Assistant in Disaster Management MCQs Past Paper 2021
PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
FOR POST OF ASSISTANT BPS-16 (2021)
ON REGULAR BASIS
DISASTER MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
(BOARD OF REVENUE)
58-RH/31/2020
Test Date: 10 Jul 2021
The answers of questions marked with * are subject to change with time
NOTE: Each question carry 1 mark, 0.25 marks will be deducted for each incorrect answer
TIME ALLOWED: 90 MINS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
01. What is the meaning of the idiom/proverb: To spill the beans.
A. To misbehave
B. To reveal secret information
C. To keep calm
D. To cook the beans
02. Burma is the old name of:
A. Nepal
B. Myanmar
C. Thailand
D. Cambodia
03. Who is the current Chief Justice of Sindh High Court?*
A. Maqbool Baqar
B. Faisal Arab
C. Sajjad Ali Shah
D. Ahmed Ali M. Shaikh
04. Who is the incumbent (8th) chairman of Senate of Pakistan?*
A. Mr. Farooq Hamid Naek
B. Syed Nayyer Hussain Bokhari
C. Mian Raza Rabbani
D. Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani (Independent)
05. Florence is a city of:
A. Germany
B. France
C. Italy
D. Bulgaria
06. Beirut is the capital of:
A. Jordan
B. Libya
C. Lebanon
D. Algeria
07. Hiran Minar is located in:
A. Sahiwal
B. Kasur
C. Sheikhpura
D. Multan
08. The angle between the minute hand and the hour hand of a clock when the time is 8.30 is:
A. 80°
B. 75°
C. 60°
D. 105°
Angle traced by hour hand in 17/2 hrs = (360/12 x 17/2)° = 255°
Angle traced by minutes hand in 30 mins = (360/60 x 30)° = 180°
Required angle = (255 – 180)° = 75°
09. An Interim Government was formed in India in 1946. Who was the Finance Minister of the Interim Government?
A. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
B. Liaquat Ali Khan
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar
10. Liaquat-Nehru Pact (also known as Delhi Pact), a bilateral treaty between India and Pakistan, was signed in:
A. 1947
B. 1949
C. 1950
D. 1956
11. What is the antonym of KITH (meaning: people who are connected with, especially by family relationship)?
A. Rise
B. Stranger
C. Sibling
D. Lazy
12. What is the antonym of CALLOUS (meaning: careless)?
A. Hard
B. Sensitive
C. Compact
D. Legal
13. A semi-heavy submarine equipped with guided missile, named Fateh, was launched by:
A. Saudi Arabia
B. Pakistan
C. Iran
D. Afghanistan
14. Qadam Gah Moula Ali is located in:
A. Multan
B. Bibi Pak Daman, Lahore
C. Hyderabad
D. Gwadar
15. Which country’s president proclaimed the year 2019 to be ‘The Year of Tolerance’.
A. France
B. Germany
C. UAE
D. Saudi Arabia
16. Which one of the following is known as Laughing Gas.
A. Nitric oxide
B. Carbon dioxide
C. Nitrous oxide (N2O)
D. Nitrogen pentoxide
17. Ali has Rs. 75. He gives 20% of it as alms. How much amount remaining he has now?
A. Rs. 15
B. Rs. 25
C. Rs. 60
D. Rs. 48
18. T20 World Cup 2020 that was postponed due to COVID-19, will be held in 2022 in:
A. India
B. Australia
C. Pakistan
D. South Africa
19. I should not feel pride _____ my qualification.
A. To
B. In*
C. At
D. On
20. Chaj Doab is located between:
A. River Ravi and River Bias
B. River Jhelum and River Chenab
C. River Indus and River Jhelum
D. River Chenab and River Ravi
21. Pakistan was ranked _____ in the Global Terrorism Index 2020.
A. 2nd
B. 6th
C. 7th
D. 10th
22. BIOS is used by:
A. Word
B. Excel
C. Operating System
D. Application software
23. Which is a volatile memory?
A. ROM
B. BIOS
C. RAM (Random Access Memory)
D. PROM
24. Which of the following is NOT an operating system?
A. Linux
B. Mac
C. Oracle
D. MS Server
25. Which of the following is a single-user operating system?
A. Windows
B. MS-DOS
C. Mac
D. Linux
26. State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) issued a _____ commemorative coin in recognition of Edhi’s services on March 31, 2017.
A. Rs. 5
B. Rs. 10
C. Rs. 50
D. Rs. 20
27. Pride of Performance Award 2005 was awarded to:
A. Abrar-ul-Haq
B. Arif Lohar
C. Faakhir Mehmood
D. Naheed Aktar
28. Dr. Abdus Salam was awarded Nobel Prize on his work on unifying:
A. Strong and Weak nuclear forces
B. Electromagnetic and Weak nuclear forces
C. Gravitational and Strong nuclear forces
D. Electromagnetic and Strong nuclear forces
29. Islamia College Peshawar was founded in:
A. 1920
B. 1913
C. 1906
D. 1948
30. Forests cover approximately _____ of the Earth’s total land area.*
A. 4%
B. 20%
C. 31%
D. 51%
31. China and Iran signed the 25-year ‘Strategic Cooperation Pact’ on:
A. 20 March 2020
B. 27 March 2021
C. 11 July 2021
D. 23 August 2020
32. Synonym of RECTIFY is:
A. Bright
B. Disorder
C. Correct
D. Arrest
33. What is the synonym of CHIVALROUS (meaning: brave or showing honour, courtesy)?
A. Timid
B. Fake
C. Gallant
D. Desire
34. Which mountain pass of Pakistan is often called as ‘Roof of the World’?
A. Bolan Pass
B. Shandur Pass
C. Khunjerab Pass
D. Gomal Pass
35. The current President of Pakistan (Dr. Arif-ur-Rehman Alvi) is the _____ President of Pakistan.*
A. 14th
B. 13th
C. 15th
D. 12th
36. Which river has been mentioned in the story of Sohni Mahiwal?
A. Indus
B. Jhelum
C. Chenab
D. Ravi
37. Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case, an attempted coup d’etat against Liaquat Ali Khan’s government, planned by some military officers and left-wing Pakistani politicians was registered in:
A. 1949
B. 1951
C. 1950
D. 1954
38. If 60 women spin 48 kg of cotton by working 8 hours daily. How much cotton will 30 women spin by working 12 hours daily?
