Assistant Director Population Welfare (BS-17)Past Paper 2020

Past Paper 2020 PPSC Assistant Director Population Welfare (BS-17)

1. Before giving up singing, Junaid Jamshed was part of which music group?


A) Strings


B) Vital Signs


C) Janoon


D) Fuzon




2. Which of the following agencies related to UNO was in existence before the World War II?


A) WHO


B) FAO


C) ILO


D) IMF




3. From which country Pakistan purchased Gawadar?


A) Kuwait


B) Iran


C) Oman


D) Qatar




4. Importance of “Division of Work” was the first time highlighted in Das Capital. This book was written by:
   
   
   A) Machiavelli
   
   
   B) Thomas Hardy
   
   
   C) Adam Smith
   
   
   D) Karl Marx
   
   
   

5. What is the old name of Zhob?


A) Canton


B) Fort Sandman


C) Amir Kot


D) Suri Nagar







6. First President of Indian National Congress was?


A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale


B) Dadabhai Naorojee


C) Womesh Chandra Bannerjee


D) Dinshaw Edulji Wacha




7. What is called the reduction in the rate of currency?


A) Devolution


B) Devaluation


C) Price cap


D) Cut-rate




8. Babar Azam is a famous in the field of?


A) Films


B) Singing


C) Cricket


D) Journalism




9. What is the meaning of “Ex-post facto”?


A) A comfortable thing as fact


B) With retrospective action or force


C) A suitable environment to work


D) An unwelcome event




10. Bob Dylan got the Nobel Prize in the field of?


A) Medicine


B) Literature


C) Physics


D) None of these




11. Amir Khusro was the famous poet in the Court of?


A) Zaheer-U-Din Babar


B) Jalal-U-Din Akbar


C) Ibraheem Lodhi


D) Alauddin Khalji




12. Commonwealth games 2018 was hosted by?


A) China


B) Canada


C) France


D) Australia




13. Which kind of Tax is Federal subject?


A) Excise Tax


B) Property Tax


C) Zakat & Ushar


D) General Sales Tax




14. “Just good enough” (کافی بہتر) means?


A) Not sufficient time


B) An estimated criteria


C) Good for Circumstances


D) None of these




15. “Red Lake” is situated in?


A) Canada


B) Russia


C) America


D) France




16. Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah enrolled in which school?


A) Sindh Jamia High Scool


B) Darul-Aloom High Scool


C) Sindh Madrasa-tul-Islam


D) Mission Public School Karachi




17. Isotopes are atoms of the same element wit different number of?


A) Electrons


B) Protons


C) Neutrons


D) Positrons




18. When did Pakistan loin International Labour Organization (ILO)?


A) 1945


B) 1947


C) 1949


D) 1950




19. Fill in the blank: A cat differs ….. a dog?


A) with


B) from


C) for


D) over




20. Physiotherapy is a curative method of ?


A) Heart Disease


B) Immobility of Joints


C) Cirrhosis of the liver


D) Drug addiction




21. “Mount Kinabalu” is located in?


A) Indonesia


B) Malaysia


C) Kenya


D) Botswana




22. What number comes in the series: 5, 4, 9, 13, 22, 35, ?


A) 53


B) 57


C) 60


D) 63




23. A new Presentation can be created from?


A) Blank Presentation


B) From existing Presentation


C) From design template


D) All of the above




24. USA purchased “Louisiana” from which country?


A) Russia


B) France


C) Argentina


D) None of these




25. “The Lighthouse of Alexandria” is situated in which country?


A) Turkey


B) Egypt


C) Syria


D) Jordan







26. Pakistan is situated in?


A) Asia Minor


B) Far East Asia


C) South Asia


D) South East Asia




27. “Accolade”(تعریف کرنا) means?


A) To give up completely


B) Keenness of mind or insight


C) An Award or Salute


D) Sharp or Harsh in Language




28. A firm buys goods on credit, which document does the firm use to record this?


A) Credit Note


B) Purchase Invoice


C) Sale Invoice List


D) Supplier’s Statement




29. Where is “Bridge of No Return” is located?


A) China


B) Japan


C) Korea


D) France




30. ‘The Lessons of History’ is a famous book by?


