PPSC Assistant Director In IB Solved Past Papers 2013
PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IB
1. What is the Current Islamic year?
(A) 1430
(B) 1431
(C) 1432
(D) 1435 ✓
2. How many Hajjs were performed by Hazrat Mohammad PBUH:
(A) 0
(B) 1 ✓
(C) 2
(D) 3
3. Where was last revelation revealed?
(A) During Miraj
(B) During Eid Ul Azha
(C) During Hijatul Wida ✓
(D) During Eid Al Fitr
4. What Is the shortest surah?
(A) Kausar ✓
(B) Kahf
(C) Falaq
(D) Fateha
5. Which surah is the heart of Quran?
(A) Rehman
(B) Falak
(C) Bakra
(D) Yaseen ✓
6. Who was given the title of Ghaseelulmalaika?
(A) Hazrat Ali
(B) Hazrat Abu Bakr
(C) Khalid bin Waleed
(D) Hanzilla (R A) ✓
7. What is the no. of total surah?
(A) 221
(B) 112
(C) 113
(D) None of these ✓
8. What is the first month of Islamic Calendar?
(A) Moharram ✓
(B) Shaban
(C) Ramzan
(D) Zilhaj
9. Hazrat Mohammad PBUH called himself
(A) Eid UIFitr
(B) Friday Prayer
(C) Eid UIFitr
(D) HijjaT ul Widah ✓
10. Meaning of “Hujjat Tamam kma”?
(A) Kam Ghalat Kama
(B) Kam Na Hona
(C) TaqreerKama
(D) Daleel Baqi Na Choma ✓
11. What was Arfa Karims age at the time of death?
(A) 15
(B) 16 ✓
(C) 17
(D) 18
12. Who is US ambassador to Pakistan?
(A) Abdullah Haroon
(B) Maleeha Lodhi
(C) Cameron Mentor ✓
(D) none of these
13. Who is Pakistan ambassador to United Nations?
(A) Masood Khan
(B) Abdullah Haroon ✓
(C) Cameron Mentor
(D) Hussain Haqani
14. Where does business train go to and from?
(A) Karachi Islamabad
(B) Lahore Islamabad
(C) Rawalpindi Lahore
(D) Lahore Karachi ✓
15. What is the name of Oscar winning documentary of Shirmeen Obaid?
(A) 12 Years a Slave
(B) Saving Face ✓
(C) Gravity
(D) All of these
16. What drug was reported to be the cause of death in the Punjab institute of cardiology?
(A) Insulin
(B) Penicillin
(C) Antibiotic
(D) Isotab ✓ (Dawn News Report Link)
