Model Paper PPSC 2020 Ziladar Punjab Irrigation Dept BPS -14 2nd Paper

Total Questions: 100

1 - What is the synonym of Ostensible?

A ) Apparent ✅
B ) Latent
C ) Opposite
D ) None of these

4 - Khanpur Dam is built on which river?

A ) Kabul
B ) Soan
C ) Indus
D ) Haro ✅

6 - Who was the conqueror of Spain?

A ) Tariq Bin Zaid ✅
B ) Musa Bin Naseer
C ) Muhammad Bin Qasim
D ) Khalid Bin Waleed

Explanation: Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād, (died c. 720), Berber general who led the Muslim conquest of Spain. Mūsā ibn Nuṣayr, the Arab conqueror of Morocco, left his general Ṭāriq to govern Tangier in his place.

7 - ''Pathway to Pakistan'' is the autobiography of?

A ) M.A.H. Isphani
B ) Choudhry Khaliq uz Zaman ✅
C ) A.K. Fazl ul Haq
D ) Sir Fazi-Hussain

8 - At which occasion salat became obligation (Farz)?

A ) Miraj
B ) Migration
C ) Boycott ✅
D ) Visit to Taaif

9 - The Major Part of Great Rift Valley is located in?

A ) USA
B ) Africa ✅
C ) South America
D ) Australia

10 - Which Pkistani former cricket player is popularly knwon as the Asian Bradman?

A ) Zaheer Abbas ✅
B ) Jved Miandad
C ) Hanif Muhammad
D ) Majid Khan

11 - Chronometer is used to measure?

A ) Velocity
B ) Pressure
C ) Time ✅
D ) None of these

Explanation: Chronometer is an instrument for measuring time accurately in spite of motion or variations in temperature, humidity, and air pressure.So it can be used a a clock for determining the longitude of a vessel at sea.

13 - (2²)³=?

A ) 16
B ) 18
C ) 32
D ) 64 ✅

16 - I'm which of the following countries Atlas Mountains are found?

A ) Tunisia, Libya,Algena
B ) Tunisia, Libya, Egypt
C ) Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco ✅
D ) None of these

17 - Name the only recipient of "Hilal-e-Kashmir", an award equivalent to Nishan-e-Haider?

A ) Major Tufail Mohammad
B ) Naik Saif Ali Janjia ✅
C ) Captain Mohammad Sarwar
D ) Lance Naik Mohammad Mahfuz

18 - The largest planet of the solar system is?

A ) Jupiter ✅
B ) Mars
C ) Saturn
D ) Earth

20 - Hypocrites of Madina built cotrary to Masjid-e-Nabvi?

A ) Masjid-e-Harrain
B ) Masjid-e-Aqsa
C ) Masjid-e-Dharaar ✅
D ) Masjid-e-Ubayye

21 - Indian Ocean and Atlantic Ocean meet near?

A ) Cape of Good Hope ✅
B ) Aden
C ) Singapore
D ) No where

22 - Junaid Jamshed was a lead vocalist of..........band?

A ) Janoon
B ) Vital Signs ✅
C ) Strings
D ) Jul

23 - Council of Common Interests (CCI) is a Constitutional body of Pakistan. Membership of CCI consist of?

A ) Prime Minister, all Provincial Chief Ministers and 3 members nominated by the Prime Minister ✅
B ) President,all Provincial Governors and Chief Ministers, Prime Minister and Minister for Inter- Provincial Coordination
C ) President, Chairman Senate, Provincial Chief Ministers and Chief of Army Staff
D ) Prime Minister, Speaker National Assembly,all Chief Ministers and three Ministers nominated by the Prime Minister

25 - Which of the following dam is considered the largest concrete dam of the world?

A ) Three Gorges Dam ✅
B ) Tarbela Dam, Pakistan
C ) Bhakra Dam India
D ) None of these

27 - Which of the following is a salt water lake?

A ) Hanna Lake
B ) Hamun-i-Musakhel Lake ✅
C ) Hamun-e-Lora Lake
D ) All of these

28 - Complete the sentence. He .................. a factory in this town?

A ) Have
B ) Has ✅
C ) Is having
D ) Was having

29 - Mention the famous city/cities of Hijaz?

A ) Makkah
B ) Madina
C ) Taaif
D ) Makkah ,Madina,Taaif ✅

Explanation: The Hijaz (Hejaz, Hedjaz), the holy land of Islam, is a geographical region that comprises most of the western part of modern-day Saudi Arabia and is centered on the two holiest Muslim cities—Mecca (also Makka, Makkah) and Madina (Medina, al-Madinah).

30 - Who was said to be the first one to recite the Holy Quran openly in Haram-e-Makkah?

A ) Hazrat Umar (RA)
B ) Hazrat Zaid bin Sabit (RA)
C ) Hazrat Abdullah bin Masood (RA) ✅
D ) Hazrat Usman(RA)

32 - The President under the 1973 Constitution is elected ?