A) Will Durant


B) Russell


C) Thomas Power


D) James Frazer




31. The Prime function of Accounting is to?


A) Record Economic Data


B) Provide the informational basis for action


C) Attain non-economic goals is and objectives


D) Classify & Record business transaction




32. Contraband (ناجائز مال کی تجارت ) means?


A) Economic Sanctions


B) Banned Goods


C) Family Planning Materials


D) Temporary stoppage of trade




33. Slump is?


A) An Economic term


B) Social Depression


C) Political Vendetta


D) Transfer of Criminal




34. Which of the following is a type of culture?


A) Material Culture


B) Non-material Culture


C) Both A & B


D) None of these




35. Who is the current President / CEO Google?


A) Larry Page


B) Satya Nadella


C) Sundar Pichai


D) Sergey Brin







36. In the process of galvanization an iron sheet is coated with?


A) Tin


B) Zinc


C) Aluminum


D) Galena




37. Which of the following gases is used in extinguish fire?


A) Oxygen


B) Hydrogen


C) Water Vapour


D) Carbon dioxide




38. Which of the following is a non-metallic mineral?


A) Bauxite


B) Gypsum


C) Magnesium


D) Manganese




39. World Wide Web (WWW) was invented by?


A) Robert Cailliau


B) Adam Osborne


C) Tim Berners-Lee


D) Robert E. Kahn




40. Which shortcut key is used to insert an end note in MS-Word 2016?


A) Ctrl+D


B) Alt+Shift+D


C) Alt+Ctrl+D


D) Shift+Ctrl+D




41. The Karakorum Highway (N-35) starts from?


A) Haripur


B) Wah


C) Hassan Abdal


D) Taxila




42. Hyperlinks are?


A) Pictures


B) Drawing Objects


C) Text


D) All of these




43. “Cultural Relativism” was coined by?


A) James Wray Miller


B) P.E. Griffiths


C) Joseph le Doux


D) Russell and Fernendez-Dols




44. Hazrat Ali (R.A) martyred in?


A) 17 Rajab, 40 Hijri


B) 21 Shaban, 40 Hijri


C) 17 Ramazan, 40 Hijri


D) 21 Ramazan, 40 Hijri




45. The most important ore of Aluminum is?


A) Bauxite


B) Magnetite


C) Hematite


D) Monazite







46. Who introduced the conflict perspective in sociology?


A) Friedrich Engels


B) Ludwig Gumplowicz


C) Herbert Spencer


D) Karl Marx




47. Synonym of “Delete” is?


A) Strange


B) Efficient


C) Remove


D) Nasty




48. In 1948 UNCIP was established to investigate and mediate the lndo-Pakistan dispute on the future of Kashmir. UNCIP stands for United Nation ….. for India and Pakistan?


A) Ceasefire


B) Committee


C) Commission


D) Co-operation




49. Choose the correct words from the options to complete the sentence correctly: Khalid is ….. taller than Naveed?


A) Not as tall but as


B) As tall, if not


C) As if not


D) As tall as, if not




50. The gas used in manufacturing of Banaspati ghee is?


A) Helium


B) Oxygen


C) Nitrogen


D) Hydrogen




51. Choose the correct Antonym of “Liberty”?


A) Freedom


B) Delivered


C) Slavery


D) Scrupulous




52. Abraham Lincoln was belonged to?


A) Cuba


B) America


C) Russia


D) none of these




53. Real name of Hazrat Abu Bakar R.A was?


A) Ahmad


B) Abdullah


C) Haris


D) none of these




54. Statistical calculations and preparation of tables and graphs can be done using?


A) Excel


B) PowerPoint


C) Notepad


D) Adob Photoshop




55. “Madness and Civilization” was written by?


A) David D. Burns


B) Michel Foucault


C) Jonathan Kellerman


D) Thomas Hale Jr.







56. “Jinnah of Pakistan” was written by?


A) Jaswant Singh


B) Stanley Wolpert


C) Bal Ram Nanda


D) I.H Qureshi




57. Gwadar became part of Pakistan in the year?


A). 1960


B) 1958


C) 1969


D) 1972




58. A culture within a culture is called as?


A) Mini-Culture


B) Norms


C) Society


D) Sub-Culture




59. Which of the following is not an objective of Millennium Development Goals?


A) Eradicate Poverty


B) Environment Stability


C) Reduce HIV


D) None of the above




60. A circle touch the triangle from inside is called?


A) Excircle or escribed Circle


B) Incircle or inscribed Circle


C) Tangent Line of a circle


D) Trigonometric Rules




61. Population Density is a measurement of?


A) Population per town


B) Population per unit Square


C) Population per district


D) Population per unit area




62. Bronze era started from which country?


A) Syria


B) Egypt


C) Turkey


D) Yemen




63. Complete the series: 1, 8, 27, 64, 125,__?


A) 144


B) 225


C) 256


D) 216




64. All Pakistan Women Association (APWA) established for?


A) Social Development of Women


B) Political Development of Women


C) Moral Development of Women


D) All of the above




65. The number of deaths occurring in any year for every 1000 of the population is referred to?


A) Death Ratio


B) Death Rate


C) Casualty Rate


D) None of these







66. The United Nations Convention on the Right of the Child (UNCRC) included in UN in?


A) 1989


B) 1992


C) 1993


D) 1995




67. MDGs stand for?


A) Million Development Goals


B) Millennium Development Goals


C) Maximum Development Goals


D) Minimum Development Goals




68. UNODC (United Nation Offices of Drugs and Crime) established in?


A) 1991


B) 1993


C) 1997


D) 1999




69. European Union suspended Military Alliance to Turkey in 2019 due to attack on?


A) Iraq


B) Iran


C) Yemen


D) Syria




70. Complete the series: 3, 5, 10, 12, 24, 26, …..?


A) 52


B) 30


C) 28


D) 48




71. Cabinet Mission was sent to India in?


A) March 1946


B) April 1946


C) May 1946


D) August 1946




72. World’s Population day is observed every year on?


A) 11 June


B) 11 July


C) 27 July


D) 29 July




73. United Nations agency with the mandate to protect refugees?


A) UNICEF


B) UNFPA


C) UNESCO


D) UNHCR




74. Nobel Prize winner Anwar Sadaat belonged to?


A) Turkey


B) Syria


C) Egypt


D) Palestine




75. “Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence” was written by?


