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PPSC Computer Operator (BS-12) Solved Past Paper 2019

PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION WRITTEN TEST FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POST OF COMPUTER OPERATOR (BS-12) (HELD ON 24.03.2019)

1. A normal CD-ROM can usually store upto data.
(A) 680 GB
(B) 680 KB
(C) 680 Bytes
(D) 680 MB ✓

2. Which of the following is not an operating system?
(A) Oracle
(B) DOS
(C) Linux ✓
(D) Windows

3. To create a table of columns and rows for mathematical calculation or statistical representation, which programme is used?
(A) Auto CAD
(B) Excel ✓
(C) Word Pad
(D) Word Perfect

4. Hard copy of document is:
(A) Save copy
(B) Scanned copy
(C) Print out ✓
(D) Display copy

5. Internet is:
(A) Display System
(B) Network of Networks ✓
(C) Scanning Technology
(D) Search Engine

6.  is done to protect data and passwords.
(A) Verification
(B) Authentication
(C) Encryption ✓
(D) Authorization

7. WWW stands for
(A) Wrestling & Wildlife Web
(B) World Wrestling Web
(C) World Wildlife Web
(D) Worldwide web ✓

8. Small files that are deposited on user’s hard drive when they visit a website are best described as:
(A) Trackers
(B) Cookies ✓
(C) Profiles
(D) Codes

9. The browsers keep a list of web pages you have visited in the current session.
(A) Trail
(B) Cache ✓
(C) Favorites
(D) History

10. A certificate is a notice that guarantees a user or a website is legitimate.
(A) Digital ✓
(B) Protected
(C) Secure
(D) Assigned

11. Measuring unit of capacity of a hard disk to save data is:
(A) Watt
(B) GB ✓
(C) Newton
(D) Ghz

12. What are three most popular social networking websites today?
(A) Zorpia, Netlog, Habbo
(B) Facebook, Bebo, Blogster
(C) Facebook, Myspace, Twitter ✓
(D) Google, Yahoo, Bing

13. In MS Word, shortcut ‘Shift+Delete’ is used to:
(A) Create a shortcut to selected item
(B) Copy the selected item
(C) Rename the selected item
(D) Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in recycle bin ✓

14. From which menu, you can insert the Header and Footer?
(A) Insert Menu ✓
(B) View Menu
(C) Tools Menu
(D) Format Menu

15. Which of the following is not a

16. Which is the following is correct form of an email address?
(A) ppsc@punjab.gov.pk ✓
(B) punjab.gov.pk@ppsc
(C) ppsc@http://www.punjab.gov.pk
(D) ppsc punjab.com

17. Whithin a browser, what does a Home do?
(A) Displays the content of your designated start page ✓
(B) Enters your home address into
(C) Takes you to the previously visited
(D  Adds your email address to your email message

18 Which of the following is a URL?
(A) www.yahoo.com ✓
(B) Searchainternet.net
(C) internet Explorer
(D) Netscape

19. When you friend someone on a social networking site, what does this allow him to see?
(A) Nothing, the same as everyone else
(B) He can see all of things you put on private so only friends can see
(C) He can see just your picture ✓
(D) A and C

20. Who is the founder of the social media network “Facebook”?
(A) Steve Wozniak
(B) Bill Gates
(C) Steve Jobs
(D) MarkZuckerberg ✓

21. The minimum number of rows and columns in MS Word document is:
(A) 2 and 2
(B) 2 and 1
(C) land 2
(D) 1 and 1 ✓

22. What is the smallest font size
(A) 78
(B) 72 ✓
(C) 75
(D) 68

23. What is the largest font size available in the font size tool on formatting toolbar?
(A) 8 ✓
(B) 10
(C) 11
(D) 12

24. Selecting text means selecting
(A) A word
(B) An entire sentence
(C) Whole document ✓
(D) None of these

25. Which key should be pressed to start a new paragraph in MS Word?
(A) Ctrl + Enter
(B) Enter key ✓
(C.) Shift + Enter
(D) Down cursor key

26. Which of the following is a graphic solution for processor?
(A) Clip Art ✓
(B) Word Art
(C) Drop Cap
(D) None of these

27. The most widely used internet search engine in the world is:
(A) MSN
(B) Google ✓
(C) Yahoo
(D) YouTube

28. Any crime that involves a computer and internet is:
(A) Organized Crime
(B) Cyber Crime ✓
(C) Professional Crime
(D) Social Crime

29. The use of computer is attractive because of its:
(A) Accuracy
(B) Reliability
(C) Speed
(D) All of the above ✓

30. A computer mainly consists of electronic:
(A) Parts
(B) Devices ✓
(C) Chips
(D) Circuits

31. Modern computers compared to earlier computers are:
(A) Faster and smaller ✓
(B) Larger and stronger
(C) Slower but more reliable
(D) Faster and larger

32. Find the odd man out.
(A) Coaxial cable
(B) Microwaves ✓
(C) Optical fiber
(D) Twisted pair wire

33. To have your macro available to all new documents you create, store it in:
(A) My Documents
(B) Quick Access
(C) The Normal Template ✓
(D) The Macro Gallery

34. To move to the previous cell in a table inserted in a document, press:
(A) The Tab Key
(B) Alt + Tab
(C) Shift + Tab ✓
(D) Backspace

35. To get step-by-step instructions as you go through the word mail merge process, use:
(A) A template ✓
(B) The mail merge wizard
(C) The mailing table
(D) A macro

36. A _______ is a major database object used to display information in a printable page format.
(A) Form
(B) Query
(C) Report ✓
(D) Table

37. The percentage increase in the area of a rectangle, if each of its sides is increased by 20% is:
(A) 40%
(B) 42%
(C) 44% ✓
(D) 46%

38. When inserting a graphic into a worksheet, you could go to cell A1 by pressing:
(A) SHIFT + HOME
(B) CTRL + HOME ✓
(C) ENTER + HOME
(D) ALT + HOME

39. To be compatible with previous versions of Microsoft Word, a Word 2013 document should be saved with this extension:
(A) .docx
(B) .doc ✓
(C) .txt
(D) .rft

40. Which option displays fill color in alternate rows in an Excel Table?
(A) Banded Rows ✓
(B) First Row
(C) Last Row
(D) Filled Rows

41. What function displays row data in a column or column data in a row?
(A) Hyperlink
(B) Index
(C) Transpose ✓
(D) Rows

42. When typing character search criteria, Excel matches fields based on: *
(A) Alphabetical order ✓
(B) Capitalization
(C) Spelling
(D) Primary records

43. What Do-while is an _____ loop.
(A) Entry control
(B) Exit control ✓
(C) Entry enrolled
(D) None of these

44. What should follow the sheet name in a 3-D formula?
(A) Colon
(B) Parentheses
(C) Period
(D) Exclamation point ✓

45. Excel would evaluate the formula, =2010 ✓58, and return this answer.
(A) 5
(B) 6.25
(C) 320 ✓
(D) 232

46. What do you see if you hover the mouse over a chart object?
(A) Key Tip
(B) Screen Tip ✓
(C) Chart Tip
(D) Chart Key

47. There are two different ways to insert content from one application into another-embedding and:
(A) Importing
(B) Integrating
(C) Linking ✓
(D) Bookmarking

48. What term describes a feature that gives Excel enhanced capability?
(A) Trend lining
(B) Enhancement bit
(C) Thumbnail
(D) Add-in ✓

49. A cube has a volume of 8 cubic meters. If each side is doubled in length, what will its new volume be in cubic meters?
(A) 16
(B) 32
(G) 48
(D) 64 ✓

50. The best tool to use to create a hierarchical flow chart in Word is:
(A) Word Art
(B) Shapes
(C) Smart Art  ✓
(D) Tables


