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1. PPSC Written Test Past Paper (Solved) for the Post of Assistant Director Population
Welfare (BS-17):

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place. This page is about PPSC Solved Past Paper of Assistant Director Population Welfare (BS-
17) which was conducted by Punjab Public Service Commission in 2020 for the recruitments of various
posts of  Assistant Director's Population Welfare for Govt. of Punjab.
PPSC Written Test Past Paper (Solved) for the Post of
Assistant Director Population Welfare (BS-17):
Q1: Before giving up singing, Junaid Jamshed was part of which music group?
A) Strings
B) Vital Signs
C) Janoon
D) Fuzon
 
Q2: Which of the following agencies related to UNO was in existence before the World War II?
A) WHO
B) FAO
C) ILO
D) IMF
 
Q3: From which country Pakistan purchased Gawadar?
A) Kuwait
B) Iran
C) Oman
D) Qatar
 
Q4: 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
 
Q5: What is the old name of Zhob?
A) Canton
B) Fort Sandman
C) Amir Kot
D) Suri Nagar
 
Q6: First President of Indian National Congress was?
A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B) Dadabhai Naorojee
C) Womesh Chandra Bannerjee
D) Dinshaw Edulji Wacha
 
Q7: What is called the reduction in the rate of currency?
A) Devolution
B) Devaluation
C) Price cap
D) Cut-rate
 
Q8: Babar Azam is a famous in the field of?
A) Films
B) Singing
C) Cricket
D) Journalism
 
Q9: 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
 
Q10: Bob Dylan got the Nobel Prize in the field of?
A) Medicine
B) Literature
C) Physics
D) None of these
 
Q11: 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
 
Q12: Commonwealth games 2018 was hosted by?
A) China
B) Canada
C) France
D) Australia
 
Q13: Which kind of Tax is Federal subject?
A) Excise Tax
B) Property Tax
C) Zakat & Ushar
D) General Sales Tax
 
Q14: “Just good enough” (‫ )کافی بہتر‬means?
A) Not sufficient time
B) An estimated criteria
C) Good for Circumstances
D) None of these
 
Q15: “Red Lake” is situated in?
A) Canada
B) Russia
C) America
D) France

Q16: 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
 
Q17: Isotopes are atoms of the same element wit different number of?
A) Electrons
B) Protons
C) Neutrons
D) Positrons
 
Q18: When did Pakistan loin International Labour Organization (ILO)?
A) 1945
B) 1947
C) 1949
D) 1950
 
Q19: Fill in the blank: A cat differs ….. a dog?
A) with
B) from
C) for
D) over
 
Q20: Physiotherapy is a curative method of ?
A) Heart Disease
B) Immobility of Joints
C) Cirrhosis of the liver
D) Drug addiction
 
Q21:  “Mount Kinabalu” is located in?
A) Indonesia
B) Malaysia
C) Kenya
D) Botswana
 
Q22: What number comes in the series: 5, 4, 9, 13, 22, 35, ?
A) 53
B) 57
C) 60
D) 63
 
Q23: A new Presentation can be created from?
A) Blank Presentation
B) From existing Presentation
C) From design template
D) All of the above
 
Q24: USA purchased “Louisiana” from which country?
A) Russia
B) France
C) Argentina
D) None of these
 
Q25: “The Lighthouse of Alexandria” is situated in which country?
A) Turkey
B) Egypt
C) Syria
D) Jordan
 
Q26: Pakistan is situated in?
A) Asia Minor
B) Far East Asia
C) South Asia
D) South East Asia
 
Q27: “Accolade”(‫ )تعریف کرنا‬means?
A) To give up completely
B) Keenness of mind or insight
C) An Award or Salute
D) Sharp or Harsh in Language
 
Q28: 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
 
Q29: Where is “Bridge of No Return” is located?
A) China
B) Japan
C) Korea
D) France
 
Q30: ‘The Lessons of History’ is a famous book by?
A) Will Durant
B) Russell
C) Thomas Power
D) James Frazer

Q31: 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
 
Q32: Contraband (‫ناجائز مال کی تجارت‬ ) means?
A) Economic Sanctions
B) Banned Goods
C) Family Planning Materials
D) Temporary stoppage of trade
 
Q33: Slump is?
A) An Economic term
B) Social Depression
C) Political Vendetta
D) Transfer of Criminal
 
Q34: Which of the following is a type of culture?
A) Material Culture
B) Non-material Culture
C) Both A & B
D) None of these
 
Q35: Who is the current President / CEO Google?
A) Larry Page
B) Satya Nadella
C) Sundar Pichai
D) Sergey Brin
 
Q36: In the process of galvanization an iron sheet is coated with?
A) Tin
B) Zinc
C) Aluminum
D) Galena
 
Q37: Which of the following gases is used in extinguish fire?
A) Oxygen
B) Hydrogen
C) Water Vapour
D) Carbon dioxide
 
Q38: Which of the following is a non-metallic mineral?
A) Bauxite
B) Gypsum
C) Magnesium
D) Manganese
 
Q39: World Wide Web (WWW) was invented by?
A) Robert Cailliau
B) Adam Osborne
C) Tim Berners-Lee
D) Robert E. Kahn
 
Q40: 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
 
Q41: The Karakorum Highway (N-35) starts from?
A) Haripur
B) Wah
C) Hassan Abdal
D) Taxila
 
