PPSC Population Officer Solved Past Paper

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POPULATION OFFICER PAPER
PPSC POPULATION OFFICER SOLVED PAST PAPER
PPSC Past Paper of Population Officer

1. Ural Airlines belongs to which country?
(A) America
(B) Tajikistan
(C) Turkey
(D) Russia ✓

2. “Emirates Airlines’ is the name of airline of:
(A) France
(B) Lebanon
(C) U.A.E ✓
(D) Jordan

3. Which of the following oceans covers about one third of the surface earth?
(A) Pacific Ocean ✓
(B) Atlantic Ocean
(C) Indian Ocean
(D) Adriatic Ocean

4. Formosa is the old name of:
(A) Cambodia
(B) Rhodesia
(C) Taiwan ✓
(D) Bangkok

5. Ghana is the new name of:
(A) Guyana
(B) New Guinea
(C) Gold Coast ✓
(D) Asia Minor

6. The sacred place of Christians is:
(A) Nazareth
(B) Jerusalem ✓
(C) Mecca
(D) None of these

7. The present government has renamed the ‘Micro Finance bank' as:
(A) Supporting Bank
(B) Kisan Bank
(C) Khushali Bank ✓
(D) Cooperative Bank

8. 'Wheel' is a symbol of:
(A) Peace
(B) Progress ✓
(C) Prosperity
(D) Speed

9. Who invented the process of the vulcanization of rubber and gave his name to a famous tyre company?
(A) Dunlop
(B) Charles Goodyear ✓
(C) Pirelli
(D) Michelin

10. The largest spoken language (48%) in Pakistan is:
(A) Urdu
(B) Punjabi ✓
(C) Sindhi
(D) Pashto

11. What is the total length of first railway track?
(A) 86 Km
(B) 97 Km
(C) 115 Km
(D) 169 Km ✓

12. Name the writer of two great works “The Iliad* and “Odyssey”?
(A) Goethe
(B) Homer ✓
(C) Byron
(D) Joyce

13. Name the German Poet and writer who authored the play “Faust”?
(A) Vasilievch Gogal
(B) Geothe ✓
(C) Herman Melville
(D) Alighieri Dante

14. First woman to win the Nobel Prize was:
(A) Mother Teresa
(B) Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi
(C) Madame Marie Curie Sklodowska ✓
(D) None of the above

15. Al Beruni came to India along with:
(A) Mahmud of Ghazni ✓
(B) Muhammad-bin-Qasim
(C) Muhammad Ghuri
(D) None of these

16. Who among the following Sultans of Delhi has been described by the historians as the ‘mixture of opposites’?
(A) Balban
(B) Alauddin Khilji
(C) Muhammad Tughluq ✓
(D) Ibrahim Lodi

17. Which city is also called by the famous name of ‘City of Magnificent Distance*?
(A) Scotland
(B) Houston
(C) Denmark
(D) Washington ✓

18. Which is the saltiest Sea of the world?
(A) Mediterranean Sea ✓
(B) Black-Sea
(C) Caribbean Sea
(D) Baltic Sea

19. Yellow Sea lies between:
(A) China and Japan ✓
(B) Egypt and Saudi Arabia
(C) Singapore and Sri Lanka
(D) Australia and New Zealand

20. What is the average depth of all oceans?
(A) 3735 metres
(B) 4437 metres
(C) 3530 metres ✓
(D) 6135 metres

21. Alauddin Khalji introduced market reforms:
(A) To administer his subjects well
(B) To easy the peasants' living
(C) To maintain a large army economically ✓
(D) None of these

