PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE, ETC. (PMS) / COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION (BS-17) 2015

The fifth Heart of Asia: Istanbul Process Ministerial meeting was held in Islamabad on 9 December 2015. Where was the fourth meeting held?  

  • (A) Istanbul  
  • (B) Tehran  
  • (C) Beijing  
  • (D) Jeddah  

Check Answer

  • (C) Beijing  


Who was India’s Foreign Minister prior to Ms. Sushma Swaraj?  

  • (A) S.M. Krishna  
  • (B) Parnab Mukherjee  
  • (C) Arun Jaitley  
  • (D) Salman Khurshid  

Check Answer

  • (D) Salman Khurshid  


What was the rank of former Foreign Minister Gohar Ayub Khan when he left the Army?  

  • (A) Captain  
  • (B) Major  
  • (C) Colonel  
  • (D) Brigadier  

Check Answer

  • (A) Captain  


Who was the American Ambassador who died along with President Zia-ul-Haq, in a plane crash in 1988?  

  • (A) Tom Simons  
  • (B) Robert Oakley  
  • (C) Arnold Raphael  
  • (D) John Wolf  

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  • (C) Arnold Raphael  


Recently, a leading politician, Salahuddin Quader Chaudhry, was hanged in Bangladesh. His father was a prominent Pakistani politician who served as an Acting President of Pakistan prior to separation of Bangladesh. He held the same position:  

  • (A) Speaker of National Assembly  
  • (B) Minister of Industries  
  • (C) Minister of Interior  
  • (D) Governor of East Pakistan  

Check Answer

  • (B) Minister of Industries  


Kamran Baradari is one of the oldest Mughal monuments and is located in Lahore. Who exactly was Kamran?  

  • (A) Brother of Queen Noor Jahan  
  • (B) Son of Babar / Step Brother of Humayun  
  • (C) First husband of Noor Jahan  
  • (D) Brother of Sher Shah Suri  

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  • (B) Son of Babar / Step Brother of Humayun  


The youngest son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was elevated as Maharaja at the tender age of about 5 years. What was his name?  

  • (A) Duleep Singh  
  • (B) Karam Singh  
  • (C) Naunihal Singh  
  • (D) Kanwar Singh  

Check Answer

  • (A) Duleep Singh  


Khudadad Khan was the first South Asian soldier in the British Army to receive the highest military award for gallantry, the Victoria Cross, during the First World War. In which country was he fighting where he performed the act of bravery, which earned him the Victoria Cross?  

  • (A) France  
  • (B) Austria  
  • (C) Belgium  
  • (D) Netherlands  

Check Answer

  • (C) Belgium  


Deosai National Park in Gilgit-Baltistan is one of the highest plateaus in the world with an average elevation of 4,114 meters. At which region of Gilgit-Baltistan is it located?  

  • (A) Skardu  
  • (B) Ghizer-Puniyal  
  • (C) Gilgit-Baltistan 
  • (D) Chitral  

Check Answer

  • (C) Gilgit-Baltistan 


Road is one of the main highways of Pakistan. What does G.T stand for?  

  • (A) General Traffic  
  • (B) General Transportation  
  • (C) General Track  
  • (D) Grand Trunk  

Check Answer

  • (D) Grand Trunk  


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