GENERAL KNOWLEDGE INCLUDING EVERYDAY SCIENCE

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Balochistan Public Service Commission
Samungli Road Quetta Cantt.
COMPETATIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE POST(s) OF BCS(EB) OFFICER B-17

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE INCLUDING EVERYDAY SCIENCE
Marks: 100 Saturday, February 26,2007(0230 PM) Time: 3 Hours
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Q-1. Write Essays on any Two of the following: (20)

(i) Has the Fledgling Democracy in Iraq any future?
(ii) Recommendations of the National Judicial Conference.
(iii) Will independent Kashmir be financially insolvent?
(iv) Composite Examinations: a Needless Controversy:
(v) Science and Religion: Can the be Reconciled:
(vi) The bane of V.I.P.Movements.

Q-2. (a) What do you understand by the following terms? Attempt any Ten: (10)

(1) Hippocratic Oath (2) Bears and Bulls (3) Olive Branch (4) Sheet anchor
(5) Jargon (6) Euphemism (7) Hostile Witness ( Sabbath (9) Humanism
(10) Emeritus Professor (11) In Camera (12) Slapstick (13) Uncle Sam
(14) Polytheism (15) Platonic love

(b) Explain any Ten of the following foreign expressions: (10)

(1) Persona grata (2) Bears and Bulls (3) Olive Branch (4) fait accompli
(5) Détente (6) Carte blanche (7)Alter ego ( Alibi (9) Ad hoc (10) A la mode (11) Ex parte (12) Rendezvous (13) Laissez faire (14) A priori (15) Corrigendum

Q-3. Answer any Ten of the following questions: (20)

(i) Where do icebergs come from?
(ii) Why is smoking bad for health?
(iii) How can gliders fly without engines?
(iv) What is four-wheel drive car?
(v) How does a Fax Machine works?
(vi) What stainless steel?
(vii) What is meant by a balanced diet?
(viii) What is frost? Why is there frost more often on a clear night than on a cloudy one?
(ix) What is a Piston?
(x) What is G.M.T?
(xi) What is a Morse Code?
(xii) How does a suspension bridge work?
(xiii) What is Endoscopy?
(xiv) How do vaccination work?
(xv) What is Anesthesia?

Q-4. Why are the following in news? Attempt any Ten: (20)

(1) Mauritania (2) T.G.V (3) Beijing (4) Catania (5) A-380 (6) Mecca (7) Jerusalem ( W.E.F (9) New Delhi (10) Chad (11) I.A.E.A (12) Mogadishu (13) Amilia (14) T.D.A.P (15) Nigeria

Q-5. Identify any Ten of the following: (20)

(1) Rafiq Hariri (2) Zinedine Zidane (3) Sherlock Holmes (4) Aung San Suu Kyi (5) Homer (6) Archbishop Desmond Tutu (7) Roosevelt F.D. ( Archimedes (9) Habib Bourquiba (10) Pathet Lao (11) Dolly (12) Dr. Muhammad Yunus (13) Walt Disney (14) Christian Barnard (15) Pythagoras


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