51. The first Nuclear Power Plant in Pakistan was established at
(A) Karachi ✓
(B) Mianwali
(C) Peshawar
(D) Islamabad

52. Gomal2 University is in:
(A) Quetta
(B) D.G. Khan
(C) Peshawar
(D) Dera Ismail Khan ✓

53. Diamer Bhasha Dam3 is being constructed in:
(A) Balochistan
(B) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
(C) Gilgit-Baltistan ✓
(D) Sindh

54. Earth’s axis at present is titled by:
(A) 23.5 degree ✓
(B) 25 degree
(C) 21 degree
(D) 21.5 degree

55. The 10th BRICS4 Summit-2018, meeting was held in South Africa, which countries comprise the BRICS group?
(A) Belgium, Russia, India, Canada, Spain
(B) Bangladesh, Russia, India, China, Sri Lanka
(C) Brazil, Russia, India, China, Scandinavia
(D) Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa ✓

56. Who is called the ‘Father of Computers’?
(A) Charles Babbage ✓
(B) Thomas Kurtz
(C) Konrad zuse
(D) Bill Gates

57. Last Annual Summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organization was held during June 2017, at the location of
(A) Tashkent, Uzbekistan
(B) Dushanbe, Tajikistan
(C) Astana, Kazakhstan ✓
(D) Beijing, China

58. The car front is slowing down.
(A) In ✓
(B) On
(C) About
(D) Of

59. ‘Nippon’ is stock exchange market of:
(A) Tokyo ✓
(B) London
(C) New York
(D) None of these

60. Which UN agency deals with matters relating to children?
(A) UNESCO
(B) UNICEF ✓
(C) UNHCR
(D) UNCTAD

61. Who had coined the phrase Survival of the fittest.
(A) Charles Darwin ✓
(B) Herbert Spencer
(C) Alfred Wallace
(D) Erasmus Darwin

62. Which of the following was constructed by Emperor Shahjahan?
(A) Shalimar Garden ✓
(B) Badshahi Mosque
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of these

63. Which of the following is not a main organ of the United Nations?
(A) ILO ✓
(B) Security Council
(C) General Assembly
(D) International Court of Justice

64. Presidency of the UN Security Council rotates among the member states of the council:
(A) Every 6 months
(B) Every 3 months
(C) Every year
(D) Every month ✓

65. Which of the following is not related to disarmament?
(A) SALT
(B) NPT
(C) CTBT
(D) NATO ✓

66. When a gas turns into a liquid, the process is called:
(A) Condensation ✓
(B) Evaporation
(C) Deposition
(D) Sublimation

67. Yeast used in making of bread is a:
(A) Fungus
(B) Plant
(C) Bacteria ✓
(D) Seed

68. The disease Diphtheria affects the _______ in the human body.
(A) Kidneys
(B) Intestines
(C) Throat ✓
(D) Joints

69. LED technology is energy efficient. What does LED stand for?
(A) Low Energy Data
(B) Low Energy Diode
(C) Light Emitting Diode ✓
(D) None of these

70. What was the code name given to United States Navy SEALS operation leading to elimination of Osama bin Ladin in Abbottabad?
(A) Lion Heart
(B) Neptune Spear ✓
(C) Geronimo
(D) Shockwave

71. If Asif is standing in a queue in such a way that he is sixth in the queue from either side, then how many people are there in the queue?
(A) 11 ✓
(B) 9
(C) 12
(D) 14

72. Which of the following is equal to (38 x 39)10?.
(A) 3720
(B) 3170 ✓
(C) 327
(D) 390

73. The greatest number which exactly divides 1155 and 735 is:
(A) 25
(B) 5
(C) 15
(D) 105 ✓

74. Imran made a profit of 20 percent in the first year. Next year, he had a loss of 25 percent on the capital he had at the beginning of second year. What was his overall loss?
(A) No loss
(B) 12 percent
(C) 10 percent
(D) 5 percent ✓

75. Concrete consists of cement, sand and screenings in the ratio of 1 : 5 : 4, what is the percentage of the sand mixed?
(A) 10%
(B) 40%
(C) 50% ✓
(D) 60%

Choose the Synonyms:
76. Preposterous
(A) Ceremonious
(B) Ridiculous ✓
(C) Judicious
(D) Formal

77. Grand5
(A) Aristocratic
(B) Noble
(C) Great
(D) Splendid ✓

Choose the Antonyms:
78. Flagitious
(A) vapid
(B) Innocent ✓
(C) Frivolous
(D) Ignorant

79. Ostentatious
(A) Ignorant
(B) Unpretentious ✓
(C) Awkward
(D) Bankrupt

Fill in the Blanks:
80. l am intent ______
(A) for winning
(B) of winning
(C) on winning ✓
(D) to win

81. If I _____ worked hard, I would have succeeded.
(A) have
(B) had ✓
(C) should have
(D) Would have

82. The new law came into ____ last month.
(A) itself
(B) affect
(C) action
(D) effect ✓

Choose Correct Meaning of the Idioms:
83. To call a spade a spade
(A) To speak in plain terms ✓
(B) To avoid the main topic
(C) To make a noise
(D) Try to meet expectations

84. To bury the hatchet:
(A) To burn something important
(B) To make peace ✓
(C) To make a foolish choice
(D) To start war

Choose the Correct Preposition
85. He is jealous ____________ my fame.
(A) on
(B) of ✓
(C) over
(D) from

86. She is repenting ___________ her past.
(A) with
(B) for ✓
(C) on
(D) of

87. My brother is good  ____________ Mathematics.
(A) at ✓
(B) of
(C) over
(D) for

88. Sargodha is famous ____________ producing best quality oranges.
(A) with.
(B) about
(C) on
(D) for ✓

89. Do ____________Rome as the Romans do.
(A) at
(B) of
(C) Within
(D) in ✓

90. The old man is blind ____________one eye.
(A) with
(B) in
(C) of ✓
(D) from

90. Which year is called the year of sorrow (Aam-ul-Huzn)?
(A) 7th Nabvi
(B) 8th Nabvi
(C) 9th Nabvi
(D) 10th Nabvi ✓

91. What is the significance of 27th Rajab in the 10th year of prophethood?
(A) Holy Prophet’s (PJ3UH) visit of Taif
(B) Meraj Shareef ✓ 
(C) Hazrat Hamza (RA) and Hazrat Umar (RA) embraced Islam
(D) Migration from Makkah to Madina

92. Identify the last Ghazwa in which the Holy Prophet (PBUH) participated.
(A) Tabuk  ✓
(B) Hunain
(C) Motah
(D) Ahzab

93. The police force by the name of “ash-shurta” was set up to maintain law and order in the Islamic state during the caliphate of:
(A) Hazrat Abu Bakr (May Allah bless him)
(B) Hazrat Umer (May Allah bless him) ✓
(C) Hazrat Usman (May Allah bless him)
(D) Hazrat Ali (May Allah bless him)

94. Under the Islamic law of inheritance, what would be the share of the wife from husbands’s property in the  presence of children?
(A) Half
(B) One third
(C) One fourth
(D) One eighth ✓

95. On which of  the following occasions, Muslims offer “Namaz-e-Kusuf"?
(A) For the sake of rain
(B) At the time of an eclipse of the moon
(C) At the time of an eclipse of the sun ✓
(D) In the time of drought

PPSC Research Assistant (BS-15) Solved Past Papers 2019
PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (PPSC) WRITTEN EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POST OF RESEARCH ASSISTANT (BS-15) (HELD ON 03.03.2019)

PPSC Junior Clerk Solved Past Papers 2019

PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (PPSC) WRITTEN EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POST OF JUNIOR CLERK (BS-11) (HELD ON 19.03.2019)

