PPSC Inspector Legal Past Paper 2015

PUNJAB POLICE DEPARTMENT PAPERS
INSPECTOR LEGAL (SPECIAL CADRE) BS-16
PAPER: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE MCQS

1. What is the term used to denote the unauthorized and illegal accessing of computer programs, often with criminal intent?
(A)Virus
(B) Plagiarism
(C)Hacking ✓
(D) Breach

2.Which public holiday is celebrated in the USA on 4 July every year?
(A) Constitution Day
(B) Independence Day ✓
(C) Blacks Day
(D) New Deal

3.Which country in the Middle East is the Hashemite Kingdom?
(A) Jordan ✓
(B) Egypt
(C) Syria
(D) Kuwait

4.Which body of people is sometimes referred to as “the Fourth Estate”?
(A) Judiciary
(B) Executive
(C) The Press ✓
(D) Senate

5.What is the Richter Scale used to measure?
(A) Food
(B) Volcano
(C) Earthquake ✓
(D) Tsunami

6.”Kindergarten” refers to?
(A) a Nursery School ✓
(B) a small garden
(C) a children playground
(D) a children’s ward in Hospital

7.What did Burma change its name to in 1989?
(A) Myanmar ✓
(B) Rangoon
(C) Brazil
(D) Naypyidaw

8.Which body organ produces Urine?
(A) Pancreas
(B) Uterus
(C) Kidney ✓
(D) Large Intestine

9.What is meant by ‘Cock and Bull Story’?
(A) true story
(B) a lengthy tale
(C) story told by an idiot
(D) an unbelievable tale ✓

10. Rule of Thumb:
(A) mark of thum on a legal paper
(B) an easily applied procedure for making a determination ✓
(C) an easy choice
(D) an unknown rule

11. Renaissance movement started first in:
(A) France
(B) Italy ✓
(C) United Kingdom
(D) Sweden

12. What are Newton’s used to measure?
(A) Gravity ✓
(B) Volcano
(C) Earthquake
(D) Tsunami

13. What is the most abundant element in the universe?
(A) Hydrogen ✓
(B) Oxygen
(C) Sodium
(D) Copper

14. How many chambers are there in the human heart?
(A) 2
(B) 4 ✓
(C) 6
(D) 8

15. GDP stands for:
(A) Gross Daily Product
(B) Gross Domestic Product ✓
(C) Gross Domestic Purchase
(D) Gross Daily Purchase

16. Hard disk in a computer is a/an?
(A) Output Device
(B) Processor
(C) Software
(D) Storage Device ✓

17. A set of instructions that operates various parts of the Computer Hardware is called?
(A) Hardware Manager
(B) Device
(C) Software ✓
(D) URL

18. The Capital of Tajikistan is:
(A) Dodoma
(B) Dushanbe ✓
(C) Astana
(D) Tashkent

19. World Water Day is celebrated on:
(A) 22nd March ✓
(B) 22nd June
(C) 22nd July
(D) None of these

20. One who is capable of dealing with many subjects is called:
(A) Genius
(B) Intellectual
(C) Versatile ✓
(D) Vulnerable

21. What is the one word substitution for a person who is unable to pay his debt:
(A) Poor
(B) Vagabond
(C) Solvent
(D) Insolvent ✓

22. The Great Persian Empire was founded by:
(A) Darius-I
(B) Raza Shah Pehlvi
(C) Cyrus the Great ✓
(D) Shah Abbas

23. The place of Persepolis in Iran was destroyed in 331 B.C. by:
(A) a flood
(B) Alexander the Great ✓
(C) Genghis Khan
(D) Ottoman Turks

24. The Palace of King Nebuchadnezzar was situated in the city of:
(A) Nineveh
(B) Babylon ✓
(C) Korasabad
(D) Dizful

25. Which vitamin is provided by sunlight to the body?
(A) Vitamin A
(B) Vitamin B
(C) Vitamin C
(D) Vitamin D ✓