PPSC PAST PAPER 30

1. who is the present president Cuba?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Miguel Díaz-Canel
  2. Raúl Castro
  3. José Ramón Machado Ventura
  4. Fidel Castro
Correct Answer: Miguel Díaz-Canel

2. Nouri-al-Maliki is the president of?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Iran
  2. Iraq
  3. UAE
  4. Saudi Arabia
Correct Answer: Iraq

3. Clash of civilizations is written by?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. KB Saeed
  2. Samuel Huntington
  3. John Major
  4. Shamon Perez
Correct Answer: Samuel Huntington

4. War and Peace is written by?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Allama Iqbal
  2. Leo Tolstoy
  3. John Milton
  4. Jane Austin
Correct Answer: Leo Tolstoy

5. Pride and Prejudice is written by?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Shakespeare
  2. Jane Austin
  3. Jane Austin
  4. Chaucer
Correct Answer: Jane Austin

6. India Wins Freedom is written by:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Quaid-e-Azam
  2. Allama Iqbal
  3. Abdul Kalam Azad
  4. Ch Rehmat Ali
Correct Answer: Abdul Kalam Azad

7. Who was the chief editor of"Zamindar"?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Maulana Zafar Ali Khan
  2. MA Johar
  3. Abdul Kalam Azad
Correct Answer: Maulana Zafar Ali Khan

8. Simon Commission held in:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 1927
  2. 1928
  3. 1929
  4. 1930
Correct Answer: 1928

9. Who was the Viceroy in 1927?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Lord Rippon
  2. Lord Curzon
  3. Lord Pathetic Lawrence
  4. Lord Irwin
Correct Answer: Lord Irwin

10. First Viceroy of the subcontinent was?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Lord Rippon
  2. Lord Canning
  3. Lord Pathetic Lawrence
  4. Lord Irwin
Correct Answer: Lord Canning

11. Last viceroy of subcontinent?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Lord Minto
  2. Lord Wavell
  3. Lord Irwin
  4. Lord Mountbatten
Correct Answer: Lord Mountbatten

12. Barack Obama was born in Hawaii and now he belongs to:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Washington
  2. Hawaii
  3. California
  4. Illinois
Correct Answer: Illinois

13. When WTO formed?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 1990
  2. 1991
  3. 1995
  4. 1998
Correct Answer: 1995

14. Stainless steel is the alloy of?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Iron.Chromium and nickel
  2. Carbon and Zinc
  3. Zinc and Iron
  4. Iron and Silver
Correct Answer: Iron.Chromium and nickel

15. How many colours are there is spectrum?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 7
  4. 9
Correct Answer: 7

16. Which player has highest score in test cricket?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Waseem Akram
  2. Shahid Afridi
  3. Sachin Tendulker
  4. Dhoni
Correct Answer: Sachin Tendulker

17. NATO stands for?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. National Atlantic Treaty Organization
  2. North Asia Treaty Organization
  3. North Atlantic Trust Organization
  4. North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Correct Answer: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

18. Where is the greatest and longest wall of earth?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. China
  2. Japan
  3. Korea
  4. Italy
Correct Answer: China

19. Where is Learning Tower of Pisa?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Italy
  2. France
  3. Germany
  4. Portugal
Correct Answer: Italy

20. Who presented Theory of Relativity?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Nicholson
  2. Dr Smith
  3. Bill Gate
  4. Einstein
Correct Answer: Einstein

21. when was Dr.Abdul Salam Received Noble Prize?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 1955
  2. 1959
  3. 1972
  4. 1979
Correct Answer: 1979

22. Penicillin was discovered by:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Nicholson
  2. Dr Smith
  3. Fleming
  4. Einstein
Correct Answer: Fleming

23. What is the actual time of rotation of earth?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 20hours 36min 14 sec
  2. 23hours 56min 4 sec
  3. 25hours 33min 24sec
  4. 12hours 45min 34sec
Correct Answer: 23hours 56min 4 sec

24. Olympics 2000 took place on which city?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. New York
  2. London
  3. Sydney
  4. Geneva
Correct Answer: Sydney

25. Who was first President of Muslim League?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Quaid-e-Azam
  2. Allama Iqbal
  3. Sir Agha Khan
  4. Ch Rehmat Ali
Correct Answer: Sir Agha Khan

