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PPSC Junior Clerk Past Papers 2017 (P-2)

1. Vitamin C is essential for ______?

(A) Appetite


(B) Muscles


(C) Growth and repair of tissues


(D) None of these




2. When was the state of Israel admitted to the UNO?

(A) 1949


(B) 1947


(C) 1948


(D) None of these




3. Who gave the theory of Evolution by Natural Selection?

(A) Edward Teller


(B) Charles Darwin


(C) Charles Babbage


(D) Einstein




4. Who is the Father of Psychoanalysis?

(A) Erik H. Erikson


(B) Jean Piaget


(C) Jerorne S. Bruner


(D) Sigmund Freud




5. The “Da Vinci Code” is _____?

(A) Famous novel by Dan Brown


(B) Freemasons menu


(C) Collection of Roman laws


(D) None of these




6. Who was the Secretary General of UN before Ban Ki-Moon?

(A) U Thant


(B) Kurt Waldheim


(C) Kofi Annan


(D) Boutros Boutros Ghali




7. UPS stands for _____?

(A) Uninterruptible power supply


(B) Unforeseeable power supply


(C) Uninterruptible power supplement


(D) None of these




8. What is the old name of Zhob?

(A) Fort Sandman


(B) Fort Munro


(C) Montgomery


(D) Salwan Kot




9. Pope Benedict XVI, who died in 2013, was from which country?

(A) Poland


(B) Germany


(C) Argentina


(D) None of these




10. For galvanizing of iron which of the following metals is used?

(A) Zinc


(B) Lead


(C) Copper


(D) Aluminum




11. The program that contains instructions to operate a device is called _____?

(A) Device driver


(B) Device operator


(C) Device linking


(D) None of these




12. The official languages of Shanghai Cooperation Organization are ____?

(A) English and Chinese


(B) English, Chinese and Russian


(C) Russian and Chinese


(D) None of these




13. Idiom: To take the bull by the horns means ____?

(A) To handle it by fierce attack


(B) To grapple courageously with a difficulty that lies in our way


(C) To punish a person severely for his arrogance


(D) None of these




14. (9 + 43 – 4) ÷ 24 – 2 = ?

(A) 2.181


(B) 0


(C) 3


(D) None of these




15. He became addicted _______ drugs at quite an early age.

(A) To


(B) For


(C) Into


(D) None of these




16. Choose Synonym for the inverted commas word: One normally expects “myopic” people not to be able to see over great distances.

(A) Healthy


(B) Old


(C) Near sighted


(D) None of these




17. Dar ul Uloom Deoband was established in ________ District.

(A) Saharanpur


(B) Muzaffarpur


(C) Allahabad


(D) Meerut




18. When was Hajj made compulsory?

(A) 8 A.H


(B) 7 A.H


(C) 10 A.H


(D) 9 A.H




19. Circumstances will oblige me to go.

(A) I shall be obliged to go by the circumstances


(B) I am obliged to go by the circumstances


(C) I was obliged to go by the circumstances


(D) I should be obliged to go by the circumstances




20. The Synonym of Lurid is?

(A) Appear


(B) Natural


(C) Gory


(D) None of these




21. Which Article of the 1973 Constitution deals with impeachment of the President?

(A) Article 47


(B) Article 45


(C) Article 46


(D) None of these




22. Majlisi Oli is the Parliament of which country?

(A) Kyrgyzstan


(B) Tajikistan


(C) Kazakhstan


(D) Uzbekistan




23. Which of the following cities is not on the Pacific Coast?

(A) Taipei


(B) New York


(C) Shanghai


(D) None of these




24. The Pakistani film “Zarqa” became very popular in Pakistan and the Middle East. Who played the character of Zarqa in the movie?

