Model Paper PPSC 2020 Personal Staff Officer BPS-17

Total Questions: 95

2 - The only species of the cat family that lives and hunts in group is:

A ) Leopards
B ) Lion ✅
C ) Cheetahs
D ) Cougars

4 - Who wrote the book "Tareekh-ul-Umam wal mulook"?

A ) Al-Waqidi
B ) Ibn-e-Jareer Tabri ✅
C ) Abu Hanifa
D ) Imam Bukhari

6 - What was the launch date of Indian Mission to Moon Chandrayaan-2?

A ) 20 August 2019
B ) 22 July 2019 ✅
C ) 6 September 2019
D ) 7 September 2019

7 - A red wavy line under a text indicates:

A ) Character mistakes
B ) Grammatical mistakes
C ) Spelling mistakes ✅
D ) Spacing mistakes

8 - Which operation will you perform to move a block of text in MS Word?

A ) Copy and Paste
B ) Cut and Paste ✅
C ) Paste and Delete
D ) Paste and Cut

9 - The famous painting "La Gioconda" is better known as:

A ) The Last Supper
B ) Mona Lisa ✅
C ) Madonnah Child
D ) Sun Flower

10 - Sikhism is a religion of.....

A ) One Guru
B ) Three Guru
C ) Five Guru
D ) Ten Guru ✅

11 - Within six months of Quaid-e-Azam's death, Pakistan's Constitution Assembly adopted.

A ) The first draft of the constitution
B ) Bill of fundamental Rights
C ) Objectives Resolution ✅
D ) Report on basic Principles

13 - OIC is:

A ) A Specialized Agency of UN
B ) A Regional Muslim Organization
C ) An Organization of Muslim States ✅
D ) A Human Rights Activist Organization

14 - A mural is:

A ) Any piece of art work ✅
B ) Name of a Steam Engine
C ) Cross breed of a donkey and mare
D ) A specie of Poison frog living in Africa

15 - Huge mass of land surrounded by ocean from at least three sides is called:

A ) Continent
B ) Continental Shelf
C ) Sub-Continent
D ) Peninsula ✅

18 - After spending 88% of his income, a man had Rs. 2160 left. Find his income:

A ) RS. 18000 ✅
B ) RS. 19000
C ) RS. 20,000
D ) RS. 22,000

20 - The removal of carbon dioxide, urine and sweat is a process of.....?

A ) Digestion
B ) Excretion ✅
C ) Respiration
D ) Emission

21 - Mention the part in London that is famous for public meeting, Assemblage and free speech:

A ) Hyde Street
B ) Hyde Garden
C ) Hyde Square
D ) Hyde Park ✅

22 - PowerPoint is called..... software:

A ) Presentation ✅
B ) Graphic
C ) Word processing
D ) Spreadsheet

24 - "At the drop of a hat" means:

A ) Immediately ✅
B ) Without delay
C ) As a follow up of orders
D ) In a good moment

25 - Deccan Plateau is located in.....:

A ) Nepal
B ) India ✅
C ) Pakistan
D ) Bhuttan

26 - In 1492 when Muslims aere driven out of Spain what was the name of the King and Queen?

A ) Ferdinand and Isabella ✅
B ) Ferdinand and Egilona
C ) Charles and Isabella
D ) Roderic and Cindra

27 - ANC stands for:

A ) African National Committee
B ) Asian National Coordination
C ) African National Congress ✅
D ) Asian National Conference

28 - Which Pakistani Singer performed in the Nobel Ceremony held at Oslo in 2014:

A ) Shafqat Amanat Ali
B ) Rahat Fateh Ali Khan ✅
C ) Sahir Ali Bagga
D ) None of these

29 - Complete the idiom: "To cast.... before swine".

A ) Diamonds
B ) Pearls ✅
C ) Gold
D ) Shadow

30 - Zou-Shadatain is the title of......?

A ) Hazrat Khuzaima bin Sabit R. A ✅
B ) Hazrat Huzaifa bin Yaman R. A
C ) Hazrat Ammar bin Yasir R. A
D ) Hazrat Abu Zar Ghafari R. A

33 - Which of the following does not include in atmosphere?

A ) Troposphere
B ) Hydrosphere ✅
C ) Mesosphere
D ) Exosphere

34 - When the Berlin wall was demolished?

A ) 9 November 1985
B ) 9 November 1989 ✅
C ) 9 November 1990
D ) 1st November 1983

35 - The shortest serving Chief Justice of Pakistan was:

A ) Justice Muhammad Haleem
B ) Justice Jawad S Khawaja
C ) Justice Muhammad Shahab-U-Din ✅
D ) Justice S. A Rehman

36 - Pollination by birds is called......:

A ) Autogamy
B ) Ornithophily ✅
C ) Entomophily
D ) Anemophily

37 - Complete the proverb: "There is no place like.....".

