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PPSC Assistant Food Controller Solved Past Paper 2014

ASSISTANT FOOD CONTROLLER (BPS-15) IN THE PUNJAB FOOD DEPARTMENT (2014)

PPSC Solved Past Paper 

1. At the time of Independence (1947), which was the biggest city of Pakistan (Population wise)?
(A) Dacca ✓
(B) Karachi
(C) Lahore
(D) Rawalpindi

2. The 1 st head of the State who visited Pakistan after the independence was:
(A) King Saud of Saudi Arabia
(B) President Soekamo of Indonesia ✓
(C) President Truman of the U.S
(D) Reza Shah Pahlavi-the Shah of Iran

3. The founder of "Khaksar Tehrik’ was:
(M Syed Abu-ala-Maududl
(B) Allama Anayat Ullah Maahraql ✓
(C) Maulana Abu-al-Kalam Azad
(D) 8yad Atta-Ullah Shah Bukhari

4. To whom Lord Mountbatten aucoaaded as Governor General of India?
(A) Lord Wavoll ✓
(B) Lord Curzon
(C) Lord Cornwallis
(D) Lord Mayo

5. The only Vice President In the history of Pakistan was:
(A) Skindar Mirza
(Bj Ghulam Muhammad
(Cj Nur-ul-Amin ✓
(D) Lord Mayo

6. Pakistan hosted the 2nd Islamic Summit in:
(A) 1969
(B) 1974 ✓
(C) 1979
(D) 1981

7. “Trillion" stands for
(A) One hundred million
(B) One thousand million
(Cj One hundred billion
(D) One thousand billion ✓

8. “India Wins Freedom" was written by:
(A) Maulana Abu-al-Kalam Azad ✓
(B) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(Cj Rajendra Prasad
(D) Maulana Muhammad All Jauhar

9. Who was the first female Prime Minister.
(A) Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan
(B) Margret Thatcher of England
(C) Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka ✓
(D) Golda Meir of Israel

10. "Majlis" Is the Parliament of
(A) Saudia Arabia
(B) UAE
(C) Kuwait
(D) Iran ✓

11. Abdullah Hussain is a famous Urdu
(A) Novelist ✓
(B) Poet
(C) Short story writer
(D) Critic

12- In which year Pakistan won the T-20 Cricket World Cup?
(A) 2009
(B) 2010 ✓
(C) 2007
(D) 2012

13. “Heathrow International Airport* is in:
(A) New York
(B) London ✓
(C) Paris
(D) Rome

14. Before the 1st World War; which country used to be called the “Sick Man of Europe*?
(A) Italy
(B) Greece
(C) Turkey ✓
(D) Holland

15. Which of the following items is a source of "protains"?
(A) Sugar
(B) Butter
(C) Meat ✓
(D) All of them

16. Alexandar Invaded India in:
(A) 527 B.C.
(B) 424 B.C.
(C) 326 B.C. ✓
(D) 281 B.C.

17. The Pakistan Poet who was awarded “Lenin Prize* by the USSR; was
(A) Faiz Ahmad Faiz ✓
(B) MuneerNlazI
(C) Habib Jalib
(D) Ahmed Faraz

18. Which Is the highest forex-earner for Pakistan out of following commodities?
(A) Sugar
(B) Wheat
(C) Cotton ✓
(D) Rice

19. The Capital of Morocco is:
(Aj Khartoum
(B) Rabat ✓
(C) Alexander
(D) Ismallia

20. Which Is the National Flower of Pakistan?
(A) Tulip
(B) Rose
(C) Jasmine ✓
(D) None of them

21. During Bush Junior's presidency; Dick Cheney was America's:
(A) Chairman
(B) Vice President
(C) Secretary of Defence ✓
(D) Attorney General

22. “Davis Cup" is associated with:
(A) Lawn Tennis ✓
(B) Squash
(C) Badminton
(D) Polo

23. “Shakira" Is famous for:
(A) Singing ✓
(B) Acting
(C) Athelatics
(D) TV hosting

24. Amerdans have planned to have Afghanistan in;
(A) 1913
(B) 1914 ✓
(C) 1915
(D) 1916

25. “Myanmar* is the new name of:
(A) Chilli
(B) Burma ✓
(C) Niger
(D) Tibet

26. “Think and Grow Rich’ was written by:
(A) Dale Carnegie
(B) Stephen Covey
(C) Anthony Robbins
(D) Nepoleon Hill ✓

27. The H.Q. of the International Court of Justice is at:
(A) The Hague ✓
(B) Geneva
(C) Rome
(D) London

28. Which of the following is a Human Rights Organization?
(A) Amnesty International ✓
(B) The Arab League
(Cj The Organization of African Unity
(D) Gulf Co-operation Council

29. Pakistan purchased Gawader from:
(A) Iran
(B) UAE
(C) Qatar
(D) Oman ✓

30. Captain Cook* was a famous:
(A) Australian Navigator ✓
(B) American Military Commander
(C) Italian Pilot
(D) English Scientist

31. “People's Republic of China” was founded In:
(A) 1947
(B) 1948
(C) 1949 ✓
(D) None of them

32. A movie on Quald-e-Azam life titled “JINNAH* was produced by:
(A) IkramSehgal
(B) Faiz Ahmed Faiz
(C) Suhrab Moodl
(D) Akbar S. Ahmed ✓

33. “KGB* Is the Intelligence Agency of:
(A) Russia ✓
(B) France
(C) Germany
(D) England

34. The ‘Bala Hlssar" Fort is situated in which city:
(A) Quetta
(B) Peshawar ✓
(C) Multan
(D) Delhi

35. "Homer* was a great poet of ancient:
(A) Rome
(B) Persia
(C) Greece ✓
(D) Egypt

36. Who caused the Communist Revolution of Russia In 1917?
(A) Trotsky
(B) Stalin
(C) Beria
(D) Lenin ✓

37. “Param Vir Chakra" is the hihgest military award of:
(A) Nopal
(B) Thailand
(C) Burma
(D) India ✓

38. “Formusa" is the old name of:
(A) Tibet
(B) Taiwdn ✓
(C) Brazil
(D) Poland

39. The currency of Australia is:
(A) Dollar ✓
(B) Pound
(C) Schilling
(D) France

40. “Accra* is the capital of:
(A) Uganda
(B) Tanzania
(C) Zambia
(D) Ghana ✓

41. The “Law of Gravitation* was discovered by:
(A) Isaac Newton ✓
(B) Thomas Alva Edison
(C) Hugo Chavez
(D) Guglielmo Marconi

42. “Meteorology” is the Science of:
(A) Earthquakes
(B) Weather ✓
(C) Space
(D) Marine Life

43. Pakistan’s largest Industry is:
(A) Sugar
(B) Automobile
(C) Cement
(D) Textile ✓

44. “Hyde Park" London is renowned for:
(A) Being residence of England's Foreign Minister
(B) Beautiful red roses
(C) Liberty of speech ✓
(D) Unique design

45. "Union Jack" Is the flag of which country?
(A) France
(B) England ✓
(C) Netherland
(D) Germany

46. The World's tallest building Is:
(A) Empire State Building, New York
(B) Habib Banka Plaza, Karachi
(C) Burj-ul-Arab, Dubai ✓
(D) Kaualalampur Tower, Malaysia

47. In sequence of American Presidents, Abraham Lincoln stands at which number?
(A) 10th
(B) 16th ✓
(C) 20th
(D) 22nd

48. King Abdullah bin Hussain is the ruler of:
(A) Saudi Arabia ✓
(B) Morroco
(C) Jordan
(D) All of them

49. In terms of population which is the biggest continent out of the following:
(A) Asia ✓
(B) Europe
(C) South America
(D) North America

50. Last FIFA World Cup was won by:
(A) France
(B) Germany ✓
(C) Spain
(D) Italy

51. General Abdul Fateh^l-Sisi is:
(A) A hero of Algerian war of Independence
(B) The new president of Sudan
(C) The head of UNO's peace keeping force in Africa
(D) The Military Chief of Egypt who lead the recent coup ✓

