Federal Public Service Commission

General Science & Ability

Competitive Examination-2017

PART-I (MCQs)
1. The catalyst used to convert vegetable oil into ghee is:
A) Nickel | B) Aluminum isopropoxide | C) Phosphonium borate | D) None of these
2. The gas used for artificial ripening of green fruit is:
A) Ethylene | B) Ethane | C) Carbon dioxide | D) Acetylene
3. The chemical process of converting oil into ghee is:
A) Crystallization | B) Hydrogenation | C) Oxidation | D) None of these
4. The largest planet in the solar system is:
A) Moon | B) Venus | C) Jupiter | D) Sun
5. In a certain code language, COMPUTER is written as RFUVQNPC. How will MEDICINE be written?
A) MFEDJJOE | B) EOJDJEFM | C) MFEJDJOE | D) EOJDJEFM
6. Sulfuric acid (King of Chemicals) was first prepared by:
A) Priestley | B) Peregrine Phillips | C) Jabir bin Hayyan | D) None of these
7. A told B that C is his father’s nephew. D is A’s cousin but not the brother of C. What is the relationship between D and C?
A) Father | B) Cousin and sister | C) Mother | D) Aunt
8. The common name for the disease "lockjaw" is:
A) Arthritis | B) Hypertrophy | C) Tetanus | D) None of these
9. Ali takes 30 mins to mark a paper; Aslam takes 25 mins. If they start at 11:00 AM, at what time will they both finish a paper simultaneously?
A) 12:30 PM | B) 12:45 PM | C) 1:30 PM | D) None of these
10. The longest and largest bone in the human body is:
A) Spinal cord | B) Humerus | C) Fibula | D) Femur
11. The branch of physics which deals with atomic nuclei is called:
A) Nuclear physics | B) Atomic physics | C) Particle physics | D) Modern physics
12. Sonar is primarily used to measure:
A) The speed of sound | B) Ocean depth | C) Water properties of temperature | D) None of these
13. The stone used in the production of whitewash is:
A) Limestone | B) Sandstone | C) Granite | D) None of these
14. Radar receives and detects waves called:
A) Electromagnetic waves | B) Mechanical waves | C) Radio waves | D) None of these
15. Plaster of Paris is obtained from:
A) Brochantite | B) Gypsum | C) Chalcanthite | D) None of these
16. Phosphorus is a nutrient that primarily helps plant growth of:
A) Leaves | B) Seeds | C) Roots | D) None of these
17. The blue color of the sky is primarily due to:
A) Rayleigh scattering | B) Mie scattering | C) Sky saturation | D) None of these
18. Newspaper can typically be recycled:
A) 5 to 7 times | B) 5 times | C) 4 times | D) None of these
19. In a healthy human body, where does the essential process of blood clotting happen?
A) Veins | B) Heart | C) Brain | D) None of these (At the site of injury)
20. The lens used to correct short-sightedness (Myopia) is:
A) Concave polygon | B) Concave prescription lenses | C) Concave mirror | D) None of these
PART-II (Subjective) SECTION-I

Question No. 2

(A) What are the factors responsible for environmental pollution?
(B) Briefly explain the main reasons of water-logging in Pakistan.
(C) What do you mean by Ozone depletion and how we can prevent its depletion?
(D) What is an Acid Rain and how it is produced. Briefly describe the dangers associated with it?

Question No. 3

(A) Explain in detail the common causes of Heart Attack.
(B) Differentiate between drug addiction and drug abuse.
(C) Draw the structure of human ear and briefly explain its functions.
(D) What is the significance of Vitamins? Describe the sources, uses and deficiency symptoms of fat soluble vitamins.

Question No. 4

(A) What is a mirage? Describe in detail the creation of mirage.
(B) Differentiate between the occurrence of Lunar and Solar Eclipse?
(C) Briefly explain what effects are produced due to Rotation & Revolution of Earth?
(D) Most of the household appliances utilize ‘DC’ then why we generate ‘AC’ at power stations?

Question No. 5

(A) Differentiate between RAM and ROM.
(B) Name three basic buses employed in a computer and explain what each is used for.
(C) Draw a basic computer block diagram and briefly explain the function of each part.
(D) Describe various types of computers classified on the basis of size, memory, capacity and speed.

SECTION-II

Question No. 6

(A) Differentiate with examples between a “Pictogram” and “Histogram”.
(B) The teachers of a certain school were asked to indicate the average number of hours they spend on marking students assignments each day. The following set of data was obtained
6 4 3 1 2 2 3 1 4
1 2 5 3 4 5 2 2 3
3 1 2 2 3 1 4 2
Construct a frequency table and draw a Histogram illustrating the results.
(C) How many teachers responded to the survey?
(D) What the longest number of hours and most common number of hours are spent?

Question No. 7

(A) A man buys 5kg of meat at Rs.500 per kg. In addition, for every kilogram of meat purchased, he has to pay a consumption tax of 6% on the selling price. Calculate the total amount of money that he has to pay.
(B) It takes Ali 30 minutes to mark a paper. Aslam only needs 25 minutes to mark a paper. If they both start marking papers at 10:00 AM, at what time they will finish marking at the same time?
(C) Two bus tickets from Rawalpindi to Islamabad and three tickets from Rawalpindi to Murree cost Rs.770 but three tickets from Rawalpindi to Islamabad and two tickets from Rawalpindi to Murree cost Rs.730. What are the fares for cities Islamabad and Murree from Rawalpindi?
(D) A told B that C is his father’s nephew. D is A’s cousin but not the brother of C. What relationship is there between D and C?

Question No. 8

(A)Divide Rs.500 between Arham, Mariam and Sarim so that Arham gets 2/3 of what Mariam gets and Mariam gets ¼ of what Sarim gets. Find the share of each.
(B)A school has enough provision of food for 52 days. After 20 days a group of 400 students arrives and the food would have last for 24 days only. How many students are there in the school actually?
(C)A man walks 2km towards North. Then he turns to East and walks 10km. After this he turns to North and walks 3km. Again he turns towards East and walks 2km. How far is he from the starting point?
(D)In a certain code language COMPUTER is written as RFUVQNPC. How will MEDICINE be written in that code language?

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