PPSC Solved Past Paper
Punjab Public Service Commission Written Test for Recruitment to the Post of EPUTY DIRECTOR POPULATION WELFARE OFFICER / TEHSIL POPULATION WELFARE OFFICER (BPS-17) IN THE PUNJAB POPULATION WELFARE DEPARTMENT
1. “Magna Carta* was:(A) Charter of rights granted by King John II of England in 1215 A.D. ✓
(B) An agreement between Automans and Bourbons
(C) the constitution adopted by Frederick of Germany
(D) None of these
2. “Crusades* were battles fought between Msulims and Christians in 11th to 13th centuries A.D. to take control of:
(A) Constantinople
(B) Cairo
(C) Jerusalem ✓
(D) Damascus
Amariran narJaratinn of Indenendence was drafted by:
(A) Thomas Jefferson ✓
(B) Jhon Adams
(C) George Washington
(D) Abrahim Lincoln
4. The Bolshevik Revolution of Russia (1917) was led by:
(A) Lenin ✓
(B) Stalin
(C) Trotsky
(D) Noneofhtem
5. Which out of the following was a poet?
(A) Socrates
(B) Plato
(C) Homer ✓
(D) Herodtus
6. “Mein Kemph’ is the autobiography of.
(A) Curchili
(B) Hitler ✓
(C) Henry Kissenger
(D) Lindon B. Jhonson
7. The first person in the world to land on the moon was:
(A) Major Yurigagarin
(B) Edward White
(C) Neil A. Armstrong ✓
(D) Velentina Tereshkova
8. "Waterloo" was founght between:
(A) French and English lead alliance ✓
(B) Greeks and Romans
(C) Persians and Greeks
(D) Germans and French
9. Najif Ashraf is the burial place of:
(A) Hazrat Imam Hussain
(B) Hazrat Imam Hussan
(C) Hazrat Fatima
(D) Hazrat Ali ✓
10. Mughal Emperor Humayun's tomb is situated at:
(A) Kabul
(B) Agra
(C) Delhi ✓
(D) Banaras
11. Golden Temple, Amritsar is a holy place of:
(A) Hindus
(B) Budhists
(C) Sikhs ✓
(D) Jains
12. The tallest structure of the present day world is:
(A) Burj-al-Khalifa (Dubai) ✓
(B) Eiffel Tower (Paris)
(C) Twin Towers (KL)
(D) C.N. Towers (Toronto)