A ) Home ✅
B ) Heaven
C ) House
D ) Forest

38 - Robin Williams who committed suicide,was famous as a/an:

A ) Economist
B ) Politician
C ) Comedian Actor ✅
D ) Music Composer

39 - Homo Erctus was early human beings founded in.....?

A ) Java ✅
B ) Serbia
C ) Africa
D ) None of these

41 - European Institute of Gender Equality (EIGE) works under:

A ) United Nations
B ) European Union ✅
C ) Autonomously
D ) African Union

42 - Montuosa Island is in the.....?

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

43 - Reflection is a/an:

A ) Noun ✅
B ) Adverb
C ) Pronoun
D ) Adjective

44 - Osaka is a famous city of:

A ) China
B ) Korea
C ) Japan ✅
D ) Thailand

45 - Izmir Treaty was signed in:

A ) 1977 ✅
B ) 1991
C ) 1992
D ) 1993

46 - The most urban province of Pakistan is:

A ) Punjab
B ) KPK
C ) Sindh ✅
D ) Balouchistan

49 - The Asiatic Society to enhance oriental research was formed in 1784 by....and its Headquarters was in....?

A ) William James.... Mumbai
B ) William Jones.... Kolkata ✅
C ) Wellesley....Dehli
D ) Warren Hastings..... Bengal

50 - To apply center alignment,we can press:

A ) Ctrl+S
B ) Ctrl+C
C ) Ctrl+C+A
D ) Ctrl+E ✅

52 - Which of the following is a carnivore?

A ) Ibex
B ) Hippopotamus
C ) Lion ✅
D ) Rhinoceros

54 - Vacuum Tube pertains to..... Generation of Computer?

A ) First ✅
B ) Second
C ) Third
D ) Fourth

55 - Middle ages in Europe were also referred as:

A ) Age of reason
B ) Age of ignorance
C ) Dark Ages ✅
D ) Golden Ages

56 - America was named after:

A ) Columbus
B ) Amerigo Vespucci ✅
C ) Washington
D ) Thomas Jefferson

57 - An E-mail address consists of two parts, username or ID and....

A ) Domain name ✅
B ) Password
C ) URL
D ) None of these

58 - What is the speed of a car that travels 700 km in 3 hrs and 30 minutes?

A ) 150 km/h
B ) 175 km/h
C ) 165 km/h
D ) 200km/h ✅

59 - Naval War College is located in:

A ) Karachi
B ) Lahore ✅
C ) Quetta
D ) Gawadar

60 - "Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family" is a book written by:

A ) Obama
B ) Condoleezza Rice ✅
C ) Bill Clinton
D ) Monica Lewinsky

61 - "Bunker and Chukker'" are the two terms associated with....?

A ) Rowing
B ) Polo ✅
C ) Skiing
D ) Draughts

62 - Heating elements of an electric heater is made up of:

A ) Tungsten
B ) Graphite
C ) Chromium
D ) Nichrome ✅

63 - A scheme known as "Muthi Bhar Ata" was started to collect funds for the....?

A ) Dar-ul-uloom Deoband
B ) Nadva-tul-Ulama Islam
C ) Anhuman-i-Himayat-i-Islam ✅
D ) Sindh Madrassah-ul-Islam

64 - Which American Computer Company is called big blue?

A ) Microsoft
B ) Compaq
C ) IBM ✅
D ) Tandy Stevenson

65 - In MS Word, 'Ctrl+Pageup' is used to:

A ) Move the cursor one page up ✅
B ) Move the cursor one paragraph up
C ) Move the cursor one screen up
D ) Move the cursor one line up

67 - None of this hanky panky; please take straight. Choos the best meaning of phrase:

A ) Indifference
B ) Jugglery ✅
C ) Diversification
D ) Obsession

68 - "To meet one's Waterloo" means:

A ) To die an ignoble death
B ) To meet a strong adversary
C ) To die fighting
D ) To meet one's final defeat ✅

69 - A baby Heartbeat starts:

A ) With the birth of the child
B ) After birth of child
C ) Before the birth of child ✅
D ) None of these

71 - Treatment through vaccination was founded by:

A ) Louis Pasteur
B ) Edward Jenner ✅
C ) Jones Salk
D ) None of these

72 - Muscular and nervous disorders are owing to lack of:

A ) Vitamin A
B ) Vitamin C
C ) Vitamin D
D ) Vitamin E ✅

73 - Boxer Revolution occurred in:

A ) Russia
B ) Korea
C ) China ✅
D ) India

74 - Medicine that counteract effects of poison is called as:

A ) Analgesic
B ) Antidote ✅
C ) Tranquilizer
D ) Obsolete

78 - Mohandas Karam Chand Gandhi resigned from Congress in:

A ) 15 April 1932
B ) 30 October 1934 ✅
C ) 30 October 1944
D ) He never resigned

79 - Who played the male leading role in the Pakistani Movie "Armaan"?

