Model Paper PPSC 2020 Assistant Director BPS-17

Total Questions: 97

1 - By mixing all the colours of the visible spectrum of sunlight,we produce:

A ) Purple light
B ) Green light
C ) White light ✅
D ) Infrared light

4 - Which component of diet helps in preventing constipation?

A ) Fats
B ) Proteins
C ) Fibers ✅
D ) Carbohydrates

5 - Malaria is a disease caused by a parasite which effects the.....?

A ) Lungs
B ) Spleen ✅
C ) Kidneys
D ) Hearts

6 - Choose the word opposite in meaning to "CONFESS"?

A ) Confuse
B ) Deny ✅
C ) Refuse
D ) Contend

7 - The second longer river in South America is:

A ) Orinoco River
B ) Amazon River
C ) Parana River ✅
D ) Madeira River

9 - One who can not be changed or reformed is called as:

A ) Invulnerable
B ) Hardened
C ) Incurable
D ) Incorrigible ✅

11 - Which one is not a multitasking operating System?

A ) Windows
B ) Linux
C ) Win NT
D ) DOS ✅

12 - What type of printers are Dot Matrix Printers?

A ) Impact Printer ✅
B ) Laser Printer
C ) Inkjet Printer
D ) Drum Printer

13 - Who was the commander in Chief of Pakistan Army from 1951 to 1958?

A ) Yahya Khan
B ) Ayub Khan ✅
C ) Tikka Khan
D ) Zia UL Haq

14 - Which Pakistan calligrapher is famous all around the world?

A ) Sadequain ✅
B ) Ahmad Khan
C ) Asghar Ali
D ) None of these

15 - What is the ratio of unemployment in Pakistan:

A ) 5.79% ✅
B ) 4.79%
C ) 6.79%
D ) None of these

16 - "Ctrl+D" shortcut key is used in MS Word to:

A ) Delete Dialog Box
B ) Open the Font Dialog Box ✅
C ) Layout Dialog Box
D ) Format All Letters as Capitals

17 - Hazrat Umar (R.A) embraces Islam, influenced by which Surah of Holy Quran?

A ) Surah Yaseen
B ) Surah Taha ✅
C ) Surah Nissa
D ) Surah Namal

18 - Solve 2¹×2²×2⁵=?

A ) 64
B ) 250
C ) 256 ✅
D ) None of these

19 - Marathon a long distance foot rare has an official distance of?

A ) 22.4 miles
B ) 26.2 miles ✅
C ) 20.5 miles
D ) 27.3 miles

20 - Which navy ship was in action during the war of 1965 and 1971?

A ) PNS Nasr
B ) PNS Ghazi ✅
C ) PNS Hangor
D ) PNS Zulfiqar

21 - What is the largest ocean basin on Earth?

A ) Atlantic Ocean
B ) Indian Ocean
C ) Pacific Ocean ✅
D ) Arctic Ocean

22 - Who among the following is the current CEO of Google?

A ) Sateya Nadela
B ) Sundar Pichal ✅
C ) Sergey Glenn
D ) Michael Collins

23 - Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the Moon following by:

A ) Jeff Bezos
B ) Buzz Aldrin ✅
C ) John Glenn
D ) Michael Collins

28 - What is meant by "MEANDER"?

A ) A grassy area
B ) A barren area
C ) A bend of a river ✅
D ) A band of canal

29 - "Sassi Punnuh" is a love story of:

A ) Siraiki
B ) Punjabi
C ) Sindhi ✅
D ) Pushto

30 - What is the one word for 'a person who talks too much'?

A ) Sociable
B ) Garrulous ✅
C ) Pregnable
D ) Illogical

31 - Antonym of "CONFESS is:

A ) Accept
B ) Plead
C ) Guilty
D ) Deny ✅

33 - "Siachen Glacier" is located in which district?

A ) Astore
B ) Baltistan
C ) Gilgit
D ) Ghanche ✅

34 - "ITAR-TASS" is the news agency of which country?

A ) England
B ) Sweden
C ) France
D ) Russia ✅

35 - 'Cathay Pacific ' is the name of airline of which country?

