which studies the races of humankind is:
- A)Ethnology
- B)Ethnography
- C)Ethology
- D)Epistemology
21The science of lakes is called:
- A)Hydrology
- B)Hydrogeography
- C)Hydrogeology
- D)Limnology
22In which country are the ruins of Persepolis located?
- A)Iran
- B)Iraq
- C)Greece
- D)Egypt
23A device which converts chemical energy to electrical energy is a:
- A)Motor
- B)Generator
- C)Moving Coil Meter
- D)Battery
24The Military Academy Kakul is located in:
- A)Punjab
- B)KPK
- C)AJK
- D)Gilgit-Baltistan
25Reko Diq is in which district?
- A)Chagai
- B)Sibi
- C)Naseerabad
- D)Dera Murad Jamali
26The Al-Hilal newspaper was issued by:
- A)Chaudhry Rehmat Ali
- B)Maulana Muhammad Ali
- C)Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
- D)Maulana Shaukat Ali
27Which country is largely below sea level?
- A)Netherlands
- B)Iceland
- C)Austria
- D)Germany
28Analogy: Rehearsal : Performance
- A)Applause : Audience
- B)Engagement : Marriage
- C)Entrapment : Game
- D)Antidote : Illness
29Ice has an open structure compared to water, due to which it floats on water and occupies a greater volume. The open structure of ice is due to:
- A)Solid state of ice
- B)Its low density
- C)Crystalline nature
- D)Hydrogen bonding
30Pakistani author Saba Imtiaz's novel was converted into a Bollywood film. The name of the novel is:
- A)A Case of Exploding Mangoes
- B)Karachi, You're Killing Me
- C)Our Lady of Alice Bhatti
- D)The Reluctant Fundamentalist
31Geostationary satellites are placed above the equator at an approximate altitude of:
- A)35,800 km
- B)22,300 km
- C)40,700 km
- D)45,000 km
32INTERPOL stands for:
- A)International Police Organization
- B)International Criminal Police Organization
- C)International Association of Police Organization
- D)None of these
33Manchar Lake is located in which district?
- A)Dadu
- B)Jamshoro
- C)Thatta
- D)Tando Allahyar
34Quaid-i-Azam DETESTED injustice. Choose the word closest in meaning to the word in capitals.
- A)Recognized
- B)Suffered
- C)Confronted
- D)Abhorred
35Russia is separated from Alaska by which strait?
- A)Arctic Sea
- B)Bering Strait
- C)Sea of Japan
- D)None of these
36The Panama Canal connects which two oceans?
- A)Atlantic to Pacific
- B)Pacific to Indian
- C)Arctic to Atlantic
- D)Pacific to Arctic
37Pakistan's new envoy to Washington DC in 2018, Mr. Ali Jehangir Siddiqui, replaced:
- A)Aitzaz Ahsan
- B)Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry
- C)Jalil Abbas Jilani
- D)Maleeha Lodhi
38A simple microscope uses which lens?
- A)Concave
- B)Convex
- C)Cylindrical
- D)None of these
39In https://, the "s" represents:
- A)Signal
- B)Security
- C)Site
- D)Switch
40Amnesia is a condition which causes:
- A)Loss of Memory
- B)Loss of Hearing
- C)Loss of Teeth
- D)Sleeping Sickness
41The author of the book "Jinnah: A Political Saint" is:
- A)Mian Ata Rabbani
- B)Fatima Jinnah
- C)Allama Iqbal
- D)K.K. Aziz
42The end justifies ____.
- A)the result
- B)the method employed
- C)the means
- D)the effort
43Idiom: The doctor says the patient has turned the corner. This means the patient has:
- A)Completely recovered
- B)Become worse
- C)Passed the crisis
- D)Died
44Which of the following is a state?
- A)Bangkok
- B)Hong Kong
- C)Singapore
- D)Taipei
45The real name of Sachal Sarmast is:
- A)Sacha Dino
- B)Abdul Wahab
- C)Abdul Razzaque
- D)None of these
46He never gives praise for what we do; half the time he seems to be ____ us.
- A)Sneering on
- B)Sneering in
- C)Sneering at
- D)Sneering through
47A large cage, building or enclosure for keeping birds is a/an:
- A)Hive
- B)Pond
- C)Zoo
- D)Aviary
48Which punctuation mark is generally used between independent but closely connected sentences?
- A)Colon
- B)Comma
- C)Exclamation mark
- D)Semicolon
49In which luxury hotel were Saudi princes kept as captives during the major corruption crackdown of November 2017?
- A)Burj Al Arab
- B)Morgan Plaza
- C)Town House Galleria
- D)Ritz Carlton
50A person who believes in or tries to bring about a state of lawlessness is a/an:
- A)Cacographer
- B)Chauvinist
- C)Amateur
- D)Anarchist