PPSC Social Security Officer Solved Past Paper 2015

PPSC Social Security Officer Solved Past Paper 2015

PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICER (2015) in the

Labour and Human Resource Departmnet

PPSC SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICER SOLVED PAST PAPER
PPSC Past Paper of  Social Security Officer

1. Cowardice is the opposite of.
(A) Admonition
(B) Injustice
(C) Valour ✓
(D) Repression

2. Degrade means:
(A) with a grade
(B) of D grade
(C) Abase ✓
(D) Abet

3. Cataclysm means
(A) Upheaval ✓
(B) Catalyst
(C) Moderator
(D) Catcall

4. Buoyant is the opposite of
(A) Restive
(B) Placid ✓
(C) Resistant
(D) Retiring

5. Majestic means
(A) Authoritative
(B) Magic
(C) Magisterial
(D) Regal ✓

6. Expedite means
(A) Expedition
(B) Hasten ✓
(C) Expedient
(D) Practical

7. Which word is correctly spelt iri the following set of words:
(A) Obsolite
(B) Absolute ✓
(C) Absolete
(D) Obsilete

8. Acquit has the same meaning as
(A) Forge
(B) Accuse
(C) Exonerate ✓
(D) Reimburse

9. Zealot means
(A) Beginner
(B) Patron
(C) Murderer
(D) Fanatic ✓

10. Vitality has the same meaning as:
(A) Effluent
(B) Affluent ✓
(C) Influence
(D) Effervescence

11. Commodious is the opposite of
(A) Limited ✓
(B) Expensive
(£) Numerous
(D) Leisurely

12. The policeman's story conflicts that of the accused.
(A) from
(B) to
(C) with ✓
(D) in

13. A young police officer was charged the task of transporting the prisoners.
(A) for
(B) by
(C) in
(D) with ✓

14. Parallel is the opposite of:
(A) Divergent ✓
(B) Alongside
(C) Equidistant
(D) Laterally

15. The debate in the Parliament was adjourned the following week.
(A) with
(B) for ✓
(C) into
(D) to

16. Which word is correctly spelt in the following 'set of words:
(A) garuantee
(B) gaurantee
(C) guarantee ✓
(D) guarantee

17. Which word is correctly spelt in the following set of words:
(A) Violit
(B) Voilance
(C) Violance
(D) Voile ✓

18. De Facto means
(A) In practice ✓
(B) By law
(C) By the way
(D) By fiction

19. There has been a complete break of law and order in the country.
(A) up
(B) off
(C) down ✓
(D) of

20. The police must enough evidence to ensure his conviction.
(A) hoard
(B) gather
(C) store
(D) capture

21. If  \({2^x} = 12\), what is \({X^2}\)
(A) 5
(B) 10
(C) 25 ✓
(D) 1024

22. List the fractions 2/3, 5/8 and 13/20 in ascending order:
(A) 2/3, 5/8, 13/20
(B) 5/8, 2/3, 13/20
(C)  13/20, 5/8, 2/3
(D) 13/20, 2/3, 5/8

23. Basit’s weight increased by 25% from year 2009 to 2014. If his weight was k kilograms in 2014, what was it in 2009?
(A) 1.75 k
(B) 1.25 k ✓
(C) 0.80 k
(D) 0.75 k

24. If of the hospital employees are females, the ratio of males to females employees in the hospital is:
(A) 1:3 ✓
(B) 3:7
(C) 3:4
(D) 4:3

25. If 100 kg of rice is divided into packages of 4/7 kg each, the total number of packages will be:
(A) 125
(B) 150
(C) 100
(D) 175 ✓

26. If x + y = 6, y + z = 7 and z + x = 9, the average (arithmetic mean) of x, y and z is:
(A) 11/3 ✓
(B) 11/2
(C) 22/3
(D) 11

27. The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its radius is:
(A) 1
(B) \(2 \pi \) ✓
(C) \(\pi /2\)
(D) \(\sqrt \pi  \)

28. If x2- y2 = 28 and x - y = 8, then the average of x and y is:
(A) 3.5
(B) 1.75 ✓
(C) 7
(D) 8

29. If 3:00 AM, the temperature was'13°C below zero but by noon it had risen to 32°C. Therefore, the average hourly increase in temperature was:
(A) 5° ✓
(B) 7.5°
(C) 45°
(D) (19/6)°