22. Karakoram Highway connects Pakistan with:
(A) India
(B) Iran
(C) China ✓
(D) Afghanistan

23. Who built Eiffel Tower?
(A) Newton
(B) Gustav Cassel
(C) Morris Eiffel
(D) Gustav Eiffel ✓

24. Ran Kutch Award between Pakistan and India was occurred in:
(A) 1967
(B) 1968 ✓
(C) 1972
(D) 1974

25. Which was the last ruling dynasty of Delhi Sultanate of India?
(A) Mughal
(B) Lodhi ✓
(C) Khilji
(D) None of these

26. Who was the founder of Mughal dynasty?
(A) Humayun
(B) Babar ✓
(C) Akbar
(D) Jahangir

27. Who was the first ruler of Slave dynasty?
(A) At-Tutmash
(B) Qutub ud Din Aibak ✓
(C) Ghias ud Din Balban
(D) None of these

28. Which Umm-ul-Momineen died last?
(A) Hazrat Safia (RA)
(B) Hazrat Ayesha (RA) ✓
(C) Hazrat Umm-e-Salma (RA)
(D) Hazrat Javeria (RA)

29. The Pakistan Resolution was moved on
(A) 23rd March, 1940 ✓
(B) 23rd March, 1941
(C) 14 August, 1947
(D) 6 September, 1947

30. In March, 1942 who came to sub-continent with some proposals to solve constitutional problems?
(A) Lord Ripon
(B) Lord Minto
(C) Stafford Cripps ✓
(D) Linlithgow

31. Largest exports are made by Pakistan to:
(A) America ✓
(B) Japan
(C) China
(D) Saudi Arabia

32. Which is the saltiest lake of the world?
(A) Titicaca Lake
(B) Dead Sea
(C) Assal Lake ✓
(D) Caspian Sea

33. Smallest Republic in the world is:
(A) Balkan
(B) Nepal
(C) Nauru ✓
(D) Haiti

34. Largest Concrete Dam of the world is located in USA is:
(A) Grand Coulee Dam ✓
(B) Tarbela Dam
(C) Rohunsky Dam
(D) None of these

35. Ogaden desert is present in:
(A) Asia
(B) Africa ✓
(C) Europe
(D) America

36. Iberian peninsula is the part of:
(A) Asia
(B) Africa
(C) Europe ✓
(D) None of these

37. Which one of the following is the largest Peninsula of the world?
(A) Arabian Peninsula ✓
(B) Kalahari Peninsula
(C) Sahara Peninsula
(D) None of these

38. Name the biggest desert of the world is:
(A) Gobi Desert
(B) Kalahari Desert
(C) Sahara Desert ✓
(D) None of these

39. “Cardiff is the seaport of:
(A) USA
(B) UK ✓
(C) Iran
(D) Egypt

40. Pakistan's major import item is:
(A) Fertilizers
(B) Medicines
(C) Transport goods
(D) Petroleum products ✓

41. A broad channel where the waters of a river and a sea mingle is called:
(A) An estuary ✓
(B) Comets
(C) A strait
(D) A delta

42. Dlamer Bhasha dam will produce electricity after completing:
(A) 4200 MW
(B) 4500 MW ✓
(C) 4800 MW
(D) None of these

43. Which is the biggest earth filled dam in the world?
(A) Tarbela ✓
(B) Mangla
(C) Hub
(D) None of these

44. How many years the 1st Constituent Assembly lasted?
(A) 7 ✓
(B) 8
(C) 9
(D) 10

45. Name the person who took over after the dismissal of Khawaja Nazim-ud-Din?
(A) Muhammad Ali Bogra ✓
(B) Ch. Muhammad AU
(C) 1.1. Ghundrigar
(D) None of the above

48. Who dissolved the Federal Assembly on 24 October, 1954?
(A) Sikandar Mirza
(B) Ghulam Muhammad ✓
(C) Ayub Khan
(D) None of the above

47. Which Surah was the last revealed?
(A) Al-Nas
(B) Al-Falaq
(C) Al-Alaq
(D) Al-Nasr ✓

48. Which Surah was the first revealed?
(A) Al-Alaq ✓
(B) Al-Feteha
(C) Al-Baqarah
(D) None of them

49. Which city is called "Heart of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa"?
(A) Mardan ✓
(B) Swat
(C) Peshawar
(D) Topi

