PPSC EXCISE INSPECTOR PAST PAPER
1. The files deleted from the computer are stored in _____?
a) Recycle bin
b) Hard disk
c) Both
d) None
Answer: a) Recycle bin
2. Who is the current Foreign Minister of Pakistan?
a) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
b) Ishaq Dar
c) Jalil Abbas Jilani
d) None of these
Answer: c) Jalil Abbas Jilani
3. The largest planet of the solar system is _____?
a) Earth
b) Mars
c) Jupiter
d) Saturn
Answer: c) Jupiter
4. Pak-Afghan border ‘Durand Line’ was drawn in ______?
a) 1892
b) 1890
c) 1893
d) 1957
Answer: c) 1893
5. What is the length of a cricket pitch?
a) 20 yards
b) 21 yards
c) 22 yards
d) 18 yards
Answer: c) 22 yards
6. Name the wife of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) who was the daughter of Umar Farooq (R.A)?
a) Hazrat Hafsah (رضہ)
b) Hazrat Juwairyyah (رضہ)
c) Hazrat Aisha (رضہ)
d) Hazrat Maimoonah (رضہ)
Answer: a) Hazrat Hafsah (رضہ)
7. Who was the Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan in 2018?
a) Balakh Sher Mazari
b) Nasirul Mulk
c) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso
d) Moeenuddin Qureshi
Answer: b) Nasirul Mulk
8. The first Nobel Prize was awarded in the year__________.
a) 1900
b) 1901
c) 1902
d) 1903
e) 1904
Answer: b) 1901
9. Who postulated the law of universal gravitation?
a) Newton
b) Dalton
c) Einstein
d) None
Answer: a) Newton
10. Which country is called the Cockpit of Europe?
a) Italy
b) France
c) Belgium
d) Germany
Answer: c) Belgium
11. Two trains 140 m and 160 m long run at the speed of 60 km/hr and 40 km/hr, respectively, in opposite directions on parallel tracks. The time (in seconds) which they take to cross each other is?
a) 9 s
b) 9.6 s
c) 10 s
d) 10.8 s
Answer: b) 9.6 s
12. When was the Partition of Bengal cancelled?
a) 1905
b) 1906
c) 1911
d) 1919
Answer: c) 1911
13. “To face the music” means _____?
a) To be greeted rudely
b) To be offered warm
c) To be on the front seat in a concert
d) To bear the consequence
Answer: d) To bear the consequence
14. Find the correct indirect sentence: He said, “Let us wait for the award.”
a) He asked them to wait for the award.
b) He suggested that they should wait for the award.
c) He told them to wait for the award.
d) He proposed that they should wait for the award.
Answer: b) He suggested that they should wait for the award.
15. The name of which Sahabi appears in the Surah Al-Ahzab?
a) Hazrat Ali (R.A.)
b) Hazrat Ubaidah Bin Haris (R.A.)
c) Hazrat Zaid bin Haris (R.A.)
d) Hazrat Umar (R.A.)
Answer: c) Hazrat Zaid bin Haris (R.A.)
16. What is the name of the father of Hazrat Ayesha (R.A.)?
a) Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A.)
b) Hazrat Umar (R.A.)
c) Hazrat Usman (R.A.)
d) None
Answer: a) Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A.)
17. In MS Word 2007, to extend a selection to the end of a document _____?
a) Ctrl + Shift + End
b) Alt + Shift + End
c) Tab + End
d) None
Answer: a) Ctrl + Shift + End
18. Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated in the Battle of Waterloo by _____?
a) Frederick
b) Duke of York
c) Duke of Wellington
d) None
Answer: c) Duke of Wellington
19. Which of the following deals with diseases related to blood?
a) Nethatology
b) Nematology
c) Endomology
d) Pathology
Answer: d) Pathology
20. Which of the following is not part of the G7?
a) Canada
b) France
c) United Kingdom
d) Spain
Answer: d) Spain
21. The Pitt’s India Act ______?
a) Deprived the Governor-General as well as Governors of the right to vote in the Council
b) Gave the Governor-General the right to vote but gave no corresponding right to the Governors
c) Gave casting vote to the Governor-General but not to the Governors
d) Gave casting vote to the Governor-General as well as Governors
Answer: c) Gave casting vote to the Governor-General but not to the Governors
22. What is the synonym of the word “Desiccated”?
a) Divided
b) Separated
c) Dried
d) Crushed
Answer: c) Dried
23. The Simla Agreement was signed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan on _____?
a) 2nd July 1971
b) 2nd July 1972
c) 3rd June 1973
d) 2nd July 1974
Answer: b) 2nd July 1972
24. Change the Voice of the following sentence: “Have you laughed at them?”
a) “Why have you laughed at them?”
b) “Have they been laughed at by you?”
c) “You have been laughed at by them.”
d) “They have been laughed at by you.”
