Model Paper PPSC 2023 Assistant Director Labour Welfare BPS-17 15-01-2023

Total Questions: 100

1 - Amazon founded in which year

A ) 1983

B ) 1994 ✅

C ) 2003

D ) 2004

2 - The first Asian Secretary General of the United Nations was

A ) Trygive Lie

B ) Ban ki moon

C ) U Thant ✅

D ) Kurt Waldheim

3 - Which Surah starts without Bismillah

A ) Al Baqarah

B ) Al Tauba ✅

C ) Al Nisa

D ) Al Quraish

4 - What is the first element in the periodic table

A ) Hydrogen ✅

B ) Helium

C ) Nitrogen

D ) Carbon

5 - Which article of constitution gives supreme court the Suo MOTi powers.

A ) Article 144(3)

B ) Article 154(3)

C ) Article 174(3)

D ) Article 184(3) ✅

6 - Who wrote the novel Pride and Prejudice ?

A ) George Orwell

B ) Charles Dickens

C ) Jane Austen ✅

D ) Earnest Hemingway

Explanation:

📚 Books by Jane Austen:

1️⃣ Pride and Prejudice (1813) Most famous work; theme: love, class, pride
2️⃣ Sense and Sensibility (1811) First published novel
3️⃣ Emma (1815) Satirical romantic comedy
4️⃣ Mansfield Park (1814) About morality and social class
5️⃣ Northanger Abbey (1817) (posthumous) A parody of Gothic novels
6️⃣ Persuasion (1817) (posthumous) Her last completed novel

"Pride and Prejudice" was written by Jane Austen.

📘 Details for Competitive Exams :

🔹 Fact Detail
✅ Title Pride and Prejudice
✅ Author Jane Austen
✅ Nationality British
✅ Published 1813
✅ Genre Romantic Novel / Social Commentary
✅ Famous Characters Elizabeth Bennet, Mr. Darcy
✅ Theme Love, class, pride, and social expectation

7 - 1 gigabyte is equal to

A ) 1024 bytes

B ) 1024 bits

C ) 1024 megabyte ✅

D ) 1024 terabytes

8 - The meaning of idiom Laugh in one's sleeves is

A ) To laugh secretly ✅

B ) To laugh openly

C ) To laugh at some weak

D ) To laugh occasionally

9 - On December 14, 2022, which country launches space force unit in south Korea

A ) UK

B ) US ✅

C ) Japan

D ) Germany

10 - All parties conference regarding freedom of India against British rule was made in

A ) 1922

B ) 1924

C ) 1926

D ) 1928 ✅

11 - Where CN tower is located

A ) London

B ) Toronto ✅

C ) Dubai

D ) Heidelberg

12 - Bait e Rizwan took place in..... Hijrah

A ) 5

B ) 6 ✅

C ) 7

D ) 8

13 - According to1998 census the share of urban settlement in Pakistan was

A ) 11.81%

B ) 14.98%

C ) 32.52% ✅

D ) 17.76%

14 - How many days hazrat younus remained in the abdomen of fish

A ) 10 days

B ) 20 days

C ) 30 days

D ) 40 days ✅

15 - Who started the Faraizi movement

A ) Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar

B ) Haji shariat Ullah ✅

C ) Allama Iqbal

D ) Sir Agha khan

16 - Holy prophet was born in

A ) 570 AD

B ) 571 AD ✅

C ) 572 AD

D ) 573 AD

17 - Who is the winner of ICC men's t20 world cup 2021

A ) New Zealand

B ) England

C ) West indies

D ) Australia ✅

18 - Which article of the constitution of 1973 is related to the affairs of zakat

A ) 31 ✅

B ) 35

C ) 76

D ) 123

19 - Who was the last governor of undivided Punjab

A ) Abdur Rub Nishter

B ) Sir Evan Jenkins ✅

C ) Francis Mudie

D ) Ghulam Muhammad

20 - The antonym of impertinent

A ) Kind

B ) Polite

C ) Noble ✅

D ) Mannered

21 - Fill in the blank with suitable preposition. The bridge is constructed....the canal

A ) Over ✅

B ) Across

C ) By

D ) None of these

22 - Diego Garcia is..... military base in the Indian ocean

A ) Japan

B ) US ✅

C ) Germany

D ) Russia

23 - The cabinet Mission came to India in the year

A ) 1941

B ) 1943

C ) 1946 ✅

D ) 1947

24 - What is the extension of Microsoft word files

A ) DOC

B ) DOCX ✅

C ) TXT

D ) DOCS

25 - She.... for the upcoming tennis tournament

A ) Trains

B ) Is going to train

C ) Is training ✅

D ) Will train

26 - My elder brother got a motorcycle but I

A ) Have not ✅

B ) Has not

C ) Had not

D ) Could not

27 - White ball.....for the first time in the 1992 cricket world cup

A ) Used

B ) Was used ✅

C ) Had used

D ) Had been used

28 - If Ashraf.... earlier he would always be on time

A ) Got up ✅

B ) Get up

C ) Had to get up

D ) Had got up

29 - You can go neither by train....by bus

A ) Or

B ) Nor ✅

C ) No

D ) And

30 - If you work hard, you..... good marks

A ) Would get

B ) Would got

C ) Will get ✅

D ) Will got

31 - Balouchistan plateau lies in

A ) East of Koh kirthar and Suleiman range ✅

B ) West of Koh kirthar and Suleiman range

C ) South of Koh kirthar and Suleiman range

D ) North of Koh kirthar and Suleiman range

32 - Quaid-e-Azam joined India national Congress in which year

A ) 1906 ✅

B ) 1914

C ) 1920

D ) 1931

33 - Not flowering plant are called as

A ) Cryptogams ✅

B ) Angiosperms

C ) Phanerogams

D ) Phanerogams

34 - The battle of Karnal was fought between the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah and

A ) Aurangzeb

B ) Akbar

C ) Nadir shah ✅

D ) Bahadur shah

35 - Anna ha s finished her work, now she is....home.