17. What is the cost of stamp of Arfa Karim released on her birthday?
(A) Rs.7
(B) Rs.8 ✓
(C) Rs.9
(D) Rs.10
18. Who is Pakistan ambassador to US?
(A) Hussain Haqani
(B) Jalil Abbasjilani ✓
(C) MH Isphahani
(D) Hina Rabbani
19. Who is the first female foreign affairs minister of Pakistan?
(A) Maryam Nawaz
(B) Sherry Rehman
(C) Marvi Memon
(D) Hina Rabbani ✓
20. What is the cause of Mehran Bank scandal?
(A) Foreign Transactions
(B) Illegal Trade
(C) Illegal Purchase
(D) Illegal Fund To Politicians ✓
21. Which English cricketer was jailed for spot fixing?
(A) Tendulkar
(B) Mervyn Westfield ✓
(C) Shahid Afridi
(D) WaseemAkram
22. Where were academy awards,2012 held?
(A) Sydney
(B) Los Angeles ✓
(C) Malibu
(D) Turkey
23. Christain Wulff who resigned as head of state belonged to which country?
(A) Los Angeles
(B) Sydney
(C) Germany ✓
(D) Turkey
24. Who is the secretary of state of US?
(A) John Kerry ✓
(B) Hillary
(C) Bill Gate
(D) Bill Clinton
25. What is the total number of amendments in 1973 constitution?
(A) 10
(B) 24
(C) 16
(D) 20 ✓
26. Where are Olympic 2012 were held?
(A) New York
(B) London ✓
(C) Madrid
(D) Seoul
27. Pakistan beat England in test series in what ratio?
(A) 8
(B) 7
(C) 3 ✓
(D) 5
28. Who is the secretary general of United Nations?
(A) Ban ki Moon ✓
(B) Kofi Anan
(C) Sir Zafrullah
(D) John Kerry
29. WHO recently declared which country as polio free?
(A) Sydney
(B) Pakistan
(C) Malibu
(D) India ✓
30. Which is the largest seaport of Pakistan
(A) Port of Larkana
(B) Port of Karachi ✓
(C) PortofMirani
(D) PortofQasim
31. Where is Arfa Karim Software Park located?
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Karachi
(C) Lahore ✓
(D) Islamabad
32. Where is Benazir Shaheed international airport?
(A) Islamabad ✓
(B) Karachi
(C) Lahore
(D) Hyderabad
33. Who is the current cricket chief selector of Pakistan?
(A) Shahid Afridi
(B) Nayyer Bukhari
(C) All of these
(D) Iqbal Qasim ✓
34. On which river has Mangla dam been built?
(A) Chenab
(B) Jhelum ✓
(C) Ravi
(D) All of these
35. Who advocated the theory of laissez faire?
(A) Marshall
(B) Malthus
(C) Adam Smith ✓
(D) None of these
36. Where is Siachin glacier?
(A) Baltistan ✓
(B) Hyderabad
(C) Gilgit
(D) None of these
37. Pakistan derby horse race, 2012 was won by which horse?
(A) Tiger
(B) Black Ship
(C) Arab
(D) Assassin ✓
38. Who is the current chairman of senate?
(A) Muhammad Somoroo
(B) Mamnoon Hussain
(C) Bilal Yasin
(D) Nayyer Bukhari ✓
39. What does light year measure?
(A) Distance Btw Stars ✓
(B) Speed
(C) Water Flow
(D) Viscocity
40. Which is the hardest substance on earth?
(A) Gold
(B) Silicon
(C) Hydrogen
(D) Diamond ✓
41. What happens to temperature of boiling water on a higher elevation?
(A) Increases
(B) Decreases ✓
(C) Stays the same
(D) May or may not change
42. Which disease is caused by dogs?
(A) Rickets
(B) Scurvy
(C) Rabies ✓
(D) None of these
43. What is the temperature of human body in Fahrenheit?
(A) 97
(B) 99
(C) 96
(D) None of these ✓
44. Swimming pool water is disinfected by which chemical?
(A) Nitric Acid
(B) Urea
(C) Acetic acid
(D) Chlorine ✓
45. Blindness is caused by deficiency of which vitamin?
(A) Vit. B
(B) Vit. C
(C) Vit. A ✓
(D) Vit. D
46. Vitamin C is richest in which fruit?
(A) Guava ✓
(B) Mango
(C) Apple
(D) Pineapple
47. Soda water is carbonated by adding what
(A) H2o
(B) H2
(C) O2
(D) Co2 ✓
48. One mile has how many kilometres
(A) 4.60934
(B) 3.60934
(C) 2.60934
(D) 1.60934 ✓
49. What is the unit of energy?
(A) Newton
(B) Joule ✓
(C) Kg
(D) None
50. What is the filament of electric bulb made of?
(A) Silicon
(B) Graphite
(C) Tungsten ✓
(D) Carbon
51. What is added in lead pencils?
(A) Graphite ✓
(B) Silicon
(C) Tungsten
(D) Mercury
52. How does sunlight enter the rooms?
(A) Vertically
(B) By Refraction
(C) Horizontally
(D) By Irregular Reflection ✓
53. How many colors are visible in the sunlight spectrum?
(A) 5
(B) 6
(C) 7 ✓
(D) 8
54. Which substance is liquid at room temperature?
(A) Graphite
(B) Mercury ✓
(C) Silicon
(D) Tungsten
55. Which of these is negatively charged?
(A) Neutrino
(B) Neutrons
(C) Protons
(D) Electrons ✓
56. What happens to volume of water when it freezes
(A) Decreases
(B) Increases By 1/10
(C) Flows Rapidly
(D) Turns To ICE ✓
57. Which party has the highest no. of seats in senate after 2012 election?
(A) PMLN
(B) PPP ✓
(C) MQM
(D) JUI
58. Amir Khan is?
(A) British National ✓
(B) Pakistani
(C) Indian
(D) Punjabi
59. cubic millimeters constitute 1 cubic centimeter?
(A) 1000 ✓
(B) 2000
(C) 3000
(D) 4000
60. In the exam 45% students failed and 550 students were successful. The total number of students who appeared in the exam were:
(A) 1000 ✓
(B) 900
(C) 1500
(D) 800
61. A group of students volunteered to finish a construction work in 25 days. 1Q of the students did not come and the work could be finished in 35 days. The Original number of students in the group were
(A) 25.00
(B) 32.00
(C) 35.00 ✓
(D) 37.00
62. A man bought a flat for Rs. 8,20,000. He borrowed 55% of this money from a bank. How much money did he borrow from the bank?
(A) Rs. 4,51,000 ✓
(B) Rs. 4,52,000
(C) Rs. 4,53,000.