Answer: b) “Have they been laughed at by you?”
25. A soap factory makes 600 units in 9 days with the help of 20 machines. How many units can be made in 12 days with the help of 18 machines?
a) 680
b) 720
c) 760
d) 610
Answer: b) 720
26. 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
Answer: d) As tall as, if not
27. Naseer Bunda has been a very famous sportsman of Pakistan. Which game was he associated with?
a) Cricket
b) Athletics
c) Hockey
d) Wrestling
Answer: c) Hockey
28. During the era of the East India Company, the areas of Bihar, Orissa, and Assam were included in ____?
a) Haryana
b) Bengal
c) Hyderabad
d) Punjab
Answer: b) Bengal
29. Fill in the blank. “He jumped off the train while it ______.”
a) Moves
b) Had moved
c) Was moving
d) Moved
Answer: c) Was moving
30. “Zurich” is a city of which country?
a) Belgium
b) Angola
c) France
d) Switzerland
Answer: d) Switzerland
31. Choose the correct synonym of “Queer”:
a) Reasonable
b) Unusual
c) Conservative
d) Customary
Answer: b) Unusual
32. “Hamas” was founded in 1987 by whom?
a) Yasser Arafat
b) Sheikh Ahmad Yasin
c) Ismail Haniya
d) Khalid Mashaal
Answer: b) Sheikh Ahmad Yasin
33. Gen. Ayub Khan was a member of the All Talent Cabinet in 1954. Name the Prime Minister?
a) Muhammad Ali Bogra
b) Ch. Muhammad Ali
c) H. S. Suhrawardy
d) Iskander Mirza
Answer: a) Muhammad Ali Bogra
34. Fill in the blanks: There is no reason ______ anyone should behave cruelly.
a) Which
b) That
c) Why
d) Because
Answer: c) Why
35. Which country has the highest natural gas reserves?
a) China
b) India
c) Iran
d) Russia
Answer: d) Russia
36. The northern and the southern hemispheres are separated by ______?
a) The International date line
b) The plane of the Equator
c) The place of Tropic of Cancer
d) The place of Tropic Capricorn
Answer: b) The plane of the Equator
37. Which of the following spellings is correct?
a) Begger
b) Beggar
c) Baggar
d) Bager
Answer: b) Beggar
38. Complete the number series: 9, 10, 13, 19, ______?
a) 21
b) 23
c) 25
d) 28
Answer: c) 25
39. In 1948, UNCIP was established to investigate and mediate the Indo-Pakistan dispute on the future of Kashmir. What does UNCIP stand for?
a) United Nations Ceasefire in India and Pakistan
b) United Nations Committed on India and Pakistan
c) United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan
d) United Nations Commission on India and Pakistan
Answer: d) United Nations Commission on India and Pakistan
40. If your aeroplane lands at “Heathrow” airport, which city would you be in?
a) Tokyo
b) Jakarta
c) London
d) Amsterdam
Answer: c) London
41. Complete the number series: 7, 6, 5, 9, 3, 12, 1, 15, _______?
a) 21
b) -3
c) -1
d) 13
Answer: b) -3
42. A train left Lahore at 9:32 a.m. and reached Peshawar at 5:23 p.m. How long did it take?
a) 7 hours
b) 7 hours and 51 minutes
c) 7 hours and 30 minutes
d) 7 hours and 40 minutes
Answer: b) 7 hours and 51 minutes
43. Who was the Defence Minister during the last regime of the Muslim League Nawaz?
a) Rana Sanaullah
b) Khawaja Asif
c) Talal Chaudhry
d) Ahsan Iqbal
Answer: b) Khawaja Asif
44. Tasman/Haupapa Glacier is considered the largest glacier in ______?
a) New Zealand
b) Tajikistan
c) China
d) Norway
Answer: a) New Zealand
45. In September 2015, the United Nations replaced the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with ______?
a) Revised Millennium Development
b) New Millennium Development Goals
c) Sustainable Development Targets
d) Sustainable Development Goals
Answer: d) Sustainable Development Goals
46. Fill in the blank: Ali ______ to be a doctor.
a) Wants
b) Wanting
c) Is wanting
d) Will want
Answer: a) Wants
47. The first European country to ratify the European Union Constitution was ______?
a) Italy
b) Germany
c) France
d) None
Answer: a) Italy
48. _____ is a unique name chosen by a user while creating an E-mail.
