PPSC District Officer Civil Defence (Bs-16) In The Punjab Home Department - (2015) Solved Past Papers
PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
DISTRICT OFFICER CIVIL DEFENCE (BS-16) IN THE PUNJAB HOME DEPARTMENT - (2015)
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1. Day and night are the results of
(A) Earth's rotation around its axis ✓
(B) Earth's revolution
(C) Earth's rotation accompanied with its revolution
(D) None of these
2. The most abundant element in the Earth's atmosphere is
(A) Argon
(B) Nitrogen ✓
(C) Oxygen
(D) Krypton
3. Which is the brightest planet in our solar system?
(A) Moon
(B) Venus ✓
(C) Mars
(D) Mercury
4. 'Renaissance' is
(A) An event of Russian Revolution
(B) An event of French Revolution
(C) A period of revival or rebirth of learning ✓
(D) A series of wars fought England and France
5. The French Revolution began in the year
(A) 1770
(B) 1788
(C) 1789 ✓
(D) 1750
6. Who wrote the 'Communist Manifesto':-
(A) Lenin
(B) Karl Marx ✓
(C) Stalin
(D) None of these
7. Which of the following is not a UN Agency?
(A) WHO
(B) ILO
(C) FAO
(D) ICRC ✓
8. Who is known as the 'Father of Geometry1?
(A) Kepler
(B) Euclid ✓
(C) Pythagoras
(D) Newton
9. Who discovered the sea route to India?
(A) Vasco de Gama ✓
(B) Columbus
(C) Magellan
(D) Hopkins
10. Maria Montessori's name is associated with
(A) Christian mission
(B) Child Education ✓
(C) Women's rights
(D) Nursing
11. The first navigator to sail round the world was
(A) Marco Polo
(B) Columbus
(C) Amundsen
(D) Magellan ✓
12. The deepest lake in the world is
(A) Red Sea
(B) Dal lake
(C) Caspian Sea
(D) Baikal ✓
13. A red light is used in traffic signal because
(A) It has the longest wavelength and can be easily noticed from a long distance
(B) It is beautiful
(C) It is visible to people even with bad eyesight ✓
(D) None of these
14. Cloudy nights are warmer because
(A) Clouds prevent radiation of heat from ground to air ✓
{B) Of low atmospheric pressure
(C) Of the compact density of air
(D) More dust particles gather in the air
15. Which of the following is not primary colour?
(A) Blue
(B) Green
(C) Red
(D) Black ✓
16. Sound travels fastest through
(A) Vacuum
(B) Steel ✓
(C) Water
(D) Air
17. The chemical name of vitamin C is
(A) Citric acid
(B) Ascorbic acid ✓
(C) Oxalic acid
(D) Nitric acid
18. Which of the following is not a mammal?
(A) Fish ✓
(B) cow
(C) goat
(D) whale
19. Age of tree can be determined by
(A) counting the number of rings in stem ✓
(B) counting the number of leaves
(C) counting the number of branches
(D) measuring the size of the tree
20. During the day time plants ‘
(A) take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide
(B) take in carbon dioxide and give out oxygen ✓
(C) take in nitrogen and give out oxygen
(D) take in carbon dioxide and give out nitrogen
21. Total volume of blood in a normal human being is
(A) 5-6 litters ✓
(B) 3-4 Litters
(C) 8-10 Litters
(D) 10-12 Litters
22. The number of bones in the human body of adult is approximately
(A) 210
(B) 250
(C) 206 ✓
(D) not fixed
23. The average heartbeat per minute in a normal man is:
(A) 50
(B) 70
(C) 72 ✓
(D) 100
24. What is the main component of bones and teeth?
(A) Calcium carbonate
(B) calcium phosphate ✓
(C) calcium sulphate
(D) calcium nitrate
25. The human cell contains
(A) 44 chromosomes
(B) 48 chromosomes
(C) 46 chromosomes ✓
(D) 23 chromosomes
26. The strongest muscles in the human body is found in
(A) Hands
(B) buttocks ✓
(C) neck
(D) legs
27. The main function of the kidney is
(A) To control blood pressure
(B) To control body temperature
(C) To remove waste products from the body ✓
(D) To help in digestion of food
28. Which of the following glands secretes tears?
(A) Lachrymal ✓
(B) Pituitary
(C) Thyroid
(D) Pancreas
29. The largest organ of the human body is
(A) Brain
(B) heart
(C) skin ✓
(D) liver .
