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May 2024 Current Affairs MCQs & Solutions
Top national & international current affairs questions for CSS, PMS, FPSC, PPSC, and NTS screening tests.
#4561
A shift in the demand curve (drawn in the traditional Price-Quantity space) to the left may be caused by?
(a) A decrease in supply
(b) A fall in income
(c) A fall in the price of a complementary good
(d) A fall in the number of substitute goods
#4562
In "A Prayer for my Son", the speaker hopes that the ghost may be?
(a) Armed
(b) Alive
(c) Stitched Together
(d) None of these
#4563
The Caliphate of Ummayads lasted for:
(a) 90 years
(b) 92 years
(c) 94 years
(d) 96 years
#4564
A body is moving in a circular path it may have:
(a) Constant velocity
(b) Constant acceleration
(c) Constant speed
(d) Constant momentum
#4565
Watt may be defined as:
(a) Joule per coulomb
(b) Coulomb per second
(c) Newton meter
(d) Joule per second
#4566
What is the name of event during gametogenesis when pieces of chromosome may reunited at correct sites but with wrong ends:
(a) Inversion
(b) Duplication
(c) Deletion
(d) None of these
#4567
Sumayyah bint Khayyat was the ______.
(a) First woman to participate in battle
(b) First martyr of Islam
(c) First woman to learn Holy Quran by heart
(d) First to Accept Islam
#4568
Work may be defined as ?
(a) Force x distance
(b) Force x velocity
(c) Force x acceleration
(d) None of these
#4569
Stress may be defined as:
(a) Force per unit length
(b) Force per unit volume
(c) Force per unit area
(d) None of these
#4570
Chop de Mayo is a national festival to celebrate the victory of which country over French Forces?
(a) Russia
(b) Spain
(c) Mexico
(d) New Zealand
#4571
An ovariohysterectomy may be performed for all the following reasons except:
(a) Prevention of prostate cancer
(b) Prevention of pyometra
(c) Sterilization of the animal
(d) Prevention of estrous
#4572
His was the fifth of the five speeches the Chief Minister gave during this the month of May.
(a) This was the fifth of the five speeches the mayor gave during this the month of May.
(b) Of the five speeches the mayor gave during May, this was the fifth one.
(c) Thus far during the month of May, the mayor gave five speeches and this was the fifth.
(d) This was the fifth speech the mayor has given during the month of May.
Explanation: Official sample question from university entrance syllabus. Answer key was not published by the university admissions office.
#4573
The author assumes that he may be as free as he likes in
(a) all matters of dress and food
(b) any situation which does not interfere with the liberty of others
(c) anything that is not against the law
(d) his own home
Explanation: Official sample question from university entrance syllabus. Answer key was not published by the university admissions office.
#4574
Taking away of the question booklet or answer sheet is prohibited. The candidates should not mark answers on the question booklet, however they may do the rough work on the question booklet, and all answers must be given in X CROSS SIGN on the answer sheet with the pencil. Make sure you do not write anything other than your signature and marking of X Cross against your answers on the answer sheet . WAIT... Do not turn over this page until you are told to do so Wish you the very best of Luck Seat No. Name Father's Name Application No. Room No. Test Centre Candidate's Signature Program Applied For SAMPLE PAPERS 12 1 ALL ANSWERS MUST BE GIVEN ON THE COMPUTERIZED ANSWER SHEET BY CROSSING THE CORRESPONDING LETTER (go on to the next page) Mathematics M.C.Q's No. of Questions: 50 (from 1 to 50) Time: 80 Minutes Questions on Page Numbers: 1 To 10 Negative Markings: Yes Q1 Let us consider two functions f and g, defined by f(x) = 4 - (x - 2)2and g(x) = 6 - x. What is one possible value of a such
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) II and III only
(d) I and III only Q2 In the xy-plane, the point (u, v) lies on the line with equation y = mx + 1, where m is a constant. The point with coordinates (5u, 4v) lies on the line with equation y = 2mx + 1. What is the value of v?
Explanation: Official sample question from university entrance syllabus. Answer key was not published by the university admissions office.
