PPSC Social Security Officers Solved Past Paper 2012

PPSC Social Security Officers Solved Past Paper 2012
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JUNIOR PATROL OFFICER (BS-09)
PPSC JUNIOR PATROL OFFICER SOLVED PAST PAPER
PPSC Past Paper of Social Secruity Officer 2012

SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICERS Paper 2012

1. Who is the current Prime Minister of France?
(A)  Édouard Charles Philippe ✓ (Last Updated December 2019)
(B)
(B) Francois Hollande
(D) Nicolas Sarkozy

Édouard Charles Philippe is a French politician serving as Prime Minister of France since 15 May 2017 under President Emmanuel Macron. A lawyer by occupation, Philippe is a former member of the Union for a Popular Movement, which later became The Republicans. 

2. Prime Minister Gilani was found guilty for contempt of court, sentenced for
(A) 30 seconds
(B) 43 seconds ✓
(C) 22 seconds
(D) 50 seconds

3. Mont Blank is controversial between the countries
(A) Russia and Greece
(B) Croatia and Czech
(C) France and Italy ✓
(D) None of these

4. Which of the following countries won the World Cup Football?
(A) Spain ✓
(B) Brazil
(C) Netherlands
(D) Germany

5. World Telecommunication Day is observed on?
(A) 17th May ✓
(B) 2nd May
(C) 8th May
(D) 12th May

8. Who was John Howard?
(A) Prime Minister of Australia ✓
(B) Prime Minister of Ireland
(C) Prime Minister of New Zealand
(D) Prime Minister of Canada

7. Which of the following countries won the Asia Cup 2012?
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Pakistan ✓
(C) Bangladesh
(D) India

8. Which sea is the only one that separates a city (Istanbul) into 2 continents?
(A) Aegean Sea
(B) Black Sea
(C) Sea of Marmara ✓
(D) Sea of Azov

9. Victoria Cross is the highest military award for bravery given by the
(A) British Government ✓
(B) Canadian Government
(C) French Government
(D) American Government

10. Capital of the Ghana is:
(A) Harare
(B) Accra ✓
(C) Kinshasa
(D) Banjul

11. Who proposed the theory of Continental Drift?
(A) Wegener ✓
(B) Lyell
(C) Richter
(D) Gutenberg

12. What is the national bird of China?
(A) Ceibo
(B) Red-crowned Crane ✓
(C) Rufous-bellied Thrush
(D) Golden Wattle

13. What is the currency of Mexico?
(A) Dollar
(B) Franc
(C) Peso ✓
(D) Pound

14. What would describe the usual temperature 2,000 million years ago? x
(A) Hot
(B) Warm
(C) Cool
(D) Freezing ✓

15. The former Soviet Union sent its forces in Afghanistan in:
(A) 1979 ✓
(B) 1976
(C) 1977
(D) 1981

16. Who was Alija Izetbegovic?
(A) President of Croatia
(B) President of Bosnia-Herzegovina ✓
(C) President of Yugoslavia
(D) President of Macedonia

17. Third Israeli aggression against Lebanon started on
(A) 8th July, 2006
(B) 5th July, 2006
(C) 12th July, 2006 ✓
(D) None of these

18. Who undertook the Long March of 1934?
(A) Chinese Communist ✓
(B) George W. Marshall
(C) John W. Regan
(D) All of these

19. Famous poet of English Shakespeare was bom in:
(A) 1535
(B) 1554
(C) 1564 ✓
(D) 1574

20. Under the Mountbatten Plan of 1947 the people of — were given the right to decide through a plebiscite whether they wish to join Pakistan or India.
(A) Assam
(B) Punjab
(C) Bengal
(D) N.W.F.P. and the Sylhet district of Assam ✓

21. Who amongst the folldVving was not the member of the Cabinet Mission which visited India in 1946?
(A) Sir Stafford Cripps
(B) Lord Mountbatten ✓
(C) A.V. Alexander
(D) None of the above