52. Which country celebrated 60th anniversary of “War Victory’ against the U.S on 27th July, 2013?
(A) Vietnam
(B) South Africa
(C) Cuba
(D) North Korea ✓

53. Joe Biden is:
(A) America's Vice President  ✓
(B) Italy’s Prime Minister
(C) Germany's Chancellor
(D) World Bank's President

54. The Punjab Govt and China Power International Holding (CPIH) have signed a MOU for setting up four coal power plants at:
(A) Nur Shah; Sahiwal ✓
(B) Gadani; Baluchistan
(C) Kotli; Azad Kashmir
(D) Lyari; Karachi

55. Aung San Suu Kyi is:
(A) Mayanmar’s Political leader ✓
(B) Japan's Modia person
(C) Korea's business tycoon
(D) Singapore's Foreign Minister

56. How many articles are essential to believe in for a Muslim?
(A) 1
(B) 5 ✓
(C) 11
(D) 7

57. “Usher" means:
(A) One tenth ✓
(B) One fifth
(C) One third
(D) Noenoutofthem

58. Minimum Usherworthy production In case of well-irrigated land Is:
(A) 5maunds
(B) 10maunds ✓
(C) 15maunds
(D) 20maunds

59. “Zabur” (Psalms) was revealed upon:
(A) Hazrat Dawood ✓
(B) Hazrat Ibrahim
(C) Hazrat Ishaq
(D) Hazrat Ismael

60. Which 'Surah’ was the first to be revealed upon Holy Prophet Muhammad?
(A) Surah al-Alaq ✓
(B) Surah al-Fataha
(C) Surah al-Falak
(D) Surah al-Nisa

61. Which is the longest Surah in the Holy Quran?
(A) Surah al-Nas
(B) Surah Yasin
(C) Surah ai-ikhlas
(D) Surah al-Baqarah ✓

62 The Holy Quran was first translated in:
(A) English
(B) Latin ✓
(C) Persian
(D) Greek

63. How many years of his life, the Holy Prophet Muhammad spent in Mecca?
(A) 35
(B) 53 ✓
(C) 63
(D) 55

64. As per Islamic vocabulary, “FIQHA" means:
(A) Islamic Jurisprudence ✓
(B) Study of holy Prophet’s life
(C) Analysis of Islam's effects on Humanity
(D) Social system of Islam

65. “INFAQ’is:
(A) Fighting with enemies of Islam
(B) Spending wealth for the cause of Islam ✓
(C) Travelling from Mecca to Medina
(D) Delivering a speech against infidals

66. The highest number of "Ahadith" was narrated by:
(A) Hazrat Zaid-bin Harns
(B) Hazrat Bilal Habshi
(C) Hazrat Abu Huraira ✓
(D) Hazrat Aysha Siddiqa

67. The last month of the Islamic Calendar is:
(A) Safar
(B) Shawal
(C) Jamadi-ul-Awwal
(D) Zilhaj ✓

68 The Battle of Badr was fought in:
(A) 624A.D. ✓
(B) 625A.D.
(C) 623A.D.
(D) 627A.D.

69. Al-Razi was a great:
(A) Writter
(B) Historian
(C) Physician ✓
(D) Painter

70. The last Ummayyad Caliph was:
(A) Marwan-ll ✓
(B) Suleman
(C) Hasham
(D) Walid

71. The constitutioan reforms introduced in British India in the year 1909 are generally referred 88
(A) Minto-Morley Reforms ✓
(B) Montagu-Chemsford reforms
(C) The Communal Award
(D) None of them

72. How many Round Table Conferences were held in London to resolve the Hind-Muslim differences?
(A) 3 ✓
(B) 2
(C) 1
(D) 5

73. Mr. Jinnah presented his 14-Points in March 1929, In Muslim League’s session held at:
(A) Lucknow
(B) Bombay
(C) Lahore
(D) Delhi ✓

74. Since Independence, the first object of Pakistan’s foreign policy have been: . (A) Propagation of Islam
(B) Economic uplift
(C) Close relations with the U.S. ✓
(D) Integrity of the country

75. The first pact which Pakistan signed with America was:
(A) CENTO
(B) SEATO ✓
(C) Baghdad pact
(D) Defence Pact

76. The Second Five-Year Plan was implemented during:
(A) 1970-75
(B) 1955-60 ✓
(C) 1965-70
(D) 1960-65

77. In 1960, which pact/treaty was signed by Pakistan?
(A) RCD
(B) Indus Water Treaty ✓
(C) CENTO
(D) Taskant Agreement

78. The book titled ‘From Jinnah to Zia" was written by:
(A) Gen. K. M Arif
(B) Hasan Askari Rizvi
(C) Justice Muneer Ahmed ✓
(D) Rafi Raza

79. Russia withdrew from the Afghanistan under the:
(A) Moscow Agreement
(B) Kabul Agreement
(C) Islamabad Treaty
(D) Geneval Accord ✓

80. Which International dignity has recently offered mediation between Pakistan and India on Kashmir?
(A) The Prime Minister of Russia ✓
(B) The King of Bhuttan
(C) The Secretary General of UNO
(D) The Foreign Minister of the U.S

81. “Animosity" is most opposite to:
(A) Love ✓
(B) Grudge
(C) Enmity
(D) Embarrassment

82. A person who looks at the brighter side of things is an/a:
(A) Pessimist
(B) Fatalist
(C) Optimist ✓
(D) Philanthropist

83. Famous character “David Copperfield* was the creation of:
(M Charles Dickens ✓
(B) Arthur Conan Doyle
(C) Jane Austen
(D) Thomas Hardy

84. Which word Is wrongly spelt In the following:
(A) Medieval
(B) Bureaucracy
(C) Inhabitents ✓
(D) Infrastructure

85. To point the finger of scorn to someone is to treat him with:
(A) Disdain ✓
(B) Kindness
(C) Indifferentism
(D) Respect

86. Charles Dicken's novel “Tale of the two Cities" has been written in the background of:
(A) Renaissance
(B) French Revolution ✓
(C) Age of reason
(D) Communist Movement

87. “To carry the day" means:
(A) To be extremely busy
(B) To win a victory ✓
(C) To complete the assignment before the sunset
(D) To enjoy a pleasant weather

88. Who is a “proletarian"?
(A) A member of lowest class of community ✓
(B) A writer of exceptinal skills
(C) An abscure character of history
(D) An obsessed lover

89. To be green-eyed means to be:
(A) Mad
(B) Sad
(C) Jealous ✓
(D) Sick

90. The antonym of clear is:
(A) Significant
(B) Expiclt
(C) Conspicuous
(D) Indisinct ✓

91. مندرجہ ذیل میں سے ضرب المثل تلاش کریں؟
(A) ہتھیلی پر سرسوں جمانا
(B) ہاتھوں کے طوطے اڑانا
(C) ناچ نا جانے آنگن ٹیڑھا ✓
(D) پاؤں زمین پرنہ لگنا

92. اردو کا پہلا صاحب دیوان شاعر کون تھا؟
(A) قلی قطب شاہ  ✓
(B) میر تقی میر
(C) امیر خسرو
(D) ابراہیم ذوق

93. مندرجہ ذیل میں سے کون سا مجموعہ کلام احمد فراز کا نہیں ہے؟
(A) مرے خواب ریزہ ریزہ
(B) مرے دل مرے مسافر ✓
(C) نابینا شہر میں آئینہ
(D) بے آواز گلی کوچوں میں

94. مشہور جاسوسی ناول نگار ابن صفی کا اصل نام کیا تھا؟
(A) شیر محمد خان
(B) حبیب اللہ
(C) اسرار احمد ✓
(D) غلام جعفر

95. علامہ اقبال کی شہرہ آفاق نظمیں شکوہ اور جواب شکرہ ان کے کس مجموعہ کلام میں شامل ہیں؟
(A) بال جبریل
(B) ضرم کلیم
(C) بانگ درا ✓
(D) ارمغان حجاز

96. اردو کی پہلی نثری کتاب کون سی ہے؟
(A) سب رس ✓
(B) تذکرہ
(C) فسانہ عجائب
(D) مراۃ العروس

