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Day by Day Current Affairs (December 17, 2018) | MCQs for CSS, PMS, NTS

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December 2018

Day by Day Current Affairs (December 13, 2018) | MCQs for CSS, PMS, NTS

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World Sea Ports Most Important MCQs for Competitive Exams

World Sea Ports Most Important MCQs for CSS, PMS, PCS, NTS, OTS, KPPSC, SPSC, AJKPSC, KPPSC and all other Competitive Exams

1) “Seattle” is the seaport of:

(a) Iceland
(b) France
(c) Russia
(d) USA
Answer: (d)
Explanation: “Seattle” is a coastal seaport city and the seat of King County, in the U.S. state of Washington. With an estimated 634,535 residents as of 2012, Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of North America

2) Naples is a sea port of:
(a) Spain
(b) Italy
(c) France
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
Explanation: The port of Naples is one of the most important in Europe, and has the world’s second-highest level of passenger flow, after the port of Hong Kong

3) Port Palermo is located in:
(a) Tyrrhenian Sea
(b) Adriatic Sea
(c) Mediterranean Sea
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
Explanation: The port of Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily, right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Palermo founded by Phoenicia over 2700 years ago, is the main gate to reach Sicily together with port of Messina. From here the ferries link Palermo to Cagliari, Genoa, Livorno, Naples, Tunis and others for a total of almost 2 millions passengers yearly. It’s an important port for the cruise ships. Traffic include also almost 5 mllions tonnes of cargo and 80.000 TEU yearly.

4) Which is the biggest port of Argentina?
(a) Bahia Blanca
(b) Buenos Aires
(c) La Plato
(d) Mar Del Plato
Answer: (b)
Explanation: Buenos Aires is also one of the most important, largest and most populous of South American capitals, often referred to as the Paris of South America

5) The port of Gwadar guards:
(a) Strait of Hormuz
(b) Strait of Malacca
(c) Palk Strait
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
Explanation: Gwadar Port is situated near the strategic Strait of Hormuz and its busy trading and oil shipping lanes. The surrounding region is home to around two-thirds of the world’s oil reserves. It is also the nearest warm-water seaport to the landlocked, but energy rich, Central Asian Republics and landlocked Afghanistan

6) Which of the following is a port in Persian Gulf?
(a) Port Said
(b) Suez Port
(c) Eden Port
(d) Bandar Abbas
Answer: (d)
Explanation: Bandar Abbas is a port city and capital of Hormozgān Province on the southern coast of Iran, on the Persian Gulf.

7) How many countries in the world have no seaport?
(a) 48
(b) 11
(c) 15
(d) 16
Answer: (a)

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Day by Day Current Affairs (December 12, 2018) | MCQs for CSS, PMS, NTS

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Establishment Division Asked to Provide CSS Records Since 2008

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat on December 11, 2018 directed the Establishment Division to provide the results of all Central Superior Services (CSS) exams and seat allocations since 2008.

Committee Chairman Senator Talha Mehmood said he had come to know that the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) rules had been forged which is why the CSS results were deteriorating.

He said the rules regarding CSS marking were changed in 2012 due to which only 2pc or 3pc of the candidates clear the exams compared to 15pc before 2012.

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Industrial and Agricultural Revolution | Notes for CSS / PMS

Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution, in modern history, the process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing. This process began in Britain in the 18th century and from there spread to other parts of the world. Although used earlier by French writers, the term Industrial Revolution was first popularized by the English economic historian Arnold Toynbee (1852–83) to describe Britain’s economic development from 1760 to 1840. Since Toynbee’s time the term has been more broadly applied.

The main features involved in the Industrial Revolution were technological, socioeconomic, and cultural. The technological changes included the following:

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Status of Gender Studies in Pakistan (CSS 2016 Solved Question) | CSS Notes

Q. Write a note on status of women’s studies in Pakistan and give your views on the autonomy/integration debate in Women’s Studies. (CSS-2016)

Women were a big portion of population around the globe and they had been deprived of economic and social development. As a weaker or second sex, the woman had been kept away from the main stream objectives in societies.

In Pakistan, women access to property, education and employment remained lower than men because Pakistani society was predominantly patriarchal and here women participation in society was low in percentage.

Despite improvement in Pakistan’s literacy rate, educational status of Pakistani women was the lowest in the world. The literacy rate of urban women was five times higher than that of rural women.

The emerging changes are the women studies considered the way that describes the status in the same manner in Pakistan and it is being represented by the whole world. The biggest approach of Women in Development approach is the ways that endorse the women studies and even the literature required for the reduction of gaps between social outcomes in both sex. The roles or responsibilities required at women and men perspective is being presented by the material required for the effective material diversification in Pakistan.