30. In 7 years Wasim will be twice as old as he was 8 years ago. How old he is now'''
(A) 12
(B) 23 ✓
(C) 32
(D) 21

31. The most important feature of Government of India Act of 1919 was the introduction of:
(A) Provincial Autonomy
(B) Adult Franchise
(C) Diarchy ✓
(D) Separate Electorate

32. The Cripps Mission visited India in the year:
(A) 1940
(B) 1942 ✓
(C) 1943
(D) 1944

33. Who was the British Prime Minister at the time of Second Round Table Conference?
(A) Ramsay McDonald ✓
(B) Clement Attlee
(C) Chamberlain
(D) Lord Curzon

34. The first Round Table Conference was held in:
(A) London ✓
(B) Paris
(C) Dublin
(D) Lahore

35. Asar-us-Sanadeed was written by:
(A) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan ✓
(B) Muhammad Ali Johar
(C) Nazir Ahmad
(D) Ameer Ali

36. The first Chief Justice of Pakistan was:
(A) Zafar-ul-Haq
(B) Abdur Rashid ✓
(C) MushtaqHussain
(D) Sajjad Ali Shah

37. In which year Minto Morley Reforms were introduced in India?
(A) 1907
(B) 1909 ✓
(C) 1911
(D) 1915

38. The Cabinet Mission was headed by:
(A) Sir Stafford Cripps
(B) A.V. Alexander
(C) Lord Pethick Lawrence ✓
(D) Lord Mayo

39. In the National Assembly of Pakistan, minorities are allocated seats.
(A) 9
(B) 10 ✓
(C) 8
(D) 7

40. An important river of Pothohar Plateau is:
(A) Hub river
(B) Bolan river
(C) Gomal river
(D) Swan river ✓

41. The newest district of Punjab out of the following is:
(A) Nankana Sahib ✓
(B) Pakpattan
(C) Kasur
(D) Mandi Bahauddin,

42. The first Commercial Bank of Pakistan* was:
(A) Habib Bank Limited
(B) Muslim Commercial Bank ✓
(C) UBL
(D) HSBC

43. The fate of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (former NWFP) at the time of independence was decided by:
(A) Referendum ✓
(B) Election
(C) Jirga
(D) None of these

44. Employees Social Security Institution in Pakistan were set up under international conventions of:
(A) WTO
(B) ILO ✓
(C) OPEC
(D) UNESCO

45. EOBI is the abbreviation of:
(A) Employees' Old-Age Benefits Institution ✓
(B) Employees of Banks & Industries
(C) Employees* Offices and Banking Institution
(D) None of these

46. The first Chief Minister of Punjab after creation of Pakistan was:
(A) Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan
(B) Nawab Iftikhar Hussain Mamdot ✓
(C) Mian Mumtaz Khan Daultana
(D) Nawab Sir Khizar Hayat Tiwana

47. Famous Punjabi writer Waris Shah wrote his famous book 'Heer Ranjah’ living at the town of:
(A) Harbanspura
(B) Malka Hans ✓
(C) Takht Hazara
(D) Jhang

48. Rohtas Fort was built on the orders of Sher Shah Suri by:
(A) Raja Todar Mai ✓
(B) BairamKhan
(C) AbulFazI
(D) Raja Birbal

49. The foundation stone of the Sikhism's holiest place "Golden Temple” at Amritsar was laid by:
(A) Guru Nanak Devji
(B) Khawaja Ghareeb Nawaz
(C) Acharya Rakeshprasad Pande
(D) Hazrat Mian Mir ✓

50. The Chairman of the Council of Common Interests is the:
(A) President
(B) Chief Justice of Pakistan
(C) Prime Minister ✓
(D) Attorney General

51. Which of the following is collected by the Punjab Employees Social Security Institution?
(A) Social Security Contribution ✓
(B) Property Tax
(C) Education Cess
(D) Both A and C

52. The Big Three of International Cricket Council (ICC) do not include the following:
(A) England
(B) South Africa ✓
(C) Australia
(D) India