A ) By direct election
B ) By National Assembly
C ) By Joint Session of the National Assembly and Senate
D ) By two Houses of the Parliament and the four provincial Assemblies ✅

33 - The Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) was poisoned by a Jewish hostess at the time of the?

A ) Conquest of Makkah
B ) Conquest of Khyber ✅
C ) Ghazwa-e-Uhud
D ) None of these

34 - 'Baseball' is the national game of?

A ) Canada
B ) France
C ) USA ✅
D ) England

35 - Who was Sisakar?

A ) Wazir of Hajjaj Bin Yousaf
B ) Wazir of Muhammad Bin Qasim
C ) Wazir of Raja Dahir ✅
D ) None of these

36 - Formatting a cell in currency, you can specify?

A ) Decimal Places
B ) Currency Symbol
C ) Decimal Places,Currency Symbol ✅
D ) None of these

38 - Who coined the name "Pakistan" for our country?

A ) Liaqat Ali Khan
B ) Choudhary Rehmat Ali ✅
C ) Fazal ul Haq
D ) Allama Iqbal

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 

39 - HTML is the basic language used to create?

A ) Detabases
B ) Spreadsheets
C ) Web pages ✅
D ) Desktop publishing

40 - Fund the square of 35?

A ) 175
B ) 1125
C ) 1225 ✅
D ) 1215

42 - The seaport "Rotterdam" is in?

A ) Belgium
B ) Netherlands ✅
C ) Australia
D ) None of these

43 - Name the Minster of Education of Punjab?

A ) Dr. Murad Raas ✅
B ) Khwaja Salman Rafiq
C ) Raja Ashfaq Sarwar
D ) None of these

44 - ................is the largest dam of Pakistan?

A ) Tarbela ✅
B ) Mangla
C ) Warsak
D ) Gomal Zam

45 - "He would have been prophet,if I we're not the last one ", th Holy Prophet (PBUH) said this about?

A ) Hazrat Abu Bakar (RA)
B ) Hazrat Umar (RA) ✅
C ) Hazrat Usman (RA)
D ) Hazrat Ali (RA)

46 - Which is the smallest Sea of the world?

A ) Black Sea
B ) Red Sea
C ) Baltic Sea ✅
D ) South China Sea

47 - The gibberellins?

A ) Are responsible for phototropism and gravitropism ✅
B ) Are gases at room temperature
C ) Are produced only by fungi
D ) Cause bolting in some biennial plants

48 - Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: 'To plough the sand"?

A ) To make the desert bloom
B ) To work in vain ✅
C ) To do a difficult work
D ) To make the desert fertile

50 - The concept of Carbon Credits originated from which of the following?

A ) Earth Summit , Rio de Janeiro
B ) Kyoto Protocol ✅
C ) Montreal protocol
D ) Conference of Parties (COP)19

51 - The gas, commonly known as "laughing gas" is?

A ) Carbon Dioxide
B ) Sulphur Dioxide
C ) Nitrous Oxide ✅
D ) Sodium Oxide

52 - The largest ocean of the world is?

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

54 - The famous novel "Frankenstein" was written by? (4 Time in Exams)

A ) Edgar Man Poe
B ) H.G Wells
C ) Ian Flemming
D ) Mary Shelley ✅

55 - Where is Machu Picchu located?

A ) Chile
B ) Peru ✅
C ) Brazil
D ) Argentina

56 - Choose the correct sentence that best represents the reported speech. You said to your father, " Please grant him leave for some time".

A ) You told your father to let him leave for a short while.
B ) You advised your father to grant him leave for some time.
C ) You requested your father to grant him leave for some time. ✅
D ) You said to your father to grant you leave for some time.

57 - Change the narration: The General said to the soldiers,"March forward and attack the foe".

A ) The General ordered the soldiers to march forward and to attack the foe ✅
B ) The general suggested to the soldiers to march forward and to attack the foe
C ) The general commanded the soldiers to march forward and attack the foe
D ) The general commanded the soldiers to march forward to attack the foe

59 - First Census in Pakistan was held in?

A ) 1948
B ) 1947
C ) 1950
D ) 1951 ✅

60 - Who is the current Chief Minister of Balochistan?

A ) Jam Kamal Khan ✅
B ) Sanaullah Khan Zehri
C ) Aladdin Marri
D ) None of these

61 - March 22 is observed internationally as?

A ) World Day for Water ✅
B ) No Smoking Day
C ) Woman's Day
D ) None of these

62 - The capital city of Malaysia is?

A ) Gorge Town
B ) Kuala Lumpur ✅
C ) Ipon
D ) Malacca City

63 - Who is the author of "Now or Never, Are We to Live or Perish Forever"?

A ) Choudhary Rehmat Ali ✅
B ) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
C ) Allama Iqbal
D ) Haji Shariatullah

66 - India came under British Crown with?