97. اردو کا مشہور افسانہ ٹوبہ ٹیک سنگھ کس کی تصنیف ہے؟
(A) اشفاق احمد اشفاق
(B) سعادت حسن منٹو ✓
(C) احمد ندیم قاسمی
(D) غلام عباس

98. اردو زبان میں قرآن پاک کے پہلے مترجم کون تھے؟
(A) شاہ ولی اللہ
(B) سید امیر علی
(C) شاہ عبدالقادر ✓
(D) سید احمد شہید

99. اردو شاعری کا کیٹس کسے کہا جاتا ہے؟
(A) احمد فراز
(B) اختر شیرانی ✓
(C) مجید امجد
(D) میرا جی

100. تہذیب الاخلاق نامی رسالے کا اجراء کس نے کیا؟
(A) ڈپٹی نذیر احمد
(B) علامہ شبلی نعمانی
(C) مولانا محمد حسن
(D) سر سید احمد خان ✓

PPSC Food Safety Officers Solved Past Paper 2016

PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
FOOD Safety OFFICER
IN THE PUNJAB FOOD DEPARTMENT
PPSC FOOD SAFETY OFFICERS SOLVED PAST PAPER
FOOD SAFETY OFFICERS Paper 2016

1. Which one of the following forts was built by Emperor Zahir-ud-Din Babar?
(A) Balahissar Fort ✓
(B) DerwaerFort
(C) Rohtas Fort
(D) Attack Fort

2. By education Mahatma Gandhi was a
(A) Doctor
(B) Sociologist
(C) Engineer
(D) Lawyer ✓

3. Identify the correct spellings
(A) Biscut
(B) Biscuit ✓
(C) Bescuit
(D) Bescut

4. Which one of the following is not a search engine?
(A) Google
(B) MSN
(C) Windows ✓
(D) Yahoo

5. Identify the correct sentence
(A) I am sick by your lies
(B) I am sick from your Iles
(C) I am sick of your lies ✓
(D) I am sick to your lies

6. Who invented a system of reading and writing for the blind?
(A) Hale Keller
(B) Sir Humphrey Davey
(C) Louis Braille ✓
(D) Louis Pasteur

7. Recently a British citizen of Pakistani origin won the elections for Mayor of London What is his name?
(A) Sadiq Khan ✓
(B) Nazeer Ahmad
(C) Muhammad Pervez
(D) Sadiq Qureshi

8. Who presided over the Simla Conference in 1945?
(A) Lord Minto
(B) Lord Wavell ✓
(C) Lord Irwin
(D) Lord Mountbatten

9. In April 2014 a terrorist group kidnapped nearly 280 school girls in Nigeria. Name the group
(A) Al-Shabab
(B) Al-Qaeda
(C) Boko Haram ✓
(D) Daesh (ISIS)

10. What is the synonym of ABRIDGE?
(A) To cross a bridge
(B) To build a bridge
(C) To shorten ✓
(D) To discover

11. Which one of the following is the title of Hazrat Musa (A.S)?
(A) Roohullah
(B) Safiullah
(C) Khalilullah
(D) Kalemullah ✓

12. Who was the first Muslim personality to be awarded the Nobel Prize?
(A) Yasser Araft
(B) Dr. Abdul Salam
(C) Nebib Mahfouz
(D) Anwar Sadat ✓

13. Who was the first President of Pakistan?
(A) Ayub Khan
(B) Liaquat All khan
(C) Ghulam Muhammad
(D) Iskandar Mirza ✓

14. FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) of the United Nations, nas it's headquarter in
(A) Rome, Italy ✓
(B) New York, USA
(C) Geneva, Switzerland
(D) Vienna, Austria

15. Name the Minister of Education of Punjab?
(A) Rana Mashood Ahmad Khan ✓
(B) Khwaja Salman Rafiq
(C) Raja Ashfaq Sarwar
(D) Khizar Hayat Gondal

16. What is the antonym of DWARF?
(A) Small
(B) Short
(C) Giant ✓
(D) Dangerous

17. From which university did Atlama Iqbal obtain his Ph.D degree?
(A) Oxford
(B) Cambridge
(C) Munich ✓
(D) Heidelberg

18. In the field of information technology what does URL stand for?
(A) Uniform Resource Locator ✓
(B) Universal Resource Locator
(C) Uniform Resource Link
(D) United Resource Link

19. To 'clip the wind' means to
(A) Put pressure
(B) Remove limits
(C) Reduce Length
(D) Put limits ✓

20. ‘Synagogue’ Is a place of worship for the
(A) Buddists
(B) Zoroastrians
(C) Jews ✓
(D) Roman Catholics

21. Identify the correct sentence
(A) His silence tantamount to refusal
(B) His silence is tantamount to refusal ✓
(C) His silence is tantmouting to refusal
(D) His silence tantamounted to refusal

22. The famous Badshai Mosque located in Lahore was built by
(A) Jahangir
(B) Shahjahan
(C) Akbar
(D) Aurangzeb ✓

23. Who is the current Chief of Air Staff of Pakistan?
(A) Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman ✓
(B) Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafiq Butt
(C) Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saddat
(D) Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman

24. Who became the Governor of Pakistan after Khwaja Nazimuddin?
(A) Liaquat Ali Khan
(B) Ghulam Muhammad ✓
(C) Muhammad Ali Bogra
(D) Ch. Muhammad Ali

25. Name the pamphlet issued by Chaudhry Rehmat All in which the name Pakistan was used for the first time
(A) Do or Die
(B) Independent Homeland
(C) Freedom or Death
(D) Now or Never ✓

26. Who was the world’s first female Prime Minister of a country?
(A) Margaret Thatcher
(B) Sriamvo Bandaranaike ✓
(C) Golda Meir
(D) Indira Gandi

27. What does LED stand for?
(A) Low Emission Diode
(B) Light Emitting Diode ✓
(C) Low Energy Device
(D) Laser Energy Display

28. Myopia can be corrected by using which kind of lens?
(A) Convex
(B) Concave ✓
(c) Diveraina
(D) None of these

29. What is the significance of 17 August 1988 in Pakistan’s history?
(A) Prime Minister Junejo's Government was dismissed
(B) Gen. Zia-ul-Haq died in a plane crash ✓
(C) No confidence motion against Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was moved
(D) Parliament was dissolved by General Zia-ul-Haq

30. Recently Pakistani bom British boxer, Amir Khan lost a boxing bout against Saul CaneloAlverez. To which country does Canelo Alvarez belong?
(A) USA
(B) UK
(C) Brazil
(D) Mexico ✓

31. Which sea did Hazrat Musa’(A.S) cross by miraculously parting the water?
(A) Red Sea ✓
(B) Mediterranean Sea
(C) Caspian Sea
(D) Bering Sea

32. Identify the correct spellings
(A) Beginning ✓
(B) Begnning
(C) Biginning
(D) Begginning

33. Aung San SuuKyi is a prominent political leader of which country?
(A) Philippines
(B) Myanmar ✓
(C) Laos
(D) Vietnam

34. Which punctuation mark is used afterwords?
(A) Hyphen
(B) Exclamation ✓
(C) Mark Colon
(D) Apostrophe

35. What is the antonym of FRAIL?
(A) Strong ✓
(B) Weak
(C) Secure
(D) Frivolous

36. When was Hajj declared as obligatory (Farz)?
(A) 7 Hijri
(B) 8 Hijri
(C) 9 Hijri ✓
(D) 10 Hijri

37. Which part of the human body is affected by Hepatitis C?
(A) Kidneys
(B) Spleen
(C) Pancreas ✓
(D) Liver

38. Which country would host the next (19th) SAARC Summit Conference?
(A) Bangladesh
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) Pakistan ✓
(D) Maldives

39. On the following which one is not an input device?
(A) Keyboard
(B) Mouse
(C) Joystick
(D) Monitor ✓

40. A person whose attitude is 'Eat, drink and be merry' is called a/an
(A) Cynic
(B) Stoic
(C) Epicurean ✓
(D) Capitalist

