Model Paper PPSC2010 ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT JAIL (BS-16) 2010

Total Questions: 100

1 - Who is Nicolas Sarkozy?

A ) German Chancellor
B ) Canadian President
C ) French President ✅
D ) President of Georgia

2 - What position Hu Jintao holds in China

A ) General Secretary of Communist Party
B ) President of the country
C ) Both 'a' & 'b'
D ) Prime Minister of the country

3 - Who is the President of World Bank?

A ) Robert Zoellick ✅
B ) Robert Bruce Gate
C ) Robert Bruce Lohaf
D ) Bill Gates

4 - Where is the Headquarters of the Amnesty International located?

A ) Geneva
B ) London ✅
C ) Paris
D ) New York

5 - Asian Development Bank (ADB) was established in:

A ) 1964
B ) 1966 ✅
C ) 1968
D ) None of these

6 - Who were the three statesmen who formulated Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)?

A ) Gandhi, Nasser, Tito
B ) Nehru, Nasser, Tito ✅
C ) Chou-en-Lai, Bhutto, Nehru
D ) Soe Kamo, Nasser, Tito

7 - The permanent Secretariat of SAARC is established at

A ) Dehli
B ) Islamabad
C ) Kathmandu ✅
D ) Dhaka

8 - Who was the founder of HAMAS in 1987

A ) Sheik Ahmed Yassin ✅
B ) Yasser Arafat
C ) Abu Nidal
D ) None of these

10 - In which month does the UN General Assembly usually meet every year?

A ) August
B ) September ✅
C ) October
D ) November

12 - The term of office of a judge of the International Court of Justice is?

A ) 5 years
B ) 7 years
C ) 9 years ✅
D ) None of these

13 - The total percentage of silicon in earth crust

A ) 27.72% ✅
B ) 30%
C ) 45%
D ) None of these

14 - The Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline is also known as:

A ) Friendly pipeline
B ) Peace pipeline ✅
C ) Great pipeline
D ) None of these

15 - Where is H.Q of UNICEF?

A ) Washington
B ) Geneva
C ) Vienna
D ) New York ✅

16 - Which is the National Flower of Pakistan?

A ) Tulip
B ) Rose
C ) Jasmine ✅
D ) None of these

17 - After Pushtuns the largest-ethnic group in Afghanistan is:

A ) Zubeks
B ) Hazaras
C ) Tajiks ✅
D ) None of these

Explanation:

The largest ethnic group in Afghanistan is the Pashtuns (also spelled Pushtuns or Pathans)

 Key Facts about Pashtuns:

  • 📊 They make up around 40% to 45% of Afghanistan's population (estimates vary).
  • 🗣️ Speak Pashto language.
  • 🏔️ Mostly live in the southern and eastern regions of Afghanistan.
  • 🧱 Traditionally organized by tribes and clans, such as the Durrani and Ghilzai tribes.
  • 📜 Known for Pashtunwali, their traditional code of conduct (honor, hospitality, bravery).

Other Major Ethnic Groups in Afghanistan:

Ethnic Group Approx. % Region
   ✅ Tajiks  (25–30%)   Northern & Western Afghanistan
   ✅ Hazaras   (10–15% )  Central Afghanistan (Hazarajat)
   ✅ Uzbeks   (9–10%)  Northern Afghanistan
  ✅ Others   (<10%  )Turkmen, Baloch, Nuristanis, etc.

18 - The Capital of Argentina is:

A ) Columbia
B ) Barcelona
C ) Buenos Aires ✅
D ) Peru

19 - Which is the largest country in Africa?

A ) Sudan
B ) Nigeria
C ) Libya
D ) Algeria ✅

20 - Name the currency of Sri Lanka?

A ) Rupiyah ✅
B ) Lek
C ) Ringgit
D ) None of these

22 - When US bought Alaska from Russia?

A ) 1857
B ) 1867 ✅
C ) 1877
D ) None of these

23 - Who was the creator Noble Prize?

