PPSC Junior Clerk Past Papers 2017 (P-4) 90 Score: 0 Attempted: 0/90 Subscribe 1. The shortest tenure of Viceroy is _________? (A) Lord Mountbatten (B) Harding (C) Ripon (D) Linlithgow 2. The headquarter of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is in ______? (A) Kathmandu – Nepal (B) Rome – Italy (C) Berlin – Germany (D) Jeddah – Saudi Arabia 3. He was accused ____ theft. (A) Of (B) Over (C) With (D) In 4. “Gastric juice” is a secretion of the glands present in the ______? (A) Gall Bladder (B) Kidneys (C) Stomach (D) None of these 5. Who was the first Governor of State Bank Pakistan? (A) Abdul Haleem (B) Abdul Qadir (C) Sikandar Mirza (D) Zahid Hussain 6. Which vitamin helps in the clotting of blood? (A) Vitamin A (B) Vitamin B (C) Vitamin K (D) Vitamin D 7. The Kargil incident happened in which year? (A) 1997 (B) 1998 (C) 1999 (D) 2000 8. Sidhnai Headworks has been constructed on river? (A) Chenab (B) Ravi (C) Jhelum (D) Sutlej 9. Which Prophet was able to talk with animals and jinns? (A) Prophet Adam (B) Prophet Sulaiman (C) Prophet Ibrahim (D) Prophet Essa 10. Which prophet of Allah is dignified with the special title Khalil Ullah (Friend of God)? (A) Hazrat Adam (AS) (B) Hazrat Nuh (AS) (C) Hazrat Ibrahim (AS) (D) Hazrat Essa (AS) 11. Which country has the current FIFA World Cup champion? (A) Germany (B) France (C) Argentina (D) Brazil 12. The boundary commission appointed at the time of Independence was headed by? (A) Lord Wavell (B) Lord Mountbatten (C) Lord Radcliffe (D) None of these 13. How many Surahs of the Holy Quran start with the word “Qul”? (A) One (B) Two (C) Five (D) Seven 14. 30 % of 100 is equal to 3% of ____? (A) 300 (B) 500 (C) 750 (D) 1000 15. If 100 Kg of meat is divided into packages of 4/7 kg each, the total number of packages will be ____? (A) 125 (B) 100 (C) 175 (D) None of these 16. What was the name given to India’s Partition Plan? (A) Cabinet Mission Plan (B) Independence Act (C) June 3rd Plan (D) None of these 17. Yuan is the currency of which country? (A) Japan (B) South Korea (C) Mongolia (D) China 18. Which is the longest river in China? (A) Yellow River (B) Yangtze River (C) Mekong River (D) Brahmaputra River 19. What is the average of all prime numbers between 30 to 50? (A) 37 (B) 39.8 (C) 37.8 (D) 39 20. The oldest Barrage on the Indus River is _______? (A) Guddu Barrage (B) Sukkur Barrage (C) Taunsa Barrage (D) None of these 21. Vienna is the capital of which country? (A) Austria (B) Australia (C) England (D) Japan 22. Idiom “To make amend for” means _______? (A) Make possible effort (B) To compensate for damage (C) To bring change in something (D) None of these 23. What is the Capital of Ethiopia? (A) Addis Ababa (B) Berlin (C) Libreville (D) Conakry 24. Umm-ul-Masakeen (Mother of Poor) was the title given to one of the wives of the Prophet (SAW)? (A) Hazrat Sauda (RA) (B) Hazrat Zainab bint Jehash (RA) (C) Hazrat Zainab bint Khuzima (RA) (D) Hazrat Safia (RA) 25. What does the idiomatic expression “to spill the beans” mean? (A) To reveal a secret or surprise (B) To make a mistake or error (C) To share good news or exciting information (D) To keep a secret or confidential information 26. The Square root of 729 is? (A) 27 (B) 33 (C) 37 (D) None of these 27. The city which is also known as the City of Canals? (A) Venice (B) Paris (C) Florence (D) None of these 28. The debate adjourned _____ the following week. (A) To (B) For (C) With (D) Into 29. Words that join two sentences (like “and”, “or”) are called? (A) Haroof Rabta (B) Haroof Atf (C) Haroof Naam (D) None of these 30. The concept of Carbon Credits originated from which of the following? (A) Gary Summit, Rio de Janeiro (B) Kyoto Protocol (C) Montreal Protocol (D) Conference of Parties (COP) 19 31. The First annual session of Muslim League was held in? (A) Karachi, 1907 (B) Lahore, 1900 (C) Patna, 1906 (D) Lucknow, 1908 32. Presidential form of government in Pakistan was introduced under the Constitution of ____? (A) 1962 (B) 1956 (C) 1973 (D) None of these 33. National Police Academy of Pakistan is located in? (A) Lahore (B) Quetta (C) Islamabad (D) Karachi 34. Which country has the Union Jack flag? (A) UK (B) USA (C) France (D) Italy 35. Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan did his Ph.D from Leaven University of ________? (A) Germany (B) Holland (C) Belgium (D) Austria 36. Name the prayer in which there is no change in Farz Rakaats in case of Qasr? (A) Maghrib (B) Zuhr (C) Isha (D) All of these 37. The Synonym of “Abase” is? (A) White a base (B) Degrade (C) Basic (D) None of these 38. Guantanamo Bay is located in which country? (A) Mexico (B) Canada (C) Cuba (D) Tanzania 39. The largest copper deposits in Balochistan are found in the area of? (A) Quetta (B) Khuzdar (C) Dera Murad Jamali (D) Chaghi 40. “Zulu” is a prominent tribe of _____? (A) East Malaysia (B) Zambia (C) South Africa (D) None of these 41. Non-Permanent members of the UN Security Council are elected for a fixed term of ______? (A) 1 year (B) 3 years (C) 2 years (D) None of these 42. Which country won Nobel prize maximum times? (A) UK (B) Germany (C) USA (D) France 43. During New Year celebrations for 2017 at a club, 39 people were killed in a terrorist attack. In which city did the attack take place? (A) Istanbul (B) Paris (C) Nairobi (D) None of these 44. Which river flows under Westminster Abbey Bridge? (A) Tiber (B) Thames (C) Volga (D) None of these 45. On selling 17 balls at Rs. 720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost price of a ball is _____? (A) 60 (B) 45 (C) 50 (D) None of these 46. When did the Soviet Union officially break up? (A) 26 September 1991 (B) 26 December 1991 (C) 26 September 1990 (D) 26 December 1990 47. President Mamnoon Hussain was born in ______? (A) Karachi, Pakistan (B) Agra, British India (C) Dhaka, Bangladesh (D) None of these 48. When did India conduct its first nuclear test? (A) 1974 (B) 1970 (C) 1978 (D) None of these 49. Find out the correct Passive Voice sentence: “They showed the visitors the historical monuments of Lahore”. (A) The historical monuments had been shown to the visitors. (B) The visitors will be shown the historical monuments of Lahore. (C) The visitors were shown the historical monuments of Lahore. (D) None of these 50. The 1970 elections in Pakistan were originally scheduled to be held in October but had to be postponed to December. What was the reason for this postponement? (A) Floods and Cyclone in East Pakistan (B) Six point of Sheikh Mujib (C) Riots in Lahore (D) Karachi and Rawalpindi 51. Ijma means _____? (A) Reasoning by analogy (B) Consensus (C) Illustrious write (D) None of these 52. A device which encodes characters by the depression of keys is known as _____? (A) Hard Drive (B) Mouse (C) Keyboard (D) Printer 53. In the second Constituent Assembly elected in 1955, the Muslim League formed a coalition government with ____? (A) Noon Group (B) United Front (C) Independents (D) None of these 54. Who was the Prime Minister of Pakistan at the time of its rejoining of Commonwealth in 1989? (A) Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif (B) Benazir Bhutto (C) Shaukat Aziz (D) None of these 55. To create table of columns and rows for statistical or mathematical calculation using spreadsheet, which software is used? (A) Excel (B) Word Pad (C) Word Perfect (D) Corel Draw 56. The major segment of “Saraiki” speaking population lives in _____? (A) Punjab (B) K.P.K (C) Azad Kashmir (D) Sindh 57. What is the meaning of the idiom/proverb “A chip off the old block”? (A) Having characteristics of one’s ancestors (B) A piece of wood (C) An old friend (D) None of these 58. What is the meaning of the idiom/proverb “To smell a rat”? (A) To detect bad smell (B) To suspect a trick or detect (C) To misunderstand (D) None of these 59. The major component of honey is ____? (A) Fructose (B) Glucose (C) Sucrose (D) None of these 60. Hazrat Yousaf (AS) remained in the well for ____ days? (A) 7 days (B) 5 days (C) 3 days (D) 12 days 61. The shortest tenure of Viceroy is _________? (A) Lord Mountbatten (B) Harding (C) Ripon (D) Linlithgow 62. The concept of Carbon Credits originated from which of the following? (A) Gary Summit, Rio de Janeiro (B) Kyoto Protocol (C) Montreal Protocol (D) Conference of Parties (COP) 19 63. The First annual session of Muslim League was held in? (A) Karachi, 1907 (B) Lahore, 1900 (C) Patna, 1906 (D) Lucknow, 1908 64. Presidential form of government in Pakistan was introduced under the Constitution of ____? (A) 1962 (B) 1956 (C) 1973 (D) None of these 65. National Police Academy of Pakistan is located in? (A) Lahore (B) Quetta (C) Islamabad (D) Karachi 66. Which country has the Union Jack flag? (A) UK (B) USA (C) France (D) Italy 67. Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan did his Ph.D from Leaven University of ________? (A) Germany (B) Holland (C) Belgium (D) Austria 68. Name the prayer in which there is no change in Farz Rakaats in case of Qasr? (A) Maghrib (B) Zuhr (C) Isha (D) All of these 69. The Synonym of “Abase” is? (A) White a base (B) Degrade (C) Basic (D) None of these 70. Guantanamo Bay is located in which country? (A) Mexico (B) Canada (C) Cuba (D) Tanzania 71. The largest copper deposits in Balochistan are found in the area of? (A) Quetta (B) Khuzdar (C) Dera Murad Jamali (D) Chaghi 72. “Zulu” is a prominent tribe of _____? (A) East Malaysia (B) Zambia (C) South Africa (D) None of these 73. Non-Permanent members of the UN Security Council are elected for a fixed term of ______? (A) 1 year (B) 3 years (C) 2 years (D) None of these 74. Which country won Nobel prize maximum times? (A) UK (B) Germany (C) USA (D) France 75. During New Year celebrations for 2017 at a club, 39 people were killed in a terrorist attack. In which city did the attack take place? (A) Istanbul (B) Paris (C) Nairobi (D) None of these 76. Which river flows under Westminster Abbey Bridge? (A) Tiber (B) Thames (C) Volga (D) None of these 77. On selling 17 balls at Rs. 720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost price of a ball is _____? (A) 60 (B) 45 (C) 50 (D) None of these 78. When did the Soviet Union officially break up? (A) 26 September 1991 (B) 26 December 1991 (C) 26 September 1990 (D) 26 December 1990 79. President Mamnoon Hussain was born in ______? (A) Karachi, Pakistan (B) Agra, British India (C) Dhaka, Bangladesh (D) None of these 80. When did India conduct its first nuclear test? (A) 1974 (B) 1970 (C) 1978 (D) None of these 81. Find out the correct Passive Voice sentence: “They showed the visitors the historical monuments of Lahore”. (A) The historical monuments had been shown to the visitors. (B) The visitors will be shown the historical monuments of Lahore. (C) The visitors were shown the historical monuments of Lahore. (D) None of these 82. The 1970 elections in Pakistan were originally scheduled to be held in October but had to be postponed to December. What was the reason for this postponement? (A) Floods and Cyclone in East Pakistan (B) Six point of Sheikh Mujib (C) Riots in Lahore (D) Karachi and Rawalpindi 83. Ijma means _____? (A) Reasoning by analogy (B) Consensus (C) Illustrious write (D) None of these 84. A device which encodes characters by the depression of keys is known as _____? (A) Hard Drive (B) Mouse (C) Keyboard (D) Printer 85. In the second Constituent Assembly elected in 1955, the Muslim League formed a coalition government with ____? (A) Noon Group (B) United Front (C) Independents (D) None of these 86. Who was the Prime Minister of Pakistan at the time of its rejoining of Commonwealth in 1989? (A) Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif (B) Benazir Bhutto (C) Shaukat Aziz (D) None of these 87. To create table of columns and rows for statistical or mathematical calculation using spreadsheet, which software is used? (A) Excel (B) Word Pad (C) Word Perfect (D) Corel Draw 88. The major segment of “Saraiki” speaking population lives in _____? (A) Punjab (B) K.P.K (C) Azad Kashmir (D) Sindh 89. What is the meaning of the idiom/proverb “A chip off the old block”? (A) Having characteristics of one’s ancestors (B) A piece of wood (C) An old friend (D) None of these 90. What is the meaning of the idiom/proverb “To smell a rat”? (A) To detect bad smell (B) To suspect a trick or detect (C) To misunderstand (D) None of these