41. The sun is a
(A) Planet
(B) Meteor
(C) Star ✓
(D) Asteroid

42. What was the significance of the annual session of All India Muslim League held in December 1930?
(A) Quaid-e-Azam presented his fourteen points
(B) Allama Iqbal delivered Allahad address ✓
(C) Lahore Resolution was drafted
(D) Quaid-e-Azam elected as permanent President of Muslim League

43. 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 ✓

44. In June 2014, King Juan Carlos I abdicated In favour of his son Felipe VI. To which country did King Juan Carlos belong?
(A) Spain ✓
(B) Belgium
(C) The Netherlands
(D) Monaco

45. Hazrat Hamza (R.A) was martyred in the battle of
(A) Khandaq
(B) Uhad ✓
(C) Badr
(d) Tobuk

46. From the following personalities Indicate the one who represented Pakistan at the United Nations as permanent Representative
(A) Dr. Waheed Qureshi ✓
(B) Patras Bukhan
(C) Falz Ahmad Faiz

47. What is the synonym of DITTO?
(A) Fake
(B) Genuine
(C) The same ✓
(d) The opposite

48. ‘Reconstruction of Religious Though In Islam' was written by
(A) Syed Ameer Ali
(B) Allama Iqbal ✓
(C) MaulanaMaudoudl
(D) Dr. M. M. Shareef

49. Panama Canal connects
(A) Rod Sea and Mediterranean Sea
(b) Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean
(C) Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean ✓
(D) Dead Sea and Caspian Sea

50. The terrorists attack on Army Public School, Peshawar, took place on
(A) 11 December, 2014
(b) 16 December, 2014 ✓
(C) 20 December, 2014
(D) 8 December, 2014
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51. Who was the commander of the Infidels in the Battle o Uhad?
(A) AbuLahab ✓
(B) Abu Sufyan
(C) AbuJahl
(d) Utba

52. Plutocracy Is a form of Government run by
(A) Technocrats
(B) Dictators
(C) The Wealthy ✓
(d) Elected Representatives

53. The recently concluded T-20 Cricket World Cup was won by
(A) India
(B) West Indies ✓
(C) Australia
(D) New Zealand

54. The first Noble Prize to be awarded to a South Asian was awarded to
(A) Rabindranath Tagore ✓
(B) Sir C.V. Raman
(C) Dr. Abdul Salam
(d) Dr. Amartya Sen

55. identify the plural of Thief
(A) Thiefs
(B) Thieves ✓
(C) Thlefes
(D) Theeves

56. Islam was explicitly declared as the State religion of Pakistan under the constitution of
(A) 1958
(B) 1962
(C) 1973 ✓
(D) Constituent Assembly

57. To which country did the autocratic leader, Ferdinand Marcos, belong?
(A) Philippines ✓
(B) Indonesia
(C) Cambodia
(D) Fiji

58. The plural of sheep Is
(A) Sheeps
(B) Sheepes
(C) Sheeves
(D) Sheep ✓

59. The Mausoleum of Khawja Ghulam Farid is located in
(A) Pakpatttan
(B) Mlthankot ✓
(C) Bahawaipur
(D) Multan

60. -’To hit the road' means to
(A) Fiunnlsh Journey
(B) Start Journey ✓
(C) Dismantle a road
(D) Repair a road

61. Sir Richard Burton* was a famous
(A) Scientist
(B) Poet ✓
(C) Politician
(D) Actor

62. Which one of the following countries opposed Pakistan's membership of the United Nations Organization?
(A) India
(B) Israel
(C) Mauritius
(D) Afghanistan ✓

63. Identify the correct spellings
(A) Bureucracy
(B) Bureaucracy ✓
(C) Beaucracy
(D) Boreauracy

64. In a computer what does OS stand for?
(A) Optical Sensibility
(B) Order of Significance
(C) Operating System ✓
(D) Organized Software

65. What was Cleopatra?
(A) A Greek goddess
(B) A Roman Empress
(C) A Queen of ancient Iran
(D) A Queen of ancient Egypt ✓

66. Who among the Pious Caliphs (Khulfa-e-Rasheen) died a natural death?
(A) Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A) ✓
(B) Hazrat Umar (R.A)
(C) Hazrat Usman (R.A)
(D) Hazrat Ali (R.A)

67. What Is the capital of Kazakhstan?
(A) Bishkek
(B) Almaty
(C) Tashkent
(D) Astana ✓

68. What is the antonym of CONFESS?
(A) Refuse
(B) Contest
(C) Contend
(D) Deny ✓

69. ‘Genoa’ is a seaport of
(A) Switzerland
(B) Sweden
(C) France
(D) Italy ✓

70. Who wrote the important scientific book “The Origin of Species"?
(A) Albert Einstein
(B) Charles Darwin ✓
(C) Sir Isaac Newton
(D) Bertrand Russel

71. Prince Dara Shikoh, son of Emperor Shahjahan, was a disciple of
(A) Shah Abdul Latif Bhital
(B) Shah Waliullah Muhaddith
(C) Mullah Shah ✓
(D) Khwaja Ghulam Farid

72. ‘Ornithology’ is the scientific study of
(A) Reptiles
(B) Birds ✓
(C) Amphibians
(D) Organic Fertilizers

73. Where is Hazrat Nizmuddin Aulla buried?
(A) Ajmer Sharif
(B) Dehli ✓
(C) Agra
(D) Multan

74. What Is the synonym of INDOLENT?
(A) Lazy ✓
(B) Diligent
(C) Busy
(D) Hardworking

75. Which political office does Joe Biden hold in the USA?
(A) Secretary of Defence
(B) Attorney General
(C) National Security Advisor
(D) Vice president ✓

76. To flex ones muscles’ means to
(A) Show interest
(B) Punish
(C) Show Weakness
(D) Show Strength/Authority ✓

77. The Objectives Resolution was adopted by the In 1949?
(A) National Assembly
(B) Senate
(C) Constituent Assembly ✓
(D) Federal Cabinet

78. Which Surah in the Holy Quran gives a list of category of person eligible to receive Zakat? (A) Ai Baqarah
(B) Al Maida
(C) Tauba ✓
(D) Al Nissa

79. In the marathon race athletes have to cover a distance of miles
(A) 15
(B) 19
(C) 26 ✓
(D) 28

80. When did Pakistan join NAM (Non Aligned Movement) as full member?
(A) 1961
(B) 1972
(C) 1979 ✓
(D) 1987

81. Wakhan Corridor is located to the of Pakistan
(A) West
(B) East
(C) North ✓
(D) South-West

82. What represents the shortest' pause in a sentence?
(A) Comma ✓
(B) Hyphen
(C) Semicolon
(D) Colon

83. Where is Baba Bulleh Shah buried?
(A) Uch
(B) Multan
(C) Kasur ✓
(D) Pakpattan

84. What Is the opposite of UTOPIA?
(A) Reality ✓
(B) Conceptual
(C) Nebulous
(D) Ancient

85. What does RAM in a computer stand for?
(A) Read and Memorize
(B) Random Access Memory ✓
(C) Random Access Module
(D) Random Access Modem

86. MaulanaMuahammad Ali Jauhar In 1911 started publishing newspaper “Comrade* from (A) Delhi
(B) Bombay
(C) Calcutta ✓
(D) Lahore

87. Watergate Scandal led to the downfall of which president of the United States?
(A) Jimmy Carter
(B) Theodore Rossevelt
(C) Richard Nixon ✓
(D) Lydon Johnson

88. In which city is the famous Al Azha University located?
(A) Damascus
(B) Cairo ✓
(C) Amman
(D) Jeddah

89. Ayat Al Kursi is part of which Surah in the Holy Quran?
(A) Al Imran
(B) Ai Baqarah ✓
(C) Al Anfal
(D) Al Nissa

90. Which Is the outermost planet In our solar system?
(A) Pluto ✓
(B) Uranus
(C) Mercury
(D) Saturn

91. آواز دوست کس کی تصنیف ہے؟
(A) سردار اسلم سکھیرا
(B) مسعود مفتی
(C) مختار مسعود ✓
(D) مستنصر حسین تارڑ