1. Sicily is the largest island in which Sea?
(A) Red Sea
(B) Caspian Sea
(C) Arabian Sea
(D) Mediterranean Sea ✓

2. The Black forest is located in which European country?
(A) Germany ✓
(B) France
(C) Britain
(D) Spain

3. Catalonia is a region of which country?
(A) Spain ✓
(B) Chile
(C) Cuba
(D) Germany

4. Which Surahs are called Muazatain?
(A) Surah Al-Fil & Surah Quraish
(B) Surah Al-Mulk & Surah Furqan
(C) Surah Al-Falak & Surah An-Nas ✓
(D) None of these

5. UNO is considered to be a universal organization. Which organ of the UN has full representation of all member states of UN?
(A) ECOSOC
(B) General Assembly ✓
(C) Security Council
(D) Secretariat

6. To investigate certain offences including corruption, Federal Investigation Agency-FIA was established in Pakistan by:
(A) President Ayub Khan
(B) Prime Minister Z.A. Bhutto ✓
(C) General Yahya Khan
(D) President Zia-uUHaq

7. Ricky Ponting was the captain of:
(A) Australian Cricket Team ✓
(B) English Cricket Team
(C) West Indies Cricket Team
(D) New Zealand Cricket Team

8. Who is the author of the book titled “Witness to Surrender”?
(A) Brig Siddiq Salik ✓
(B) Col. Muhammad Aziz
(C) Lt. Gen. Shahid Aziz
(D) Hassan Askari Rizvi

9. Neelum Valley is in:
(A) Swat
(B) Gilgit
(C) Hunza
(D) Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) ✓

10. Acid rain contains high levels of:
(A) Oxalic Acid
(B) Sulphuric Acid
(C) Nitric Acid
(D) Both (B) and (C) ✓

11. Select the most OPPOSITE word: Miscellaneous.
(A) Similar ✓
(B) Vague
(C) Different
(D) Mingle

12. USB Flash Drive is commonly used portable device to store data. What does USB stand for?
(A) Universal Serial Bus ✓
(B) Universal Storage Bank
(C) Unique Storage Bus
(D) Universal Storage for Business

13. Fill in the blank: “You must stick  your promise.”
(A) In
(B) On
(C) By
(D) To ✓

14. What number should come next? 3,4, 7,8,11,12 .
(A) 7
(B) 10
(C) 14
(D) 15 ✓

15. Seismograph is a scientific instrument used for:
(A) Recording earthquakes ✓
(B) Recording fluctuations in blood pressure
(C) Detecting underground gas fields
(D) Recording depth of oceans

16. The United States of America at present is a Federation consisting of:
(A) 45 states
(B) 50 states ✓
(C) 52 states
(D) 55 states

17. Find out the correct Passive Voice sentence:
“People say that honesty is the best policy but they seldom set upon it.
(A) It is said that honesty is the best policy but that is seldom acted upon
(B) Honesty is said to be the best policy but it is seldom acted upon ✓
(C) Honesty is that best policy which is seldom acted upon
(D) It is said the honesty was best policy which was seldom acted upon

18. Deficiency of Vitamin “A” causes:
(A) Night blindness ✓
(B) Day blindness
(C) Complete blindness
(D) None of these

19. Which of the following countries was paid an official visit by the first Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1950?
(A) Saudi Arabia
(B) China
(C) USA ✓
(D) Afghanistan

20. A car washer can wash 8 cars in 18 minutes. At this rate, how many cars can be washed in 3 hrs?
(A) 40
(B) 60
(C) 80 ✓
(D) 90

21. The land lying between the River Ravi and River Chenab is called:
(A) Rachna Doab ✓
(B) Bari Doab
(C) Chaj Doab
(D) Sindh Sagar Doab

22. The book “Friends Not Masters’, was written by:
(A) Qudratullah Shahab
(B) Ayub Khan ✓
(C) Dr. Parvez Iqbal Cheema
(D) ManzoorQadir

23. Who was the first Pakistani lady to obtain a commercial pilot’s license. She died in May 2017 at the age of 82
(A) Shukria Khanam ✓
(B) Huma Liaqat
(C) Ayesha Farooq
(D) Maryam MasoOd

24. The idea of establishing SAARC was first mooted by:
(A) Gen. Zia-ul-Haq (Pakistan)
(B) Gen. Zia-ur-Rehman (Bangladesh) ✓
(C) Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (Pakistan)
(D) Indira Gandhi (India)

25. Miss World, the oldest surviving major international beauty contest, was started in:
(A) USA
(B) UK ✓
(C) Italy
(D) Canada

26. The number of Ashab-e-Kahaf was:
(A) 6
(B) 7 ✓ 
(C) 8
(D) 9

27. The Pakistani film “Zarqa” became very popular in Pakistan and the Middle East. Who played the character of Zarqa in the movie?
(A) Neelo ✓
(B) Mussarat Nazir
(C) Zeba
(D) None of these

28. Which of the following cities is not on the Pacific Coast?
(A). Taipei
(B) Shanghai
(C) San Francisco
(D) New York ✓

29. Which tribe of Quraish, Hazrat Umar (R.A), belonged to?
(A) Banu Hashim
(B) Banu Umayyah
(C) Banu Addi ✓
(D) None of these

30. Fill in the blank . “Please send this letter______my address.”
(A) In
(B) On
(C) Toward
(D) To ✓

31. Name the parliament of Tajikistan?
(A) Council
(B) People’s Council
(C) Union Council
(D) Majlisi Oli ✓

32. What is the meaning of the idiom ✓proverb “A pipe dream?”
(A) A peasant dream
(B) A bad dream
(C) An impracticable wish ✓
(D) A foolish idea

33. Which Article of the 1973 Constitution deals with impeachment of the President?
(A) Article 45
(B) Article 46
(C) Article 47 ✓
(D) Article 48
34. What is synonym of Lurid?
(A) Gory ✓
(B) Appear
(C) Natural
(D) Discreet

35. Who is the founder of Wiki leeks?
(A) Bill Gates
(B) Julian Assange ✓
(C) Steve Jobs
(D) Mark Zuckerberg

36. Find out the correct Passive Voice sentence. “Circumstances will oblige me to go.”
(A) I shall be obliged to go by circumstances ✓
(B) I shall have to be obliged to go
(C) I shall not go except if circumstances oblige me to go
(D) I shall go if circumstances oblige me to go

37. When Hajj was made compulsory?
(A) 9th Hijri ✓
(B) 10fh Hijri
(C) 11th Hijri
(D) 8th Hijri

38. The Madrassah Deoband started in Deoband, a small town of:
(A) Shikarpur
(B) Nurpur
(C) Ambala
(D) Saharanpur ✓

39. Bengal was partitioned in October 1905 when Lord _____ was Viceroy.
(A) Curzon ✓
(B) Mayo
(C) Ripon
(D) Lytton

40. The longest river of Balochistan is:
(A) Dasht
(B) Zhob
(C) Rakshan
(D) Hingol ✓

41. Choose synonym for the underlined word: One normally expects myopic people not to be able to see over great distances.
(A) Nearsighted ✓
(B) Healthy
(C) Old
(D) Wise

42. Fill in ^the blank: He became addicted drugs at quite an early age.
(A) For
(B) Into
(C) To ✓
(D) In

43. (9 + 43 - 4) + 24 - 2 = ?
(A) 0 ✓
(B) 2.181
(C) 3
(D) 2

44. What is the meaning of idiom ✓proverb “To take that bull by the horns”?
(A) To punish a person severely for his arrogance
(B) To deal with a difficult situation in a direct way ✓
(C) To handle it by fierce attack
(D) To bypass the legal process and take action to one’s own wish

45. The official languages of Shanghai Cooperation Organization are:
(A) English and Chinese
(B) Russian and Chinese ✓
(C) English, Chinese and Russian
(D) French and Chinese

