PPSC Excise & Taxation Inspector (BS-14) – 2011 Solved Past Paper - PPSC Written Test for Recruitment to the Posts of EXCISE & TAXATION INSPECTOR (BS-14) – 2011
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1. Rohtas Fort was constructed by (on Sher Shah's order)
(A) Todar Mai ✓
(B) Hari Krishan Rai
(C) Raja Ram Das
(D) Raja Bir Mai
2. On which river Rohtas Fort was constructed by Sher Shah?
(A) Jhelum ✓
(B) Indus
(C) Soan
(D) Haro
3. Hazara division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province comprises five districts including Abbottabad, Batagram, Kohistan, Mansehra and:
(A) Haripur ✓
(B) Mingora
(C) Khan pur
(D) Mardan
4. Which language is prominent in Hazara division?
(A) Pastu
(B) Hindko ✓
(C) Kohistan
(D) Pothohari
5. The delta of Indus River is called
(A) SaptaSindhu
(B) Barhamputra
(C) Sunderband
(D) Panjand ✓
6. Which country is the world's largest tea importer?
(A) Pakistan ✓
(B) UK
(C) Egypt
(D) China
7. The foundation stone of the Sikhism’s holiest place ‘Golden Tample" at Amritsar was laid by
(A) Guru Nanak
(B) Khawja Ghareb Nawaz
(C) Acharya Rakeshprasad
(D) Hazrat Mian Mir ✓
8. Babar Nama is written in which language?
(A) Persian
(B) Turkish
(C) Arabic
(D) Chagatai ✓
9. Sheikh Ahmad Farooqi also called:
(A) Imam Rabbani
(B) Mujadid-alf-Saani
(C) Sheikh Sirhindi
(D) All of the above ✓
10. The doctrine of Wahdatul-Wajood was presented by:
(A) Ibn-e-Arabi ✓
(B) Mujadid-alf-Saani
(C) IbneYazid
(D) Sheikh Sirhindi
11. The last Nawab of Bahawalpur is:
(A) SadiqAbasi I
(B) Abassi II
(C) Sir Sadiq Abbasi VI
(D) Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V ✓
12. Before Referendum Sylhet was the part of:
(A) Assam ✓
(B) Bihar
(C) Chittagong
(D) U.P
13. Name the first book of Allama Iqbal in Urdu?
(A) ilmul Iqtissad ✓
(B) Bang-e-Dara
(C) Javed Nama
(D) Bal-e-Jibril
14. Major Non -NATO ally is:
(A) Pakistan ✓
(B) Egypt
(C) Turkey
(D) Israel
15. Muslim Students Federation (MSF) was established in 1937 by:
(A) Abdur Rab Nishtar
(B) Raja Sahib of Mehmud Abad ✓
(C) Raja Gazanfir Ali
(D) Sir Agha Khan
16. Which Pakistani prime minister visited china first?
(A) Liaqat Ali Khan
(B) Hussain Shaheed Suharwardi ✓
(C) Khawaja Nazimuddin
(D) Muhammad Ali Bogra
17. Mullah Do Piazza was a:
(A) Religious reformist in Shah Jahan’s era
(B) Akbar’s chief advisor and one of Navratnas ✓
(C) A mystical character of Tasleemhosharba
(D) None of these
18. Pakistan recognized china in which year?
(A) 1948
(B) 1949
(C) 1950 ✓
(D) 1951
19. What is Tilla Jogian?
(A) Is a peak in Sulman Range
(B) Finds mention in epic love poem Heer Ranjha of Waris Shah ✓
(C) Is the place where Buddha is said to have spent 40 days in quiet seclusion
(D) All of above
20. Which bank provided 80 million loans for making 1 budget of Pakistan?
(A) UBL
(B) NB
(C) MCB
(D) Habib Bank ✓
21. Who wrote ‘Mingling of two Oceans’ (Majma-ul-Bahrain)?
(A) Prince Muhammad Dara Shikoh ✓
(B) Mujadid-alf-Saani
(C) IbneYazid
(D) Sheikh Sirhindi
22. When the banks were nationalized in Pakistan?
(A) 1971
(B) 1972
(C) 1973
(D) 1974 ✓
23. Where is Kallar Kahar situated?
(A) Sialkot
(B) Chakwal ✓
(C) Murree
(D) Jehlum
24. 'Qantas' is the name of airline of:
(A) Russia
(B) Australia ✓
(C) Malaysia
(D) Germany
25. Which is the longest river in the world?
(A) Nile ✓
(B) Amazon
(C) Volga
(D) Mississippi
26. Southern Cross which is constellation found in the southern region of the night sky consists of:
(A) Seven Stars
(B) Five Stars ✓
(C) Three Stars
(D) Nine Stars
27. The capital of New Zealand is:
(A) Wallington ✓
(B) Auckland
(C) Berlin
(D) None of these
28. The first Pakistani to hoist the Pakistani flag at the North and South Pole is:
(A) NazirSabir
(B) SaimaSalim
(C) NumairaSalim ✓
(D) AshrafAman
20. The first climber from Pakistan to have summated Mt. Everest on 17th May, 2000 Was
(A) NazirSabir ✓
(B) SaimaSalim
(C) NumairaSalim
(D) AshrafAman
30. Which king was the first to use rockets in warfare?
(A) Hyder Ali
(B) Tipu Sultan ✓
(C) ShahJahan
(D) Jahangir
31. Who was the author of the book “Jinnah: India Partition, Independence"?
(A) TariqAli
(B) ImtiazGul
(C) Jaswant Singh ✓
(D) G.W. Chaudhry
32. In which Indian state is the Sun Temple of Konark located?
(A) Tamilnadu
(B) Orissa ✓
(C) West Bengal
(D) Assam
33. Which ruler is referred to as the ‘Mad Monarch’?
(A) Ashoka
(B) Mohammad bin Tughlaq ✓
(C) Akbar
(D) Hyder Ali
34. Vitamin C is also known as Ascorbic Acid. Deficiency of vitamin C causes
(A) Night-blindness
(B) Beri-Beri
(C) Scurvy ✓
(D) None of these
35. United Nations Day is observed on every year
(A) 19th October
(B) 24th October ✓
(C) 21st October
(D) 25th October
36. Ali Makhdum Haiweri popularly known as Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh came to India with:
(A) Sultan Masud of Gazni
(B) Sultan Mohammed Ghori
(C) Muhammad Bin Qasim
(D) None of these
37. Who created the character of James Bond?
(A) R.L. Stevenson
(B) Ian Fleming ✓
(C) H.G. Wells
(D) None of these
38. Individually who won two Nobel Prizes so far?
(A) Madam Curie ✓
(B) Prof Francis Peyton
(C) William Lawrence
(D) None of these
39. Sultan Mohammed Ghori defeated Prithvi Raj at the second battle of Tarain in:
(A) 1192 ✓
(B) 1190
(C) 1191
(D) 1194
40. The first person who sailed around the world was
(A) Robert Piere
(B) Magellan ✓
(C) Captain Cook
(D) None of these
41. Portuguese East Africa is the old name of:
(A) Mozambique ✓
(B) Taiwan
(C) Somalia
(D) None of these
42. Which is the second largest landlocked country in the world?
(A) Magnolia ✓
(B) Sudan
(C) Switzerland
(D) Chad
43. Which is the brightest planet in the Solar System?
(A) Jupiter
(B) Mercury
(C) Uranus
(D) Venus ✓
44. Which is the most abundantly found metal on the Earth's surface?
(A) Aluminium
(B) Zinc
(C) Iron
(D) Silicon ✓
45. What is the total area of FATA?
(A) 28572 sq km
(B) 27,220 sq km ✓
(C) 28225 sq km
(D) 28925 sq km
46. Name the bird having very weak eye sight?
(A) Kiwi ✓
(B) Ostrich
(C) Seagull
(D) Peacock
47. Behman and Bismillah Airifhes belong to which country?
(A) Bangladesh ✓
(B) France
(C) Germany
(D) England
48. West Virginia is the name of airline of
(A) USA ✓
(B) France
(C) Germany
(D) England
49. Siachen, Batoro and Chogolugma glaciers are situated in which Mountain range?
(A) Himalaya
(B) Karakoram ✓
(C) Hindu Kush
(D) Sulaiman
50. The greatest depth of water surface is about 10,900 metres at Mariana trench. It is located in the