a) Login
b) Password
c) Subject
d) Username
Answer: d) Username
49. Which of these is the most predominant in the composition of the atmosphere?
a) Oxygen
b) Nitrogen
c) Water vapour
d) Carbon dioxide
Answer: b) Nitrogen
50. A ruined city, Taxila, is located in _____?
a) Sindh
b) Punjab
c) KPK
d) Balochistan
Answer: b) Punjab
51. Charles Darwin, who laid down a framework for the theory of evolution, belongs to ______?
a) UK
b) USA
c) Mexico
d) Germany
Answer: a) UK
52. Who was the first captain of Pakistan Women’s Cricket ODI and Test matches?
a) Sana Mir
b) Shazia Khan
c) Urooj Mumtaz
d) None
Answer: d) None
53. If 6 + 5x = 30 – x, then x = ?
a) 4
b) 5
c) 6
d) 8
Answer: b) 5
54. To Zoom an Excel worksheet we can use _______?
a) The mouse pointer in Print Preview
b) The zoom button on the Print Preview toolbar
c) The zoom command on the view menu
d) All of these
Answer: d) All of these
55. To move between the worksheets in a workbook in MS Excel, we can use which of the following shortcuts?
a) ALT+=
b) Ctrl+Tab
c) Ctrl+F
d) Ctrl+Page up/Page Down
Answer: d) Ctrl+Page up/Page Down
56. Basic Input Output System (BIOS) is stored in ______?
a) Hard Disk
b) RAM
c) Flash Memory Chip
d) All of these
Answer: c) Flash Memory Chip
57. Fill in the blanks: “New legislation ______ in the Assembly but it _______ by many.”
a) Was introduced/ was not accepted
b) Introduced/did not accept
c) Is introduced/won’t accept
d) Introduced/hadn’t been accepted
Answer: a) Was introduced/ was not accepted
58. Property of a substance to absorb moisture from air on exposure is called?
a) Osmosis
b) Deliquescence
c) Efflorescence
d) Desiccation
Answer: b) Deliquescence
59. What is the length of a badminton court for single competition?
a) 16.2 m
b) 13.40 m
c) 14.63 m
d) 13.80 m
Answer: c) 14.63 m
60. Solve the equation: (1/4 + 5/8) + (1/2 + 3/4) =?
a) 35/32
b) 10/7
c) 5/12
d) 17/8
Answer: a) 35/32
61. Sunlight is composed of ______?
a) Three colors
b) Five colors
c) Seven colors
d) Ten colors
Answer: c) Seven colors
62. Kissing of Hajre-e-Aswad is known as?
a) Istelam
b) Tawaf
c) Saee
d) None
Answer: a) Istelam
63. After independence, which was the first organization Pakistan joined?
a) UNO
b) FAO
c) UNESCO
d) UNHCR
Answer: a) UNO
64. Cabinet Mission (1946) was comprised of _____?
a) 5 members
b) 4 members
c) 3 members
d) 2 members
Answer: c) 3 members
65. The 2017 sixth population census was held after?
a) 10 years
b) 15 years
c) 19 years
d) None of these
Answer: c) 19 years
66. Sidhnai Headworks has been constructed on which river?
a) Chenab
b) Ravi
c) Jhelum
d) Sutlej
Answer: a) Chenab
67. Who is the current School Education Minister of Punjab?
a) Muhammad Kazim Pirzada
b) Rana Sikandar Hayat
c) Sohaib Ahmed Malik
d) Faisal Ayub
e) Bilal Yasin
Answer: c) Sohaib Ahmed Malik
68. The poem “Heart Attack” is by which poet?
a) N. M. Rashid
b) Nasir Kazmi
c) Faiz Ahmed Faiz
d) Miraji
Answer: a) N. M. Rashid
69. In a history class with 12 boys and 18 girls, what fraction of the class are boys?
a) 3/5
b) 2/3
c) 3/4
d) 2/5
Answer: a) 3/5
70. In which year was the National Anthem approved by the Government?
a) January 1954
b) August 1954
c) November 1954
d) August 1955
Answer: b) August 1954
71. The famous book “The Republic” was written by?
a) Socrates
b) Plato
c) Aristotle
d) John Locke
Answer: b) Plato
72. Who has written the book “Das Kapital”?
a) Karl Marx
