Past Paper 2001 PPSC Assistant Sub Inspector BS 09 Punjab Police
PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
ASSISTANT SUB INSPECTOR (BS-09)
PUNJAB POLICE DEPARTMENT
1. Which Act is associated with the Man Council Act 1919?
(a) Communal Award
(b) Boundary Commission
(c) August Offer
(d) None of the above
Answer: (d) None of the above
2. Which party got an absolute majority in the elections of 1970?
(a) People’s Party
(b) Awami League
(c) Island Jambouin Inclad
(d) None of these
Answer: (b) Awami League
3. As a result of the 1957 elections, who became the Prime Minister of Pakistan?
(a) Khurshid Ahmad
(b) Benazir Bhutto
(c) N. M. Shaikh
(d) Feroz Ahmed Leghari
Answer: (d) Feroz Ahmed Leghari
4. Agha Khan University was established in Karachi in which year?
(a) 1983
(b) 1954
(c) 1985
(d) 1980
Answer: (c) 1985
5. Referendum was held by Zia-ul-Haq on the question of whether the people of Pakistan endorsed the process of Islamization and orderly transfer of power to the elected representative in:
(a) 1983
(b) 1984
(c) 1985
(d) 1986
Answer: (b) 1984
6. The Constitution of 1973 was revived with certain amendments by Zia-ul-Haq in:
(a) 1983
(b) 1984
(c) 1985
(d) 1986
Answer: (c) 1985
7. Zia-ul-Haq took oath as President and nominated Mohammad Khan Junejo as Prime Minister in:
(a) 1983
(b) 1984
(c) 1985
(d) None of the above
Answer: (c) 1985
8. Who was the first Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Army?
(a) Hazrat Hama bin Abdul Muttalib (RA)
(b) Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (RA)
(c) Hazrat Ali bin Abu Talib (RA)
(d) Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (RA)
Answer: (d) Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (RA)
9. Who was the second Caliph of Islam?
(a) Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (RA)
(b) Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (RA)
(c) Hazrat Ali bin Abu Talib (RA)
(d) Hazrat Usman bin Affan (RA)
Answer: (a) Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (RA)
10. The longest river in the world is:
(a) Nile
(b) Amazon
(c) Yangtze
(d) Mississippi
Answer: (b) Amazon
11. The Red River is present in which country?
(a) USA
(b) Canada
(c) UK
(d) Mexico
Answer: (b) Canada
12. The dates on which day and night are equal are:
(a) 21st March and 23rd September
(b) 1st March and 3rd September
(c) 27th March and 29th September
(d) 24th March and 30th December
Answer: (a) 21st March and 23rd September
13. The latitude of a place is indicative of its:
(a) Time
(b) Altitude
(c) Rainfall
(d) Temperature
Answer: (d) Temperature
14. Who was the founder of the Mughal Empire in India?
(a) Babur
(b) Akbar
(c) Jahangir
(d) Aurangzeb
Answer: (a) Babur
15. “The Indus Saga and the Making of Pakistan” is a book written by:
(a) R.L. Stevenson
(b) Alma Alban
(c) I.H. Qureshi
(d) None of these
Answer: (c) I.H. Qureshi
16. Fidel Castro was the former president of:
(a) Poland
(b) Cuba
(c) Spain
(d) Slovenia
Answer: (b) Cuba
17. The word ‘Tsunami’ belongs to which of the following languages?
(a) English
(b) Japanese
(c) Chinese
(d) French
Answer: (b) Japanese
18. Which of the following metals is not only magnetic but also radioactive?
(a) Platinum
(b) Thorium
(c) Chromium
(d) None of these
Answer: (b) Thorium
19. The sun is made of mostly:
(a) Oxygen
(b) Hydrogen
(c) Nitrogen
(d) Helium
Answer: (b) Hydrogen
20. Porali is the name of:
(a) River
(b) Mountain
(c) Lake
(d) Desert
Answer: (c) Lake
21. Who is the current head of the Commonwealth?
(a) Queen Elizabeth
(b) C. L. Bush Prime Minister
(c) Alternatively British and French Prime Ministers
(d) None of these
Answer: (a) Queen Elizabeth
22. Which country is the largest island country?
(a) Japan
(b) Indonesia
(c) Australia
(d) United Kingdom
Answer: (b) Indonesia
23. The Arab League consists of how many countries?
(a) 22
(b) 21
(c) 23
(d) 24
Answer: (a) 22
24. The deepest bay in the world is:
(a) A place in the ocean
(b) None of the above
(c) A peak
(d) A mountain which has no slope
Answer: (b) None of the above
25. Schwan Fort is located in the province of:
(a) Punjab
(b) Balochistan
(c) Sindh
(d) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Answer: (a) Punjab
26. Balkh is in the region of:
(a) Afghanistan
(b) Iran
(c) Romania
(d) USA
Answer: (a) Afghanistan
27. The Pentagon is the military headquarters of:
(a) UK
(b) Russia
(c) China
(d) USA
Answer: (d) USA
28. Hiran Slunk is located in the district of:
(a) Lahore
(b) Chiniot
(c) Sheikhupura
(d) Gujranwala
Answer: (a) Lahore
29. Who was the first Chairman of the Kashmir Committee?
(a) Ghulam Muhammad Khan
(b) Habibullah Khan
(c) Sardar M. Ahmad
(d) None of these
Answer: (d) None of these
30. Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan?
(a) Quaid-e-Azam
(b) Liaquat Ali Khan
(c) Maulvi Tameez-ud-Din
(d) None of these
Answer: (c) Maulvi Tameez-ud-Din
31. Who is called the ‘Parrot of India’?
(a) Akbar
(b) Shah Jahan
(c) Amir Khusrau
(d) None of these
Answer: (c) Amir Khusrau
32. Upper Volta is the new name of:
(a) USA
(b) Ghana
(c) Burkina Faso
(d) None of these
Answer: (c) Burkina Faso
33. Formosa is the new name of:
(a) Taiwan
(b) Burkina Faso
(c) Taman
(d) None of these
Answer: (a) Taiwan
34. The highest military award of Pakistan is:
(a) Nishan-e-Haider
(b) Sitara-e-Jurat
(c) Tamgha-e-Shujaat
(d) None of these
Answer: (a) Nishan-e-Haider
35. Which of the following mountain peaks is called K2 Mountain?
(a) Pamir
(b) Nanga Parbat
(c) K-2
(d) Mount Everest
Answer: (c) K-2
36. The famous lake Saiful-Muluk is situated in:
(a) Swat
(b) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
(c) Punjab
(d) Azad Kashmir
Answer: (d) Azad Kashmir
37. The largest lake of Pakistan is:
(a) Manchar Lake
(b) Keenjhar Lake
(c) Lake Saiful-Muluk
(d) None of these
Answer: (a) Manchar Lake
38. What is the Sever (name) of:
(a) A fish found in some waters
(b) A mountain under the snow
(c) A famous historical figure
(d) None of these
Answer: (b) A mountain under the snow
39. The headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is in:
(a) Lausanne, Switzerland
(b) Moscow
(c) Los Angeles
(d) New York
Answer: (a) Lausanne, Switzerland
40. Where was the game of Hockey invented?
(a) England
(b) Iran
(c) Canada
(d) Australia
Answer: (c) Canada
41. ‘Incomplete Partition’ is written on the Kashmir dispute by:
(a) K.M. Panikkar
(b) Allama Iqbal
(c) Barnett Rubin
(d) None of these
Answer: (c) Barnett Rubin
42. Who wrote ‘Freedom Movement of India’?
(a) H.M. Seervai
(b) S.M. Burke
(c) Mushtaq Ahmad
(d) K.K. Aziz
Answer: (d) K.K. Aziz
43. The Nobel Prize for Peace is awarded annually in:
(a) Sweden
(b) Norway
(c) USA
(d) United Nations
Answer: (b) Norway
44. Omar Khayyam was a Persian:
(a) Novelist
(b) Poet
(c) Astronomer
(d) Author
Answer: (b) Poet
45. Who was the first person to locate the magnetic pole in the North?
(a) David Livingstone
(b) Francis Drake
(c) Sir James Clark Ross
(d) None of these
Answer: (c) Sir James Clark Ross
46. ‘Land of the Humming Bird’ is the famous name of:
(a) Barbados
(b) Trinidad
(c) Jamaica
(d) Greenland
Answer: (c) Jamaica
47. Which country is called the “Land of Mountains”?
(a) India
(b) Nepal
(c) Pakistan
(d) Indonesia
Answer: (b) Nepal
48. Seraglio is:
(a) The women’s apartment in Ottoman Empire
(b) Roof with small regular openings
(c) A kind of pillar supporting a building
(d) Passage for the escape of smoke
Answer: (a) The women’s apartment in Ottoman Empire
49. Which of the following cities was known earlier as ‘Port of the Antilles’?
(a) Cuba
(b) Manila
(c) Havana
(d) Santo Domingo
Answer: (c) Havana
50. Batman Dam is located in:
(a) Turkey
(b) Argentina
(c) Taiwan
(d) Germany
Answer: (a) Turkey
51. ‘Durand Line’ is the border between:
(a) India and Pakistan
(b) USA and Russia
(c) Pakistan and Afghanistan
(d) Pakistan and China
Answer: (c) Pakistan and Afghanistan
52. The world’s largest dam is being constructed in China. What is its name?
(a) Kariba Dam
(b) Three Gorges Dam
(c) Kamp Dam
(d) Cleveland Dam
Answer: (b) Three Gorges Dam
53. John Keats and Shelley were English:
(a) Scientists
(b) Statesmen
(c) Poets
(d) Critics
Answer: (c) Poets
54. The famous poet Hafiz Shirazi belonged to:
(a) India
(b) Pakistan
(c) Syria
(d) Iran
Answer: (d) Iran
55. International Women’s Day is:
(a) 8th March
(b) 9th April
(c) 25th March
(d) 18th March
Answer: (a) 8th March
56. The ‘Comrade’ newspaper was published in 1913 by:
(a) Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar
(b) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(c) Maulana Shaukat Ali
(d) Syed Ahmad Khan
Answer: (a) Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar
57. The Battle of Plassey was fought in the year:
(a) 1757
(b) 1764
(c) 1779
(d) 1799
Answer: (a) 1757
58. When was the Radcliffe Award announced?
(a) 11th June 1947
(b) 12th July 1947
(c) 15th August 1947
(d) 17th August 1947
Answer: (d) 17th August 1947
59. Who installed the ‘Chain of Justice’?
(a) Abbot
(b) Muhammad
(c) Shams
(d) Sultan Mahmud
Answer: (b) Muhammad
60. Manchu mountain peak is situated in the region of:
(a) Andes
(b) Himalayas
(c) Karakoram
(d) Hindu Kush
Answer: (b) Himalayas
61. Melbourne is a seaport in:
(a) Australia
(b) England
(c) New Zealand
(d) Russia
Answer: (a) Australia
62. The greatest Bernard is situated in:
(a) Italy-France
(b) Italy-Switzerland
(c) United Kingdom
(d) USA-Canada
Answer: (b) Italy-Switzerland
63. Simplon is a mountain pass situated in:
(a) Italy-France
(b) Italy-Switzerland
(c) United Kingdom
(d) USA-Canada
Answer: (b) Italy-Switzerland
64. Philadelphia is situated on the bank of the:
(a) Ohio River
(b) Shatt al-Arab
(c) Delaware River
(d) None of these
Answer: (c) Delaware River
65. According to the Constitution of 1973, the Auditor General of Pakistan is appointed by:
(a) The President
(b) The Prime Minister
(c) The National Assembly
(d) None of these
Answer: (a) The President