92. ڈرامہ انارکلی کس نے لکھا؟
(A) امتیاز علی تاج ✓
(B) آغا حشر
(C) ضیاع الحق قاسمی
(D) امجدی نیازی

93. شیشے میں اتارنااس محاورے کا کیا مطلب ہے؟
(A) گرویدہ کر لینا ✓
(B) دشمن بنانا
(C) بے وقوف بنانا
(D) مہمان بنانا

94. اقبال کی فارسی نظم آسار خودی کا انگریزی ترجمہ کس نے کیا؟
(A) پروفیسر براؤن
(B) پروفیسر نکلسن ✓
(C) پطرس بخاری
(D) پروفیسر آرنلڈ

95. یادوں کی بارات کس کی سوانح حیات ہے؟
(A) پروین شاکر
(B) جوش ملیح آبادہ ✓
(C) احسان دانش
(D) احمد ندیم قاسمی

96. تجاہل عارفانہ سے کیا مراد ہے؟
(A) صوف بزرگ
(B) جاہل آدمی
(C) غفلت سے کام لینا
(D) جان بوجھ کر انجان بننا ✓

97. حسن کوزہ گر کس کی نظم ہے؟
(A) ناصر کاظمی
(B) ن۔م۔راشد ✓
(C) امجد اسلام امجد
(D) مجید امجد

98. اداس نسلیں کس کا ناول ہے؟
(A) اشفاق احمد
(B) ممتاز مفتی
(C) مختار مسعود
(D) عبداللہ حسین ✓

99. برگ نے کس کا شعری مجموعہ ہے؟
(A) ن۔م۔راشد
(B) فیض احمد فیض
(C) مجید امجد
(D) ناصر کاظمی ✓

100. ہارٹ اٹیک کس شاعر کی نظم ہے؟
(A) ن۔م۔راشد
(B) میرا جی
(C) ناصر کاظمی
(D) فیض احمد فیض ✓

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1. Mohenjadaro is located in:
(A) Khyber Pakhtunkhawa
(B) Sindh ✓
(C) Baluchistan
(D) Punjab

2. The battle of Plassey was fought in:
(A) 1757 ✓
(B) 1761
(C) 1759
(D) 1765

3. Hayat-e-Javeed was written by:
(A) Altaf Hussain Hali ✓
(B) Nazir Ahmad
(C) Allama Iqbal
(D) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

4. Who founded the Muhammadan Education Conference in 1866?
(A) Syed Mahmood
(B) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan ✓
(C) ShibliNumanl
(D) Syed Ameer Ali

5. Who was the Viceroy of India on the eve of the partition of Bengal?
(A) Lord Curzon ✓
(B) Lord Minto
(C) Lord Mountbatten
(D) LordWavell

6. The first constitution of Pakistan, came -Into operation on:
(A) March 23,1956 ✓
(B) August 14,1956
(C) April 3,1956
(D) December 25,1956

7. Who was the Chairman of Boundary Commission in 1947?
(A) Sir Cyril Radcliffe ✓
(B) Sir James Radcliffe
(C) Sir Abbot Radcliffe
(D) Sir Henry Radcliffe

8. Who became the Governor-general of ' Pakistan after Khawaja Nazim-ud-din?
(A) Liaqat Ali Khan
(B) Ghulam Muhammad ✓
(C) Muhammad Ali Bogra
(D) Ch. Muhammad Ali

9. The Quaid-e-Azam joined the Muslim league in:
(A) 1910
(B) 1911
(C) 1912
(D) 1913 ✓

10. Pakistan is located in the tropic zone of:
(A) South
(B) North ✓
(C) East
(D) West

11. The country situated to the east of Pakistan is
(A) Iran
(B) India ✓
(C) China
(D) Afghanistan

12. Pakistan became the member of United Nation on:
(A) September 30,1947 ✓
(B) September 29,1947
(C) September 28,1947
(D) September 03,1948

13. One of the main objectives of All-lndia Muslim League at the time of its creation was:
(A) To be loyal to the Indian British Government ✓
(B) To take active part in the politics of the country
(C) To be close to Hindu community
(D) Not to take sides with any Indian community

14. Arya Samaj was founded In:
(A) 1870
(B) 1880
(C) 1875 ✓
(D) 1877

15. The Anjuman-l-Himayat-i-lslam was founded in:
(A) 1884 ✓
(B) 1885
(C) 1890
(D) 1880

16. Indicate the highest civil award among the following:
(A) Sitara-e-Shujat
(B) Hilal-e-Shujaat
(C) Nishan-e-Pakistan ✓
(D) Tamgha-e-Shujaat

17. Why Quaid-e-Azam launched Direct Action day on August 16,1946?
(A) To protect against breach of pledge by Viceroy FM Lord Waveil ✓
(B) To oppose the Congress policies
(C) To get support from the masses for party membership
(D) To curb the upsurge of the National Muslims

18. Quaid-e-Azam resigned from membership of Congress In:
(A) 1813
(B) 1816
(C) 1820 ✓
(D) 1822

19. Who had the shortest tenure as Governor -General of Pakistan?
(A) Iskendar MIrza ✓
(B) Ghulam Muhammad
(C) Muhammad All Jlnnah
(D) Kh. Nazlmmuddln

20. Uaquat - Nehru pact was announced at Delhi in:
(A) January 1950
(B) February 1950
(C) March 1950
(D) April 1950 ✓

21. The longest river of the world Is:
(A) Thames
(B) Nile ✓
(C) Volga
(D) Mississippi

22. Biggest desert of the world is:
(A) Gobi
(B) Cholistan
(C) Sahara ✓
(D) Syrian

23. One horse power is equal to:
(A) 746 watts ✓
(B) 780 watts
(C) 785 watts
(D) 1000 watts

24. Light year is a unit of:
(A) Distance ✓
(B) Time Period
(C) Light intensity
(D) Time

25. How many bones are there in a human body?
(A) 206 ✓
(B) 106
(C) 902
(D) 200

26. Cusec is a unit of:
(A) Area
(B) Time
(C) Distance
(D) Water flow ✓

27. The city which is also known as the City of Canals is:
(A) Venice ✓
(B) Rome
(C) Paris
(D) Madrid

28. The border separating Pakistan and Afghanistan is. known as:
(A) Durand Line ✓
(B) LOC
(C) Wagha Border
(D) International Boundary

29. The largest ocean of the world is:
(A) The Indian Ocean
(B) The Atlantic Ocean
(C) The Pacific Ocean ✓
(D) Arctic Ocean

30. The UNO was founded in the yean
(A) 1945 ✓
(B) 1946
(C) 1947
(D) 1944

31. In which year did Barrack Hussain Obama receive the Nobel Prize for peace?
(A) 2008
(B) 2009 ✓
(C) 2010
(D) 2011

32. The capital of Argentina is:
(A) Paris
(B) London
(C) Buenos Aires ✓
(D) Brasilia

33. The capital of Australia is:
(A) Melbourne
(B) Sydney
(C) Perth
(D) Canberra ✓

34. Boxing Day Is celebrated In Australia is
(A) December 25
(B) December 26 ✓
(C) December 27
(D) January 1

35. The national flower of Pakistan is
(A) Jasmine ✓
(B) Rose
(C) Tulip
(D) Sunflower

36. The national animal of Pakistan Is
(A) Tiger
(B) Lion
(C) Elephant
(D) Markhor ✓

37. The currency unit of Indonesia is
(A) Yen
(B) Dollar
(C) Pound
(D) Sen ✓

38. Cathay Pacific is the national airline of
(A) Fiji
(B) Greece
(C) Hong Kong ✓
(D) China

39. The largest island of the world is
(A) Greenland ✓
(B) Cuba
(C) Ireland
(D) Iceland

40. The old name of Myanmar is
(A) Ceylon
(B) Burma ✓
(C) Egypt
(D) Syria

41. The “Old Man and the Sea” is written by:
(A) John Steinbeck
(B) Jane Austin
(C) Ernest Hemingway ✓
(D) Agatha Christie