A. 50 kg
B. 24 kg
C. 36 kg
D. 60 kg
39. Who started Pakistan National Movement in England in 1933?
A. Maulana Mohammad Ali Johar
B. Syed Ameer Ali
C. Chaudhry Rehmat Ali
D. Ghulam Dastagir
40. Which festival is celebrated upon the harvesting of Wheat and Barley crops in Punjab?
A. Jash-e-Baharan
B. Baisakhi (also called as Vaisakhi)
C. Lohri
D. Holi
41. Which of the following is NOT a social crisis in Pakistan?
A. Poverty
B. Constitutional crisis
C. Literacy
D. Corruption
42. Kobe Bryant, an American professional basketball player died in a helicopter crash (in Jan 2020) in:
A. Phoenix
B. Los Angeles, California
C. Chicago
D. Houston
43. When did Pakistan join SEATO?
A. 1952
B. 1953
C. 1954
D. 1956
44. Pakistan joined the United Nations (UN) in:
A. 1949
B. 1948
C. 1947
D. 1951
45. Who is the current (14th) Secretary-General of SAARC?*
A. Ahmed Saleem
B. Arjun Bahadur Thapa
C. Amjad Hussain B. Sial
D. Esala Ruwan Weerakoon (from Sri Lanka, since 1 Mar 2020)
46. Who is the current (11th) Secretary-General of OIC?*
A. Abdelouahed Belkeziz
B. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu
C. Iyad bin Amin Madani
D. Yousef Al-Othaimeen (from Saudi Arabia, since 2016)
47. Who is currently the EU Ambassador to Pakistan?*
A. Pelayo Castro
B. Leo Faber
C. Androulla Kaminara
D. Paolo Berizzi
48. Formic Acid (CH2O2) is obtained from:
A. Honeybees
B. Ants
C. Spiders
D. Silkworms
49. He may be slow _____ understanding.
A. On
B. At
C. To
D. From
50. John came later than Peter. Identify the underlined part of speech.
A. Adjective
B. Adverb
C. Verb
D. Noun
51. A computer can only understand:
A. Formula Language
B. Binary Language
C. Basic Language
D. Function Language
52. Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was appointed as the Presidency Magistrate in:
A. 1902
B. 1896
C. 1900
D. 1906
53. The average of runs of a cricket player of 10 innings was 32. How many runs must be made in his next innings so as to increase his average of runs by 4?
A. 72
B. 74
C. 76
D. 70
54. Which is the longest river of Pakistan?
A. Indus
B. Sutlej
C. Chenab
D. Jhelum
55. The average of 50 numbers is 30. If two numbers, 35 and 25 are discarded, then the average of the remaining numbers is:
A. 27
B. 28
C. 30
D. 29.82
56. ‘Where do Human Rights Begin?’ is a famous speech by:
A. Kofi Annan
B. Abraham Lincoln
C. Eleanor Roosevelt
D. Nelson Mandela
57. The London branch of Muslim League was organized by:
A. Khizer Khan
B. Syed Ameer Ali
C. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
D. Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk
58. The last ruler of Lodhi Dynasty was:
A. Bahlul Khan Lodhi
B. Sikandar Lodhi
C. Ibrahim Lodhi
D. None of above
59. The first ever nuclear test was conducted by:
A. France
B. Russia
C. USA
D. China
60. Ahmad suggested that, we should be bound by a code of conduct, isn’t it?
A. Shouldn’t we be
B. Shouldn’t we
C. Aren’t we
D. No improvement
61. The mass of a body at the centre of Earth is:
A. Zero
B. Remains constant
C. More than at the surface
D. Less than at the surface
62. Change the narration: The old lady said to her son, ‘Is it not your duty to help me in my old age.’
A. The old lady asked her son that it was not his duty to help her in her old age.
B. The old lady asked her son if it was not his duty to help her in her old age.*
C. The old lady asked her son if it were not his duty to have helped our in old age.
D. The old lady had asked her son if it was not his duty to help her in her old age.
63. The project of ‘Re-introduction of Black Bucks’ was started (in 2019) in:
A. Haripur
B. Cholistan
C. Thar
D. Thal
64. Which gas cause the least air pollution?
A. Chlorine
B. Nitrogen*
C. Carbon
D. Ozone
65. The _____ tends to warm up more quickly than the _____ hemisphere.
A. South hemisphere, North hemisphere
B. North hemisphere, South hemisphere
C. Both hemispheres warm at the same rate
D. None of above
66. Choose the correct relationship: Algebra : Mathematics.
A. Physics : Chemistry
B. Mathematics : Science*
C. Book : Pencil
D. River : Tree
Second denotes the class to which the first belongs.
67. 2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes was the first time since _____ that both countries’ airforces had conducted airstrikes on each other’s territory across the LoC.
A. 1948
B. 1965
C. 1971
D. 1999
68. Which of the following you can paste selectively using Paste Special command?
A. Formats
B. Validation
C. Formulas
D. All of above
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