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World Sea Ports Most Important MCQs for Competitive Exams

Most Important Sea Ports of the World

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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Industrial and Agricultural Revolution | Notes for CSS / PMS

Industrial and Agricultural Revolution for CSS Exams Pakistan

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

Status of Women Studies in Pakistan

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.

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General Knowledge: Most Important MCQs (Part VI) for CSS, PMS, PCS, NTS

General Knowledge, General Knowledge MCQs, Most Important MCQS, General Knowledge MCQs for FPSC

Pak-Iran border line was demarcated on
• 24th September 1872

Line of control is between
• Azad Kashmir & Occupied Kashmir.

Mc Mohan line is the boundary line between India and China. It was demarcated in
• 1914.

Radcliff line is the boundary between Pakistan and India. It was demarcated in 1947 by
• Sir Cyril Radcliff.

24th parallel Line lies in Rann of Kutch. It is frontier between
• Pakistan and India.

Durand line is 1300 mile long frontier b/w Pakistan & Afghanistan demarcated in 1893. It has over
• 200 passes.

The largest district of Punjab by area is
• Bahawalpur.

Pakistan Environmental Protection Ordinance was enforced in
• 1984.

Qadir Pur gas field is in
• Sindh

‘Uranium’ is extracted in Pakistan from area of
• Dera Gazi Khan

Allama Mashriqi was the founder of
• Khaksar Tehreek

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English Grammar Solved MCQs Sentence Completion (Prepositions)

English Grammar Solved MCQs Sentence Completion (Prepositions)

Choose the appropriate preposition form from the given options to fill in the blanks below.

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English Grammar MCQs For: CSS, PMS, PCS, NTS, OTS, BTS, PPSC, FPSC and all other relevant Exams

01. The book has __________ 300 pages.
(a) for
(b) around
(c) between
(d) through
Answer: (b)

02. They went off ___________ the wide world, so their parents didn’t see them again.
(a) over
(b) to
(c) into
(d) through
Answer: (c)

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Core Values of Public Administration

Core Values of Public Administrations

Responsiveness and Quality

Reforms acquire legitimacy to the extent that they are able to deal with this perceived failing. But what citizens expect is less easy to define. They want more efficient and effective service delivery, certainly, and this puts the administration and the citizens in a provider-consumer relationship. But they also demand freedom and equity, which presupposes that the government will protect “the public interest”. Service delivery thus gains a central role. Some common elements have been identified as essential to sustained, responsive service delivery.

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Most Important MCQs About World Organizations for Competitive exams

Most important MCQs about World Organization

1. Which of the following is a military alliance?
(a) NATO (Correct)
(b) NAFTA
(c) EEC
(d) ASEAN

2. The headquarters of International Labour Organization is at
(a) Paris
(b) New York
(c) Hague
(d) Geneva (Correct)

3. Which of the following is not associated with the UNO?
(a) ILO
(b) WHO
(c) ASEAN (Correct)
(d) All of the above

4. Permanent Secretariat to coordinate the implementation of SAARC programme is located at
(a) Dhaka
(b) New Delhi
(c) Colombo
(d) Kathmandu (Correct)

5. Amnesty International is an organization associated with which of the following fields?
(a) Protection of Cruelty to animals
(b) Environment protection
(c) Protection of human rights (Correct)
(d) Protection of historic monuments

6. The Halifax summit was that of
(a) G-7 countries (Correct)
(b) Leaders of the NAM
(c) countries in favour of a common currency for Europe
(d) Palestinian and Israeli leaders

7. The chairmanship/presidency of the UN Security Council rotates among the Council Members
(a) every 6 months
(b) every 3 months
(c) every year
(d) every month (Correct)

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Countries of the World (Capitals, Currencies and Area)

Countries of the World (Capitals, Currencies and Area)

Countries of the World (Capitals, Currencies and Area)