A ) Start of 1857 War
B ) With end of 1857
C ) Introduction of government of India Act ✅
D ) With the announcement of the British Queen

67 - To open a template in Word,first go to File and ?

A ) Click New. ✅
B ) Click Display
C ) Click Open
D ) Click Search

70 - Congress accepted the Partition Plan immediately but Muslim League could not accept it immediately. At that time, Jinnah opined that?

A ) We shall boycott it
B ) Plan would be submitted to Muslim League council for discussion ✅
C ) We would present our priorities
D ) The plan is not practicable

74 - In order to play and hear sound on a computer, one needs ?

A ) Sound card and speakers ✅
B ) A microphone
C ) Both A and B
D ) None of these

75 - Leo Tolstoy was a ?

A ) Famous Russian General
B ) Communist Leader
C ) Great Novelist ✅
D ) Inventor

78 - BIOS is used for?

A ) Updating system information on network
B ) Loading operating system ✅
C ) It helps in routing
D ) It takes input from keywords and other devices

79 - Electric current is measured in?

A ) Volts
B ) Watts
C ) Kllojoules
D ) Amperes ✅

82 - How many time do the hands of a clock coincide in a day?

A ) 18
B ) 22 ✅
C ) 25
D ) None of these

83 - When was the report of Simon Commission published?

A ) May, 1930 ✅
B ) May, 1929
C ) June, 1929
D ) None of these

84 - Who was the first Governor of West Pakistan?

A ) Sardar Abdur Rab Nishter
B ) Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani ✅
C ) Ghulam Mustafa Khan
D ) Malik Amir Muhammad Khan

85 - The last general elections in Pakistan were held in?

A ) July 2018 ✅
B ) August 2018
C ) September 2018
D ) October 2018

86 - Which of the following shortcut will creat a new folder in Windows folder?

A ) Ctrl + C
B ) Ctrl + Shift + N ✅
C ) Ctrl + O
D ) Ctrl + Alt

87 - To change line height to 1.5 which is the following correct command?

A ) Ctrl +1
B ) Ctrl + 2
C ) Ctrl + 4
D ) Ctrl + 5 ✅

89 - The standers weight of Javelin throw for men is............?

A ) 400 g
B ) 600 g
C ) 800 g ✅
D ) None of these

90 - Pakistan successfully tested it's Nuclear devices in?

A ) May 1998 ✅
B ) June 1998
C ) July 1998
D ) August 1998

91 - اسم علم کی رو سے "شمس العلماء" کیا ہے؟

A ) لقب
B ) کنیت
C ) خطاب ✅
D ) عرف

92 - مزدوروں کا شاعر کسے کہا جاتا ہے؟

A ) اختر شیرانی
B ) احسان دانش ✅
C ) ساغر صدیقی
D ) الطاف مشہدی

93 - سفر نصیب،کس کا تحریر کردہ سفر نامہ ہے؟

A ) مستنصر حسین تارڑ
B ) مختار مسعود ✅
C ) عطا الحق قاسمی
D ) پیر زادہ قاسم

94 - اقبال کا قیام یورپ کا کون سا عرصہ ہے؟

A ) 1905-1908 ✅
B ) 1909-1912
C ) 1910-1914
D ) 1915-1918

95 - کے درست ترجمہ کا انتخاب کیجیے؟"Distant drums sound sweater "

A ) دوری سے پیار بڑھتا ہے
B ) گھر کی دوری سے گھر کی قدر ہوتی ہے
C ) دور کے ڈھوہ ہی اچھے
D ) دور کے ڈھول سہانے ✅

96 - مندرجہ ذیل میں سے کون سی ضرب المثل درست ہے؟

A ) صبح بنارس شام اودھ ✅
B ) صبح بنارس شام لکھنو
C ) صبح کشمیر شام بنارس
D ) صبح گرو شام بنارس

97 - کے درست مطلب کا انتخاب کیجیے ؟Idiom "Hand in Glove"

A ) آپس میں شیر و شکر کرنا ✅
B ) چوری چھپے
C ) دوست نما قاتل
D ) پناہ دینا

98 - دل لیے موت مشینوں کی حکومت۔ احساس مروت کو کچل دیتے ہیں آلات ۔۔۔۔یہ شعر کس شاعر کا ہے؟

A ) مولانا حالی
B ) علامہ اقبال ✅
C ) علامہ شبلی
D ) مولانا ظفر علی خان

99 - طاق نسیاں پر رکھا" کا مطلب کیا ہے؟"

A ) سجاوٹ کرنا
B ) قطع تعلق کرنا ✅
C ) علامہ شبلی
D ) حفاظت سے رکھنا

100 - کس شعر کی آمد ہے کہ رن کانپ رہا ہے ؟" اس مصرعے میں "رن "سے کیا مراد ہے؟"

A ) پنجاب کی عورت
B ) میدان جنگ ✅
C ) کھیل کا میدان
D ) جوان عورت