A ) South Korea
B ) Hong Kong ✅
C ) Singapore
D ) Indonesia

36 - The mountain range that separate Europe from Asia is:

A ) Ural Mountains ✅
B ) Aral Mountains
C ) Hindu Kush Mountains
D ) Himalayas Mountains

37 - The only captain in the history of the cricket to win three ICC trophies (T20 WC,ODI WC,CT)?

A ) MS Dhoni ✅
B ) Rickey Ponting
C ) Stephen Waugh
D ) Stephen Fleming

38 - Choose the correct spelling:

A ) Occasionally ✅
B ) Occassionaily
C ) Occassionaly
D ) Ocassiomally

39 - Ricky Ponting was the captain of:

A ) Australia ✅
B ) South Africa
C ) Wesy Indies
D ) New Zealand

42 - Muhammad Bin Salman has lifted the ban on Woman Driving as he claims to introduce:

A ) Orthodox Islam
B ) Modern Islam ✅
C ) Western Islam
D ) None of these

43 - Condoleezza Rice was the American:

A ) Secretary of State ✅
B ) Defence Secretary
C ) Advisor of President
D ) Defence Minister

44 - Which Congress leader thought after Lahore Resolution that partition was unavoidable?

A ) Jawaharlal Nehru
B ) Raj Gopal Acharia ✅
C ) Mahatma Gandhi
D ) Abdul Kalam Azad

46 - In 1960 which city was the temporary Capital of Pakistan?

A ) Rawalpindi ✅
B ) Karachi
C ) Quetta
D ) Peshawar

47 - Who was the First President of Indian National Congress?

A ) Dadabhai Naroji
B ) Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee ✅
C ) Allan Octavian Hume
D ) Baddrudin Tayyabji

49 - Qawali was introduced in the 13th century by.....?

A ) Fateh Ali Khan
B ) Amir Khusru ✅
C ) Qutbudin
D ) Ghareeb Nawaz

50 - Who among the following women won Nobel Prize twice?

A ) Irene Curie
B ) Marie Curie ✅
C ) Mana Mayer
D ) Donna Strickland

51 - Who was the first women head of Muslim women Student's Federation?

A ) Beghum Jehan Ara
B ) Beghum Shaista Ikram Ullah ✅
C ) Beghum Nusrat
D ) None of these

52 - Among the following prophets, whose nation was awarded with "Mano-Salwa"?

A ) Hazrat Daud
B ) Hazrat Essa
C ) Hazrat Mussa ✅
D ) Hazrat Yunus

53 - "Dalai Lama" is the most influential leader of:

A ) Buddhism ✅
B ) Judaism
C ) Hinduism
D ) Confucianism

54 - Who among the following was the first President of Pakistan?

A ) Quaid-i-Azam
B ) Iskandar Mirza ✅
C ) Ayub Khan
D ) Z. A Bhutto

Explanation:

 First President of Pakistan:

Major General (Retd.) Iskander Mirza

Born: 13 November 1899, Murshidabad, Bengal Presidency, British India

Death: 13 November 1969 (aged 70), London, United Kingdom
➡️ Buried in Tehran Capital of  Iran, at Shah Mosque cemetery

 ✅Details
  ➡️ Attended Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst (UK)
  ➡️ Commissioned in the British Indian Army in 1920
  ➡️ Later joined the Indian Political Service

Political Career:

  ➡️ Defence Secretary of Pakistan  (1947–1954)   
  ➡️ Governor of East Bengal  (1954)
  ➡️ Governor-General of Pakistan (1955–1956 ) 4th & Last Governor-General of Pakistan( 7 Aug 1955 – 23 Mar 1956 )  

  ➡️ 23 March 1956: Pakistan became Islamic Republic of Pakistan.Governor-General post abolished.

  ➡️Iskander Mirza became the 1st President (23 March 1956–7 October 1958 )  

  ➡️ Imposed first Martial Law on 7 October 1958, abrogated the constitution 1956 .

Dismissed by General Ayub Khan on 27 October 1958, forced into exile.(After 20 Days).

The position of Vice President of Pakistan was established in December 1971 and abolished with the 1973  Constitution ✅ ). 