(D) Rs. 4,54,000
63. A student gets 68 marks and therefore gets 85% total marks are?
(A) 60
(B) 70
(C) 80 ✓
(D) 90
64. Diamond is a
(A) material Noun ✓
(B) verb
(C) adjective
(D) preposition
65. An article is bought for Rs 600 and sold for Rs 750. What is the profit percentage?
(A) 20%
(B) 25% ✓
(C) 30%
(D) None of these
66. Find the average age of a family of five members, whose ages are 42, 49, 56, 63 and 35 years respectively.
(A) 50 years
(B) 49 years ✓
(C) 45 years
(D) 48 years
67. Smallest natural number:
(A) 0
(B) 1 ✓
(C) 2
(D) 3
68. Smallest prime number:
(A) 1
(B) 2 ✓
(C) 3
(D) 4
69. 30% of total amount is left after spending 280 rupees, total amount is:
(A) 1000
(B) 2000
(C) 3000
(D) 4000 ✓
70. Perimeter of a square is 20cm length of one side shall be?
(A) 4cm
(B) 5 cm ✓
(C) 6cm
(D) 7cm
71. In absence of facts we can?
(A) observe
(B) know
(C) Infer ✓
(D) defer
72. 10°
(A) 4
(B) 3
(C) 2
(D) 1 ✓
73. 2,6,18,54,
(A) 156
(B) 158
(C) 160
(D) 162 ✓
74. A man has 180 pens and 9 of them are blue, how much in % has he blue pens?
(A) 6
(B) 3
(C) 8
(D) None of these ✓
75. The number, whose 7% is 42, is
(A) 300
(B) 400
(C) 500
(D) 600 ✓
76. A man bought something of 120 rupees and he has 25% discount. What is actual price he paid?
(A) 95
(B) 100
(C) 105
(D) none of these ✓
78. Smallest Natural Number?
(A) 4
(B) 3
(C) 2
(D) 1 ✓
79. A man pays 10% of his income as income tax. If his income tax amounts to Rs.1500, what is his income?
(A) Rs. 13000
(B) Rs.15000 ✓
(C) Rs. 17000
(D) Rs.19000
80. Five years ago, age of father was thrice the age of son. If son is 30 years old now, what is the current age of father?
(A) 65
(B) 70
(C) 75
(D) 80 ✓
81. 30% amount of total is left after spending 280 rupees. What was the amount before spending?
(A) 300
(B) 400 ✓
(C) 500
(D) 600
82. Mean of 10, 30, Y, and 50 is 50.Y is?
(A) 90
(3) 95
(C) 100
(D) 110 ✓
83. Boy can type 1350 words in 30 minutes, hoy, many he could type in 5 minutes?
(A) 225 ✓
(B) 235
(C) 50
(D) 60
84. Twelve men take 6 hours to finish a piece of work. After the 12 men have worked for 1 I hour, the contractor decides 1 to call in 8 more men. How many more houn would 20 men take to complete the remaining work? ^
(A) 2
(B) 3 ✓
(C) 4
(D) 5
85. If a car is sold for Rs.,50000 the profit is 17 pe cent, what would be profit percentage if so: for Rs. 47000.
(A) 14.85%
(B) 15.98% ✓
(C) 16.20%
(D) 14.50%
86. The number, whose 17% is 51, is
(A) 200
(B) 100
(C) 300 ✓
(D) 210
87. A primary school had an enrolment of 850 pupils in January 1970. In January 1980 fly enrolment was 1,120; What was th; percentage increase for the enrolment?
(A) 31.76% ✓
(B) 33.50%
(C) 30,65%
(D) 34.76%
88. Which is the greatest number?
(A) 1/4 of 236
(B) 1/16 of 1028
(C) 1/9 of 504
(D) 1/3 of 741 ✓
89. Shrimps are available in the market they are good source of earning foreign exchange
(A) because ✓
(B) so
(C) while
(D) when
90. In absence of facts we can about the real reason.
(A) Conclude
(B) Deduce ✓
(C) Deduct
(D) Infer
91. He set two alarms so as to____that he woke up on time?
(A) Assure
(B) Reassure
(C) Ensure
(D) Confirm ✓
92. The word round in “He took round in is_______parts of speech?
(A) Verb
(B) Noun
(C) Adjective ✓
(D) None of These
93. Big Ben, a huge clock was installed at Brills' Parliament in
(A) 1940
(B) 1859
(C) 1875 ✓
(D) 1872
94. What is the clinical use for temperature?
(A) Centigrade
(B) Fahrenheit ✓
(C) Celsius
(D) All of These
95. In which District of Punjab Kallar Kahar Lab is situated?
(A) Jhelum
(B) Chakwal ✓
(C) Sargodha
(D) Mianwali
96. World Cancer Day is observed every year on:
(A) 21st February
(B) 12th February
(C) 4th February ✓
(D) 19th February
97. Who is said to be the father of Modem Olympics?
(A) Robert Dover
(B) Pierre de Coubertin ✓
(C) Theodosius I
(D) Ernest Curtis
98. Which team has won the Football World Cup most of the times?
(A) Italy
(B) France
(C) Germany
(D) Brazil ✓
99. ‘Doha" is the sea port of:
(A) Libya
(B) Chile
(C) UAE
(D) Qatar ✓
100. 'Marala’ Headworks has been constructed on River:
(A) Ravi
(B) Chenab ✓
(C) Sutlej
(D) Indus
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