46. The program that contains instructions to operate a device is called:
(A) Device operator
(B) Device driver ✓
(C) Device linking
(D) Device system

47. For galvanizing of iron, which of the following metals is used?
(A) Aluminium
(B) Copper
(C) Lead
(D) Zinc ✓

48. Pope Benedict XV, who died in 2013, was from which country?
(A) Italy
(B) Poland
(C) Argentina
(D) Germany ✓

49. Twitter is a:
(A) Search engine
(B) Social network service ✓
(C) E-mail service
(D) Blog page

50. The Lucknow Pact between Congress and the Muslim League was signed in which year?
(A) 1912
(B) 1916 ✓
(C) 1920
(D) 1919


51. What is the old name of Zhob?
(A) Fort Sandeman ✓
(B) FortMunro
(C) Montgomery
(D) Shalkot

52. UPS Is an abbreviation of:
(A) Universal Pumping Station
(B) Universal Power Supply
(C) Uninterrupted Power supply
(D) Uninterruptible Power Supply ✓

53. Who was the Secretary General of the United Nations before Ban Ki-moon?
(A) Kofi An nan ✓
(B) Boutros-Boutros Ghali
(C) Javier Perez de Cuellar
(D) None of these

54. “The Da Vinci Code” is:
(A) A bestselling novel ✓
(B) An ancient legal code
(C) The history of Jews
(D) None of these

55. Who is considered as the Father of Psychoanalysis?
(A) TB Watson
(B) Albert
(C) Adler
(D) Sigmund Freud ✓

56. What does QIC stand for?
(A) Organization of Islamic Conference
(B) Organization of Islamic Cooperation ✓
(C) Organization of Integrated Cooperation
(D) Organization for International Cooperation

57. Which country is called Playground of Europe?
{A} Switzerland ✓
(B) Denmark
(C) Sweden
(D) Holland

58. RAM stands for?
(A) Read After Memory
(B) Random Access Memory ✓
(C) Read Ail Memory
(D) None of these

59. Who postulated the Theory of Natural Selection in Evolution?
(A) Talbot
(B) John Laszlo
(C) Josph Lister
(D) Darwin ✓

60. Valletta is the capital of:
(A) Slovenia
(B) Albania
(C) Malta ✓
(D) Mali

61. When was the state of Israel admitted to the UNO?
(A) 1947
(B) 1948
(C) 1949 ✓
(D) 1950

62. In which district of Pakistan is the famous Katas Raj Temples complex located?
(A) Sargodha
(B) Sahiwal
(C) Chakwal ✓
(D) Peshawar

63. Vitamin C is essential for:
(A) Appetite
(B) Growth & repair of tissues ✓
(C) Muscles
(D) Brain

64. In which district is the archaeological site Harappa located?
(A) Sukkar
(B) Sahiwal ✓
(C) Thatta
(D) Chakwal

65. Which one of the following shapes has four equal sides and right angles?
(A) Rhombus
(B) Square ✓
(C) Rectangle
(D) Parallelogram

66. When did five prayers become an obligation (Farz)?
(A) 10th Nabvi
(B) 11th Nabvi ✓
(C) 12th Nabvi
(D) 13th Nabvi
67. Constantinople fell into the hands of the Muslims in which year?
(A) 1453 A.D ✓
(B) 1543A.D
(C) 1354 A.D
(D) 1398 A.D

68. Which of the following infectious diseases is conveyed from one person to another through air is:
(A) Cholera
(B) Scarlet fever
(C) Tuberculosis ✓
(D) Malaria

69. Fill in the blank. “He was meditating ______ the problem.
(A) Of
(B) To
(C) On ✓
(D) With

79. Complete the sentence: Justice delayed is justice  .
(A) Denied ✓
(B) Delayed
(C) Deprived
(D) Deferred

71. Abdus-Sattar Edhi, a Pakistani philanthropist and humanitarian died on:
(A) 8th July 2014
(B) 8th July 2015
(C) 8th July 2016 ✓
(D) 8th July 2013

72. What is the synonym of Notion?
(A) Country
(B) Ignore
(C) Infamous
(D) Odd ✓

73. Which number will complete the number series: 2, 5, 12, 23, 38, 57,
(A) 69
(B) 76
(C) 80 ✓
(D) 84

74. Which of the following animals is depicted in the logo of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)?
(A) Snow Leopard
(B) Panda ✓
(C) Rhinoceros
(D) Lion

75. “Malakhara” is a popular game played in the province of:
(A) Punjab
(B) Sindh ✓
(C) Baluchistan
(D) KP

76. 'A' is twice as old as 'B' Three year ago, ‘A’ was three times as old as ‘B’, how old is ‘A’ new?
(A) 6 years
(B) 12 years ✓
(C) 14 years
(D) 16 years

77. 17th Parallel Line was the provincial demarcation line between
(A) North & South Korea
(B) Canada & USA
(C) North Vietnam & South Vietnam ✓
(D) None of these

78. What is the meaning of the idiom proverb. “To cast pearls before a swine.”
(A) To spend recklessly
(B) To spend a lot of money on the upkeep of domestic animals
(C) To waste money over trifles
(D) To offer to a person a thing which he cannot appreciated ✓

79. Pakistan has ____ of the fourteen tallest mountain peaks in Asia.
(A) Nine
(B) Seven
(C) Six
(D) Five ✓

80. In which Surah of Quran, name of Zulqarnain is mentioned?
(A) Surah Al-Kahaf ✓
(B) Surah AI Baqarah
(C) Surah Al-Furqan
(D) Surah Al-Naas

81. The world’s famous “Golden Gate Bridge” is located in:
(A) New York
(B) Mexico
(C) London ✓
(D) San Francisco

82. Complete the number series 1, 2, 2, 5, 3, 8, .
(A) 3
(B) 7
(C) 6
(D) 4 ✓

83. Tea can be best cultivated on:
(A) Planes
(B) Hilltops
(C) Hillstopes ✓
(D) All of these

84. The Quaid-i-Azam’s Fourteen Points were issued in response to:
(A) 3rd June Plan
(B) Nehru Reports ✓
(C) Minto Morley Report
(D) None of these

85. Lahore Resolution, adopted on 23rd March, 1940 was presented by:
(A) Liaqat Ali Khan
(B) Quaid-e-Azam
(C) A.K Fazl-ul-Haq ✓
(D) G.M. Syed

86. Qadianis were declared as non-Muslims during the government of:
(A) Ayub Khan
(B) Yahya Khan
(C) Z.A Bhutto ✓
(D) Zia-ul-Haq

87. In the Radcliffe Award of 1947, the Muslim majority areas of Gurdaspur and Pathankot were handed over to India just because:
(A) These areas were rich in mineral wealth
(B) River Ravi originated from there which was the lifeline of West Pakistan
(C) These were huge military cantonments
(D) These provided road link from India to Kashmir Valley ✓

88. “Bashar al Assad” is the President of:
(A) Yemen
(B) Jordan
(C) Syrian ✓
(D) Egypt

89. What was the age of Hazrat Ibrahim (A.S) when Hazrat Ismael (A.S) was born?
(A) 86 years ✓
(B) 88 years
(C) '90 years.
(D) 95 years

90. Which poet wrote the famous line “A thing of beauty is a joy forever?”
(A) Lord Byron
(B) William Wordsworth
(C) P.B. Shelley
(D) John Keats ✓

PPSC Field Assistant (BS-12) Solved Past Paper 2019
PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (PPSC) WRITTEN EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POST OF FIELD ASSISTANT (BS-12) (HELD ON 31.03.2019)