#4575
National Institute of Psychology, Centre of Excellence, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad Sample Paper for MPhil Admission Test Instruction for MPhil Admission Test Fall 2022 (Morning Program) • Written test is of 40 marks. • Passing marks are 50%. • The list of the successful candidates will be shared on the same day of test around 2 pm on the nip website (www.nip.edu.pk). • Interview of successful candidates in this test will be conducted on next day that will start at 10 am and may end up in the evening. PART I Marks: 25 Time: 50 minutes Instructions • All the MCQs are mandatory to attempt (50 items) • Put a (X) on the best option for given statements on the answer sheet provided with booklet. • You will get only one chance to attempt each item. Option once selected could not be changed. 1. The tendency to attribute our own behavior to situational causes and the behaviour of others to personal causes is an example of:
(a) Self-fulfilling prophecy
(b) Actor-observer bias
(c) Dispositional attribution
(d) Just-world phenomenon 2. Which o f the following statements best defines the concepts of equivalent from reliability? a) The score received on the first half of a test should correlate with the score received on the second half of the test b) The score received on a test should correlate with a score received on another test of the same material c) The score a grader assign to one assessment should match that of another grader d) The score received on the test should reflect the scores on previous standardized test 3. This tests the hypothesis that the variances in different groups are equal (i.e., the difference between the variances is zero) a) Levene's test b) Robust test c) Hartley's Fmax d) Parametric test 4. In order to assess the behavioral problems, a therapist asked the children to act in a situation in which one child in bullying the other. This is an example of: a) Portfolio assessment b) Informal assessment c) A case study evaluation d) Role playing evaluation 5. Cultural sensitivity in test development is evaluated by a) Test publishers b) Behavioral observation of participants from different cultures c) Panels of experts who review items d) Preparing test manual
Explanation: Official sample question from university entrance syllabus. Answer key was not published by the university admissions office.
#4576
There are two houses between A and G 1- Who lives in the second corner? (A) B (B) C (C) D (D) E 2-. Who lives in the middle? (A) C (B) D (C) E (D) G 3- Who lives between B and G? (A) D (B) E (C) F (D) C 4- __________ is neighbor of A? (A) F (B) E (C) D (D) C 5- There are __________ houses between B and E? (A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 The supervisor of a commuter airline is scheduling pilots to fly the round-trip from City X to City Y…. The supervisor of a commuter airline is scheduling pilots to fly the round-trip from City X to City Y. The trip takes only two hours, and the airline has one round-trip flight in the morning and one round-trip flight in the afternoon, each day, Monday through Friday. Pilots must be scheduled in accordance with the following rules: Only W, X, and Y can fly the morning flight. Only V, X, and Z can fly the afternoon flight. No pilot may fly twice on the same day. No pilot may fly on two consecutive days. X must fly the Wednesday morning flight. Z must fly the Tu
(a) W flies the Monday morning flight
(b) X flies the Monday afternoon flight
(c) Y flies the Tuesday morning flight
(d) W flies the Thursday morning flight
Explanation: Official sample question from university entrance syllabus. Answer key was not published by the university admissions office.
#4577
Systems of knowledge shared by a relatively large group of people may be defined as __________________.
(a) Custom
(b) Norm
(c) Believes
(d) Culture
Explanation: Official sample question from university entrance syllabus. Answer key was not published by the university admissions office.
#4578
Questions 7-8 are based on the following paragraph. Primitive human beings who were hunter-gatherers had no money. Each band hunted gathered and manufactured almost everything it required, from meat to medicine, from sandals to sorcery. Different band members may have specialized in different tasks, but they shared their goods and services through an economy of favors and obligations. A piece of meat given for free would carry with it the assumption of reciprocity ─ say, free medical assistance. The band was economically independent; only a rare few item that could not be found locally had to be obtained from strangers. This could usually be done by simple barter: 'We'll give you apples you'll give us oranges.' Little of this changed with the onset of the Agricultural Revolution. Most people continued to live in small, intimate communities. Much like a hunter-gatherer band, each village was a self-sufficient economic unit, maintained by mutual favors and obligations plus a little barte
#4579
Questions 7-8 are based on the following paragraph. Primitive human beings who were hunter-gatherers had no money. Each band hunted gathered and manufactured almost everything it required, from meat to medicine, from sandals to sorcery. Different band members may have specialized in different tasks, but they shared their goods and services through an economy of favors and obligations. A piece of meat given for free would carry with it the assumption of reciprocity ─ say, free medical assistance. The band was economically independent; only a rare few item that could not be found locally had to be obtained from strangers. This could usually be done by simple barter: 'We'll give you apples you'll give us oranges.' Little of this changed with the onset of the Agricultural Revolution. Most people continued to live in small, intimate communities. Much like a hunter-gatherer band, each village was a self-sufficient economic unit, maintained by mutual favors and obligations plus a little barte
#4580
As per Article 26(2) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, the Court may at any time form a chamber for dealing with a particular case. The number of judges to constitute such a chamber shall be determined by the Court with the approval of the ________. A. parties B. UN Secretary General C. General Assembly D. Chief Justice of the ICJ
Explanation: Article 26(2) of the ICJ Statute: the number of judges for an ad hoc chamber is determined by the Court 'with the approval of the parties'.