53. Pakistan Men's Hockey Team has won the
Asian Hamas nnlrl medal times.
(A) Five
(B) Four
(C) Nine
(D) Eight ✓

54. Hockey’s Champions Trophy in 2014 was held in:
(A) Malaysia
(B) India ✓
(C) Germany
(D) Australia

55. Trachoma is a disease of the:
(A) Brain
(B) Spinal Cord
(C) Larynx
(D) Eye ✓

56 The Element which is most abundant in the Earth's crust is:
(A) Silicon
(B) Iron
(C) Aluminium
(D) Oxygen ✓

57. The gas commonly used in balloons is:
(A) Hydrogen
(B) Helium ✓
(C) Oxygen
(D) Carbon dioxide

58. Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) has the same chemical composition as that of:
(A) LPG
(B) Sui Gas ✓
(C) Tear gas
(D) Poison Gas

59. An ordinary mobile phone communicates by using:
(A) Soundwaves
(B) Infrared waves
(C) Radio waves ✓
(D) UV waves

60. Another organ that filters’ blood besides the heart, in human body is:
(A) Pancreas
(B) Spleen
(C) Liver
(D) Kidney ✓

61. An example of a heredity disease is:
(A) Polio
(B) Haemophilia ✓
(C) j^holera
(D) Typhoid

62. Exposure to sunlight results in formation of  in the body.
(A) Vitamin A
(B) Vitamin C
(C) Vitamin K
(D) Vitamin D ✓

63. The first Western Scientist to suggest that the Earth revolved around the Sun was:
(A) Kepler
(B) Newton
(C) Copernicus ✓
(D) Galileo

64. The instrument for measuring the speed of wind is:
(A) Anemometer ✓
(B) Speedmeter
(C) Hygrometer
(D) Tachometer

65. Which country has been declared as a “major non-NATO ally" of the United States of America?
(A) Turkey ✓
(B) Pakistan
(C) India
(D) Italy

66. The headquarters of SAARC is located in:
(A) Karachi
(B) Colombo
(C) Dhaka
(D) Kathmandu ✓

67. Pakistan recognised People's Republic of China in:
(A) 1951
(B) 1949
(C) 1950 ✓
(D) 1948

68. Who was the 1st Governor General of Pakistan:
(A) Kh. Nazimud Din
(B) Ghulam Muhammad
(C) Liaqat Ali Khan
(D) Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah ✓

69. Who issued the famous pamphlet “Now or Never" in 1933?
(A) Ch. Rahmat Ali ✓
(B) Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar
(C) Maulana Shaukat Ali
(D) Allama Iqbal

70. Prime Minister of Pakistan Liaqat Ali Khan was assassinated on:
(A) October 16,1951 ✓
(B) October 18,1951
(C) October 19,1951
(D) October 20,1951

71. When was Pakistan Resolution moved?
(A) 22 March, 1940
(B) 23 March. 1940 ✓
(C) 24 March, 1940
(D) 25 March, 1940

72. Which poet had written the National Anthem of Pakistan?
(A) Faiz Ahmad Faiz
(B) Hafeez Jullundhri ✓
(C) Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum
(D) QateelShifai

73. The currency of Japan is:
(A) Dollar
(B) Lira
(C) Yen ✓
(D) Franc

74. Greenwich is situated near:
(A) London ✓
(B) New York
(C) Tokyo
(D) Paris

75. The Headquarters of Arab League is at:
(A) Rabat
(B) Cairo ✓
(C) Riyadh
(D) Amman

76. Which country is known as the 'Cockpit of , Europe'?
(A) Switzerland
(B) Belgium ✓
(C) Italy
(D) Netherlands

77. The number of ribs in human body is:
(A) 12 ✓
(B) 15
(C) 20
(D) 30

78. Ethiopia was earlier known as:
(A) Christina
(B) Formosa
(C) Abyssinia ✓
(D) Persia

79. Which country is known as the 'Land of Rising Sun'?
(A) Japan ✓
(B) China
(C) Thailand
(D) Malaysia

80. Al Azhar University is situated in:
(A) Tehran
(B) Cairo ✓
(C) Kuwait
(D) Tunisia

81. The name of the fifth Kalimah is:
(A) Kalimah Tauheed
(B) Kalima Shahadat
(C) Kalima Istighfar ✓
(D) Kalima Tamjeed

82. Which is the 4th month of the Islamic Year?
(A) Muharram
(B) Rabi us Sani ✓
(C) Shawal
(D) Shab’an

83. Identify the last Ghazwa in which the Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) participated.
(A) Mutah
(B) Tabuk ✓
(C) Hunain
(D) Ahzab

