PPSC Deputy Superintendent Jail 2016 Solved Past Papers
PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT JAIL – 2016
1. Who requested Allah to allow him to exist freely until the Day of Judgment?
(A) Hazrat Adam (A.S)
(B) Hazrat Hawwa (AS)
(C) Iblees ✓
(D) None of these
2. An Electronic Banking is also known as:
(A) Cyber-banking ✓
(B) Commercial banking
(C) Circular banking
(D) Credit banking
3. The First Nobel Prize in the Sub-Continent was awarded to:
(A) Rabinder Nath Tegore ✓
(B) Prof. Amritya Sen
(C) Krishna Menon
(D) Dr. Raman
4. A Tale of Two Cities' was written by
(A) D.H. Lawrence
(B) R.L. Stevenson
(C) Khushwant Singh
(D) Charles Dickens ✓
5. Which of the following agencies related to UNO was in existence before the World War II?
(A) WHO
(B) FAO
(C) ILO ✓
(D) IMF
6. The first women Police Station was set up in:
(A) Lahore ✓
(B) Peshawar
(C) Islamabad
(D) Karachi
7. Name the Princely state other than Kashmir which caused a dispute between India & Pakistan:
(A) Bahawaipur
(B) Junagadh ✓
(C) Chitral
(D) Gurdaspur
8. A rear-view mirror for driving is of which type?
(A) Plain
(B) Concave ✓
(C) Convex
(D) Inverted
9. What is “Acrophobia’?
(A) It is the fear of height ✓
(B) It is the fear of dogs
(C) It is the fear of water
(D) None of these
10. Santiago is the capital of:
(A) Brazil
(B) Chile ✓
(C) Cuba
(D) Italy
11. The Karez System is practiced only in:
(A) Khyber Pakhtunkhawa
(B) Sindh
(C) Baluchistan ✓
(D) Punjab
12. Para Olympic Games are held for
(A) Women
(B) Children
(C) Old People ✓
(D) Physically Handicapped People
13. Mahabat Khan Mosque is situated in:
(A) Lahore
(B) Peshawar ✓
(C) Quetta
(D) Karachi
14. After the creation of Pakistan, the first Radio was established:
(A) Lahore
(B) Karachi ✓
(C) Peshawar
(D) Islamabad
15. USB Flash Drive is commonly used portable device to store data. What does USB stand for?
(A) Universal Serial Bus ✓
(B) Universal Storage Bank
(C) Unique Storage Bus
(D) Universal Storage for Business
16. An Interim Government was formed in India in 1946. Who was the Prime Minister of the Interim Government?
(A) Jawaharial Nehru ✓
(B) Lord Waved
(C) Liaqat Ali Khan
(D) None of these
17. Who is the only one in the following who has won the Nobel Prize twice?
(A) Sir C V Raman
(B) Dr. Muhammad Younas Khan
(C) Dr. Linus Carl Pauling ✓
(D) Nelson Mandela
18. The uncharged particle in an atom is called:
(A) Proton
(B) Electron
(C) Neutron ✓
(D) Molecule
19. Maharaja Ranjit Singh was a contemporary of
(A) Aurangzeb Alamgir
(B) Guru Nanak
(C) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(D) Lord Clive ✓
20. The Headquarters of the Asian Development Bank is located in:-
(A) Bangkok
(B) Manila ✓
(C) Tokyo
(D) Kuala Lumpur
21. Choose the Correct Spellings from following set:
(A) Receive ✓
(B) Receve
(C) Recieve
(D) Recive
22. The session of Senate is presided over by:
(A) The President
(B) The Speaker
(C) The Chairman ✓
(D) None of these
23. Beijing is the new name of:
(A) Hiroshima
(B) Yokohama
(C) Peking ✓
(D) Seoul
24. To answer accurately is more important than
(A) A quick finish
(B) To finish quickly ✓
(C) Finishing quickly
(D) You finish quickly
25. Of the following plays, which play has not been written by William Shakespeare?
(A) As you Like it
(B) King Lear
(C) Comedy of Errors
(D) Arms and the Man ✓
26. A number is increased by 20% and then decreased by 20%, the final value of the number.
(A) Does not change
(B) Decreases by 2% ✓
(C) Increases by 4%
(D) Decreases by 4%
27. Greenwich associated with Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is situated in:
(A) Greenland
(B) Australia
(C) England ✓
(D) Finland
28. Zakat and Usher Ordinance was promulgated in:
(A) 1978
(B) 1979
(C) 1980 ✓
(D) 1982
29. President ldi Amin was forced to go in exile in 1979. In which country did he spend major part of the exile period and eventually die?