A ) Going ✅

B ) Going to

C ) Going to the

D ) Going towards the

36 - How many times has France won the FIFA world cup

A ) 1

B ) 2 ✅

C ) 3

D ) 4

37 - Near the London eye there is a bridge...the Thames river

A ) Above

B ) Over ✅

C ) Off

D ) Towards

38 - Which of the following fraction is greater than 2/4 and less than 5/6

A ) 9/10

B ) 2/3

C ) 1/2

D ) 4/5 ✅

39 - Fatima is not at home at the moment,she ....work.

A ) Is at ✅

B ) Is on

C ) Was at

D ) Was on

40 - ....sign is used at the end of a sentence or a short phrase which express strong feelings

A ) Comma

B ) Exclamation ✅

C ) Semi colon

D ) Full stop

41 - The largest ocean of the world is

A ) Atlantic

B ) Pacific ✅

C ) Indian

D ) None of these

42 - Battle in which Holy Prophet not participate is known as

A ) Sayee

B ) Sariyya ✅

C ) Jaziya

D ) Al-Fay

43 - A Car travels at the speed of 36 km per hour. What is the distance traveled by the car within 20 seconds in meter

A ) 100 m

B ) 150 m

C ) 200 m ✅

D ) 250 m

44 - The north Atlantic treaty organization was created in

A ) 1944

B ) 1949 ✅

C ) 1958

D ) 1961

45 - Johar town blast in Lahore is related to

A ) Hafiz Saeed

B ) FATF

C ) Both a and b ✅

D ) None of these

46 - We can insert a page numbernMicrosoft word at

A ) Header ✅

B ) Margin

C ) Macros

D ) None of these

47 - Myanmar got independence in

A ) 1947

B ) 1948 ✅

C ) 1950

D ) 1951

48 - When was Indian council Act passed

A ) 1855

B ) 1858

C ) 1861 ✅

D ) 1884

49 - Qazi Isa was the.....of balouchistan Muslim League

A ) President ✅

B ) Vice president

C ) General secretary

D ) Board of governance member

50 - Zika virus is a mosquito borne virus first identified in

A ) Marrocco

B ) Uganda ✅

C ) Ghana

D ) Nepal

51 - Chaj Doaab lies between which two rivers

A ) Chenab and Ravi

B ) Chenab and jehlum ✅

C ) Sindh and Ravi

D ) Sindh and Chenab

52 - On October 31, ....Indira Gandhi was assassinated

A ) 1981

B ) 1982

C ) 1983

D ) 1984 ✅

53 - Israel captured East Jerusalem in

A ) 1948

B ) 1967 ✅

C ) 1971

D ) 1988

54 - Who among the following proposed laws of planetary motion

A ) Roger Bacon

B ) Issac Newton

C ) Johannes Kepler ✅

D ) Galilo

55 - On January 8,2022 Ukraine international airlines flight 752 was shot down minutes after taking off from Tehran Iran by an Iranian surface to air missile called it

A ) Human error ✅

B ) Technical error

C ) Instrumental error

D ) None of these

56 - Optical fiber works on the principle of

A ) Scattering

B ) Total interval reflection ✅

C ) Interference

D ) Principle of refraction

57 - Ganda Singh Border connects ?

A ) Sialkot-Ferozpur

B ) Ferozpur -Kasur ✅

C ) Amritsar -Lahore

D ) None of these

Explanation:

The Ganda Singh Wala Border connects Pakistan and India, specifically between:

Ganda Singh Wala, a village in Kasur District, Punjab, Pakistan
Hussainiwala, a village in Firozepur District, Punjab, India

🔹 Key Highlights

1. Border Connection
This crossing was historically the main road link between Pakistan (Kasur) and India (Firozepur) during the 1960s and early 1970s. It remained operational until 1986, when it was closed and replaced by the Wagah‑Attari crossing .

2. Beating Retreat Ceremony
Since the late 1960s/1970s, a daily flag‑lowering ceremony (Retreat Ceremony) has been staged here. It's similar to the Wagah ceremony but more intimate and locally focused, with spectators seated close to the border fence and soldiers on both sides performing synchronized drills and lowering national flags.

3. Location & Distance

About 45 minutes’ drive (≈ 47 km) South-East of Lahore, Pakistan, on the Lahore–Kasur road .
Directly opposite Hussainiwala village, which lies ~9–10 km from Firozepur, across the Sutlej River.

📌 Summary Table

✅Border Crossing Ganda Singh Wala (Pakistan) ↔ Hussainiwala (India)
✅Location Kasur District, Punjab (Pakistan) ↔ Firozepur, Punjab (India)
✅Operational Status Closed for transit since 1986
✅ Ceremony Daily flag‑lowering (Beating Retreat) for public viewing
✅Ceremony Style Smaller & more intimate than Wagah; local audiences seated close by

✅ In One Line:

The Ganda Singh Wala–Hussainiwala border crossing connected Kasur (Pakistan) with Firozepur (India) and now hosts a local flag‑lowering ceremony instead of being open for travel .