(A) Mussarat Nazir


(B) Zeba


(C) Neelo


(D) None of these




25. The number of Ashab-e-Kahf was ____?

(A) 5


(B) 6


(C) 7


(D) 8




26. Miss World, the oldest surviving major international beauty contest, was started in ______?

(A) USA


(B) Italy


(C) UK


(D) None of these




27. Who gave suggestion for formation of SAARC?

(A) Ziaur Rehman


(B) Shaikh Mujeeb ur Rehman


(C) Z.A. Bhutto


(D) All of these




28. A car washer can wash 8 cars in 18 minutes. At this rate, how many cars can be washed in 3 hrs?

(A) 40


(B) 80


(C) 60


(D) None of these




29. Which country was visited officially by the first Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1950?

(A) Iran


(B) America


(C) China


(D) Saudi Arabia




30. The deficiency of Vitamin A causes?

(A) Scurvy


(B) Night Blindness


(C) Rickets


(D) Beriberi




31. Find out the correct Passive Voice sentence: “People say that honesty is the best policy but they seldom act upon it”.

(A) Honesty is said to be the best policy but it is seldom acted upon


(B) It is said that honesty is the best policy but that is seldom acted upon


(C) Honesty is that best policy which is seldom acted upon


(D) None of these




32. You must stick _____ your views.

(A) From


(B) For


(C) To


(D) That




33. The Synonym of Lurid is?

(A) Appear


(B) Natural


(C) Gory


(D) None of these




34. Which Article of the 1973 Constitution deals with impeachment of the President?

(A) Article 47


(B) Article 45


(C) Article 46


(D) None of these




35. Majlisi Oli is the Parliament of which country?

(A) Kyrgyzstan


(B) Tajikistan


(C) Kazakhstan


(D) Uzbekistan




36. Which of the following cities is not on the Pacific Coast?

(A) Taipei


(B) New York


(C) Shanghai


(D) None of these




37. The Pakistani film “Zarqa” became very popular in Pakistan and the Middle East. Who played the character of Zarqa in the movie?

(A) Mussarat Nazir


(B) Zeba


(C) Neelo


(D) None of these




38. The number of Ashab-e-Kahf was ____?

(A) 5


(B) 6


(C) 7


(D) 8




39. Miss World, the oldest surviving major international beauty contest, was started in ______?

(A) USA


(B) Italy


(C) UK


(D) None of these




40. Who gave suggestion for formation of SAARC?

(A) Ziaur Rehman


(B) Shaikh Mujeeb ur Rehman


(C) Z.A. Bhutto


(D) All of these




41. A car washer can wash 8 cars in 18 minutes. At this rate, how many cars can be washed in 3 hrs?

(A) 40


(B) 80


(C) 60


(D) None of these




42. Which country was visited officially by the first Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1950?

(A) Iran


(B) America


(C) China


(D) Saudi Arabia




43. The deficiency of Vitamin A causes?

(A) Scurvy


(B) Night Blindness


(C) Rickets


(D) Beriberi




44. Find out the correct Passive Voice sentence: “People say that honesty is the best policy but they seldom act upon it”.