(A) Senegal
(B) Guinea
(C) Sierra Leone ✓
(D) Liberia

2. Which of the following country has no boundary with Syria?
(A) Jraq
(B) Iran ✓
(C) Turkey
(D) Israel

3. The land of hospitality is____?
(A) KPK ✓
(B) Sindh
(C) Baluchistan
(D) Punjab

4. Which of following is the theme of 2019 World Day of Social Justice observed on February 20, 2019?
(A) If You Want Peace & Development, Work for Social Justice ✓
(B) Preventing conflict and sustaining peace through decent work
(C) Promote global justice & poverty eradication
(D) None of these

5. For Economics category a first Nobel prize was given in _______ ?
(A) 1901
(B) 1969 ✓
(C) 1945
(D) 1968

5. 22 April is celebrated as:
(A) World Scout Day
(B) World Water Day
(C) World Earth Day ✓
(D) World Environment Day
(E) None of these

6. The Famous Monroe Doctrine2 was enunciated on:
(A) 2 December, 1823 ✓
(B) 4 April, 1829
(C) 16 December, 1845
(D) 2 June 1869
(E) None of these

7. Which prime Minister of England served on two occasions:
(A) Lord Atteli
(B) Winston Churchill
(C) Benjamin Disraeli ✓
(D) Margreat Theature
(E) None of these

8. Uncle Sam is nick of which country:
(A) England
(B) Australia
(C) Germany
(D) U.S.A ✓
(E) None of these

9. Ashab-e-Kahaf belonged to country:
(A) Iran
(B) Iraq
(C) Egypt
(D) Syria ✓
(E) None of these

10. Which of the following cities is located on the bank of River Euphrates:
(A) Karbalah ✓
(B) Bassra
(C) Mosal
(D) Damascus

11. Pakistan shares 805 Km long border with:
(A) India
(B) China
(C) Iran ✓
(D) Afghanistan

12. Pakistan covers an area of 3,10,400 square miles which is equal to:
(A) 6,96,096 square Kms
(B) 7,96,096 square Kms ✓
(C) 8,96,096 square Kms
(D) 9,96,096 square Kms

13. The province of Punjab covers an area of:
(A) 3,47,190 Sq. Kms
(B) 74,521 Sq. Kms
(C) 1,40,914 Sq. Kms
(D) 2,01,345 Sq. Kms ✓

14. In terms of area the largest province is:
(A) Sindh
(B) Baluchistan ✓
(C) Punjab
(D) NWFP

15. Baluchistan covers an area of 3,47,190 sq. Kms which in ratio to the total area of the country is:
(A) 43.6% ✓
(B) 33.6% $
(C) 30.2 %
(D) 28.2%

16. The lower Indus plain lies between:
(A) Multan and Arabian Sea
(B) D.G. Khan and Arabian sea
(C) Mithankot and Arabian Sea ✓
(D) Bahawalpur and Arabian Sea

17. The number of Pakistan’s total districts in all the provinces (27 divisions) is:
(A) 102
(B) 108 ✓
(C) 112
(D) 116

18. The province of Punjab comprises Of:
(A) 34 districts ✓
(B) 36 districts
(C) 38 districts
(D) 40 districts

19. The districts of Mansehra and Swabi lie jn the province of:
(A) Sindh
(B) Baluchistan
(C) NWFP ✓
(D) Punjab

20. The total number of districts of Baluchistan province is:
(A) 25
(B) 27 ✓
(C) 29
(D) 31

21. If there is no sun, the color of the sky would be:
(A) Orange
(B) Blue
(C) Yellow
(D) None of these ✓

22. Which of the following is not a chemical reaction?
(A) Burning of a paper
(B) Conversion of water into steam ✓
(C) Digestion of food
(D) Burning of coal

23. A chronometer measures:
(A) Sound waves
(B) Time ✓
(C) Color contrast
(D) Water waves

24. The lightest particle of the matter is:
(A) Electron ✓
(B) Neutron
(C) Proton
(D) Deuteron

25. Meteorology is:
(A) Science of atmosphere ✓
(B) Study of weights & measures
(C) Study of growth
(D) Study of stars

26. The credit of developing the polio vaccine goes to:
(A) Jonas Salk ✓
(B) Albert Sabin
(C) Salman Waksman
(D) None of these

27. Who invented the ballpoint pen?
(A) Waterman
(B) Oscar
(C) Wilson
(D) Laszlo Biro ✓

28. Blaise Pascal is associated with:
(A) Calculation Machine ✓
(B) Computer
(C) Cinema
(D) Laszlo Biro

Mathematician Blaise Pascal was born on June 19, 1623, in Clermont-Ferrand, France. In the 1640s he invented the Pascaline, an early calculator, and further validated Evangelista Torricelli's theory concerning the cause of barometrical variations.

29. A metal which is liquid at room temperature is:
(A) Gold
(B) Aluminium
(C) Mercury ✓
(D) Platinum

30. Study of earthquakes is known as:
(A) Ecology
(B) Seismology ✓
(C) Numismatics
(D) None of these

31. When soil surface is protected with residue of a crop, the practice is called:
(a) Nitrogen fixation
(b) Sheet erosion
(c) Tillage
(d) Mulching3 ✓

32. Bhagnari is a breed of:
(a) Buffalo
(b) Cow ✓
(c) Sheep
(d) Poultry
(E) None of these

33. A forestation means:
(a) Forest Research Station
(b) To convert land into forest ✓
(c) Utilization of forest products
(d) None of these
34. Population genetics is based on:
(a) Principles of population control
(b) Mendel’s Law
(c) Hardy Weinberg’s law ✓
(d) Genotype-environment inter action
(e) None of these

35. Inqalab - 91 is a variety of:
(a) Rice
(b) Cotton
(c) Sugarcane
(d) Wheat ✓
(e) None of there

36. The filament of an electric bulb is made of:
(a) Tungsten ✓
(b) Carbon
(c) Nitrogen
(d) Iodine

37. Crossing over occurs between:
(a) Sister Chromatids
(b) Homologous Chromosomes ✓
(c) Non-Homologous Chromosomes
(d) None of these

38. Gypsum is rich source of:
(a) Calcium + Zinc
(b) Potassium + Nitrogen
(c) Calcium + Sulphur ✓
(d) None of these

39. F.A.O. has its headquarters in:
(a) London
(b) New York
(C) Geneva
(d) None of these ✓

40. Organic matter in soil helps in:
(a) Improving soil structure ✓
(b) Improving soil texture
(c) Weed control
(d) Building up of organic compounds in crops
(e) None of these

41. Pakistan will conduct its Population census in 2017s?
(A) 4th population census
(B) 5th population census
(C) 6th population census ✓
(D) 7th population census

42. Pakistan's sixth population census will be carried out in   ?
(A) February 2017
(B) March 2017 ✓
(C) April 2017
(D) May 2017

43. Who is newly Appointed DG ISPR of Pakistan Army? (15 December 2016 to date)
(A) Lt General Asim Saleem Bajwa
(B) Major General Asif Ghafoor ✓
(C) Major General Athar Abbas
(D) Major General Waheed Arshad

Major General Asif Ghafoor is Director-General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), spokesperson of Pakistan Armed Forces, since 26 December 2016. He was commissioned in an 87 SP Medium Regiment Artillery in September 1988. He is graduate of Command & Staff College Quetta, Command & Staff College Bandung (Indonesia) and National Defence University, Islamabad. He holds master's degree in Strategic Studies.