AFRICAN COUNTRIES, CAPITALS, CURRENCIES AND AREA

Country Capital Currency Area

Sq. Km
Algeria Algiers Dinar 2,381,741
Angola Luanda Kwanza 1,246,700
Botswana Gaborone Pula 581,730
Benign Port Novo CFA Franc 112,622
Burundi Bujumbura Franc 27,834
Cameroon Yeaounde CFA Franc 475,442
Cape Verde Islands Praia Escudo 4,033
Comoros Islands Moroni Franc 1,862
Central African Republic Bangui Franc 622,436
Chad N’Djamena Franc 1,284,000
Congo Brazzavile Franc 2,344,885
Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa Congolese Franc 2,345,095
Djibouti Djibouti Djibouti Franc 23,200
Egypt Cairo Egyptian Pound 997,739
Ethiopia Add is Ababa Birr 1,133,380
Gabon Libreville CFA Franc 267,667
Gambia Banjul Dalasi 11,295
Ghana Accra Cedi 238,500
Guinea Equatorial Conakry Franc 28,051
Guinea Bissau Malabo GB Peso 36,125
Ivory Coast Abidjan CFA Franc 322,462
Kenya Nairobi Shilling 582,646
Lesotho Maseru Loti 30,355
Liberia Monrovia Dollar 99,067
Libya Tripoli Dinar 1,757,000
Malagasy (Madagascar) Antananarivo Franc 587,041
Malawi Lilongwe Kwacha 118,484
Mali Barnako Malien Franc 1,240,192
Mauritania Nouakchott Ouguiya 1,031,000
Mauritius Port Louis Mauritius rupee 2,040
Morocco Rabat Dirham 453,730
Mozambique Maputo Metical 799,380
Niger Niamey CFA Franc 1,267,000
Nigeria Abuja Nyere 923,768
Rwanda Kigali Franc 26,338
Senegal Dakar CFA Franc 196,722
Sierra Leone Freetown Leone 71,740
Somalia Mogadishu Shilling 637,700
South Africa Pretoria and Cape Town Rand 1,219,090
South Sudan Juba South Sudanese pound 619,745 km
Seychelles Victoria Rupee
Sudan Khartoum Dinar 1,886,068 km
Namibia (S.W. Africa) Windhock Rand 824,269
South Sudan Juba Dollar 619,745
Swaziland Mbabane Lilangeni 17,363
Upper Volta (Burikina Faso) Ouagadougou AFC Franc 274,200
Tanzania Dodoma Shilling 945,100
Togo Lome CFA Franc 56,785
Tunisia Tunis Dinar 164,418
Uganda Kampala Shilling 241,038
Zaire Kinshasa Zaire
Zambia Lusaka Kwacha 752,614
Zimbabwe Harare Dollar 390,759

ASIAN COUNTRIES, CAPITALS, CURRENCIES AND AREA

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List of International Boundary Lines | GK Notes in PDF

List of International Boundary Lines

List of International Boundary Lines | GK Notes in PDF

Radcliffe Line

Radcliffe Line was drawn by Sir Radcliffe. It marked the boundary between India and Pakistan. The Radcliffe Line was officially announced on August 17, 1947, a few days after the independence of India and Pakistan. The newly demarcated borders resulted into one of the biggest human migrations in modern history, with roughly 14 million people displaced. More than one million people were killed.

The Maginot Line

The Maginot Line named after the French Minister of War André Maginot, was a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles, and weapon installations built by France in the 1930s to deter invasion by Germany.

The Mannerheim Line

The Mannerheim Line was a defensive fortification line on the Karelian Isthmus built by Finland against the Soviet Union. The line was constructed in two phases: 1920–1924 and 1932–1939. By November 1939, when the Winter War began, the line was by no means complete

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Important Discoveries and Inventions by Scientists of World (For All Competitive Exams)

Important Discoveries and Inventions by Scientists of World (For Competitive Exams)

Important Discoveries and Inventions by Scientists of World (For All Competitive Exams)

The following list commemorates some of the greatest scientists we’ve ever seen who changed the today’s world

Galileo was first to discover rotation of earth

Kohler and Milstein discovered monoclonal antibodies.

Photography was invented by Mathew Barry

Albert Sabin invented Polio vaccine (oral)

Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev (Russian) published his first version of periodic table in 1869.

X-ray machine was invented by James Clark

Arthur Campton discovered x-rays and Cosmic rays.

Chadwick discovered Neutron

Telescope was invented by Galileo

Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming

Noble gases discovered by Cavendish

Gun powder was first invented in China

Velocity of light was measured by Michelson

Archimedes gave laws about Floatation of Bodies

Balloon fly up in air according to Archimedes’s principle

Dr. Christian Bernard was first to perform heart transplant in 1967 in cape town(SA)

First man to receive artificial heart was Dr. Barney B. Clark

Barometer was invented by Pascal

Robert Hook discovered Cell in 1665

Aspirin discovered by Dresser

Atomic theory given by Dalton

Atomic number given by Mosley

Bacteria by Leeunhock

Blood circulation by William Harvey

Calculus by Newton

Co2 by Fishcer

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