(A) Libya
(B) Egypt
(C) Zaire
(D) Saudi Arabia ✓
30. Archaeological site "Bhambore". is located in the district of:
(A) Khairpur
(B) Dadu
(C) Larkana
(D) Thatta ✓
31. Mr. Rehman ordered a car worth Rs. 600,000 and was given a discount. Given that he paid Rs. 57,00000 for his new car. Calculate the percentage discount he received:
(A) 5% ✓
(B) 7%
(C) 9%
(D) 10%
32. The average age of a group of 13 boys is 13. When two more boys joined the group, the average rose by 2 years. The sum of the ages of the two new boys is:
(A) 26
(B) 30
(C) 50
(D) 56 ✓
33. Which of the following provinces of Afghanistan is situated adjacent to Durand Line*:
(A) Paktika ✓
(B) Herat
(C) Nimruz
(D) Bamian
34. The element which is most abundant in the Earth's crust is:
(A) Silicon
(B) Iron
(C) Aluminium
(D) Oxygen ✓
35. Choose the correct spellings from following:
(A) Sacede
(B) Succeed ✓
(C) Sucsede
(D) Sucede
36. Which Sahabi was the first Hafiz of the Holy Quran?
(A) Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A)
(B) Hazrat Umar (R.A)
(C) Hazrat Usman (R.A) ✓
(D) Hazrat All (R.A)
37. Identify the world's largest “Peninsula":
(A) Alaska
(B) Scandinavia
(C) Arabian ✓
(D) Labrador
38. A bag contains 9 kg. of sugar which is to be separated into package containing 450 grams each. How many such packages can be made?
(A) 16
(B) 18
(C) 20 ✓
(D) 24
39. Ayat Al Kursi is part of which Surah in the Holy Quran?
(A) Al Imran
(B) Al Baqarah ✓
(C) Al Anfal
(D) Al Nissa
40. Which of the following International Organizations has no Headquarters:
(A) ASEAN
(B) G-8 ✓
(C) D-8
(D) Arab League
41. Light travels at miles per second?
(A) 176,000
(B) 140,000
(C) 120,000
(D) 186 000 ✓
42. “Pedagogy" is a science of:
(A) Bodily diseases
(B) Stamp collecting
(C) Languages
(D) Teaching ✓
43. Condoleezza Rice was the American:
(A) Secretary of State ✓
(B) Defence Minister "
(C) Secretary Defence
(D) Advisor to President
44. Gandhi-Jinnah talks were held in 1944 to discuss the C.R. Formula, prepared by:
(A) Raja Gopal Acharia ✓
(B) V.P. Menon
(C) Abu-al-Kalam Azad
(D) LordWauoii
45. Choose the correct option:
I have engaged him to act as my
(A) Council
(B) Councel
(C) Counsel ✓
(D) Counsul
46. Choose the correct option:
Although he was a(n) and new at the game Asad knew the others were playing incorrectly.
(A) Expert
(B) Enthusiast
(C) Authority
(D) Novice ✓
47. The main chemical substance present in the bones and teeth of animals is:
(A) Sodium Chloride
(B) Sugar
(C) Calcium Phosphate ✓
(D) Calcium Sulphate
48. The highest literacy rate among the SAARC countries is in:
(A) India
(B) Maldives ✓
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) Pakistan
49. India attacked Pakistan on:
(A) 11 September 1964
(B) 12 December 1964
(C) 6 September 1965 ✓
(D) 6 September 1966
50. Who was the predecessor of Lord Mountbatten?
(A) Lord Wavell ✓
(B) Sir Stafford Cripps
(C) Radcliffe
(D) Lord Curzon
51. The Synonym of Exemplify is?
(A) Over
(B) Illustrate ✓
(C) Answer
(D) Summary
52. SACROSANCT means:
(A) Sacred ✓
(B) Wealthy
(C) Clever
(D) Humble
53. If 6 + 5x = 30 - x then x = ?
(a) 4 ✓
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 8
54. Islam was explicitly decided as the State religion of Pakistan under the Constitution of:
(A) 1956
(B) 1962
(C) 1973 ✓
(D) Constituent Assembly
55. Which Prophet is titled as ‘Abut Bashar"?
(A) Hazrat Yaqub (A.S)
(B) Hazrat Adam (A.S) ✓
(C) Hazrat Yousaf (A.S)
(D) Hazrat Daood (A.S)
56. “Bravely’is a:
