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Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR)
When was PCSIR established or created in its modern form?
A. 1953
B. 1997
C. 2025
D. 1924
Correct Answer: A
PCSIR traces its establishment/modern creation to 1953.
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Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR)
Which organization is most directly associated with “PCSIR Laboratories Islamabad”?
A. National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
B. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)
C. Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR)
D. Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Correct Answer: C
PCSIR Laboratories Islamabad belongs to or is administered/regulated by PCSIR.
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Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR)
Which statement correctly answers this PCSIR point: “PCSIR functions under which federal ministry?”
A. Ministry of Interior
B. Ministry of Science and Technology
C. Ministry of Finance
D. Ministry of Energy (Petroleum Division)
Correct Answer: B
PCSIR is under the Government of Pakistan's Ministry of Science and Technology.
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Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR)
Which event is correctly associated with PCSIR and the year/date 1984?
A. WAPDA was established through an Act of Parliament in February.
B. The PCSIR statutory framework was amended.
C. DGR and NDO were merged on 10 March to create NADRA.
D. PCSIR was established to promote scientific and industrial research.
Correct Answer: B
The PCSIR statutory framework was amended.
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Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR)
Which legal framework most directly underpins PCSIR when it performs the responsibility “develop and transfer technologies, processes and products”?
A. Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Ordinance, 1965
B. WAPDA Act, 1958
C. Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Act, 1973 (amended in 1984)
D. National Disaster Management Act, 2010
Correct Answer: C
PCSIR performs this responsibility under its principal legal framework: Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Act, 1973 (amended in 1984).
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Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR)
Which event is correctly associated with PCSIR and the year/date 1973?
A. WAPDA was established through an Act of Parliament in February.
B. SUPARCO was established as Pakistan's national space agency.
C. The PCSIR Act, 1973 provided a statutory framework for the Council.
D. PTA was established in January under the Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organization) Act, 1996.
Correct Answer: C
The PCSIR Act, 1973 provided a statutory framework for the Council.
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Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR)
A federal officer is dealing with a matter whose principal institutional task is to operate pilot-scale and specialized research facilities. Which option most accurately identifies the relevant mandate?
A. PCSIR: grant licences or regulatory permissions for electric-power activities as required by law
B. PCSIR: operate pilot-scale and specialized research facilities
C. PCSIR: regulate oil marketing, storage, pipeline and related downstream petroleum activities
D. PCSIR: support civil-registration and family-record services
Correct Answer: B
The task matches PCSIR's mandate to operate pilot-scale and specialized research facilities.
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Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR)
Which statement correctly answers this PCSIR point: “PCSIR Head Office is located at 1 Constitution Avenue, G-5/2 in which city?”
A. Lahore
B. Islamabad
C. Karachi
D. Peshawar
Correct Answer: B
PCSIR Head Office is in Islamabad.
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Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR)
Which of the following is correctly associated with PCSIR when the examination focus is “PCSIR Laboratories Quetta”?
A. HEC Digital Library
B. Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC)
C. constitutional advice on Islamic conformity of laws
D. PCSIR Laboratories Quetta
Correct Answer: D
PCSIR Laboratories Quetta is directly associated with PCSIR.
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Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR)
For exam preparation, “PCSIR Laboratories Complex Peshawar” should be studied primarily under which Pakistani organization?
A. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)
B. Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)
C. Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO)
D. Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR)
Correct Answer: D
PCSIR Laboratories Complex Peshawar is a high-yield sub-area of PCSIR.