44. USA have signed an agreement to provide Rs 8.5 billion to the WAPDA for the construction of?
(A) Dia Mir Bahasha Dam Project
(B) Kala Bagh Dam Project
(C) Kurram Tangi Dam Project ✓
(D) Mirani Dam Project

45. Name the first Governor of NWFP from August 1947 to April 1948.
(A) Sir George Cunningham ✓
(B) Sir Francis Moody
(C) Allan Perry Keane
(D) Sir Francis Messervy

46. Name the special task force, which is established in December 2016 by Pakistan Navy to safeguard ' and protect the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor as well as Gawadar port?
(A) Task Force 21
(B) Task Force 44
(C) Task Force 88 ✓
(D) Task Force 2

47. Who was the first President of Palestinian Authority?
(A) Mahmood Abbas
(B) Yasir Arafat ✓
(C) Sheikh Ahmed Yasin
(D) Abdul Aziz Al-Rantisi

48. Where the headquarters of APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) is located?
(A) Singapore ✓
(B) South Korea
(C) Japan
(D) Taiwan

49. The Arab League was formed in:
(a) Rabat
(B) Damascus
(C) Baghdad
(D) Cairo ✓

50. "Kilik Pass" is situated in which range?
(A) Hindukush
(B) Sulaiman
(C) Karakoram  ✓
(D) Himalaya

51. Which is the first pillar of Islam?
(A) Kalimah  ✓
(B) Hajj
(C) Zakat
(D) Saum

52. What is the total number of words included in the first Kalimah?
(A) Five
(B) Six
(C) Seven  ✓
(D) Eight

53. Which of the following Surahs throws light on the character conduct and the high position of the Holy Prophet (PBUH)?
(A) Surah Kausar
(B) Surah Akhlas
(C) Surah Falaq
(D) Surah Al-Ahzab  ✓

54. Which of the following Surahs throws light on the Day of Judgement?
(A) Surah Al-Kahaf  ✓
(B) Surah Yousaf
(C) Surah Younas
(D) Surah Hood

55. Give the name of the Sahabi who is among the Ashra Mubashara and served as the third Pious Caliph of Islam.
(A) Hazrat Umar (RA)
(B) Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA)
(C) Hazrat Usman (RA)  ✓
(D) Hazrat Ali (RA)

56. Pick out the greatest miracle of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).
(A) The state of Madinah
(B) Conquest of Makkah
(C) The Holy Quran  ✓
(D) Conquest of Khyber

57. Give the name of the Prophet whose name has been mentioned most in the Holy Quran.
(A) Hazrat Musa (AS) ✓
(B) Hazrat Adam (AS)
(C) Hazrat Isa (AS)
(D) Hazrat Younas (AS)

58. Which Prophet has been called by the title of “Sahib-al-Hoot” in the Holy Quran?
(A) Hazrat Yahya (AS)
(B) Hazrat Daood (AS)
(C) Hazrat Younas (AS) ✓
(D) Hazrat Isa (AS)

59. What is the meaning of “Taufiqee Tarteeb”?
(A) The order in respect of revelation
(B) The order of the Holy Quran in respect of the Makki and Madni Surahs
(C) The order of Holy Quran given by the Holy Prophet (PBUH)  ✓
(D) The order of Holy Quran according to the reception by Zaid Bin Haritn (RA)

60. There are many names of the Holy Quran. What is the meaning of “Al-Zikr”?
(A) The book which remands
(B) Source of a lesson
(C) The best book  ✓
(D) The book which explains instruction

61. The characteristic polynomial of the matrix \(\left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
0&0&1\\
0&1&2\\
0&0&1
\end{array}} \right]\) is:
(A) \(t{(t - 1)^2}\) ✓
(B) \({t^2}(t - 1)\)
(C) \(2{t^2} - t\)
(D) None of these

62. For 0 < t <  \(\pi \) , the matrix \(\left( \begin{array}{l} cost - \sin t\\ {\mathop{\rm sintcost}\nolimits} \end{array} \right)\) has distinct complex eigenvalues \({\lambda _1}\) and\({\lambda _2}\). For what value of t, 0 < t < \(\pi \), is \({\lambda _1} + {\lambda _2} = 1?\)
(A) \(\frac{\pi }{6}\)
(B) \(\frac{\pi }{4}\)
(C) \(\frac{\pi }{3}\) ✓
(D) \(\frac{\pi }{2}\)

63. If the ratios of the angles of a triangle are 2:3:7 then the triangle is:
(A) right
(B) acute
(C) obtuse ✓
(D) equilateral

64. Every subset of a finite set is:
(A) Infinite
(B) Finite ✓ 
(C) Real
(D) None of  these

65. Every super-set of an infinite set is:
(A) super-set
(B) infinite set ✓
(C) finite set
(D) None of these

66. 0.2% is equal to:
(A) 0.002 ✓
(B) 0.02
(C) 0.0002
(D) 0.0000x
67. One metre is equal to:
(A) 100 cm ✓
(B) 200 cm
(C) 500 cm
(D) 1000 cm

68. A shop appreciates in value from Rs.414000 to Rs. 438000 over three years. What was the average percentage increase per year in that time?
(A) 2% ✓
(B) 4%
(C) 7%
(D) 21%
69. A man is 5 years older than his wife who is ten times as old as her daughter. If the daughter attains the age of 8 in three years what is age of man.
(A) 45 years
(B) 55 years ✓
(C) 60 years
(D) 65 years
(E) None of these

70. If 40% of women are voters and 52% of the population are women, what per cent of the population are women voters:
(A) 8.1%
(B) 20.8% ✓
(C) 26.8%
(D) 38.2%

69. A man is 5 years older than his wife who is ten times as old as her daughter. If the daughter attains the age of 8 in three years what is age of man.
(A) 45 years
(B) 55 years ✓
(C) 60 years
(D) 65 years

70. If 40% of women are voters and 52% of the population are women, what per cent of the population are women voters:
(A) 8.1%
(B) 20.8% ✓
(C) 26.8%
(D) 38.2%

71. SULTRY:
(a) Solvable
(B) Sticky
(C) Salty
(D) Hot and humid ✓

72. CLOG:
(a) To block ✓
(b) A cover
(c) A bump
(D) To push forward

73. VAPID:
(a) Virtuous
(B) Lustre
(C) Dull ✓ 
(D) Vital

74. DISQUISITION:
(a) Explosion
(B) Progress
(C) Motion
(D) Report ✓

75. The travel agent will confirm my reservations for next week’s flight to London.
(a) Ratify
(B) Verify ✓
(c) Obtain
(D) Approve
phrases, pick the one most nearly opposite in meaning to the capitalized word.

Each of the following analogy questions presents a related pair of words linked by a colon. Four or Five lettered pairs of words follow the linked pair. Choose the lettered pair of words whose relationship is most like the relationship expressed in the original linked pair.

(B) I and UK
(C) Only I
(D) None of these

87. The author feels that:
(A) Technical perfection is not required in playing an enjoyable cricket
(B) He who pays cricket with adventure and enthusiasm makes it enjoyable ✓
(C) He who scores a century must be a good cricketer
(D) Cricket is a monotonous game

88. Jam Sahib:
(A) Was a splendid cricket player
(B) Lived in Nawanagar
(C) Neither (A) nor (B) is true
(D) Both (A) and (B) are true ✓

89. “In literature as in finance... much paper and much poverty may coexist.” What does it mean?
(A) Jam Sahib was rich man as he was the king of Nawanagar
(B) Shrewsbury was a poor man
(C) The cricketer who gets lot of runs may not play an enjoyable cricket ✓
(D) None of these

90. What gives cricket its character?
(A) The spirit of sacrifice
(B) The spirit of joyous adventure
(C) The gaiety daring attitude of the player
(D) All of these ✓

91. In computer system, word “BOOT” is used for:
(A) To exit opened software
(B) To start up a software
(C) To shutdown system
(D) To start a computer ✓

92. A normal CD-ROM can usually store upto data.
(A) 680 GB
(B) 680 KB
(C) 680 Bytes
(D) 680 MB ✓

93. Who is the owner of the Microsoft computer company?
(A) Bill Clinton
(B) Dick Cheney
(C) Bill Gates ✓
(D) None of above

