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SPSC 2021 CCE Screening Test — Paper Type B Paper

The official SPSC CCE 2021 CCE Screening Test — Paper Type 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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SPSC CCE 2021 Screening Test — Paper Type B (100 MCQs). Answers checked by CSS Nexus; current-affairs answers are as of the exam year.

1Choose the correct synonym of "Enunciate":
- A)To start
- B)Deliberate
- C)To say, pronounce words
- D)To authorize somebody
2Short-sightedness is due to the:
- A)Shifting of the iris
- B)Elongation of eyeball
- C)Weakness of retina
- D)Weaker muscles
3Solar system was discovered by:
- A)Kepler
- B)Galileo
- C)Copernicus
- D)Plato
4Why is it easier to swim in a sea than a river?
- A)Sea water is still while river water is running
- B)Salinity of sea water is more than that of river water
- C)Density of sea water is more than that of river
- D)None of these
5Which of the following countries is not a member of BRICS?
- A)USA
- B)Russia
- C)China
- D)India
6The correct abbreviated form of et cetera used at the end of a sentence appears like which one of the following forms?
- A)Etc.
- B), e.t.c
- C), E.t.c
- D), etc.
74 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can complete it in 10 days. In how many days will 10 women complete it?
- A)35
- B)40
- C)45
- D)50
8Why do the police use dogs for detective work?
- A)They have sharp eyesight
- B)They can run very fast
- C)They can hear ultrasonic waves
- D)They are easily trainable
9A is two years older than B who is twice as old as C. If the total of the ages of A, B and C is 27, then how old is B?
- A)7
- B)8
- C)9
- D)10
10When 1/4 of a number is subtracted from 1/3 of the same number, the remainder obtained is 12. The number is:
- A)144
- B)72
- C)120
- D)63
11The oldest tennis tournament in the world is:
- A)Wimbledon
- B)French Open
- C)Australian Open
- D)US Open
12Uighur population is present in:
- A)South of China
- B)South of Russia
- C)West of China
- D)East of Turkmenistan
13The Equator passes through one of these countries:
- A)Saudi Arabia
- B)Italy
- C)Japan
- D)None of these
14Choose the correct proverb/saying:
- A)The Rome was not built in a day
- B)It is impossible to build a Rome in a day
- C)Rome was not built in a day
- D)Rome was built in a day
15The idea of One Unit was about:
- A)Assemblies seats
- B)Geographical division
- C)Language issue
- D)Political division of unit
16Name/identify the word in capitals in the given sentence: I was just walking ALONG singing to myself.
- A)Preposition
- B)Conjunction
- C)Adverb
- D)Interjection
17The London branch of the Muslim League was organized by:
- A)Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- B)Sir Agha Khan
- C)Syed Ameer Ali
- D)None of these
18Mast Tawakli, a famous poet, was:
- A)Balochi
- B)Punjabi
- C)Sindhi
- D)Pashto
19Faiz Mahal was built by:
- A)Ghulam Shah Kalhoro
- B)Mir Sohrab Talpur
- C)Jehangir
- D)Humayun
20When a patient's immune system becomes reactive to a drug, this is an example of:
- A)Super infection
- B)Drug resistance
- C)Allergy
- D)None of these
21Fathom is the unit of:
- A)Sound
- B)Depth
- C)Distance
- D)Frequency
22Life is absent on the moon due to lack of:
- A)Carbon
- B)Hydrogen
- C)Water
- D)Nitrogen
23What is viticulture?
- A)Cultivation of grapes
- B)Growing small plants
- C)Growing tobacco
- D)Cultivation of spices
24Tiredness is felt on the top of the mountains because of:
- A)High temperature
- B)Low temperature
- C)Low pressure outside the body
- D)High pressure outside the body
25The FIFA World Cup 2022 will be held in:
- A)Argentina
- B)Germany
- C)Qatar
- D)Russia
26The standard word(s) used as a common gender for the person in charge of a meeting is/are:
- A)Chairman
- B)Man in the Chair
- C)Main Chair
- D)Chairperson
27Choose the meaning of the word "Fortnight":
- A)A night one passes in a fort
- B)A fort closed in the night
- C)A period of two weeks
- D)A fort that was made in a night
28A group of birds or a flock flying together in hundreds or even in thousands is called:
- A)Startling
- B)Murmuration
- C)Both A and B
- D)None of these
29One billion is equal to:
- A)10⁶
- B)10⁸
- C)10⁹
- D)10¹²
30A form of written language for blind people is known as:
- A)Braille
- B)Elysium
- C)Epicure
- D)Arson
31AFP is the news agency of:
- A)Switzerland
- B)France
- C)Germany
- D)Sweden
32Philips is a technology company of:
- A)Netherlands
- B)The UK
- C)Denmark
- D)Norway
33The English novelist born in India was:
- A)Charles Dickens
- B)George Eliot
- C)William Makepeace Thackeray
- D)Victor Hugo
34Identify the correct phrase/idiom:
- A)Rain in cates and dogs
- B)Rain in the cats and the dogs
- C)Rain cats and dogs
- D)Rain the dogs and the cats
35The Pak-China boundary line was demarcated during:
- A)Liaquat Ali Khan era
- B)Z.A. Bhutto era
- C)Ayub Khan era
- D)None of these
36Choose the correctly spelt word from the following words:
- A)Cafine
- B)Caffiene
- C)Caffene
- D)Caffeine
37The Doctrine of Lapse was implemented by the British in the subcontinent to:
- A)Annex princely states
- B)Detain Mughal Emperor
- C)Stop freedom of press
- D)None of these
38ERRA is the abbreviation of:
- A)Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority
- B)Earthquake Reconstruction and Relief Authority
- C)Both A and B
- D)None of these
39Gandhara Art is related to:
- A)Mohenjodaro
- B)Kot Diji
- C)Thatta
- D)Taxila
40Which of the following is not a major subdivision of the biosphere?