30. A person of which of the following blood groups is called a universal donor?
(A) O ✓
(B) AB
(C) A
(D) B
31. Enzymes help in
(A) Respiration
(B) digestion of food ✓
(C) immune system
(D) reproduction
32. Which of the following vitamins promotes healthy functioning of eyes in human beings
(A) Vitamin B
(B) Vitamin C
(C) Vitamin A ✓
(D) Vitamin D
33. Malaria is a disease which effects the
(A) Heart
(B) Lungs
(C) Spleen ✓
(D) Kidney
34. Leukemia is a disease of the
(A) Lungs
(B) Blood ✓
(C) Skin
(D) Sugar
35. Autopsy is connected with
(A) Post-mortem ✓
(B) Study of living cells
(C) Cancer
(D) None of these
36. The Scientist who first discovered that the earth revolves round the sun was
(A) Newton
(B) Dalton
(C) Copernicus ✓
(D) Einstein
37. Alexander Fleming discovered
(A) Penicillin ✓
(B) X-Ray
(C) Streptomycene
(D) Telephone
38. The Magna Carta is
(A) The name of an English King
(B) One of Napoleon's Wars #
(C) A British naval ship
(D) A historical document curbing the king’s power ✓
39. The permanent seat of International Court of Justice is located in
(A) Paris
(B) Geneva
(C) Rome
(D) The Hague ✓
40. Which of the following Un organizations is concerned with the welfare of the children throughout the world?
(A) UNESCO
(B) UNICEF ✓
(C) WHO
(D) FAO
41. The term of office of a judge of the International Court of justice is?
(A) 5 years
(B) 6 years
(C) 9 years ✓
(D) 10 years
42. Red Cross was founded by
(A) J. H. Durant ✓
(B) Baden Powell
(C) Trygve Lie
(D) Federick Passey
43. Who among the following is the inventor of a system of writing and printing for the blind?
(A) Robert Wilhelm Bunsen
(B) Louis Braille ✓
(C) Sir Humphery Davy
(D) Christian Huygens
44. Who was the first human space traveler?
(A) Edwin Aldrin (USA)
(B) Frank Boreman (USA)
(C) Yuri Gagarin (Russia) ✓
(D) Gherman S. Titov (Russia)
45. Who pioneered the modem nursing system?
(A) Florence Nightingale ✓
(B) Mother Teresa
(C) Greta Garbo
(D) None of these
46. Which street is famous for Stock Exchange Market?
(A) Fleet street, London
(B) Downing street, London
(C) Wall Street, New York ✓
(D) Broadway, New York
47. Zionism is the nationalist movement of the
(A) Jews ✓
(B) Muslims
(C) Converted Christians
(D) Hindus
48. Fourth estate means
(A) The Press ✓
(B) The Police
(C) The Judiciary
(D) The Ministry
49. Oxygen is discovered by
(A) Rutherford
(B) William Ramsay
(C) Priestly ✓
(D) Neils Bohr
50. Food is cooked quickly in a pressure cooker because
(A) Boiling point of water is decreased
(B) Boiling point of water is increased ✓
(C) It absorbs heat quickly
(D) It retains heat for a long duration
51. Bronze is an alloy of
(A) Copper and Zinc
(B) Copper and Tin ✓
(C) Iron and Copper
(D) Zinc and Tin
52. The major constituent of air is
(A) Nitrogen ✓
(B) Carbon dioxide
(C) Oxygen
(D) Hydrogen
53. Which of the following is the hardest element?
(A) Cooper
(B) Diamond ✓
(C) Iron
(D) Silicon
54. Which of the following is fire resistant?
(A) Asbestos ✓
(B) Gypsum
(C) Dolomite
(D) None of these
55. The first metal use by man was
(A) Iron
(B) cooper ✓
(C) Gold
(D) Bronze
56. An element common to all acids is
(A) Hydrogen ✓
(B) Oxygen
(C) Sulphur
(D) Chlorine
57. The idea of Civil Defense Organization was first emerged during:-
(A) First world war ✓
(B) Second world war
(C) Cold war
(D) Post Cold war
58. In Pakistan the first civil defense academy was established in 1958 at:-
(A) Islamabad
(B) Lahore ✓
(C) Karachi
(D) Sargodha
59. SAARC Disaster Management Centre was set up in October 2006 at:-
(A) New Delhi ✓
(B) Colombo
(C) Dhaka
(D) Islamabad
60. The largest earthquake by magnitude in 20th century was recorded in 1960 at>
(A) Sumatra (Indonesia)
(B) Assam (India)
(C) Lima (Peru)
(D) Valdivia (Chile) ✓
61. In 1935 Charles Francis Richter of US developed Richter scale to measure:-
(A) Intensity of cyclones
(B) Volume of water in floods
(C) Magnitude of earthquakes ✓
(D) None of these
62. Identify the reason for the outbreak of war of independence in 1857:-
(A) Non representation of Indians in legislative Councils.
(B) Forcible conversion of Indians to Christianity.