50. Name the first Pakistani Bank which started its operation on August 17,1947:
(A) Muslim Commercial Bank
(B) Habib Bank Ltd. ✓
(C) United Bank Ltd.
(D) Allied Bank Ltd.
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51. When the first agriculture reforms were introduced in Pakistan:
(A) January 24, 1960
(B) January 24, 1958
(C) January 24,1959 ✓
(D) January 24,1957

52. Which of following strait joins the Red Sea and Persian Gulf?
(A) Bering Strait
(B) Bab-ul-Mandab Strait ✓
(C) Bosphorous Strait
(D) Davis Strait

53. What is the duration of a day at the poles?
(A) 3 months
(B) 6 months ✓
(C) 9 months
(D) 12 months

54. Which of the following countries is known as the Land of Midnight Sun?
(A) Belgium
(B) Holland
(C) Norway ✓
(D) Sweden

55. Which is the largest country in the Arabian Peninsula? x
(A) Oman
(B) Yemen
(C) Saudi Arabia ✓
(D) Kuwait

56. 'Wana' is the main town of:
(A) Bajaur Agency
(B) Khyber Agency
(C) North Waziristan Agency
(D) South Waziristan Agency ✓

57. Name the highest glacier of Pakistan?
(A) Hispar
(B) Baltoro
(C) Siachen ✓
(D) Batura

58. Which of the following pass connects Dera Ismail Khan with Ghazni (Afghanistan)?
(A) Dargai Pass
(B) Bolan Pass
(C) Gomal Pass ✓
(D) Tochi Pass

59. Name the Muslim mathematician and contributions to optical theory since the time of Ptolemy?
(A) Ibn-Al-Haytham ✓
(B) Ibn Baitar
(C) Al-Kindi
(D) Al-Biruni

60. 11 th July is observed as
(A) World maritime day
(B) World population day ✓
(C) Universal children day
(D) World No tobacco day

61. ‘Fleet Street1 is famous for:
(A) Newspapers & press ✓
(B) Stock Exchange
(C) Cinema Halls
(D) None of these

62. Trans World airways and airline of Delta airlines are:
(A) Canada
(B) America ✓
(C) UK
(D) France

63. Which of the following is Japan airline?
(A) JAL ✓
(B) Aero Japan
(C) Air Japan
(D) Japan Air

64. Name the only bowler who got eight hundred wickets in Test Cricket?
(A) M. Maralitharan ✓
(B) Wasim Akram
(C) Shane Warne
(D) Both a and c

65. The foreign phrase Affair d'amour means:
(A) A love affair ✓
(B) At pleasure
(C) Mismanaged affair
(D) None of the above

66. “IBM* is a computer company of:
(A) France
(B) Japan
(C) USA ✓
(D) China

67. Who is considered the founder of the British Empire In India?
(A) Lord Cornwallis
(B) Warren Hastings
(C) Lord Clive ✓
(D) Sir Thomas Roe

68. Doctrine of Lapse is associated with:
(A) Lord Dalhousie ✓
(B) Lord Cornwallis
(C) LordRippon
(D) None of these

69. Which one of the following provides constitutional guarantee of personal freedom?
(A) Quo warrant
(B) Mandamus
(C) Certiorari
(D) Habeas corpus ✓

70. Ketak is the Airport of:
(A) Bangkok
(B) Hong Kong ✓
(C) China
(D) None of these

71. Al Manazar was written by:
(A) Jabir Bin Hayan
(B) Abu Abd al-Rahman Ibn Aqil al-Zahiri ✓
(C) Bardavi
(D) Ibn-e-Sena

72. “Al Qanun fil Tab" was written by:
(A) Zakria Razi
(B) Al-Beruni
(C) Ibn-i-Sena ✓
(D) Imam Ghazali