42. We waiting here for two hours.
(A) have been ✓
(B) has been
(C) are
(D) were

43. We them yesterday.
(A) visited ✓
(B) have visited
(C) had visited
(D) was visiting

44. See that you for the meeting in time.
(A) will come
(B) come ✓
(C) would come
(D) came

45. They will come if we   them.
(A) ask ✓
(B) may ask
(C) would ask
(D) might ask

46. He was deaf all our requests.
(A) at
(B) to ✓
(C) with
(D) on

47. Regular exercise is beneficial health.
(A) with
(B) for ✓
(C) to
(D) of

48. Are you conscious   your responsibility In this matter?
(A) about
(B) of ✓
(C) after
(D) on

49. We regret that we cannot comply your request.
(A) to
(B) with ✓
(C) at
(D) on

50. The Ph. D degree was conferred him at the convocation.
(A) at
(B) with
(C) on ✓
(D) for

Give the antonyms of the following:

51. Entice
(A) repel ✓
(B) lure
(C) charmed
(D) enchanting

52. Mettle
(A) courage
(B) nerve
(C) pluck
(D) cowardly ✓

53. Microcosm
(A) universe
(B) atomic
(C) celestial
(D) macrocosm ✓

54. Absurd
(A) happy
(B) beautiful
(C) funny
(D) rational ✓

55. Modicum
(A) great amount ✓
(B) big
(C) small amount
(D) structure

Give the synonyms of the following:

55. Imperious
(A) proud ✓
(B) temper
(C) tamper
(D) distant

57. Luxuriant
(A) beautiful
(B) ugly
(C) abundant ✓
(D) lovely

58. Memorable
(A) memorial
(B) worth remembering ✓
(C) mending
(D) striking

59. Impose
(A) enforce ✓
(B) avoid
(C) come
(D) bold

60. Alter
(A) change ✓
(B) separate
(C) fixed
(D) arrival

61. Spain literally means
(A) Land of rabbits ✓
(B) Land of Lions
(C) Land Of Crows
(D) Land of Kiwis

62. The only country within a country is:
(A) Singapore
(B) Kuwait
(C) Vatican City ✓
(D) Luxebourg

63. Who wrote “Hamlet”?
(A) Milton
(B) Wordsworth
(C) Shakespeare ✓
(D) Marlowe

64. Who wrote “Paradise Lost"?
(A) Keats
(B) Shelley
(C) Byron
(D) Milton ✓

65. Which city Is located In two continents?
(A) Istanbul ✓
(B) Ankara
(C) Amsterdam
(D) London

66. The Quaid-e-Azam presented'his famous 14 points on*:
(A) 31st March 1929
(B) 28th March 1929 ✓
(C) 31st March 1930
(D) 14th August 1929

14 Points Of Quaid E Azam (Event) 14 Points of Quaid e Azam were proposed by Mr. Muhammad Ali Jinnah as a constitutional reform plan to safeguard the political rights of Muslims in a self-governing India. The report was given in a meeting of the council of the All India Muslim League on March 28, 1929.

67. ATM means:
{A) Announcement Time Machine
(B) Automatic Time Machine
(C) Automated Teller Machine ✓
(D) Animated Time Machine

68. Who presented the Law of Falling Bodies?
(A) Newton ✓
(B) Einstein
(C) Galileo
(D) Russell

69. Point out the correct spellings
(A) Schedule ✓
(B) Sheedule
(C) Schedulle
(D) Scchedule

70. Point out the correct spellings
(A) Schlzphrenia
(B) Schizaphrenia
(C) Schizophrenia
(D) Schizophrenia ✓

71. CPU is the abbrevation of:
(A) Computing Processing Unit
(B) Central Processing Unit ✓
(C) Computer Processing Use
(D) Computer Processing Unit

72. Shakespeare* belongs to the
(A) 16th century England ✓
(B) 18th century England
(C) 19th century England
(D) 14th century England

73. Lionel Messi is a famous
(A) Footballer ✓
(B) Cricketer
(C) Hockey Player
(D) Swimmer

74. UK is the abbreviation of:
(A) United Kingdom ✓
(B) United King
(C) United Kinship
(D) Union Kingdom

75. NATO is the abbreviation of:
(A) North Atlantic Treaty Organization ✓
(B) North Arctic Treaty Organization
(C) North Antarctic Treaty Organization
(D) North Association Treaty Organization

76. Who ied Pakistan in the 2011 Cricket World Cup?
(A) Younis Khan
(B) Muhammad Yousaf
(C) Misbah-ul-Haq
(D) Shahid Afridi ✓

77. Nairobi is the capital of:
(A) Zimbabwe
(B) Kenya ✓
(C) South Africa
(D) Congo

78. Gorbachev was the president of
(A) USSR ✓
(B) UK
(C) USA
(D) UAE

79. Riyal is the currency of
(A) Kuwait
(B) Saudi Arabia ✓
(C) Libya
(D) Egypt

80. The foreign Minister of Pakistan is
(A) Shah Mahmud Qureshi
(B) Firdous Aashiq Awan
(C) Hina Rabbani Khar ✓
(D) Fouzia Wahab

81. How many other sons did Prophet Ya’qub have in addition to Prophet Yusuf?
(A) 5
(B) 7
(C) 11 ✓
(D) 9

82. How many Asma-AI-husna are mentioned in the last two verses of Srua Al-Hashr?
(A) 17
(B) 15
(C) 10
(D) 11 ✓

83. Which important event, mentioned in the Quran occurred one year before Hijrah in Makkah?
(A) Battle of Badr
(B) Hunaih
(C) Miraj
(D) Abu Lahab's death ✓

84. How old was the Prophet when his Mother died?
(A) 1 year ✓
(B) 5 years
(C) 6 years
(D) 8 years

85. Which ayat of the Quran confirms the Islamic Religion as the complete religion?
(A) al-Maidah, Ayat 3 ✓
(B) an-nas, Ayat 5
(C) an-Nahl, Ayat 89
(D) an-Nahl, Ayat 90

86. In which battle was the Prophet’s (PHUB) uncle Hamzah (ra) killed?
(A) Badr
(B) Khandaq

year in the month of Ramadan?
(A) Miraj
(B) Conquest of Makkah
(C) Battle of Badr ✓
(D) Battle of Uhud

88. Who was cailed the “Sword of Allah"?
(A) Khalid ibn Al-Walid ✓
(B) Abu Dujana
(C) HazratAli
(D) HazratHamza

89. Who amongst the Mothers of the Believera was nicknamed “Umm ul-Masakeen" (Mother of the Poor)?
(A) Hafsah (ra)
(B) Zainab bint Khuzaimah (ra) ✓
(C) Aishah (ra)
(D) Fatima (ra)

90. Who was called “Tahirah" (Pure) among the Mothers of the Believers (ra)?
(A) Khadijah(ra) ✓
(B) Umm Salamah (ra)
(C) Hafsah (ra)
(D) Ayesha (ra)

91. Who built the Ka'aba (the House of Alalh)?
(A) Prophet Moses (p.b.u.h)
(B) Prophet Abraham (p.b.u.h) ✓
(C) Prophet Jesus (p.b.u.h)
(D) Prophet Jacob (p.b.u.h)

92. Which is the first mosque of Islam whose foundation Prophet (P.B.U.H) laid?
(A) Mosque Al Quba ✓
(B) Mosque of Mecca
(C) Mosque of Medina
(D) Mosque of Jerusalem

93. How many chapters and verses are there in Holy Quran?
(A) 114 chapters and 6240 verses ✓
(B) 120 chapters and 2640 verses
(C) 30 chapters and 4260 verses
(D) 30 chapters and 4444 verses

94. The first Surah in the Holy Quran Is
(A) Sura Al-Fatihah ✓
(B) Sura Al-Baqarah
(C) Sura-AI Imran
(D) Sura Al-lkhlas

95. The total number of Makkl Surahs are
(A) 80
(B) 86 ✓
(C) 88
(D) 96

96. The number of Prophets whose names are mentioned in the Holy Quran is
(A) 10
(B) 25 ✓
(C) 35
(D) 40

97. The name of the sixth Kalima is
(A) Kalima Tamjeed
(B) Kalima Tauheed
(C) Kalima Radd-i-Kufer ✓
(D) Kalima Shahadat


by:
(A) Imam Abu Hanifa
(B) Imam Shafe'e
(C) Imam Abu Yousaf ✓
(D) Imam Malik

99. The Treaty of Hudabla was signed in
(A) 5th Hijra
(B) 6th Hijra ✓
(C) 7th Hijra
(D) 8th Hijra

100. Who was the commander of the infidels in the battle of Uhd?
(A) Abu Lahb
(B) Abu Sufian ✓
(C) AbuJahl
(D) Utba

1. Who is the current Prime Minister of France?
(A)  Édouard Charles Philippe ✓ (Last Updated December 2019)
(B)
(B) Francois Hollande
(D) Nicolas Sarkozy

Édouard Charles Philippe is a French politician serving as Prime Minister of France since 15 May 2017 under President Emmanuel Macron. A lawyer by occupation, Philippe is a former member of the Union for a Popular Movement, which later became The Republicans. 