A ) Muhammad Ali
B ) Waheed Murad ✅
C ) Santosh Kumaar
D ) None of these

80 - He is a very good swimmer. The word very is:

A ) Noun
B ) Adverb ✅
C ) Adjective
D ) Conjunction

81 - In 1979 Arab League shifted its Headquarter from Cairo to......:

A ) Baghdad
B ) Damascus
C ) Tunis ✅
D ) Istanbul

Explanation:

The headquarters of the Arab League is located in: Cairo, Egypt

➡️ In 1979 Arab League shifted its Headquarters from Cairo to Tunis (Return to Cairo:

  • In 1989, Egypt was reinstated as a member.
  • In 1990, the headquarters was moved back to Cairo

 Key Facts:

  •  ➡️  Organization: Arab League (League of Arab States)
  •  ➡️  Headquarters: Cairo, the capital of Egypt
  •  ➡️  Established: 22 March 1945
  •  ➡️ Number of Founding Members: 6 (initial signers) — later counted as 7, including Yemen (Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan (then Transjordan), and Yemen.)
  • ✅ Although the Arab League was founded on 22 March 1945 with 6 signatory countries, Yemen joined just a few weeks later on 5 May 1945.
  •  ➡️ Total Member :22. 

82 - Name the book of Hadiths which is written on a particular subject?

A ) Juzv ✅
B ) Jamia
C ) Mustadrik
D ) None of these

83 - Who is the father of geography?

A ) Euclid
B ) Aristotle
C ) Eratosthenes ✅
D ) None of these

85 - Vietnam War ended through:

A ) London Peace Accords
B ) Paris Peace Accords ✅
C ) Vienna Peace Accords
D ) Washington Peace Accords

86 - شانے سے شانہ چھلنا" محاورہ ہے ۔ اس کا کیا مطلب ہے ؟"

A ) بہت خوش ہونا
B ) بہت مشکل ہونا
C ) بہت بھیڑ ہونا ✅
D ) ان میں سے کوئی نہیں

87 - جملہ مکمل کریں: ایک ہوں۔۔۔۔۔حرم کی پاسبانی کے لئے

A ) اہل ایمان
B ) مسلم ✅
C ) دنیا
D ) ان میں سے کوئی نہیں

88 - جنگل کی شہزادی کس کی نظم ہے ؟

A ) ضمیر جعفری
B ) کرنل محمد خان
C ) نسیم حجازی
D ) جوش ملیح آبادی ✅

89 - "Cock and bull Story"کے درست مطلب کا انتخاب کیجیے ۔

A ) لوک کہانی
B ) بہادروں کی کہانی
C ) جھوٹی کہانی ✅
D ) بھولی ہوئی کہانی

90 - آب آب ہونا" قواعد کی رو سے کیا ہے ؟"

A ) محاورہ ہے
B ) صرف روزمرہ ہے
C ) محاورہ بھی ہے اور روزمرہ بھی ✅
D ) نہ محاورہ ہے اور نہ روزمرہ

91 - سخندان فارس کس کی تحریر ہے ؟

A ) علامہ راشدالخیری
B ) محمد حسین آزاد ✅
C ) مولانا عبدالحیلم شرر
D ) خواجہ حسن نظامی

92 - سر سید احمد خان کہاں مدفن ہیں ؟

A ) دہلی
B ) ممبئی
C ) علی گڑھ ✅
D ) آگرہ

93 - رحیق المختوم کس کی کتاب ہے ؟

A ) سر سید احمد خان
B ) صفی الرحمان ✅
C ) آغا حشر کاشمیری
D ) سلمان ندوی

94 - مشہور تصنیف "اردو زبان و قواعد" کے مصنف کون تھے ؟

A ) علامہ شبلی
B ) شفیع احمد صدیقی ✅
C ) سلمان احمد
D ) شفیق احمد صدیقی

95 - زیروزبر کرنا" محاورہ ہے اس کا مفہوم کیا ہے ؟"

A ) الٹ پلٹ کرنا ✅
B ) برتری تسلیم کرنا
C ) حکم عدولی کرنا
D ) بھاگ جانا