73. Who was the author of “Jane Eyre"?
(A) Robert Stevenson
(B) Victor Hugo
(C) Jamers Copper
(D) Charlotte Bronte ✓

74. The name of the news agency of U.S. is:
(A) United Press International ✓
(B) Reuters
(C) Tass
(D) The Guardian

75. What is the total length of Gwadar Motorway?
(A) 605 Km
(B) 895 Km ✓
(C) 933 Km
(D) 1105 Km

76. Southern Rhodesia is the new name of:
(A) Indonesia
(B) Taiwan
(C) Zimbabwe ✓
(D) None of these

77. Myanmar is the new name of:
(A) Somalia
(B) Burma ✓
(C) Indonesia
(D) None of these

78. Who was the founder of Judaism?
(A) Lao Tse
(B) Jesus Christ
(C) Moses ✓
(D) None of these

79. What is the total length of Lahore-Islamabad Motorway?
(A) 233 Km
(B) 297 Km
(C) 335 Km
(D) 370 Km ✓

80. Abdul Qadeer Khan Nuclear Research Laboratories was set up In Kahuta in:
(A) 1975
(B) 1976 ✓
(C) 1977
(D) 1978

81. Toot oil and natural gas field is located In:
(A) Punjab ✓
(B) Sindh
(C) N.W.F.P.
(D) Balochistan

82. Pakistan placed in the world population-wise on number
(A) 8th
(B) 10th
(C) 11th
(D) 6th ✓

83. ___ kilograms constitute 1 quintal?
(A) 50
(B) 100 ✓
(C) 200
(D) 250

84. Where is Red Square situated?
(A) Kashmir
(B) Moscow ✓
(C) China
(D) New York

85. Which is the most beautiful harbour of the world?
(A) Singapore
(B) Seattle
(C) Sydney ✓
(D) Tripoli

86. To solve water crises Indus Water Treaty was signed in 1960 under which who was to act as guarantor of this Treaty?
(A) World Bank ✓
(B) USA
(C) IMF
(D) None of these

87. Which one of the following is known as the “Coffee Port” of the world?
(A) Sao Paulo
(B) Santos ✓
(C) Rio de Janeiro
(D) Buenos Aires

88. Which is the shallowest Sea of the world?
(A) North Sea
(B) Hudson Bay
(C) Gulf of St. Lawrence ✓
(D) Red Sea

89. Which is the smallest ocean of the world?
(A) Indian Ocean
(B) Arctic Ocean ✓
(C) Pacific Ocean
(D) Atlantic Ocean

90. Which is the second largest ocean of the world?
(A) Atlantic Ocean ✓
(B) Pacific Ocean
(C) Indian Ocean
(D) None of these

91. In which country the population of Kurds is living
(A) Turkey
(B) Iran
(C) Iraq
(D) All of the above ✓

92. Name the first Civil War among the Muslims?
(A) Battle of Siffin
(B) Battle of Nahrawan
(C) The Battle of Jamal ✓
(D) None of these

93. The colour combination of the UN Flag is:
(A) Red & blue
(B) Blue & white ✓
(C) White& green
(D) Only white

94. Pakistan’s largest export item is:
(A) Rice
(B) Textile products ✓
(C) Sports goods
(D) Surgical products

95. The largest bay is in Canada:
(A) Arabian Bay
(B) Hudson Bay ✓
(C) Gulf of Bay
(D) None of these

96. The largest island of Indian Ocean is:
(A) Madagascar ✓
(B) Sumatra
(C) Baffin
(D) Borneo

97. Which of the following is deptlrof Challenger Deep?
(A) 15100 m
(B) 91100 m
(C) 12150 m
(D) 10900 m ✓

98. Name the largest railway station in the world is:
(A) Grand Central Terminal New York ✓
(B) Condor Station Bolivia
(C) Kharagpur railway station - India
(D) Frankfort International USA

99. Which is the world’s longest road?
(A) G.T. Road
(B) Broadway Street
(C) Pan-Am Highway ✓
(D) None of these

100. Which is the most fapnous waterfall of the world?
(A) Superior
(B) Balkan
(C) Niagara ✓
(D) Angels