A) Hector Bolitho


B) Jaswant Singh


C) Stanley Wolpert


D) Dr. Ayesha Jalal







76. The study of age, aged and aging is called as?


A) Histology


B) Cosmology


C) Gerontology


D) none of these




77. Idiom ‘Burn the midnight oil’ (دير تک مطالعہ کرنا ) means?


A) Counting yours days earning in the night


B) Heat up a place to make a comfortable


C) Stay awake or study late into the night


D) Finish all the resources available




78. Who is investigating Russian involvement in USA Elections 2016?


A) Alexander Bastrykin


B) Nyrkov Yuri Mikchailovich


C) Robert Mueller


D) None of these




79. Who broke Shahid Afridi’s record of most sixes in international cricket?


A) Harshal Gibbs


B) Yuvraj Singh


C) Chris Gayle


D) None of these




80. Human eye is sensitive to which colour (light)?


A) Red


B) Green


C) Blue


D) none of these




81. Monsoons are names of?


A) Rains


B) Winds


C) Climate


D) Weather




82. MS-Excel is a?


A) Workbook


B) Design format


C) Spreadsheet


D) none of these




83. How many surah of Quran are on the name of animals?


A) Two


B) Four


C) Six


D) None of these




84. Fill In the blank with a suitable preposition: There’s an eraser…….the end of my pencil?


A) in


B) on


C) at


D) to




85. Battery was Invented by?


A) Volta


B) Excide


C) Fermi


D) Maiman







86. Wind energy is an example of?


A) Potential Energy


B) Transverse Energy


C) Kinetic Energy


D) Chemical Energy




87. The Reko Diq mine is located near Reko Diq town in Chagai District, Province of?


A) Punjab


B) Sindh


C) Baluchistan


D) None of these




88. Which gas is predominantly responsible for global warming?


A) Nitrogen peroxide


B) Carbon dioxide


C) Nitrous monoxide


D) Carbon monoxide




89. The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system, located in?


A) Germany


B) France


C) Australia


D) South Africa




90. “Anorexia Nervosa” is a disease of?


A) Sleeping sickness


B) Nervous disorder


C) Eating disorder


D) Loss of memory




91. طلسم خیال”ناول کس نے لکھا؟ “


A) اکرم بریلوی


B) طارق اسماعیل


C) وہاب الخیر


D) کرشن چندر




92. خان بہادر”قواعد کی رو سے کیا ہے؟ “


A) عرف


B) لقب


C) خطاب


D) کنیت




93. یادوں کی بارات” کس کی آ پ بیتی ہے؟ “


A) شوکت صدیقی


B) افضل حق


C) صلاح الدین


D) جوش ملیح آبادی




94. اداس نسلیں” کس کی تخلیق ہے؟ “


A) ممتاز مفتی


B) رضیہ بٹ


C) عبداللہ حسین


D) جمیلہ ہاشمی




95. یہ مشہور شعر کس شاعر کا ہے؟
    
    
    اس زلف پہ پھبتی شب دیجور کی سوجھی
    
    
    اندھے کو اندھیرے میں بڑی دور کی سوجھی


A) جوش


B) فیض احمد


C) انشاء


D) احمد فراز




96. دو یا دو سے زیادہ الفاظ جو روزمرہ مجازی معنوں میں استعمال ہوتے ہیں کہلاتے ہیں؟


A) روزمرہ


B) کہاوت


C) محاورہ


D) خاموش تماشائی




97. عزیمت کے کیا معنی ہیں؟


A) طلسمی دعا


B) ارادہ


C) مقصد


D) تمام درست ہیں




98. خدا بخشے بہت سی خوبیاں تھیں مرنے والے میں۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔ اکبر الہ آ بادی نےکس کی خوبیوں کا اعتراف کیا ہے؟


A) محسن الملک


B) سر سید احمد


C) مولوی سمیع اللہ


D) وقار الملک




99. خامہ بگوش” کس ادیب کا قلمی نام ہے؟ “


A) مظفر علی سید


B) مشفق خواجہ


C) جمیل جالبی


D) حیدر علی آ تش




100. گھر کی مرغی”اس تصنیف کا مصنف کون ہے؟ “


A) شبلی نعمانی


B) کرنل محمد خان


C) جعفر احمد جعفری


D) اثر کلیم

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