84. Hazrat Abu Bakr died in:
(A) 10th Hijra
(B) 11th Hijra
(C) 13th Hijra ✓
(D) 15th Hijra

85. According to Treaty of Hudaibiya, a truce (peace) was declared between Muslims and Quraish for years?
(A) 5
(B) 7
(C) 10
(D) 12

86. To which Arab Tribe did Hazrat Usman belong?
(A) Bani Hashim
(B) Aus
(C) Khazraj ✓
(D) Bani Ummayyad

87. Hazrat Yousuf was the son of:
(A) Hazrat Ishaq
(B) Hazrat Yaqoob ✓
(C) Hazrat Ismail
(D) Hazrat Loot

88. Which Surah of the Holy Quran is called the heart of the Quran?
(A) Surah Al-lkhlas
(B) Surah Al-Baqra
(C) Surah Ya Sin ✓
(D) SuraAr-Rahman

89. What is the name given to 1st Kalimah?
(A) Kalimath Tayyabah ✓
(B) Kalimath Shahdat
(C) Kalimath Tamjeed
(D) Kalimath Tauheed

90. Pick out the meaning of Ushr?
(A) 5th part
(B) 10th part ✓
(C) 15th part
(D) 20th part

91. شوکت صدیقی نے اپنے کس ناول میں پی ٹی وی پر ڈرامہ کی شکل میں بھی پیش کیا ہے جس پر معاشرہ میں اقتصادی نا ہمواری غربت اور سماجی چیز کا خاکہ پیش کیا ہے؟
(A) چاند گرہن
(B) تلاش بہاراں
(C) جانگلوس
(D) خدا کی بستی ✓

92. بتائیے شاعر کا انجام کس کی تصنیف ہے؟
(A) نیاز فتح پوری ✓
(B) فرمان فتح پوری
(C) خواجہ حسن نظامی
(D) مجنوں گور کھپوری

93. نیاں نشان کس ڈرامہ نگار کا ڈرامہ ہے؟
(A) خواجہ معین الدین  ✓
(B) امانت لکھنوی
(C) اشفاق احمد
(D) آغا حشر

94. مصور فطرف کس مشہور ناول نگار اور ادیب کا لقب ہے؟
(A) عبدالحلیم شرر
(B) مرزا بادی رسوا
(C) خواجہ حسن نظامی ✓
(D) راشد الخیری

95. 420 ایک کتاب کا عنوان ہے۔ یہ بتائیے کہ یہ کتاب کس مشہور ناول نگار اور ڈرامہ نگار کی تصنیف ہے؟
(A) جمیل ملک ✓
(B) شوکت تھانوی
(C) مرزا ادیب
(D) اے حمید

96. ریشمی خطوط ریڈیو کا مشہور ڈرامہ ہے۔ اس کے خالق کا نام بتائیے؟
(A)  اے حمید
(B) جمیل مل
(C) ریاض فرشوری
(D) بشریٰ رحمان  ✓

97. ریشمی خطوط ریڈیو کا مشہور ڈرامہ ہے اس کے خالق کا نام بتائیے؟
(A) جمیل ملک
(B) اے حمید ✓
(C) ریاض فرشوری
(D) بشریٰ رحمان

98. چارہ گر کس مشہور خاتون ناول نگار کا ناول ہے؟
(A) بشریٰ رحمان ✓
(B) الطاف فاطمہ
(C) خدیجہ مستور
(D) حمیدہ جبین

99. مشہور تاریخی ناول نگار نسیم حجازی کا پہلا تاریخی ناول کون سا ہے؟
(A) معظم علی
(B) کلیسا اور آگ
(C) داستان مجاہد ✓
(D) شاہین

100. مولانا شبلی نعمانی کی کتاب الفاروق کا انگریزی ترجمہ کس نے کیا؟
(A) مولانا محمد علی جوہر
(B) مولانا شوکت علی
(C) مولان ظفر علی خان ✓
(D) مولانا الطاف حسین حالی