26. Who is the president of India?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Ram Nath Kovind
  2. Acharya Dev Vrat
  3. Balram Das Tandon
  4. Keshari Nath Tripathi
Correct Answer: Ram Nath Kovind

27. Ban-ki-Mon belong to which country?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. China
  2. Japan
  3. South Korea
  4. Thailand
Correct Answer: South korea

28. Brief History of Time is written by:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Nicholson
  2. Dr Smith
  3. Freud
  4. Stephen Hawking
Correct Answer: Stephen Hawking

29. What is Black Hole?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Star
  2. Vinice Moon
  3. Glacier
  4. Hypothetical region in Space
Correct Answer: Hypothetical region in Space

30. Which are the two gases that we exhale from more then we in hale?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Nitrogen and Oxygen
  2. Hydrogen and Nitrogen
  3. Helium and Carbon
  4. Oxygen and Carbon
Correct Answer: Oxygen and Carbon

31. What is Agoraphobia?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Fear of Doges
  2. Fear of Open Places/Public Places
  3. Fear of Fire
  4. Fear of Water
Correct Answer: Fear of Open Places/Public Places

32. Prime Minister of UK is:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. John Major
  2. Golden Brown
  3. Catharine Ashton
  4. Theresa May
Correct Answer: Theresa May

33. OIC came into existence?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 1950
  2. 1962
  3. 1977
  4. 1969
Correct Answer: 1969

34. How many States are there in USA?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 40
  2. 45
  3. 50
  4. 53
Correct Answer: 50

35. SAARC headquarters?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Delhi
  2. Colombo
  3. Calcutta
  4. Kathmandu
Correct Answer: Kathmandu

36. 'Friends Not Masters is written by:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. General Ayub Khan
  2. Pervez Musharaf
  3. K B Saeed
  4. Allama Iqbal
Correct Answer: General Ayub Khan

37. Total members of Commonwealth?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 40
  2. 45
  3. 50
  4. 53
Correct Answer: 53

38. In 1946 who presented poor man's budget?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Quaid-e-Azam
  2. Jawhar Lal Nehru
  3. Liaquat Ali Khan
  4. VP Menon
Correct Answer: Liaquat Ali Khan

39. Allama Iqbal delivered Khutba Allahabad on:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. December 1928
  2. October 1930
  3. July 1929
  4. June 1930
Correct Answer: October 1930

40. UNO established on:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 24th October 1945
  2. 14th October 1946
  3. 14th October 1947
  4. 28 October 1948
Correct Answer: 24th October 1945

41. Where is the headquarters of International Court of Justice

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Delhi
  2. London
  3. Washington
  4. Hague
Correct Answer: Hague

42. Hijrat Madina was took place in?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 610 AD
  2. 622 AD
  3. 615 AD
  4. 616 AD
Correct Answer: 622 AD

43. Total number of Ghazwat?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 20
  2. 24
  3. 27
  4. 30
Correct Answer: 27

44. Total number of Ghazwat?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 20
  2. 24
  3. 27
  4. 30
Correct Answer: 27

45. Surah without Bismillah?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Surah Tauba
  2. Surah Baqra
  3. Surah Naml
  4. Surah Naas
Correct Answer: Surah Tauba

46. Anarkali is written by:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Bano Qudsia
  2. Asmat Chughtai
  3. Ishfaq Ahmad
  4. Imtiaz Ali Taj
Correct Answer: Imtiaz Ali Taj

47. Raja Ghidh is written by?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Ishfaq Ahmed
  2. Asmat Chugtai
  3. Bano Qudsiya
  4. Imtiaz Ali Taj
Correct Answer: Bano Qudsiya

48. How many lines are there in Masuddus?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 3
  2. 5
  3. 4
  4. 6
Correct Answer: 6

49. How many lines are there in Masuddus?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 3
  2. 5
  3. 4
  4. 6
Correct Answer: 6

50. Shikwa; Iqbal' s famous poem is in which book?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Armaghane Hijaz
  2. Baange Dara
  3. Bal-i-Jibril
  4. Zarb-i-Kalim
Correct Answer: Baange Dara

51. Haj performed by Holy Prophet on:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 10 Zilhaj
  2. 15 Zilhaj
  3. 20 Zilhaj
  4. 30 Zilhaj
Correct Answer: 10 Zilhaj

