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FPSC General Recruitment Test General Knowledge and Everyday Science Flashcards
51 question-and-answer cards covering General Knowledge and Everyday Science as it is examined in FPSC General Recruitment Test. 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
24 sample cards from the General Knowledge and Everyday Science deck
Sampled from the end of the deck, so these are different cards from the ones shown on the syllabus page.
What does SAARC stand for, when was it founded, and where is its secretariat?
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation; founded in 1985; secretariat in Kathmandu, Nepal.
What does ASEAN stand for and where is its headquarters?
Association of Southeast Asian Nations; headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia. Founded in 1967.
What is the EU, what is its common currency, and where is it headquartered?
The European Union, a political and economic union of European states. Its common currency is the Euro, and its main institutions are based in Brussels, Belgium.
What was the Treaty of Versailles and when was it signed?
The 1919 peace treaty that officially ended World War I, imposing heavy reparations and territorial losses on Germany.
What is the Kyoto Protocol?
A 1997 international treaty committing industrialized nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to combat global warming.
What is the Paris Agreement (2015)?
A global climate accord aiming to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C (preferably 1.5 degrees C) above pre-industrial levels.
Where are the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank located?
Both are headquartered in Washington, D.C., USA.
Why does a stick appear bent when partly dipped in water?
Because of refraction: light bends as it passes from water (denser medium) to air (less dense), changing direction at the surface.
Why do we see lightning before we hear thunder?
Because light travels much faster than sound (light at about 300,000 km/s vs sound at about 343 m/s in air).
What simple machine principle explains how a seesaw or crowbar works?
The lever, which uses a fulcrum to multiply force; it relates effort and load through the law of moments (force x distance).
What is the chemical formula of water and table salt?
Water is H2O; table salt (sodium chloride) is NaCl.
What gas do humans exhale and plants absorb, and what gas do plants release during photosynthesis?
Humans exhale carbon dioxide (CO2), which plants absorb; plants release oxygen (O2).
What is the difference between an acid and a base in terms of pH?
Acids have a pH below 7; bases (alkalis) have a pH above 7; a neutral substance has a pH of 7.
Why does baking soda make cakes rise?
Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) reacts with acids and heat to release carbon dioxide gas, which creates bubbles that make the batter rise.
How many bones are there in the adult human body?
206 bones.
Which organ pumps blood throughout the human body, and how many chambers does it have?
The heart, which has four chambers: two atria and two ventricles.
What is the largest organ of the human body?
The skin.
What is photosynthesis?
The process by which green plants use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to produce glucose (food) and oxygen, using chlorophyll.
What is the greenhouse effect?
The trapping of heat in Earth's atmosphere by gases such as carbon dioxide and methane, which warms the planet; an excess causes global warming.
What is the ozone layer and why is it important?
A layer of ozone (O3) in the stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation, protecting life on Earth.
Who invented the telephone and who invented the light bulb (incandescent)?
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone; Thomas Edison is credited with the practical incandescent light bulb.
Who discovered penicillin and in what year?
Alexander Fleming, in 1928.
Which scientist proposed the theory of gravity and the laws of motion?
Sir Isaac Newton.
Who developed the theory of relativity, including E=mc squared?
Albert Einstein.
What this deck covers
The General Knowledge and Everyday Science deck follows the FPSC General Recruitment Test General Knowledge and Everyday Science syllabus — 5 chapters and 20 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 10.2 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 91 characters, which is long enough to carry the reasoning and short enough to say out loud.
A deck like this earns its keep on the second and third pass. Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then use the cards to find the specific facts that have not stuck.
General Knowledge and Everyday Science flashcards FAQ
How many General Knowledge and Everyday Science flashcards are in this FPSC General Recruitment Test deck?
51 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
Are these FPSC General Recruitment Test flashcards free?
Yes. The preview here is free to read with no signup, and the full 51-card deck is free inside the Examius app.
What do the General Knowledge and Everyday Science cards cover?
They follow the FPSC General Recruitment Test General Knowledge and Everyday Science syllabus — 5 chapters and 20 topics — so the questions track what is actually examinable.
How should I use these flashcards?
Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then drill the deck. Examius schedules each card with spaced repetition, so cards you keep missing come back sooner and ones you know drift further apart.