Nurul Amin (AppointedDecember 1971 by General Yahya Khan)  was the first and only individual to hold this position.

Nurul Amin as:

  • Vice President (1971-1973)
  • ✅ Also Prime Minister for a short time

 Tenure: December 1971 – January 1972

56 - Muhammad Ali Johar was the students of:

A ) Madrassah Rahimyah
B ) Islamia College Peshawar
C ) Ali Garh University ✅
D ) Madrassah Deoband

57 - The nearest Star to the planet Earth is:

A ) Regel
B ) Sun ✅
C ) Canopus
D ) Betelgeuse

60 - Which menu provides you options like Animation Scheme, custom Animation,Slid Transition?

A ) Insert Menu
B ) Format Menu
C ) Tools Menu
D ) Slide Show Menu ✅

61 - "1984" is a famous novel written by:

A ) Christian Lamb
B ) Leo Talstoy
C ) Haruki Murakami
D ) George Orwell ✅

62 - Which cousin of Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was "Mufassar-e-Quran"?

A ) Hazrat Hamza bin Abdul Muttalib(R.A)
B ) Hazrat Abdullah bin Abbas (R.A) ✅
C ) Hazrat Abdullah bin Masood(R.A)
D ) Hazrat Ali Murtaza bin ABI Talib(R.A)

63 - Which word is the most opposite in meaning to "Indolent"?

A ) Laziness
B ) Industrious ✅
C ) Complimentary
D ) Insignificant

64 - What is the length of common border between India and Pakistan?

A ) 1400 kn
B ) 1610 km ✅
C ) 1800 km
D ) 2100 km

66 - Where is the tomb of Mughal Emperor Jahangir?

A ) Sheikhupura
B ) Lahore ✅
C ) Multan
D ) Bahawalpur

67 - Ch. Rehmat Ali who coined the name Pakistan is buried in:

A ) Canterbury
B ) Cambridge ✅
C ) Jerusalam
D ) Manchester

Explanation:

Who came with the name of Pakistan?

A ) Ch. Rehmat Ali 

B ) Khizr Tiwana

C ) Muhammad Ali

D ) Allama Iqbal

Who coined (gave) the name "Pakistan"?

Answer: Choudhry Rahmat Ali

  • Correct Answer: Choudhry Rahmat Ali  
  • Coined the Name: Pakistan 
  • Year: 1933 
  • Famous Pamphlet: Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever? 
  • Published: 28 January 1933 
  • Place: Cambridge, England 
  • Profession: Pakistani nationalist and student at the University of Cambridge 

Meaning of "Pakistan"

The name PAKISTAN was derived from Muslim-majority regions:

  • P → Punjab 
  • A → Afghania (North-West Frontier Province, now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 
  • K → Kashmir 
  • S → Sindh 
  • TAN → from Baluchistan/Balochistan together with the Persian suffix "-stan" (meaning "land"). 
  • Note: Historians explain that "TAN" is not only the suffix "-stan". It also incorporates the ending of Baluchistan. So it is slightly more precise to write:"TAN → from Baluchistan together with the Persian suffix '-stan'."
  • 1930 → Allama Muhammad Iqbal → Allahabad Address 
  • 1933 → Choudhry Rahmat Ali → Coined the name Pakistan 
  • 1940 → Minar-e-Pakistan → Lahore Resolution 
  • 1942–1947 → Khizr Hayat Tiwana → Premier of Punjab 
  • 1947 → Pakistan became independent 

69 - "Mesopotamia" means between the two......:

A ) Lakes
B ) Oceans
C ) Rivers ✅
D ) Civilization

70 - Which of the following gases is used for refrigeration?

A ) Chlorine
B ) Ammonia ✅
C ) Phosphine
D ) Carbon dioxide

71 - Which part of the brain regulates temperature of the body?

A ) Cerebellum
B ) Cerebrum
C ) Hypothalamus ✅
D ) Medulla

72 - Gorakh hill station is situated in the District of:

A ) Dadu ✅
B ) Chaghi
C ) Abbotobad
D ) Skardu

74 - Art of writing codes and secret language is called?