(A) Honesty is said to be the best policy but it is seldom acted upon


(B) It is said that honesty is the best policy but that is seldom acted upon


(C) Honesty is that best policy which is seldom acted upon


(D) None of these




45. You must stick _____ your views.

(A) From


(B) For


(C) To


(D) That




46. Choose Synonym for “myopic”.

(A) Healthy


(B) Old


(C) Near sighted


(D) None of these




47. Dar ul Uloom Deoband was established in ________ District.

(A) Saharanpur


(B) Muzaffarpur


(C) Allahabad


(D) Meerut




48. When was Hajj made compulsory?

(A) 8 A.H


(B) 7 A.H


(C) 10 A.H


(D) 9 A.H




49. Circumstances will oblige me to go.

(A) I shall be obliged to go by the circumstances


(B) I am obliged to go by the circumstances


(C) I was obliged to go by the circumstances


(D) I should be obliged to go by the circumstances




50. The Synonym of Lurid is?

(A) Appear


(B) Natural


(C) Gory


(D) None of these




51. Where is Katas Raj temple (Qila Katas) located?

(A) Jhelum


(B) Chakwal


(C) Thatta


(D) Narowal




52. Five prayers were declared compulsory in _____?

(A) 10th Nabvi


(B) 9th Nabvi


(C) 11th Nabvi


(D) None of these




53. Golden Gate Bridge is located in _____?

(A) San Francisco


(B) Washington


(C) New York


(D) None of these




54. A figure whose all four sides are equal is called ____?

(A) Rectangle


(B) Square


(C) Circle


(D) None of these




55. Quaid-e-Azam gave his Fourteen Points in response to ____?

(A) Simon Commission


(B) Nehru report


(C) British people


(D) None of these




56. Which poet wrote the famous line “A thing of beauty is a joy forever”?

(A) Byron


(B) Keats


(C) Shelley


(D) None of these




57. Bashar Al Asad is the President of which country?

(A) Bhutan


(B) Palestine


(C) Syria


(D) Yemen




58. The book “Friends not Masters” was written by______?

(A) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan


(B) Liaquat Ali Khan


(C) Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto


(D) General Ayoub Khan




59. Abdul Sattar Edhi passed away on _____?

(A) 8th July 2017


(B) 8th July 2016


(C) 8th July 2015


(D) 8th July 2014




60. Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of the architect of partition of Bengal?

(A) Lord Curzon


(B) Lord Minto


(C) Lord Algan


(D) None of the above




61. What is the Capital of Malta?

(A) Melekeok


(B) Valletta


(C) Doha


(D) Riyadh




62. RAM stands for ____?

(A) Random Access Memory


(B) Random Access Money


(C) Random Accurate Memory


(D) None of these




63. How many states are there in USA?

(A) 45


(B) 49


(C) 50


(D) 30




64. Neelum Valley is located in _______?

(A) Gilgit


(B) Hunza


(C) FATA


(D) Azad Kashmir




65. Who presented Lahore Resolution (Pakistan Resolution) on 23rd March, 1940 at Minto Park?

(A) Allama Iqbal


(B) A.K. Fazlul-Haq


(C) Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah


(D) Liaquat Ali Khan




66. Who was the first female commercial pilot of Pakistan?

(A) Shukria Khanum


(B) Maryam Mukhtiar


(C) Sana Mir


(D) None of the above




67. OIC stands for _____?

(A) Organization of Islamic Cooperation


(B) Organization of Islamic Coordination


(C) Organization Upper Islamic Cooperation


(D) Organization of Islamic Cooperative




68. In which year the Lucknow Pact was made between Muslim League and Congress?

(A) November 1915


(B) December 1917


(C) November 1914


(D) December 1916




69. What does a Seismograph record?

(A) Heatbeat


(B) Earthquake


(C) Rain


(D) None of these




70. “Mah-e-Tamam” is the poetry collection of which poetess?

(A) Kishwar Naheed


(B) Parveen Shakir


(C) Fehmida Riaz


(D) Noshi Gilani




71. What is the Synonym of Notion?

(A) Clarity


(B) Idea


(C) Confusion


(D) Deception




72. Acid rain contains high levels of _____?

(A) Sulphuric Acid


(B) Nitric Acid


(C) Oxalic Acid


(D) Both A and B




73. In which Surah of the Holy Quran is Zulqarnain mentioned?

(A) Surah An-Nur


(B) Surah Noon


(C) Surah Al-Mujadala


(D) Surah Al-Kahaf




74. Idiom: A pipe dream means _____?

(A) A foolish idea


(B) An impracticable wish


(C) A pleasant dream


(D) A bad dream




75. Qadianis were declared as Non-Muslims during the government of _____?

(A) Z.A. Bhutto


(B) Ayub Khan


(C) Yahya Khan


(D) None of these




76. Which number will complete the number series? 2, 5, 12, 23, 38, 57, _____?

(A) 80


(B) 70


(C) 76


(D) None of these




77. Twitter is a ______?

(A) Search engine


(B) E-mail service


(C) Social network service


(D) None of these




78. What was the age of Hazrat Ibrahim (A.S) when Hazrat Ismael (A.S) was born?

(A) 86 years


(B) 90 years


(C) 96 years


(D) 95 years




79. In the Redcliff Award of 1947, the Muslim majority areas of Gurdaspur and Pathankot were handed over to India just because _____?

(A) These areas were rich in mineral wealth


(B) River Ravi originated from there which was the lifeline of West Pakistan


(C) It provided road link from India to Kashmir valley


(D) None of these




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