A ) Swedish statesmen Olaf plsmay
B ) Norway Scientist Dr. Navsen Nobel
C ) Swedish Chemist and engineer Alferd Nobel ✅
D ) Alfonso VIII, king of castle

25 - Battle of Plassey was fought in 1757 between English and

A ) Nawab Shuja-ud-Daula
B ) Mir Qasim
C ) Nawab Siraj -ud-Daula ✅
D ) None of these

27 - Identify the length of Islamabad-Peshawar section of Motorway

A ) 96 KM
B ) 133 KM
C ) 154 KM ✅
D ) 168 KM

29 - SHO is police department is the abbreviation of

A ) Senior House Officer
B ) Station House Officer ✅
C ) Superintend House Officer
D ) Supervision Home Officer

30 - An Art o writing in code words or cipher is called

A ) Cryptography ✅
B ) Epigraphy
C ) Criminology
D ) Chronometry

31 - Horse Power is a standard unit of power equal to

A ) 370 Watts
B ) 480 Watts
C ) 648 Watts
D ) 746 Watts ✅

33 - The recipient of Nishan-i-Haider' captain kernel Share khan belonged to

A ) Punjab Regimen
B ) Frontier Force Regiment
C ) Sindh Regiment
D ) Northern Light Infantry ✅

34 - In term of area which is the largest Administrative district of Punjab

A ) Bahawalpur ✅
B ) D.G Khan
C ) Faisalabad
D ) Lahore

35 - Who was the first Muslim ruler of Indian Sub-Continent

A ) Mohammed Bin Qasim
B ) Mahmood Ghaznavi
C ) Mohammed Ghouri
D ) Qutab-ud-Din Aibak ✅

36 - Light travels from Sun to Earth is

A ) 2 minutes
B ) 4 minutes
C ) 6½ minutes
D ) 8½ minutes ✅

37 - The archaeological site of 'Kot Fiji is located near the city of

A ) Larkana
B ) Thatta ✅
C ) Khairpur
D ) Swat

38 - In 1994 Pakistan became world Champion hampion of

A ) Cricket
B ) Hockey & Squash
C ) Snooker
D ) All of the above

43 - Grozny is the capital of

A ) Kosovo
B ) Bosnia
C ) Chechnya ✅
D ) Finland

44 - Identify the musician who composed the National Anthem of Pakistan

A ) Nisar Bazmi
B ) Khalil Ahmed
C ) Suhail Rana
D ) Abdul Karim Chagla ✅

45 - Lake Manchar is the largest lake in Pakistan is situated at

A ) Kaghan
B ) Swat
C ) Dadu ✅
D ) Lasbela

46 - The power generating capacity of Chashma Hydro Power Plant is

A ) 100 MW
B ) 154 MW
C ) 184 MW ✅
D ) 274 MW

47 - Velocity of sound in air per second is

A ) 250 meters
B ) 331 meters ✅
C ) 434 meters
D ) 561 meters

48 - Deficiency of vitamin 'C' in human body leads to

A ) Eye disease
B ) Nerve disease
C ) Teeth disease
D ) Skin disease ✅

49 - Salman bin Abdul Aziz is:

A ) King of Saudi Arabia
B ) PM of Saudi Arabia
C ) President of Saudi Arabia ✅
D ) Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia

50 - Which of the following instrument is used for comparing earthquake magnitudes?

A ) Anemometer
B ) Seismograph
C ) Richard Scale ✅
D ) Pyrometer

51 - "Olive Branch" is a symbol of peace while ' Lotus ' is a symbol of

A ) Progress
B ) Culture and Civilization ✅
C ) Justice
D ) Romantic love

54 - The word 'AKIN' is closest is meaning to

A ) Helpful
B ) Friendly
C ) Similar ✅
D ) Pointed

56 - 'Elyses place' is the official residence of

A ) King of Denmark
B ) German Chancellor
C ) President of France ✅
D ) Pope of Vatican

58 - "Quaid-e-Azam jinnah-tha story of a nation" is a biography of Quaid-i-Azam written by

A ) M.A.H Isphani
B ) G Allana ✅
C ) Khalid Bin Saeed
D ) Akbar S. Ahmed

59 - At 12 o'clock non Pakistan Standard time in London (U.K) shell b

A ) 4:00 PM
B ) 7 : 00 AM ✅
C ) 5 : 00 PM
D ) 4 : 00 AM

60 - Dead sea is lying between

A ) Israel and Jordan ✅
B ) Turkey and Grace
C ) England and France
D ) Sudan and South Yemen

61 - In which of the following games, player in known as "Matador"

A ) Hammer Throw
B ) Base Ball
C ) Billiards
D ) Bullfighting ✅

62 - Identify Muslim Scientist who is credited with the discovery of sulphuric Acid. Nitric Acid and hydrochloric Acid

A ) Muhammed Bin Zakiria Razi
B ) Ibn-al-Hashim
C ) Bu Ali Seena
D ) Jabir Bin Hiyan ✅

63 - What do you understand by the term 'Brain Drain'?