22. How the future status of Bengal and Punjab was to be decided under 3rd June plan?
(A) By majority vote of assembly members ✓
(B) By plebiscite
(C) By the commission
(D) None of the above

23. How the future status of Sindh was to be decided under 3rd June plan?
(A) By the Commission
(B) By plebiscite'
(C) By majority vote of assembly members ✓
(D) None of the above

24. Third Battle of Panipat was fought in
(A) 1763
(B) 1765
(C) 1761 ✓
(D) 1764

25. Who was the Viceroy during the time Mr. Attlee of England declared the British intention to transfer power to Indians?
(A) Lord Irwin
(B) Lord Mountbatten
(C) Lord Wavell ✓
(D) Lord Linlithgow

26. Death of Shah Wali-ullah in
(A) 1763 ✓
(B) 1765
(C) 1761
(D) 1764

27. Syed Ahmad Shaheed was martyred at Balakot
(A) 1843
(B) 1831 ✓
(C) 1832
(D) 1837

28. Zahir Shah ruled Afghanistan from 1933 till 1973 when he was over thrown by:
(A) Noor Muhammad Taragai
(B) Muhammad Daud ✓
(C) Najib Ullah
(D) Babrak Karmal

29. Who was the winner of the Men's Singles Australian Open tournament 2011 and 2012?
(A) Novak Djokovic ✓
(B) Andy Murray
(C) Rafael Nadal
(D) Roger Federer

30. Kazakhstan observed its Independence Day every year on
(A) December 16 ✓
(B) December 17
(C) December 18
(D) December 19

31. Which of the following countries is a landlocked country?
(A) Uruguay
(B) Pakistan
(C) Bolivia ✓
(D) All of above

32. The Malabar Coast is found in what country?
(A) India ✓
(B) South Africa
(C) Chile
(D) Spain

33. The country of Ghana was formerly known by what name?
(A) Grain Coast
(B) Gold Coast ✓
(C) Ivory Coast
(D) Slave Coast

34. World Press Freedom day is observed on?
(A) 3rd May ✓
(B) 5th May
(C) 12th May
(D) 21st May

35. Who was Xanana Gusmao?
(A) President of Angola
(B) President of Mozambique
(C) President of Portugal
(D) President of East Timor ✓

36. Name the cricket player who has made maximum number of test centuries?
(A) Tendulkar ✓
(B) Ponting
(C) Brian Lara
(D) Ganguly

37. CIX is the Roman numerals for which number?
(A) 119
(B) 109 ✓
(C) 49
(D) 99

38. Name the large Australian bird with a red bill?
(A) Emperor penguin
(B) Ostrich
(C) Black swan ✓
(D) Kiwi

39. How many balls are used in a game of billiards?
(A) 15
(B) 22 ✓
(C) 24
(D) 18

40. This madem latin american dance resembling the rumba was derived from the ritual dance of voodoo?
(A) Mamba
(B) Lambada
(C) Samba
(D) Mambo ✓

41. Which country has the world’s largest fishing industry?
(A) Japan
(B) China ✓
(C) Norway
(D) Iceland

42. What was discovered in the Venezuelan lake 'Maracaibo' in 1917 which turned it from one of South America’s poorest countries to one of the richest?
(A) Platinum
(B) Gold
(C) Oil ✓
(D) Gas

43. Liverpool is naming its airport in honour of murdered ex-Beatle John Lennon. What was the airport's former name?
(A) Mungo
(B) Speke ✓
(C) Park
(D) Livingstone

44. What is the nationality of the author Roald Dahl?
(A) Swedish
(B) Norwegian
(C) Welsh ✓
(D) Danish

45. In Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho', what was used as blood to terrify audiences in the famous shower scene?
(A) Tomato sauce
(B) Newspaper print
(C) Cochineal
(D) Chocolate sauce ✓

46. Which river is Africa’s second longest river?
(A) Limpopo
(B) Zambezi
(C) Nile
(D) Congo ✓

47. ‘New England' consists of six states in northeast USA. Which state is NOT part of 'New England’?
(A) Massachusetts
(B) New Hampshire
(C) Maryland ✓
(D) Rhode Island