A ) Cryptography ✅
B ) Graphology
C ) Entomology
D ) Etymology

75 - What companion of Prophet (PBUH) was awarded with the title of"The lion of Allah"?

A ) Hazrat Ali Al-Murtaza(R.A) ✅
B ) Hazrat Khalid bin Waleed (R.A)
C ) Hazrat Ma'az bin Jabbal(R.A)
D ) Hazrat Hamza bin Abdul Mattalib(R.A)

76 - Which year is called the Year of Sorrow?

A ) 9th Nabvi
B ) 10th Nabvi ✅
C ) 11th Nabvi
D ) 12th Nabvi

77 - Which word is the most similar in meaning to "Beverage"?

A ) Contaminated
B ) Harmonize ✅
C ) Drinking ✅
D ) Influential

78 - Who was the leader of Infidels in the battle of "Uhud"?

A ) Abu Jahl
B ) Abu Sufyan ✅
C ) Abu Lahb
D ) None of these

80 - The Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Province (NWFP) in 1895-1896 was:

A ) Libert
B ) Montgomery
C ) Anthony Patrick ✅
D ) Lord Rippon

81 - Goa was a colony of UK located in:

A ) Bhutan
B ) India ✅
C ) Bangladesh
D ) Nepal

82 - In 1974 the famous boxer "Muhammad Ali Clay" regained the Heavyweight title by defeating:

A ) Joe Frazier
B ) Leon Spinks
C ) Sonny Liston ✅
D ) Mock Tyson

83 - AIDA virus is called:

A ) HPV
B ) HIV ✅
C ) H5N1
D ) HPS

84 - Which of the following elements is not essential for plants?

A ) Iron
B ) Zinc
C ) Potassium
D ) Iodine ✅

87 - "Labrador" is a famous breed of:

A ) Horses
B ) Dogs ✅
C ) Mountain goat
D ) Cows

88 - ڈرامہ" کس زبان کا لفظ ہے ؟"

A ) یونانی ✅
B ) لاطینی
C ) فارسی
D ) فرانسیسی

89 - مندرجہ ذیل میں سے کون سا جملہ درست ہے ؟

A ) سلم علیکم کے بعد عرض ہے
B ) السلام علیکم کے بعد عرض ہے ✅
C ) سلام و علیکم کے بعد عرض ہے
D ) السلام و علیکم کے بعد عرض ہے

90 - امراؤ جان ادا" کا اصل نام کیا تھا ؟"

A ) امیرن
B ) خانم ✅
C ) بسم اللّٰہ خان
D ) نسیم اختر

92 - پنج شنبہ" ہفتے کا کون س دن ہے؟"

A ) منگل
B ) بدھ
C ) جمعرات ✅
D ) جمعہ

93 - تحقیقات چشتی" آثار لاہور کے بارے میں بڑی موقر کتاب ہے ۔ یہ کس کی تصنیف ہے ؟"

A ) حافظ محمود شیرانی
B ) مولوی احمد بخش
C ) مولوی نور احمد ✅
D ) ابراہیم خوش دل

94 - فرہنگ آصفیہ" کے مصنف کا نام بتائیں ؟"

A ) سید احمد دہلوی ✅
B ) عبداللہ خان
C ) مولوی نور الحسن
D ) وارث سر ہندی

95 - پیٹ کاٹنا" محاورہ ہے۔ اس کا مطلب کیا ہے؟"

A ) بچت کرنا ✅
B ) شکست کھانا
C ) دھوکے میں آنا
D ) پیچھا چھڑانا

96 - مندرجہ ذیل میں سے درست جملے کی نشاندہی کریں ؟

A ) علاج سے مرض بڑھتی گئی
B ) علاج سے مرض بڑھتا گیا ✅
C ) علاج سے مرض بڑھ گئی
D ) علاج سے مرض بڑھتی رہی

97 - آپا دھاپی پڑنا" کن معنوں میں مستعمل ہے ؟"

A ) لڑائی جھگڑے کا باعث
B ) طرح طرح کی باتیں
C ) افراتفری پڑجانا ✅
D ) امن سے رہنے دینا