13. Which one is the largest ocean of this world?
(A) Arctic
(B) Atlantic
(C) Indian
(D) Pacific ✓
14. Alexandria is a famous port city of:
(A) Libya
(B) Egypt ✓
(C) Iraq
(D) Turkey
15. Out of following; who was a great geometer*:
(A) Confucius
(B) Euclid ✓
(C) Copernicus
(D) Michelangelo
16. Kampala is the capital of:
(A) Tanzania
(B) Zambia
(C) Uganda ✓
(D) Nigiria
17. Iranian city Abadan is famous for
(A) ‘world’s biggest oil refinery ✓
(B) a huge film industry
(C) a great university
(D) being political centre of country
18. The headquarters of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is located at:
(A) Bangkok
(B) Colombo
(C) Manila ✓
(D) Tehran
19. England's city Manchester has been famous for:
(A) Textile Industry ✓
(B) It's beaches
(C) Historic Churches
(D) Royal places
20. Singapore was previously part pf:
(A) China
(B) Indonesia
(C) Korea
(D) Malaysia ✓
21. Warren Buffet earned his wealth through:
(A) Film making
(B) Booking writing
(C) Stock exchange ✓
(D) Construction business
22. The book titled “Working with Zia’ was written by:
(A) Gen. K.M. Arif ✓
(B) Prof. Hassan Askari
(C) Justice Muneer Ahmad
(D) Rafi Raza
23. Insulin is secreted by:
(A) Liver
(B) Pancreas ✓
(C) Kidneys
(D) Heart
24. “Myanmar” is the new name oft
(A) Uganda
(B) Burma ✓
(C) Congo
(D) Bhutan
25. The 1st Islamic Summit Conference was held in 1969 at:
(A) Istambul
(B) Rabat ✓
(C) Cairo
(D) Tehran
26. The “Scouts" movement was started by:
(A) Sir Robert Baden-Powell ✓
(B) Thomas Hardy
(C) William Rogers
(D) Sir Winston Churchill
27. Which of the following is not a principal organ of the UNO?
(A) General Assembly
(B) Trusteeship Council
(C) Security Council
(D) World Health Organization ✓
28. The headquarter of European Union is at:
(A) Vienna
(B) Brussels ✓
(C) Paris
(D) New York
29. “Olive Branch” signifies:
(A) Culture and Civilization
(B) Justice
(C) Protest
(D) Peace ✓
30. “Cathy Pacific" is a/an:
(A) Newspaper
(B) Airline ✓
(C) Novel
(D) City
31. The sailor who discovered sea route from Europe to India:
(A) Vasco da Gama ✓
(B) Christopher Columbus
(C) Captain James Cook
(D) Ferdinant Magellan
32. The most populous Muslim country of the world is:
(A) Pakistan
(B) Egypt
(C) Indonesia ✓
(D) Turkey
33. Who invented thermometer?
(A) Galileo Galilei ✓
(B) John Francis
(C) William Stanley
(D) Marconi
34. How many Laws of Motion were propounded by Newton:
(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three ✓
(D) Four
35. The study of heredity of individuals is called:
(A) Geology
(B) Genealogy
(C) Geophysics
(D) Genetics ✓
36. The rainfall is measured by:
(A) Rain checker
(B) Rain gauge ✓
(C) Rain rod
(D) Rain measurer
37. Dar-us-Salam is the capital of;
(A) Kenya
(B) Tanzania ✓
(C) Zambia
(D) Tunis
38. Aung San Suu Kyi is:
(A) Myanmar's political leader ✓
(B) Japan's media person
(C) Korea's business tycoon
(D) Singapore's Prime Minister
39. Steeve Jobs earned fame during his association with:
(A) Micro-soft
(B) Intel
(C) Dell
(D) Apple ✓
40. Kart Marx presented his ideas in his famous work:
(A) Das Capital ✓
(B) Social Contract
(C) Hemlet
(D) Republic
41. The display device on a computer; similar to a television screen is called:
(A) Motherboard
(B) Monitor ✓
(C) Laptop
(D) Microprocessor
42. “Ashes" is played between:
(A) England and New Zealand
(B) New Zealand and Australia
(C) Australia and England
(D) South Africa and England ✓
43. The world’s oldest university is:
(A) Al-Azher University (Cairo)
(B) University of Karueein (Fez) ✓
(C) University of Naples (Naples)
(D) None of these
44. Which country’s flag never flies at half-mast:
(A) Jordan
(B) Syria
(C) Iran
(D) Saudi Arabia ✓
45. Queen Elizabeth of England is the sovereign head of:
(A) Australia
(B) Canada
(C) New Zealand
(D) All of them ✓
46. “Baht" is the currency of:
(A) Brazil
(B) Thailand ✓
(C) Malaysia
(D) Vietnam
47. Who is the present Secretary General of the UNO?
(A) Kofi Anan
(B) Ban Ki-moon ✓
(C) Albradi
(D) Collin Powell
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48. “Davis Cup° is associated with:
(A) Lawn Tennis ✓
(B) Squash
(C) Badminton
(D) Polo
49. Argentina is located in:
(A) North America
(B) Europe
(C) South America ✓
(D) Africa
50. Pakistan's literacy rate* is:
(A) 55%
(B) 48.5%
(C) 56.2%
(D) 51% ✓
51. Pakistan's longest boundry is with:
(A) Iran
(B) China
(C) Indian held Kashmir
(D) India ✓
52. In terms of population, Pakistan's position in the world is:
(A) 6th ✓
(B) 7th
(C) 34th
(D) 11th
53. After partition, the 1st Governor of Punjab was:
(A) Sardar Abdur Rub Nishter
(B) Sir Francis Mudie ✓
(C) Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar
(D) Nawab Mushtaq Ahmed
54. Who was the last Governor General of Pakistan:
(A) Iskander Mirza ✓
(B) Ghulam Muhammad
(C) Khawaja Nazim-ud-Din
(D) None of these
55. The last* receipt of Nishan-i-Haider was:
(A) Captain Kamal Sher Khan
(B) Lance Nalk Muhammad Mehfuz
(C) Sawar Muhammad Hussain
(D) Havaldar Lalak Jan ✓
56. Pakistan's area* Is:
(A) 6,89,000 sq. k.m
(B) 5,34,000 sq. k.m
(C) 881,889 sq. k.m ✓
(D) 9,35,801 sq. k.m
57. Sir Allan Octavian Hume was:
(A) Last Secretary of State for India
(B) 1st President of Indian National Congress ✓
(C) A famous historian
(D) 2nd Secretary General of the UNO
58. The key note of Minto-Morley reforms in 1909 was:
(A) Acceptance of separate electorate for Muslims ✓
(B) Introduction of parliamentary system
(C) Award of dominion status
(D) Total autonomy to provinces
59. Mr. Muhammad Ali Jinnah joined Muslim League in:
(A) 1911
(B) 1909
(C) 1912
(D) 1913 ✓
60. Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919 awarded how much representation to Muslims in Central Legislature?
(A) 2/3
(B) 1/3
(C) 3/4
(D) 1/4 ✓
61. Mr. Jinnah presented his 14 points in response to:
(A) Lucknow Pact
(B) Montague Chelmsford Reforms
(C) Simon Commission Report
(D) Nehru Report ✓
62. The 1st Khilafat Conference was held on 23rd November 1919 at:
(A) Bombay
(B) Lucknow
(C) Delhi ✓
(D) Lahore
63. Kamal Attaturk abolished the Automan Khilafat in:
(A) 1919
(B) 1924 ✓
(C) 1925
(D) 192ft
64. Which famous Act was passed in 1919?
(A) Autonomy Act
(B) Khilafat Act
(C) Rowlatt Act ✓
(D) Arms and Ammunition Act
65. The "Delhi Proposals" (1927) was finalized by:
(A) Mr. M. A. Jinnah ✓
(B) Abu-al-Kalam Azad
(C) Pandit Moti Lal Nehru
(D) Liaqat Ali Khan
66. To call of the Civil Disobedience Movement Gandhi signed an agreement on 5th March 1931 with:
(A) Mr. M. A. Jinnah
(B) Lord Irwin ✓
(C) Mr. Muhammad Ali Jauher
(D) None of them .
67. Who announced the Communal Award of 1932?
(A) Sir Ramsay Macdonald ✓
(B) Lord Rippen
(C) Sir John Simon
(D) Lord Minto
68. System of “Dyarchy” was abolised in province and introduced in centre vide:
(A) Minto Morfey Reforms
(B) Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
(C) Govt, of India Act 1935 ✓
(D) Communal Award
69. “Waddia Mandir Scheme” of Congress rule related to*
(A) Health
(B) Social Welfare
(C) Education ✓
(D) Police
70. “Bande Matram*" was written by:
(A) Dr. Zakir Hussan
(B) Surrender Nath Banner Jee
(C) Rubandra Nath Taigore
(D) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee ✓
71. On 23rh March 1940, the Lahore Resolution was moved by Sher-e-Bengal Maulvi Fazal-ul-Haq who seconded it?
(A) Sardar Abdur Rab Nishter
(B) Ch. Khaliq-uz-Zaman ✓
(C) Liaqat Ali Khan
(D) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
72. The Cripps Mission was dispatched to India in 1942 by:
(A) Sir Winston Churchill ✓
(B) Clement Attlee
(C) Widrow Wilson
(D) None of them
73. To whom Lord Wavel succeeded as Governor General of India in 1943?
(A) Lord Irvin
(B) Lord Minto
(C) Lord Lin Lith Gow ✓
(D) Lord Mayo
74. The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan passed of “Objective Resolution" in:
(A) 1947
(B) 1948
(C) 1949 ✓
(D) 1950
75. According to Constitution of 1956; the national language of Pakistan was:
(A) Urdu
(B) Bengali
(C) Urdu and Bengali ✓
(D) Urdu and English
76. The last Prime Minister before the imposition of 1958 Martial law was:
(A) Hussain Shaheed Suharwardi
(B) Muhammad Ali Bogra
(C) Ch. Muhammad Ali
(D) Feroz Khan Noon ✓
77. For how many days the National Assembly of Pakistan has essentially to meet in a year?
(A) 100 days
(B) 130 days ✓
(C) 150 days
(D) 200 days
78. The Upper House (Senate) was first time created wide Constitution of:
(A) 1956
(B) 1962
(C) 1973 ✓
(D) None of them
79. At present, who is the COAS of Pakistan Army?
(A) Gen. Pervaiz Isfhaq Klani
(B) Gen. Raheel Sharif ✓
(C) Gen. Rashid Mehmud
(D) Gen. Khalid Shamim Wlan
80. Which Pakistani dignitary has visited India recently?
(A) Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif
(B) Mr. Sartaz Aziz
(C) Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (P.M) ✓
(D) None of them
81. The new Chief Justice of Pakistan is:
(A) Justice Jawad S. Khawaja
(B) Justice Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramdey
(C) Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani ✓
(D) Justice Ijaz Ahmad Ch.
82. GSP + Status for Pakistan has been approved
(A) UNO
(B) Commonwealth
(C) European Union ✓
(D) None of them
83. Amateur World Snooker Championship 2013 had been won by:
(A) Thailand
(B) Brazil
(C) Spain
(D) Pakistan ✓
84. “Long Walk to Freedom" is the autobiography of:
(A) Nelson Mandella ✓
(B) Ahmed Mursi
(C) Hasan Rohani
(D) K. L. Advanl
85. Anglea Murkei is the /a
(A) Chancellor of Germany ✓
(B) Foreign Minister of Canada
(C) Meida person of England
(D) Great Chess Player
86. Iran has recently sent into space a:
(A) Monkey ✓
(B) Horse
(C) Donkey
(D) Goat
87. David Beckham is one of the greatest star of:
(A) Cricket
(B) Football ✓
(C) Lawn Tennis
(D) Squash
88. The number of seats in Pakistan’s Nations! Assembly is:
(A) 312
(B) 411
(C) 342 ✓
(D) 115
89. Which out of the following is not a “weekly"?
(A) Time
(B) Newsweek
(C) New York Times ✓
(D) Economist
90. The present Secretary of State of America is:
(A) John Kerry ✓
(B) Joe Byden
(C) DickCheni
(D) None of them
91. Which is the highest forex-earner for Paksltan out of the following commodities?
(A) Sugar
(B) Wheat
(C) Cotton ✓
(D) Rice
92. The “Salt Range” is located in:
(A) Sind
(B) Baluchistan
(C) KP
(D) Punjab ✓
93. Khunjrab Pass connects
(A) Pakistan with China ✓
(B) Hunza with Gilgit
(C) Dir with Chitral
(D) Azad Kashmir with Indian held Kashmir
94. When did the last Census take place in Pakistan?
(A) 1995
(B) 1998 ✓
(C) 2002
(D) 2010
95. Pakistan aim to spend 7% of GDP by 2015, on:
(A) Health
(B) Communication
(C) Irrigation
(D) Education ✓
96. Pakistan's per capital income stands at:
(A) $1073
(B) $850
(C) $1190
(D) $1270 ✓
97. “Bala Hisar’fort is:
(A) Near Charsada ✓
(B) In Multan
(C) Adjacent to Quetta
(D) None of them
98. Pakistan's most important Industrial sector is:
(A) Cement
(B) Textile ✓
(C) Fertilizer
(D) Sports
99. Pakistan is in agreement with Iran for supply of:
(A) Oil
(B) Water
(C) Ghee
(D) Gas ✓
100. What significant political development is likely to take place in Pakistan soon?
(A) Local Govt. Elections ✓
(B) American President's visit
(C) Meeting between premiers of Pakistan and India
(D) A defence pact with Afghanistan
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