52. Origin of Species is written by:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Nicholson
  2. Dr Smith
  3. Charles Darwin
  4. John Atanasoff
Correct Answer: Charles Darwin

53. Partition of Bengal took place in?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 1907
  2. 1908
  3. 1905
  4. 1910
Correct Answer: 1905

54. Suez Canal connects?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea
  2. South China Sea and Red Sea
  3. Indian Ocean and Red Sea
  4. None of these
Correct Answer: Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea

55. Which poet was famous for Masnavi?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Hafeez Jalandhri
  2. Allama Iqbal
  3. Faiz Ahmad Faiz
  4. Mir Hassan
Correct Answer: Mir Hassan

56. Muhammad Iqbal's 1st book in Persian?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Bange Dara
  2. Armaghane Hijaz
  3. Israr e Khudi
  4. None
Correct Answer: Israr e Khudi

57. Colorado is a river which flows in:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. USA
  2. UK
  3. Peru
  4. Brazil
Correct Answer: USA

58. Congo River is located in:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Asia
  2. Africa
  3. Europe
  4. America
Correct Answer: Africa

59. The Lal Suhanra National Park is located near:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. DG Khan
  2. Bahawalpur
  3. Ahmadpur East
  4. D.G. khan
Correct Answer: Bahawalpur

60. The Grand Trunk Road was built by:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Jahangir
  2. Sher Shah Suri
  3. Bubar
  4. Akbar
Correct Answer: Sher Shah Suri

61. Faraizi Movement was started by Haji Shariat Ullah in Bangal in:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 1835
  2. 1823
  3. 1828
  4. 1865
Correct Answer: 1828

62. During the Mughal period which one of the following traders first came to India?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Portuguese
  2. Dutch
  3. Danish
  4. English
Correct Answer: Portuguese

63. The first Indian ruler to organise Haj pilgrimage at the expanse of the state was:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Alauddin Khilji
  2. Feroz Tughiaq
  3. Akbar
  4. Aurangzeb
Correct Answer: Akbar

64. The greatest fort of Pakistan that is Ranikot Fort is situated near the city:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Jamshoro
  2. Peshwar
  3. Rawalpindi
  4. None of these
Correct Answer: Jamshoro

65. Gandhara Art is related to:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Mohenjo-Daro
  2. Kot Digi
  3. Harappa
  4. Taxila
Correct Answer: Taxila

66. One pounded per foot is equal to--------------Kg?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 1.614
  2. 1.378
  3. 1.513
  4. 1.488
Correct Answer: 1.488

67. When was the first agreement signed on Siachen glacier?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 1950
  2. 1971
  3. 1949
  4. 1954
Correct Answer: 1949

68. Buddhist emperor Ashoka belonged to which dynasty?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Ashoka
  2. Mauryan
  3. Chandra
  4. Gupta
Correct Answer: Mauryan

69. State of Kashmir was purchased by Ghulab Singh for:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Rs. 8.5 million
  2. Rs. 7.5 million
  3. Rs. 9.5 million
  4. Rs. 5.5 million
Correct Answer: Rs. 7.5 million

70. Sh. Abdullah and Ch. Ghulam Abbas launched freedom movement in Kashmir which resulted into first battle of freedom fought in:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 1931
  2. 1930
  3. 1935
  4. 1936
Correct Answer: 1930

71. When American Congress appointed George Washington Commander-in-Chief of American Untrained Army?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 1725
  2. 1775
  3. 1740
  4. 1732
Correct Answer: 1775

72. Name the first Muslim who was appointed as Hakam?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Saad bin Maaz (RA)
  2. Saad bin Abi Waqas (RA)
  3. Khalid bin Waleed (RA)
  4. Abu Ubaidah (RA)
Correct Answer: Saad bin Maaz (RA)

73. Name the first person who declared his conversion to Isalm emphatically:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Hazrat Ali (RA)
  2. Hazrat Hamza (RA)
  3. Hazrat Umer (RA)
  4. Hazrat Saad (RA)
Correct Answer: Hazrat Umer (RA)

74. Indian Council Act introduced?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 1905
  2. 1906
  3. 1908
  4. 1909
Correct Answer: 1909

75. Delhi Darbar, King and queen of British visit India, Partition of Bengal is annulled:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 1913
  2. 1914
  3. 1911
  4. 1916
Correct Answer: 1911