2. Prime Minister Gilani was found guilty for contempt of court, sentenced for
(A) 30 seconds
(B) 43 seconds ✓
(C) 22 seconds
(D) 50 seconds

3. Mont Blank is controversial between the countries
(A) Russia and Greece
(B) Croatia and Czech
(C) France and Italy ✓
(D) None of these

4. Which of the following countries won the World Cup Football?
(A) Spain ✓
(B) Brazil
(C) Netherlands
(D) Germany

5. World Telecommunication Day is observed on?
(A) 17th May ✓
(B) 2nd May
(C) 8th May
(D) 12th May

8. Who was John Howard?
(A) Prime Minister of Australia ✓
(B) Prime Minister of Ireland
(C) Prime Minister of New Zealand
(D) Prime Minister of Canada

7. Which of the following countries won the Asia Cup 2012?
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Pakistan ✓
(C) Bangladesh
(D) India

8. Which sea is the only one that separates a city (Istanbul) into 2 continents?
(A) Aegean Sea
(B) Black Sea
(C) Sea of Marmara ✓
(D) Sea of Azov

9. Victoria Cross is the highest military award for bravery given by the
(A) British Government ✓
(B) Canadian Government
(C) French Government
(D) American Government

10. Capital of the Ghana is:
(A) Harare
(B) Accra ✓
(C) Kinshasa
(D) Banjul

11. Who proposed the theory of Continental Drift?
(A) Wegener ✓
(B) Lyell
(C) Richter
(D) Gutenberg

12. What is the national bird of China?
(A) Ceibo
(B) Red-crowned Crane ✓
(C) Rufous-bellied Thrush
(D) Golden Wattle

13. What is the currency of Mexico?
(A) Dollar
(B) Franc
(C) Peso ✓
(D) Pound

14. What would describe the usual temperature 2,000 million years ago? x
(A) Hot
(B) Warm
(C) Cool
(D) Freezing ✓

15. The former Soviet Union sent its forces in Afghanistan in:
(A) 1979 ✓
(B) 1976
(C) 1977
(D) 1981

16. Who was Alija Izetbegovic?
(A) President of Croatia
(B) President of Bosnia-Herzegovina ✓
(C) President of Yugoslavia
(D) President of Macedonia

17. Third Israeli aggression against Lebanon started on
(A) 8th July, 2006
(B) 5th July, 2006
(C) 12th July, 2006 ✓
(D) None of these

18. Who undertook the Long March of 1934?
(A) Chinese Communist ✓
(B) George W. Marshall
(C) John W. Regan
(D) All of these

19. Famous poet of English Shakespeare was bom in:
(A) 1535
(B) 1554
(C) 1564 ✓
(D) 1574

20. Under the Mountbatten Plan of 1947 the people of — were given the right to decide through a plebiscite whether they wish to join Pakistan or India.
(A) Assam
(B) Punjab
(C) Bengal
(D) N.W.F.P. and the Sylhet district of Assam ✓

21. Who amongst the folldVving was not the member of the Cabinet Mission which visited India in 1946?
(A) Sir Stafford Cripps
(B) Lord Mountbatten ✓
(C) A.V. Alexander
(D) None of the above

22. How the future status of Bengal and Punjab was to be decided under 3rd June plan?
(A) By majority vote of assembly members ✓
(B) By plebiscite
(C) By the commission
(D) None of the above

23. How the future status of Sindh was to be decided under 3rd June plan?
(A) By the Commission
(B) By plebiscite'
(C) By majority vote of assembly members ✓
(D) None of the above

24. Third Battle of Panipat was fought in
(A) 1763
(B) 1765
(C) 1761 ✓
(D) 1764

25. Who was the Viceroy during the time Mr. Attlee of England declared the British intention to transfer power to Indians?
(A) Lord Irwin
(B) Lord Mountbatten
(C) Lord Wavell ✓
(D) Lord Linlithgow

26. Death of Shah Wali-ullah in
(A) 1763 ✓
(B) 1765
(C) 1761
(D) 1764

27. Syed Ahmad Shaheed was martyred at Balakot
(A) 1843
(B) 1831 ✓
(C) 1832
(D) 1837

28. Zahir Shah ruled Afghanistan from 1933 till 1973 when he was over thrown by:
(A) Noor Muhammad Taragai
(B) Muhammad Daud ✓
(C) Najib Ullah
(D) Babrak Karmal

29. Who was the winner of the Men's Singles Australian Open tournament 2011 and 2012?
(A) Novak Djokovic ✓
(B) Andy Murray
(C) Rafael Nadal
(D) Roger Federer

30. Kazakhstan observed its Independence Day every year on
(A) December 16 ✓
(B) December 17
(C) December 18
(D) December 19

31. Which of the following countries is a landlocked country?
(A) Uruguay
(B) Pakistan
(C) Bolivia ✓
(D) All of above

32. The Malabar Coast is found in what country?
(A) India ✓
(B) South Africa
(C) Chile
(D) Spain

33. The country of Ghana was formerly known by what name?
(A) Grain Coast
(B) Gold Coast ✓
(C) Ivory Coast
(D) Slave Coast

34. World Press Freedom day is observed on?
(A) 3rd May ✓
(B) 5th May
(C) 12th May
(D) 21st May

35. Who was Xanana Gusmao?
(A) President of Angola
(B) President of Mozambique
(C) President of Portugal
(D) President of East Timor ✓

36. Name the cricket player who has made maximum number of test centuries?
(A) Tendulkar ✓
(B) Ponting
(C) Brian Lara
(D) Ganguly

37. CIX is the Roman numerals for which number?
(A) 119
(B) 109 ✓
(C) 49
(D) 99

38. Name the large Australian bird with a red bill?
(A) Emperor penguin
(B) Ostrich
(C) Black swan ✓
(D) Kiwi

39. How many balls are used in a game of billiards?
(A) 15
(B) 22 ✓
(C) 24
(D) 18

40. This madem latin american dance resembling the rumba was derived from the ritual dance of voodoo?
(A) Mamba
(B) Lambada
(C) Samba
(D) Mambo ✓

41. Which country has the world’s largest fishing industry?
(A) Japan
(B) China ✓
(C) Norway
(D) Iceland

42. What was discovered in the Venezuelan lake 'Maracaibo' in 1917 which turned it from one of South America’s poorest countries to one of the richest?
(A) Platinum
(B) Gold
(C) Oil ✓
(D) Gas

43. Liverpool is naming its airport in honour of murdered ex-Beatle John Lennon. What was the airport's former name?
(A) Mungo
(B) Speke ✓
(C) Park
(D) Livingstone

44. What is the nationality of the author Roald Dahl?
(A) Swedish
(B) Norwegian
(C) Welsh ✓
(D) Danish

45. In Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho', what was used as blood to terrify audiences in the famous shower scene?
(A) Tomato sauce
(B) Newspaper print
(C) Cochineal
(D) Chocolate sauce ✓