94. Isotims and isodapanes in human geography are related to:
(A)   ✓
(B) Retailing
(C) Barter Trade
(D) None of these

95. Lines of equal distribution of pressure are called:
(a) Isopleths
(b) Isotherms
(c) Isobars  ✓
(d) None of these

PPSC Deputy District Accounts Officer Solved Past Paper
PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (PPSC) WRITTEN EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POST OF DEPUTY DISTRICT ACCOUNTS OFFICER

1. What is Capital of Croatia?
(A) Nairobi
(B) Zagreb ✓
(C) Rome
(D) Bishkek

2. What is Currency of Norway?
(A) Rupiah
(B) Krone ✓
(C) Dollar
(D) Pound

3. No of Members countries in NAM?
(A) 120 ✓
(B) 125
(C) 100
(D) 130

4. UNO related Organization which established before World War II.
(A) IMF
(B) UNDP
(C) League of Nations ✓
(D) WTO

6. Which is the Old Name of Istanbul?
(A) New Rome
(B) Constantinople ✓
(C) Byzantine
(D) None of These

7. Which UNO Organization deals with Childs?
(A) UNICEF ✓
(B) UNDP
(C) IMF
(D) WTO

8. What is the name of Bangladesh Parliament?
(A) Jatiyo Sangshad ✓
(B) House of Lords
(C) Riksdeg
(D) National Assembly

9. Rusting of Iron is:
(A) Chemical Process ✓
(B) Hydrogen Reaction
(C) Nitrogen Reaction
(D) None of These

10. What is Colour of sky if there was no sun?
(A) Black ✓
(B) Blue
(C) Yellow
(D) Green

11. Karachi Stock Exchange established’ on:
(A) 1940
(B) 1945
(C) 1942
(D) 1949 ✓

12. Chronometer is used for?
(A) Length
(B) Celestial ✓
(C) Speed
(D) Waves
A marine chronometer is a timepiece that is precise and accurate enough to be used as a portable time standard; it can therefore be used to determine longitude by means of accurately measuring the time of a known fixed location, for example Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and the time at the current location.

13. Decibel Unit Measures what?
(A) Waves
(B) Intensity of Sound ✓
(C) Speed
(D) Navigation

14. What material is used to convert solar energy?
(A) Photo-voltaic Panels ✓
(B) Silver Plates
(C) Iron Rods
(0) Aluminium Dish

15. Cyclone renamed to Sri Lanka on which date?
(A) 1972 ✓
(B) 1978
(C) 1980
(D) 1982

17. Who was first Hafiz of Quran?
(A) Hazrat Ali
(B) Hazrat Abu Bakkar
(C) Hazrat Uzair
(D) Muhammad (PBUH) ✓

18. Which is first revealed book?
(A) Zabur
(B) Anjeel
(C) Taurat ✓
(D) Quran

19. Most important miracle of Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H)?
(A) Battle of Badar
(B) Revelation of Quran ✓
(C) Battle of Uhad
(D) None of These

20. Which is the Madni Surah from the given?
(A) Al Alaq
(B) Al Kausar
(C) Al Infaal ✓
(D) Al Kahf

21. Sura Momin in which Para?
(A) 20
(B) 24 ✓
(C) 27
(D) 28

22. Which is 3rd source of Islamic Jurisprudence?
(A) Ijma ✓
(B) Qias
(C) Ijtehad
(D) Law

23. What is Literal Meaning of Ijtihad?
(A) Suggestion
(B) Preaching
(C) Independent Reasoning ✓
(D) Convincing

24. Khilafat of Hazrat Abu Bakar consisting of how many years?
(A) 3 Years
(B) One Year 2 Months
(C) 4 Years
(D) 2 years 3months ✓

25. What was title of Hazrat Ibrahim?
(A) Roh Ullah
(B) Khalil Ullah ✓
(C) Rasool Ullah
(D) None of These

26. Age of Hazrat Ali at time of death?
(A) 63 Years ✓
(B) 65 Years
(C) 70 Years
(D) 71 Years

27. Karbala event in which Hijra?
(A) 61 Ah ✓
(B) 58 Ah
(C) 57 Ah
(D) 64 Ah

28. Name of Hazrat Umar’s qabeela (tribe)?
(A) Banu Tameem
(B) Quraysh (Banu Adi) ✓
(C) Banu Khazima
(D) None of These

29. Age of Hazrat Usman at time of death?
(A) 60
(B) 79 ✓
(C) 65
(D) 87

30. Name of mother of Hazrat Usman?
(A) Maryam
(B) Kalsoom
(C) Fatima
(D) Urwa Bint Kariz ✓

31. Ch. Rehmat Ali is buried in?
(A) London
(B) Cambridge ✓
(C) Lahore
(D) Delhi

32. Earthquake in Pakistan occurred on which date?
(A) 2000
(B) 2005 ✓
(C) 2002
(D) 2009

33. What per cent of Pakistan's Population speak Baluchi?
(A) 4% ✓
(B) 8%
(C) 10%
(D) 12%
34. Islamabad became capital on which date?
(A) 14 August 1967 ✓
(B) 12 August 1949
(C) 23 March 1956
(D) 10 April 1970

35. Gilgit Abotabad Pass's name is?
(A) Shandur
(B) Khyber
(C) Babusar ✓
(D) Kilik

36. Saif ul Malook is written by?
(A) WarisShah
(B) Faiz Ahmad
(C) Ahmad Shah
(D) Mian Muhammad Bakhsh ✓

37. Committee on National Anthem on which year?
(A) 1948 ✓
(B) 1955
(C) 1958
(D) 1957

38. Viceroy of Hindustan having shortest tenure?
(A) Lord Wavel
(B) Lord Mountbatten ✓
(C) Lord Ramsay
(D) Lord Meo

39. Hana Lake is near which City?
(A) Pindi
(B) Quetta ✓
(C) Chitrai
(D) Gilgat

40. National Anthem Composition ready for approval on which date?
(A) April 1951
(B) August 1954 ✓
(C) June 1954
(D) July 1955

41. No. of Highest peaks in Asia in Pakistan out of 14?
(A) 2
(B) 5 ✓
(C) 3
(D) 7

42. Which Sector is the largest consumer of gas?
(A) Services
(B) Industrial Sector ✓
(C) Agriculture
(D) None of These

43. Muqaddimah (Arabic) was written by which writer?
(A) Ibn Khaldun ✓ 
(B) Allama Iqbal
(C) Mawardi
(D) Ghazali

44. Which person represented Pakistan in United Nations?
(A) Zafarullah ✓
(B) Liaqat Ali Khan
(C) Fakhar Imam
(D) Ch. Muhammad Ali

45. How many times Pakistan won World Hockey Cup?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4 ✓

46. Kalabagh dam is constructed on which river?
(A) Chenab
(B) Indus ✓
(C) Ravi
(D) Kabul

47. Which is the currency of Norway?
(A) Krona ✓
(B) Dollar
(C) Pound
(D) Rupiah

48. Who was heading Muslim League Jalsa in 1940?
(A) Allama Iqbal
(B) Quaid Azam ✓
(C) Liaqat Ali Khan
(D) None of these

49. Decible is unit of measurement of: ,
(A) Liquids
(B) Air
(C) Sound ✓
(D) All of These

50. Kargil conflict took place in
(A) 1992
(B) 1994
(C) 1995
(D) 1999 ✓
51. Ibn ul Waqt was written by
(A) Altaf Hussain Hali ✓
(B) Deputy Nazir Ahmad
(C) Allama Iqbal
(D) Nawaz Shareef