76. Quaid-e-Azam become the member of Legislative Council from Bombay:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 1905
  2. 1906
  3. 1908
  4. 1909
Correct Answer: 1909

77. Bhutto stepped in as the president and civilian CMLA of Pakistan?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 20th December 1970
  2. 20th December 1971
  3. 20th December 1972
  4. 20th December 1973
Correct Answer: 20th December 1971

78. Land reforms announced by PPP regime:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 1st March 1970
  2. 1st March 1971
  3. 1st March 1972
  4. 1st March 1973
Correct Answer: 1st March 1972

79. who was Ameen-ul-Ummat?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Hazrat Ali (RA)
  2. Hazrat Hamza (RA)
  3. Hazrat Umer (RA)
  4. Hazrat Abu Ubaidah bin jarrah (RA)
Correct Answer: Hazrat Abu Ubaidah bin jarrah (RA)

80. Which is the biggest fresh water lake in the world?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Chilka Lake
  2. Caspian Lake
  3. Dal Lake
  4. Lake Superior
Correct Answer: Lake Superior

81. Which peninsula lies between the Black Sea and Sea of Azov?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Crimean
  2. Iberian
  3. Kamchatka
  4. Yucatan
Correct Answer: Crimean

82. On the banks of which river is the city of London located?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Seven
  2. Thames
  3. Avon
  4. Humber
Correct Answer: Thames

83. Which is the largest country in the Arabian Peninsula?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Oman
  2. Yemen
  3. Saudi Arabia
  4. Kuwait
Correct Answer: Saudi Arabia

84. The distance between the earth and the sun is smallest in the month of:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. January
  2. March
  3. June
  4. September
Correct Answer: January

85. In how many time zones has the world been divided?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 15
  2. 24
  3. 90
  4. 180
Correct Answer: 24

86. Liverpool is situated on bank of river:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Indus River
  2. Mersey River
  3. Delaware River
  4. None of these
Correct Answer: Mersey River

87. Which is the longest river in the world?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Nile
  2. Amazon
  3. Volga
  4. Mississppi
Correct Answer: Nile

88. Name the eminent leader of Pakistan movement who in 1949 took over as the first governor of Punjab and later on became the president of Pakistan Muslim League:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Abdul Rab Nishtar
  2. Khawaja Nazin ud Din
  3. I.I.Chundrigar
  4. Ifikhar Husain
Correct Answer: Abdur Rab Nishtar

89. What do you understand by En-route?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. One way
  2. On the way
  3. Welcome
  4. None of these
Correct Answer: On the way

90. Name the American President who had to resign when it become clear that he was about to be impeached and convicted by Congress?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Ulysses S. Grand
  2. William Mckinley
  3. Richard Nixon
  4. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Correct Answer: Richard Nixon

91. Michelangelo was famous :

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Artist
  2. Politician
  3. Singer
  4. None of these
Correct Answer: Artist

92. Where would you find the Sea of Galilee?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Syria
  2. Turkey
  3. Israel
  4. Jordan
Correct Answer: Israel

93. Syed Ahmad Shaheed was martyred at Balakot in:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 1843
  2. 1831
  3. 1832
  4. 1837
Correct Answer: 1832

94. Urdu declared as official language in:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 1830
  2. 1831
  3. 1832
  4. 1834
Correct Answer: 1832

95. Which is the highest peak of Himalayas range in Pakistan?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Pamir
  2. Nanaga Parbat
  3. K-2
  4. Rakaposhi
Correct Answer: Nanga Parbat

96. Who said these words"Man without society is either beast or God"?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Plato
  2. Aristotli
  3. Hegel
  4. Gandhi
Correct Answer: Aristotle

97. Who said"A thing of beauty is joy forever"?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. John Keats
  2. Shelley
  3. Byron
  4. Milton
Correct Answer: John Keats

98. Who said "Man is a social Animal"

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Aristotle
  2. Plato
  3. Hegel
  4. Gandhi
Correct Answer: Aristotle

99. Nobel Prize was first awarded in the year:

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. 1900
  2. 1901
  3. 1904
  4. 1905
Correct Answer: 1904

100. Where is the H.Q. of the European Economic Community?

  • Subject:  Generic
  1. Bonn
  2. Rome
  3. Brussels
  4. Hague
Correct Answer: Brussels

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