Q42: Hyperlinks are?
A) Pictures
B) Drawing Objects
C) Text
D) All of these
 
Q43: “Cultural Relativism” was coined by?
A) James Wray Miller
B) P.E. Griffiths
C) Joseph le Doux
D) Russell and Fernendez-Dols
 
Q44: 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
 
Q45: The most important ore of Aluminum is?
A) Bauxite
B) Magnetite
C) Hematite
D) Monazite
 
Q46: Who introduced the conflict perspective in sociology?
A) Friedrich Engels
B) Ludwig Gumplowicz
C) Herbert Spencer
D) Karl Marx
 
Q47: Synonym of “Delete” is?
A) Strange
B) Efficient
C) Remove
D) Nasty
 
Q48: 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
 
Q49: 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
 
Q50: The gas used in manufacturing of Banaspati ghee is?
A) Helium
B) Oxygen
C) Nitrogen
D) Hydrogen
 
Q51: Choose the correct Antonym of “Liberty” (‫?)آزادی‬
A) Freedom
B) Delivered
C) Slavery
D) Scrupulous
 
Q52: Abraham Lincoln was belonged to?
A) Cuba
B) America
C) Russia
D) none of these
 
Q53: Real name of Hazrat Abu Bakar R.A was?
A) Ahmad
B) Abdullah
C) Haris
D) none of these
 
Q54: Statistical calculations and preparation of tables and graphs can be done using?
A) Excel
B) PowerPoint
C) Notepad
D) Adob Photoshop
 
Q55: “Madness and Civilization” was written by?
A) David D. Burns
B) Michel Foucault
C) Jonathan Kellerman
D) Thomas Hale Jr.
 
Q56: “Jinnah of Pakistan” was written by?
A) Jaswant Singh
B) Stanley Wolpert
C) Bal Ram Nanda
D) I.H Qureshi
 
Q57: Gwadar became part of Pakistan in the year?
A). 1960
B) 1958
C) 1969
D) 1972
 
Q58: A culture within a culture is called as?
A) Mini-Culture
B) Norms
C) Society
D) Sub-Culture
 
Q59: 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
 
Q60: 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
 
Q61: Population Density is a measurement of?
A) Population per town
B) Population per unit Square
C) Population per district
D) Population per unit area
 
Q62: Bronze era started from which country?
A) Syria
B) Egypt
C) Turkey
D) Yemen
 
Q63: Complete the series: 1, 8, 27, 64, 125,__?
A) 144
B) 225
C) 256
D) 216
 
Q64: 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
 
Q65: 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
 
Q66: The United Nations Convention on the Right of the Child (UNCRC) included in UN in?
A) 1989
B) 1992
C) 1993
D) 1995
 
Q67: MDGs stand for?
A) Million Development Goals
B) Millennium Development Goals
C) Maximum Development Goals
D) Minimum Development Goals
 
Q68: UNODC (United Nation Offices of Drugs and Crime) established in?
A) 1991
B) 1993
C) 1997
D) 1999
 
Q69: European Union suspended Military Alliance to Turkey in 2019 due to attack on?
A) Iraq
B) Iran
C) Yemen
D) Syria
 
Q70: Complete the series: 3, 5, 10, 12, 24, 26, …..?
A) 52
B) 30
C) 28
D) 48
 
Q71: Cabinet Mission was sent to India in?
A) March 1946
B) April 1946
C) May 1946
D) August 1946
 
Q72: World’s Population day is observed every year on?
A) 11 June
B) 11 July
C) 27 July
D) 29 July
 
Q73: United Nations agency with the mandate to protect refugees?
A) UNICEF
B) UNFPA
C) UNESCO
D) UNHCR
 
Q74: Nobel Prize winner Anwar Sadaat belonged to?
A) Turkey
B) Syria
C) Egypt
D) Palestine
 
Q75: “Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence” was written by?
A) Hector Bolitho
B) Jaswant Singh
C) Stanley Wolpert
D) Dr. Ayesha Jalal
 
Q76: The study of age, aged and aging is called as?
A) Histology
B) Cosmology
C) Gerontology
D) None of these
 
Q77: 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
 
Q78: Who is investigating Russian involvement in USA Elections 2016?
A) Alexander Bastrykin
B) Nyrkov Yuri Mikchailovich
C) Robert Mueller
D) None of these
 
Q79: 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

Q80: Human eye is sensitive to which colour (light)?

A) Red
B) Green
C) Blue
D) none of these
 
Q81: Monsoons are names of?
A) Rains
B) Winds
C) Climate
D) Weather
 
Q82: MS-Excel is a?
A) Workbook
B) Design format
C) Spreadsheet
D) none of these
 
Q83: How many surah of Quran are on the name of animals?
A) Two
B) Four
C) Six
D) None of these
 
Q84: 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
 
Q85: Battery was Invented by?
A) Volta
B) Excide
C) Fermi
D) Maiman
 
Q86: Wind energy is an example of?
A) Potential Energy
B) Transverse Energy
C) Kinetic Energy
D) Chemical Energy
 
Q87: 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
 
Q88: Which gas is predominantly responsible for global warming?
A) Nitrogen peroxide
B) Carbon dioxide
C) Nitrous monoxide
D) Carbon monoxide
 
Q89: The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system, located in?
A) Germany
B) France
C) Australia
D) South Africa
 
Q90: “Anorexia Nervosa” is a disease of?
A) Sleeping sickness
B) Nervous disorder
C) Eating disorder
D) Loss of memory