Best For Competitive Exams (CSS,PMS ,PCS & All Descriptive Exams)

PREFACE

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Beneficent. Praise be the Lord of all worlds. Prayers and peace be upon our Prophet, Muhammad, his family and all of his companions.

Competition is an incentive for the youth to enter the marketplace, to build bright professional career and to avail the great opportunities for professional excellence. Success is a mare delusion without being part of the competition. Cracking competitive examinations is the need of the hour for today’s youth and an access to the authentic material for acing such exams is highly necessary. This book is compiled by thoroughly understanding the requirements of young aspirants appearing for various competitive exams in our country. The material in this book is presented keeping in mind the requirements of various recruitment tests and competitive examinations in Pakistan, like

· CSS MCQs Based Preliminary Test

· CSS Compulsory Subjects Objective Portion

· All General Recruitment MCQs Based Tests by FPSC

· PMS Punjab General Knowledge and All other MCQs Based Tests Conducted by PPSC

· Azad Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission General Ability Tests

· Sindh, Baluchistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Civil Service Exams

· Recruitment in the Ministry of Defence, Intelligence Bureau, FIA, NAB and Police department

· Bank Recruitment Examinations

· Railway Recruitment Examinations

· To prepare various quiz competitions

· To prepare the examinations conducted by autonomous recruitment agencies like NTS, PTS and OTS etc.

To crack all these examinations students must acquire a mastery over the subject of general knowledge and general abilities. Our purpose in this book is to introduce aspirants to the concepts of the required subjects thoroughly. This book covers a wide range of General Knowledge topics and all those areas of general abilities which need to be given greater importance while preparing all kinds of recruitment tests. After thoroughly studying this book, the aspirants of competitive examinations will acquire a lot of self-confidence to solve the general knowledge and general abilities MCQs (multiple choice questions).

Our best wishes to all the aspirants in forthcoming competitive examinations. We are quite confident that they will find this book to be a very useful resource in their examination preparations. Like all other books of NOA (National Officers Academy) publications may this book be able to guide the aspirants to achieve success and it will be a matter of great satisfactions for NOA family.

Suggestions for the improvement of the book will be welcomed and will be incorporated in the subsequent edition.

Editorial Board

NOA Publications

Syllabus & Subject Areas Covered

The book covers the knowledge dimensions of the following subjects in totality in order to provide an effective ONE BOOK SOLUTION to all CSS aspirants for successfully qualifying MCQs based Preliminary Test (MPT)

Book Structuring (Must Read for Taking Maximum Benefits)

Book is structured in following for five domains:

a. Knowledge Builder: This section in scientifically designed to expose student with maximum information about a subject in order to quantitatively enhance the knowledge of the reader. Furthermore, information in this section is harmonized under specific knowledge domains. For example, all information about ‘FIRST IN PAKISTAN’ is provided under a single heading. This shall help students memorize the knowledge against specific domains in order to become able to answer questions related to specific areas of inquiry.

b. 1000 Most Asked Questions: After focusing on area specific knowledge builders, randomization and diversification requirements are constructively fulfilled under this knowledge area. Research team of NOA tried all their efforts to collect all questions asked in any competitive exam mentioned above under PREFACE. Minimum 1000 questions asked in multiple exams of last 20 years are collected along authentic answers in order to further quantitatively boost knowledge of the aspirant in randomized settings.

c. Knowledge Tester: After focusing on knowledge building modules. NPRD developed KNOWLEDGE TESTING modules in which MCQs questions are developed in order to help student assess and update the acquired knowledge. Every effort is made to ensure the collection of maximum number of possible MCQs.

d. Schematized Learning Modules: Pictorial presentation of knowledge in form of inforgraphics, schematics and factsheets is ensured throughout the book in general and in section of current affairs in particular in order to help students develop their knowledge base in form of user friendly graphical interfaces.

e. Practice Exercise: Many practice exercise are provided in all sections in order to better develop the comprehension and synthesis capabilities of the students.

In section of each subject, flow of the content is structured in chronological order of above mentioned five areas in order to ensure maximum output in the exam. In brief, the book is based on following design philosophy.

CONTENTS

Preface

Syllabus & Subject Areas Covered

Book Structuring (Must Read for Taking Maximum Benefits)

Section – I ‘General Knowledge ~ Pakistan Affairs’

Knowledge Builder ~ Quantitative Learning

Ø Constitutions of Pakistan

Ø National Identities

Ø First Governor & Chief Minister of Provinces

Ø Current Governors of All Provinces

Ø Current Setup of Azad Kashmir

Ø Current Chief Ministers

Ø Current Different Heads

Ø Current Speakers of Legislative Assemblies

Ø Distinguishing Facts

Ø Composition of National Assembly of Pakistan

Ø Composition of Senate of Pakistan

Ø List of Governor Generals of Pakistan

Ø List of Presidents of Pakistan

Ø List of Prime Ministers of Pakistan

Ø List of Presidents of Pakistan

Ø First in the Pakistan

Ø Years of Joining International Organization

Ø Constitutional Amendments in Pakistan

Ø Nishan-e-Haider Recipients

Ø Old and New Names of Cities of Pakistan

Ø Distinctive Names of Pakistan

Ø Foreign Recipients of Nishan-e-Pakistan

Ø Foreign Recipients of Sitara-e-Pakistan

Ø India-Pakistan Agreements

Ø List of Barrages & Headwords in Pakistan

Ø Famous Dams in Pakistan

Ø National Symbols & Icons of Pakistan

Ø Famous Books / Novels on Pakistan

1000 Most Asked questions

Knowledge Tester ~ MCQs based Learning

Ø Pak Affairs MCQs Set-I (History of subcontinent before Islam)

Ø Pak Affairs MCQs Set-II (Arab conquest & Spread of Islam)

Ø Pak Affairs MCQs Set-III (Facts about Indus Valley Civilization)

Ø Pak Affairs MCQs Set-IV (Muslim Educational Movements)