(A) Atlantic Ocean
(B) Pacific Ocean ✓
(C) Indian Ocean
(D) Antarctica Ocean
51. Which one of the following scientists is credited with the successful production of the first cloned sheep' (Dolly)?
(A) Dr. Don Wolf
(B) Dr. H.G. Khurana
(C) Dr. Ian Wilmut ✓
(D) Dr. Dolly
52. When the Muslim League joined the interim government in 1946. Liaquat Ali Khan was assigned the portfolio of:
(A) Foreign affairs
(B) Home
(C) Finance ✓
(D) Defence
53. Who was the Chairman of Boundary Commission to define the boundaries of the dominions under the Indian independence Act of 1947?
(A) LordWavell
(B) Stafford Cripps
(C) Lord Mountbatten
(D) Cyril Radcliffe ✓
54. Which is the oldest airline of the Pakistan?
(A) Orient Airways ✓
(B) Pakistan Airline
(C) PIA
(D) None of these
55. In which Province of Pakistan Volcano Mountains are located?
(A) Punjab
(B) Sindh
(C) Baluchistan ✓
(D) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
56. The wonder of the world 'TajMahal' is situated in the Indian state of:
(A) Uttar Pradesh ✓
(B) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) None of these
57. in which year New Zealand government granted right of vote to women?
(A) 1793
(B) 1893 ✓
(C) 1785
(D) None of these
58. Who among the following is regarded as the "Father of French Revolution"?
(A) Kerensky
(B) Trotsky
(C) Karl Marx
(D) Rousseau ✓
59. Darawar Fort is located in the area of:
(A) Umar Kot (Sindh)
(B) Peshawar (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
(C) Bahawalpur (Punjab) ✓
(D) Quetta (Baiochistan)
60. Lahore Fort and Attack Fort were constructed by:
(A) Babar
(B) Akbar ✓
(C) Hamayyoun
(D) ShahJahan
61. Strait of Malacca separates:
(A) Malaysia and China
(B) Malaysia and Indonesia ✓
(C) Malaysia and Sri Lanka
(D) None of these
62. Before independence East Timor was the part of:
(A) Taiwan
(B) Malaysia
(C) Thailand
(D) Indonesia ✓
63. What do you understand by Inter alia?
(A) In between
(B) Among other things ✓
(C) By the very fact
(D) None pf these
64. Before independence Kosovo was the part of:
(A) Yugoslavia
(B) Albania
(C) Serbia ✓
(D) Bulgaria
65. A dry lake bed found in a desert is known as:
(A) Playa ✓
(B) Aurora
(C) Aurora
(D) None of these
66. What is the name of Rome Airport (Italy)?
(A) Subang
(B) Leonardo da Vinci ✓
(C) Dorval
(D) None of the Above
67. Which is the biggest fresh water lake in the world?
(A) Chilka Lake
(B) Caspian Lake
(C) Dal Lake
(D) Lake Superior ✓
68. The world's busiest inland waterway is
(A) St. Lawrence ✓
(B) Suez
(C) Rhine
(D) Danube
69. Which is the largest animal in the world?
(A) Blue Whale ✓
(B) Rhinoceros
(C) Hippopotamus
(D) Elephant
70. Name the youngest elected president of USA:
(A) Hanry Truman
(B) John F. Kennedy ✓
(C) Andrew Jackson
(D) None of these
71. Name the youngest president of USA who was vice president but had to take over after the assassination of President William Mckinley?
(A) Theodore Roosevelt ✓
(B) John F. Kennedy
(C) John Jackson
(D) John Taylor
72. Which mountain range is also known as "Roof of the World”?
(A) Pamir (Tibet) ✓
(B) Lhasa (Tibet)
(C) Allapuzhe (India)
(D) None of the above
73. 'Sorrow of China' is nickname of which river?