A ) Mad person
B ) Migration of skilled labour to other countries ✅
C ) Emigration of intellectuals
D ) Illiteracy and ignorance

64 - Victoria falls is in

A ) Canada
B ) Norway
C ) Rhodosia ✅
D ) Venezuela

65 - The length of famous Khyber pass is

A ) 33 KM
B ) 53 KM ✅
C ) 73 KM
D ) 93 KM

66 - How many were the writer of the 'Wahee'

A ) 31
B ) 35
C ) 40
D ) 42 ✅

67 - The tenure of Hazrat Ali was

A ) 3 years
B ) 4 years
C ) 5 years
D ) None of these

68 - When the incident of 'Karbala' occurred

A ) 58 AH
B ) 60 AH
C ) 70 AH
D ) None of these

69 - Who was the king of Egypt whome The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) offered Islam?

A ) Asmha
B ) Hercules
C ) Macuqas ✅
D ) None of the above

70 - The colour will not ____ your complexion

A ) Soot
B ) Suite
C ) Suit ✅
D ) None of these

71 - There aren't ____ people here

A ) Much
B ) Many ✅
C ) A lot
D ) Some

72 - Select a correct word

A ) Calition
B ) Coallition
C ) Coalition ✅
D ) Colition

73 - Be___ in your language.

A ) Precise ✅
B ) Meticulous
C ) Punctilious
D ) None of these

74 - I went to the shop___ some chocolate.

A ) For buying
B ) For buy
C ) To buy ✅
D ) Buy

75 - Forgery means

A ) Fraudulent alteration of writing ✅
B ) Forcefulness
C ) Inventiveness in writing
D ) Inventiveness in speaking

76 - Who is King of Jordan?

A ) Abdullah ll ✅
B ) Hassan
C ) Ali Shah
D ) None of these

77 - Who was the founder of Ottoman Empire

A ) Oman ✅
B ) Suleiman
C ) Sultan Mehmood
D ) None of above

78 - Pure gold is ____ carat gold

A ) 12 carat
B ) 14 carat
C ) 22 carat
D ) 24 carat ✅

79 - Gawadar is famous

A ) Fishing Town
B ) Industrial City
C ) Sea Port ✅
D ) None of these

80 - The duration of day & night at North & South Poles is

A ) 3 months
B ) 4 months
C ) 5 months
D ) 6 months ✅

81 - Which is wrongly spelt in the following set of words

A ) Hight ✅
B ) Might
C ) Light
D ) Slight

82 - What is the rule of the Quaid-e-Azam for enacting the Rowlett Act

A ) Supported it
B ) Opposed it ✅
C ) Proposed it
D ) None of these

83 - 2/9 × 4/9=?

A ) 8/81 ✅
B ) 4/9
C ) 1/2
D ) 8/9

84 - There was so much smoke in the room that I could hardly ____.

A ) Breath
B ) Breathe ✅
C ) Breathing
D ) Breathless

85 - The hardest substance known is

A ) Diamond ✅
B ) Steel
C ) Platinum
D ) Iron

86 - Modern computers compared to earlier computers are

A ) Faster and larger
B ) Larger and stronger
C ) Slower but more reliable
D ) Faster and smaller ✅

87 - Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has its headquarters at

A ) Cairo
B ) Jeddah ✅
C ) Tehran
D ) Islamabad

88 - Durand Line is a boundary between Pakistan and ____

A ) India
B ) Afghanistan ✅
C ) Iran
D ) China

89 - Identify the correct Spellings the following set of words

A ) Cyclone ✅
B ) Cycloan
C ) Cyclon
D ) Ciclone

90 - People prefer to wear white clothes during summer because

A ) The clothes look nice a cool
B ) Do not absorb heat ✅
C ) Absorb heat
D ) None of these

91 - Warsaw is the capital of

A ) Norway
B ) Bulgaria
C ) Poland ✅
D ) Belgium

92 - Muslim Saint Baba Fareed Ganjshakar is buried at

A ) Kot Mithan
B ) Pakpattan ✅
C ) Multan
D ) Gahawalpur

93 - Only one planet in the Solar System has an atmosphere which is

A ) Earth ✅
B ) Mercury
C ) Pluto
D ) Venus

96 - FIR stands for

A ) First Investigation Report
B ) First Information Report ✅
C ) First Information Record
D ) First Information's Report

97 - The largest Island in the world is:

A ) Australia
B ) Japan
C ) Green Land ✅
D ) Indonesia

99 - The rotation of earth around its axis causes

A ) Summer & Winter
B ) Summer
C ) Day & Night ✅
D ) Winter

100 - Identify the correct Spellings in the following set of words

A ) Prety
B ) Pretty ✅
C ) Prettey
D ) Prity