46. Which river is Africa’s second longest river?
(A) Limpopo
(B) Zambezi
(C) Nile
(D) Congo ✓

47. ‘New England' consists of six states in northeast USA. Which state is NOT part of 'New England’?
(A) Massachusetts
(B) New Hampshire
(C) Maryland ✓
(D) Rhode Island

48. Who was the Belgian author and artist who created the cartoon character of 'Tintin'?
(A) Georges Simenon
(B) Georges Remi ✓
(C) Hercule Poirot
(D) Van der Valk

49. Name the largest venomous snake in the world?
(A) Anaconda
(B) Reticulated python
(C) Rattlesnake
(D) King cobra ✓

50. Glasgow city is famous for.
(A) Textile centre
(B) Military base
(C) Biggest ship building centre ✓
(D) None of these
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51. The blue whale is the world’s largest mammal but what type of animal is the world's smallest mammal?
(A) Monkey
(B) Opossum
(C) Bat ✓
(D) Shrew

52. Which author created Sherlock Holmes?
(A) G.K. Chesterton
(B) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ✓
(C) Edgar Allan Poe
(D) Agatha Christie

53. Goulash Is the national dish of which country?
(A) Hungary ✓
(B) Turkey
(C) Greece
(D) India

54. Name the author of 'Ivanhoe' Is:
(A) Evelyn Waugh
(B) Sir Walter Scott ✓
(C) Sir Noel Coward
(D) Sir J.M. Barrie

55. God gave Moses the ‘Ten Commandments' on Mount
(A) Ararat
(B) Meron
(C) Olympus
(D) Sinai ✓

56. Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, is built on how many small islands which are connected by about 50 bridges?
(A) 44
(B) 43
(C) 14 ✓
(D) 24

57. Name the largest sea in the world.
(A) Mediterranean Sea
(B) Sargasso Sea
(C) Coral Sea
(D) South China Sea ✓

58. Which explorer discovered the island of Jamaica?
(A) Francis Drake
(B) Christopher Columbus ✓
(C) Ferdinand Magellan
(D) Vasco da Gama

59. Through which country does the River Mania flow?
(A) Romania
(B) Albania
(C) Lithuania
(D) Madagascar ✓

60. When the Athenian army defeated the invading Persians, who ran 26 miles to Athens to announce the victory?
(A) Prometheus
(B) Nike
(C) Marathon
(D) Pheidippides ✓

61. Which of the following pass connects Peshawar with Chitral?
(A) Malakand Pass ✓
(B) Dargai Pass
(C) Bolan Pass
(D) Baroghill Pass

62. In which District of Punjab KallarKahar Lake is situated?
(A) Jhelum ✓
(B) Chakwal
(C) Sargodha
(D) Mianwali

63. Sat Para Lake is situated in:
(A) Baltistan
(B) Gilgit ✓
(C) Kaghan
(D) Bolan Valley

64. Which of the following specious metal is found in Dera Ghazi Khan?
(A) Platinum
(B) Uranium ✓
(C) Thorium
(D) None of these

65. The first gas field discovered in Pakistan in 1952 was at:
(A) Mial
(B) Sui ✓
(C) Pirkoh
(D) None of these

66. Khewra is famous for the minerals of
(A) Iron
(B) Chromium
(C) Salt ✓
(D) None of these

67. Toot oil and natural gas field is located in
(A) Sindh
(B) Baluchistan
(C) KPK
(D) Punjab ✓

68. Ghulam Muhammad Barrage was constructed on River:
(M Kabul
(B) Swat
(C) Jehlum
(D) Indus ✓

69. Warsak Project is located on:
(A) Gomal River
(B) Karam River
(C) Bera River
(D) Kabul River ✓

70. On which river Mangla Dam is built?
(A) Indus
(B) Chenab
(C) Jhelum ✓
(D) None of these

71. Which is the oldest hydroelectricity project in Pakistan?
(A) Mangla
(B) Tarbela
(C) Warsak
(D) Malakand Dargai ✓

72. Sulemanki Headworks is constructed on the river
(M River Ravi
(B) River Chenab
(C) River Sutlujh ✓
(D) None of these

73. The “Basha Dam” on Indus River is being constructed in:
(A) P.K
(B) Gilgit Baltistan ✓
(C) Punjab
(D) None Of these

74. Pakistan International Airlines (P1A) was established in
(A) 1949
(B) 1955 ✓
(C) 1960
(D) 1965

75. What is the total length of Makran Coastal Highway which is constructed with the help of China?
(A) 595 km
(B) 625 km
(C) 653 km ✓
(D) 732 km

76. Soan and Haro are famous rivers of:
(A) Potwar Plateau ✓
(B) Baluchistan Plateau
(C) Hindu Kush Range
(D) None of these

77. Which river is called “Nile of Pakistan”?
(A) Chenab River
(B) Indus River ✓
(C) Ravi River
(D) None of these

78. Name the longest river of Pakistan
(A) Indus ✓
(B) Kabul
(C) Chenab
(D) None of these

79. In which province of Pakistan, the desert of Thar lies?
(A) Baluchistan
(B) Sindh ✓
(C) K.P.K
(D) Punjab

80. K-2 is also Known as:
(A) Goodwin Austin ✓
(B) Broad Peak
(C) Roshan Peak
(D) SiaKingri

81. Which name means 'double life'?
(A) Amphibious ✓
(B) Insect
(C) Reptile
(D) Omnivore

82. German attack on Poland was the immediate cause of:
(A) World War 1
(B) World War II ✓
(C) Cold War
(D) None of these

83. One pound is equal to kilogram.
(A) 0.482
(B) 0.454 ✓
(C) 0.445
(D) 0.431

84. One ounce is equal to grams.
(A) 28.65
(B) 27.95
(C) 28.35 ✓
(D) 28.85

85. If takes 14 taps to fill a swimming pool in 10 hours. How much time will it take 5 taps to fill the pool?
(A) 25
(B) 26
(C) 27
(D) 28 ✓

86. 8 machines can do a piece of work in 10 days. How long will it take 16 machines to do the work?
(A) 7 days
(B) 5 days ✓
(C) 6 days
(D) 8 days

87. Which UN body deals with population problem?
(A) UNDP
(B) UNESCO
(C) UNFPA ✓
(D) UNICEF

88. The working language(s) of the UNESCO is/are:
(A) English only
(B) French only
(C) English and French ✓
(D) English, French and Russian

89. Headquarter of International Forum on Globalization (IFG) is located in
(A) Canada
(B) France
(C) USA ✓
(D) None of these

90. Who is the author of the Revolution in PakiQtan?
(A) K.B. Saeed
(B) K.K.Aziz
(C) Herbert Feldman ✓
(D) None of these

91. Which of the following is concerned with the description and mapping of the main features of the Universe?
(A) Cosmography ✓
(B) Cosmology
(C) Geomorphology
(D) None of the above

92. Damascus situated on bank of river
(A) Rhine River
(B) Nile River
(C) Barada River ✓
(D) None of these

93. Paris is situated on bank of river
(A) Seine River ✓
(B) Spree River
(C) Rhine River
(D) None of these

94. Who discovered Lake Victoria?
(A) John Davis
(B) Capt John Speke ✓
(C) Geover Cleveland
(D) None of these

95. Ataturk Dam is located in
(A) Argentina
(B) Turkey ✓
(C) Ghana
(D) Iran

96. Who wrote the book “Great Tragedy”?
(A) Z.A.Bhutto ✓
(B) Muhammad Yousaf
(C) Zial-ul-Haq
(D) None of these

97. Who is the writer of “Political Forces in Pakistan from 1947 to 1959?
(A) Keith Collard ✓
(B) K.K.Aziz
(C) I.H.Qureshi
(D) None of these

98. Who is the author of Gandhi and Stalin?
(A) Water Scot
(B) Louis Fisher ✓
(C) V.P.Memon
(D) None of these

99. On 20th July 1969, two American scientists landed on
(A) Moon of earth ✓
(B) Mars
(C) Pluto
(D) Jupiter

100. Who was the first Polish in space?
(A) Yang Llwei
(B) ZhaiZhlgang
(C) DumitruPrunariu
(D) Miroslaw Hermaszewski ✓

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

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