(C) Mismanagement of Indian army
(D) All the above reasons ✓
63. After which incident, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan predicated that the gulf of differences between Hindus and Muslims of India shall widen with the passage of time:
(A) Swadeshi movement of Congress
(B) Urdu Hindi controversy in U.P. ✓
(C) Arya Samaj's campaign against Islam
(D) Anti Muslim civil service reforms of 1867
64. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan asked the Muslims not to join the Indian National Congress because
(A) It was dominated by the Hindu leaders
(B) Congress was against the Muslims demand of separate electorate
(C) He urged them to join Indian Patriotic Association rather than Congress
(D) None of the above reasons ✓
65. Identify the personality who founded the famous "Sindh Madrassah-tul-lslam" in Karachi
(A) Allama Inayat Ullah Khan Mashriqi
(B) Syed Hasan Ali Afandi ✓
(C) Sahibzada Sir Abdul Qayyum
(D) Mualana Shibli Naumani
66. In 1927, All Indian Muslim League was divided into two sections. One was headed by Sir Muhammad Shafi and the other by Quaid-i-Azam. Identify the main reason of this division:-
(A) Shafi group supported joint electorate system instead of separate electorate
(B) Quaid-i-Azam's pro Congress approach was not acceptable to other group
(C) Sir Muhammad Shafi and his supporters Wanted to cooperate with Simon Commission but Quaid was against any cooperation with it. ✓
(D) None of the above reason
67. What was "Satayagrah Movement” under Mahatma Ghandi's directiori:-
(A) Manocuvering for getting the support of low caste Hindus for Congress
(B) Extending support for the Muslims during Khilafat movement and boycott of English made goods. ✓
(C) Civil disobedience movement against the British Indian Government for acceptance of certain demands.
(D) Movement for the protection of cow at all cost.
68. Under which scheme did Muslim League surrender the demand of separate electorate for the Muslims:-
(A) Delhi Proposals 1927 ✓
(B) Patna Scheme 1938
(C) Poona Pact
(D) Never surrendered this demand
69. Who first supported the Pakistan Resolution 1940?
(A) Maulvi Fazal Ul Haq
(B) Ch. Khaleequzzaman ✓
(C) Maulana Zafar Ali Khan
(D) Amjadi Begum
70. The Congress formed ministries after 1937 provincial elections in:-
(A) Five Provinces
(B) Six Province
(C) Seven Provinces ✓
(D) Eight Provinces
71. One which occasion Quaid-i-Azam said “Hindu India & Muslim India Parted and parted forever.
(A) On failure of Ghandr Jinnah talks in 1944
(B) On the rejection of his proposed modifications in Nehru Report, 1928 ✓
(C) On the beginning of Urdu Hindi controversy, 1867
(D) On the rejection of fourteen points of Quaid, by the Congress in 1929
72. Who took the oath of Governor General of ' Pakistan from Quaid-i-Azam:-
(A) Justice A. R. Kiani
(B) Justice Gulzar Ahmad
(C) Justice Abdur Rashid ✓
(D) Justice Wali Mahmood
73. Which Princely state India unlawfully occupied in November, 1948?
(A) Manawar
(B) Junagarh
(C) Mangrol
(D) Hyderabad (Daccan) ✓
74. When Pakistan gave an application to the United Nations to become its member, only one country opposed it. Identify:-
(A) Iran
(B) Afghanistan ✓
(C) Egypt
(D) India
75. After the demise of Ouaid-i-Azam, who became the President of Muslim League in 1948:-
(A) Liaqat Ali Khan
(B) Ch. Khaleequzaman ✓
(C) Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar
(D) Khawaja Nizamudin
76. In the North East, Pakistan has a common border with:-
(A) Iran
(B) Afghanistan
(C) China ✓
(D) None of these
77. Islamabad became the Capital of Pakistan in:-
(A) 1948
(B) 1952
(C) 1957
(D) 1960 ✓
78. Identify the longest glacier of Pakistan:-
(A) Hispar
(B) Baltoro
(C) Batura
(D) Siachen ✓
79. Pakistan is located in the north of the:-
(A) Tropic of Cancer ✓
(B) Tropic of Capricorn
(C) Artie Circle
(D) Torrid Zone
80. Which part of Pakistan receive maximum rainfall annually:-
(A) Chitral
(B) Murree ✓
(C) Gilgit
(D) Sialkot
Identify the word which covey the meaning of the following two consecutive idioms
81. “Diamond cut Diamond”
(A) Exactly
(B) Retaliation ✓
(C) Prominent
(D) Costly
82. “To make amend for"
(A) To make every possible effort
(B) To compensate for damage ✓
(C) To bring chance in something
(D) None of the above
Identify the word that is nearly similar in meaning:-
83. “Acrimonious
(A) Bitter ✓
(B) Provocative
(C) Cheap
(D) Changeable
84. “Turpitude”
(A) Lethargy
(B) Honor
(C) Calm
(D) None of these ✓
85. “Nebulous
(A) Tiny
(B) Vague ✓
(C) Insignificant
(D) None of these
Identify the meaning of following Foreign Words and Phrases commonly used in English language
86. “En-route”
(A) One way direction
(B) On the way ✓
(C) Long distance
(D) None of these
87. “Inter alia”
(A) In between ✓
(B) By the fact ,
(C) Under concentration
(D) At the end
88. “De novo’
(A) One side on only
(B) starting from the beginning; anew.✓
(C) Indefinitely
(D) To any extend
Identify the word most nearly opposite in meaning of the following words:-
89. “PAUCITY"
(A) Surplus ✓
(B) scarcity
(C) Presence
(D) None of these .
90. “OVERT
(A) Deep
(B) Shallow
(C) Unwritten
(D) None of these ✓
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