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SPSC 2018 PCS Screening Test — Set D Paper

The official SPSC CCE 2018 PCS Screening Test — Set D 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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SPSC 2018 PCS Screening Test — Set D paper — full text

Every MCQ from the paper, with the correct answer marked in green. Want to test yourself first? Attempt it as a timed quiz.

PCS Screening Test 2018 — Set D (35 MCQs). Answers checked by CSS Nexus; current-affairs answers are as of the exam year.

  1. 1Jhukar Jo Daro is located near the city of:

    • A)Shaheed Benazirabad
    • B)Mirpur Khas
    • C)Khairpur
    • D)Larkana
  2. 2A terabyte represents about:

    • A)1 quadrillion bytes
    • B)1 trillion bytes
    • C)1 billion bytes
    • D)1 million bytes
  3. 3Severe deficiency of Vitamin D in children results in:

    • A)Scurvy
    • B)Rickets
    • C)Night blindness
    • D)Osteomalacia
  4. 4A person having a sophisticated charm is:

    • A)Debonair
    • B)Stylist
    • C)Girlish
    • D)Effeminate
  5. 5Which one of the following is a fast growing tree?

    • A)Teak
    • B)Eucalyptus
    • C)Banyan
    • D)Coconut
  6. 6Waterloo, where Napoleon was finally defeated, is situated in:

    • A)France
    • B)Germany
    • C)Holland
    • D)Belgium
  7. 7The actual name of Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk was:

    • A)Amir Ahmed
    • B)Mushtaq Hussain
    • C)Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum
    • D)Mehdi Ali Khan
  8. 8UFO stands for:

    • A)Universal famous object
    • B)Unidentified flying object
    • C)Unidentified famous object
    • D)Universal flying object
  9. 9Kashmir Black Day is observed on:

    • A)5th January
    • B)5th February
    • C)27th October
    • D)15th October
  10. 10Where is the tomb of Akbar?

    • A)Delhi
    • B)Sikandra
    • C)Lucknow
    • D)Lahore
  11. 11Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the 2018 presidential election. Which political party does he belong to?

    • A)IYI - Good Party
    • B)HDP - People's Democratic Party
    • C)CHP - Republican People's Party
    • D)AKP - Justice and Development Party
  12. 12A storm accompanied by strong winds revolving around a centre of low atmospheric pressure is known as a:

    • A)Blizzard
    • B)Cyclone
    • C)Chinook
    • D)Gale
  13. 13Analogy: ABCD : OPQR :: WXYZ : ?

    • A)EFGH
    • B)KLMN
    • C)ORST
    • D)STUV
  14. 14What is the height of a badminton net?

    • A)3 Feet
    • B)3.5 Feet
    • C)4 Feet
    • D)5 Feet
  15. 15Who was the President of AJK in 2018?

    • A)Chaudhry Abdul Majeed
    • B)Sardar Masood Khan
    • C)Sardar Yaqoob
    • D)Barrister Sultan Mahmood
  16. 16Where is Dhalyar Lake?

    • A)Sanghar
    • B)Thatta
    • C)Badin
    • D)Umerkot
  17. 17The phrase "Go Dutch" means:

    • A)One person paying for everyone
    • B)Share the cost equally, especially of a meal
    • C)To do something badly or cheaply
    • D)None of these
  18. 18"Sui generis" is a Latin term which means:

    • A)Sui gas
    • B)Uncoal
    • C)Unique
    • D)None of these
  19. 19What is the function of the locks in the Panama Canal?

    • A)Avoid silting
    • B)Minimize shipping
    • C)Raising the level of water
    • D)None of these
  20. 20Dry ice is:

    • A)Methane Hydrate
    • B)Liquid Nitrogen
    • C)Solid Carbon dioxide
    • D)Solid Carbon monoxide
  21. 21Lake Saif-ul-Muluk lies in the:

    • A)Karakoram Range
    • B)Pothwar Plateau
    • C)Himalayan Range
    • D)Hindu Kush Range
  22. 22Antonym of "Cajole":

    • A)Dissuade
    • B)Detract
    • C)Disclose
    • D)None of these
  23. 23If there is an abrupt pause in a thought, the punctuation mark used is a:

    • A)Comma
    • B)Colon
    • C)Dash
    • D)Semicolon
  24. 24Karachi Nuclear Power Plant was built with the help of:

    • A)Canada
    • B)China
    • C)France
    • D)Germany
  25. 25Mangla Dam lies on the ____ river.

    • A)Ravi
    • B)Sutlej
    • C)Chenab
    • D)Jhelum
  26. 26Dialysis is used for people with defective kidneys. It involves the process of:

    • A)Diffusion
    • B)Electrophoresis
    • C)Osmosis only
    • D)Absorption
  27. 27Pedagogy is the study of:

    • A)Education
    • B)Teaching Methods
    • C)Learning Process
    • D)Guiding Students
  28. 28Who was the Chief Executive of Afghanistan from 2014 to 2020?

    • A)Ashraf Ghani
    • B)Abdullah Abdullah
    • C)Dr. Zalmai Rassoul
    • D)None of these
  29. 29Synonym of "Vestige":

    • A)Invention
    • B)Example
    • C)Evidence
    • D)Experiment
  30. 30Choose the correct spelling:

    • A)Disqeteting
    • B)Disqueiting
    • C)Disquieting
    • D)Disqiuteting
  31. 31The artificial rearing of honey bees is called:

    • A)Horticulture
    • B)Apiculture
    • C)Sericulture
    • D)None of these
  32. 32During winter in cold countries, ____ is applied to melt the ice on icy roads.

    • A)Chlorine
    • B)Water
    • C)Salt
    • D)Sand
  33. 33Tooth decay is mainly caused by:

    • A)Salt
    • B)Sugar
    • C)Calcium
    • D)Formalin
  34. 34Which country's Prime Minister gave birth to a child in 2018 while in office?

    • A)New Zealand
    • B)Austria
    • C)Sri Lanka
    • D)Denmark
  35. 35The most abundant element of the earth's crust is:

    • A)H
    • B)O
    • C)P
    • D)N