b) Lenin
c) Stalin
d) None of these
Answer: a) Karl Marx
73. Which valley is located at the coast/end of Kurram Pass?
a) Peshawar Valley
b) Quetta Valley
c) Bannu Valley
d) Kohat Valley
Answer: a) Peshawar Valley
74. Name the educational institution founded by Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum in KPK?
a) Frontier University
b) Islamia College Peshawar
c) Islamia High School
d) Bacha Khan University
Answer: b) Islamia College Peshawar
75. When was Bangladesh founded?
a) 1971
b) 1970
c) 1901
d) None
Answer: a) 1971
76. Who was the first Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan?
a) Abdul Haleem
b) Abdul Qadir
c) Sikandar Mirza
d) Zahid Hussain
e) None of these
Answer: d) Zahid Hussain
77. Which Prophet first laid the foundation of Masjid-e-Aqsa?
a) Hazrat Muhammad ﷺ
b) Hazrat Dawood (A.S)
c) Hazrat Suleman (A.S)
d) Hazrat Ibrahim (A.S)
Answer: c) Hazrat Suleman (A.S)
78. In which Surah was the first verse of the Holy Quran revealed?
a) Al-Muddaththir
b) Al-Muzzammil
c) Al-Fatiha
d) Al-Alaq
e) None of these
Answer: d) Al-Alaq
79. From which of the following cities did Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar start his English newspaper Comrade in 1911?
a) Delhi
b) Bombay
c) Calcutta
d) Karachi
e) None of these
Answer: c) Calcutta
80. Which Strait connects the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman?
a) Malacca
b) English Channel
c) Hormuz
d) None of these
Answer: c) Hormuz
81. You need to jump to the next column while breaking the current column right at the cursor position. How can you break the column?
a) Pressing Ctrl+Shift+Enter
b) Pressing Alt+Shift+Enter
c) Break command from the Insert menu
d) Both b and c
Answer: d) Both b and c
82. What city was the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate?
a) Jerusalem
b) Baghdad
c) Damascus
d) Mecca
Answer: c) Damascus
83. Deficiency of which element causes Goitre disease?
a) Calcium
b) Nitrogen
c) Iodine
d) None of the above
Answer: c) Iodine
84. Qurbani during Hajj is performed at?
a) Safa
b) Muzdalifah
c) Arafat
d) Mina
Answer: d) Mina
85. What is the number of permanent members of the UN Security Council?
a) 10
b) 5
c) 2
d) 20
Answer: b) 5
86. When did the Soviet Union invade Afghanistan?
a) 24 December 1979
b) 24 December 1977
c) 24 December 1974
d) None
Answer: a) 24 December 1979
87. AFP is the news agency of which country?
a) France
b) UK
c) USA
d) Spain
Answer: a) France
88. Ashgabat is the capital of?
a) Afghanistan
b) Tajikistan
c) Turkmenistan
d) None
Answer: c) Turkmenistan
89. The longest sea bridge in the world is located in:
a) USA
b) China
c) India
d) Pakistan
e) England
Answer: b) China
90. The filament of an electric bulb is made of?
a) Iron
b) Tungsten
c) Nichrome
d) Graphite
e) All of these
Answer: b) Tungsten
91. What is the full form of AIDS?
a) Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
b) Accepted immunodeficiency syndrome
c) Acquired immunodeficiency symptoms
d) Accepted immunodeficiency symptoms
e) All of these
Answer: a) Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
92. A high-quality CAD system uses the ______ for printing drawings and graphics.
a) Digital plotter
b) Digital picture
c) Digital pixel
d) None
Answer: a) Digital plotter
93. The poet of “Jeevay Jeevay Pakistan” is:
a) Ghalib
b) Hafeez Jalandhari
c) Jameeluddin Aali
d) Faraz
Answer: b) Hafeez Jalandhari