(A) Noun
(B) Verb
(C) Adverb
(D) Adjective ✓
57. The LOC in Kashmir was first demarcated as Ceasefire Line in:
(A) 1948
(B) 1949 ✓
(C) 1947
(D) 1950
58. If 15 toys cost Rs: 234, what do 35 toys cost?
(A) Rs: 546 ✓
(B) Rs: 50
(C) Rs: 60
(D) Rs. 70
59. The business activity conducted with the help of Internet is called:
(A) E-commercial
(B) E-commerce ✓
(C) E-communication
(D) None of these
60. Find the missing number in the number series:
2,4,12, 48,240,
(A) 420
(B) 1200
(C) 1440 ✓
(D) 2400
61. In the US Administration Ashton Carter is the:
(A) US Ambassador to Pakistan
(B) US Foreign Secretary
(C) US Secretary of Defence ✓
(D) None of these
62. Who was the owner of the Microsoft Corporation?
(A) Steve Jobs
(B) Steve Ballmer
(C) Bill Gates
(D) Both B and C ✓
63. Identify the correct sentence from following:
(A) I am sick by your lies
(B) I am sick from your lies
(C) I am sick of your lies ✓
(D) I am sick to your lies
64. Which of the following was signed on 8 April, 1950:
(A) SEATO
(B) CENTO
(C) Liaquat-Nehru Pact ✓
(D) Colombo Plan
65. Ghulam Muhammad Barrage is on:
(A) River Indus of Khairpur
(B) River Indus at Kotri / Hyderabad ✓
(C) River Indus at Sehwan Sharif
(D) None of these
66. “RSVP” is written at the end of an invitation card. It is an abbreviation expression used in which language?
(A) Latin
(B) English
(C) French ✓
(D) Italian
67. Heat received by the Earth from the Sun known as:
(A) Insulation
(B) Solar radiation ✓
(C) Solar Heat
(D) Thermal radia::
68. Twitter is a:
(A) Search engine
(B) Social network service ✓
(C) E-mail service
(D) Blog page
69. Who was the first Muslim personality to awarded the Nobel Prize?
(A) Yasser Arafat
(B) Dr. Abdus Salam ✓
(C) Neguib Mahfouz
(D) Anwar Sadaat
70. The Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP) was ____ built with the help of:
(A) China
(B) Canada ✓
(C) Japan
(D) UK
71. Fill in the blanks:
He did not pay heed ____ his brothel's advice.
(A) For
(B) On
(C) To ✓
(D) In
72. The number of bones in an adult human body is:
(A) 306
(B) 260 ✓
(C) 206
(D) 106
73. At the event of Miraj, which Ibaadat became Farz?
(A) Fast
(B) Zakat
(C) Jehad
(D) Five Prayers ✓
74. Neelum Valley is in:
(A) Swat
(B) Gilgit
(C) Hunza
(D) Azad Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) ✓
75. ‘Shawwal’ is the _____ month of Islamic Calendar.
(A) 7th
(B) 8th
(C) 9th
(D) 10th ✓
76. Manchester United is the name of a:
(A) City
(B) Football Club ✓
(C) A Charity Organization
(D) Polo Club
77. Which of the following organizations look after the children in the world?
(A) UNIDO
(B) UNICEF ✓
(C) UNESCO
(D) UPU
78. The Constitution of the All India Muslim League was drafted by a Committee in 1907 headed by:
(A) Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk
(B) Nawab Moham-ut-Muik
(C) Muafana Muhammad Ali Jauhar ✓
(D) Justice Shah Din
79. Gomai University is in:
(A) Quetta
(B) D.G. Khan
(C) Peshawar
(D) Dera Ismail Khan ✓
80. Please fill in the blank:
The manager receipt of my letter promptly."
(A) accepted
(B) realized
(C) Cognized
(D) acknowledged ✓
81. December 3, (every year) is observed all over the world as:
(A) International Literacy Day
(B) International Civil Aviation Day
(C) International Day of Disabled Persons ✓
(D) International Human Rights
82. TURN TO PASSIVE VOICE "The dealer has sold the car"
(A) The car is being sold by the dealer
(B) The car has been sold by the dealer ✓
(C) The car had been sold by the dealer
(D) The car was being sold by the dealer
83. If 3/11 of a number is 22, what is 6/11 of that number?
(A) 6
(B) 12
(C) 33
(D) 44 ✓
84. Which country is the current FIFA Football World champion?
(A) Brazil
(B) Germany
(C) Spain ✓
(D) France
85. The country's ruler required his citizens to seek official permission before changing jobs.
(A) Democratic
(B) Dubious
(C) Autocratic ✓
(D) Indigenous
86. Select the correct spellings.
(A) Victory ✓
(B) Victary
(C) Victory
(D) Victonl
87. Mother of Hazrat Yousaf (A.S) was:
(A) Rebecca
(B) Rachel ✓
(C) Alishba
(D) Amina
88. Before the Partition of India the Round Table Conference were held in:
(A) Lahore
(B) London ✓
(C) Simla
(D) Delhi
89. The maximum number of Huffaz-e-Quran were martyred in the:
(A) Jang-e-Khandaq
(B) Jang-e-Uhad
(C) Jang-e-Yamama ✓
(D) None of these
90. From which university did Allama Iqbal obtain his Ph.D degree?
(A) Oxford ✓
(B) Cambridge
(C) Munich
(D) Heidelberg
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