52. Mad o Jazar /s/am written by
(A) Deputy Nazir Ahmad
(B) Allama Iqbal
(C) Altaf Hussain Hall ✓
(D) Deputy Nazir Ahmad

53. Conversion of water into steam is not.
(A) Oxidation
(B) Physical Reaction
(C) Rusting
(D) Chemical Reaction ✓

54. Hazrat Yunus was eaten by:
(A) Lizard
(B) Man
(C) Fish ✓
(D) Ant

55. Hazrat Adam is called
(A) Saifollah(B) Abu Al Asher ✓
(C) AadamSaani
(D) All of These

56. Mekaeel has duty of
(A) Blowing the Trumpet
(B) Rain ✓
(C) Praying
(D) Taking Away Souls

57. Which country is most popular export of Pakistan?
(A) USA ✓
(B) UK
(C) Italy
(D) UAE

58. Who was appointed by the Holy Prophet (SAW) to write down the revelation?
(A) Hazrat-Abdullah Bin Masud (RA)
(B) Hazrat Ali Bin Abu Talib (RA)
(C) Hazrat Zaid Bin Sabit (RA) ✓
(D) Hazrat Saeed Bin Zaid (RA)

59. Which Sahabi’s (RA) name is given in the Qur'an?
(A) Hazrat Zaid Bin Sabit (RA)
(B) Hazrat Zaid Bin Haris (RA) ✓
(C) Hazrat Abu Bin Abu Talib (RA)
(D) Hazrat Abdullah Bin Masood (RA)

60. Who led the Simla Deputation?
(A) Allama Iqbal
(B) Sir Agha Khan ✓
(C) Ch. RehmatAli
(D) Liaquat Ali Khan

61. How many Muslim Leaders were included in the Simla Deputation?
(A) 31
(B) 33
(C) 32
(D) 35 ✓

62. Where the tomb of Jehangir is situated?
(A) Lahore
(B) Shahdara ✓
(C) Sheikhupura
(D) Delhi

63. Who built tomb of Jehangir?
(A) ShahJehan ✓
(B) Jahangir
(C) Hamayun
(D) NoorJahan

64. Muzdalfa is located between:
(A) Mina and Arafat ✓
(B) Arafat and Makkah
(C) Muzdaifa and Hijaz
(D) Makkah and Madina

65. Democraoy Wail is located in:
(A) USA
(B) UK
(C) Japan
(D) China ✓

66. What do you understand by Ex-officio?
(A) Retired officer
(B) In Virtue of one's office ✓
(C) Terminated officer
(D) None of These
67. Creature having both male and female organs is known as:
(A) Homosexual
(B) Masochist
(C) Hermaphrodite ✓
(D) None of These

68. A low area storm with high winds rotating about a center of low atnospheric pressure
(A) Cyclone ✓
(B) Tornado
(C) Typhone
(D) Hurricane

69. The book “Kitab-al-Shafa” is written by
(A) Ibn-UI-Haitham
(B) Al-Bairuni
(C) Bu Aii Sina ✓
(D) Jabir Bin Hayyan

70. Tugela water fall is present in:
(A) Venezuela
(B) South Africa ✓
(C) Canada
(D) USA

71. Who Wrote “History of GocT?
(A) Karen Armstrong ✓
(B) Keith Cailard
(C) Lawrence Ziring
(D) P.R. Comball

72. Which Muslim country got the most Nobel prizes in Muslim world?
(A) Egypt ✓
(B) Turkey
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Pakistan

73. Rawai Lake is situated in:
(A) Islamabad ✓
(B) Peshawar
(C) Quetta
(D) None of These

Everyday Science

74. What is the body temperature of a normal man?
(A) 81.1°c
(B) 36.9°c ✓
(C) 98.6°c
(D) 21.7°c

75. Which of the following helps in clotting of blood?
(A) Vitamin B1
(B) Vitamin B2
(C) Vitamin D
(D) Vitamin K ✓

76. Total volume of blood in a normal adult human being is
(A) 5-6 Liters ✓
(B) 3-4 Liters
(C) 8-10 Liters
(D) 10-12 Liters

77. Red blood corpuscles are formed in the
(A) Liver
(B) Bone Marrow ✓
(C) Kidneys
(D) Heart

78. How many bones are there in an adult human being?
(A) 210
(B) 260
(C) 206 ✓
(D) 300

79. The pancreas secretes
(A) Insulin ✓
(B) Bile Juice
(C) Peptic Juice
(D) None of These

80. Tibia is a bone found in the
(A) Skull
(B) Arm
(C) Leg ✓
(D) Face

81. The largest part of the human brain is the
(A) Medulla Oblongata
(B) Cerebellum
(C) Cerebrum ✓
(D) None of These

82. What is the main component of bones and teeth?
(A) Calcium Carbonate
(B) Calcium Phosphate ✓
(C) Calcium Sulphate
(D) Calcium Nitrate

83. The main constituent of haemoglobin is
(A) Chlorine
(B) Iron ✓
(C) Calcium
(D) None of These

Choose the correct Synonyms:

84. Theist
(A) Saint ✓
(B) Nototious
(C) officer
(D) Worker

85. Profane
(A) Blasphemous ✓
(B) Delicate
(C) Stupid
(D) None of These

86. Dainty
(A) Blasphemous
(B) Delicate ✓
(C) Stupid
(D) None of these

87. Gorgious
(A) Blasphemous
(B) Stupid
(C) Delicate
(D) admirable ✓

Choose the Antonyms:

88. Miscellaneous
(A) Simple
(B) Mix
(C) Mingled
(D) Divergent ✓

89. Tranquil
(A) Easy
(B) Nervous ✓
(C) Even
(D) Cool

90. Auspicious
(A) Friend
(B) Companion
(C) Confident
(D) Hostile ✓

91. Pertinent
(A) Relevant
(B) Enemy
(C) Insecure
(D) Irrelevant ✓

92. Inclined
(A) Bent
(B) Bowed
(C) Faint
(D) Horizontal ✓

Section math

93. Sadiq purchased a plot for Rs 8,000. He sells the plot to Abid at a profit of 20%. Abid in turn sells that plot to Arif at a loss of 20%. The plot costs Arif.
(A) Rs. 12,000
(B) Rs. 10,000
(C) Rs. 8670
(D) Rs. 7680 ✓

94. A’s mother is twice as old as A’s brother. A is 6 years younger than his brother but 4 years older than his sister, if A's sister is 1 5 his mother’s age is:
(A) 40
(B) 45
(C) 42
(D) 50 ✓

95. If 12 years are added to 2/3 age of Rani, she will be three years older than today. What is Rani's present age?
(A) 25
(B) 27 ✓
(C) 26
(D) 29

96. Three families, P, Q and R, share 480 kg of rice, Q receives twice as much rice as P and R receives half as much rice as Q. How much rice does family Q gets?
(A) 220 kg
(B) 230 kg
(C) 240 kg ✓
(D) 250 kg

97. Six men working 8 hours a day earn Rs 720 per week. 8 men working 6 hours a day will earn per week
(A) Rs. 540
(B) Rs.720 ✓
(C) Rs.960
(D) Rs.1080

98. Price of sugar is increased by 25%. The percentage of consumption to be decreased so that there would be no increase in the expenditure is
(A) 18%
(B) 20%
(C) 22%
(D) 24% ✓

99. Nasir read 60 pages of a book on the first day. This was 20% more than the number of pages he read on the second day. Given that he read 1/6 of the book on the second day, find the number of pages in the book he had read.
(A) 300 ✓
(B) 290
(C) 325
(D) 345

100. Mr. Rehraan ordered a car worth Rs.600.000 and was given a discount. Given that he paid Rs.57,0000 for his new car, calculate the percentage discount he received:
(A) 5% ✓
(B) 7%
(C) 9%
(D) 10%