(A) Yangtze-Hang
(B) River Hwang Ho ✓
(C) Long Sea
(D) Cling King
74. Knesset is the parliament of which country?
(A) Ireland
(B) Israel ✓
(C) Mexico
(D) USA
75. Name the country with the longest defence budget:
(A) Russia -
(B) China
(C) USA ✓
(D) UK
76. Plutophobiais a fear of:
(A) Wealth ✓
(B) Water
(C) Fire
(D) None of these
77. Aero Asia is the airline of:
(A) Pakistan ✓
(B) Thailand
(C) Indonesia
(D) Malaysia
78. Which is the first private airline of Pakistan?
(A) Orient Airways
(B) Pakistan Airline
(C) PIA
(D) Hajveeri Airline ✓
79. Homer was the greatest poet of the language namely:
(A) Greek ✓
(B) Latin
(C) English
(D) Spanish
80. Who said these words "Law is a Command of Sovereign, enforceable with sanction"?
(A) Austin ✓
(B) Plato
(C) Aristotle
(D) Salmond
81. Hollywood film industry of USA is situated in:
(A) Washington
(B) New York
(C) California (Los Angeles) ✓
(D) Maryland
82. Who among the following has won the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize?
(A) GohChokTong
(B) Vaclav Havel
(C) Pope John Paul II
(D) Shirin Ebadi ✓
83. FBI of America was established in:
(A) 1908 ✓
(B) 1913
(C) 1914
(D) 1918
84. Tanzania is the new name of:
(A) Zanzibar ✓
(B) Congo
(C) Nyasaland
(D) None of them
85. Old name ofpaisalabad is:
(A) Lyallpur ✓
(B) Montgomery
(C) Sajjowal
(D) None of them
86. Where was Jesus Christ bom?
(A) Iraq
(B) Jerusalem ✓
(C) Mecca
(D) Madina
87. Which team won the most overall gold medals in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games?
(A) USA
(B) Great Britain
(C) Russia
(D) China ✓
88. Who made the fastest test century just in 56 balls?
(A) V. Richards ✓
(B) Chender Pual
(C) Shahid Afridi
(D) B. Lara
89. What day is observed internationally on 5 October?
(A) Children day
(B) Education day
(C) Teachers day ✓
(D) Aids day
90. Which day is observed as the world day tn~ water?
(A) 15th March
(B) 20th March
(C) 18th March
(D) 22nd March ✓
91. Which is the largest district of Pakistan?
(A) Bahawalpur
(B) Lahore
(C) Karachi
(D) Khuzdar ✓
92. Which is the largest jungle of Pakistan?
(A) Changa Manga ✓
(B) Junpur
(C) Chitral
(D) Chichawatni
93. “The Myth of Independence" is written by:
(A) ZulifqarAli Bhutto ✓
(B) G. Allans
(C) G.W. Chaudhry
(D) K.K. Aziz
94. “Quaid-e-Azam Jinnah, The Story of a Nation” is written by:
(A) Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
(B) G.W. Chaudhry
(C) G. Altana ✓
(D) K. Ali
95. “The Last Days of United Pakistan" is written
(A) G.W. Chaudhry ✓
(B) Ahmad Mushtaq
(C) Dr. Waheed Qureshi
(D) Chaudhry Muhammad Ahsan
96. In which year Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to the International Committee of the Red Cross?
(A) 1917
(B) 1944
(C) 1963
(D) All of these ✓
97. Which of the following is the power resource mineral?
(A) Coal ✓
(B) iron ore
(C) Limestone
(D) Copper
98. Which of the following places is famous for Bauxite?
(A) Hazara ✓
(B) Chitral
(C) Potwar plateau
(D) None of these
99. Which is the smallest sea ef the world?
(A) Red Sea
(B) North Sea
(C) Mediterranean Sea
(D) Baltic Sea ✓
100. Which is the hottest planet in our solar system?
(A) Venus ✓
(B) Neptune
(C) Mars
(D) None of these
Mercury is the planet that is closest to the sun and therefore gets more direct heat, but even it isn't the hottest. Venus is the second planet from the sun and has a temperature that is maintained at 462 degrees Celsius, no matter where you go on the planet. It is the hottest planet in the solar system.
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