- A)Hydrosphere
- B)Stratosphere
- C)Lithosphere
- D)None of these
41Which of the following colours in the visible spectrum has the maximum range?
- A)Violet
- B)Indigo
- C)Red
- D)Orange
42The species to which we belong is:
- A)Homo Sapiens
- B)Homo Erectus
- C)Australopithecus Robustus
- D)None of these
43What is meant by Equinox?
- A)Day and night are approximately equal
- B)The longest night
- C)The shortest day
- D)The longest day
44The age limit to play international cricket, as per the new ICC policy, is:
- A)15 years
- B)16 years
- C)17 years
- D)18 years
45At present the largest museum in the world is:
- A)Vatican Museum
- B)State Hermitage
- C)Louvre Museum
- D)National Museum of China
46What is an iceberg?
- A)A sea mammal
- B)A floating mass of ice
- C)A frozen sea
- D)A large coral formation
47Erstwhile, Hitherto: both these words have somewhat similar shades of meaning. But the first one is used as an adjective and the second one is used as a/an:
- A)Noun
- B)Pronoun
- C)Adverb
- D)Interjection
48Look at this series: 22, 21, 23, 22, 24, 23, .... What number should come next?
- A)22
- B)24
- C)25
- D)26
49The way that somebody looks or behaves is:
- A)Demeanour
- B)Reticence
- C)Rectitude
- D)Fortitude
50HOW OFTEN do you go out? The words in capitals denote:
- A)Place
- B)Duration
- C)Frequency
- D)Distance
51Who is Justin Trudeau?
- A)President of Australia
- B)Prime Minister of Australia
- C)President of Canada
- D)Prime Minister of Canada
52The nickname of IBM is:
- A)Big Blue
- B)Blue Chip
- C)Blue Machine
- D)Blue Robot
53Which month of the calendar year can lack a new moon?
- A)December
- B)February
- C)May
- D)None of these
54Choose a suitable preposition: He rammed his truck ____ the back of the one in front.
- A)Against
- B)Into
- C)In
- D)To
55The author of the book "The Making of Modern Sindh" is:
- A)Rasool Bux Palijo
- B)Ibrahim Joyo
- C)Hamida Khuhro
- D)Amar Jalil
56Identify the jumbled (confused or meaningless) sentence from the following set of sentences:
- A)I wished him all the best in the future
- B)We look receiving you forward to date at a yearly
- C)Not all is well with the world
- D)I hope everything went well there
57During Mughal administration in the subcontinent, an accountant was known as:
- A)Amin
- B)Khazandar
- C)Patwari
- D)None of these
58The book "Ilm-ul-Iqtisad" was authored by:
- A)Ibn-al-Haitham
- B)Imam Ghazali
- C)Abu Zahra
- D)Allama Iqbal
59The severity of the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan on the Richter Scale was:
- A)6.9
- B)7.6
- C)7.1
- D)None of these
60The number of electrons of a neutral atom is automatically known if one knows the:
- A)Atomic number
- B)Atomic weight
- C)Number of orbitals
- D)None of these
61What is a sponge?
- A)A plant
- B)A fungus
- C)An animal
- D)A fossil
62The word used to describe the shape of the earth is:
- A)Flat
- B)Circle
- C)Oblate sphere
- D)Sphere
63When cream is separated from the milk:
- A)The density of milk decreases
- B)The density of milk increases
- C)The density of milk remains unchanged
- D)None of these
64Choose the articles that best fit in the following saying: ____ bird in ____ hand is worth two in ____ bush.
- A)The, the, the
- B)A, A, a
- C)A, A, the
- D)A, the, the
65'Aksai Chin' is a disputed area between:
- A)China & India
- B)India & Pakistan
- C)India & Nepal
- D)None of these
66What is meant by Solstice?