48. Who was the Belgian author and artist who created the cartoon character of 'Tintin'?
(A) Georges Simenon
(B) Georges Remi ✓
(C) Hercule Poirot
(D) Van der Valk

49. Name the largest venomous snake in the world?
(A) Anaconda
(B) Reticulated python
(C) Rattlesnake
(D) King cobra ✓

50. Glasgow city is famous for.
(A) Textile centre
(B) Military base
(C) Biggest ship building centre ✓
(D) None of these
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51. The blue whale is the world’s largest mammal but what type of animal is the world's smallest mammal?
(A) Monkey
(B) Opossum
(C) Bat ✓
(D) Shrew

52. Which author created Sherlock Holmes?
(A) G.K. Chesterton
(B) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ✓
(C) Edgar Allan Poe
(D) Agatha Christie

53. Goulash Is the national dish of which country?
(A) Hungary ✓
(B) Turkey
(C) Greece
(D) India

54. Name the author of 'Ivanhoe' Is:
(A) Evelyn Waugh
(B) Sir Walter Scott ✓
(C) Sir Noel Coward
(D) Sir J.M. Barrie

55. God gave Moses the ‘Ten Commandments' on Mount
(A) Ararat
(B) Meron
(C) Olympus
(D) Sinai ✓

56. Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, is built on how many small islands which are connected by about 50 bridges?
(A) 44
(B) 43
(C) 14 ✓
(D) 24

57. Name the largest sea in the world.
(A) Mediterranean Sea
(B) Sargasso Sea
(C) Coral Sea
(D) South China Sea ✓

58. Which explorer discovered the island of Jamaica?
(A) Francis Drake
(B) Christopher Columbus ✓
(C) Ferdinand Magellan
(D) Vasco da Gama

59. Through which country does the River Mania flow?
(A) Romania
(B) Albania
(C) Lithuania
(D) Madagascar ✓

60. When the Athenian army defeated the invading Persians, who ran 26 miles to Athens to announce the victory?
(A) Prometheus
(B) Nike
(C) Marathon
(D) Pheidippides ✓

61. Which of the following pass connects Peshawar with Chitral?
(A) Malakand Pass ✓
(B) Dargai Pass
(C) Bolan Pass
(D) Baroghill Pass

62. In which District of Punjab KallarKahar Lake is situated?
(A) Jhelum ✓
(B) Chakwal
(C) Sargodha
(D) Mianwali

63. Sat Para Lake is situated in:
(A) Baltistan
(B) Gilgit ✓
(C) Kaghan
(D) Bolan Valley

64. Which of the following specious metal is found in Dera Ghazi Khan?
(A) Platinum
(B) Uranium ✓
(C) Thorium
(D) None of these

65. The first gas field discovered in Pakistan in 1952 was at:
(A) Mial
(B) Sui ✓
(C) Pirkoh
(D) None of these

66. Khewra is famous for the minerals of
(A) Iron
(B) Chromium
(C) Salt ✓
(D) None of these

67. Toot oil and natural gas field is located in
(A) Sindh
(B) Baluchistan
(C) KPK
(D) Punjab ✓

68. Ghulam Muhammad Barrage was constructed on River:
(M Kabul
(B) Swat
(C) Jehlum
(D) Indus ✓

69. Warsak Project is located on:
(A) Gomal River
(B) Karam River
(C) Bera River
(D) Kabul River ✓

70. On which river Mangla Dam is built?
(A) Indus
(B) Chenab
(C) Jhelum ✓
(D) None of these

71. Which is the oldest hydroelectricity project in Pakistan?
(A) Mangla
(B) Tarbela
(C) Warsak
(D) Malakand Dargai ✓

72. Sulemanki Headworks is constructed on the river
(M River Ravi
(B) River Chenab
(C) River Sutlujh ✓
(D) None of these

73. The “Basha Dam” on Indus River is being constructed in:
(A) P.K
(B) Gilgit Baltistan ✓
(C) Punjab
(D) None Of these

74. Pakistan International Airlines (P1A) was established in
(A) 1949
(B) 1955 ✓
(C) 1960
(D) 1965

75. What is the total length of Makran Coastal Highway which is constructed with the help of China?
(A) 595 km
(B) 625 km
(C) 653 km ✓
(D) 732 km

