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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.
#4721
The antonym of MAYHEM is اردو: اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
(a) Havoc
(b) Destruction
(c) Turmoil
(d) Calm
Explanation: Mayhem کا مطلب افراتفری یا تباہی ہے، اس کا مخالف لفظ 'Calm' ہے، لہٰذا 'Calm' درست antonym ہے۔
#4722
In an operating system, which scheduling algorithm may suffer from starvation because shorter processes continuously receive priority? اردو: آپریٹنگ سسٹم میں کون سا شیڈولنگ الگورتھم بھوک کا شکار ہو سکتا ہے کیونکہ چھوٹے عمل کو مسلسل ترجیح دی جاتی ہے؟
(a) Shortest Job First (SJF)
(b) First Come, First Served (FCFS)
(c) Round Robin (RR)
(d) None of these
Explanation: Shortest Job First (SJF) always favors the shortest processes, so longer processes can be repeatedly postponed and suffer starvation.
#4723
International trade agreements often stimulate economic growth by reducing barriers to commerce. However, critics argue that domestic industries may suffer from increased foreign competition. Supporters maintain that long-term gains outweigh short-term disruptions. What is the main idea of the passage? اردو: اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
(a) Foreign competition should be banned.
(b) Trade agreements always harm local industries.
(c) Trade agreements involve both benefits and challenges.
(d) None of these
Explanation: The passage notes that trade agreements both stimulate growth by reducing barriers and can harm some domestic industries, so the main idea is that trade agreements involve both benefits and challenges.
#4724
Change the voice: Lion does not eat grass, however hungry he may be. اردو: اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
(a) Grass is not eaten by a lion, however hungry he may be.
(b) Grass was being not eaten by a lion, however hungry he may be.
(c) Grass is eaten not by a lion, however hungry he may be.
(d) None of these
Explanation: Grass is not eaten by a lion, however hungry he may be; this passive sentence correctly converts the active statement while preserving its meaning.
#4725
Which character in Thomas Hardy's novel 'The Mayor of Casterbridge' famously sells his wife at a fair?
(a) Newson
(b) Gabriel Oak
(c) Henchard
(d) None of these
Explanation: In the opening chapters of Thomas Hardy's 'The Mayor of Casterbridge', the protagonist Michael Henchard, while intoxicated, impulsively sells his wife, Susan, and their daughter to a sailor named Newson. This rash act serves as the inciting incident of the novel, setting in motion a series of tragic consequences that haunt Henchard throughout his life and eventual downfall in the town of Casterbridge.