- A)The longest night
- B)When the sun reaches its maximum distance from the equator
- C)When the sun goes through the equator
- D)All of these
67When I got home I found that my sister was ironing clothes. This is a:
- A)Simple sentence
- B)Compound sentence
- C)Complex sentence
- D)Compound complex sentence
68A piece of wood is floating in water. If we heat the water, the piece of wood will:
- A)Increase in size
- B)Rise a little
- C)Sink a little
- D)Float at the same level
69Which number will replace the question mark in the series 7, 12, 19, ?, 39
- A)29
- B)28
- C)26
- D)24
70A young person who learns a particular skill or trade is called:
- A)Probationer
- B)Recruit
- C)Apprentice
- D)Learner
71The official languages of NATO are:
- A)English and French
- B)English and German
- C)English and Spanish
- D)English, French and German
72JAXA is the space agency of:
- A)United States
- B)Russia
- C)Japan
- D)United Kingdom
73Antarctica is situated in the:
- A)Northern Hemisphere
- B)Southern Hemisphere
- C)Eastern Hemisphere
- D)Western Hemisphere
74A person who collects or studies stamps is a:
- A)Philanderer
- B)Philologist
- C)Philatelist
- D)Stampede
75Mirani Dam is located on the river:
- A)Bolan
- B)Jhelum
- C)Dasht
- D)Hub
76Choose the correct analogy of "Whisper : Speak":
- A)Brush : Touch
- B)Skip : Walk
- C)Listen : Hear
- D)Whimper : Whine
77The Delhi Sultanate was established by:
- A)Akbar
- B)Altamash
- C)Aurangzeb
- D)None of these
78The complete Buddhist monastery in Pakistan was found at:
- A)Takht-e-Sulaiman
- B)Takht-e-Hazara
- C)Takht Bhai
- D)Kohat and Hangu
79"Chachnama" was originally written in:
- A)Sindhi
- B)Arabic
- C)Persian
- D)Sanskrit
80Vacuum tubes have been replaced by:
- A)Conductors
- B)Diodes
- C)Transistors
- D)None of these
81The largest living bird is:
- A)Duck
- B)Dodo
- C)Ostrich
- D)Peacock
82The radiant energy of the sun is transmitted in the form of:
- A)Particles
- B)Short waves
- C)Long waves
- D)None of these
83A greenish yellow colour is seen on a boiled egg. This is due to:
- A)Oxidation of some vitamins in the egg
- B)Oxidation of sulphur in the egg
- C)Formation of some iron compounds
- D)None of these
84The abbreviation e.g. means:
- A)With reference to
- B)As far as
- C)In this regard
- D)For example
85Which country has inaugurated Southeast Asia's largest solar power farm?
- A)China
- B)India
- C)Pakistan
- D)Vietnam
86Which of the following is a Baltic state?
- A)Estonia
- B)Serbia
- C)Romania
- D)Bulgaria
87A complete verb paradigm has ____ forms:
- A)Three
- B)Four
- C)Five
- D)Six
88Bad laws must be:
- A)Annihilated
- B)Destroyed
- C)Repealed
- D)Finished
89Complete the series: 3, 9, 27, ....
- A)81
- B)83
- C)87
- D)90
90Choose the correct pair of words that best completes the sense in the given sentence: The principal gave his ____ to our request for a steep ____ to the top of a hill.
- A)Assent, Ascent
- B)Ascent, Assent
- C)Accent, Assent
- D)Accent, Ascend
91"Northern Cyprus" is a disputed region between:
- A)Cyprus and Malta
- B)Cyprus and Italy
- C)Cyprus and Greece
- D)Cyprus and Turkey
92Who is Emmanuel Macron?
- A)President of Germany
- B)Prime Minister of Germany
- C)President of France
- D)Prime Minister of France
93Uncodified constitution means:
- A)Parliamentary constitution
- B)Single book document
- C)Flexible constitution
- D)None of these
94Identify the mistake in the following sentence: The (A) Quaid-e-Azam founded (B) daily (C) newspaper (D) Dawn.
- A)A
- B)B
- C)C
- D)D
95Gaddani Beach is located in:
- A)Balochistan
- B)Sindh
- C)Iran
- D)India
96Choose the correct antonym of "Drunk":
- A)Sober
- B)Sensitive
- C)Sensational
- D)Sensuous
97LFO stands for:
- A)Legal Framework Order
- B)Legal Federation Order
- C)Legal Framework Ordinance
- D)None of these
98Shahnama-i-Islam was written by:
- A)Firdausi
- B)Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
- C)Hafeez Jalandhari
- D)None of these
99A judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan shall hold office until he/she attains the age of:
- A)62 years
- B)64 years
- C)65 years
- D)68 years
100Digestion of food is completed in the:
- A)Small intestine
- B)Large intestine
- C)Stomach
- D)Liver