76. Soan and Haro are famous rivers of:
(A) Potwar Plateau ✓
(B) Baluchistan Plateau
(C) Hindu Kush Range
(D) None of these

77. Which river is called “Nile of Pakistan”?
(A) Chenab River
(B) Indus River ✓
(C) Ravi River
(D) None of these

78. Name the longest river of Pakistan
(A) Indus ✓
(B) Kabul
(C) Chenab
(D) None of these

79. In which province of Pakistan, the desert of Thar lies?
(A) Baluchistan
(B) Sindh ✓
(C) K.P.K
(D) Punjab

80. K-2 is also Known as:
(A) Goodwin Austin ✓
(B) Broad Peak
(C) Roshan Peak
(D) SiaKingri

81. Which name means 'double life'?
(A) Amphibious ✓
(B) Insect
(C) Reptile
(D) Omnivore

82. German attack on Poland was the immediate cause of:
(A) World War 1
(B) World War II ✓
(C) Cold War
(D) None of these

83. One pound is equal to kilogram.
(A) 0.482
(B) 0.454 ✓
(C) 0.445
(D) 0.431

84. One ounce is equal to grams.
(A) 28.65
(B) 27.95
(C) 28.35 ✓
(D) 28.85

85. If takes 14 taps to fill a swimming pool in 10 hours. How much time will it take 5 taps to fill the pool?
(A) 25
(B) 26
(C) 27
(D) 28 ✓

86. 8 machines can do a piece of work in 10 days. How long will it take 16 machines to do the work?
(A) 7 days
(B) 5 days ✓
(C) 6 days
(D) 8 days

87. Which UN body deals with population problem?
(A) UNDP
(B) UNESCO
(C) UNFPA ✓
(D) UNICEF

88. The working language(s) of the UNESCO is/are:
(A) English only
(B) French only
(C) English and French ✓
(D) English, French and Russian

89. Headquarter of International Forum on Globalization (IFG) is located in
(A) Canada
(B) France
(C) USA ✓
(D) None of these

90. Who is the author of the Revolution in PakiQtan?
(A) K.B. Saeed
(B) K.K.Aziz
(C) Herbert Feldman ✓
(D) None of these

91. Which of the following is concerned with the description and mapping of the main features of the Universe?
(A) Cosmography ✓
(B) Cosmology
(C) Geomorphology
(D) None of the above

92. Damascus situated on bank of river
(A) Rhine River
(B) Nile River
(C) Barada River ✓
(D) None of these

93. Paris is situated on bank of river
(A) Seine River ✓
(B) Spree River
(C) Rhine River
(D) None of these

94. Who discovered Lake Victoria?
(A) John Davis
(B) Capt John Speke ✓
(C) Geover Cleveland
(D) None of these

95. Ataturk Dam is located in
(A) Argentina
(B) Turkey ✓
(C) Ghana
(D) Iran

96. Who wrote the book “Great Tragedy”?
(A) Z.A.Bhutto ✓
(B) Muhammad Yousaf
(C) Zial-ul-Haq
(D) None of these

97. Who is the writer of “Political Forces in Pakistan from 1947 to 1959?
(A) Keith Collard ✓
(B) K.K.Aziz
(C) I.H.Qureshi
(D) None of these

98. Who is the author of Gandhi and Stalin?
(A) Water Scot
(B) Louis Fisher ✓
(C) V.P.Memon
(D) None of these

99. On 20th July 1969, two American scientists landed on
(A) Moon of earth ✓
(B) Mars
(C) Pluto
(D) Jupiter

100. Who was the first Polish in space?
(A) Yang Llwei
(B) ZhaiZhlgang
(C) DumitruPrunariu
(D) Miroslaw Hermaszewski ✓